All the small things

Componentization is a very vague term and I won’t distinguish the different meanings here, but I’ll try to point out interesting sources in this area, related to Java.

Specifications:
OSGi Alliance Download
JSR 232: Mobile Operational Management
JSR 277: Java^TM Module System
JSR 291: Dynamic Component Support for Java^TM SE
JSR 294: Improved Modularity Support in the Java^TM Programming Language

OSGi based Frameworks/ Implementations:

• Open Source:
  Apache Felix (R4)
  Eclipse Equinox (R4)
  Knopflerfish (R4 compliant)
  Oscar (R3 now moved to Apache Felix)
  OSXA (R3 related, but significant different)
  Prosyst (R4)
• Commercial
  Makewave (former Gatespace Telematics AB)
  IBM Service Management Framework (R3 only)
  ProSyst

Tools for OSGi
aQute - bnd tool
Eclipse Plug-in from Mikael Desertot (for Eclipse 3.1)
Eclipse Plug-in from Knopflerfish

last update 05/19/2007