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  • Copyright 2010
  • Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
  • Pages: 528
  • Edition: 1st
  • Book
  • ISBN-10: 0-321-58571-2
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-58571-4

<>A Hands-On Guide to Equinox and the OSGi Framework

 In OSGI and Equinox: Creating Highly Modular Java™ Systems, three leading experts show developers—for the first time—exactly how to make the most of these breakthrough technologies for building highly modular dynamic systems.


You’ll quickly get started with Eclipse bundle tooling, create your first OSGi-based system, and move rapidly to sophisticated production development. Next, you’ll master best practices and techniques for creating systems with exceptional modularity and maintainability. You’ll learn all about OSGi’s Declarative Services and how to use them to solve a wide variety of real-world problems. Finally, you’ll see everything that you’ve learned implemented in a complete case study project that takes you from early prototype through application delivery.


For every Eclipse developer, regardless of previous experience, this book

  • Combines a complete hands-on tutorial, online sample code at every step, and deep technical dives for working developers
  • Covers the OSGi programming model, component development, OSGi services, Eclipse bundle tooling, server-side Equinox, and much more
  • Offers knowledge, guidance, and best practices for overcoming the complexities of building modular systems
  • Addresses practical issues ranging from integrating third-party code libraries to server-side programming
  • Includes a comprehensive case study that goes beyond prototyping to deliver a fully refined
    and refactored production system
Whatever your application, industry, or problem domain, if you want to build state-of-the-art software systems with OSGi and Equinox, you will find this book to be an essential resource.

