15.3. Summary

In this chapter, we’ve shown you how to build web applications and web services that take advantage of the OSGi framework. We built on the advanced features of the OSGi framework and demonstrated the extensibility of the OSGi framework, including the following topics:

• Using the HTTP Service to provide static resources and simple servlet-based applications in an OSGi framework

• Using the Pax Web extensions to the HTTP Service to deploy JSP applications in an OSGi framework

• Converting a more complex WAR-style application based on the stock-watcher application for the Google Web Toolkit into a web application bundle

• Exporting a local OSGi service into a remote JVM using a Remote Services distribution provider, which, thanks to the flexibility of service-based programming, required no changes to the client application

• Examining at a high level the mechanics of implementing an OSGi Remote Services distribution provider