I put this up for discussion in the Core Platform Expert Group (CPEG)

On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 10:35 AM Lars Vogel <lars.vo...@vogella.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wanted to give official feedback that my customers are surprised
> that OSGi service API is based on obsolete data types.
>
> From the Javadoc of Dictionary:
> ----
> NOTE: This class is obsolete.
> ----
>
> This makes the OSGi service API look outdated for several of the
> customers I discussed this. OSGi ds hides this a bit but sometimes the
> low-level API must be used.
>
> So for those involved in the OSGi spec, maybe you can consider
> deprecating the old methods in BundleContext and providing new ones
> with non-obsolete API, e.g., Map?
>
> I'm aware that this is "just a mailing list" but AFAIK several of the
> subscribed people here are involved in the OSGi specification.
>
> Best regards, Lars
>
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