Eclipse 3.6 M2 is out - and includes Equinox Weaving

The second milestone of Eclipse 3.6 is available for download - and its the first milestone build that includes the Equinox Weaving feature as part of the Equinox 3.6 M2 downloads.

After graduating the Equinox Aspects work we renamed it to Equinox Weaving. The reason for this is: The design separates between the base mechanism of modifying bytecode at class loading time and the actual bytecode modification. The AspectJ-based aspect weaving for bundles is just one of many possible bytecode modifiers you can think of. Another one that we implemented (but is not yet part of the Equinox Weaving project) allows you to use Springs load-time weaving infrastructure on top of a OSGi runtime together with Spring Dynamic Modules. And the nice thing about it is: While you are free to choose whatever weaver you like, the caching mechanism of Equinox Weaving works independent from all those weavers.

We still need to update the Equinox web to reflect the graduation and design changes of Equinox Weaving, but please feel free to take a look at it. We are happy to answer questions on the newsgroup and the mailing list.

Enjoy!

The second milestone of Eclipse 3.6 is available for download - and its the first milestone build that includes the Equinox Weaving feature as part of the Equinox 3.6 M2 downloads.

After graduating the Equinox Aspects work we renamed it to Equinox Weaving. The reason for this is: The design separates between the base mechanism of modifying bytecode at class loading time and the actual bytecode modification. The AspectJ-based aspect weaving for bundles is just one of many possible bytecode modifiers you can think of. Another one that we implemented (but is not yet part of the Equinox Weaving project) allows you to use Springs load-time weaving infrastructure on top of a OSGi runtime together with Spring Dynamic Modules. And the nice thing about it is: While you are free to choose whatever weaver you like, the caching mechanism of Equinox Weaving works independent from all those weavers.

We still need to update the Equinox web to reflect the graduation and design changes of Equinox Weaving, but please feel free to take a look at it. We are happy to answer questions on the newsgroup and the mailing list.

Enjoy!

Eclipse 3.6 M2 is out - and includes Equinox Weaving

Eclipse Summit Europe 2009 Program Online

The technical program for Eclipse Summit Europe 2009 is now online and I am pretty happy to be part of it with two sessions:

• Equinox Aspects - Bytecode Weaving for OSGi: This is some kind of an update talk on the Equinox Aspects (or better: Equinox Weaving) project. Will give some insights what has happened and what is planned for the future.
• OSGi Best Practices: This is a joint talk with Jeff McAffer, Paul Vanderlei and Simon Archer where we will throw together our experiences from building apps on top of OSGi over the past years.

Don't forget to register for the event. Looking forward to seeing you all there!!!

The technical program for Eclipse Summit Europe 2009 is now online and I am pretty happy to be part of it with two sessions:

• Equinox Aspects - Bytecode Weaving for OSGi: This is some kind of an update talk on the Equinox Aspects (or better: Equinox Weaving) project. Will give some insights what has happened and what is planned for the future.
• OSGi Best Practices: This is a joint talk with Jeff McAffer, Paul Vanderlei and Simon Archer where we will throw together our experiences from building apps on top of OSGi over the past years.

Don't forget to register for the event. Looking forward to seeing you all there!!!

Eclipse Summit Europe 2009 Program Online