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<br><tt><font size=2>Java Community Process JSR #277 Expert List <JSR-277-EG@JCP.ORG>
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> Updates on Interoperability</font></tt>
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> Stanley M. Ho </font></tt>
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> 2008/04/03 01:30 AM</font></tt>
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> Hi experts,<br>
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> As we discussed in the EG, we would like to make JSR 277 interoperable
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> with other module systems (e.g. OSGi, NetBeans, etc.). We have been
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> building prototypings to figure out how it should work and to also
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> validate the overall approach. Since there are many module systems
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> there and they are all implemented very differently (there are also
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> multiple OSGi implementations), it requires us to build more than
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> prototypes and the whole process takes time.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>This is good news. I realize there are many OSGi implementations,
but they all implement the OSGi spec. So the goal of OSGi interoperation
must be aimed at the OSGi spec and not the various idiosyncrasies of the
various implementations.<br>
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> The good news is that we now have a prototype that allows JSR 277
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> modules to interoperate with OSGi bundles in certain degrees, and
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> another prototype that enables interoperation with Maven. I'm in the
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> process of sorting out the details with the development team so we
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> have a strawman for this EG to discuss soon.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Looking forward to it.</font></tt>
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> - Stanley<br>
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