Application OSGi frameworks [Collection]

This panel lists all the OSGi frameworks that are associated with an application.

You can explore or debug bundles by examining the contents of OSGi frameworks. A framework contains a collection of bundles, together with the packages and services associated with the bundles. There are two types of framework:
Isolated framework
An isolated framework contains the bundles that are defined exclusively for a specific application; each OSGi application runs in its own isolated framework. In a network deployment environment, there is one isolated framework for each server on which the application is installed. If an application includes one or more composite bundles, either as part of the application, or as an extension to the application, there is a separate isolated framework for each composite bundle.
Share bundle framework
There is a shared bundle framework per server, containing all the shared bundles that are available to the applications that are installed on that server. If the applications indirectly reference one or more composite bundles through package dependencies, there is a shared bundle framework for each composite bundle.

You can find the state of the bundles in a framework, and see which bundles import or export certain packages, or which bundles register or use a particular service. You can also see the values of the headers in the bundle manifest files.

You can navigate trails through bundles, packages, and services. For example, you might navigate the following trail:
  1. Select a package.
  2. See which bundle exports this package.
  3. Find out the services that this bundle registers.
  4. Find out which other bundles use each of these services.
  5. Explore the details of each of these bundles.

The panels have a breadcrumb trail that shows you where you are in a trail, and allows you to retrace the steps that you have taken through the trail.

Note: You can view the frameworks for an application only if the application has been started. If the application fails to start, the link to access the framework panels is not available.

To view this panel in the administrative console, click the following path:

Applications > Application Types > Business-level applications > application_name > composition_unit_name > [Additional Properties] OSGi application console

To browse the properties of a listed item, select its name in the list.

To change which entries are listed, or to change the level of detail that is displayed for those entries, use the Filter settings.

For each framework, the panel shows the following information:
Framework name
The name of the OSGi framework.
Framework version
The version of the OSGi framework.
Framework node
The node on which the OSGi framework resides.
Framework server
The server on which the OSGi framework resides.

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