Hi Andreas, Than you very much for the reply! I appreciate it. Can you point me to some documentation regarding installing Karaf and Karaf and Eclipse Integration etc. No hand holding but some pointers/docs etc and I'll be good.
I'm now intrigued. Thanks a lot and I look forward to hearing from you! Thanks Matt On Aug 2, 2011 8:41 PM, "Andreas Pieber" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Matt, > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 00:58, Matt Madhavan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> I have seen couple of email threads on this topic. But did not really get a >> definitive answer. >> >> Currently we do not use Karaf. We use Felix and other related bundles via >> pax runner. I have seen recommendations about using Karaf. Why cannot I >> just >> start the Felix container in debug via mvn pax:provision and do a remote >> debug? What do I get out of Karaf that I donot get from Felix and its >> webconsole (started using pax web and jetty etc). >> > > A very good feature information is presented by http://karaf.apache.org/. > While it depends on your needs I personally start any OSGi based toplevel > (!) project without Karaf. The configuration support, features(.xml) > support, the "fancy" command line, easy packaging, hotdeployment, remote > access... All of them are feature you simply do not want to miss in your > final server. It's not that you cant configure such a system from ground up > yourself. The question is rather: why would you want to do it? Projects like > geronimo, smx, talend, openengsb, (and many more) already proof that it is > pretty easy to develop toplevel projects based on Karaf. My absolute > favorite in the entire development tool-chain here is the "dev:watch *" > command in Karaf which automatically reload snapshot bundles asap they are > build by maven. Using this together with an on-file-changed mvn install > script you'll get really (!) fast reload cycles. IMHO Karaf is definitely > worth a look for every new OSGi project! If you're looking for more user > reports here you may like to write directly to the karaf user list. > > >> Also when using PaxExam (2.x.x), if I'm using the third type "lesson-junit" >> my understanding is that: >> >> 1. I cannot use Native Container >> 2. And so I can only do remote debugging. >> >> Please let me know if my understanding is OK! >> > > I can't give any qualified answer on that (still on pax-exam 1.x; shame on > me), but for non-native container the "only-remote-debugging" thing is > definitely true. Since the itests does not run in the same "container" as > your unit-tests you'll have to work with the remote debugger. > > I hope this helps. > > Kind regards, > Andreas > > >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> Matt >>
