Experiencing server-side OSGi with Equinox
There is currently a lot of buzz about the OSGi java component technology, also server-side. I have been playing -and working- with this interesting technology recently, mainly the Equinox server-side...
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Components on the server: an OSGi mini-project
The best way to start with OSGi on the server side is with a mini-project to help clarify concepts and workout the mechanics. I have chosen a simple idea: build a volatile cache that stores objects....
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Components on the server (2): creating the first bundles
Hopefully you enjoyed the OSGi journey in its first installment. Though simple and easy to understand, the first example does nothing out of the ordinary. It is far more interesting to start exploiting...
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Components on the server (3): adding a HTTP frontend
Welcome to the third instalment of our OSGi ABC tutorial. Please make sure you check both the 1st installment and the 2nd. In this post, we will add another cache provider implementation to the mix as...
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Components on the server (4): adding Tomcat support
In this post, we examine what is needed to deploy OSGi in a regular Servlet Container using the Equinox Servlet Bridge. We also use the Servlet Bridge to deploy our OSGi cache using Tomcat and wrap it...
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Components on the server (5): better Unit Testing
In this installment of the OSGi series, we add more complete Unit Testing support in the project. We also establish that some behaviour of the Servlet Bridge may not be what we want and then provide a...
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Components on the server (6): adding Integration Testing
In this installment of the server-side OSGi series, we add integration testing capabilities to our project. Integration testing goes beyond plain unit testing and checks the interactions between real...
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Templating the OSGi way with Freemarker
After some well-deserved rest the OSGi components on the server series is back with a vengeance and a somewhat independent post. For some background please check the other posts in the series. A common...
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Building an FTP server Maven plugin from scratch
In this post we design and code a new Maven plugin that fires up a FTP server to aid in integration testing of FTP-bound processes, thus demonstrating the flexibility and power of Maven plugins....
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Easier web app testing by mapping entities to UI objects
Automated, browser-based testing is a key element of web application development, benefiting both simple and complex applications. Writing effective tests for browser-based apps can be a complex,...
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