Re: [equinox-dev] Is this a bug?

[BJ Hargrave <hargrave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI. OSGi discussed and declined to
specify a reference URL form. So it is not part of the spec and we have
no plans to add it to the spec.
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equinox-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 2008/09/24
09:02:52 AM:

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> Re: [equinox-dev] Is this a bug?
> 
> Stuart McCulloch 
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> to:
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> 2008/09/24 09:04 AM
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> 2008/9/24 Niclas Hedhman <niclas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Danail Nachev
<d.nachev@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If bundles are installed by reference (via reference:
URL) Equinox
> doesn't guarantee anything to bundles which you replace, while they
are
> still running. Although OSGi is considered dynamic, such scenarios
are
> not supported. AFAIK, p2 and old Eclipse Update installs all bundles
by
> reference.
> 
> Such scenarios can be supported if the bundle was copied to the Equinox
> storage and not referenced. Bundles which are installed through
> Bundle.installBundle(String, InputStream) and
> Bundle.installBundle(String) are copied (unless the URL passed to
the
> installBundle(String) is reference: URL) are copied to the storage.
> 
> I find this behavior interesting... Is this behavior supported by
> the specification explicitly, or does it just not cover it??
>  
> I couldn't find any explicit mention in the spec, but FWIW we also
> support the reference: scheme in Felix

> Cheers
> Niclas 
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