SummerOfCode2007/KaloyanEnimanev

Google Summer of Code Application

• Project	maven-osgi (http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2007#maven-osgi)
  Proposed by	Carlos Sanchez
  Applicant	see Student Info

Motivation

The OSGi standard is undergoing its rebirth. Being thrown in the attic for some years it is now a hot topic all over, following its adoption in Websphere and future Spring support. There's a joke amongst the developers saying, that OSGi is a Phoenix implemented by Phoelix.

Maven, on its way to become a de facto build and project management tool, tries to improve the development process not only on conceptual level, but also in each practical aspect. Thus, it has to respond to the growth of the OSGi community by providing efficient solution to build/manage OSGi bundles.

Work to be done

As far as I can gauge, the project involves two parts

• creation of a Maven plugin to build OSGi bundles (jar files having special header clauses in their META-INF/MANIFEST.MF). An existing solution from the Felix project might be used as a base

• integration of the OSGi specifics inside the Maven compile process. Roughly said, OSGi bundles are allowed to reference only a "declared" part of the classpath when compiling, and Maven has to perform sanity checks for undeclared class usage.

Deliverables

code

• maven-osgi-plugin
• version of maven eclipse compiler that integrates with the delivered maven-osgi-plugin

documentation

• tutorial, explaining how Maven and OSGi work together
• plugin documentation for maven-osgi-plugin
• javadoc accompanying the produced code

Timetable

• 14 May	Familiarize myself with the project and community specifics
  28 May	Initial version of maven-osgi-plugin
  18 June	Initial version of eclipse compiler integration
  23 July	stabilization of the code and documentation
  20 August	deadline defined in GSOC terms

  I hope the deadlines are not too ambitious. My wish is to finish a working version of the Maven + OSGi integration as early as possible and have several weeks at the end of the summer for feedback (from the mentor and the community).

Student info

• Name	Kaloyan Enimanev
  Email	<kenimanev@gmail.com>
  Age	24
  Insignias	hates coffee, eats 2 bananas for breakfast, drives "Bicycle"

  Student in University Of Sofia, major "Software technologies". Working full-time as a Java Developer, with more than 3 years of commercial experience. My Maven powers are (sadly) limited to Maven1. I've no hands-on experience with M2, except for the usual home-tweaking.