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Is OSGi the Solution for Mobile Java?
Java ME developers face many obstacles that server-side or desktop Java developers never have to contend with. Nokia, Sprint, and IBM teamed for a JavaOne session that outlined a solution to these problems through an service-oriented architecture based on OSGi
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OSGi for application modularity - one company's design choice
Much has been written about the the adoption of OSGi by tools vendors and application servers, but one of the areas OSGi may have the most impact for developers in the future is as a better component model for application development. InfoQ spoke to BPS, an ISV who chose to re-architect their application around OSGi to find out why this one company made the choice.
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Spring - OSGi Integration Milestone 1 Released
Milestone 1 of Spring - OSGi was released and provides support for deploying Spring applications in an OSGi environment.
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Eclipse Foundation joins JCP, OMG, and OSGi Alliance
Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation, has announced that they are joining the Java Community Process. At the same time they are joining the Object Management Group (OMG) and the OSGi Alliance. They're also working towards joining ObjectWeb and OpenAjax.
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A Look at OSGi Services in Respect to Spring
Noted OSGi expert Peter Kriens has written a summary of a recent discussion on the Spring-OSGi mailing list related to how OSGi services are handled by Spring. Throwing OSGi services into the IOC mix creates a number of considerations that Spring alone does not have.
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JSR 291 (OSGi R4.1) Available for Public Review
JSR 291 Available for Public Review JSR 291 has been made available for public review. JSR 291 is also known as OSGi core spec R4.1.
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JSR 277 & 294 leads respond to concerns over OSGi overlap and transparency
After the early draft release of JSR 277 a number of questions were raised by the Java community at large about JSR 277, JSR 294 and OSGi. InfoQ sat down with Stanley Ho's (Spec Lead of JSR 277) and Andreas Strebenz (co-Spec Lead of JSR 294) to discuss some of the Java community's concerns.
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Using OSGi as an Architectural Asset
Piero Campanelli has written a blog post on the benefits of using OSGi as an architectural asset to promote component oriented software development in organizations. Among the benefits he details are secure development across teams, standard management of projects across a company, version tracking, and automated assistance in checking that dependencies are maintained correctly.
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Community Begins Reviewing Java Module System (JSR 277) Early Draft
The early draft of JSR 277 was recently released. Community review is open until Nov. 13th. This JSR seeks to improve the distribution of Java applications by defining a distribution format and a repository for collections of Java code and related resources.
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Spring and OSGi - A Perfect Match?
The Spring Framework has become a favorite of enterprise application developers. The OSGi specification and various Java implementations has also been growing in popularity. Work has recently begun to combine the power of these two complementary frameworks with a specification supported by BEA, Oracle, IBM, Eclipse, the OSGi Alliance.
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Interview: Florent Benoit on the EasyBeans EJB3 Container and OSGi Support
The EasyBeans EJB3 container project recently announced support for deploying the container as a set of OSGi modules. InfoQ sat down with Florent Benoit of Bull R&D to discuss this new feature as well as how EasyBeans compares to other EJB3 implementations such as JBoss and Gernonimo.
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Spring 2 Final Approching with new support for OSGi, JPA, Asynch JMS
Spring 2.0 final is set to come out on September 26th - a few months after the original launch dates. InfoQ spoke to the Spring team to find out what's been going on. Spring has been updated with JPA final spec support, asychronous JMS, the new JSP form tag library, and a collaboration with IBM, BEA, and Oracle to bring OSGi support to Spring.
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Industry Use of OSGi Continues to Increase
OSGi is specification of a Java-based framework targeted for use by systems that require long running times, dynamic updates, and minimal disruptions to the running environment. The Eclipse Equinox provides one of many available implementations. Numerous server and desktop applications are also starting to make use of OSGi.