Project: osgi-best-practices (GitHub Link)

osgi-best-practices

OSGi application with an angular UI, REST Service and OSGi service. The design follows current best practices for OSGi R7 applications.

Slides for eclipsecon 2109 talk "Testing OSGi applications"

Modules

parent - Defines common dependencies and the build of OSGi bundles
backend - Tasklist api, OSGi service impl and REST service. In a full blown application you might want several bundles here
halbrowser - Repackaged halbrowser for OSGi
ui - Static Angular UI that uses the REST backend
app - Defines the index and application assembly using bndrun

Build

mvn clean install

Run

cd app; java -jar target/app.jar

Alternatively run in Apache Karaf

Download and run Apache Karaf 4.2.6

feature:repo-add mvn:org.apache.aries.jax.rs/org.apache.aries.jax.rs.features/1.0.5/xml
feature:install aries-jax-rs-whiteboard aries-jax-rs-whiteboard-jackson war
install -s mvn:net.lr.osgibp/net.lr.osgibp.backend
install -s mvn:net.lr.osgibp/net.lr.osgibp.ui/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT

Test

Resources

OSGi enroute microservice example - Great example for a rest service. It also shows how to do JPA in OSGi.
Sling bundle parent - Contains many of the best practices
Some hints to boost your productivity with declarative services
Bnd maven plugins documentation
OSGi R7 Highlights JAX-RS Whiteboard
Best practices for Restul apis
Pure Annotation-Driven Bundle Development

Testing