Re: [Springframework-rcp-dev] [Spring Desktop] ideas for theDesktop version

[Lieven D. <lie...@ji...>]

Hi guys,

Been reading all the posts here and been comtemplating on OSGi. And frankly, 
as a business application developers, I really don't see the additional benefit 
of a modular system on a GUI level. Perhaps I'm thick, I don't know, but 
I really can't find a reason to provide a modular system on a GUI framework 
system.

Most application I come in contact with don't have a modular design (actually, 
that's incorrect, but not in the modular sense we're talking about here). 
Enterprise custom-built application don't need plugin functionality (although 
it could be handy on a development level, granted). They almost always see 
their thick-client gui as a entire module (in the sense we're talking about 
here), which might be split up in different modules (in the more traditional 
way, for development purposes).

Don't get me wrong, I do see OSGi as a good thing, but for clearly defined 
concerns (dao, service, webservice, domain (although disputable, who would 
want to take down a POJO layer...) and webstart GUI as a single module)... 
Using OSGi for GUI just seems overkill, could anyone give me an example on 
how he or she would split up his GUI application, 'cause that would be great.

Please enlighten me, let me see the OSGi light :).

Kind regards,

Lieven

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