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Converting an enterprise application to an OSGi application

You convert an enterprise application to an OSGi application by completing manual tasks that convert the EAR file to an enterprise bundle archive (EBA) file.

To convert the enterprise application to an OSGi application, you must separately convert each of the components in the EAR file.

Complete the following tasks:

  1. Change the file extension from .ear to .eba.

  2. Convert any WAR files to OSGi web application bundles.

  3. Convert any enterprise bean (EJB) JAR files to OSGi EJB bundles.

  4. Convert any utility JAR files to OSGi bundles.

  5. Convert any persistence archive files to OSGi persistence bundles.

  6. Convert Java 2 security settings to OSGi.
These tasks are described in detail in the following subtopics:


Subtopics


Parent topic: Converting existing applications to OSGi applications


Related concepts

  • Web application bundles
  • Java 2 security and OSGi Applications
  • Enterprise bundle archives


    Related tasks

  • Converting a Spring application to an OSGi application
  • Deploy an OSGi application as a business-level application
  • Secure OSGi applications

  • Example: OSGi bundle manifest file