If I understand it properly, SpringSource has a public OBR which contains OSGi bundles for many third party jars. I would like to use it in Eclipse, but I can't get Eclipse to connect to it.
I have tried:
http://ebr.springsource.com
It hangs there for ages, and returns as error:
Error reading update site http://ebr.springsource.com.
The XML stream is not a valid default "site.xml" file.
The root tag is not site.
And I have tried:
http://ebr.springsource.com/repository
Which returns quickly as error:
No repository found at http://ebr.springsource.com/repository.
So, what URL am I meant to use?
[EDIT] Made some research after getting my first answer. I found this site which claims to have a list of public OBR repositories:
OSGi Bundle Repository:
http://www.osgi.org/obr/browse?cmd=repository&_xml=1
Spring Enterprise Bundle Repository:
http://sigil.codecauldron.org/spring-external.obr
http://sigil.codecauldron.org/spring-release.obr
But none of them work with Eclipse either. I'm just more confused now.
What I (think I) understand is:
1) SpringSource EBR is a Repository of OSGi Bundles, without being a "OSGi Bundle Repository". This makes no sense to me. What's the point?
2) An "OSGi Bundle Repository" is just a XML file that defines the configuration of a Repository of OSGi Bundles.
So, If I give http://sigil.codecauldron.org/spring-external.obr to Eclipse, instead of http://ebr.springsource.com, I would expect Eclipse to use the content of that file to access http://ebr.springsource.com, but it doesn't work either.
So which one of the possible reason is it:
1) http://sigil.codecauldron.org/spring-external.obr is outdated or wrong
2) http://sigil.codecauldron.org/spring-external.obr is not compatible with Eclipse (apparently, it works with Apache Felix)
3) An "Eclipse Update Site" is NOT an OBR (and neither is it a Maven Repository), although it should also contain OSGi bundles. If that is the case, then it wouldn't make much sense either, since Eclipse is OSGi-based.
