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Re: Technical Prezo - OSGi Intro and Overview

From: Richard S. Hall <heavy_at_ungoverned.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:11:03 -0400

Richard S. Hall wrote:
> glassfish_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
>> The Spring Application Platform is OSGi for the sake of OSGi. It's
>> for those who want to write straight on top of OSGi. But, frankly, as
>> nice as OSGi is, I think it's a bit premature to be bailing on JEE,
>> or even "raw" Spring, for something like OSGi for mainstream, back
>> office applications. It's simply not mature enough yet, and really
>> doesn't offer anything save nice sticker you can put in your car
>> window. "Ooh, look I use OSGi!".
>> [Message sent by forum member 'whartung' (whartung)]
>>
>> http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=294459
>>
>
> Keep in mind, programming for the Spring Application Platform is not
> even close to programming raw OSGi. The Spring Application Platform is
> raw Spring Dynamic Modules, which is a mapping of the Spring
> bean/component model to OSGi technology. It bares very little
> resemblance to raw OSGi, if any at all.

Sorry to correct my own spelling, but that should be "...bears very
little resemblance to..."

-> richard

> It is more comparable to efforts like OSGi Declarative Services or
> Apache Felix iPOJO...all of which are attempts to hide raw OSGi to
> some degree or the other.
>
> -> richard
>
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