Hello everyone; For now, we are using our own GUI for configuring our bundles (we use Config Admin). So, the GUI loads property meta informations (labels, default values) from a proprietary configuration file which is embedded in the bundle (META-INF).
But now, we would like to be able to expose our metadata properties using MetaType (OSGI-INF/metadata/metadata.xml). So, most of our metadata properties matches the available MetaType xml attributes. For instance, in the MetaType xml schema, we can define property attribute types; default values; cardinality, etc .... But the point is that we do have some specific property meta informations which don't fit into the MetaType xml schema. For instance, some of our property meta data have a specific "Level" parameter, which can take either the "Basic", or "Advanced" value: when set to "Advanced", then the property is displayed and configurable in the GUI, only if the GUI has been logged in SuperUser mode. My question is: where can I store such specific "Level" meta information in the MetaType xml file ? I am not sure, but it seems that specific informations have to be stored in the <Attribute> elements of the <Designate><Object> xml element ? For instance: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <metatype:MetaData xmlns:metatype="http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/metatype/v1.0.0"; localization="OSGI-INF/metatype/metatype"> <OCD id="foo.bar.MyComponent" name="MyComponent bundle" description="Configuration for MyComponent bundle"> <AD id="log.level" type="String" default="WARN" name="Log Level" description="This property defines the MyComponent log level"> <Option value="WARN" label="WARN label"/> <Option value="INFO" label="INFO label"/> <Option value="DEBUG" label="DEBUG label"/> </AD> </OCD> <Designate pid="foo.bar.MyComponent"> <Object ocdref="foo.bar.MyComponent"> * <Attribute adref="log.level"> <Value>Level:Advanced</Value> </Attribute>* </Object> </Designate> </metatype:MetaData> Am I correct ? If yes, then it appears that the MetaType Service does not expose an API which let me parse the specific Attribute <Value> elements. Does anyone know why ? So, will I have to parse myself the metatype.xml file (for parsing the specific <Value> attribute) ? Thanks in advance; /pierre
