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title: 'Using Gradle to create OSGi bundles with DS annotations'
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date: '2026-09-25'
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# Using Gradle to create OSGi bundles with DS annotations

# BND Plugin Approach

<https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/blob/master/biz.aQute.bnd.gradle/README.md#gradle-plugin-for-non-workspace-builds>

OSGi Plugin with Annotated Declarative Services

```
buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bnd.gradle:3.2.0'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'biz.aQute.bnd.builder'

dependencies {
    compileOnly 'org.osgi:org.osgi.service.component.annotations:1.3.0'
}
```

# OSGi Plugin Approach

```
buildscript {
    repositories {
        maven {
            ur<x>l "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'org.jayware:gradle-osgi-ds:0.5.1'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'osgi'
apply plugin: 'osgi-ds'

dependencies {
    compileOnly 'org.osgi:org.osgi.service.component.annotations:1.3.0'
}

jar {
    manifest {
        instruction "Service-Component", "OSGI-INF/*.xml"
    }
}
```

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