How Does OSGi Work? - Interactive Demonstration

The principles of exactly how the OSGi Service Platform operate are extremely technically detailed so we offer this simple explanation and a link to one that goes into a little more depth.

If you wish, you can go to a more detailed explanation.

Simple Explanation

The main aspect of the Service Platform is the OSGi framework. This is a specialist environment where computer programs (called bundles) can operate.

The animation explains the layers the framework consists of.