Hi,
When we attempt to use the JPA API jar file (
https://wikis.oracle.com/display/GlassFish/Java+EE+7+Maven+Coordinates) in
WebSphere, the OSGi bundle activator doesn't seem to work properly. The
WebSphere OSGi runtime is based on Apache Aries. If we use the JPA API
jar file that the Geronimo team created (
http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/geronimo/specs/geronimo-jpa_2.0_spec/1.1/geronimo-jpa_2.0_spec-1.1.jar
) [1], that bundle activator seems to work just fine. I'm not an expert
with these OSGi bundle activators and I'm following up on various avenues.
But, since I ran into this issue first with our JPA API jar file, I
thought I would post this out to our expert group first.
So, my question is whether the bundle activators provided by our API jar
files are supposed to be generic enough to work with any OSGi provider? I
notice on the EclipseLink site that we have tested this with the Gemini
environment and possibly the Equinox environment? So, I'm sure they work
fine with WebLogic and Glassfish.
I guess I'm wondering what the expected pattern is. Are these provided
bundle activators just provided as an example? And, we as consumers are
expected to override these bundle activators to work with our specific
environments?
FYI, I hit this issue with our JPA API bundle, but it looks like other
Java EE API jar files are in the same boat.
Thanks,
Kevin Sutter
[1] I have noticed that the JPA 2.1 API jar file created by Geronimo
currently doesn't contain any bundle activators, so I provided a link to
the JPA 2.0 version of the API jar file.