OSGi 4.2 Published

My previous post mentioned early drafts of the OSGi 4.2 specifications which define part of the enterprise OSGi programming model that the new Apache Aries project is implementing. Since then the OSGi Service Platform V4.2 have been finalized and published by the OSGi Alliance. The platform is defined in two specifications - the "core" and "compendium" specifications. The latter includes the new Blueprint container specification mentioned in the previous post, an important part of the enterprise OSGi programming model we're implementing in Aries.