Re: [equinox-dev] boot class path extension bundles in Eclipse/Equinox ?

[Thomas Watson <tjwatson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jay,

It must be more that just a POJO.  If
that was the case then it could be included in a bundle and exported for
all bundles to use within OSGi.  Who needs to use this POJO?  Is
it some code from the boot classpath that is expecting other code to come
from the boot classpath?  Most of the time this type of code uses
the context classloader as a last resort to load a class, do you know if
this is the case in your scenario?

I'm not sure we can fit boot classpath
extensions in for 3.2, but it will definately not make 3.2 M5.  In
the past we have always had issues with finding a place to store the necessary
information to put the content on the boot classpath before the VM is started.
 We have discussed writing this information to the eclipse.ini.  But
to do this accurately we would need to have a per configuration version
of the eclipse launcher and the eclipse launcher ini file.  This may
be the only way we could pull this off for the Eclipse 3.2 release.

Tom.

"Jay Rosenthal" <jrosenth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject	[equinox-dev] boot class path extension bundles in Eclipse/Equinox        ??

I've got a problem where boot class path extension bundles appear to be
the solution.   

Will there be an implementation in Equinox (or Eclipse) in the near future
? 

We've got the need to have a pojo (jar) on the boot class path at startup.
  

The problem is that the pojo can not be updated using OSGi because it is
not part of any bundle. 

Comments.. thoughts... ?? 
Thanks

Jay R.
IBM Software Group
Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software
Workplace Managed Client, Security

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