Chapter 7. Provisioning and resolution

This chapter covers

  • How to find the dependencies your bundles need to work properly
  • Using additional constraints to avoid resolution problems
  • How repositories and resolvers model bundles and other resources
  • How to take advantage of provisioning when writing applications

You may remember that, back in chapter 4, we discussed the concepts of provisioning and resolution. These are two fundamental parts of enterprise OSGi deployment and, as such, are worth a second, deeper look. Although we stand by the statement that “provisioning is a relatively simple operation,” and the fact that many OSGi developers will succeed by treating provisioning as a black box, there are a few subtleties that you can use ...

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