Thanks Mike! I'll add this to the FAQs when I get a chance. -jacobd On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Michael Furtak <mfur...@cra.com> wrote:
> Hi, all. This is my first message to the mailing list, so I apologize if > I am stating some very old news. > > > Recently I have been encountering some classloading problems when using > XMLBeans in an OSGi environment (Equinox), and I have seen some other > users with similar issues [1, 2]. The common symptom was that xsi:type > information could neither be generated, nor interpreted while running in > an OSGi environment. > > To my understanding, the use of the Thread Context ClassLoader, within > the SchemaTypeLoader [3] needs some extra help to work properly within > an OSGi environment. Equinox provides this help in the form of "Buddy > Class Loading" (unfortunately, this is *not* part of the OSGi spec, > making it an Equinox specific fix) [4]. > > By marking the XMLBeans bundle with an Eclipse-BuddyPolicy header in its > manifest, and the compiled schema bundle with an Eclipse-RegisterBuddy > header in its manifest, Equinox is able to bridge the classloading gap > between the core XMLBeans jar and your compiled schema classes. > > > Assuming that my XMLBeans bundle has: > > Bundle-SymbolicName: org.apache.xmlbeans > > > I would include in that XMLBeans bundle manifest the line: > > Eclipse-BuddyPolicy: registered > > > I would then alter my scomp'd schema classes bundle manifest to include: > > Eclipse-RegisterBuddy: org.apache.xmlbeans > > > After doing this, my problems are resolved. I hope this can help someone > else, and was not incredibly old news. > > > Regards, > -Mike Furtak > > > 1) > http://markmail.org/message/vx2vdg7yhb4l3ej6#query:+page:1+mid:vx2vdg7yh > b4l3ej6+state:results<http://markmail.org/message/vx2vdg7yhb4l3ej6#query:+page:1+mid:vx2vdg7yh%0Ab4l3ej6+state:results> > > 2) > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ws-axis-user/200701.mbox/%3C8d2 > a81130701171341p55f95b70o7f144ea7d9416...@mail.gmail.com%3e > > 3) > http://grepcode.com/file/repo1.maven.org$mav...@org.apache.xmlbeans$xmlb > e...@2.4.0@org$apache$xmlbeans$impl$schema$SchemaTypeLoaderImpl.java#Sch > emaTypeLoaderImpl.getContextTypeLoader%28%29 > > 4) > http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Context_Class_Loader_Enhancements#Ecli > pse-BuddyPolicy_Header<http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Context_Class_Loader_Enhancements#Ecli%0Apse-BuddyPolicy_Header> > > > > > THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED FOR THE USE OF THE PERSON TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED. > IT MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FROM > DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. If you are not the intended recipient, your > use of this message for any purpose is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please delete the message and notify > the sender so that we may correct our records. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@xmlbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@xmlbeans.apache.org > >