Chapter 1. OSGi as a new platform for application development
This chapter covers
- Underlying concepts of development platforms
- OSGi technology, including the framework and the enterprise services
- The benefits of using OSGi for the development of enterprise-grade applications
- The relation of Enterprise OSGi to Java Standard Edition and Java Enterprise Edition
- The current OSGi players in the market
We’ve all used development platforms in the past, such as Java Enterprise Edition (JEE), and even though there have been great advances in this industry, we’re still building large complex systems, which are hard to develop, maintain, and extend.
OSGi provides a new development platform, based on modular decoupled components and a pluggable ...
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