On Aug 12, 2013, at 13:02 , Felix Meschberger <[email protected]> wrote:

> Somehow this comes up every now and then and I am always lost finding the 
> definitive answer ...
> 
> Situation A
> - Configuration created with getConfiguration(pidA, null)
> - ConfigurationAdmin supplies to ManagedService MSA
> 
> Situation B
> - Configuration created with getConfiguration(pidB, null)
> - consumer calls ConfigurationAdmin.getConfiguration(pidB)
> 
> Situation C
> - Configuration created with getConfiguration(pidC)
> 
> IIUIC Situation A creates a dynamic location binding to MSA's bundle. When 
> the bundle is uninstalled, the location is reset to null.
> 
> In Situation C, the location binding is static to the caller's bundle 
> location.
> 
> What about Situation B: On the one hand, the same API is used as in Situation 
> C. Thus one might argue, this results in a static binding to the caller's 
> bundle. On the other hand, one might argue, that this binding is dynamically 
> set upon the first time it is used by a bundle.
> 
> What is the correct answer in Situation B ? Static or Dynamic ?

Location binding only applies when a configuration object is *created* in 
response to someone calling getConfiguration (or getFactoryConfiguration), so 
in B:
- the first all makes it dynamic
- the second call binds it to the consumer

At least, that's my interpretation. :)

Greetings, Marcel

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