13. Launching and embedding an OSGi framework

This chapter covers Introducing the OSGi framework launching and embedding API Explaining the generic bundle launcher used throughout the book Embedding the OSGi framework into an existing application

We’ve spent a lot of time talking about creating, deploying, and managing bundles and services. Interestingly, you can’t do anything with these unless you have a running OSGi framework. For such an important and necessary topic, we’ve spent very little time discussing how precisely to achieve it. Not only is it necessary, but by learning to launch the framework, you’ll have the ability to create custom launchers tailored to your application’s needs. It even opens up new use cases, where you can use an instance of an OSGi framework inside an existing application or even embedded inside a bundle. Interesting stuff.