Re: [equinox-dev] Re: equinox-dev Digest, Vol 38, Issue 12

[Heiko Seeberger <heiko.reg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rowan,

Don't get frustrated, we will get this thing running!
As we are still in incubation your input is very valuable for us.  
Would you please send your sources in order for me to further  
investigate?

Thanx
Heiko

Am 09.06.2008 um 07:38 schrieb Rowan Limb:

> Heiko,
>
> thanks for the reply. I have been looking at the demo examples and  
> trying an example based on them. I get the tracing bundles installed  
> using the osgi console. When I run my 'Hello World' example, I get  
> 'Hello World' out but no tracing output.
>
> I have demo.hello , demo.tracing and demo.tracing.coopt as separate  
> bundles. Each have the MANIFESTs as shown in the demo examples and  
> the aop.xml in just demo.tracing.co-opt as per example.
>
> Do the aspects bundles require an Activator, or are they treated  
> like library bundles? I have tried both ways.
>
>
> According to Martin Lippert, this is all one needs to do (and is  
> what I have done):
> quote:
> "I am not sure if I understand your question correctly but it is  
> possible
> to define an aspect inside a separate bundle and let this aspect be
> woven into all other bundles with Equinox Aspects. This means your
> aspect bundle can define a pointcut that affects all other bundles
> without touching those other bundles at all.
>
> Just implement your aspect inside a bundle, define the aop.xml file  
> and
> "Eclipse-SupplementBundle: *" in the manifest. Thats it.
> end quote
>
> taken from:  http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/m92227380.html
>
> Well I wish it was that simple! It is not for me.
>
> Rowan
>
> > Rowan,
> >
> > I am sorry, but right now Equinox Aspects (formerly known as AOSGI)  
> > is
> > not documented very well. We will work on that soon.
> >
> > Please take a look at the CVS: http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/equinox-incubator/aspects/
> > There you will find demos and test cases. I hope these will help you
> > going on.
> >
> > You can also find some information on how to set up projects to run
> > with Equinox Aspects in the slides of a session Martin and me gave at
> > Eclipse Forum Europe some weeks ago: http://heiko.seebergers.de/My_publications/Entries/2008/4/24_JAX_EFE_2008_-_Equinox_Aspects.html
> >
> > Please do not hesitate to contact me for further help.
> >
> > Heiko
> >
> > Am 06.06.2008 um 16:53 schrieb Rowan:
> >
> > > I am trying to use aspects in a standalone equinox, ie not inside
> > > eclipse. I can get opt-in to work OK but (aspects in same bundle)
> > > but not if I use a separate bundle for the aspects. The bundle
> > > installs OK but nothing happens. I see in the demo examples for co-
> > > opt that a bundle supplements equinox extension is required. What is
> > > this and where do I find it? Is there a fully worked example I could
> > > see?
> > >
> > > Rowan
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