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| name = Eclipse Communication Framework
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| download = http://www.eclipse.org/ecf/downloads.php
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| website = http://www.eclipse.org/ecf
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| list = ecf-dev
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| newsgroup = eclipse.technology.ecf
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| product = ECF
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| irc = eclipse-ecf
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| viewvc = org.eclipse.ecf/?root=RT_Project
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| psf = http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.ecf/releng/org.eclipse.ecf.releng/projectSet-anonymous.psf?root=RT_Project&view=co
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[http://www.eclipse.org/ecf/dev_resources.php ECF Developer Resources (CVS access, newsgroup/mailing list access, etc.)]<br/>
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==ECF Conference Calls==
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=Documentation (for consumers)=
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==OSGi Remote Services==
  
ECF has weekly conference calls to discuss current and future issues on our roadmap. Anyone is welcome to join us.
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===Introductory Materials===
*International: +1-416-840-9801*
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*Canada: 1-877-727-8553*
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*U.S.: 1-866-394-4146*
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*Germany: 0800 111 1193*
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*U.K.: 0800 358 3473*
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*France: 0800 94 0253*
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*Finland: 0800 114 485*
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*Sweden: 0200 125 713*
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*Participant passcode: 428 029 063#
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[[Tutorial: Building your first OSGi Remote Service]]
  
===Next Conference CallMonday, Feb 8, 2010 1600 UTC===
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NEW 3.8.1: [[TutorialBuilding your first Asynchronous OSGi Remote Service]]
  
[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2010&month=02&day=08&hour=16&min=00&sec=0 Feb 8, 2010, 8:00am pacific time/1600 UTC]
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NEW 3.8.1: [[Tutorial: OSGi Remote Services for the Raspberry Pi]]
  
[http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=q0gpojsaatmup0uilkklpe409c%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles Google Calendar]
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[[Getting Started with ECF's OSGi Remote Services Implementation]]
  
[[ECF Conference Call 2.8.2010|2.8.2010 Call Agenda/Notes]]
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[[OSGi Remote Services and ECF]]
  
*[[ECF Meeting Notes|Notes from Previous Meetings]]
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===Download and Install===
  
===Public and Private Chat Groups===
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[http://www.eclipse.org/ecf Download and Install into Eclipse]
ECF also has ongoing public and private chat groups. Please join us!
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*IRC (public): <b>irc.freenode.net</b>  channel: <b>#eclipse-ecf</b>  ECF URL <b>[irc://irc.freenode.net/#eclipse-ecf irc://<user>@irc.freenode.net/#eclipse-ecf]</b><br>
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[[EIG:Install into Apache Karaf|Apache Karaf Install of ECF RS SDK]]
*XMPP (private): <b><user>@ecf.eclipse.org</b> multi-user chat: <b>ecf</b><br>
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*ECF Generic (public):  <b>ecftcp://ecf.eclipse.org:3282/server</b>
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==Project Planning==
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[[EIG:Install Timeline Example into Apache Karaf|Install and run Timeline Tutorial in Apache Karaf]]
  
[http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=rt.ecf Current Project Plan]
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===More Advanced Usage of OSGi Remote Services===
  
[[ECF 4.0 ToDo collection]]
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[[Asynchronous Proxies for Remote Services]]
  
==ECF Builds==
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[http://eclipseecf.blogspot.com/2010/02/osgi-remote-services-and-sync-vs-async.html OSGi Remote Services and Sync vs. Async Remote Procedure Call]
  
ECF has nightly builds as well as continuous builds on checkin and release builds.  Our builder currently uses Hudson and Buckminster and is hosted at the ECF OSU OSL server.  See [https://ecf2.osuosl.org/hudson/ here for the Hudson dashboard and access to all builds].
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[[File-based Discovery | Static File-based Discovery of Remote Service Endpoints]]
  
[[Building ECF Release 3.2]]
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[[Distributed EventAdmin Service]]
  
==New Stuff==
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[[Tracing Options for Remote Services]]
  
