Apache Felix Framework 4.4.0 provides full OSGi Core R5 support

Felix Framework 4.4.0 was released today (http://felix.apache.org/news.html) and now provides for OSGi Core R5 support. From a features point of view, it means that the following R5 features are now fully supported:

• New org.osgi.framework.UnfilteredServiceListener interface
• New org.osgi.framework.VersionRange class
• The Resource API and it's use in the Wiring API
• New osgi.identity namespace
• New value and new default for org.osgi.framework.bsnversion framework property
• support for static valueOf methods in the Filter
• Enhanced Bundle.adapt() to support AccessControlContext
• Updates to the Bundle Hook Specification (Bundle Collision Hook)

But the main benefit as I see it that we can now run OSGi Subsystems, such as the Apache Aries implementation, on Apache Felix! For more details on that see this blog post: http://coderthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/01/osgi-subsytems-on-apache-felix.html