Result matrix of OSGi-framework conformance tests

Original JUnit testresults

OSGi version

OSGi section

felix / 2.0.4

felix / 3.0.1

felix / revision-980996

knopflerfish / 2.3.3

knopflerfish / 3.0.1.snapshot-trunk-3277

equinox / 3.6.0

4.1

Security Layer

2.1

Introduction

2.1.1

Essentials

2.2

Security Overview

	2.2.1	Code Authentication
	2.2.2	Optional Security

2.3

Digitally Signed JAR Files

	2.3.1	JAR Structure and Manifest
	2.3.2	Java JAR File Restrictions
	2.3.3	Signing Algorithms
	2.3.4	Certificates
	2.3.5	Distinguished Names
	2.3.6	Certificate Matching

2.4

References

Module Layer

3.1

Introduction

3.2

Bundles

	3.2.1	Bundle Manifest Headers
	3.2.2	Header Value Syntax
	3.2.3	Common Header Syntax
	3.2.4	Version
	3.2.5	Version Ranges
	3.2.6	Filter Syntax

3.3

Execution Environment

3.3.1

Naming of Execution Environments

3.4

Class Loading Architecture

3.4.1

Resolving

3.5

Resolving Metadata

	3.5.1	Bundle-ManifestVersion
	3.5.2	Bundle-SymbolicName
	3.5.3	Bundle-Version
	3.5.4	Import-Package Header
	3.5.5	Export-Package
	3.5.6	Exporting and Importing a Package
	3.5.7	Interpretation of Legacy Bundles

3.6

Constraint Solving

	3.6.1	Diagrams and Syntax
	3.6.2	Version Matching
	3.6.3	Optional Packages
	3.6.4	Package Constraints
	3.6.5	Attribute Matching
	3.6.6	Mandatory Attributes
	3.6.7	Class Filtering
	3.6.8	Provider Selection

3.7

Resolving Process

3.8

Runtime Class Loading

	3.8.1	Bundle Class Path
	3.8.2	Dynamic Import Package
	3.8.3	Parent Delegation
	3.8.4	Overall Search Order
	3.8.5	Parent Class Loader
	3.8.6	Resource Loading
	3.8.7	Bundle Cycles
	3.8.8	Code Executed Before Started

3.9

Loading Native Code Libraries

	3.9.1	Native Code Algorithm
	3.9.2	Considerations Using Native Libraries

3.10

Localization

	3.10.1	Finding Localization Entries
	3.10.2	Manifest Localization

3.11

Bundle Validity

3.12

Optional

3.13

Requiring Bundles

	3.13.1	Require-Bundle
	3.13.2	Split Package Compatibility
	3.13.3	Issues With Requiring Bundles

3.14

Fragment Bundles

	3.14.1	Fragment-Host
	3.14.2	Fragments During Runtime
	3.14.3	Illegal Manifest Header for Fragment Bundles

3.15

Extension Bundles

	3.15.1	Illegal Manifest Headers for Extension Bundles
	3.15.2	Class Path Treatment

3.16

Security

	3.16.1	Extension Bundles
	3.16.2	Bundle Permission
	3.16.3	Package Permission
	3.16.4	Resource Permissions
	3.16.5	Permission Checks

3.17

Changes 4.1

3.18

References

Life Cycle Layer

4.1

Introduction

	4.1.1	Essentials
	4.1.2	Entities

4.2

Bundles

4.3

The Bundle Object

	4.3.1	Bundle Identifiers
	4.3.2	Bundle State
	4.3.3	Installing Bundles
	4.3.4	Resolving Bundles
	4.3.5	Starting Bundles
	4.3.6	Activation
	4.3.7	Activation Policies
	4.3.8	Stopping Bundles
	4.3.9	Deactivation
	4.3.10	Updating Bundles
	4.3.11	Uninstalling Bundles
	4.3.12	Detecting Bundle Changes
	4.3.13	Retrieving Manifest Headers
	4.3.14	Loading Classes
	4.3.15	Access to Resources
	4.3.16	Permissions of a Bundle
	4.3.17	Access to a Bundle’s Bundle Context

