Presented on EclipseCon 2011: http://www.eclipsecon.org/2011/sessions/?page=sessions&id=2131

1. Libra
New Tools at Eclipse for
OSGi Enterprise Development
Kaloyan Raev (Project Lead)
23 Mar 2011

2. OSGi Enterprise for Dummies
WAR + OSGi = WAB
WTP PDE ?
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3. The Project
Enterprise Tools for the OSGi™ Service Platform
Short name: Libra
http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/libra/
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4. The Idea
WAR + OSGi = WAB
WTP
WTP PDE ?
Libra
PDE
Motto: Integrate and Reuse
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5. Committed Companies
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6. Scope
Integration of existing PDE and WTP tooling
Server adapter for OSGi runtimes
Other tools relative to the OSGi Enterprise
specifications
Server-side Equinox tooling
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7. Out of Scope
Application models extending or conflicting with
the OSGi Enterprise specifications
Compete with the existing WTP and PDE tooling
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8. Indigo
Libra joined Indigo since M6
Features:
OSGi Bundle Facet
WAR Products
New & Noteworthy
How to Install
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9. What’s coming after Indigo
More tools for development of OSGi Bundles
 Bundle and Bundle Fragment projects
 Import/Export of Bundles and Fragments
 Converting existing projects
 Blueprint Container
Server adapter for OSGi-based runtimes
 Wrap OSGi Framework launch configurations in a WTP
server adapter
 Design time concept for grouping bundles for deployment
 Support for Apache Felix, Eclipse Equinox and Knopflerfish
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10. What’s coming after Indigo
Tools from the SpringSource Tools Suite
 Later, hopefully in the 2012 release train
Integration of Server-Side Equinox with WTP
 Server adapter for running Server-Side Equinox applications
OSGi Enterprise 4.3 support
 We will watch closely the spec drafts
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11. Hands On Session
Hands on with Gemini and Virgo--The new Stars
of the Eclipse RT project!
Thursday 24th, 10:30, Ballroom D
Details
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12. Secret Keyword
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