[news.eclipse.technology.equinox] Re: Best practices for dependency mana

[peter.chilcott_NO_SPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Chilcott)]

Hi,
Here is a pointer to some recent OSGI best practices.
http://www2.osgi.org/wiki/uploads/Conference/OSGiBestPractices.pdf
Slide 14 mentions the following.
Use Import-Package instead of Require-Bundle
?Require-Bundle can have only one provider?the named bundle
?Import-Package can have many providers
?Allows for more choices during resolving
?Has a lower fan out, which gain adds up quickly
Cheers,
Peter Chilcott.