One really handy feature of OSGi is the ability to supplement the OSGi console with extra commands. This is particularly useful for creating very quick test/debug interfaces for each of you OSGi bundles. The console is only shown to the user when the OSGi environment is started from the CLI and and “-console” parameter is specified, so for general usage this can be left neatly hidden. So when things start to go a astray, you can just dive in and start poking around to see what is going on. In more advanced setups, the console can be tunnelled to a port and accessed via telnet or ssh.
As part of the headless version Morrigan, I have now added a handy CLI interface for testing / configuring it – essential until all this functionality makes it in to the WUI. Below is a summary of all the currently supported commands (copied form the help text).
For now I have grouped all the commands under a top-level command of ‘mn’ (short commands are easier to type). I am still working on this and trying to decide the best command structure, so suggestions are very welcome!
As an initially usability test, try and guess what all of these do. :D
mn media
mn media create <dbname>
mn media add <dir> <q1>
mn media scan <q1>
mn media <q1>
mn media <q1> <q2>
mn players
mn player 0
mn player 0 play
mn player 0 play <q1>
mn player 0 play <q1> <q2>
mn player 0 queue
mn player 0 queue <q1>
mn player 0 queue <q1> <q2>
mn player 0 queue clear
mn player 0 pause
mn player 0 stop
mn player 0 next
mn player 0 order <order>
mn play
mn play <q1>
mn play <q1> <q2>
mn queue
mn queue <q1>
mn queue <q1> <q2>
mn pause
mn stop
mn next
NOTE 1: <q1> = list, <q2> = item in <q1>.
NOTE 2: Only omit player ID when there is only one player.
I will be posting a build of the headless version in the next couple of days for general testing.