JAR file is the canonical form of a bundle. It can be in other forms if supported by the framework impl. As mentioned Equinox supports a reference: URL protocol which does not copy the bundle into the framework persistent store but refers to an external store which can be either a jar or a director which matches a jar structure. I am pretty sure that Felix also supports the reference protocol.
IBM J9 vm also has a JXE format which is supported by Equinox. BJ Hargrave Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM OSGi Fellow and CTO of the OSGi Alliance [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: +1 386 848 1781 mobile: +1 386 848 3788
