Tools for OSGi application development

The OSGi application development tools help you to create OSGi applications.

The development environment contains a selection of views, wizards, and editors that are customized to be the most useful for an OSGi developer.

The following list of editors range from standard source editors with content assist features to more full featured editors:
  • Bundle manifest editor helps you to describe your bundle and bundle dependencies. For more information, see OSGi bundle manifest file.
  • OSGi composite bundle manifest editor helps you describe your composite bundle and bundle dependencies. For more information, see Editing composite bundle manifest files.
  • Blueprint XML editor helps you to define and describe the various components of an application. For more information, see OSGi Blueprint XML files.
  • OSGi application manifest editor helps you define and describe the metadata that enables the framework to process the modular aspects of your bundles. For more information, see Application manifest files.
  • OSGi fragment manifest editor helps you define and describe your bundle fragment and host bundle. For more information, see Fragment manifest files.
  • OSGi Bundle Explorer visualizes your bundles and the dependencies between them. For more information, see Exploring bundle dependencies.