Create Java OSGi project with Maven and Tycho

Introduction
Quick Create OSGi Project (SimpleOSGi)
Run OSGi (SimpleOSGi)
Quick Create Maven Project (SimpleMaven)
Create MavenParent Project
Configuring the OSGi project (SimpleOSGi)
Configuring Maven Project (SimpleMaven)
Configuring Maven Parent
Building

1. Introduction

This document is based on:

Eclipse 3.4 (LUNA)
Tycho 0.20.0

We must first ensure that you have installed Tycho on Eclipse. If not installed you can see the instructions here:

Install Tycho for Eclipse

2. Quick Create OSGi Project (SimpleOSGi)

First we create an OSGi project quickly accordance usual way.

Enter:

Version: 2.0.0.qualifier
Activator: org.o7planning.tutorial.simpleosgi.Activator

Add:

org.eclipse.osgi
org.eclipse.equinox.console
org.apache.felix.gogo.command
org.apache.felix.gogo.runtime
org.apache.felix.gogo.shell

Activator.java

package org.o7planning.tutorial.simpleosgi;

import org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;

public class Activator implements BundleActivator {

   private static BundleContext context;

   static BundleContext getContext() {
       return context;
   }

   public void start(BundleContext bundleContext) throws Exception {
       Activator.context = bundleContext;
       System.out.println("SimpleOSGi Started");
   }


   public void stop(BundleContext bundleContext) throws Exception {
       Activator.context = null;
       System.out.println("SimpleOSGi Stopped");
   }

}

3. Run OSGi (SimpleOSGi)

We'll quickly configure and run this OSGi, to see that the status of the OSGi just created is good.

Right-click on the Project SimpleOSGi, select "Run As / Run Configuration .."

Running OSGi, and get successful results.

4. Quick Create Maven Project (SimpleMaven)

Next we will quick create Maven Project. Goals for the future, we will build 2 project (SimpleOSGi & SimpleMaven) with Maven & Tycho. And see that both project to be treated equally.

CheckNumeric.java

package org.o7planning.tutorial.simplemaven;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;

public class CheckNumeric {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
       String text1 = "0123a4";
       String text2 = "01234";

       boolean result1 = StringUtils.isNumeric(text1);
       boolean result2 = StringUtils.isNumeric(text2);

       System.out.println(text1 + " is a numeric? " + result1);
       System.out.println(text1 + " is a numeric? " + result2);
   }
}

pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
              http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.o7planning</groupId>
   <artifactId>SimpleMaven</artifactId>
   <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>


   <dependencies>
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
           <version>3.3.2</version>
       </dependency>
   </dependencies>

</project>

5. Create MavenParent Project

The purpose of this project to configure Maven & Tycho to build two projects (SimpleOSGi & SimpleMaven).

Create a common Java Project

6. Configuring the OSGi project (SimpleOSGi)

First we convert SimpleOSGi into Maven Project. SimpleOSGi will be a Maven plugin and OSGi Project

Project has been converted into a Maven project, and have error message, you do not need to worry about that.

Note that if your OSGi Project configure version is AAA and suffix is qualifier, then on Maven you must also configure in the pom.xml file have version AAA and the suffix is SNAPSHOT. Like the illustration below.

Open the pom.xml file and reconfigure as follows:

SimpleOSGi/pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.o7planning</groupId>
<artifactId>SimpleOSGi</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>


    <parent>  
      <groupId>org.o7planning</groupId>
      <artifactId>MavenParent</artifactId>
      <version>1.0.0</version>
      <relativePath>../MavenParent/pom.xml</relativePath>
  </parent>
 
</project>

7. Configuring Maven Project (SimpleMaven)

Open pom.xml file on Project SimpleMaven and add the following code:

<parent>  
       <groupId>org.o7planning</groupId>
       <artifactId>MavenParent</artifactId>
       <version>1.0.0</version>
       <relativePath>../MavenParent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>

SimpleMaven/pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.o7planning</groupId>
   <artifactId>SimpleMaven</artifactId>
   <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>


   <dependencies>
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
           <version>3.3.2</version>
       </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   
   <parent>
       <groupId>org.o7planning</groupId>
       <artifactId>MavenParent</artifactId>
       <version>1.0.0</version>
       <relativePath>../MavenParent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
</project>

8. Configuring Maven Parent

MavenParent/pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 <groupId>org.o7planning</groupId>
 <artifactId>MavenParent</artifactId>
 <version>1.0.0</version>
 <packaging>pom</packaging>


     <properties>
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
       <!-- 0.22.0 : Target location type: Directory is not supported -->
       <tycho-version>0.22.0</tycho-version>
   </properties>


   <repositories>
       <!-- Select the P2 repository to be used when resolving dependencies -->

       <repository>
           <id>eclipse-luna</id>
           <layout>p2</layout>
           <url>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/luna</url>
       </repository>

   </repositories>

   <pluginRepositories>
       <pluginRepository>
           <id>tycho-snapshots</id>
           <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/</url>
       </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>
   
   <build>
       <plugins>
           <plugin>
               <!-- enable tycho build extension -->
               <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
               <artifactId>tycho-maven-plugin</artifactId>
               <version>${tycho-version}</version>
               <extensions>true</extensions>
               <configuration>
                   <dependency-resolution>
                       <optionalDependencies>ignore</optionalDependencies>
                   </dependency-resolution>
               </configuration>
           </plugin>

           <plugin>
               <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
               <artifactId>tycho-versions-plugin</artifactId>
               <version>${tycho-version}</version>
               <configuration>
                   <dependency-resolution>
                       <optionalDependencies>ignore</optionalDependencies>
                   </dependency-resolution>
               </configuration>
           </plugin>
<!--
           <plugin>
               <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
               <artifactId>target-platform-configuration</artifactId>
               <version>${tycho-version}</version>
               <configuration>
                   <target>
                       <artifact>
                           <groupId>org.o7planning</groupId>
                           <artifactId>TargetPlatform</artifactId>
                           <version>1.0.0</version>
                       </artifact>
                   </target>
               </configuration>
           </plugin>
-->
           
       </plugins>
   </build>

   <modules>  
       <module>../SimpleMaven</module>
       <module>../SimpleOSGi</module>      
   </modules>
   
       
</project>

9. Building

Right-click MavenParent select Run As / Maven Install.

Eclipse Technology

Maven Tutorials

Gradle Tutorials