Hi all,
As you may know OSGi is a dynamic module system for Java that is
already (or is rapidly becoming) the foundation of many Java
platforms (Eclipse Equinox/RCP, JOnAS, Spring DM, Websphere,
Glassfish v3, etc...)
An OSGi bundle is packaged as a regular jar file with additional
unobtrusive entries in its manifest.
Have you considered making the official Woodstox jars a valid OSGi
component (by adding OSGi headers to the manifest)?
For those interested in having woodstox as an OSGi bundle, I opened a
JIRA "wish" issue to "OSGify" woodstox, with an attached OSGi-
compliant MANIFEST.MF that can already be used for 3.9.2.
<
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-152>
Some tools can help to create the manifest such as the excellent bnd
by Peter Kriens (available as command line, ant task or integrated
into maven)
<
http://www.aqute.biz/Code/Bnd>
See also Costin Leau's (SpringSource) blog entry on the subject:
<
http://blog.springsource.com/main/2008/02/18/creating-osgi-bundles/>
Regards (and thanks for the brilliant woodstox development!)
Romain Deltour.
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