We are in the process of Peter contributing FileInstall to Felix...still
trying to get the paperwork recorded correctly.
It seems if the two could be merged, it might be worthwhile. However, I
guess that is not a requirement, but it would be nice and would
strengthen the argument for inclusion into Felix.
-> richard
Felix Meschberger wrote:
Hi all,
Inspired by Peter Kriens' FileInstall [1] tool, I created JcrInstall
[2]. This tool works almost exactly as the original FileInstall with the
following differences:
(1) It operates on a JCR repository [3, 4]
(2) It uses JCR Observation instead of polling
(3) It just has a single instance, ergo a single location only
Other than that if works the same:
* Storing JAR files installes contained bundles
* Updating JAR files updates the bundles
* Removing JAR files unsinstalls bundles
* Storing or updated configuration files (extension is ".cfg")
creates or updates ConfigurationAdmin configuration
* Removed configuration files deletes configuration
The full path of JAR files with a prefix of "jcrinstall:" is used as the
Bundle location. The name (without the path and the .cfg extension) of
configuration files is used to designate the configuration PID. The name
is turned into factory and configuration PID in the same way as for
FileInstall.
A discussion on the Sling developers list [5] showed, that it would make
sense to have this in the Felix project because it could benefit the
OSGi community at large and not just the Sling people.
WDYT ?
Regards
Felix
[1] http://www.aqute.biz/Code/FileInstall
[2]
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/sling/whiteboard/jcrinstall
[3] http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=170
[4] http://jackrabbit.apache.org
[5]
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg01141.html
