Teams Winter 2011/team6/lab2

Lab 2 OSGI Tutorial

After downloading the “Eclipse classic” from Eclipse then proceed with the following steps to create Chat Program with OSGi.

Create the Chat Interface

The first step is to create the Chat Interface which is the Service Provider in the Program. This defines and provides the services available and the requirements and outcomes for those services.

Define the service interface

a) Create a new Plug-in Project

b) Name your Plug-in Project (cs.dps914.osgi.lab.chatinterface) and be sure to select the target platform (OSGi framework: Equinox)

c) Be sure to uncheck the “Generate an activator” option as you will not be needing an activator then go ahead and click finish.

Create the bundle with the interface

a) You must now create three interfaces: IChatClient, IChatSystem and IMessage

Be sure to edit the package name and the Interface Name.

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b) Fill the interfaces with the following information:

Message

Chat System

Chat Client

Export the Package

To register our service we must export the package into the interface bundle

a) Select the MANIFEST.MF

b) In the Runtime tab select Add

c) Select the chatinterface package

Implement the Chat Provider

Register the service in the class Activator

a) Create a new Plug-in Project

b) Name your Plug-in Project (cs.dps914.osgi.lab.provider) again be sure to select the target platform correctly

c) This time you can leave the Activator checked as you will need it. (Change the name of the activator to cs.dps914.osgi.lab.provider.ChatActivator)

Define MANIFEST.MF

a) Select the MANIFEST.MF

b) In the Dependencies tab select Add for Required Plug-ins

c) Add cs.dps914.osgilab.chatinterface