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Plug-in hot loading management tool [message #533923]

Mon, 17 May 2010 13:41

Gregoire Dupe

Messages: 75
Registered: September 2009
Location: France

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Hi,

To implement MoDisco features, we use the plug-in hot loading mechanism to improve usability by sparing the user from having to launch a second Eclipse instance.

We have to use the OSGi hot loading mechanism because:

- a MoDisco project contains behavior descriptions written in Java which are expected to be executable in the same Eclipse instance (to customize an editor),

- MoDisco's users are not plug-in developers. That's why they are not accustomed to launching an Eclipse instance using the Eclipse Application launcher.

The use of plug-in hot loading implies managing the hot loading itself, the corresponding errors, the management of change events and the plug-in unloading (to revert to the "real" installed plug-in).

Do you know of anybody who has the same requirements? Does any hot loading management tool exist? If not, do you think it would be possible to share the hot loading management features, by providing a dedicated plug-in?

Regards,

Gregoire Dupe

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Re: Plug-in hot loading management tool [message #533940 is a reply to message #533923]

Mon, 17 May 2010 14:18

Anthony Dahanne

Messages: 9
Registered: March 2010
Location: Montreal

Junior Member

Hello !
To my knowledge, you have 2 alternatives :

Using P2 director and p2 touch points to hot deploy a new installable unit
Using Felix File Install, so that when the user drops a new bundle, it will be activated (if all dependencies are resolved)

The easiest to set up is Felix File Install, but the more "equinox way" to do it is using p2
Regards,
Anthony

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