A little while ago the Apache Felix released the maven-bundle-plugin 4.1.0 to sync with release of bndlib 4.1.0.
This release is significant for being the first release that supports: - OSGi R7 Bundle Annotation [1] processing. This feature makes external metadata sources _practically obsolete_ by enabling developers to use annotations at appropriate locations in their code. (These annotations are only visible and used at build time.) - OSGi R7 Declarative Services ComponentPropertyType Annotation [2] processing. A component property type allows properties to be defined and accessed in a type safe manner. - Preliminary support for OSGi CDI Integration [3] projects. This support allows for simple development of CDI Bundles. Thank you, Apache Felix Team [1] https://osgi.org/specification/osgi.core/7.0.0/framework.api.html#org.osgi.annotation.bundle [2] https://osgi.org/specification/osgi.cmpn/7.0.0/service.component.html#service.component-component.property.types [3] https://osgi.org/specification/osgi.enterprise/7.0.0/service.cdi.html
