Hi Ray,

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> On 19 Dec 2014, at 21:23, Raymond Auge <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Tim, I can start with this.
> 
> I just want to make it clear that there are 3 actors involved for this 
> scenario (perhaps that doesn't matter, let's see):
> 
> 1) a JSP client bundle (has jsps)
>     Required-Capability: ...jsp.extender...
>     Required-Capability: ...jsp.taglib;filter:="(uri=foo)"
> 
> 2) a taglib bundle (provides taglib)
>     Required-Capability: ...jsp.extender...
>     Provide-Capability: ... jsp.taglib;uri="foo"...
> 
> 3) jsp extender (provides the JSP servlet to client bundles, ensures the 
> client's required taglibs are available to the servlet)
>     Provide-Capability: ...jsp.extender...
> 

Between the three of these that would do the trick, although unless the 
extender bundle directly interacts with the client bundle (which it may do for 
this case) then I would only put the extender requirement in the extendee 
(providing the tag lib) not the client.

> 
>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Tim Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Having just noticed a couple of omissions...
>> 
>> To actually match the filter in my previous email the extender would need to 
>> specify:
>> 
>> Provide-Capability: osgi.extender;osgi.extender=jsp.taglib;version=1.0.0
>> 
>> Also, unless the extendee should be prevented from resolving in the absence 
>> of the extender then it should specify effective:=active (as opposed to the 
>> default of resolve)
>> 
>> And now I'm done - speak to you all next year!
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On 19 Dec 2014, at 20:55, Tim Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Ray,
>>> 
>>> There is already an osgi.extender namespace declared for this sort of 
>>> dependency. The extender provides a capability in the osgi.extender 
>>> namespace, which is required by the extendee. There's a blueprint example 
>>> in the spec, but this would work for your JSPs. Time for a JSP extender in 
>>> Enrerprise R7?
>>> 
>>> Apologies for phone-based syntax issues!
>>> 
>>> Extender:
>>> 
>>> Provide-Capability: osgi.extender;osgi.extender=jsp.taglib
>>> 
>>> Extendee:
>>> 
>>> Require-Capability: 
>>> filter:=(&(osgi.extender=jsp.taglib)(version>=1.0.0)(!(version>=2.0.0))); 
>>> jsp.taglib.uri="http://my.uri.domain/cooltags_1_0";; 
>>> jsp.taglib.file="/META-INF/cooltags.tld";uses:=".....
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Tim
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On 19 Dec 2014, at 19:38, Raymond Auge <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hey All,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm wondering about modelling an extender pattern using requirements & 
>>>> capabilities header.
>>>> 
>>>> Hopefully I can explain this in a way that can be understood:
>>>> 
>>>> In order to implement the extender pattern we often define a new "custom" 
>>>> header which declares the "opt-in" on the extender.
>>>> 
>>>> However, I'm wondering if instead of using a new "Custom header" if it 
>>>> might not be better to define this "opt-in" using a Provide-Capability.
>>>> 
>>>> For instance, suppose I wanted to support dynamic provision of JSP taglibs.
>>>> 
>>>> I could model this using pure java jars with taglibs by adding a header to 
>>>> the jar something like:
>>>> 
>>>> Provide-Capability: 
>>>>     jsp.taglib;
>>>>         jsp.taglib.uri="http://my.uri.domain/cooltags_1_0";;
>>>>         jsp.taglib.file="/META-INF/cooltags.tld";uses:=".....",
>>>>     jsp.taglib;
>>>>         jsp.taglib.uri="http://my.uri.domain/othertags_2_0";;
>>>>         jsp.taglib.file="/META-INF/othertags.tld";uses:=".....",
>>>> Require-Capability: jsp.extender; filter:="(version=1.0)"
>>>> 
>>>> This way I don't have to invent a new syntax or header and this can easily 
>>>> be resolved against in both directions.
>>>> 
>>>> The extender bundle would look for bundles providing jsp.taglib 
>>>> capabilities and make the TLDs available to the JSP servlet it provides to 
>>>> the clients using JSP.
>>>> 
>>>> A client bundle using both JSP and using the taglib would ask for them by 
>>>> making a Require-Capability against both
>>>> 
>>>> Require-Capability: jsp.extender; filter:="(version=1.0)"
>>>> Require-Capability: jsp.taglib; 
>>>> filter:="(jsp.taglib.uri=http://my.uri.domain/cooltags_1_0)"
>>>> 
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>> -- 
>>>> Raymond Augé (@rotty3000)
>>>> Senior Software Architect Liferay, Inc. (@Liferay)
>>>> Board Member & EEG Co-Chair, OSGi Alliance (@OSGiAlliance)
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