Chapter 1. OSGi and the enterprise—why now?

This chapter covers

Why modularity is important, and how Java stacks up
How OSGi enforces some simple rules to make Java better at modularity
Why enterprise Java and OSGi traditionally don’t play well together
How enterprise OSGi fixes this, and what the enterprise OSGi programming model looks like

1.1. Java’s missing modularity

1.2. OSGi to the rescue

1.3. Programming with enterprise OSGi

1.4. Summary

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