Get Configuration Data with a Managed Service - osgi

Question

Here is my ConfigUpdater class
private final class ConfigUpdater implements ManagedService {
#SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
#Override
public void updated(Dictionary config) throws ConfigurationException {
if (config == null) {
return;
}
String title = ((String)config.get("title"));
}
}
My question is how can I access String title in any other class? Or how can I get config dictionary in any other class... Method updated will only be called when a config file is changed... once it is changed how can access its data in other class?

Answer 1

In general you would create a service that exposes these properties to other components.
For example, you could give your ConfigUpdater a second interface. Another component can than lookup/inject this interface from the service registry and use it's methods to access the properties.
I created an example project on GitHub: https://github.com/paulbakker/configuration-example
The most important part is the service that implements both ManagedService and a custom interface:
#Component(properties=#Property(name=Constants.SERVICE_PID, value="example.configurationservice"))
public class ConfigurationUpdater implements ManagedService, MyConfiguration{
private volatile String message;
#Override
public void updated(#SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") Dictionary properties) throws ConfigurationException {
message = (String)properties.get("message");
}
#Override
public String getMessage() {
return message;
}
}
The configuration can then be used like this:
#Component(provides=ExampleConsumer.class,
properties= {
#Property(name = CommandProcessor.COMMAND_SCOPE, value = "example"),
#Property(name = CommandProcessor.COMMAND_FUNCTION, values = {"showMessage"}) })
public class ExampleConsumer {
#ServiceDependency
private volatile MyConfiguration config;
public void showMessage() {
String message = config.getMessage();
System.out.println(message);
}
}