Is there a way to convert PDE projects to Bundle projects?
Is there a way to refresh Eclipse's view of Virgo's repository folders.
I'm not finding packages exported from the org.eclipse.osgi bundle. It is present in Virgo's plugins directory but that is not exposed via the Virgo Server definition. What is the best way to pick up those exports.

Is there a way to convert PDE projects to Bundle projects?

Is there a way to refresh Eclipse's view of Virgo's repository folders.

I'm not finding packages exported from the org.eclipse.osgi bundle. It is present in Virgo's plugins directory but that is not exposed via the Virgo Server definition. What is the best way to pick up those exports.

I created the producer bundle project, added an activator, and added org.eclipse.osgi to repository/usr to resolve the reference to BundleActivator. The producer bundle now built without errors and I was able to start the server and see the producer bundle deployed and started in the console.

I created the consumer bundle project and tried to add a reference to the API exported by the producer. However the consumer project can't resolve the reference. If I open the manifest editor and select the Dependencies tab and click add on the Import Package section, I can see all the bundles from the server repository but not the producer bundle. So I thought, I guess I have to place the producer bundle into repository/usr for the consumer project to see it. Now even though the server starts and deploys the producer bundle that bundle is not placed in repository/usr.

From the Servers view I tried right mouse click and Publish on the server and right mouse click and redeploy on the producer bundle but neither will get me a copy of the producer bundle in repository/usr. Several times during this process I tried to right mouse click on the server in the Servers view and select open. However, each time I did that Eclipse would hang with a jvm crash. So I ran check for updates and installed the suggested EPP 1.5.1 package. I tried to open the server again after the update and again Eclipse hung with a jvm crash. Next I thought that I should just export the bundle into the repository.

So from the project explorer I right mouse clicked on the producer project and selected Export. Not thinking to check the new Virgo menu and following my old habits, I selected Plug-in Development -- Deployable plug-ins and fragments. However my project was not available for export. I had read this previous post and thought I'll add PDE plugin natures to my project and I'll be able to use those tools. So I edited the project and added


		<buildCommand>
			<name>org.eclipse.pde.ManifestBuilder</name>
			<arguments>
			</arguments>
		</buildCommand>
		<buildCommand>
			<name>org.eclipse.pde.SchemaBuilder</name>
			<arguments>
			</arguments>
		</buildCommand>
...
		<nature>org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature</nature>

I restarted eclipse. This didn't help with being able to export my project as a Deployable plug-in. The project was still not available for selection. However, since I did this I've been able to open the server from the servers view without Eclipse crashing.

Then after all this I thought about the Virgo menu and exported the producer project to the repository. This resolved my references in the consumer project and I was able to build and run the server. The console showed both bundles deployed and started.

Just to verify I edited the producer project and removed the PDE nature and build specs so that the project looked like the consumer project which I never messed with. I restarted eclipse and tried to open the server in the Servers view and Eclipse hung with the jvm crash.