Jigsaw and OSGi interop

Wed Oct 5 14:00:33 PDT 2011

+1, this is very important and I will contribute.

Martijn: I'm happy to act as some kind of LJC liaison on this also.

Rgds
Neil

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>  1. Jigsaw and OSGi interop (Tim Ellison)
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> Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:15:27 +0100
> From: Tim Ellison <t.p.ellison at gmail.com (mailto:t.p.ellison at gmail.com)>
> Subject: Jigsaw and OSGi interop
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> Hello jigsaw-devs,
> 
> It is good to see Jigsaw making progress, and the focus on getting
> modularity into the JDK during the Java 8 development period. While I
> have only been lurking on this list, I have been following the various
> objectives and goals of modular Java for a while. I should also declare
> at this point that I work for IBM.
> 
> The module-system requirements doc [1] calls for a level of OSGi interop
> to be demonstrated by prototype. This is important, not only because of
> the existing broad technical investment in OSGi that should not be
> ignored, but also the opportunity for developers to see and influence
> how these module systems will work together.
> 
> I suggest that such prototype work is best done in a separate 'sister'
> project, maintaining close collaboration with jigsaw-dev. As a
> prototype, having the freedom to experiment and modify code without
> impacting Jigsaw's progress will be helpful to both.
> 
> At this point I'm simply looking for support to create a new project,
> with a mandate as written in the requirements doc, and see if there is
> interest in pursuing this goal in the open at OpenJDK? Details of what
> will be attempted in the prototype, and in what order, and by whom are
> all up for discussion.
> 
> [1]
> http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/doc/draft-java-module-system-requirements-12#osgi-support
> 
> Regards,
> Tim
> 
> 
> 
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> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 18:57:41 +0100
> From: David Bosschaert <david.bosschaert at gmail.com (mailto:david.bosschaert at gmail.com)>
> Subject: Re: Jigsaw and OSGi interop
> To: jigsaw-dev at openjdk.java.net (mailto:jigsaw-dev at openjdk.java.net), Tim Ellison <t.p.ellison at gmail.com (mailto:t.p.ellison at gmail.com)>
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> Tim, that sounds like a great idea!
> I would be interested in helping out.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> David
> 
> On 5 October 2011 14:15, Tim Ellison <t.p.ellison at gmail.com (mailto:t.p.ellison at gmail.com)> wrote:
> > Hello jigsaw-devs,
> > 
> > It is good to see Jigsaw making progress, and the focus on getting
> > modularity into the JDK during the Java 8 development period. ?While I
> > have only been lurking on this list, I have been following the various
> > objectives and goals of modular Java for a while. ?I should also declare
> > at this point that I work for IBM.
> > 
> > The module-system requirements doc [1] calls for a level of OSGi interop
> > to be demonstrated by prototype. ?This is important, not only because of
> > the existing broad technical investment in OSGi that should not be
> > ignored, but also the opportunity for developers to see and influence
> > how these module systems will work together.
> > 
> > I suggest that such prototype work is best done in a separate 'sister'
> > project, maintaining close collaboration with jigsaw-dev. ?As a
> > prototype, having the freedom to experiment and modify code without
> > impacting Jigsaw's progress will be helpful to both.
> > 
> > At this point I'm simply looking for support to create a new project,
> > with a mandate as written in the requirements doc, and see if there is
> > interest in pursuing this goal in the open at OpenJDK? ?Details of what
> > will be attempted in the prototype, and in what order, and by whom are
> > all up for discussion.
> > 
> > [1]
> > http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/doc/draft-java-module-system-requirements-12#osgi-support
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Tim
> 
> 
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