[equinox-dev] running startApp from equinox console

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm trying to setup an Equinox server and run startApp from within the 
console. 

I'm successfully starting org.eclipse.equinox.app bundle upon framework 
start, and so see the application commands in the console of the OSGi 
server.

But when I give the startApp command in console, the exception below is 
thrown.  Here is the block of code from EclipseAppContainer (that is 
doing the throwing).  The launcherTracker.getService() call returns 
null, and so the ApplicationException is thrown:

           synchronized (this) {
               appLauncher = (ApplicationLauncher) 
launcherTracker.getService();     <-- This getService() returns null
               if (appLauncher == null) {   <-- this test succeeds
                   if (isDefault) {                 <-- this is false
                       // we need to wait to allow the 
ApplicationLauncher to get registered;
                       // save the handle to be launched as soon as the 
ApplicationLauncher is available
                       defaultMainThreadAppHandle = appHandle;
                       return;
                   }
                   throw new 
ApplicationException(ApplicationException.APPLICATION_INTERNAL_ERROR);  <
               }
               curDefaultApplicationListener = defaultAppListener;
               curMissingAppLauncher = missingAppLauncher;
           }

So my question is...why does the launcherTracker return null?  Is there 
some other bundle that has to be started in order to have an 
ApplicationLauncher registered?  If so, which one? 

Thanksinadvance,

Scott

exception

osgi> startApp org.eclipse.equinox.p2.installer.application
org.osgi.service.application.ApplicationException
   at 
org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppContainer.launch(EclipseAppContainer.java:322)
   at 
org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppDescriptor.launchSpecific(EclipseAppDescriptor.java:93)
   at 
org.osgi.service.application.ApplicationDescriptor.launch(ApplicationDescriptor.java:316)
   at 
org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.AppCommands._startApp(AppCommands.java:183)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.FrameworkCommandInterpreter.execute(FrameworkCommandInterpreter.java:150)
   at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.FrameworkConsole.docommand(FrameworkConsole.java:302)
   at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.FrameworkConsole.console(FrameworkConsole.java:287)
   at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.FrameworkConsole.run(FrameworkConsole.java:223)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)