Modular Java web applications

As Java EE applications increase in size and complexity the constraints imposed by the existing component model restrict their utility. In this paper, we describe a solution to the problem related to building modular and evolvable server-side applications in Java. We use Eclipse's OSGi runtime as a basis for solving the problem and describe its integration in a Java EE Application Server environment.

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