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Re: Bundle Password

From: Sahoo <Sahoo_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:49:26 +0530

Jerome Dochez wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> Now apart from that specific issue, the reason why we added the
>>>> mandatory password in GF is so that applications (like the
>>>> admin-gui) does not see it.
>>>> So am I correct in understanding that you want to hide that jar to
>>>> all GF applications *but* the admin-gui ?
>>>
>>> Yes, that's correct. As I understand things, currently,
>>> "third-party" applications can see this jar, which prevents users
>>> from upgrading the library in their applications, as this one
>>> overrides what's deployed with their application.
>> You don't have to specify any password attribute in your admingui
>> manifest. Since it uses some kind of Require-Bundle underneath, it
>> should be able to locate the class from the hidden package.
> yes but that's not the solution we would like to encourage long term...
>
+1.

Sahoo