Getting OSGi services from a bundle in Sling/CQ

Question

I am using Day CQ. I want to store some data in a SQL Server DB, using the connection pool available in the Felix console. I can do this from a JSP, by using the \"sling\" objec

Answer 1

YourClass obj = this.getSlingScriptHelper().getService(yourclass.class);
obj.whatever();

Answer 2

To get a service from a java OSGi component you don't need the SlingScriptHelper, you can either use the BundleContext.getService(...) method, or use SCR annotations to let SCR inject the service in your component.

As an example, you can look at how some components in Sling's Slingbucks sample use SCR annotations, the ConfirmedOrdersObserver class for example gets the SlingRepository in this way:

   @Reference
   private SlingRepository repository;

See http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-maven-scr-plugin.html for the Maven plugin that handles these annotations.

Answer 3

You can use the BundleContext to get to the Service, by using the #getServiceReference and #getService methods. For example, if you were interested in the ResourceResolverFactory, you could get it like so:

BundleContext bundleContext = FrameworkUtil.getBundle(MyClass.class).getBundleContext();
ServiceReference factoryRef =
     bundleContext.getServiceReference(ResourceResolverFactory.class.getName());
ResourceResolverFactory resolverFactory = 
    (ResourceResolverFactory) bundleContext.getService(factoryRef);