Bennett, Timothy (JIS - Applications) wrote:
Is it not possible for code in osgi to use some kind of FilterFactory pattern in order to get around compile-time circular dependencies back into the implementation code? At runtime the Filter factory would provide the code with a legitimate concrete implementation of the filter and all would be well.
Yep, they do, but then that becomes part of the optimization to make it a direct reference.
BJ's response had more of the gory details. -> richard