> I would more recommend a ManagedService or inject the ConfigAdmin service.
This is really bad advice, and Steinar should definitely not do either of these things (nor should other readers of this mail chain). Steinar has already indicated that he wants to use Declarative Services, so implementing ManagedService is both unnecessary and ties him to an API that he has no need to implement. It also prevents him from using Component Property Types, defaults, annotations, and forces him to use Dictionary for his configuration. Finally, it also makes his component’s lifecycle management harder, as he would have to manage all the reconfiguration dynamics himself. Injecting the Config Admin service is inevitably the wrong way for any user to read configuration in OSGi. The only people who should ever access the ConfigurationAdmin service directly are management agents like Felix File Install and Felix Web Console (and whatever component in Karaf does the same job). The correct way to consume configuration in DS is to receive it via your activate method - if you think that you need to do something else then you have most likely got the wrong design. If you’re not using DS then most component frameworks still provide you with configuration in a similar way (injection of a map). If you’re determined to do things the hard way (without a framework) then, and only then, should you implement ManagedService or ManagedServiceFactory, and you should absolutely never try to consume your configuration directly from the Configuration Admin service (it’s simply not designed to be used this way). Regards, Tim > On 3 Dec 2017, at 10:41, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> wrote: > > I would more recommend a ManagedService or inject the ConfigAdmin service. > > Regards > JB > > On 12/03/2017 09:41 AM, Steinar Bang wrote: >> What's the recommended way for an OSGi bundle running inside karaf to >> access its configuration? >> Get an OSGi service of type ConfigMBean[1]? >> Get an OSGi servie of type ConfigRepository[2]? >> Or maybe avoid karaf dependencies, and get an OSGi service of type >> ConfigurationAdmin[3]...? >> Does anyone know of code examples of any of the three approaches? >> Preferrably DS w/annotation based code examples? >> Thanks! >> - Steinar >> References: >> [1] >> <https://github.com/apache/karaf/blob/master/config/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/config/core/ConfigMBean.java> >> [2] >> <https://github.com/apache/karaf/blob/master/config/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/config/core/ConfigRepository.java> >> [3] >> <https://osgi.org/javadoc/r4v42/org/osgi/service/cm/ConfigurationAdmin.html> > > -- > Jean-Baptiste Onofré > jbono...@apache.org > http://blog.nanthrax.net > Talend - http://www.talend.com
