Re: [ecf-dev] pi4j and OSGi (remote) services

[Wim Jongman <wim.jongman@xxxxxxxxx>]

       // create gpio controller
        final GpioController gpio = GpioFactory.getInstance();

With OSGi services, this singleton impl is pretty much an anti-pattern, and is easily replaced with a ServiceFactory that would registered something like this:

There is really only one GPIO so I guess the singleton is a requirement. I guess there is some synchronization going and that all services must share the same controller.

My gut feeling says to make a GPIOControllerService that performs operations directly on the Pin instead of passing Pin instances around. At first glance the Pin instances seem overkill and will complicate the service structure.

I have some time over the weekend to do some experiments.

Cheers,

Wim