Simple RCP hello-world application

The application will print "Hello World" to the console. Once from the Bundle-Activator and once from the application.

Usage

• Download EclipseRT-OSGi-StarterKit-Mars from https://archive.eclipse.org/equinox/drops/R-Mars-201506032000/index.php
• Unpack it into the same directory (so that rt is a sub-folder of the root-directory)
• Run "mvn clean package"
• Run "./rt/rt"

Launch through IDEA

Ensure the following prerequisites:

• OSGi-Framework is set up (does not need but can be the rt-directory)
• Bundle has the OSGi-facet
• Facet "bundle .jar" has no "File ignore pattern"
• Run "mvn package", so the runtime-dependencies are collected into the rt-dir

Then add a run-configuration of type OSGI using the settings:

• Framework & Bundles

  • OSGi-Framework: Eclipse RT (wherever you have installed it)

  • Framework start level: Auto

  • Default start level: 5

  • Bundles:

    Bundle	Start-Level	Start	Comment
    org.apache.felix.fileinstall	1	X	Will pick up other bundles
    org.elipse.equinox.ds	2	X	Needs to be started early
    org.eclipse.equinox.console	2		Optional
    org.eclipse.core.runtime	4	X	Will start helloworld
    helloworld	4		Not started by the framework, but by Eclipse

• Parameters

  • VM-Options:

    -Dfelix.fileinstall.dir=./plugins -Dfelix.fileinstall.noInitialDelay=true -Dfelix.fileinstall.start.level=4 -Dfelix.fileinstall.bundles.new.start=false -Dosgi.instance.area=temp 
    

  • Program Parameters:

    -consoleLog -noExit -console
    

  • Runtime directory: The rt-directory from before

• Additional framework properties

  • Uncheck: "Launch OSGi console"
  • Application: de.tobiasblaschke.test.rcp.helloworld

After the launch there will be a couple of stack-traces "File already installed", that can be ignored.