OSGi in Action: Creating Modular Applications in Java

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Chapter 1. OSGi revealed

Figure 1.1. Modularity refers to the logical decomposition of a large system into smaller collaborating pieces.

Figure 1.2. Multiple JARs containing overlapping classes and/or packages are merged based on their order of appearance in the class path, with no regard to logical coherency among archives.

Figure 1.3. The OSGi Service Platform specification is divided into halves, one for the OSGi framework and one for standard services.

Figure 1.4. OSGi layered architecture

Figure 1.5. A bundle contains code, resources, and metadata.

Figure 1.6. The service-oriented interaction pattern. Providers publish services into a registry where requesters can discover which services are available for use.

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