This topic applies to WebSphere Application Server Liberty V8.5.5.9 and earlier. For the latest Liberty topics, see the WebSphere Application Server Liberty documentation.
OSGi Blueprint
This feature enables support for deploying OSGi applications that use the OSGi blueprint container specification. With the OSGi Applications support in WebSphere Application Server, you can develop and deploy modular applications that use Java EE and OSGi technologies.
Enabling this feature
To enable the OSGi Blueprint feature, add the following element declaration inside the featureManager element in your
server.xml file:
<feature>blueprint-1.0</feature>
Supported Java™ Versions
- JavaSE-1.6
- JavaSE-1.7
- JavaSE-1.8
Developing a feature that depends on this feature
If you are developing a feature that depends on the OSGi Blueprint feature, include the following item in the Subsystem-Content header in the feature manifest file for your new feature:
com.ibm.websphere.appserver.blueprint-1.0; type="osgi.subsystem.feature"
Features that enable this feature
Standard API packages provided by this feature
- org.apache.aries.blueprint
- org.apache.aries.blueprint.ext
- org.apache.aries.blueprint.ext.evaluator
- org.apache.aries.blueprint.mutable
- org.apache.aries.blueprint.services
- org.apache.aries.blueprint.utils
- org.apache.aries.util
- org.osgi.framework
- org.osgi.framework.hooks.bundle
- org.osgi.framework.hooks.resolver
- org.osgi.framework.hooks.service
- org.osgi.framework.hooks.weaving
- org.osgi.framework.launch
- org.osgi.framework.namespace
- org.osgi.framework.startlevel
- org.osgi.framework.wiring
- org.osgi.resource
- org.osgi.service.blueprint
- org.osgi.service.blueprint.container
- org.osgi.service.blueprint.reflect
- org.osgi.service.component
- org.osgi.service.condpermadmin
- org.osgi.service.jndi
- org.osgi.service.packageadmin
- org.osgi.service.startlevel
- org.osgi.service.url
- org.osgi.util.tracker
Third party API packages provided by this feature
- org.apache.aries.transaction.exception
SPI packages provided by this feature
- org.apache.aries.blueprint
- org.apache.aries.blueprint.ext
- org.apache.aries.blueprint.ext.evaluator
- org.apache.aries.blueprint.mutable
- org.apache.aries.blueprint.services
- org.apache.aries.util
- org.osgi.service.cm
- org.osgi.service.subsystem
Feature configuration elements
You can use the following elements in your server.xml file to configure the OSGi Blueprint feature: