Re: [eclipse-dev] question about OSGi development in Eclipse

[Jeff McAffer <Jeff_McAffer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey George, 

Yes, Eclipse has been OSGi-based (that
is, Eclipse includes an OSGi implementation) since 3.0 last year.  When
you are developing plugins you are developing bundles.  They are the
same thing.  So PDE is also a Bundle Development Environment.  
 We are adding more and more OSGi specific tooling over the course
of M6 (now) so you should see things like Import-Package, Export-Package
support show up in the manifest editor etc.

So try New > Project > Plugin
Project and check the "Create OSGi manifest" to get the normal
bundle feel. 

Note also that for M6 the Eclipse OSGi
implementation is more easily accessed as it is a single jar (org.eclipse.osgi_3.1.0.jar).
 You can do
        java
-jar org.eclipse.osgi_3.1.0.jar
and you get an OSGi console.

Finally, check out http://eclipse.org/osgi.
 The info there is sparse (slightly incorrect but will be fixed for
M6) but growing.  Feel free to contribute thoughts and information
for that page.

Jeff

Lin George <george4eclipse@xxxxxxxxx>
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03/24/2005 04:43 AM

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Subject	[eclipse-dev] question about OSGi development in Eclipse

Hello everyone,
 
 
I have heard that Eclipse had added OSGi support. I am
very interested in this point since I have some experience in developing
OSGi based solutions. I have searched Eclipse site for OSGi development
information, but I fail to find any critical information.
 
I am wondering where can I find OSGi development information
from Eclipse site (development plan, developers and source codes). I want
to take a look at OSGi sub-project and find out whether I can provide some
free contributions to this project.
 
 
Thanks in advance,
George

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