Re: more OSGI thoughts? brian?

[Jeromy Evans <je...@blueskyminds.com.au>]

Are you still out there Brian?  Did you put any thought into something 
like this for JCatapult modules within S2?

Jeromy Evans wrote:
> Has anyone given any more thought to an OSGI container embedded within 
> Struts2?
>
> I ask because I growing to hate having to build and deploy entire war 
> files and regularly restart Containers.  It seems far behind 
> alternative technologies.
>
> Is it conceivable that:
> - the container provides the infrastructure (and almost never restarts);
> - S2 provides a standard deployment/development environment (and is 
> never undeployed)
> - the OSGI container within S2 provides the ability to deploy/undeploy 
> bundles within that environment
>
> Then, as an S2 developer I package my application up as sensible 
> bundles and deploy/update them as needed, so I'm working with tiny 
> little jars instead of massive wars.
>
> Some complex discovery is required with each bundle deployment but 
> achievable.  I'd much prefer something like this rather than S2 apps 
> themselves being deployed within an OSGI container.
>
> Is this along the lines with your latest thoughts Don or Musachy or 
> have you moved on?
>
>
>
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