Thanks for your reply! So the only "real" service here is the one at the root (The manager). I was under the impression that everything that was passed over a bundle-bundle boundary had to be a service, but I guess you're right. The resources are just objects that don't really correspond to services.
Richard S. Hall wrote: > > Why make them available as services if you don't want to access them as > services? Just create one service (e.g., a ResourceRegistry) from which > you can access your other objects. > > Otherwise, use something like iPOJO or DS to manage your services for > you and don't worry about it. > > -> richard > > On 5/27/11 15:22, chronozphere wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm using felix for a project of mine that uses a lot of >> services/interfaces >> for communication between bundles. For example, one bundle contains a >> manager to manage X resources. Each X resource contains multiple Y >> resources >> and every Y resource has some Z resources. Ofcourse, these resources are >> accessible as services. >> >> It is tempting to let this bundle register an XManager service, who's >> interface just returns X service interfaces (my own defined type). The >> good >> thing about this is that other modules can directly access the X >> resources >> and their corresponding Y and Z resources. >> >> However, I have the impression that you have to use the mechanism >> provided >> by ServiceReference and context.getService(). This would mean that I have >> to >> keep track of all X service-instances in each of my client bundles, in >> order >> to unget them when no longer needed. Moreover, I would need to do the >> same >> with the Y and Z that can be accessed through each X service. I would >> need a >> big number of getService() calls all over my code and it wouldn't look >> nice. >> >> So, is it neccesary to use the getService/ungetService calls EVERYTIME >> you >> want to access services from other bundles, or can I just pass the >> interfaces around if I want? What are the implications of doing the >> latter? >> >> Thanks alot! >> >> P.S: The bundles I'm programming are not part of a program which is >> completely used offline. So the bundles will be available at all times >> during the program's lifetime. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Passing-services-to-other-bundles-tp31719679p31719799.html Sent from the Apache Felix - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
