Hi, Am Freitag, den 30.05.2008, 08:30 -0400 schrieb Mathieu Plourde: > 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?
To my knowledge nothing specific for Deployment Packages exists. But as the OBR is sufficiently generic, it might be possible to extend it to also support Deployment Packages. Not sure, though. But I agree, that this would be very helpful. Regards Felix > > 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] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