===OSGi 4.2 Remote Services===
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===Remote Service Admin===
  
[[OSGi 4.2 Remote Services and ECF]]
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[[Remote Services Admin|OSGi Remote Service Admin (RSA) Management Agent]]
  
[[Getting Started with ECF's OSGi Remote Services Implementation]]
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===Customization of ECF Remote Services (new Discovery and/or Distribution providers)===
  
[[Customizing and Extending ECF Remote Services]]
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[[Tutorial:  Creating a RESTful Remote Service Provider]]
 
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[[Discovery and Distribution Listeners | Listeners for ECF's OSGi Remote Services Implementation]]
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[[File-based Discovery | Static File-based Discovery of Remote Service Endpoints]]
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[[Discovery of Remote Services]]
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[[iPopo Compatible Providers]]
  
 
[[REST_abstraction_for_ECF|REST-style Remote Services Providers]]
 
[[REST_abstraction_for_ECF|REST-style Remote Services Providers]]
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[[SOAP-based Providers|SOAP-based Remote Services Providers]]
 
[[SOAP-based Providers|SOAP-based Remote Services Providers]]
  
[[Load Balancing Remote Services]]
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[[Comparison of Discovery and Distribution Providers | Technical Comparison of Discovery and Distribution Providers]]
  
[[Getting Started with ECF's RFC119 Implementation]]
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[[EIG:Configuration_Properties | Discovery and Distribution Configuration Properties]]
  
[[ECF Connection Creation and Management | ECF Container/Connection Creation and Management]]
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==[http://eclipseecf.blogspot.com/ ECF Blog]==
  
===Other Cool Stuff===
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==ECF Documentation Project==
  
[https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=280347 Google Wave Provider work (bug 280347)]
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We know we have a problem with insufficient and disorganized documentation.  We are working on it.  We would appreciate any help that anyone is willing to provide, so if you would like to contribute to ECF by editing and/or creating documentation, please get a hold of us via the ]https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/ecf-dev ecf-dev mailing list]
  
[[TweetHub]]
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* [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=329124 Documentation project enhancement request (bug 329124)]
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* [[EUG:Users Guide|Users Guide (work in progress)]]
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* [[EIG:Integrators Guide|Integrators Guide (work in progress)]]
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* [[EUG:How to Contribute|How to Contribute]]
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* [[ECF Documentation Priorities]]
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* [http://download.eclipse.org/rt/ecf/3.8.1/javadoc/index.html ECF API Javadoc ]
  
[[Newsreader|NNTP Protocol/Newsreader]]
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==Additional Documentation==
  
[[Google Summer of Code ECF Projects for 2009]]
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*[[ECF Servers|Servers]]
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*[[ECF Providers|Providers]]
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*[[ECF Connection Creation and Management | ECF Container/Connection Creation and Management]]
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*[[DocShare Plugin|Real-Time Shared Editing]]
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*[[Extending Real-Time Shared Editing for Use with Other Editors]]
  
[[DocShare Plugin|Real-Time Shared Editing]]
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==Recent Presentations==
  
[[Extending Real-Time Shared Editing for Use with Other Editors]]
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*[http://www.lemmster.de/publications/Discover_Remote_Services_-_Democamp_HH_2013_-_Markus_Alexander_Kuppe.pdf Democamp presentation by Markus Kuppe]
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*[http://www.eclipsecon.org/europe2013/discover-remote-osgi-services Discover Remote OSGi Services]
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*[http://vimeo.com/14247502 Fun with remote services]
  
[[RT Shared Editing - Next Steps]] ([http://www.hantsuki.org/screencasts/ecf-team.htm current progress], subset of relevant bugs are {{bug|237471}}, {{bug|238966}}, and {{bug|239048}})
 
  
[[Sharing Editor Selections]]
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=Development (for contributors & committers)=
  
[[ECF Filetransfer Support for NTLMv2 Proxies]]
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==ECF Calls and Meetings==
  
