I did check the example on Felix web site, the application with SimpleShapes (circle, triangle, rectangle,...). And the idea of invokeAndWait comes from this example!
I can get the BundleContext and use it whenever and from whatever thread without risks of concurrency problems? Can I assume that Felix is able to deal with simultaneous requests from different BundleContexts? I think it does, but since I'm new to OSGi, I'm not certain yet... Richard S. Hall wrote: > > Elvy wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am developing a GUI application as a bundle. This GUI is somehow like >> eclipse, it is a place where plugins can register to. Because it is Swing >> based, I have to do all the GUI initialization from the EDT. I thus call >> an >> InvokeAndWait() from my BundleActivator and do it all here (the >> BundleActivator itself is the Runnable). >> >> Logically, the start method will be blocked until init is finished... I >> know >> it blocks the OSGi framework for quite a while, but what else can I do? >> >> Now, I would like to seek for plugins (inside a folder, from a conf file, >> ...) and install and start them. Where should I do it? Inside the >> Activator, >> after the InvokeAndWait? Inside the InvokeAndWait after GUI init? Inside >> an >> InvokeLater? >> >> How would you guys recommend discovering and starting bundles at runtime, >> from another Bundle, right after it is completely up and running? >> > > It sounds like the main steps you need are: > > 1. Initialize GUI > 2. Install available plugins. > > It doesn't sound like step (1) needs to be performed in the start() > method, so simply do it in an invokeLater() instead of an > invokeAndWait(). It sounds like the only thing you need from start() is > the BundleContext, so get it, do an invokeLater() and let the framework > get on with its business. > > Then, once you have completed step (1) you are free to move onto step > (2) in the same invokeLater(), no? In truth, it doesn't seem like > installing the plugins needs to be done on the event thread, since the > act of installing bundles should generate events that will update your > GUI state. So you could install plugins in a different thread, perhaps. > > If you haven't already done so, you might want to check out the example > paint application on the Felix web site. > > -> richard > >> ----- >> Tell me something you don't know! >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Tell me something you don't know! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Install-and-start-bundles-from-another-bundle-tp14272453p14277686.html Sent from the Apache Felix - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
