Hi David I think that you need to think simple. OSGi enables you to develop POJO with some meta data in the Manifest.mf, so, wherever you can develop POJO, you can develop OSGi modules. My personal favorite IDE is Eclipse.
In addition, there is maven that enables you to build OSGi bundles with the *maven-bundle-plugin* Here is an example for the plugin data: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId> <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId> <extensions>true</extensions> <configuration> <instructions> <Export-Package>com.example</Export-Package> <Bundle-Activator>com.example.Activator</Bundle-Activator> </instructions> </configuration> </plugin> When you add this plugin to your maven pom.xml, and activate it in the command line with *mvn clean install* command, it generates all the necessary data for you in the Manifest.mf and create a module that you can deploy in your preferable OSGi framework. So, in conclusion, you can work on the module generation with maven, and the actual development you can do with your preferable IDE. I hope it helps. -- Regards Shai Amar Technologies manager, Founder Krynnlance www.krynnlance.com www.backapps.com On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:31 PM, David Griffin < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > just a little feedback on my previous question regarding the best IDE for > OSGi bundle development. > > NetBeans (v7.0.1) > ================= > I have been able to: > 1. Manually create a Java project consisting of the OSGi in action Chapter > 13 paint example top-level app. sources and build it. > 2. Manually create a Java project consisting of the OSGi in action Chapter > 13 paint example square bundle sources. > 3. Manually modify the manifest.mf file to specify the bundle Activator > method and build the bundle. > 3. Put the two together (by adding a "bundles" folder into the "dist" > sub-folder of the top-level app. project folder and copying in the built > square bundle jar file. > 4. Run the top-level app and see the square icon appear and be able to > place squares in the window, i.e. application, framework and auto-deploy > bundles working. > > As of yet, I have not seen any graphical interface to configure the bundle > information (i.e. the META-INF folder contents). Does anyone know if there > is such an interface as standard, or if there is a NetBeans add-on > available, which will provide a more graphical interface to bundle > creation/maintenance? I saw Richard mention "Maven Bundle Plugin", which I > have not looked into as yet. That's next on my list. > > > Using Eclipse Java (Indigo Service Release 1 Build id: 20110916-0149): > ====================================================================== > > I could not find any project template for creating OSGi bundles, despite > seeing a web article that suggested there was at least one template > available under the root type "plugin" (which is not present in the above > version of Eclipse). > > I assumed that I would be able to manually create the Java projects as > previously achieved with NetBeans, so did not explore this option. > > I've experimented a little with BndTools under Eclipse, which looks like it > provides a more graphical interface, but I am finding that setting the > configuration options is not obvious (is there any documentation for this > tool?). > > > Summary > ======= > As a user with little experience with OSGi based Java development, I'm > struggling to find simple to use tools. That said, I think the fact that > there are so many free tools and related information available is > impressive. > > Aside from buying Richards book ("OSGi in Action") which I think I'll need > to do next, can anyone provide me any pointers to good graphical (as opposed > to command line based) tools for OSGi development? > > > Dave > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Regards Shai Amar Technologies manager, Founder Krynnlance www.krynnlance.com www.backapps.com