[[Comments on the Riena Project Goals and Relationship to ECF project]]
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ECF has open bi-weekly Google Hangouts to discuss current and future issues on our roadmap.  '''Anyone interested is welcome to join us (Consumers too)'''.  We typically share the Hangout URL on the [https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/ecf-dev ecf-dev mailing list] shortly before the hangout begins...so please [https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/ecf-dev  join the ecf-dev mailing list]
  
[[Remote_Eclipse_RCP_Management | Remote Eclipse RCP Management]]
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===Next Hangout (proposed):  ===
  
[[Storage/Retrieval of IDs, IContainers using Equinox Secure Preferences]]
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===Notes from Recent Meetings===
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*[[ECF_Conference_Call_01.07.2013|1.07.2014 Call Agenda and Notes]]
  
[[Screen Captures over IM]]
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====Archive Notes====
  
==ECF Adopters==
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*[[ECF Meeting Notes|Notes from Previous Meetings]]
  
[[ECF/Adopters|ECF Adopters List (please add yourself if you are using ECF)]]
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===IRC===
  
==Coding Conventions==
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*IRC (public):  <b>irc.freenode.net</b>  channel: <b>#eclipse-ecf</b>  ECF URL <b>[irc://irc.freenode.net/#eclipse-ecf irc://<user>@irc.freenode.net/#eclipse-ecf]</b><br>
  
ECF has decided to use the [http://www.eclipse.org/equinox/documents/coding.php Equinox Coding Conventions]. Also [http://www.eclipse.org/equinox/documents/coding.php on this page] are links to java
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==Project Planning==
source code formatter to use in Eclipse to easily enforce these conventions.
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==ECF at Eclipse Summit Europe 2008==
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[[Planning for ECF 3.8 | Plan for ECF 3.8]]
  
[[ECF at Eclipse Summit Europe 2008 | Take a look at ECF on Eclipse Summit Europe 2008]]
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[[ECF 4.0 ToDos]]
  
==ECF at EclipseCon 2009==
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==Access to Source Code==
[[Image:Eclipsecon2009_ecf_team.JPG|left|thumb|300px|From left to right: Scott Lewis, Mustafa Isik and Markus Kuppe]]
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ECF was busy at EclipseCon 2009, giving a number of talks and tutorials. The photo shows Scott, Mustafa and Markus wrapping up the conference at the Hyatt Bar, which is adjacent to the Santa Clara Convention Center.
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For your convenience, here is a short overview of ECF activities at EclipseCon 2009:
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*[http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/sessions?id=429 Cola: Real-Time Shared Editing with ECF - Striding towards the Future, Multiple Edits at a Time]
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*[http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/sessions?id=633 Best Practices for Distributed OSGi Services]
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*[http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/sessions?id=618 Distributed OSGi - the ECF way]
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*[http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/sessions?id=772 ECF BoF]
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For those who couldn't make it, if the [http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23eclipsecon busyness during the conference] is to serve as an indicator, you can expect a flurry of post-con blog posts and tweets to show up, giving you an idea of what EclipseCon 2009 was like.
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==Documentation==
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[http://git.eclipse.org/c/ecf/org.eclipse.ecf.git source code repository]
  
*[[ECF API Docs]]
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[http://git.eclipse.org/c/ecf/ecf.git/ web documentation repository]
  
==Current Projects==
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==Coding Conventions==
  
