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<b>ECF Remote Service SDK for Apache Karaf</b>
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<p><a href="http://karaf.apache.org">Apache Karaf</a> is an OSGi runtime that supports the easy install of
frameworks such as <a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/ECF#OSGi_Remote_Services">ECF's OSGi Remote Services/RSA implementation</a>.
With the ECF 3.8.0 release, we are now creating Karaf features, to allow easy install of the ECF RS/RSA bundles into a Karaf runtime.
See <a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/EIG:Install_into_Apache_Karaf">here for instructions on installing ECF RS SDK into Apacke Karaf</a>.
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<b>Improvements to OSGi Remote Services Admin Discovery</b>
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<p>ECF's implementation of RSA discovery has been made easier to use through the introduction of the use of whiteboard-pattern
registration of IServiceInfo instances. For details please see <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=424060">bug 424060</a>.
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<p align="left"><b>Metadata to support use of BndTools 2.0+</b>
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<p>To make our OSGi RS/RSA framework more accessible to more tooling, ECF is creating metadata to allow use with BndTools 2.0</b>
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<b>New Tutorials and Examples for OSGi Remote Services</b>
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<p>We've added and enhanced several tutorials and created additional examples
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<li><a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Tutorial:_Building_your_first_OSGi_Remote_Service">Introductory Tutorial: Building First OSGi Remote Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Tutorial:_Building_your_first_Asynchronous_OSGi_Remote_Service">Tutorial: Building First Asynchronous OSGi Remote Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Tutorial:_Creating_a_RESTful_Remote_Service_Provider">Tutorial: Creating a RESTful Remote Service Provider</a></li>
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<b>Remote Services Based upon MQTT Protocol</b>
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<p>We now have a remote services provider that's based upon the MQTT protocol (Internet of things...Iot). For information
on how to install, and use this new provider please <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=420896">see bug 420896</a>
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<b>Better Support for Provisioning into Non-Eclipse Runtimes</b>
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<p>ECF has done a lot of work to <a href=="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=409787">refactor our features</a> so that they are now more easily usable in all OSGi runtimes. This
includes Eclipse, and the work makes the installation of ECF features into Eclipse both easier and more flexible, but it also makes
the use of ECF features (e.g. OSGi Remote Service Admin) into non-Eclipse runtimes much easier and more flexible as well. For details
about what was done, see <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=409787">bug 409787</a>.
We now have a remote services provider that's based upon the MQTT protocol (Internet of things...Iot). For information
on how to install, and use this new provider please <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=420896">see bug 420896</a>
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