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 					<b>Support for OSGi Remote Services R7</b>
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 			<td valign="top" width="85%"><p>ECF provides implementations of the <a href="https://osgi.org/specification/osgi.cmpn/7.0.0/service.remoteservices.html">Remote Services</a>
 			and <a href="https://osgi.org/specification/osgi.cmpn/7.0.0/service.remoteserviceadmin.html">Remote Service Admin OSGi specifications</a>.
 			OSGi R7 includes some additions to the Remote Services specification, specifically focusing on
 			the use of <a href="https://osgi.org/specification/osgi.cmpn/7.0.0/service.remoteservices.html#i1693415">remote service intents</a>.
 		    ECF Photon fully supports the R7 specification, and implements the OSGi standard intents via
 		    several of the <a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Distribution_Providers">ECF distribution providers</a>.</p>
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 		    For more information about the use of service intents see
 		    <a href="http://eclipseecf.blogspot.com/2018/05/ecf-photon-supports-osgi-async-intent.html">ECF Photon supports OSGi Async Intent</a>
 		    and <a href="http://eclipseecf.blogspot.com/2018/04/ecf-photon-supports-osgi-r7.html">ECF Photon supports OSGi R7</a>
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 					<b>Support for using Bndtools for Remote Services Development</b>
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 			<td valign="top" width="85%"><p><a href="http://bndtools.org/">Bndtools</a> is a set of Eclipse plugins that
 			aid the development, testing, and deployment of OSGi bundles.  ECF's Photon release has added workspace, project, and bndrun
 			templates to help the remote service developer define, implement, and test OSGi Remote Services.   </p>
 			<p></p>
 			<p></p>
 			<p>
 			See <a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Bndtools_Support_for_Remote_Services_Development">here</a> for
 			a short tutorial on how to use bndtools and the new templates.</p>
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 					<b>OSGi Gogo Commands for RSA</b>
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 			<td valign="top" width="85%"><p>
 			ECF Photon has added a set of console commands for exposing the use and management of remote services
 			in server environments.  For example,
 			with these new commands it's
 			possible to export or import a local OSGi service via ECF's implementation of the OSGi-standard RemoteServiceAdmin
 			service.  It's also possible to query/view the existing imported and exported services, as well as the
 			ECF endpoint.   </p>
 			<p></p>
 			<p></p>
 			<p>
 			See <a href="http://eclipseecf.blogspot.com/2018/04/ecf-photon-adds-gogo-commands.html">ECF Photon adds Gogo
 			Commands</a> for a list of the new commands, their expected/required arguments and example of their output.</p>
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 					<b>Distribution Provider for Remote Services between Java and Python</b>
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 			<td valign="top" width="85%"><p>
 			There is now an ECF distribution provider that allows for remote services between <a href="https://github.com/ECF/Py4j-RemoteServicesProvider">Java and Python</a>.
 			This allows for OSGi service implemented in Java that are consumed/used from within Python applications,
 			as well as Python-implemented OSGi services consumed by Java bundles.</p>
 			<p></p>
 			<p></p>
 			<p>This distribution provider allows the optional use of
 			<a href="https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/">Google Protocol Buffers</a> for high-performance
 			object serialization between the Python interpreter and the Java interpreter.  See <a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Tutorial:_Python_for_OSGi_Services">here for a tutorial</a>
 			on how this distribution provider can be used to create dynamic Java <-> Python remote services.</p>
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 					<b>Etcd Discovery Provider</b>
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 			<td valign="top" width="85%"><p>
 			ECF has an extensible/pluggable approach for discovering remote services on a network.
 			There are <a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Discovery_Providers">several discovery providers</a> available
 			including JSLP, Zeroconf, Zookeeper, and <a href="https://coreos.com/etcd/">Etcd</a>.   ECF now has an
 			<a href="https://github.com/ECF/etcd-provider">etcd discovery provider</a> that use an etcd cluster to publish
 			and discover remote services.