===Components===
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ECF has decided to use the [http://www.eclipse.org/equinox/documents/coding.php Equinox Coding Conventions]. Also [http://www.eclipse.org/equinox/documents/coding.php on this page] are links to java
*[[ECF Servers|Servers]]
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source code formatter to use in Eclipse to easily enforce these conventions.
*[[DocShare Plugin | Cola/Realtime Shared Editing]]
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*[[Skype Provider|Skype Provider]]
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*[[VOIP|VOIP/Asterisk/Jingle/Call API]]
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*[[ECF Remote Services|Remote Services]]
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*[[ECF Bulletin Board Providers|Bulletin Board Providers]]
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*[[IPC|Inter-Process Communication]]
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===API===
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==Builds==
*[[ECF API Docs]]
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*[[Bot Framework]]
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*[[ECF Providers|Providers]]
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===Build===
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ECF has nightly and continuous builds with automated integration testing.  We use Jenkins and Buckminster and is hosted at the Oregon State University Open Source Lab.  See [https://build.ecf-project.org/jenkins/ here].
*[[Building_ECF_Release_3.2]]
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*[[How to VNC to ecf2]]
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===Others===
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Both Maven and p2 repositories are available from nightly builds [http://download.ecf-project.org/ here].
*[[Multi-User Sudoku]]
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*[[OLSR provider for ECF]]
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==Appendix==
*[[Sharing objects over XMPP]]
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*[[ECF Apache Httpclient-Based Provider]]
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[[ECF/Adopters|ECF Adopters List (please add yourself if you are using ECF)]]
*[[JXTA provider for ECF]]
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*[[TweetHub]]
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{{ECF}}
 
{{ECF}}
[[Category:Eclipse Communication Framework]]
 
[[Category:EclipseRT]]
 
[[Category:Draft Documentation]]
 

Revision as of 09:46, 25 June 2014

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Documentation (for consumers)

OSGi Remote Services

Introductory Materials

Tutorial: Building your first OSGi Remote Service

NEW 3.8.1: Tutorial: Building your first Asynchronous OSGi Remote Service

NEW 3.8.1: Tutorial: OSGi Remote Services for the Raspberry Pi

Getting Started with ECF's OSGi Remote Services Implementation

OSGi Remote Services and ECF

Download and Install

Download and Install into Eclipse

Apache Karaf Install of ECF RS SDK

Install and run Timeline Tutorial in Apache Karaf

More Advanced Usage of OSGi Remote Services

Asynchronous Proxies for Remote Services

OSGi Remote Services and Sync vs. Async Remote Procedure Call

Static File-based Discovery of Remote Service Endpoints

Distributed EventAdmin Service

Tracing Options for Remote Services

Remote Service Admin

OSGi Remote Service Admin (RSA) Management Agent

Customization of ECF Remote Services (new Discovery and/or Distribution providers)

Tutorial: Creating a RESTful Remote Service Provider

iPopo Compatible Providers

REST-style Remote Services Providers

SOAP-based Remote Services Providers

Technical Comparison of Discovery and Distribution Providers

Discovery and Distribution Configuration Properties

ECF Blog

ECF Documentation Project

We know we have a problem with insufficient and disorganized documentation. We are working on it. We would appreciate any help that anyone is willing to provide, so if you would like to contribute to ECF by editing and/or creating documentation, please get a hold of us via the ]https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/ecf-dev ecf-dev mailing list]

Additional Documentation

Recent Presentations


Development (for contributors & committers)

ECF Calls and Meetings

ECF has open bi-weekly Google Hangouts to discuss current and future issues on our roadmap. Anyone interested is welcome to join us (Consumers too). We typically share the Hangout URL on the ecf-dev mailing list shortly before the hangout begins...so please join the ecf-dev mailing list

Next Hangout (proposed):

Notes from Recent Meetings

Archive Notes

IRC

Project Planning

Plan for ECF 3.8

ECF 4.0 ToDos

Access to Source Code

source code repository

web documentation repository

Coding Conventions

ECF has decided to use the Equinox Coding Conventions. Also on this page are links to java source code formatter to use in Eclipse to easily enforce these conventions.

Builds

ECF has nightly and continuous builds with automated integration testing. We use Jenkins and Buckminster and is hosted at the Oregon State University Open Source Lab. See here.

Both Maven and p2 repositories are available from nightly builds here.

Appendix

ECF Adopters List (please add yourself if you are using ECF)

Eclipse Communication Framework
API
API DocumentationJavadocProviders
Development
Development GuidelinesIntegrators Guide

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