Mar 1
2010
OSGi Development with Knopflerfish – Part 3: The Execution
Written by Robert Greiner | posted in Programming, Tutorials | View Comments
Now that the hard parts are finished, all that’s left is to run our bundle in the Knopflerfish Desktop.
Click File -> Open Bundle File (Ctrl+O) and select the bundle we created in Part 2 (the default is:
Once the bundle has been loaded into the Knopflerfish OSGi Desktop simply hit the Start Bundle button and watch it go!
And that’s it! You have just created your very first OSGi bundle using Eclipse and Knopflerfish. The RandomRoll application is probably one of the lamest apps around, so go and make something awesome and send me a comment when you do.
This is Part 3 of a 3 part introduction to OSGi and Knopflerfish.
SOA OSGi Development with Knopflerfish – Part 1: The Setup
SOA OSGi Development with Knopflerfish – Part 2: The Code
SOA OSGi Development with Knopflerfish – Part 3: The Execution
Why don’t you use PDE + PAX Runner?
Creating your own wizard doesn’t seem the best approach here.
Chris, Thanks for the info. I’ve never heard of PAX Runner before. I am going to check it out right now. I’m still pretty new to OSGi development, but plan on using it quite a bit in some upcoming work projects.
I’m using the out of the box Knopflerfish OSGi Desktop for this tutorial but I like the idea of running everything seamlessly through Eclipse.
Chris, Thanks for the info. I’ve never heard of PAX Runner before. I am going to check it out right now. I’m still pretty new to OSGi development, but plan on using it quite a bit in some upcoming work projects.
I’m using the out of the box Knopflerfish OSGi Desktop for this tutorial but I like the idea of running everything seamlessly through Eclipse.