karaf 3.0.0新特征

Apache Karaf 3.0.0 is now mostly ready (I’m just polishing the documentation).

In previous post, I introduced new enterprise features like JNDI, JDBC, JMS.

As I said, the purpose is to provide a full flexible enterprise ready container, easy to use and extend for the users.

Easy to use means that a simple command will extend your container, with feature that can help you a lot.

JPA

Previous Karaf version already provided a jpa feature. However, this feature “only” installs the Aries JPA bundles, allowing to expose the EntityManager as an OSGi service. It doesn’t install any JPA engine. It means that, previously, the users had to install all bundles required to have a persistence engine.

As very popular persistence engines, Karaf 3.0.0 provides two ready-to-use features:

1	karaf@root()> feature:install openjpa

The openjpa feature brings Apache OpenJPA in Apache Karaf.

1	karaf@root()> feature:install hibernate

The hibernate feature brings Hibernate in Apache Karaf.

CDI

Karaf 3.0.0 now refers Pax CDI. It means that you can install pax-cdi* features in Apache Karaf.

However, Pax-CDI doesn’t install any CDI container, it’s up to the users to install all bundles required to have a CDI container.

As very popular CDI containers, Karaf 3.0.0 provides two ready-to-use features:

1 2	karaf@root()> feature:repo-add pax-cdi karaf@root()> feature:install openwebbeans

The openwebbeans feature brings Apache OpenWebBeans CDI container in Apache Karaf.

1 2	karaf@root()> feature:repo-add pax-cdi karaf@root()> feature:install weld

The weld feature brings JBoss Weld CDI container in Apache Karaf.

EJB

As a reminder, waiting to have KarafEE back in Karaf directly (as a ejb feature, I plan to work on it next week), you can install Apache OpenEJB in Apache Karaf:

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karaf@root()> feature:repo-add openejb karaf@root()> feature:install openejb-core karaf@root()> feature:install openejb-server