1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006-2008 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.springframework.osgi.test.platform;
18
19 import java.util.Properties;
20
21 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
22
23 /**
24 * Lifecycle contract for the OSGi platform.
25 *
26 * @author Costin Leau
27 *
28 */
29 public interface OsgiPlatform {
30
31 /**
32 * Starts the OSGi platform.
33 *
34 * @throws Exception if starting the platform fails
35 */
36 void start() throws Exception;
37
38 /**
39 * Stops the OSGi platform.
40 *
41 * @throws Exception if stopping the platform fails.
42 */
43 void stop() throws Exception;
44
45 /**
46 * Returns the {@link java.util.Properties} object used for configuring the
47 * underlying OSGi implementation before starting it.
48 *
49 * @return platform implementation specific properties
50 */
51 Properties getConfigurationProperties();
52
53 /**
54 * Returns the bundle context of the returned platform. Useful during
55 * startup for installing bundles and interacting with the OSGi instance.
56 *
57 * @return platform bundle context
58 */
59 BundleContext getBundleContext();
60 }