Fuse 4.1 classpath/classloader questions...

[[e-mail]]

Can someone please explain how the classpath works in the Fuse 4.1/OSGi world.

What is the general approach to sharing JARs.  Can I use the /fuse4.1/lib/ directory for common JAR files (Oracle drivers, etc).  Or should I include these in any deployed artifacts.  Or should I install as a separate OSGI bundle?

Also, I have a properties file that hold machine specific properties (database connections, etc.)...where would I put this?  I was hoping to just drop it into the /etc or /lib directory, but this doesn't seem to work.  In SMX 3.3 world, I put these in the /conf directory...

thanks

Edited by: [e-mail] on Jan 20, 2010 9:49 PM

[valdar]

Yep, it is an information that would be useful to know!

[ffang]

Hi,

For your first question, the better osgi-aware solution is install the driver lib as bundle.

For your second question, for osgi-aware properties placeholder, take a look at camel-osgi example shipped with smx4 kit. This example demostrates how to use property placeholder in osgi container.

Just follow the README.txt and pay attention the beans.xml in this demo.

Freeman