[platform-dev] canonical way to handle optional dependencies

[Jonah Graham <jonah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

(Not sure this is on topic for the list - but not sure where to ask.)

What is the canonical way to check if an optional dependency is available?

I know of a couple of methods:

1. wrapping code in try/catch and catching something wide like Throwable or NoClassDefFoundError

2. checking for bundle status (e.g. calling Platform.getBundle(symbolicName) and Bundle.getState)

Thank you.

Jonah

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Jonah Graham
Kichwa Coders
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