Re: [platform-ui-dev] Understanding the value of a lower BREE if plug-in

[Paul Webster <pwebster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lars,

On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What is the value to keep a bundle A on a BREE level lower than a required bundle B? 

In the more general case, requiring a bundle is about specifying an API to be consumed (preferably package imports, although we don't do that so much in Platform UI) and specifying a BREE is about setting minimum compiletime and runtime requirements for myself.

So for the purposes of compiling, it matters what API that required bundle exports.  For the purposes of running with a specific required bundle, that required bundle's BREE will limit the lowest JVM version that can be used.  But in theory it could be swapped out with another implementation.

PW

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