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Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000186<h1><a name="ExtenderPatternHandler-Theextenderpatternhandler"></a>The extender pattern handler</h1>
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000187<p><em>The objective of this handler is to simplify the development of
Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000188extender-based architecture. This architecture-style is based on two
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000189different roles:</em></p>
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191 <li><em>The extender</em></li>
192 <li><em>The extensions</em></li>
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198 <li><a href="#ExtenderPatternHandler-TheExtenderpattern">The Extender pattern</a></li>
199 <li><a href="#ExtenderPatternHandler-Usingthehandler">Using the handler</a></li>
200 <li><a href="#ExtenderPatternHandler-Configuration">Configuration</a></li>
201 <li><a href="#ExtenderPatternHandler-Download">Download</a></li>
202 <li><a href="#ExtenderPatternHandler-Configuringthehandlerwithannotations">Configuring the handler with annotations</a></li>
203 <li><a href="#ExtenderPatternHandler-Amorerealisticexample">A more realistic example</a></li>
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206<h2><a name="ExtenderPatternHandler-TheExtenderpattern"></a>The Extender pattern</h2>
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208<p>This architecture-style is based on two different roles:</p>
Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000209<ul>
210 <li>The extender</li>
211 <li>The extension</li>
212</ul>
Clement Escoffier130ca572008-10-13 07:33:03 +0000213
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217<p>The relation is basically a 1..n relation. The extender tracks
Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000218extensions. The particularity of this architecture-style is that
219extensions are packaged in different bundles. An extension is detected
220by analyzing the bundle. Indeed these bundles can have a special mark
221in their manifest of a special file...<br>
222Implementing an extender pattern could be complex as the extender needs
223to track these marks dynamically. When a bundle starts, it needs to
224look at the mark. Then a bundle leave, the extender must release all
225object created from this bundle.<br>
226This handler tracks bundle for you based on the specified required
227mark. At each time a matching bundle appears or disappears, a callback
228is invoked. The mark is currently a header in the bundle manifest.<br>
229Nowadays, a lot of frameworks use this pattern such as iPOJO it-self
230(to find both bundles containing components and bundles adding a new
231implementation type), Spring-DM ...</p>
Clement Escoffier130ca572008-10-13 07:33:03 +0000232
Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000233<h2><a name="ExtenderPatternHandler-Usingthehandler"></a>Using the handler</h2>
234<p>First of all, you need to configure the component type to use the handler such as:</p>
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236<div class="dp-highlighter"><table class="dp-xml" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="line1"><span></span><span class="tag">&lt;</span><span>iPOJO&nbsp;xmlns:</span><span class="attribute">extender</span><span>=</span><span class="attribute-value">"org.apache.felix.ipojo.extender"</span><span>&gt;&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="tag">&lt;</span><span>component&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="attribute">classname</span><span>=</span><span class="attribute-value">"org.apache.felix.ipojo.extender.myextender"</span><span>&gt;&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="line1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="comments">&lt;!--&nbsp;Extender&nbsp;Pattern&nbsp;handler&nbsp;configuration&nbsp;--&gt;</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="tag">&lt;</span><span>extender:extender&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="attribute">extension</span><span>=</span><span class="attribute-value">"My-Extension"</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="attribute">onArrival</span><span>=</span><span class="attribute-value">"onBundleArrival"</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="attribute">onDeparture</span><span>=</span><span class="attribute-value">"onBundleDeparture"</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="tag">/&gt;</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="tag">&lt;</span><span>callback&nbsp;</span><span class="attribute">transition</span><span>=</span><span class="attribute-value">"invalidate"</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="attribute">method</span><span>=</span><span class="attribute-value">"stopping"</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="tag">/&gt;</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="tag">&lt;</span><span>callback&nbsp;</span><span class="attribute">transition</span><span>=</span><span class="attribute-value">"validate"</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="attribute">method</span><span>=</span><span class="attribute-value">"starting"</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="tag">/&gt;</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="tag">&lt;</span><span>provides&nbsp;</span><span class="tag">/&gt;</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="tag">&lt;/</span><span>component</span><span class="tag">&gt;</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2"><span class="tag">&lt;/</span><span>iPOJO</span><span class="tag">&gt;</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><textarea style="display: none;" name="newcodemacro" class="xml:nocontrols:nogutter" rows="10" readonly="readonly">&lt;iPOJO xmlns:extender="org.apache.felix.ipojo.extender"&gt;
237 &lt;component
238 classname="org.apache.felix.ipojo.extender.myextender"&gt;
Clement Escoffier130ca572008-10-13 07:33:03 +0000239
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000240 &lt;!-- Extender Pattern handler configuration --&gt;
Clement Escoffier130ca572008-10-13 07:33:03 +0000241 &lt;extender:extender
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000242 extension="My-Extension"
243 onArrival="onBundleArrival"
244 onDeparture="onBundleDeparture"
Clement Escoffier130ca572008-10-13 07:33:03 +0000245 /&gt;
246
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000247 &lt;callback transition="invalidate" method="stopping" /&gt;
248 &lt;callback transition="validate" method="starting" /&gt;
249 &lt;provides /&gt;
250 &lt;/component&gt;
251&lt;/iPOJO&gt;</textarea>
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Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000269<p>Notice that, this handler is an external handler. So, it uses the "org.apache.felix.ipojo.extender" namespace.<br>
270Once described, you can implement your component. The methods specified
271methods will be called when a matching bundle arrives or leaves.<br>
272In the previous example, these methods could be: </p>
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000273<div class="code">
274<div class="dp-highlighter"><table class="dp-c" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="line1"><span></span><span class="keyword">void</span><span>&nbsp;onBundleArrival(Bundle&nbsp;bundle,&nbsp;String&nbsp;header)&nbsp;{&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="comment">//&nbsp;Do&nbsp;something</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1">}&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="line1"><span class="keyword">void</span><span>&nbsp;onBundleDeparture(Bundle&nbsp;bundle)&nbsp;{&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="comment">//&nbsp;Do&nbsp;something</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1">}&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></div><textarea style="display: none;" name="newcodemacro" class="java:nocontrols:nogutter" rows="10" readonly="readonly">void onBundleArrival(Bundle bundle, String header) {
275 // Do something
276}
Clement Escoffier130ca572008-10-13 07:33:03 +0000277
278void onBundleDeparture(Bundle bundle) {
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000279 // Do something
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Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000298<p>Notice the different signatures of the methods. The arrival method
299is called with the arriving bundle and the matching header value (i.e.
