Richard Hall

RICHARD S. HALL is an active member of the Apache Felix framework development team as well as other Felix subprojects. He has been involved in open source OSGi work since 2000 and directly involved in the OSGi Alliance since 2004. Richard is a member of the Apache Software Foundation and works for Oracle on the GlassFish team, helping out out on OSGi issues or anything else, if he can.

books by Richard Hall

OSGi in Action
  • April 2011
  • ISBN 9781933988917
  • 576 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Programming Languages and Styles / Java

OSGi is a Java-based framework for creating applications as a set of interconnected modules. OSGi lets you install, start, stop, update, or uninstall modules at execution time without taking down your entire system. It's the backbone of the Eclipse plugin system, as well as many Java EE containers, such as GlassFish, Geronimo, and WebSphere.

OSGi in Action provides a clear introduction to OSGi concepts with examples that are relevant both for architects and developers. You'll start with the central ideas of OSGi: bundles, module lifecycles, and interaction among application components. With the core concepts well in hand, you'll explore numerous application scenarios and techniques. You'll learn how to migrate legacy systems to OSGi and how to test, debug, and manage applications.