Re-using open source libraries within an Eclipse 3.x RCP / 4.x Application Platform.

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Question
Who is using
Third Party Libs?

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Question
Who is using
Eclipse Orbit?

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Contemplation
Where can I find
nice Libs?

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Open Source Portals
Portal URL
Apache Software Foundation http://www.apache.org
Google Code http://code.google.com
GitHub https://github.com
SourceForge http://sourceforge.net
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My Favourite Libraries
Portal URL
Commons Math http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-math
EJML https://code.google.com/p/efficient-java-matrix-library
OrientDB https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb
SWTChart http://sourceforge.net/projects/swt-chart
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Contemplation
How about the
licenses?

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Licenses
License URL Bundle
EPL 1.0 http://opensource.org/licenses/EPL-1.0 yes
Apache License 2.0 http://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0 yes
BSD 2-Clause http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause yes
BSD 3-Clause http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause yes
MIT http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT yes
GPL 2.0 http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0 no
LGPL 2.1 http://opensource.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1 no
AGPL 3.0 http://opensource.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0 no
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Contemplation
How to include the
libraries?

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Eclipse Orbit
● Web: http://www.eclipse.org/orbit
● Target Platform
● Include MANIFEST.MF/
● Include feature.xml
● Maven/Tycho Build

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OSGi Bundle
● If not available in Orbit
● Include *.jar in bundle
● MANIFEST.MF
● Classpath
● Exported Packages

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Eclipse Orbit
● Und noch etwas Text

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Eclipse Orbit
● Und noch etwas Text

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Demo
OpenChrom
https://wiki.openchrom.net/index.php/Development

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Conclusion
● A great world of possibilities
● Avoid the NIH-Syndrom
● Re-using libraries made easy
● Re-combination of functionality
● Abstraction layer (Updates)

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