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<h1><a name="ConfigurationHandler-ConfigurationHandler"></a>Configuration Handler</h1>
<p>The configuration handler aims to manage component configuration.
This handler allows the configuration and dynamic reconfiguration of
instances. A configuration is a set of couple (name, value). The name
can be a field name or a property name associated to a field or/and a
method.</p>
<h2><a name="ConfigurationHandler-ConfigurablePropertyconfiguration"></a>Configurable Property configuration</h2>
<p>To support configuration, the component type needs to declare which
properties are configurable. These properties are not necessarily
service property but can be internal component property.</p>
<h2><a name="ConfigurationHandler-Examples"></a>Examples</h2>
<div class="code"><div class="codeContent">
<pre class="code-xml"><span class="code-tag">&lt;iPOJO&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Component className=<span class="code-quote">"fr.imag.adele.escoffier.hello.impl.HelloServiceImpl"</span>&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Provides&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Property name=<span class="code-quote">"foo"</span> field=<span class="code-quote">"m_foo"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;/Provides&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Properties propagation=<span class="code-quote">"false"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Property name=<span class="code-quote">"foo"</span> field=<span class="code-quote">"m_foo"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Property name=<span class="code-quote">"array"</span> method=<span class="code-quote">"updateArray"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Property name=<span class="code-quote">"hello.language"</span> type=<span class="code-quote">"java.lang.String"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;/Properties&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;/Component&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;instance component=<span class="code-quote">"fr.imag.adele.escoffier.hello.impl.HelloServiceImpl"</span> name=<span class="code-quote">"HelloService"</span>&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;property name=<span class="code-quote">"foo"</span> value=<span class="code-quote">"bar"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;property name=<span class="code-quote">"array"</span> value=<span class="code-quote">"\{1, 2, 3}"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;property name=<span class="code-quote">"hello.language"</span> value=<span class="code-quote">"en"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;/instance&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;/iPOJO&gt;</span></pre>
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<p>In the previous snippet, you can see three configurable properties.
The first is a configurable property attached to the field 'foo' that
is a service property too. The second is an array property attached to
a method (updatArray). The third property is a <em>static</em> property, in the sense that neither field nor method is attached to this property.</p>
<p>These three properties are configured by the instance configuration.</p>
<p>By setting the attribute <b>propagation</b> to <b>"true"</b>, you
allow the property propagation to the service registration. It means
that at each time that the configuration of the instance is updated;
all properties contained in the configuration are propagated to the
service registrations. For example, in the previous example, not only <em>foo</em> will be published but <em>array</em> and <em>hello.language</em> are also published.<br>
If a property has a method, this method is invoked each time that the
property value changes (the method is called to push the initial value
just after the constructor). The method receives one argument of the
type of the property (an integer array in the example).</p>
<h2><a name="ConfigurationHandler-ExposingaManagedService"></a>Exposing a Managed Service</h2>
<p>The ManagedService is a service specified in the OSGi Compendium. It
allows reconfiguring an instance with the Configuration Admin. There is
two way for an iPOJO instance to expose a Managed Service.<br>
• In the component type description by adding the <em>pid</em> attribute in the properties element <br>
• In the instance configuration by configuring the <em>managed.service.pid</em> property</p>
<div class="code"><div class="codeContent">
<pre class="code-xml"><span class="code-tag">&lt;iPOJO&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Component className=<span class="code-quote">"fr.imag.adele.escoffier.hello.impl.HelloServiceImpl"</span>&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Provides&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Property name=<span class="code-quote">"foo"</span> field=<span class="code-quote">"m_foo"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;/Provides&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Properties propagation=<span class="code-quote">"false"</span> pid=<span class="code-quote">"mymanagedservicepid"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Property name=<span class="code-quote">"foo"</span> field=<span class="code-quote">"m_foo"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Property name=<span class="code-quote">"array"</span> method=<span class="code-quote">"updateArray"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;Property name=<span class="code-quote">"hello.language"</span> type=<span class="code-quote">"java.lang.String"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;/Properties&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;/Component&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;instance component=<span class="code-quote">"fr.imag.adele.escoffier.hello.impl.HelloServiceImpl"</span> name=<span class="code-quote">"HelloService"</span>&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;property name=<span class="code-quote">"foo"</span> value=<span class="code-quote">"bar"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;property name=<span class="code-quote">"array"</span> value=<span class="code-quote">"\{1, 2, 3}"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;property name=<span class="code-quote">"hello.language"</span> value=<span class="code-quote">"en"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;property name=<span class="code-quote">"managed.service.pid"</span> value=<span class="code-quote">"mymanagedservicepid2"</span>/&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;/instance&gt;</span>
