Re: [equinox-dev] getservice throws class cast exception

["Neil Bartlett" <njbartlett@xxxxxxxxx>]

Toni made exactly the same comment via my bug tracker!

I agree, I've intended all along to write such a chapter, I just need
to get around to it...

Thanks
Neil

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Alin Dreghiciu <adreghiciu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> +1 for having the api as a separated bundle (third in this case)
> Neil, you could add an "Best Practices" chapter to your book.
>
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> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:08 AM,  <njbartlett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Santosh,
>>
>> I'm glad you got this working but please bear in mind that it is a
>> poor design choice to export an interface from the same bundle that
>> provides the service, because it does not truly de-couple the consumer
>> from the provider, and it makes it much harder for you to update the
>> provider bundle as the implementation of the service evolves. So I
>> still recommend that you pull the interface into a third bundle.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Neil
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