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	<b>Support for OSGi Remote Services R7</b>
	</p>
	</td>
	<td valign="top" width="85%"><p>ECF provides implementations of the <a href="https://osgi.org/specification/osgi.cmpn/7.0.0/service.remoteservices.html">Remote Services</a>
	and <a href="https://osgi.org/specification/osgi.cmpn/7.0.0/service.remoteserviceadmin.html">Remote Service Admin OSGi specifications</a>.
	OSGi R7 includes some additions to the Remote Services specification, specifically focusing on
	the use of <a href="https://osgi.org/specification/osgi.cmpn/7.0.0/service.remoteservices.html#i1693415">remote service intents</a>.
	ECF Photon fully supports the R7 specification, and implements the OSGi standard intents via
	several of the <a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Distribution_Providers">ECF distribution providers</a>.</p>
	<p></p>
	<p></p>
	<p>
	For more information about the use of service intents see
	<a href="http://eclipseecf.blogspot.com/2018/05/ecf-photon-supports-osgi-async-intent.html">ECF Photon supports OSGi Async Intent</a>
	and <a href="http://eclipseecf.blogspot.com/2018/04/ecf-photon-supports-osgi-r7.html">ECF Photon supports OSGi R7</a>
	</p>
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	<p align="left">
	<b>Support for using Bndtools for Remote Services Development</b>
	</p>
	</td>
	<td valign="top" width="85%"><p><a href="http://bndtools.org/">Bndtools</a> is a set of Eclipse plugins that
	aid the development, testing, and deployment of OSGi bundles. ECF's Photon release has added workspace, project, and bndrun
	templates to help the remote service developer define, implement, and test OSGi Remote Services. </p>
	<p></p>
	<p></p>
	<p>
	See <a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Bndtools_Support_for_Remote_Services_Development">here</a> for
	a short tutorial on how to use bndtools and the new templates.</p>
	</td>
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	<p align="left">
	<b>OSGi Gogo Commands for RSA</b>
	</p>
	</td>
	<td valign="top" width="85%"><p>
	ECF Photon has added a set of console commands for exposing the use and management of remote services
	in server environments. For example,
	with these new commands it's
	possible to export or import a local OSGi service via ECF's implementation of the OSGi-standard RemoteServiceAdmin
	service. It's also possible to query/view the existing imported and exported services, as well as the
	ECF endpoint. </p>
	<p></p>
	<p></p>
	<p>
	See <a href="http://eclipseecf.blogspot.com/2018/04/ecf-photon-adds-gogo-commands.html">ECF Photon adds Gogo
	Commands</a> for a list of the new commands, their expected/required arguments and example of their output.</p>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td valign="top" align="left" width="15%">
	<p align="left">
	<b>Distribution Provider for Remote Services between Java and Python</b>
	</p>
	</td>
	<td valign="top" width="85%"><p>
	There is now an ECF distribution provider that allows for remote services between <a href="https://github.com/ECF/Py4j-RemoteServicesProvider">Java and Python</a>.
	This allows for OSGi service implemented in Java that are consumed/used from within Python applications,
	as well as Python-implemented OSGi services consumed by Java bundles.</p>
	<p></p>
	<p></p>
	<p>This distribution provider allows the optional use of
	<a href="https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/">Google Protocol Buffers</a> for high-performance
	object serialization between the Python interpreter and the Java interpreter. See <a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Tutorial:_Python_for_OSGi_Services">here for a tutorial</a>
	on how this distribution provider can be used to create dynamic Java <-> Python remote services.</p>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td valign="top" align="left" width="15%">
	<p align="left">
	<b>Etcd Discovery Provider</b>
	</p>
	</td>
	<td valign="top" width="85%"><p>
	ECF has an extensible/pluggable approach for discovering remote services on a network.
	There are <a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Discovery_Providers">several discovery providers</a> available
	including JSLP, Zeroconf, Zookeeper, and <a href="https://coreos.com/etcd/">Etcd</a>. ECF now has an
	<a href="https://github.com/ECF/etcd-provider">etcd discovery provider</a> that use an etcd cluster to publish
	and discover remote services.
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