Re: [equinox-dev] Some Packages must be imported outside of Eclipse

["Richard S. Hall" <heavy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/20/12 17:09 , . wrote:
> Hello Richard,
>
> thanks for your answer.
>
> If it's not recommend to change the property to make packages like 
> javax.* directly available: Is it possible in Eclipse to automatically 
> import such packages when I use classes from them? I want to avoid the 
> effort to manually check all my classes for imports from everything 
> except java.* and manually adding these packages to the bundle 
> manifest before I export the bundle as JAR.

Not sure what features Eclipse provides in this area, but if you use 
bndtools within Eclipse, then it should be possible to generate your 
imports.

-> richard

> Regards,
> Rene
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [equinox-dev] Some Packages must be imported outside of 
> Eclipse
> From: Richard S. Hall <heavy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Equinox development mailing list <equinox-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed Jun 20 2012 22:26:55 GMT+0200
> > On 6/20/12 16:17 , . wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > if I start a OSGi bundle in Eclipse (Equinox) not only java.*, but 
> > > also packages like javax.* are directly available and therefore must 
> > > be not imported in the bundle manifest.
> >
> > I would expect that you can import the javax.* packages, but you are 
> > correct that you shouldn't/can't import the java.* packages.
> >
> > > In contrast, when I run a bundle outside of Eclipse (also in 
> > > Equinox; with startup.bat/startup.sh and config.ini) all used 
> > > packages except java.* MUST be imported, otherwise it results to 
> > > Class Not Found Exceptions.
> > >
> > > What is the reason why e.g. javax.* are not available outside of 
> > > Eclipse without importing them? Is it possible, e.g. with a 
> > > parameter in the config.ini, to make these packages directly 
> > > available or in other words create the same runtime environment like 
> > > in Eclipse?
> >
> > The reason is historical, I'd guess.
> >
> > You can configure this via the org.osgi.framework.bootdelegation 
> > framework configuration property, but I'd recommend against doing so. 
> > Double check, but I'd expect that you can import the javax.* packages 
> > in Equinox when running in Eclipse...you should always import 
> > everything except java.* packages...
> >
> > -> richard
> >
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Rene
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