Thanks Marcel, I will have a deeper look at chapter 116. On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Marcel Offermans < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Abdel, > > On Jan 31, 2009, at 7:04 , Abdel Olakara wrote: > > I might be asking a very silly question. what is application admin >> specification in R4? >> > > It is actually described in the compendium of R4.1, chapter 116. As far as > I know it originated from the mobile spec and later transferred to the > compendium. > > which section of core specification explains about >> multiple application environment and its execution? My aim is to >> understand >> where its used and how its used practically. >> > > Quoting from the introduction chapter of the spec: > > "The OSGi Application Admin service is intended to simplify the management > of an environment with many different types of applications that are > simultaneously available. A diverse set of application types are a fact of > life because backward compatibility and normal evolution require modern > devices to be able to support novel as well as legacy applications. End > users do not care if an application is an Applet, a Midlet, a bundle, a > Symbian, or a BREW application. This specification enables applications that > manage other applications, regardless of application type. These > applications are called application managers. This specification supports > enumerating, launching, stopping and locking applications. This > specification does not specify a user interface or end-user interactions." > > Most of this sounds targetted towards mobile phones, allowing OSGi to > manage the life cycle of non-OSGi applications (start and stop a MIDlet, > Symbian app, etc..) but in theory it might also apply to > launching/controlling native applications on a desktop. > > In general this is a component you can use if you want, for example, to > create a generic launchpad for applications, replacing the "old" desktop of > your phone or computer. > > Greetings, Marcel > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- -- Abdel Raoof Olakara [email protected] http://technopaper.blogspot.com
