Hello, we have "also" (sorry Jody...) packaged GeoTools as an OSGi plugin.
You can find 2.6.5 here: http://maven.argeo.org/argeo/org/argeo/dep/osgi/org.argeo.dep.osgi.geotools/2.6.5.0002/ and we will upgrade to 2.6.6 soon. We have also packaged 2.7.0: http://maven.argeo.org/argeo/org/argeo/dep/osgi/org.argeo.dep.osgi.geotools/2.7.0.0001/ But we had problems with the PostGIS datastore (related to OSGi, weird ClassNotFound exceptions on Apache DBCPś BaicdataSource even though the related package is imported) and no time to investigate it, so we stay with 2.6.x for the time being. Please note that: - only GeoTools is included, its dependencies are packaged in other bundles, available in the same Maven repo: http://maven.argeo.org/argeo/org/argeo/dep/osgi/ - not all gt-* modules are integrated, only the ones we actually use. In case there is need for some that we did not integrate, simply ask: this is very little effort to add one - in order to workaround the multiple service files issue that Thorsten pointed out, we are using a goal form one of our Maven plugins which automatically merges the service files. It works pretty well, and we use it for other software as well (e.g. Apache Jackrabbit). Now, for the long term, Jody is perfectly right that we should find a sustainable solution for GeoTools in OSGi. I already volunteered some time ago to do it, and did quite a few experiments, but never found the time to find a satisfactory solution. As was pointed out, the only practical solution for the time being is to have one big OSGi bundle. In order to have multiple bundles, a solution that I have investigated would be to have a bundle wich would scan all the other bundles for relevant services files, and then provide this information to the main GeoTools "service loader". I don't remember the exact name but I know that I had seen that there was such a central place where all GeoTools services are actually searched after and instantiated (@Jody, do you confirm?) I'm now travelling (actually, I writing to you from the German-speaking FOSSGIS conference in Heidelberg!), but I'd be interested to be involved in this discussion when I back to my desk. Meanwhile feel free to use our bundle or ask for more details on how to repackage your own (this is just a matter of running 'mvn clean install' on such a POM file: https://svn.argeo.org/dependencies/trunk/org.argeo.dep.osgi/geotools/pom.xml) Cheers, Mathieu On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 16:22, Thorsten Reitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > we worked on using geotools as an osgi bundle, but only for specific > releases of GeoTools. The latest version for which we did this is 2.6.4. > You can download the bundle from here: > > http://svn.esdi-humboldt.eu/repo/humboldt2/trunk/hale/hale-platform/target/org.geotools/ > > In this folder you will also find the required configuration files > (*.bnd) to generate the manifest using bnd. Please note that a few of > the dependencies that gt relies on are not part of this bundle, but can > be found in the platform as well - just browse the repository. Also note > that the generated gt 2.6.4 also has a minor patch applied. > > Hope this helps & best regards, > > Thorsten > > Am 04.04.2011 15:36, schrieb Jody Garnett: >> Hi Chad: >> >> I would love to have GeoTools issue OSGi plugins out of the box; "all" >> we need is someone to do the work. There is an outstanding proposal >> describing the work here: >> - >> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Add+bundle+information+to+jar+manifest >> >> I did add some stuff to net.refractions.udig.libs that configured >> GeoTools for use. If you can tell me how to do that just with OSGi >> callbacks I would be happy to make the change. >> >> Specifically I want to feed some additional EPSG codes into >> gt-referencing and set a few other switches on the GeoTools class. >> >> Other than that you can just package it up yourself; using a single OSGi >> plugin for all of the GeoTools jars (so that the java plugin system does >> not run into classpath trouble). >> >> -- >> Jody Garnett >> >> On Monday, 4 April 2011 at 11:18 PM, Chad S wrote: >> >>> I am looking for a geotools build that perhaps has been converted to >>> an OSGI plugin or capable of being an OSGI plugin. I was working in >>> Eclipse with uDig hoping that since uDig imported all the geotools >>> stuff automatically that i could incorporate that set of libraries >>> with my custom OSGI builds into one web service(instead of using >>> glassfish). Turns out that the OSGI plugins that you get with uDig are >>> specific to eclipse(wondering why) so taking anything outside of >>> eclipse(like as a web service on a linux box) seems to be not doable. >>> >>> I have read through some message board links saying the geotools was >>> currently not osgi compatible and it seems like NetBeans 6.9 made a >>> huge stride with OSGI capabilities so i was just wanted to send out a >>> feeder to see if anyone had any suggestions. thanks! >>> >>> chad > > -- > Thorsten Reitz > Abteilungsleiter Graphische Informationssysteme > Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD > Fraunhoferstr. 5 | 64283 Darmstadt | Germany > Tel +49 6151 155-416 | Fax +49 6151 155-444 > [email protected] | www.igd.fraunhofer.de > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Create and publish websites with WebMatrix > Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; > WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and > publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf > _______________________________________________ > Geotools-gt2-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. 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