4.4

The Bundle Context

	4.4.1	Getting Bundle Information
	4.4.2	Persistent Storage
	4.4.3	Environment Properties

4.5

The System Bundle

4.6

Events

	4.6.1	Listeners
	4.6.2	Delivering Events
	4.6.3	Synchronization Pitfalls

4.7

Framework Startup and Shutdown

	4.7.1	Startup
	4.7.2	Shutdown

4.8

Security

	4.8.1	Admin Permission
	4.8.2	Using Signer for the Target
	4.8.3	Privileged Callbacks
	4.8.4	Lazy Activation

4.9

Changes 4.1

4.10

References

Service Layer

5.1

Introduction

	5.1.1	Essentials
	5.1.2	Entities

5.2

Services

	5.2.1	Service References
	5.2.2	Service Interfaces
	5.2.3	Registering Services
	5.2.4	Early Need for ServiceRegistration Object
	5.2.5	Service Properties
	5.2.6	Persistent Identifier (PID)
	5.2.7	Locating Services
	5.2.8	Getting Service Properties
	5.2.9	Getting Service Objects
	5.2.10	Information About Services

5.3

Service Events

5.4

Stale References

5.5

Filters

5.6

Service Factory

5.7

Releasing Services

5.8

Unregistering Services

5.9

Multiple Version Export Considerations

	5.9.1	Service Registry
	5.9.2	Service Events

5.10

Security

5.10.1

Service Permission

5.11

Changes 4.1

Framework API

6.1

org.osgi.framework

	6.1.1	Summary
	6.1.2	public final class AdminPermission extends BasicPermission
	6.1.3	public interface AllServiceListener extends ServiceListener
	6.1.4	public interface Bundle
	6.1.5	public interface BundleActivator
	6.1.6	public interface BundleContext
	6.1.7	public class BundleEvent extends EventObject
	6.1.8	public class BundleException extends Exception
	6.1.9	public interface BundleListener extends EventListener
	6.1.10	public final class BundlePermission extends BasicPermission
	6.1.11	public interface Configurable
	6.1.12	public interface Constants
	6.1.13	public interface Filter
	6.1.14	public class FrameworkEvent extends EventObject
	6.1.15	public interface FrameworkListener extends EventListener
	6.1.16	public class FrameworkUtil
	6.1.17	public class InvalidSyntaxException extends Exception
	6.1.18	public final class PackagePermission extends BasicPermission
	6.1.19	public class ServiceEvent extends EventObject
	6.1.20	public interface ServiceFactory
	6.1.21	public interface ServiceListener extends EventListener
	6.1.22	public final class ServicePermission extends BasicPermission
	6.1.23	public interface ServiceReference extends Comparable
	6.1.24	public interface ServiceRegistration
	6.1.25	public interface SynchronousBundleListener extends BundleListener
	6.1.26	public class Version implements Comparable

Package Admin Service Specification

7.1

Introduction

	7.1.1	Essentials
	7.1.2	Entities
	7.1.3	Operation

7.2

Package Admin

	7.2.1	Package Sharing
	7.2.2	Bundle Information
	7.2.3	Fragments and Required Bundles
	7.2.4	Exported Package
	7.2.5	Refreshing Packages and Start Level Service

7.3

Security

7.4

org.osgi.service.packageadmin

	7.4.1	Summary
	7.4.2	public interface ExportedPackage
	7.4.3	public interface PackageAdmin
	7.4.4	public interface RequiredBundle

Start Level Service Specification

8.1

Introduction

	8.1.1	Essentials
	8.1.2	Entities

8.2

Start Level Service

	8.2.1	The Concept of a Start Level
	8.2.2	Changing the Active Start Level
	8.2.3	Startup Sequence
	8.2.4	Shutdown Sequence
	8.2.5	Changing a Bundle’s Start Level
	8.2.6	Starting a Bundle
	8.2.7	Exceptions in the Bundle Activator
	8.2.8	System Bundle

