Hi everyone,
Section 3.8.4 of the osgi core spec 'Overall Search Order' describes the order
that classes are loaded by the bundle class loader.
I'd like to understand better the rule that the Import-Package list has
precedence of the bundle's embedded classpath. In particular, consider a
class file within the bundle. At linkage time, since the bundle imports are
considered before the bundle classpath, then it is not possible for classpath
libs to 'shadow' the packages imported by the bundle.
What would be the ramifications if the bundle classpath libs were able to
shadow imported packages to the internal classes?
My instinct is that if this were possible, then while that internal class may
see a consistent class space, that class could never be exported outside the
bundle because its transitive dependencies ('uses' etc) could differ from its
bundle imports (by coming from the classpath instead), meaning that consumers
of that class would get class loader violations for those classes.
Is my analysis sound?
Lindsay
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