How to Create OSGI Bundle in Eclipse IDE

Create OSGI Bundle in Eclipse

Creating OSGI Project

Step 1: Go to the File menu -> Go to Other… -> Select the Plug-in-Project under the Plugin-in-Development in the wizard.

Step 2: Give name for your project and make sure you are selecting target platform is an OSGI Framework in the wizard.

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Step 6:

Project Structure

Activator.java

package com.dineshkrish;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
/**
* 
* @author Dinesh Krishnan
*
*/
public class Activator implements BundleActivator {
public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
System.out.println("Hello Everyone - Bundle is started!!!");
}
public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
System.out.println("Goodbye Everyone - Bundle is stoped!!!");
}
}

MANIFEST.MF

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
Bundle-Name: MyBundle
Bundle-SymbolicName: MyBundle
Bundle-Version: 1.0.0.qualifier
Bundle-Activator: com.dineshkrish.Activator
Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
Import-Package: org.osgi.framework;version="1.3.0"
Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy

Running the bundle

Output

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