<span class="code-tag">&lt;/iPOJO&gt;</span></pre>
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<p><em>Note</em>: if specified in the two locations, the instance configuration is used.</p>
<p>The managed service pid is the identifier used by the Configuration
Admin to attach configuration to Managed Services. First this pid must
be unique (as any pid in OSGi). Moreover, this pid cannot be the same
one that the pid used in the Managed Service Factory to create the
instance (if you use this way to create your instance).</p>
<p>When an instance is reconfigured with the Managed Service, the configuration is propagated if the propagation is enabled.</p>
<h2><a name="ConfigurationHandler-DynamicReconfigurationusingFactoriesorManagedServiceFactories"></a>Dynamic Reconfiguration using Factories or ManagedServiceFactories</h2>
<p>The handler supports reconfiguration. To reconfigure an instance you
can use both iPOJO Factory and the ManagedServiceFactory exposed by the
factory of the targeted instance. By calling the method <em>reconfigure</em> or <em>update</em>
(according of the service do you use), the handler receive the new
configuration and apply it. If the propagation is activated, the
service registrations are updated too.</p></td>
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<h6><a name="ConfigurationHandler-Overview"></a><b>Overview</b></h6>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-ipojo.html" title="Apache Felix iPOJO">Home Page</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-ipojo-feature-overview.html" title="Apache Felix iPOJO Feature Overview">iPOJO Feature Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/download.html" title="Download">Download &amp; Install </a></li>
</ul>
<h6><a name="ConfigurationHandler-GettingStarted"></a><b>Getting Started</b></h6>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/ipojo-in-10-minutes.html" title="iPOJO in 10 minutes">iPOJO in 10 minutes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/how-to-use-ipojo-annotations.html" title="How to use iPOJO Annotations">How to use iPOJO Annotations</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/ipojo-hello-word-maven-based-tutorial.html" title="iPOJO Hello Word (Maven-Based) tutorial">iPOJO Hello Word (Maven-Based) tutorial</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/ipojo-advanced-tutorial.html" title="iPOJO Advanced Tutorial">iPOJO Advanced Tutorial</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/ipojo-composition-tutorial.html" title="iPOJO Composition Tutorial">iPOJO Composition Tutorial</a></li>
</ul>
<h6><a name="ConfigurationHandler-UserGuide"></a><b>User Guide</b></h6>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/describing-components.html" title="Describing components">Describing components (handler list) </a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/using-xml-schemas.html" title="Using XML Schemas">Using XML Schemas</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-ipojo-testing-components.html" title="apache-felix-ipojo-testing-components">Testing components</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/ipojo-advanced-topics.html" title="iPOJO Advanced Topics">Advanced Topics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/ipojo-faq.html" title="iPOJO FAQ">FAQ</a></li>
</ul>
<h6><a name="ConfigurationHandler-Tools"></a><b>Tools</b></h6>
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<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/ipojo-eclipse-plug-in.html" title="iPOJO Eclipse Plug-in">iPOJO Eclipse Plug-in</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/ipojo-ant-task.html" title="iPOJO Ant Task">iPOJO Ant Task</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/ipojo-maven-plug-in.html" title="iPOJO Maven Plug-in">iPOJO Maven Plug-in</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-ipojo-junit4osgi.html" title="apache-felix-ipojo-junit4osgi">Junit4OSGi</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/ipojo-concepts-overview.html" title="iPOJO Concepts Overview">iPOJO concepts overview</a></li>
</ul>
<h6><a name="ConfigurationHandler-DeveloperGuide"></a><b>Developer Guide</b></h6>
<ul>
<li>API: <span class="nobr"><a href="http://people.apache.org/%7Eclement/ipojo/api/1.0/" title="Visit page outside Confluence" rel="nofollow">1.0<sup><img class="rendericon" src="configuration-handler_files/linkext7.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="7" height="7"></sup></a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/how-to-write-your-own-handler.html" title="How to write your own handler">How to write your own handler</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/how-to-use-ipojo-manipulation-metadata.html" title="How to use iPOJO Manipulation Metadata">How to use iPOJO Manipulation Metadata</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/dive-into-the-ipojo-manipulation-depths.html" title="Dive into the iPOJO Manipulation depths">Dive into the iPOJO Manipulation depths</a></li>
</ul>
<h6><a name="ConfigurationHandler-Misc&amp;Contact"></a><b>Misc &amp; Contact</b></h6>
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<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-ipojo-issuestracker.html" title="apache-felix-ipojo-issuestracker">Issues Tracker</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-ipojo-supportedvms.html" title="apache-felix-ipojo-supportedVMs">Supported JVMs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-ipojo-supportedosgi.html" title="apache-felix-ipojo-supportedOSGi">Supported OSGi Implementations</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/future-ideas.html" title="Future Ideas">Future Ideas</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/contact.html" title="Contact">Contact</a></li>
<li><a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/related-works.html" title="Related Works">Related Works</a></li>
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