OK but I receive something like : bundle://140.0:1/org/mtr/resources. The
package org.mtr.resources contains properties files and I would like to load
these files. Is there a URL Converter or something like that ?
Thanks,
2009/4/27 Stuart McCulloch <mccu...@gmail.com>
> 2009/4/27 Triquoit Mathieu <mathieu.triqu...@gmail.com>
>
> > Dear,
> >
> > I am currently migrating an application to the OSGi concepts... and I
> have
> > a
> > problem. In a general module (which could be a kind of framework), the
> > application dynamically loads properties files.
> >
> > To do that, it receives a path and loops on the URLs, check the protocol
> to
> > load the properties file (by example : if (protocol == file) ... else if
> > (protocol == jar) { <loop on the jar entry> }
> >
> > Now I receive the bundle protocol. How can I deal with that ? I would
> like
> > to do the same as for the jar (so open the Connection on the URL and
> > receive
> > something like a JarFile and loop on the JarEntry), is it possible ?
>
>
> I'm not sure that the "bundle:" protocol is actually part of the OSGi spec,
> but you could simply open the connection and see if the returned input
> stream is an instance of InflaterInputStream (or one of it's sub-classes)
>
> you can then pass the stream onto the relevant class to read entries, etc.
>
> you might also want to consider other ways you could achieve the same
> results that fit better with the OSGi model, for example you could have an
> extender bundle that sits and watches for bundles being started/installed
> and then either uses manifest entries (or the OSGi resource APIs) to look
> for relevant property files inside the bundles and act on them
> appropriately
>
> that's the approach taken in Spring-DM and other such frameworks
>
> Thank you in advance,
> > Best regards,
> > Mathieu
> >
>
> --
> Cheers, Stuart
>
