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How to include Java SE classes when starting up from the command line? [message #1003876]

Tue, 22 January 2013 02:11

Eclipse User

Hi,

I have an Equinox OSGi container that starts fine using eclipse on my development machine. However, when I export the bundles and try and start it from the command line using the instructions http://www.eclipse.org/equinox/documents/quickstart-framework.php I get some class not found exceptions.

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.sql.DataSource
 at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:513)
 at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:429)
 at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:417)
 at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107)

This is very strange because the class that cannot be found is a standard java class. I definitely have java installed and the execution environment in the manifest requires the same verion of java.

Is there something extra I need to do?

Thanks,
Eban

Re: How to include Java SE classes when starting up from the command line? [message #1004055 is a reply to message #1003876]

Tue, 22 January 2013 09:05

Eclipse User

Does your bundle import the javax.sql package?

Re: How to include Java SE classes when starting up from the command line? [message #1004265 is a reply to message #1004055]

Tue, 22 January 2013 17:15

Eclipse User

No, it doesn't. I did change it though to import just to make sure and I still got the same exception. Shouldn't the Java SE classes be available to the class loader anyway?

Re: How to include Java SE classes when starting up from the command line? [message #1004288 is a reply to message #1004265]

Tue, 22 January 2013 18:19

Eclipse User

Per the OSGi spec, a bundle must import all packages it uses (but doesn't contain). Except for java.* package. But javax.* packages must be imported. When you start Equinox in the standard OSGi way, it will configure the system bundle to export the packages normally found in Java SE. I am not sure if javax.sql is one of those packages. You should check the packages exported by the system bundle.

Re: How to include Java SE classes when starting up from the command line? [message #1004328 is a reply to message #1004288]

Tue, 22 January 2013 20:42

Eclipse User

Ah yes, and I found out why it works through the eclipse IDE. Eclipse had been putting -Dosgi.compatibility.bootdelegation=true and this made the issue go away. I found a good blog explaining all this http://blog.springsource.org/2009/01/19/exposing-the-boot-classpath-in-osgi/.

Thanks for the help BJ!

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