Versioning in software is as old as software itself. So, one should assume we are able to handle versions pretty good right? Well, you can’t be more wrong. Versions at the moment – and this holds true for ALL programming … Continue reading
Before starting, I just want to make clear that I am not a member of the OSGi Alliance nor a participant of any EG. I just happen to use OSGi since Eclipse started to investigate OSGi as their componentization model … Continue reading
Inspired by Peter’s comment I am following up on my last post on “The Myth about Software Reuse”. I received quiet a lot feedback concerning the topic and I felt I should share some of my thoughts and visions in … Continue reading
The ones of you who know me, know that I believe in software reuse and I am trying to evangelize about it for quiet some time. Methods, Classes, Aspects, Components, Modules, Software Product Lines, you name it – everything is … Continue reading
After some less OSGi technology centric posts I am now getting back to the meat and will highlight the problems involved with dynamic imports. In well designed OSGi applications the “DynamicImport-Package” header should be obsolete. Unfortunately not every code is … Continue reading
Usually when I am blogging, I am talking about the latest technology, standards or general trends. This time however, I wonna talk about politics. No, not about the elections in US, but about politics in software development practiced by the … Continue reading
A lot of people are following the buzz about OSGi now and are excited about all the things it can do for you. A great world of new opportunities. Now, after the first draft of OSGi 4.2 it very much … Continue reading
OSGi provides developers with plenty of configuration and selection mechanisms to adapt your application perfectly to a certain environment. One of these features is the usage of native code. Other than plain Java in OSGi you can simply define a … Continue reading
When first diving into OSGi, you probably don’t notice fragments at all. After a while, once you become familiar with the concept and the main parts of the spec, you start looking into ways to accomplish things, which were fairly … Continue reading