org.apache.sling.installer.api
Interface OsgiInstaller

public interface OsgiInstaller

OSGi Service that installs/updates/removes installable data InstallableResource in the OSGi framework. The client can register a number of such resources, and the installer decides based on the resource weights, bundle version numbers, etc. which ones are actually installed. An InstallableResource can be a bundle, a configuration, and later we might support deployment packages as well.

Method Summary

void	registerResources(String urlScheme, InstallableResource[] resources) Provide the installer with the complete list of installable resources for a given client.
void	updateResources(String urlScheme, InstallableResource[] resources, String[] ids) Inform the installer that resources are available for installation and/or other resources are no longer available.

Method Detail

registerResources

void registerResources(String urlScheme,
                       InstallableResource[] resources)

Provide the installer with the complete list of installable resources for a given client. Client must call this at startup and/or when the installer service becomes available. The installer stores the list of previously registered/added resources, compares with the new list and removes resources that have disappeared. Invalid resources are ignored.

Parameters:

urlScheme - identifies the client.

resources - the list of available resources

updateResources

void updateResources(String urlScheme,
                     InstallableResource[] resources,
                     String[] ids)

Inform the installer that resources are available for installation and/or other resources are no longer available. This method is called if - installed resources have been modified - new resources are available - installed resources should be uninstalled Invalid resources are ignored.

Parameters:

urlScheme - identifies the client.

resource - An array of updated/new resources - might be null

ids - An array of identifiers for removed resources - might be null