Neil, thanks for the answer. Now how to find out whether ManagedServiceFactory is ProviderType or ConsumerType? It has no such annotation and I couldn't find out anything in the interface documentation.
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Neil Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote: > Very good question. This is why we distinguish between "provider > implemented" and "consumer implemented" interfaces. Usually to a developer > the role of the interface is clear, as you have intuitively grasped: > interfaces that are merely callbacks or listeners are generally "consumer > implemented". In bnd we have two annotations @ProviderType and @ConsumerType > that we place on the interface that allows the tooling to detect the role of > the interface and generate the correct import range. > > So the rule is, your bundle is a provider of the API if it implements any of > the "provider implemented" types. Otherwise it is a consumer. > > Neil > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Martin Ždila <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> How can I distinguish whether some bundle is API consumer or provider? >> >> I need it to specify correct Import-Package version range. >> >> Is the bundle automatically provider if it implements any interface >> from imported package, even interfaces like listeners and others that >> seems to be more consumer-like? >> >> I am asking because we are using Configuration Admin implementation of >> version 1.5 but we have many bundles that implements >> ManagedServiceFactory from 1.4. ManagedServiceFactory interface of 1.5 >> is compatible with 1.4 and 1.3, but if we use provider version range >> for our bundles then it forbids us to use them for both 1.4 and 1.5 >> implementation even they are interface-compatible. >> >> Thanks in advance >> Best regards >> >> -- >> Ing. Martin Ždila >> tel:+421-908-363-848 >> mailto:[email protected] >> http://www.zdila.sk/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSGi Developer Mail List >> [email protected] >> https://mail.osgi.org/mailman/listinfo/osgi-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSGi Developer Mail List > [email protected] > https://mail.osgi.org/mailman/listinfo/osgi-dev -- Ing. Martin Ždila tel:+421-908-363-848 mailto:[email protected] http://www.zdila.sk/ _______________________________________________ OSGi Developer Mail List [email protected] https://mail.osgi.org/mailman/listinfo/osgi-dev
