[news.eclipse.technology.riena] Re: force OSGi Bundles to start

[benedikt.arnold@xxxxxxxx (Benedikt Arnold)]

Hi Christian,

sorry for answering so late. I started a new job last week and settled to 
another city.

> I did use Declarative Services in the past.

> However my observation is that DS
> - is currently not part of Equinox but only in the Incubator area. (not sure 
but I think that is still true)
> - lacks any editor for the XML descriptive files (which makes it hard to use)
> - is pretty hard to debug (since incorrect XML files will most of the times, 
do nothing without error message)

Full ack. It is only in the incubator but I had no problem using this 
implementation. There is an xsd for the xml descriptive files so code 
completion should be no problem. 

Missing error messages are a big problem. I spend a lot of hours with it 
:-)

> For that reason I think its easier to tell people to use OSGi Services using 
the API. No question is DS
> the way to go.

> Are you currently using DS a lot ?

I made heavy use of ds in my diploma thesis but I am currently 
experimenting with spring dynamic modules an I think thats the way to go 
:-)


Greetings,
Benedikt

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