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Exporting only subclass package [message #552129]

Wed, 11 August 2010 00:54

Ben

Messages: 5
Registered: January 2010

Junior Member

I ran into an inconsistency between the eclipse OSGi runtime and tooling (PDE).
The scenario is:

bundle A
- defines classes:
service.internal.ServiceBase
service.Service
- exports package service
> Service extends ServiceBase, and ServiceBase implements method "invoke"

bundle B
- defines classes:
client.Client
- imports package service
> Client calls Service.invoke()

The PDE compiler reports an error, because "invoke" is not visible. However, if I change the compiler settings to ignore the access restriction and run the client, it can invoke the method successfully.

Is this simply a PDE bug, or is there more to it?

Is it a recommended practice to export only the subclass packages, given that it leaks internal methods?

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