| [osgi-users] Non-String Framework Properties |
Hi, I am wondering how the different types of framework property values are coerced to String. According to https://docs.osgi.org/javadoc/osgi.core/8.0.0/org/osgi/framework/dto/FrameworkDTO.html#properties: "The value type must be a numerical type, Boolean, String, DTO or an array of any of the former." Evaluation via BundleContext.getProperty(...) always returns a string (https://docs.osgi.org/javadoc/osgi.core/8.0.0/org/osgi/framework/BundleContext.html#getProperty-java.lang.String-) Neither https://docs.osgi.org/javadoc/osgi.core/8.0.0/org/osgi/framework/launch/FrameworkFactory.html#newFramework-java.util.Map- nor https://docs.osgi.org/specification/osgi.core/8.0.0/framework.lifecycle.html#framework.lifecycle.launchingproperties explain the different supported types of framework properties nor how they are converted to String. So my questions are: 1. How are other types coerced to String in BundleContext.getProperty(...)? 2. What happens if non-supported types are given to FrameworkFactory.newFramework()? 3. How to evaluate properties in their native type except via FrameworkDTO.properties? 4. Is Apache Felix behaving spec-conform when leaving out all non-String properties from BundleContext.getProperty(...): https://github.com/apache/felix-dev/blob/3abe9f13b04ff56a5a6d62cf3522c04b0c0e16ff/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/framework/Felix.java#L3120 Thanks in advance, Konrad