Hi, Just as a little hint, you might want to check the servicemix project, because it already converted lots of 3rd party projects. It might happen that it's already available as osgi bundle. Besides that the servicemix project does use the maven shade plugin for conversion.
Regards, Achim sent from mobile device Am 10.11.2013 00:33 schrieb "Henry Saginor" <[email protected]>: > Hi Elliot, > > There are several option. I think the "best way" really depends on your > use case. If you have one bundle where your code depends on 3rd party jar > you can add it as embeded dependency. I usually prefer this approach. If > you use maven as your build system this can be added with > maven-bundle-plugin and <Embed-Dependency> instruction. > > It's also pretty simple to convert 3r party jars into OSGi bundles by > adding OSGi headers to it's manifest file. It depends on your 3rd party > licensing if you can change their jars though. You can also export embedded > packages from your bundle if other bundles need them. But I am not sure if > this is considered best practice since it obfuscates versioning of your 3rd > party library. It's an option though if you don't care about this. > > There are some other options like boot delegation. But that's normally > used for system level libraries. > > http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-maven-bundle-plugin-bnd.html > > Henry > > On Nov 9, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Elliot Huntington < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > What is the best way to convert a 3rd party jar into an OSGi bundle? > > > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19880211/how-to-convert-miglayout-for-javafx-to-an-osgi-bundle-so-it-will-work-inside-an > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
