Chapter 6. Moving toward bundles
This chapter covers
- Choosing a bundle identity for a JAR file
- Determining which packages a bundle should export and/or import
- Migrating an application to OSGi
- Dividing an application into a set of bundles
The first part of this book introduced the three layers of OSGi: module, lifecycle, and service. We’ll now take a more practical look at how you can migrate existing code to OSGi by using one or more of these layers, beginning with examples of turning real-world JAR files into bundles. After that, we’ll examine different ways of migrating a complete application to OSGi and finish up with a short discussion of situations where you might decide not to bundle.
By the end of this chapter, you’ll know how ...
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