Reference

The subsequent sections provide the reference part of the manual. This consists of the following:

• headers – OSGi & bnd Manifest headers
• instructions – Instructions of bnd, instructions start with a - (minus sign).
• macros – Macros in bnd

Since bnd is a library, it gets used in many different places. This makes some of the headers, instructions, and/or macros only applicable in a specific context. This is generally indicated on a page with a class button on the right side. For example:

The following classes are used:

• Workspace – A workspace model (not maven or gradle)
• Project – A workspace model in the context of a project
• Analyzer – Can be used in the analysis & builder phase
• Macro – General macro, applicable everywhere
• Maven, Ant, Gradle – Only applicable in the given tool

Usually the format of both headers and instructions follows the Java properties files specification outlined in Concepts.