Hello Stuart,
Thanks a lot. That clarified my doubt and I could get it working easily.
Thanks,
Prashant
On 8/28/07, Stuart McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 28/08/07, Prashant Bhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > How do I include resources from the dependent jar file?
> > For ex. I'm converting geronimo-jpa_3.0_spec-1.1.jar to osgi bundle and
> > I've
> > the following definitions in pom.
> >
> > <plugin>
> > <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
> > <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
> > <version>1.0.0</version>
> > <configuration>
> > <instructions>
> > <Bundle-Name>${artifactId}</Bundle-Name>
> >
> > <Bundle-SymbolicName>${groupId}.${artifactId}</Bundle-SymbolicName>
> > <Export-Package>javax.persistence*;version=${jpa.version
> > };-noimport:=true</Export-Package>
> > <Import-Package>*</Import-Package>
> > <Implementation-Version>${jpa.version
> > }</Implementation-Version>
> > </instructions>
> > </configuration>
> > <extensions>true</extensions>
> > </plugin>
> >
> > <dependencies>
> > <dependency>
> > <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
> > <artifactId>geronimo-jpa_3.0_spec</artifactId>
> > <version>${jpa.version}</version>
> > </dependency>
> > </dependencies>
> >
> > Now, If I want to include a resource in META-INF, what instructions I
> > should
> > use?
> > It is very much needed for some swing-ui libraries which define other
> > resources at the top level of the jar.
> > Are they also considered as packages or private packages?
> > or
> > What is the syntax for <Include-Resource> in such a scenario?
> >
>
> first some background, the general Include-Resource syntax is:
>
> <Include-Resource>iclause,iclause,...</Include-Resource>
>
> where:
>
> iclause ::= inline | copy
> copy ::= '{' process '}' | process
> process ::= assignment | simple
> assignment ::= PATH '=' PATH
> simple ::= PATH
> inline ::= '@' PATH ( '!/' PATH? ('/**' | '/*')? )?
>
> ( taken from the Bnd docs at http://aqute.biz/Code/Bnd#include-resource )
>
> by default the bundle-plugin will add all maven resources to
> Include-Resource,
> ie. any files in src/main/resources will be copied to the bundle - so for
> example
> src/main/resources/META-INF/foo would be copied to META-INF/foo.
>
> however, if you explicitly set Include-Resource then maven resources won't
> be
> copied unless you add {maven-resources} to the includes (see issue
> FELIX-343)
>
> now, to get back to your question :)
>
> any dependency on the compilation classpath can be unpacked using:
>
> @artifactId-version.jar!/PATH
>
> so:
>
> <Include-Resource>
> @geronimo-jpa_3.0_spec-${jpa.version}.jar!/META-INF/**
> </Include-Resource>
>
> should copy the META-INF folder from the dependency into the bundle.
>
> HTH
>
> (PS. I don't
> > have the jar file relative to pom, only a dependency is set)
>
>
> that's ok - the bnd tool can use the compilation classpath to locate
> resources
>
> Thanks,
> > Prashant
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers, Stuart
>
