Craig Ching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > AFAICT, the OSGi bundles aren't packaged as a single jar, they > appear to be much more complex (or maybe I am lacking some > understanding of how these bundles are packaged). For instance, in > WEB-INF/platform/plugins there are a number of directories with a > fairly complex structure.
That's fine. I'd call that an "unpacked JAR", whether or not it was ever rolled up into a JAR to begin with. Some OSGi frameworks can use unpacked bundles, or, rather, bundles composed as directory structures on disk. The only essential artifact that makes something a bundle is a META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file with a few OSGi-specific headers. The bundle can otherwise contain anything; it need not be compiled Java class files, though that's the most common content. [...] > Maybe I should also note that *none* of these are build-time > dependencies for my project, maybe that makes a difference? So this > is just about packaging the BIRT viewer in my war file. Well, do you consider composing your WAR file to be "build-time"? Are you looking for Maven to help inject the bundle content into your WAR? [...] > Before I get to defining specific requirements, though, I'm going to > need to get a better understanding of OSGi in general. What project > am I looking for when I'm ready for that then? Apache Felix is an easy to understand OSGi framework implementation, and somewhat confusingly under the same umbrella, they're collecting a lot of other popular Java artifacts and repackaging them as OSGi bundles. You'll need an OSGi framework within which to test your bundle. Eclipse Equinox¹ is another good choice. It's more complex than Felix, but at present offers more capabilities. Knoplerfish² is another option, but I don't have experience with it to comment further. Footnotes: ¹ http://www.eclipse.org/equinox/ ² http://www.knopflerfish.org/ -- Steven E. Harris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
