[SLING-9524] Add Support for Bundle URL References

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Repoinit JCR 1.1.26
• Component/s: Repoinit
• Assignee: Dan Klco
• Reporter: Dan Klco
• Created: 17/Jun/20 15:27
• Updated: 03/Mar/22 09:23

Description

JCR RepoInit supports references to URLs using the org.apache.sling.jcr.repoinit.impl.RepositoryInitializer service AND the OSGi framework supports resolving resources to bundles via the bundle:// URL protocol: https://docs.osgi.org/javadoc/r4v43/core/org/osgi/framework/Bundle.html#getResource(java.lang.String)

However, (in Apache Felix at least) the OSGi container generates the Bundle URLs based on a UUID rather than a stable identifier (such as the Bundle's Symbolic Name):
https://github.com/apache/felix-dev/blob/master/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/framework/URLHandlersBundleStreamHandler.java

While it is possible to resolve these UUID's at runtime, this requires an additional OSGi Component to resolve the Bundle URL and then create a configuration for the RepositoryInitializer.

Ideally, we would be able to use a URL to reference a bundle resource using the Symbolic Name, which would be resolved at runtime to the bundle UUID.