Java and Eclipse Plugin Development

Eclipse runs on top of the OSGi runtime, which manages the bundles (components) that make up an application. At any time, each bundle has on...

#### Debugging options for org.eclipse.osgi # Turn on general debugging for org.eclipse.osgi org.eclipse.osgi/debug=false # Prints out cla...

Eclipse Versioning https://wiki.eclipse.org/Version_Numbering#When_to_change_the_major_segment Understand more about semantic versioning...

A Bundle  fragment , or simply a  fragment , is a bundle whose contents are made available to another bundle (the  fragment host ). Impo...

Understand more about OSGI class loaders: http://www.eclipsezone.com/articles/eclipse-vms/ Understand more about how OSGI loads DLL fil...

What is bundles.info file in eclipse ? The file bundles.info contains a list of all the plug-ins installed in the current system. On star...

Plug-ins that are resolved and that have a bundle activation policy of lazy will enter the Starting state . The console window may show bun...

Eclipse Plug-in start levels are there to simply determine the start order of bundles. But as a developer or end user, we should never tre...

Eclipse OSGI plugins http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ecl-osgi/ OSGI Console options http://www.ibm.com/develop...

Install the plug-in bundle in the Equinox console. osgi> install file:///<path to bundle> Equinox lists the bundle ID for the n...

Go through this article to get the understanding on Eclipse Equinox http://www.theserverside.com/news/1365049/Eclipse-Equinox-and-OSGi

Bundle bundle = Activator.getDefault().getBundle(); Path path = new Path("path/to/your/file.extension"); //$NON-NLS-1$ URL url =...

Have you every come across this kind of issue with your eclipse plugin start () ??? !MESSAGE While loading class "org.scribe.model.V...