[wtp-dev] API Definitions and OSGi Access restrictions

[Arthur Ryman <ryman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This not is FYI only. I am posting this
information strictly as a heads up for changes we will be making to our
API definition format in the future.

The reference below describes how to
control access to packages.  Don't make any changes to use this capability
until we determine a consistent policy that won't negatively impact adopters.

Currently, we are using component.xml
files which include two types of information: 1) API definition, 2) component
boundaries. We plan to split this information in a future release. component.xml
will be replaced by api.xml which can be generated from source code annotations.
The component boundary information will be defined in the OSGi bundle manifest
as described in the referenced document.

Arthur Ryman,
IBM Software Group, Rational Division

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Wassim Melhem/Toronto/IBM

09/01/2005 10:44 AM

To	Arthur Ryman/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA
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Subject	Fw: Access restrictions

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Wassim Melhem/Toronto/IBM

09/01/2005 10:20 AM

To	Jeffrey Liu/Toronto/IBM
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Subject	Access restrictions

http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/pde-ui-home/access_restrictions/restrictions.html
 
 Wassim Melhem

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  Wassim Melhem
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