8.3

Compatibility Mode

8.4

Example Applications

	8.4.1	Safe Mode Startup Scheme
	8.4.2	Splash Screen Startup Scheme

8.5

Security

8.6

Changes 4.1

8.7

org.osgi.service.startlevel

8.7.1

public interface StartLevel

Conditional Permission Admin Specification

9.1

Introduction

	9.1.1	Essentials
	9.1.2	Entities
	9.1.3	Synopsis
	9.1.4	What to Read

9.2

Permission Management Model

	9.2.1	Local Permissions
	9.2.2	Open Deployment Channels
	9.2.3	Delegation
	9.2.4	Grouping
	9.2.5	Typical Example

9.3

Effective Permissions

9.4

Conditional Permissions

9.4.1

Encoding versus Instantiation

9.5

The Permission Check

	9.5.1	Check Permission Algorithm
	9.5.2	Example
	9.5.3	Using the Access Control Context Directly
	9.5.4	Optimizations

9.6

Permission Management

9.6.1

Default Permissions

9.7

Conditions

	9.7.1	Custom Conditions
	9.7.2	Implementation Issues

9.8

Standard Conditions

	9.8.1	Bundle Signer Condition
	9.8.2	Bundle Location Condition

9.9

Bundle Permission Resource

9.9.1

Removing the Bundle Permission Resource

9.10

Relation to Permission Admin

9.11

Security

9.11.1

Service Registry Security

9.12

org.osgi.service.condpermadmin

	9.12.1	Summary
	9.12.2	public class BundleLocationCondition
	9.12.3	public class BundleSignerCondition
	9.12.4	public interface Condition
	9.12.5	public interface ConditionalPermissionAdmin
	9.12.6	public interface ConditionalPermissionInfo
	9.12.7	public class ConditionInfo

9.13

References

Permission Admin Service Specification

10.1

Introduction

	10.1.1	Essentials
	10.1.2	Entities
	10.1.3	Operation

10.2

Permission Admin service

10.2.1

File Permission for Relative Path Names

10.3

Security

10.4

org.osgi.service.permissionadmin

	10.4.1	Summary
	10.4.2	public interface PermissionAdmin
	10.4.3	public class PermissionInfo

URL Handlers Service Specification

11.1

Introduction

	11.1.1	Essentials
	11.1.2	Entities
	11.1.3	Operation

11.2

Factories in java.net

11.3

Framework Procedures

	11.3.1	Constructing a Proxy and Handler
	11.3.2	Built-in Handlers
	11.3.3	Finding Built-in Handlers
	11.3.4	Protected Methods and Proxy
	11.3.5	Stream Handlers that use java.net.Proxy

11.4

Providing a New Scheme

11.5

Providing a Content Handler

11.6

Security Considerations

11.7

Changes 4.1

11.8

org.osgi.service.url

	11.8.1	Summary
	11.8.2	public abstract class AbstractURLStreamHandlerService extends URLStreamHandler implements ...
	11.8.3	public interface URLConstants
	11.8.4	public interface URLStreamHandlerService
	11.8.5	public interface URLStreamHandlerSetter

11.9

References

4.2

Security Layer

2.1

Introduction

2.1.1

Essentials

2.2

Security Overview

	2.2.1	Code Authentication
	2.2.2	Optional Security

2.3

Digitally Signed JAR Files

	2.3.1	JAR Structure and Manifest
	2.3.2	Java JAR File Restrictions
	2.3.3	Valid Signature
	2.3.4	Signing Algorithms
	2.3.5	Certificates
	2.3.6	Distinguished Names
	2.3.7	Certificate Matching