300the value of the My-Extension header of the bundle manifest). The
301departure method just receives the leaving bundle.</p>
302<h2><a name="ExtenderPatternHandler-Configuration"></a>Configuration</h2>
303<p>The handler has only three mandatory attributes:</p>
304<ul>
305 <li>Extension: declaring the looked manifest header.</li>
306 <li>onArrival: declaring the method to invoke when a matching bundle arrives</li>
307 <li>onDeparture: declaring the method to invoke when a matching bundle leaves</li>
308</ul>
Clement Escoffier130ca572008-10-13 07:33:03 +0000309
310
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312
313<div class="box">
314 <div class="box-yellow-header">
315 <div class="box-yellow-title">
316 <img src="extender-pattern-handler_files/warning.gif"> <b>Called despite being invalid</b>
317 </div>
318 </div>
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320The implementation will be notified of arrivals and departures despite
321the instance is invalid. Indeed, the implementation must release all
322objects created from another bundle as soon it leaves. </div>
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325
Clement Escoffier130ca572008-10-13 07:33:03 +0000326
Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000327<h2><a name="ExtenderPatternHandler-Download"></a>Download</h2>
328<p>The handler is available on the <a href="http://felix.apache.org/site/download.html" title="Download">download</a> page.<br>
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000329Sources are available on the Felix trunk at the following location: <a href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/felix/trunk/ipojo/handler/extender/" rel="nofollow">http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/felix/trunk/ipojo/handler/extender/</a></p>
Clement Escoffier130ca572008-10-13 07:33:03 +0000330
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000331<h2><a name="ExtenderPatternHandler-Configuringthehandlerwithannotations"></a>Configuring the handler with annotations</h2>
Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000332
333<p>It is possible to configure the handler with a simple annotation
334available in the annotation pack ('annotation' project in the iPOJO
335trunk). Here is an example of usage:</p>
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000336<div class="code">
337<div class="dp-highlighter"><table class="dp-c" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="line1"><span></span><span class="keyword">import</span><span>&nbsp;org.apache.felix.ipojo.annotations.Component;&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2"><span class="keyword">import</span><span>&nbsp;org.osgi.framework.Bundle;&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1"><span class="preprocessor"></span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2"><span class="preprocessor">@Component</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1"><span class="preprocessor">@org.apache.felix.ipojo.extender.Extender(extension="foo",&nbsp;onArrival="onArrival",&nbsp;onDeparture="onDeparture")</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2"><span class="keyword">public</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="keyword">class</span><span>&nbsp;Extender&nbsp;{&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="keyword">public</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span>&nbsp;onArrival(Bundle&nbsp;bundle,&nbsp;String&nbsp;foo)&nbsp;{&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="comment">//&nbsp;do&nbsp;something</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="line1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="keyword">public</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span>&nbsp;onDeparture(Bundle&nbsp;bundle)&nbsp;{&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="comment">//&nbsp;do&nbsp;something</span><span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="line2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="line1">}&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></div><textarea style="display: none;" name="newcodemacro" class="java:nocontrols:nogutter" rows="10" readonly="readonly">import org.apache.felix.ipojo.annotations.Component;
338import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;
Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000339
340@Component
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000341@org.apache.felix.ipojo.extender.Extender(extension="foo", onArrival="onArrival", onDeparture="onDeparture")
342public class Extender {
Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000343
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000344 public void onArrival(Bundle bundle, String foo) {
345 // do something
346 }
Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000347
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000348 public void onDeparture(Bundle bundle) {
349 // do something
350 }
351}</textarea>
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Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000369
370<p>The <tt>extension</tt> attribute allows setting the bundle filter.</p>
Clement Escoffier130ca572008-10-13 07:33:03 +0000371
372
Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000373<h2><a name="ExtenderPatternHandler-Amorerealisticexample"></a>A more realistic example</h2>
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000374<p>The Junit4OSGi framework, available <a href="https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/felix/trunk/ipojo/examples/junit4osgi" rel="nofollow">here</a>
Clement Escoffier3e0db1e2009-01-15 15:35:17 +0000375, uses this handler to track Junit Test Suite offered by the installed
376bundles. The Junit4Osgi bundle has a component using this handler to be
Clement Escoffier580d1902009-07-21 12:06:46 +0000377notified when a bundle with the <tt>Test-Suite</tt> header appears or leaves.
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