In the Deployment Admin implementation of Felix, is there something to treat deployment package repositories? Let's say I want a repository of deployment packages on a server, is there anything similar to what the OBR does, but for deployment packages? Is there a standard for that? In my application, the user would input the URL of the repository, and from a file (like repository.xml for the OBR), the service could download and deploy the deployment packages. Does it exist?
Thanks. 2008/5/30 Felix Meschberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Mathieu, > > Am Donnerstag, den 29.05.2008, 23:45 -0400 schrieb Mathieu Plourde: > > Hello all, > > > > I need help understanding Deployment Admin service. Is it like the > Felix > > OSGi bundle repository service, but instead of treating bundle, it treats > > deployment packages (which can be summarized as groups of bundles)? > > Both have kind of similar goals: Easier deployment. But there the > analogy ends. > > The OBR is just a repository of bundles with a descriptor file - usually > called repository.xml - which lists all bundles provided along with > their properties, capabilities and requirements amongst them. A user of > the OBR will select bundles required for his application and the bundle > repository code will automatically resolve any missing requirements > using other bundles from the OBR. > > The Deployment Admin on the other defines a packaging specification > (with extensibility) to package multiple bundles into a single package > and deploy it to some running OSGi frameworks. The deployment package > may declare further dependencies which must be resolved in the framework > to successfully deploy the package. The Deployment Admin spec also has > some installation guaranetees in it such as transactionality in some > sense: installing a Deployment Package is an all-or-nothing game: Either > the package insalls completely or not at all if there occurr some > problems while trying to install. > > > Is there an implementation of the deployment admin in Felix? > > Yes, we got a recent contribution which is in the deploymentadmin > project in the Felix SVN trunk. > > > Thank you very much! > > Hope this helps. > > Regards > Felix > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
