#6 Make Jackson Import-Package Optional in Bundle Manifest

[Konrad Windszus]

Could you make the Import-Package statement for Jackson optional in the bundle? That way Jackson doesn't need to be deployed and the biweekly bundle can still be started. You mention in https://sourceforge.net/p/biweekly/wiki/Maven/ that Jackson is optional. I tried the bundle in version 0.3.4 and that still requires Jackson.

[Michael Angstadt]

Thanks for the report. I am not that familiar with bundles. :( Do you know how to do this? It would probably require a change to the Maven Bundle plugin's configuration:

:::xml
<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.4.0</version>
    <extensions>true</extensions>
    <configuration>
        <instructions>
            <Include-Resource>{maven-resources}, {biweekly.properties=target/classes/biweekly.properties}</Include-Resource>
        </instructions>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

[Konrad Windszus]

The following should work fine

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.4.0</version>
    <extensions>true</extensions>
    <configuration>
        <instructions>
            <Import-Package>
                com.fasterxml.jackson.*;resolution:=optional,
                *
            </Import-Package>
        </instructions>
    </configuration>
</plugin

[Michael Angstadt]

Thanks. Can you test the attached JAR?

[Konrad Windszus]

Sorry for the delay. I just tested the updated bundle and it works fine without jackson.

[Michael Angstadt]

No problem, Konrad. Thank you for testing it! I am not familiar with OSGi, and that trailing asterisk character looked fishy to me. :)

[Michael Angstadt]

POM updated. Change will be included in the next release.