Re: [equinox-dev] Support for Java 9 modules

[Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Tom, for the answer.

I was hoping to simplify the consumption of Maven central for RCP
development. From my Android development experience, I can tell that
it is pure fun to try out a new library (simply by adding it to the
Gradle build file). Doing the same for RCP is relatively
time-consuming (convert the lib and all of its dependencies to become
an OSGi bundle and at it to the target platform).

But from your answer, I understand that OSGi / Equinox does currently
not plan to simplify the consumption of the Java 9 modules. So we have
to stay with the old conversion process.

Thanks again for the answer, Lars





On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 8:20 PM, Thomas Watson <tjwatson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Something like that could be done, but I question the approach.  Seem like
> something that made it easy to stick OSGi meta-data into a module archive
> (jar) would be better.  Something like Eclipse Bundle Recipes or using BND
> tools directly.
>
> Tom
>
>
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> Hi,
>
> are there plans to support Java 9 modules in OSGi / Equinox?
>
> We used to have the Eclipse 2.0 compatibility layer which converted a
> 2.0 style plug-in to a valid OSGi bundle.
>
> Maybe Equinox could provide a similar thing for converting Java 9
> modules to valid OSGi bundles.
>
> Best regards, Lars
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