2.4

Permissions

	2.4.1	Implied Permissions
	2.4.2	Filter Based Permissions

2.5

Changes

2.6

References

Module Layer

3.1

Introduction

3.2

Bundles

	3.2.1	Bundle Manifest Headers
	3.2.2	Custom Headers
	3.2.3	Header Value Syntax
	3.2.4	Common Header Syntax
	3.2.5	Version
	3.2.6	Version Ranges
	3.2.7	Filter Syntax

3.3

Execution Environment

3.3.1

Naming of Execution Environments

3.4

Class Loading Architecture

3.4.1

Resolving

3.5

Resolving Metadata

	3.5.1	Bundle-ManifestVersion
	3.5.2	Bundle-SymbolicName
	3.5.3	Bundle-Version
	3.5.4	Import-Package Header
	3.5.5	Export-Package
	3.5.6	Exporting and Importing a Package
	3.5.7	Interpretation of Legacy Bundles

3.6

Constraint Solving

	3.6.1	Diagrams and Syntax
	3.6.2	Version Matching
	3.6.3	Optional Packages
	3.6.4	Package Constraints
	3.6.5	Attribute Matching
	3.6.6	Mandatory Attributes
	3.6.7	Class Filtering
	3.6.8	Provider Selection

3.7

Resolving Process

3.8

Runtime Class Loading

	3.8.1	Bundle Class Path
	3.8.2	Dynamic Import Package
	3.8.3	Parent Delegation
	3.8.4	Overall Search Order
	3.8.5	Parent Class Loader
	3.8.6	Resource Loading
	3.8.7	Bundle Cycles
	3.8.8	Code Executed Before Started
	3.8.9	Finding an Object’s Bundle

3.9

Loading Native Code Libraries

	3.9.1	Native Code Algorithm
	3.9.2	Considerations Using Native Libraries

3.10

Localization

	3.10.1	Finding Localization Entries
	3.10.2	Manifest Localization

3.11

Bundle Validity

3.12

Requiring Bundles

	3.12.1	Require-Bundle
	3.12.2	Split Package Compatibility
	3.12.3	Issues With Requiring Bundles

3.13

Fragment Bundles

	3.13.1	Fragment-Host
	3.13.2	Fragments During Runtime
	3.13.3	Illegal Manifest Header for Fragment Bundles

3.14

Extension Bundles

	3.14.1	Illegal Manifest Headers for Extension Bundles
	3.14.2	Class Path Treatment
	3.14.3	Optionality Boot Class Path Extension

3.15

Security

	3.15.1	Extension Bundles
	3.15.2	Bundle Permission
	3.15.3	Package Permission
	3.15.4	Resource Permissions
	3.15.5	Permission Checks

3.16

Changes

3.17

References

Life Cycle Layer

4.1

Introduction

	4.1.1	Essentials
	4.1.2	Entities

4.2

Frameworks

	4.2.1	Launching and Controlling a Framework
	4.2.2	Launching Properties
	4.2.3	Life Cycle of a Framework
	4.2.4	Initializing the Framework
	4.2.5	Starting the Framework
	4.2.6	Stopping a Framework
	4.2.7	Embedding a Framework
	4.2.8	Daemon Threads
	4.2.9	Java Service Provider Configuration Support

4.3

Bundles

4.4

The Bundle Object

	4.4.1	Bundle Identifiers
	4.4.2	Bundle State
	4.4.3	Installing Bundles
	4.4.4	Resolving Bundles
	4.4.5	Starting Bundles
	4.4.6	Activation
	4.4.7	Stopping Bundles
	4.4.8	Deactivation
	4.4.9	Updating Bundles
	4.4.10	Uninstalling Bundles
	4.4.11	Detecting Bundle Changes
	4.4.12	Retrieving Manifest Headers
	4.4.13	Loading Classes
	4.4.14	Access to Resources
	4.4.15	Permissions of a Bundle
	4.4.16	Access to a Bundle’s Bundle Context

