Auto Wrap option and Java 7 support in latest Pax Runner snapshot
Auto Wrap
There is now a new "--autoWrap" option in Pax Runner 0.18.0-SNAPSHOT.
If you enable it with
./pax-run.sh --autoWrap
all your dependencies you stick into paxrunner will be gracefully checked for being a bundle (manifest+Bundle-SymbolicName must exist).
If this fails, the dependency will be wrapped using a "wrap:<yourdependency>" redirect.
Now, you can do things like that:
./pax-run.sh --autoWrap scan-dir:folderofjarsandbundles/ ./pax-run.sh --autoWrap mvn:foo/bar
without careing if things are already bundles or not.
You can get a little bit more insight into what is being wrapped and what not by enabling debug logging (for the paranoid)
./pax-run.sh --autoWrap --log=debug mvn:foo/bar
This is feature is being covered by http://issues.ops4j.org/browse/PAXRUNNER-211.
Java 7 Support
It is now possible to use (and test) pax runner with Java 7 execution environment.
Get it
Consider this option as IN-BETA, so give feedback if possible.
To use it, get the latest version from our snapshot repository or build it yourself from https://scm.ops4j.org/repos/ops4j/projects/pax/runner.
This is feature is being covered by http://issues.ops4j.org/browse/PAXRUNNER-212.