Hi, Thank you for your prompt response. So, I tried that and the following problems have come up.
[ERROR] Error building bundle org.isatools.plugins:isavalidatorconvert:bundle:1.0 : Exception: Not a valid class file (no CAFEBABE header) The edited pom.xml file I'm using is here: https://gist.github.com/1227576 Eamonn On 19 Sep 2011, at 22:22, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Eamonn, The dependencies section is only really used to build your .jar file when you have pakcages external to your bundle included in the Export-Package section of your maven-bundle plugin. I believe the reason that you're experiencing the bundling of your .jar file with your bundle is because of your maven-assembly-plugin implementation. What I would suggest you do is change your packaging type to "bundle", comment out your maven-assembly-plugin section and attempt to compile again. The maven-bundle-plugin will take care of most of the stuff you're trying to do in your maven-assembly-plugin and is a cleaner approach. This will also ensure that you don't get erroneous dependant .jar files compiled in with your application. The dependancy is still needed if you have references to that external library in your Import-Package section of your maven-bundle-plugin implementation. So, in short, keep the dependancy, and comment out your maven-assembly-plugin code. Please let me know if that helps! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eamonn Maguire" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 5:06:24 PM Subject: Re: Dependencies, Exports and Imports Query Ah, I should have mentioned that BIIObjectStore is in the org.isatools.tablib.utils package. Thanks again, Eamonn On 19 Sep 2011, at 21:58, Eamonn Maguire wrote: Hi all, I'm new to OSGi, I just started implementing before the weekend and although the process was relatively pain free, I'm having some problems with getting plugins to work without having all my dependencies in the host project. For the plugin I'm using, the pom.xml file can be seen here: https://gist.github.com/1227576 For the dependencies: 1) The ISAcreator dependency is the actual host program, where the plugins are to be deployed. 2) The import_layer artifact is used for validation and conversion, which the plugin does and contains a class called BIIObjectStore (this becomes relevant below). It is NOT an OSGi module. The problem Everything is working as long as the import_layer dependency is in the host pom.xml dependencies, but this defeats the purpose of the plugin. But when it's not included, I get a classnotfoundexception when I attempt to execute the code in the plugin (there are no complaints when felix starts and the plugin is loaded). I'm not totally sure why it's not working since the resulting jar produced when I run mvn clean install contains the class. It's just not being 'seen' when it is executed. The plugin configuration as seen in the file is probably not doing something right, and as you can see, the current version of that file is doing everything. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I'm banging my head against a brick wall on this one. Many thanks, Eamonn Maguire
