Gumtree Framework Overview

The Gumtree application framework is a set of software components for creating scientific application such as data analysis workbench and instrument status server. Gumtree components are grouped in individual bundles that are managed by the OSGi runtime. Each Gumtree application is simply an OSGi runtime which runs on top of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). When a Gumtree application starts, we need to start with an OSGi application on the OSGi runtime. You can image the OSGi application as an container for running Gumtree components. The Gumtree framework offers a number of OSGi applications:

• Gumtree Runtime - a minimal command line application which serves as the basis of all other Gumtree applications
• Gumtree Script Runner - a headless application which executes scripts written from Python or other supported scripting languages.
• Gumtree Server - a headless application which embedded web server
• Gumtree Workbench - a rich client desktop application