See below On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Richard S. Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> richard jackson wrote: > >> After I finish off learning what I need to know about felix I want to >> tackle >> writing a OSGi HTTP Service bundle. But I have a few questions about what >> can be included in this bundle if I want to contribute it to Felix: >> >> 1) Can it contain out side code? In particular I'm thinking about Grizzly >> ( >> https://grizzly.dev.java.net/ ). This is the front end used in both Jetty >> and GlassFish which means it is already heavily tested and why reinvent >> the >> wheel if I don't have to. The potential problem is that it is under the >> CDDL >> and was not sure if that License is ok for a Apache project. >> >> > > Yes, it can contain outside code, however, the CDDL license isn't the best. > If you are talking about just having a dependency on the Grizzly JAR file, > then that should be ok. See: > > http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html > Yes dependency only > > 2) Is there a problem with extending the spec for this? For instance can I >> expose a spec compliant service but also expose a enhanced service? Kind >> of >> like what the Pax Web bundle does (see >> >> http://wiki.ops4j.org/confluence/display/ops4j/Pax+Web+-+Http+Service+Extensions >> ). >> >> > > No, there is no problem with that. > > 3) Can I use iPOJO for the service? Or do I need to just do it myself? >> This >> is not a issue I was just wondering as again why code it up by hand if I >> can >> just get iPOJO to do it for me. But then again maybe iPOJO can't do what I >> will need for HTTP Service ( I'm still learning what it can do still >> haven't >> got far enough to know what it can't do ) >> >> > > You can certainly use iPOJO. And if iPOJO can't do what you want, please > provide feedback and let us know so we can see if it is missing something. > > 4) The spec states that the HTTP Service must implement at least Servlet >> spec 2.1 (If I remember correctly that is) whould implementing Servlet >> Spec >> 2.5 satisfy the requirement? Yea I know maybe a stupid question but still >> wanted to ask as I don't want to wast my research time if I don't have to. >> Want to get the spec part done first before trying to do the added stuff I >> want/need. If I have to do Servlet spec 2.1 does anyone know where I can >> find the spec. I have only been able to find 2.3 and newer. >> >> > > Well, there has been a lot of discussion about this. I think the official > stance is that it must be 2.1, but it is not 100% clear why this must be if > the APIs are backwards compatible. Personally, I wouldn't worry too much > about it if I were you. I would just try to make it work like the spec says. > As long as it works with bundles written against the HTTP Service spec, then > that's all that probably matters. > > I'll have more questions as I look into doing this but for now that covers >> the basics. (I have packaging questions as well but those questions depend >> on answers to some of the questions) >> >> > > In the end, as Rob mentioned, we do have an HTTP Service and there is also > Pax Web, so you may want to look at contributing to these rather than > starting from scratch. However, if you are interested in learning about it > and doing it yourself, then go ahead, I wouldn't mind a real-world example > available for iPOJO. :-) > Yes Pax comes close to what I'm looking for actually. And may end up being what I use for the short term. And yes some of my desire is just for the fun of it :) > > -> richard > > Thanks >> Richard Jackson >> >> >> >
