https://github.com/kieler/osgiviz
Visualization of OSGi projects using KIELER Lightweight Diagrams (KlighD)
https://github.com/kieler/osgiviz
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Visualization of OSGi projects using KIELER Lightweight Diagrams (KlighD)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/kieler/osgiviz
- Owner: kieler
- License: epl-2.0
- Created: 2019-10-29T12:02:37.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-31T07:07:55.000Z (2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-07T13:58:30.673Z (25 days ago)
- Topics: osgi, visualization
- Language: Java
- Size: 1.68 MB
- Stars: 9
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 4
- Open Issues: 10
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# osgiviz
osgiviz is a tool for automatic and interactive visualization and documentation of Java projects using the OSGi™ technology.
Read this paper for more details:
*Niklas Rentz, Christian Dams, and Reinhard von Hanxleden. "Interactive Visualization for OSGi-based Projects." 2020 Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT). IEEE, 2020.* [PDF](https://rtsys.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~biblio/downloads/papers/vissoft20.pdf)
It uses the KIELER Lightweight Diagrams (KLighD) framework
and provides a synthesis with interactivity
that can be used to display a diagram of an OSGi model file within Eclipse applications.
Model files can be generated with the included model generator plugin
that currently works as a Maven mojo or a command line java executable for OSGi projects using PDE tooling. See [the generator readme](./plugins/de.scheidtbachmann.osgimodel.model.generate/readme.md) for more details.
## Installing osgiviz
This project can either be installed via the nightly update site for the latest updates or via the a release update site found at [https://github.com/kieler/osgiviz/releases](https://github.com/kieler/osgiviz/releases).
For the visualization you need to install features in Eclipse from two different update sites.
The visualization is available as defined in the release page or in the kieler/osgiviz nightly update site:
`http://rtsys.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~kieler/updatesite/nightly-openkieler/osgiviz/`
Together with that the *KIELER Lightweight Diagrams Generic Diagram View* feature from the KLighD update site needs to be installed to install the view showing the diagrams:
`https://kieler.github.io/KLighD/v3.0.1/`
These can be installed in Eclipse via the *Help -> Install new Software* menu.
To view the diagram of a model,
open said model with the now-installed *Sample Ecore Model Editor* of EMF
and open the diagram view via *Window -> Show view -> Other... -> KIELER Lightweight Diagrams -> Diagram*.
## The OSGi models
To generate a model file visualizable with osgiviz, have a look at the readme in the [osgimodel.model.generate bundle](https://github.com/kieler/osgiviz/tree/master/plugins/de.scheidtbachmann.osgimodel.model.generate).
An example OSGi project can be found in the subfolder `examples/languagedemo`, where a sample `.model` file for visualization as well as a preconfigured `.osgiviz` visualization file for that model is given.