The bnd code contains an AggregateRepository class that aggregates a number of repositories defined by the OSGi Repository standard. It is actually used in the bnd resolver API.
Kind regards,
Peter Kriens
> On 21 Oct 2018, at 12:26, Mark Raynsford via osgi-dev
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> As the subject says: Is there already a standard for aggregating
> repositories?
>
> I'm putting together a small proof of concept API and application that
> allows a user to browse a set of bundle repositories [0], select bundles
> from those repositories, get all of the bundle dependencies resolved
> automatically, download all of the bundles, and finally start up an
> OSGi container with all of the selected and downloaded bundles.
>
> I have all of that working (using the Bnd resolver), but the main pain
> point is the need to initially specify a (possibly rather large) set of
> repositories. I could very easily come up with an API or an XML schema
> that allows a server to deliver a set of repository URLs, but before I
> do that: Is there already a standard for this?
>
> [0] A Compendium chapter 132 repository.
>
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