[SMX4-764] Override Apache Felix Framework to 3.0.8 version

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.3.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.3.0
• Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Onofré
• Reporter: Jean-Baptiste Onofré
• Created: 24/Feb/11 09:09
• Updated: 26/Feb/11 12:52
• Resolved: 26/Feb/11 12:52

Description

By default, ServiceMix 4.3.0 uses Karaf 2.1.3. The default OSGi framework used is Apache Felix Framework 3.0.2.

We have two issues using Felix 3.0.2:

1/ NoClassDefFoundError: javax.xml.namespace.QName
The workaround is to add javax.xml.namespace in the Import-Package statement of the bundles (using CXF especially).

2/ IllegalStateException: zip file closed
It's a known Felix bug around refresh.

We don't have these issues using Equinox (adding karaf.framework=equinox in etc/custom.properties).

The update to Felix 3.0.8 looks to solve the issue (I perform some tests to validate that).