org.ow2.chameleon.core.utils

Class FrameworkUtil

java.lang.Object

org.ow2.chameleon.core.utils.FrameworkUtil

public class FrameworkUtil
extends Object

Utility function to launch the underlying OSGi Framework.

Version:

$Id: 1.0.4 $Id

Author:

The OW2 Chameleon Team

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	FRAMEWORK_FACTORY The path to the file specifying the framework factory class to use.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static org.osgi.framework.launch.Framework	create(Map<String,String> configuration) Creates the framework instance and configures it using the given configuration.
static org.osgi.framework.launch.FrameworkFactory	getFrameworkFactory() Simple method to parse META-INF/services file for framework factory.
static String	read(InputStream stream) Reads the framework factory file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

FRAMEWORK_FACTORY

public static final String FRAMEWORK_FACTORY

The path to the file specifying the framework factory class to use.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getFrameworkFactory

public static org.osgi.framework.launch.FrameworkFactory getFrameworkFactory()
                                                                      throws ClassNotFoundException,
                                                                             IllegalAccessException,
                                                                             InstantiationException,
                                                                             IOException

Simple method to parse META-INF/services file for framework factory. Currently, it assumes the first non-commented line is the class name of the framework factory implementation.

Returns:

The created FrameworkFactory instance.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the framework factory class cannot be loaded.

IllegalAccessException - if the framework factory instance cannot be created.

InstantiationException - if the framework factory instance cannot be created.

IOException - if the service file cannot be read

create

public static org.osgi.framework.launch.Framework create(Map<String,String> configuration)
                                                  throws IOException

Creates the framework instance and configures it using the given configuration.

Parameters:

configuration - the framework configuration.

Returns:

the created framework

Throws:

IOException - if any.

read

public static String read(InputStream stream)
                   throws IOException

Reads the framework factory file.

Parameters:

stream - the stream to read..

Returns:

the framework factory class.

Throws:

IOException - if any.