The document summarizes updates from the OSGi community in 2012, including the release of OSGi Core R5 specification, new versions of tools like Bndtools 2.0.0 and libraries like Guava 12.0 as OSGi bundles. It highlights key services defined in OSGi Compendium 4.3 like coordinator and resolver services and tools for debugging and testing OSGi applications. Finally, it lists many releases from the OSGi community during 2012, such as new versions of Apache Felix, Eclipse Virgo, PaxExam and other OSGi frameworks, libraries and tools.

1. Eve
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OSGi Community
Updates 2012
Christian Baranowski
Core R5 Guava Bndtools 2.0.0 Virgo 3.5
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2. Welcome
• Christian Baranowski
• Software Quality Assurance @ SEITENBAU
• Custom Software Solutions
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3. Welcome to the
OSGi World
2012

4. OSGi Community
Bundles and Tools (2012)
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OSGi Compendium 4.3
OSGi Residential 4.3
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OSGi Enterprise R5
Specifications (May 2012)
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OSGi Core R5 Spec-
ification (June 2012)
OSGi World 2012

5. OSGi Specification
Highlights
Core R5 Guava Bndtools 2.0.0 Virgo 3.5
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6. Coordinator Service
„A Coordinator service coordinates
activities between different parties.“
1 - OSGi Compendium Specification 4.3

7. Resolver Service and
Repository Service
„A resolver service resolves the specified
resources in the context supplied by the caller.“
„Repository Service to find capabilities that
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match specified requirements“
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- OSGi Enterprise Specification R5

8. OSGi Community
Highlights
Core R5 Guava Bndtools 2.0.0 Virgo 3.5
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9. X-Rays for OSGi
Simple way to debug Services and Dynamic.
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http://softwaresimplexity.blogspot.de/2012/05/x-rays-for-osgi.html

10. Bndtools 2.0.0.alpha
Highlights:
- OSGi Enterprise Repository and Resolver
- DS 1.2 Annotation Support
- BND feature Conditional-Package
static linking in OSGi Bundles like in C
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- ...
https://github.com/bndtools/bndtools

11. Bndtools RT REST
(Extender)
REST Service in OSGi based on JAX-RS.
Support for Service Injection into REST Application classes.
https://github.com/bndtools/bndtools-rt
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OSGi
Framework
listen
Bundle A
Extender Bundle B Matching
Bundles
Bundle C
do work for Bundle
Bundle D Non-matching
Bundle

12. OSGi JAX-RS Connector
(Whiteboard)
OSGi Services are exported as REST web services by the
connector. Based on the Jax-RS implementation Jersey.
https://github.com/hstaudacher/osgi-jax-rs-connector
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Provider
Name Value
type api.Echo
- register availavility 5
- unregister
Consumer
Name Value - get
- listen
type api.Echo
availavility 5 Service Registry
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13. Pax CDI
Contexts and Dependency
Injection for OSGi
http://team.ops4j.org/wiki/display/PAXCDI/
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14. Guava as OSGi Bundle
The guava Java util libraray in version 12.0 from Google is now
provided direct as a OSGi bundle.
https://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/
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15. OSGi specific assertions
and utility classes
Simple but power full assertion library which provides OSGi
specific assertions.
https://github.com/dpishchukhin/org.knowhowlab.osgi.testing
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16. OSGi Community Releases
Pax Exam 2.4.0 released (May 11, 2012)
Apache Felix OSGi Web Console 4.0 (June, 10, 2012)
Apache Felix Framework 4.0.3 (July 06, 2012)
Pax CDI 0.2.0 (August 2012)
Eclipse Virgo 3.5.0 (July 12, 2012)
Eclipse Equinox version 3.8.1 (Sep. 14, 2012)
Pax Wicket - 1.1.1 (Sep. 24, 2012)
Apache Aries Blueprint Core 1.0.1 (Oct. 2012)
Apache Aries JMX Core 1.0.1 (Oct. 2012)
Apache Aries Transaction Manager 1.0.1 (Oct. 2012)
Apache Aries JPA Container Managed Contexts 1.0.1 (Oct. 2012)
Apache Karaf 2.3.0 (Oct. 15, 2012)
Apache Felix Configuration Admin version 1.6.0 (Oct. 29, 2012)
Pax Web - 2.0.3 (Oct., 2012)
Pax Web - 3.0.0.M1 (Nov 12, 2012)
Pojo Service Registry (Nov. 07, 2012)
OSGi JAX-RS connector 2.1.1 (Nov. 11, 2012)
Apache Felix Declarative Services 1.6.2 (Nov. 12, 2012)
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17. Q&A
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