3.7. Life within the Framework

Let's follow a few common scenarios to explore the interplay of various entities in the framework. We avoid covering every detail for fear of obfuscating the discussion. With the basic concepts soundly established, you will be able to complete the picture from the tutorials in later chapters as well as from the official specification itself.

3.7.1. Installing a Bundle

To install a bundle (Figure 3.8), we simply supply the framework with the URL of the bundle's JAR file. The bundle's JAR file may reside on a Web server over the network or on the local file system.

Figure 3.8. Installing a bundle

The framework retrieves ...

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