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Eclipse Integration for Karaf 0.5.1 release
I just published version 0.5.1 of Eclipse Integration for Karaf.
Consult the project's documentation on Eclipes Labs: EIK Documentation . This site also contains a read-only Subversion mirror of the EIK github repository.
Install from the update site:
Get the code from the EIK github repository
0.5 Release of Eclipse Integration for Karaf
I just published version 0.5 of Eclipse Integration for Karaf. This release cleans up the code considerably and removes several unnecessary dependencies. Going forward it will be easier to improve the tooling and make more timely releases.
This version requires Eclipse Helios and will work with Apache Karaf 2.x (1.x won't work very well).
Install from the update site:
Get the code from the EIK github repository
Completing the JMX service registration and sorting view contents
I spent a little time using the Bundle and Services views today to see how well they worked. It turns out that I had a little problem with the Karaf data feeds not updating properly. The OSGi JMX MBean interfaces do not seem to support the NotificationEmitter interface so there is no way to asynchronously update the data.
This isn't terrible since I just wrapped the data update in an Eclipse system job that runs every 25 seconds. The down side is that the viewer refresh invalidates your selection because it wipes the source data completely. Some day when I am motivated I'll try and fix it.
Finished instrumenting the running Karaf platform
I just finished a really cool feature (three really!) for the Eclipse Integration for Karaf.
First, I have nearly finished the JMX integration (pesky connection management!) and have the ability to asynchronously pull out whatever information is available.