| Sl No |
Category |
Feature Name |
Feature Desc |
Implementation Status |
Pending Tasks |
Dependencies |
Samples/\Blogs/\Community Discussions/
RFEs |
| 1 |
OSGi |
Embeddable GlassFish |
Embed GlassFish in an existing OSGi runtime like Eclipse IDE |
Basic use case working |
Issue 11782 |
Module metadata clean up by module owners |
Sample1 |
| 2 |
OSGi |
OSGi Admin Console |
Web based OSGi administration console for GlassFish |
Customized Felix Web console available in trunk. It can also be plugged into GlassFish web console and used in a cluster. This plugin for admin console is available in update centre and maven. |
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1.Plugging in Felix Web Console in GlassFish Admin Console , 2. Using Felix OSGi console in GlassFish |
| 3 |
OSGi |
GlassFish provisioning |
Allow users to select GlassFish features from a bundle repository |
None |
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Product Mgmt (Adam L.) to provide more input |
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| 4 |
OSGi + Java EE |
Hybrid Web App |
Allow Web apps to run within OSGi context |
Implemented since v3 |
1. Check compliance. 2. Support for shared JSP tag libraries. 3. Demonstrate use of bundle fragments as web fragments |
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Blog1 , Blog2 |
| 5 |
OSGi + Java EE |
OSGi/JDBC (rfc #122) |
Allow JDBC drivers to be used from OSGi bundles |
Basic functionality available in trunk |
1. Check compliance. 2. asadmin commands to install drivers as bundles. 3. Use OSGi/JDBC APIs in appserver JDBC layer. |
JDBC Team |
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| 6 |
OSGi + Java EE |
OSGi/EE resources as services |
Allow Java EE resources like JDBC datasources, JMS resources (topics/queues), JavaMail resources to be consumed as OSGi services |
Basic functionality available in trunk - thanks to Jagadish |
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JCA Team |
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| 7 |
OSGi + Java EE |
OSGi/JTA (rfc #98) |
Allow OSGi bundles to use JTA by exposing JTA objects as services. |
Available in trunk |
Checking compliance |
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| 8 |
OSGi + Java EE |
OSGi/JPA |
Allows hybrid app to use JPA |
Basic functionality with lazy loading working in trunk for EclipseLink |
1. Support other providers like Hibernate, OpenJPA. 2. Standalone shared PU |
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Sample |
| 9 |
OSGi + Java EE |
OSGi/JNDI (rfc #142) |
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JNDI look up works from OSGi bundle |
Implement the rfc or integrate RI |
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| 10 |
OSGi + Java EE |
OSGi/EJB |
Allow EJBs to run within OSGi context |
Available in trunk supporting automatic registration of EJB as service |
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RFE 11374 , Sample1 , Sample2 |
| 11 |
OSGi + Java EE |
OSGi/CDI |
Explore use of CDI in hybrid applications |
Implemented in 3.1. Use @OSGiService @Inject to inject OSGi service into your hybrid app |
Sample
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| 12 |
OSGi + Java EE |
Make javax APIs OSGi ready |
Address META-INF/service and Thread.contextClassLoader issue in various SE/EE APIs. |
Prototype solution in place. Needs acceptance from various stake holders. |
Take the proposal to affected API owners |
Metro, Jersey |
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| 13 |
OSGi + Java EE |
OSGi/JCA (rfc #146) |
Make RARs to run within OSGi context |
The RFC is being finalized. No implementation available in GlassFish yet. |
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connector team |
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| 14 |
OSGi + Java EE |
OSGi/JAX-RS |
Explore use of JAX-RS in OSGi environment |
Jersey seems to be already usable in OSGi platform. It can also leverage OSGi/HTTP Service |
Align Jersey effort with GlassFish |
Jersey |
Blog1 , Blog2 |
| 15 |
OSGi + Java EE |
OSGi/HTTP Service |
Expose underlying Web container as OSGi/HTTP Service |
Available since v3 |
Passes compliance tests |
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| 16 |
OSGi + Java EE |
Hybrid apps in a cluster |
Enable cluster support for hybrid apps |
Not yet implemented |
Issue 14620 |
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