reckart opened a new issue, #195: URL: https://github.com/apache/uima-uimafit/issues/195
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** Currently, we detect type system descriptors and other descriptors via files in `META-INF` using a classpath scanner from Spring. This has two drawbacks: 1) a dependency on Spring 2) in an OSGi environment, we don't get to the contents of the `META-INF` folder because it cannot be exported from bundles **Describe the solution you'd like** Java provides a standard "plugin" mechanism built around the `ServiceLoader` class. This can also be used in OSGi contexts with the help of [spifly](https://aries.apache.org/documentation/modules/spi-fly.html). uimaFIT could use that mechanism to locate descriptors. **Describe alternatives you've considered** A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered. **Additional context** * https://github.com/apache/uima-uimaj/issues/225 -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@uima.apache.org.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
