Hello, Having read this: http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/spec/sotms/
...there's a lot in common with OSGi, but some important differences too. Here's how I understood it: - Java 9 modules are a sort of subset of OSGi (notions of services are there, importing and exporting too). - It doesn't deal with versions - It's about statically resolving class dependencies, without aiming for dynamic reloading. In particular, there's overlap between module-info.java and bundle manifest headers. I would guess that once Java 9's released, then ".jar" files can be created for use as either bundles or modules (multi-purpose) with some redundancy between these descriptors (and possible inconsistencies). There's allusion to a ".jmod" format too. I would guess that if BND could process module-info.class to generate bundle manifest headers, that could remove some risk of inconsistency and redundancy, but it would need to merge in additional information (for versioning, for a start). Some references are made to adding extra attributes but I don't know if that could be useful. Have any of the implementors of OSGi (specs, runtimes) had thoughts on these topics yet? Any ideas how these two approaches will fit together? -- Christopher
