Part 1. Spring DM basics

Welcome to Spring Dynamic Modules in Action. Spring Dynamic Modules—a synthesis of Spring and OSGi-is the technology that can help you write better, more beautiful, programs. In these first three chapters, we are going to discuss the basics of all three technologies—Spring, OSGi, and Spring DM—and by the end you should have a good idea of why these technologies can help address the thorny problems associated with unmodular applications.

In chapter 1, we cover the concepts of Java modularity in general—since Spring DM and OSGi are primarily technologies that enabled modularity—the specifics of the Spring Framework, and the features of OSGi. We then move on to show you where Spring DM fits in, and how its approach and its ...

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