FYI. OSGi discussed and declined to specify a reference URL form. So it is 
not part of the spec and we have no plans to add it to the spec.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 2008/09/24 09:02:52 AM:

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> Re: [equinox-dev] Is this a bug?
> 
> Stuart McCulloch 
> 
> to:
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> Equinox development mailing list
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> 2008/09/24 09:04 AM
> 
> Sent by:
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> Please respond to Equinox development mailing list 
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> 2008/9/24 Niclas Hedhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Danail Nachev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> If bundles are installed by reference (via reference: URL) Equinox
> doesn't guarantee anything to bundles which you replace, while they are
> still running. Although OSGi is considered dynamic, such scenarios are
> not supported. AFAIK, p2 and old Eclipse Update installs all bundles by
> reference.
> 
> Such scenarios can be supported if the bundle was copied to the Equinox
> storage and not referenced. Bundles which are installed through
> Bundle.installBundle(String, InputStream) and
> Bundle.installBundle(String) are copied (unless the URL passed to the
> installBundle(String) is reference: URL) are copied to the storage.
> 
> I find this behavior interesting... Is this behavior supported by 
> the specification explicitly, or does it just not cover it??
> 
> I couldn't find any explicit mention in the spec, but FWIW we also 
> support the reference: scheme in Felix

> Cheers
> Niclas 
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