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5.08.2008
JavaOne - OSGi Is Huge Here!
If you doubted that OSGi can achieve mass appeal, the list of sessions at J1 proves contrary. Most major tool vendors has either implemented it or have plans to support OSGi bundles:
From small embedded devices, to desktop, to the large application server, OSGi seems to be the component model that the industry is adopting. It will be interesting to see how the corporate developer integrates OSGi in their development rituals.
- OSGi has been in IBM's arsenal for while now (Eclipse, Websphere, etc)
- SpringSource's new Spring Application Platform uses OSGi has its
- Glassfish Version 3 will be OSGi-bundle compatible
- JBoss 5's kernel will load its component as OSGi
- JSR 277, the Java Module system, slated for JDK7, can load OSGi bundles
From small embedded devices, to desktop, to the large application server, OSGi seems to be the component model that the industry is adopting. It will be interesting to see how the corporate developer integrates OSGi in their development rituals.
