Great, thanks!
I've just committed a fix to the scr annotations, so if you use the
1.9.3-SNAPSHOT version from trunk (together with the latest scr plugin,
1.12.0), it should work

Carsten


2013/5/3 Thomas Joseph <[email protected]>

> 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
>
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