On Vie, 20 de Mayo de 2005, 8:38, Daniel Fagerstrom dijo: > Sylvain proposed [1] to base blocks on the OSGi service platform [2][3]. > After having studied it in more detail I'm completely convinced that it > is the way to go. > > OSGi > ==== > > The OSGi service platform is a "standarized, component oriented, > computing environment for networked services". It handled bundles, which > from a deplyment perspective can be any jar with some extra meta info in > the manifest. Each bundle declare its dependencies on other bundles and > what packages it exposes. The framework takes care about classloader > isolation and there are also support for hot deployment, (which require > more work in writing the bundles). > > There is lifecycle support for dynamical: installation, start, stop, > update and uninstallation of bundles.
Cocooon configuration at run time! This sounds great! <snip/> > Getting it done > =============== > > No "next generation", no new SVN branches, no major rewrites. Big +1! <snip/> > > --- o0o --- > > IMO, OSGi seem to be the best choice for kernel for Cocoon's block > architecture and there is (if I haven't missed something important) a > low risk, incremental and evolutionary way to get there. > > WDYT? +1! Thanks for the RT! Best Regards, Antonio Gallardo
