On NetBeans and OSGi
- The upcoming version of the NetBeans Platform supports OSGi.
- Of course, as Geertjan explains, people will now be able to run a NetBeans Platform Application as a set of OSGi bundles.
- Some people says NetBeans has finally seen the light with respect to OSGI!.
It's not that NetBeans can be run as OSGi, but the other way round!
The important thing is not that NetBeans Platform applications can be run as OSGi bundles, but that OSGi bundles will now be able to run inside a NetBeans Platform application! Some examples:
Some other interesting links:
- Features not included. Some advanced features of the NetBeans Runtime Container won't be available.
- Jaroslav's Tulach blog on OSGi and NetBeans. Interesting read indeed! For instance, did you know that the Netbeans Runtime Container has been around even before the OSGi finished their specification? Do you know who holds (blue)
- OSGi patent commitment
- Jaroslav's great advice on OSGI/NetBeans: it's not about the technology, after all!
Conclusion:
OSGi bundles of the world: get ready to be assimilated!
Happy OSGi-ing on the NetBeans Platform, Antonio
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