Re: [equinox-dev] How to best simulate standalone Equinox deployment in

[Robert Krüger <krueger@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

First of all, thanks a million Alex, Jeff and Gerd!

The boot delegation option solved my immediate problem and I will probably take a look at the approach Gerd suggested in the long run.

Cheers,

Robert


On 19.11.2010, at 15:40, Gerd Wütherich wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> the "problem" here is, that the java profile definitions contained in
> the org.eclipse.osgi_x.y.jar define the javax.* packages as
> bootdelegated packages, e.g.:
> 
> org.osgi.framework.bootdelegation = \
> javax.*,\
> org.ietf.jgss,\
> org.omg.*,\
> org.w3c.*,\
> org.xml.*,\
> sun.*,\
> com.sun.*
> 
> (taken from the JavaSE-1.6 profile).
> 
> Due to this the compiler gives you no warning/error if you use classes
> from this packages in your plug-in project. You will also have no
> problem if start your bundle with the equinox launcher from within
> your IDE, as the property 'osgi.compatibility.bootdelegation' is set
> to 'true' in this case, as Alex mentioned. But you will have a problem
> if you deploy this bundle to an equinox instance started from outside
> the IDE.
> 
> We solved this problem by providing a custom java profile definition
> to the eclipse IDE via the
> 'org.eclipse.jdt.launching.executionEnvironments' extension point with
> a 'org.osgi.framework.bootdelegation' property that does not contain
> the 'javax.*' entry. Using this java profile, the eclipse compiler
> shows you an error/warning if you access 'javax.*' types without
> importing them in the bundle manifest.
> 
> If there is a easier / more convenient way of solving this issue,
> please let me know ,-)
> 
> Regards,
> Gerd
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