[SLING-9965] Clarify resolution order of bundled scripts vs resource resolver scripts

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Servlets Resolver 2.7.10
• Component/s: Servlets
• Assignee: Konrad Windszus
• Reporter: Konrad Windszus
• Created: 02/Dec/20 13:55
• Updated: 20/Oct/21 14:23
• Resolved: 20/Oct/21 14:23

Description

With the addition of SLING-9406 one can register scripts not only via the ResourceResolver but also via OSGi bundles. Unfortunately the configuration property servletresolver.paths for PID org.apache.sling.servlets.resolver.SlingServletResolver has not been extended, that means if the same script is registered both via Resource Resolver and Bundle it seems that always the bundled one takes precedence.

The default resolution order should be clarified in https://sling.apache.org/documentation/the-sling-engine/servlets.html#servlet-resolution-order. Also it should be possible to influence the order of precedence via OSGi configuration.

In addition it should be clarified if embedded or precompiled scripts take preference (https://github.com/apache/sling-org-apache-sling-servlets-resolver#so-how-do-i-deploy-my-scripts).

IMHO the resolution order is as follows
1. precompiled scripts
2. embedded scripts
3. resource resolver scripts

Issue Links

• is related to: SLING-10016 Clarify bundled script layout