Comments on: An important note for Gliffy Plugin for Confluence customers http://www.gliffy.com/blog/2008/06/09/an-important-note-for-gliffy-plugin-for-confluence-customers/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:44:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: chrisk http://www.gliffy.com/blog/2008/06/09/an-important-note-for-gliffy-plugin-for-confluence-customers/#comment-42313 chrisk Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:23:49 +0000 http://www.gliffy.com/blog/?p=137#comment-42313 Hi Marcel, Thanks for the note. I took a look at OSGi, and it looks pretty extensive. The next release of The Gliffy Plugin for Confluence only relies on two external libraries not already bundled with Confluence. As such, something like OSGi appears to be more than what we need in this context. However, I could see how it might make sense for us to implement something like this in the future. We'll definitely keep it in mind. thanks! -chris Hi Marcel,

Thanks for the note. I took a look at OSGi, and it looks pretty extensive.

The next release of The Gliffy Plugin for Confluence only relies on two external libraries not already bundled with Confluence. As such, something like OSGi appears to be more than what we need in this context. However, I could see how it might make sense for us to implement something like this in the future. We’ll definitely keep it in mind.

thanks!

-chris

]]> By: Marcel Offermans http://www.gliffy.com/blog/2008/06/09/an-important-note-for-gliffy-plugin-for-confluence-customers/#comment-42311 Marcel Offermans Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:21:52 +0000 http://www.gliffy.com/blog/?p=137#comment-42311 To solve these classloader issues, you might actually consider using a framework like OSGi. This will allow you to bundle any version of a library and isolate yourself from the actual environment in which you're running. In other words, whatever Confluence decides to ship, you can safely ignore it and instead ship your own version (of Batik and whatever else you need) and use it. In general this will allow you to more easily embed Gliffy in other containers (not just Confluence). Let me know if this is something that interests you, I'd be happy to elaborate (mail me). To solve these classloader issues, you might actually consider using a framework like OSGi. This will allow you to bundle any version of a library and isolate yourself from the actual environment in which you’re running. In other words, whatever Confluence decides to ship, you can safely ignore it and instead ship your own version (of Batik and whatever else you need) and use it. In general this will allow you to more easily embed Gliffy in other containers (not just Confluence). Let me know if this is something that interests you, I’d be happy to elaborate (mail me).

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