Well, it's not an all-or-nothing proposal. You can use the bnd annotations in just a single component, but continue using the Felix SCR annotations everywhere else.
Anyway I understand your desire to keep things simple, I just wanted to make you aware of the possibility. Regards, Neil On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Thomas Joseph <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Neil. > > At this stage of project, it is difficult to think of using bnd > annotations, but will definitely consider this in my next assignment. > > > > On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Neil Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For what it's worth... I assume you're building with >> maven-bundle-plugin, so you could use the bnd annotations as an >> alternative: >> >> @Component(properties = { >> "singletonProp:String=val1", // this is the default type >> "singleElementListProp:List<String>=val1", >> "multiElementListProp:List<String>=val1|val2|val3" >> }) >> >> Regards >> Neil >> >> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Thomas Joseph <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > 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. >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [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. > ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