4.5

The Bundle Context

	4.5.1	Getting Bundle Information
	4.5.2	Persistent Storage
	4.5.3	Environment Properties

4.6

The System Bundle

4.6.1

System Bundle Headers

4.7

Events

	4.7.1	Listeners
	4.7.2	Delivering Events
	4.7.3	Synchronization Pitfalls

4.8

Security

	4.8.1	Admin Permission
	4.8.2	Privileged Callbacks
	4.8.3	Lazy Activation

4.9

Changes

4.10

References

Service Layer

5.1

Introduction

	5.1.1	Essentials
	5.1.2	Entities

5.2

Services

	5.2.1	Service References
	5.2.2	Service Interfaces
	5.2.3	Registering Services
	5.2.4	Early Need for ServiceRegistration Object
	5.2.5	Service Properties
	5.2.6	Persistent Identifier (PID)
	5.2.7	Locating Services
	5.2.8	Getting Service Properties
	5.2.9	Getting Service Objects
	5.2.10	Information About Services
	5.2.11	Service Exceptions
	5.2.12	Services and Concurrency

5.3

Service Events

5.3.1

Service Event Types

5.4

Stale References

5.5

Filters

5.6

Service Factory

5.7

Releasing Services

5.8

Unregistering Services

5.9

Multiple Version Export Considerations

	5.9.1	Service Registry
	5.9.2	Service Events

5.10

Security

5.10.1

Service Permission

5.11

Changes

Framework API

6.1

org.osgi.framework

	6.1.1	Summary
	6.1.2	public final class AdminPermission extends BasicPermission
	6.1.3	public interface AllServiceListener extends ServiceListener
	6.1.4	public interface Bundle
	6.1.5	public interface BundleActivator
	6.1.6	public interface BundleContext
	6.1.7	public class BundleEvent extends EventObject
	6.1.8	public class BundleException extends Exception
	6.1.9	public interface BundleListener extends EventListener
	6.1.10	public final class BundlePermission extends BasicPermission
	6.1.11	public interface BundleReference
	6.1.12	public interface Configurable
	6.1.13	public interface Constants
	6.1.14	public interface Filter
	6.1.15	public class FrameworkEvent extends EventObject
	6.1.16	public interface FrameworkListener extends EventListener
	6.1.17	public class FrameworkUtil
	6.1.18	public class InvalidSyntaxException extends Exception
	6.1.19	public final class PackagePermission extends BasicPermission
	6.1.20	public class ServiceEvent extends EventObject
	6.1.21	public class ServiceException extends RuntimeException
	6.1.22	public interface ServiceFactory
	6.1.23	public interface ServiceListener extends EventListener
	6.1.24	public final class ServicePermission extends BasicPermission
	6.1.25	public interface ServiceReference extends Comparable
	6.1.26	public interface ServiceRegistration
	6.1.27	public interface SynchronousBundleListener extends BundleListener
	6.1.28	public class Version implements Comparable

6.2

org.osgi.framework.launch

	6.2.1	Summary
	6.2.2	public interface Framework extends Bundle
	6.2.3	public interface FrameworkFactory

Package Admin Service Specification

7.1

Introduction

	7.1.1	Essentials
	7.1.2	Entities
	7.1.3	Operation

7.2

Package Admin

	7.2.1	Package Sharing
	7.2.2	Bundle Information
	7.2.3	Fragments and Required Bundles
	7.2.4	Exported Package
	7.2.5	Refreshing Packages

7.3

Security

7.4

Changes

7.5

org.osgi.service.packageadmin

	7.5.1	Summary
	7.5.2	public interface ExportedPackage
	7.5.3	public interface PackageAdmin
	7.5.4	public interface RequiredBundle

Start Level Service Specification

8.1

Introduction

	8.1.1	Essentials
	8.1.2	Entities

8.2

Start Level Service

	8.2.1	The Concept of a Start Level
	8.2.2	Changing the Active Start Level
	8.2.3	Startup Sequence
	8.2.4	Shutdown Sequence
	8.2.5	Changing a Bundle’s Start Level
	8.2.6	Starting a Bundle
	8.2.7	Exceptions in the Bundle Activator
	8.2.8	System Bundle

