The OSGi sample builds on the Google Protocol Buffers serializer samples. When you complete this set of lessons, you will have run the serializer sample plug-ins in the OSGi framework.
This sample demonstrates the OSGi bundles. The serializer plug-in is incidental and is not required. The OSGi sample is available on the WebSphere eXtreme Scale samples gallery. You must download the sample, and extract it into the wxs_home/samples directory. The root directory for the OSGi sample is wxs_home/samples/OSGiProto.
The command examples in this tutorial assume that you are running on the UNIX operating system. You must adjust the command example to run on a Windows operating system.
After completing the lessons in this tutorial, you will understand the OSGi sample concepts and know how to complete the following objectives: