On 7/20/11 12:15 PM, Richard Eckart de Castilho wrote:
I don't think UIMA should mandate the use of OSGi.
No, there shouldn't be a need for that, but we currently have certain
limitations, which make it difficult to reuse UIMA components. And when
things are translated to OSGi these parts don't fit in nicely.
For example:
A user wants to build an AAE out of three different AEs, made by three
different
vendors. Then he might run into issues with the type system, especially
when one
used JCas, he needs eventually to duplicate certain pieces of
configuration, etc.
I believe these things should be easier, and then it is also easier to
properly support OSGi.
Jörn
