Re: [virgo-dev] bundle configuration files as JSON or XML

[Joel Rosi-Schwartz <Joel.Rosi-Schwartz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ovidiu,

Have you considered using osgi compendium Configuration Admin service to manage this? See <http://static.springsource.org/osgi/docs/1.2.x/reference/html/compendium.html>

Cheers,
Joel


On 14 Apr 2011, at 16:14, Ovidiu Deac wrote:

> Thanks for replying.
> 
> The actual problem is this. We need some complex configuration which
> is hard to write in a .properties file so we have two files: one
> .properties file which points to an .xml file containing the full
> configuration.
> 
> When somebody changes the xml he will also "touch" the properties file
> such that the configuration change is loaded by the bundle.
> 
> This pretty ugly.
> 
> Now I was thinking that it would be nice to have only the .xml file
> and be notified by Virgo when the file is changed.
> 
> This xml file could have any structure the bundle needs.
> 
> ovidiu
> 
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Dmitry Sklyut <dmitry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Ovidiu,
>> 
>> What is the format of XML file are you looking for?  XML as in
>> java.util.Properities xml format or some custom mechanism?
>> 
>> If Properties - it will be very simple to do.  Virgo just needs a very minor
>> code change to support it.
>> Otherwise - you are looking at the custom deployment type.  This is not
>> documented well, but I will be happy to lend a hand if you decide to go down
>> that route.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Dmitry
>> 
>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Ovidiu Deac <ovidiudeac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I am familiar with the bundle configuration mechanism but the
>>> properties files don't give us enough flexibility so I wonder if it is
>>> possible to configure the bundle using an XML file which deployed in
>>> the pickup dir.
>>> 
>>> thanks,
>>> ovidiu
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