Re: [platform-core-dev] Bundle of questions

[Pascal Rapicault <Pascal_Rapicault@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

At one point, a long time ago, we thought
about it because we had another solution which was uniquely relying on
bundles.
However we did NOT pick this solution
and kept the concept of fragment.

Whether in the new runtime or with the
old one, fragments behave the same.

        PaScaL

Rich Kulp <richkulp@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: platform-core-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 02/09/2004 06:36 PM Please respond to platform-core-dev

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Hi, 

I was just seeing these threads and it mentioned the intention of fragments
to go away. Fragments had an important function of extending the classloader
of a plugin in a semi-dynamic way. In that if the fragment was present
its libraries get added to the plugin's loader. 

This is used for things like NLS and platform dependent code. You don't
need to ship all languages and all platforms. You just add in the fragments
for the language and platforms of interest when needed. And then the resources
or code can be found by the plugin itself (using class.getResource() for
example from a class within the plugin). 

How will this be accomplished with bundles? 

Thanks, 
Rich Kulp