> Besides that I'm currently still working on a much better OSGi > integration (e.g. using a real service for ODE that in turn configures > the Axis2 ManagedService at startup).
If you haven't already, you should try out ODE on Servicemix 4.3.X, which is completely OSGi and has a great integration framework for plugging to all sorts of services. I'm not sure what the benefit of using axis2 with OSGi would have over Servicemix....if you have that information please share.