-launcher

Project

This instruction has as purpose to collect options and special settings for the launcher. The following options are architected:

• manage – Indicates to the launcher how to treat unrecognized bundles. When the launcher starts it gets a list of run bundles, also called its scope. However, previous runs could’ve installed other bundles that do not occur in the scope. By default the launcher should manage all bundles. However, sometimes these bundles were installed by an agent and the launcher should not touch them. Therefore the values for the ‘manage’ part are:
  • all – This is the default and the launcher assumes it owns all the bundles
  • narrow – The launcher will only touch the bundles that are part of its scope
  • none – The launcher should defer from managing any bundles.

Example

-launcher manage = all  

Background

This instruction was primarily designed to handle start levels. Originally the launcher was narrowly managing only the bundles that were in its scope. However, this was inadvertently changed and not discovered for several reasons. The option to narrowly manage was therefore introduced with the default being the latest behavior.