Sure! https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-4047
Thanks, Thomas Joseph On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Carsten Ziegeler <[email protected]>wrote: > Ah, yes - you're right; I think you've hit a bug in the SCR plugin. With > cardinality or the unbounded property you influence the generation of the > metatype information, but not the ds xml file. > Could you please create an issue for this? > > Thanks > Carsten > > 2013/5/3 Thomas Joseph <[email protected]> > > > Thanks Carsten! > > > > I tried both the options (unbounded=PropertyUnbounded.ARRAY and > > cardinality=N) > > independently, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to work. The scr xml > still > > generates <property name="multivalued.property" > value="only-single-value"/> > > > > I even upgraded to SCR annotations v1.9.2 and Maven SCR plugin 1.12.0, > and > > still it won't work. Can I have a code sample somewhere, so that I can > try > > it out? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Thomas Joseph > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Carsten Ziegeler <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > unfortunately, the java annotations do not distinguish between a single > > > value and an array, so it's impossible by looking at {"single value"} > if > > > this is should be a single value or an array. For the tooling > inspecting > > > the annotations "single value" looks exactly the same. Therefore the > SCR > > > plugin assumes a single value to be exactly this: a single value :) > > > If you just want to specify a single default value for a multi value > > > property, you can either use cardinality=N if you want to limit the > > number > > > of values, or unbounded=PropertyUnbounded.ARRAY. We usually the latter > > > option. > > > > > > Carsten > > > > > > > > > 2013/5/3 Thomas Joseph <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > I am using Felix SCR annotations v1.7.0 and Maven SCR plugin 1.8.0, > and > > > > declaring a OSGi property as: > > > > > > > > @Property(label="Multivalued Property", value={"only-single-value"}) > > > > private static final String MV_PROPERTY= "multivalued.property"; > > > > > > > > And then try to retrieve the property value as: > > > > > > > > > > > > @Activate > > > > @Modified > > > > protected void activate(*final ComponentContext context*) throws > > > Exception > > > > { > > > > Object prop = context.getProperties().get(MV_PROPERTY); > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But I observe that the value is retrieved as a String and not a > String > > > > array. The generated SCR xml itself is generated for a String and > not a > > > > String array. > > > > <property name="multivalued.property" value="only-single-value"/> > > > > > > > > However, if I declare the property as below, I get the value as an > > array. > > > > > > > > @Property(label="Multivalued Property", value={"only-single-value"*, > > > ""*}) > > > > private static final String MV_PROPERTY= "multivalued.property"; > > > > > > > > I Googled around but could not find anything conclusive. Am I missing > > > > something here? How can I get a String array without a workaround > done > > > > above. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Thanks, > > > > /Thomas Joseph > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Carsten Ziegeler > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > -- > Carsten Ziegeler > [email protected] > -- Thanks and Regards, /Thomas Joseph LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ethomasjoseph Twitter: http://twitter.com/ethomasjoseph ------------------------------------------------------------ Promote Open Source - Promote Liberty of Ideas and Software. ------------------------------------------------------------
