Spring Dynamic Modules in Action

Chapter 12. The Blueprint specification

This chapter covers

• Standardizing Spring DM though the Blueprint specification

• Discussing the Blueprint terminology

• Comparing Spring DM and Blueprint

• Using Blueprint

In the previous chapter, we looked at the OSGi compendium services and how they can be accessed from Spring DM. One of the most recent additions to the compendium services (introduced in OSGi 4.2) is the Blueprint Service specification (RFC 124)—a topic of great interest to us because it represents the standardization of Spring DM. In this chapter we'll describe and discuss the Blueprint specification and show how you can use it both standalone and together with Spring DM.

Because it's the reference implementation, Spring DM 2.0 fully supports Blueprint, ...