| [alf-dev] Server-Side Eclipse w/OSGi |
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There was discussion today about how
to run Eclipse plug-ins server-side. Wolfgang Gehner of Infonoia has
provided a server-side Eclipse article and working code at: http://www.infonoia.com/en/content.jsp?d=inf.05.09 He does an excellent job of fleshing
out the equinox servlet bridge mentioned here: http://www.eclipse.org/equinox/incubator/server/embedding_in_a_servlet_container.php I encountered lots of build errors
when used with Eclispe 3.2M5a, but things worked fine, just like Wolfgang
describes, with rc4. This was a month ago, M6 may be fine with it. The "master" bridge
servlet does double duty: controls an osgi framework & acts as a proxy for
plug-in servlets that register with it via extension points. The Tomcat
webapp points to a WAR-style directory structure that contains the Eclipse/OSGi
runtime plug-ins as well as the exposed vendor ones. The Knopflerfish OSGi impl provides
the "bundlification" of a standard Axis server. I'm not aware of any
Oscar work in this area. Either way, somewhere, somehow, at
least one OSGi runtime has to up, running, controllable. I signed-up for ALF scope/impl tasks
in this area and hope to pursue more work here. |