OSGi Subsystems: from theory to practice

The OSGi Subsystems specification is now published. Subsystems provide a way of structuring large systems comprising many OSGi bundles - a "no brainer" for architects who want to build a modular system. But what are the practical considerations when using Subsystems? We'll look at the trade-offs involved and indicate some patterns and anti-patterns.

Eclipse Virgo was one of the technologies that provided input to the Subsystem specification. We'll use Virgo and the Apache Aries Subsystems implementation to demonstrate how to get started with Subsystems.

Slides: 

OSGi-Subsystems.pdf