-dsannotations SELECTORS

Selects the packages that need processing for standard OSGi DS annotations.

Example: -dsannotations: *
Pattern: .*

The -dsannotations instruction tells bnd which classes in your bundle should be scanned for Declarative Services (DS) annotations. bnd will process these classes and generate the necessary DS XML descriptors automatically.

You provide a comma-separated list of fully qualified class names or use * to process all classes. This makes it easy to enable DS annotation processing for your entire bundle or for specific classes only.

You can further configure DS annotation processing using the -dsannotations-options instruction.

Component Class Requirements

When bnd processes DS annotations, it validates that component classes meet the DS specification requirements. Starting with bnd 7.3.0, component classes must have either a public no-argument constructor or a public @Activate-annotated constructor. Inner classes must be declared as static.

If validation fails, bnd will generate an error and stop the build. See Component Class Requirements for detailed requirements and examples.

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