The ultimate solution would be to use a completely isolated classloader for plugins and plugin dependencies so that plugins would even be able to package different versions of libraries that are also used by Forge. Running Forge in an OSGi container seems to be the obvious solution. I&#39;m no OSGi expert though, so I can&#39;t really see the consequences. No idea if Weld still works within OSGi bundles for example, but it&#39;s something to consider. Besides OSGi there&#39;s the module system that&#39;s part of AS7, maybe that&#39;s another option.<div>
<br></div><div>Paul<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Lincoln Baxter, III <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:lincolnbaxter@gmail.com" target="_blank">lincolnbaxter@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yeah, shading is currently the recommended approach. Conflicts should be avoided by using relocations. I know this is... not a great method, but for now it&#39;s all we&#39;ve got. Open to suggestions.<br>

<br>~Lincoln<div><div></div><div><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:41 AM, Max Rydahl Andersen <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:max.andersen@redhat.com" target="_blank">max.andersen@redhat.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">


Heya,<br>
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Lincoln, I just saw your commits to hibernattools plugin at (<a href="https://github.com/forge/plugin-hibernate-tools/commit/8b208b4a8e79dbb8a01d10d266ee81afd2cf7106" target="_blank">https://github.com/forge/plugin-hibernate-tools/commit/8b208b4a8e79dbb8a01d10d266ee81afd2cf7106</a>)<br>



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Is shading of jars really the recommended approach for plugins in Forge ?<br>
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How are you going to share/avoid collisions of libraries across plugins if they need to bundle via shading ?<br>
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/max<br>
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