Modular web apps

Question

I\'ve been looking into OSGi recently and think it looks like a really good idea for modular Java apps.

However, I was wondering how OSGi would work in a web applica

Answer 1

Check out SpringSource dm Server - an application server built entirely in terms of OSGi and supporting modular web applications. It is available in free, open source, and commercial versions.

You can start by deploying a standard WAR file and then gradually break your application into OSGi modules, or 'bundles' in OSGi-speak. As you might expect of SpringSource, the server has excellent support for the Spring framework and related Spring portfolio products.

Disclaimer: I work on this product.