Bundle dependency in open service gateway initiative framework initialization

Abstract

We investigate several approaches to handle bundle dependency in a service gateway for networked appliances. We first describe the bundle dependency problem of OSGi specification and implementation and then we analyze and propose several solutions to this problem. Our discussion is around the framework initialization in JES (Java Embedded Server/sup /spl trade//), a typical implementation of OSGi specification, but the conclusions apply to other implementations, like Oscar. The advantages and disadvantages of the solutions are discussed.