Migrate OpenMRS from proprietary module framework to OSGi framework

Story Points: 20 (signifies that it's a big feature/project)

Epic Story:
Here's another feature/project that I think we need to start exploring as soon as possible. There are several OSGi frameworks out there that should be explored.

• Equinox
• Apache Felix
• Spring dm Server
• others to consider?

This is something we should be doing as we work towards OpenMRS 2.0. I know that seems like a long time from now, but we've had two releases since we last roadmap'd in Feb 2009, so I think we need to find some resources for this. In fact, I think this might be a good project for Google Summer of Code.

There are probably various migration guides and success stories to include in this analysis, but here's a quick webapp migration guide put out by Spring Source:

• http://static.springsource.com/projects/dm-server/1.0.x/programmer-guide/html/ch06.html

Behaviors: TBD

Risks/Concerns: TBD