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How to Migrate a Connector to OSGi

You can use Bundle Builder to convert an existing connector.jar file to an OSGi bundle. This makes the connector hot-deployable.

An existing connector must be converted to an OSGi bundle before it can be used with the connector server.

In previous releases, you packaged the following components into a zip archive for deployment to the connector server:

Now, you package the same components (plus an OSGi manifest) in an OSGi bundle.

The Connector Server SDK includes a tool named Bundle Builder, which creates an OSGi bundle. (incl factory class), so developers just need to create a build and manifest file. Be aware that many of the existing OSGi converted connectors do not use the bundlebuilder tool, as it did not exist at the time. These use custom build scripts and have non-dynamic factory classes.