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

[Peter De B. <pet...@gm...>]

I think that if possible, we should support OSGI, because it allows for
interesting usecases such as:

- a debug module, containing a frontend to interrogate the system state (a
basic debug module could even be created by us)
- splitting modules according to your business domain (we do this on the
functional parts -> interfaces for integration points), so why not on ui
level?) -> this is what we do in our struts applications also (one struts
module per application module)

osgi bundles are also great for controlling your dependencies (limit the
exported packages to a minimum, so no dependencies on internal stuff)

regards,

Peter

On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Lieven Doclo <lie...@ji...>
wrote:

> 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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