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Clement Escoffier commented on FELIX-2815:
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Hi,
I've added a link to the 'factory/instance' page from the {{provides}} page.
I definitely agree about the navigation, it should be completely redone.
Unfortunately, I lack of time. Especially, the content is still on Confluence,
and reaching the current state was really not easy (and I still have some
issue: modifying the menu force me to edit *all* pages and re-save them, if not
the sync do not update them). I've learned that Apache projects are migrating
to a CMS, which might make the documentation support easier.
> Difference between "instance" and "provides"
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>
> Key: FELIX-2815
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-2815
> Project: Felix
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: iPOJO
> Reporter: Andriyko
> Assignee: Clement Escoffier
> Labels: documentation, felix,, ipojo
>
> In the documentation on iPOJO Services:
> http://felix.apache.org/site/providing-osgi-services.html#ProvidingOSGiservices-Instancereconfiguration
> There is no clear explanation of what is the difference between <provides>
> and <instance>.
> It is not clear why "instance" is needed at all.
> Under the "Service Properties" heading on the page, the two are used
> interchangeably in the examples.
> For example, first "property" is configured with <provides>:
> <component classname="...FooProviderType1">
> <provides>
> <property name="foo" field="m_foo" value="Foo"/>
> <property name="static" type="java.lang.String"
> value="this is a static property"/>
> </provides>
> </component>
> and then immediately, with no explanation what-so-ever and <intsance> is
> used, with a tiny explanation that "The value can be given in the instance
> configuration":
> <instance component="...FooProviderType1">
> <property name="foo" value="My New Foo Value"/>
> <property name="static" value="My Value For Static"/>
> </instance>
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