Re: [equinox-dev] About the fwk rewrite

[Thomas Watson <tjwatson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

One of my main motivations behind the framework "restructuring" is to simplify the codebase.  Right now the codebase has way too many layers and each added layer gets in the way when prototyping new ideas in the framework.  Also, it makes it very hard for someone to understand the full picture of the framework implementation.  I want to get more folks involved in the codebase and I think one of the main roadblocks to getting involved is the level of (sometimes unnecessary) complication.

The restructured framework currently has no FrameworkAdaptor layer.  It only provides isolated hooks that can be used to augment specific behavior of the framework.  Even these equinox specific hooks I would like to reduce the usage of and try to have folks use the standard OSGi hooks where possible (located in the subpackages of org.osgi.framework.hooks).  For example the Equinox Weaving project needs to move over to the standard hooks (see bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=377422).

It is good to understand any new requirements that may be needed by a restructured framework implementation, but right now I am looking for more things that I can throw away in order to make the framework more lightweight, faster and easier to maintain and adapt in the future.

Tom



Raymond Auge ---09/05/2012 09:16:16 AM---On roughly the same topic (handling of storage & configuration) I was wondering during such a re-factor if it might be possible

From:	Raymond Auge <raymond.auge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To:	Equinox development mailing list <equinox-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date:	09/05/2012 09:16 AM
Subject:	Re: [equinox-dev] About the fwk rewrite

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On roughly the same topic (handling of storage & configuration) I was wondering during such a re-factor if it might be possible to provide for alternative implementations of FrameworkAdaptor as opposed to the currently hard wired BaseAdaptor.

I think this may provide the necessary avenue for changing any behaviors of storage or configuration handling by third parties.

Thoughts?

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Raymond Augé  | Senior Software Architect | Liferay, Inc.

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