Hey Edward.  Thanks for your comments.

First off, I should mention that the
PropertyFileConfigurationInitializer is very much a work in progress.
It was developed with very specific usage in mind and will need to be
modified before more generic usage scenarios can be supported.  That
being said, let me respond to your comments.

> * The naming scheme will assumes that the first dash (-) is the
> separator for service pid.Where as the naming scheme examples in
> chapter 104.3.1.3 for devices use dash extensively.

Very true.  Perhaps in the case of ManagedServiceFactories a different
separator character should be used.

> * Config admin support values other than string. Should we address key
> naming scheme to differentiate the array, vector, number, long, short
> plus mapped values?

Yeah, I think it would be nice to support all of these types.

> * Should PropertyFileConfigurationInitializer polls the
> "net.tucana.osgi.service.config.base.dir" directory? that way, if any
> of the file is modified, we can automatically update the configuration
> admin.

This would be nice.  I've been thinking about how to handle changes to
Configurations when the framework is running.  Directory monitor
polling functionality would also be nice for adding new Configurations
to the system in addition to updating existing Configurations.

Perhaps the updates could be bi-directional, ie, if a Configuration is
changed via a config management UI, for example, then we could sync
the config changes back to the corresponding properties files.  Of
course, this makes things a good deal more complicated, but is an
interesting idea nonetheless.

> * I don't think "PropertyFileConfigurationInitializer" should be
> registered to OSGi container. Unless if this is used for "polling"
> purposes or being able to update configurations on runtime.

As it stands, this code is only useful for bootstrapping
Configurations on framework startup, but I'd like to add support for
runtime updates.  I'd like to exand this code so as to make it more
useful.

> * I'm not sure what does the ServiceTracker#addingService() is doing.
> Wouldn't this give random result i.e. if there is multiple
> [DefaultConfigurationInitializer] services registered to OSGi
> container?

The ServiceTracker#addingService method is used to bootstrap
configurations with the PropertyFileConfigurationInitializer as soon
as a ConfigurationAdmin service implementation becomes available.
This method should be marked as synchronized and should keep track of
whether or not the configurations have been "bootstrapped" so as to
prevent multiple invocations of
PropertyFileConfigurationInitializer#initializeConfigurations from the
addingService method.

> There is config manager under pax/config-admin that does similar to this code.
> https://scm.ops4j.org/repos/ops4j/projects/pax/config-admin/configmanager

Thanks for the pointer.  I'll take a look at this code this week.

- Ben

On 11/23/06, Edward Yakop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> PropertyFileConfigurationInitializer:
> * The naming scheme will assumes that the first dash (-) is the
> separator for service pid.Where as the naming scheme examples in
> chapter 104.3.1.3 for devices use dash extensively.
> * Config admin support values other than string. Should we address key
> naming scheme to differentiate the array, vector, number, long, short
> plus mapped values?
> * Should PropertyFileConfigurationInitializer polls the
> "net.tucana.osgi.service.config.base.dir" directory? that way, if any
> of the file is modified, we can automatically update the configuration
> admin.
>
> Activator of net.tucana.osgi.impl.config:
> * I don't think "PropertyFileConfigurationInitializer" should be
> registered to OSGi container. Unless if this is used for "polling"
> purposes or being able to update configurations on runtime.
> * I'm not sure what does the ServiceTracker#addingService() is doing.
> Wouldn't this give random result i.e. if there is multiple
> [DefaultConfigurationInitializer] services registered to OSGi
> container?
>
> Note:
> There is config manager under pax/config-admin that does similar to this code.
> https://scm.ops4j.org/repos/ops4j/projects/pax/config-admin/configmanager
>
> Regards,
> Edward Yakop
>
> On 11/23/06, Benjamin Schmaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > BTW, the link is
> >
> > https://scm.ops4j.org/repos/ops4j/laboratory/users/bschmaus
> >
> > and not
> >
> > https://scm.ops4j.org/repos/ops4j/laboratory/bschmaus
> >
> > I messed that up in the original post.
> >
> > On 11/22/06, Benjamin Schmaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hey Niclas.
> > >
> > > Yes, the service in this bundle runs in conjunction with OSGi's
> > > ConfigurationAdmin service.
> > >
> > > The README file under net.tucana.osgi.impl.config has more info.
> > >
> > > https://scm.ops4j.org/repos/ops4j/laboratory/users/bschmaus/net.tucana.osgi.impl.config/README
> > >
> > > I'm heading out of town for a couple of days on account of the
> > > Thanksgiving holiday, but I can give you some more info next week if
> > > you're interested.
> > >
> > > - Ben
> > >
> > > On 11/22/06, Niclas Hedhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On 11/22/06, Benjamin Schmaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I just committed some new bundles to:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://scm.ops4j.org/repos/ops4j/laboratory/bschmaus
> > > >
> > > > I have not checked this stuff yet (and about to fly to London shortly,
> > > > so...) but do these bundle operate in accordance with the
> > > > Configuration Admin service (ch 104, in the Compendium), if so how, or
> > > > is it some other mechanism?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Niclas
> > > >
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