Providing temporal isolation in the OSGi framework

  • Authors:

  • T. Richardson;A. J. Wellings;J. A. Dianes;M. Díaz

  • Affiliations:

  • University of York -- UK;University of York -- UK;University of Malaga -- Spain;University of Malaga -- Spain

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Java Technologies for Real-Time and Embedded Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The OSGi Framework is a run-time environment for deploying service-containing Java components. Dynamically reconfigurable Java applications can be developed through the Framework's powerful capabilities such as installing, uninstalling, updating components at run-time, and allowing the substitution of service implementations at run-time. Coupled with the capability to be remotely managed, the OSGi Framework is proving a success in a variety of application domains. One domain where it is yet to make an impact is real-time systems. Despite the fact that OSGi components and services can be developed using the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ), there are still a variety of problems preventing the use of the Framework to develop real-time systems. One such problem is a lack of temporal isolation. This paper focuses on how temporal isolation can be provided in the OSGi Framework as a first step towards using the Framework to developing real-time systems with the RTSJ.