Monthly Archives: February 2011

Committer Status on Apache Sling

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

I woke up this morning to the fantastic news that I’ve been offered committer status on Apache Sling! I graciously and excitedly accepted the opportunity to become an Apache committer. The various points of processing are in motion, so expect … Continue reading →

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Basics of OSGi and Declarative Services

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

This is a slide deck for a talk I gave at the Sakai 2010 conference in lovely Denver, Colorado. The title to the talk was “Using OSGi in Nakamura” which was my original intention, but after reviewing the slides I … Continue reading →

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When To Immediately Activate An OSGi Component

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

OSGi has a fantastic feature for immediate components [1] and delayed components [2]. This allows components to delay their possibly expensive activation until the component is first accessed. At the very least it allows the OSGi platform to consume resources as … Continue reading →

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