8.3

Compatibility Mode

8.4

Example Applications

	8.4.1	Safe Mode Startup Scheme
	8.4.2	Splash Screen Startup Scheme

8.5

Security

8.6

org.osgi.service.startlevel

8.6.1

public interface StartLevel

Conditional Permission Admin Specification

9.1

Introduction

	9.1.1	Essentials
	9.1.2	Entities
	9.1.3	Synopsis

9.2

Permission Management Model

	9.2.1	Local Permissions
	9.2.2	Open Deployment Channels
	9.2.3	Delegation
	9.2.4	Grouping
	9.2.5	Typical Example

9.3

Effective Permissions

9.4

Conditional Permissions

9.4.1

Encoding versus Instantiation

9.5

Conditions

9.6

The Permission Check

	9.6.1	Security Manager checkPermission Method
	9.6.2	Bundle Protection Domain implies Method
	9.6.3	Postponed Evaluation
	9.6.4	Example
	9.6.5	Using the Access Control Context Directly

9.7

Permission Management

9.7.1

Default Permissions

9.8

Implementing Conditions

9.9

Standard Conditions

	9.9.1	Bundle Signer Condition
	9.9.2	Bundle Location Condition

9.10

Bundle Permission Resource

9.10.1

Removing the Bundle Permission Resource

9.11

Relation to Permission Admin

9.12

Implementation Issues

	9.12.1	Optimizing Immutable Conditions
	9.12.2	Optimizing the Permission Check
	9.12.3	Using Permission Checks in Conditions
	9.12.4	Concurrency
	9.12.5	Class Loading
	9.12.6	Condition Life Cycle

9.13

Security

9.13.1

Service Registry Security

9.14

Changes

9.15

org.osgi.service.condpermadmin

	9.15.1	Summary
	9.15.2	public class BundleLocationCondition
	9.15.3	public class BundleSignerCondition
	9.15.4	public interface Condition
	9.15.5	public interface ConditionalPermissionAdmin
	9.15.6	public interface ConditionalPermissionInfo
	9.15.7	public interface ConditionalPermissionUpdate
	9.15.8	public class ConditionInfo

9.16

References

Permission Admin Service Specification

10.1

Introduction

	10.1.1	Essentials
	10.1.2	Entities
	10.1.3	Operation

10.2

Permission Admin service

10.2.1

File Permission for Relative Path Names

10.3

Security

10.4

org.osgi.service.permissionadmin

	10.4.1	Summary
	10.4.2	public interface PermissionAdmin
	10.4.3	public class PermissionInfo

URL Handlers Service Specification

11.1

Introduction

	11.1.1	Essentials
	11.1.2	Entities
	11.1.3	Operation

11.2

Factories in java.net

11.3

Framework Procedures

	11.3.1	Constructing a Proxy and Handler
	11.3.2	Built-in Handlers
	11.3.3	Finding Built-in Handlers
	11.3.4	Protected Methods and Proxy
	11.3.5	Stream Handlers that use java.net.Proxy

11.4

Providing a New Scheme

11.5

Providing a Content Handler

11.6

Security Considerations

11.7

Changes

11.8

org.osgi.service.url

	11.8.1	Summary
	11.8.2	public abstract class AbstractURLStreamHandlerService extends URLStreamHandler implements ...
	11.8.3	public interface URLConstants
	11.8.4	public interface URLStreamHandlerService
	11.8.5	public interface URLStreamHandlerSetter

11.9

References

Service Hooks Specification

12.1

Introduction

	12.1.1	Essentials
	12.1.2	Entities
	12.1.3	Synopsis

12.2

Service Hooks

12.3

Usage Scenarios

	12.3.1	Proxying
	12.3.2	Providing a Service on Demand

12.4

Event Hook

12.5

Find Hook

12.6

Listener Hook

12.6.1

Filter

12.7

Architectural Notes

	12.7.1	Remove Only