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Table of Contents

Foreword         xxi

Preface        xxv

Acknowledgments         xxix

About the Authors        xxxiii

Part I:  Introduction        1

Chapter 1: OSGi, Equinox, and Eclipse         3

1.1 A Bit of History   3

1.2 Collaboration   4

1.3 Modularity and Freedom of Action   5

1.4 Platforms   7

1.5 Ecosystems   7

1.6 OSGi in Context   8

1.7 OSGi and Equinox in Practice   10

1.8 Summary   11

Chapter 2: OSGi Concepts         13

2.1 A Community of Bundles   13

2.2 Why OSGi?   15

2.3 The Anatomy of a Bundle   18

2.4 Modularity   19

2.5 Modular Design Concepts   21

2.6 Lifecycle   22

2.7 Collaboration   24

2.8 The OSGi Framework   26

2.9 Security   27

2.10 OSGi Framework Implementations   27

2.11 Summary   28

Part II: OSGi by Example         29

Chapter 3: Tutorial Introduction          31

3.1 What Is Toast?   31

3.2 The Evolution of Toast   34

3.3 Development Environment Installation   36

3.4 Sample Code   36

3.5 Target Platform Setup   39

3.6 Learning by Example   46

3.7 Summary   48

Chapter 4: Hello, Toast          49

4.1 A Simple Scenario   49

4.2 Slicing Toast into Bundles   56

4.3 Summary   65

Chapter 5: Services         67

5.1 Moving to Services   67

5.2 Registering the GPS Service   69

5.3 Registering the Airbag Service   75

5.4 Acquiring Services   79

5.5 Launching   81

5.6 Troubleshooting   82

5.7 Summary   83

Chapter 6: Dynamic Services          85

6.1 Introduction to Dynamic Services   85

6.2 Using Service Trackers   87

6.4 Using Declarative Services   97

6.5 Summary   105

Chapter 7: Client/Server Interaction         107

7.1 The Back End   108

7.2 The Client Side   111

7.3 Utility Classes   119

7.4 Running Toast   121

7.5 Summary   123

Chapter 8: Testing         125

8.1 Making Toast Testable   126

8.2 Unit-Testing Toast   126

8.3 System-Testing Toast   131

8.4 Summary   139

Chapter 9: Packaging          141

9.1 Defining a Toast Product   141

9.2 Exporting Toast   149

9.3 Packaging for Other Platforms   152

9.4 Getting Serious about Component Definition   154

9.5 Summary   158

Chapter 10: Pluggable Services          161

10.1 Separating Interface from Implementation   162

10.2 Device Simulation   165

10.3 Simulated Devices as Pluggable Services   167

10.4 Running with Simulated Devices   169

10.5 Summary   171

Chapter 11: Extensible User Interface            173

11.1 Crust   173

11.2 Emergency   175

11.3 Climate and Audio   181

11.4 The OSGi Application Model   184

11.5 Navigation and Mapping   187

11.6 Summary   195

Chapter 12: Dynamic Configuration         197

12.1 The Tracking Scenario   197

12.2 Installing the Tracking Code   198

12.3 Running the Basic Tracking Scenario   201

12.4 Configuration   201

12.5 Summary   205

Chapter 13: Web Portal             207

13.1 Portal   207

13.2 The PortalServlet   208

13.3 Action Lookup Using Services   210

13.4 Declaring a Portal Action   213

13.5 Whiteboard Pros and Cons   215

13.6 Summary   216

Chapter 14: System Deployment with p2              217

14.1 Introduction to Equinox p2   217

14.2 Refining the Toast Structure   221

14.3 Writing a Provisioner   229

14.4 Adding a Deployment Web UI   233

14.5 Exporting, Running, and Provisioning   235

14.6 Client-Side Dynamic Deployment   241

14.7 Summary   242

Part III: Deep Dives         245

Chapter 15: Declarative Services          247

15.1 The Declarative Services Model   247

15.2 Common Scenarios   248

15.3 Launching and Debugging DS Applications   269

15.4 PDE Tooling   270

15.5 Summary   273

Chapter 16: Extensions         275

16.1 The Extension Registry   275

16.2 Extension Points   278

16.3 Extensions   280

16.4 Advanced Extension Topics   281

16.5 Extension Registry Lifecycle   283

16.6 Dynamic Extension Scenarios   284

16.7 Services and Extensions   290

16.8 Extension Registry Myths   293

16.9 Summary   293

Chapter 17: Logging          295

17.1 The Log Service Specification   295

17.2 Using the LogService in Toast   298

17.3 Using the LogReaderService   301

17.4 Toast’s LogUtility Class   303

17.5 Equinox’s LogService Implementations   304

17.6 Summary   306

Chapter 18: HTTP Support         307

18.1 The HttpService   308

18.2 Registering and Unregistering a Servlet   309

18.3 Declarative HTTP Content Registrations   312

18.4 Using Jetty   313

18.5 HTTP Contexts and JAAS Integration   314

18.6 Troubleshooting   318

18.7 Summary   320

Chapter 19: Server Side          321

19.1 Servers and OSGi   322

19.2 Embedding the Back End in a Web Application   323

19.3 Remote Services in OSGi   333

19.4 Summary   341

Chapter 20: Release Engineering         343

20.1 What Is PDE Build?   344

20.2 Bundle build.properties 3  45

20.3 Setting Up a Builder   347

20.4 Running the Builder   353

20.5 Tweaking the Build   356

20.6 Building Add-on Features   363

20.7 Building WARs   367

20.8 Summary   367

Part IV: Reference         369

Chapter 21: Dynamic Best Practices         371

21.1 Dynamism and You   371

21.2 Dynamic Aspects of Toast   372

21.3 Dynamic Challenges   374

21.4 Dynamic Awareness  374

21.5 The Extender Pattern and BundleTracker   378

21.6 Dynamic Enablement   379

21.7 The Dynamics of Startup and Shutdown   382

21.8 Summary   385

Chapter 22: Integrating Code Libraries         387

22.1 JARs as Bundles   388

22.2 Bundling by Injection   388

22.3 Bundling by Wrapping   390

22.4 Bundling by Reference   392

22.5 Bundling Using bnd   394

22.6 Troubleshooting Class Loading Problems   394

22.7 Summary   403

Chapter 23: Advanced Topics          405

23.1 The Equinox Console   406

23.2 Roles in OSGi   409

23.3 The Shape of Bundles   411

23.4 Fragments   413

23.5 Singletons   415

23.6 Bundle Lifecycle   416

23.7 Bundle Activation Policy   419

23.8 Controlling Bundle Start   421

23.9 Class Loading   423

23.10 Configuring and Running Equinox   428

23.11 Data Areas   432

23.12 Summary   434

Chapter 24: Declarative Services Reference         435

24.1 Component XML Schema v1.1.0   435

24.2 The Component Lifecycle   444

24.3 Summary   457

Index         459

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