I don't think Felix Framework sets this property by itself. Equinox seems to do so IIRC. I actaully hit the same problem and I did add the property in the etc/config.properties file, so that the next release will have a J2SE-1.5 by default (which allows to deploy many bundles through OBR).
I think one point to consider is that we have deliberately tried to not require Java 1.5 and to also allow supporting for example CXF. CXF implements JAX-WS which is not shipped with JDK 1.6. So what we did is to hide all the JDK 1.6 new features and tend to deploy bundles for those instead of relying on the system bundle. So unless you re-enable all the hidden packages, Karaf does not really provide a clean 1.6 environment, so I would avoid setting this property according tot the JVM version ... On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 16:11, Chris Blunck <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Please forgive this question in advance if it has been well documented or > discussed elsewhere. I failed to find references to it when searching for > "execution environment felix" and other searches for how this concept > works. > > I'm familiar with execution environments but I don't understand how > Felix/Karaf knows what execution environments it supports. More > specifically ... > > Say I start Felix using J2SE 1.6 from Sun. How does the execution > environment get set, and how can I verify it in the console? > > I know that I can -Dorg.osgi.framework.executionenvironment=J2SE-1.5 when I > start Karaf but that seems like a hack. It seems like Felix/Karaf should > determine the execution environment based on the JVM that it's running > within. It probably does but I just don't know where to look for it. > > I'm basically trying to use Jackson within OBR and a <require> asks for an > ee of J2SE-1.5. I'm running an IBM 1.6 JVM so I'd suspect that there would > be an ee in my Felix that is compatible with J2SE-1.5. Since I don't know > how to print it or look for it I don't know for sure. Maybe the IBM 1.6 > JVM > supports ee's like "IBM-Java-1.5" (who knows...) > > Some pointers to how execution environments work would be most welcome. > > > -Chris > -- Cheers, Guillaume Nodet ------------------------ Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ ------------------------ Open Source SOA http://fusesource.com
