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- The java standard for Plugins is OSGi (http://www.osgi.org), this is what IGB (written in java) uses.
- There are several implementations of OSGi, including:
- Apache Felix (http://felix.apache.org/)
- Eclipse Equinox (http://www.eclipse.org/equinox/)
- Knoplerfish (http://www.knopflerfish.org/)
- the implementations are (for the most part) interchangeable and are free
- there are several tutorials for OSGi, including:
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