Package org.osgi.framework.namespace

Class IdentityNamespace

java.lang.Object
org.osgi.resource.Namespace
org.osgi.framework.namespace.IdentityNamespace
public final class IdentityNamespace extends Namespace
Identity Capability and Requirement Namespace.

This class defines the names for the attributes and directives for this namespace. All unspecified capability attributes are of type String and are used as arbitrary matching attributes for the capability. The values associated with the specified directive and attribute keys are of type String, unless otherwise indicated.

Each resource provides exactly one† identity capability that can be used to identify the resource.

The bundle wiring for the bundle revision provides exactly one† identity capability.

† A resource with no symbolic name must not provide an identity capability.

  • Field Details

    • IDENTITY_NAMESPACE

      public static final String IDENTITY_NAMESPACE
      Namespace name for identity capabilities and requirements.

      Also, the capability attribute used to specify the symbolic name of the resource.

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    • CAPABILITY_SINGLETON_DIRECTIVE

      public static final String CAPABILITY_SINGLETON_DIRECTIVE
      The capability directive identifying if the resource is a singleton. A String value of "true" indicates the resource is a singleton; any other value or null indicates the resource is not a singleton.
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    • CAPABILITY_VERSION_ATTRIBUTE

      public static final String CAPABILITY_VERSION_ATTRIBUTE
      The capability attribute identifying the Version of the resource if one is specified or 0.0.0 if not specified. The value of this attribute must be of type Version.
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    • CAPABILITY_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

      public static final String CAPABILITY_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE
      The capability attribute identifying the resource type. If the resource has no type then the value unknown must be used for the attribute.
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    • TYPE_BUNDLE

      public static final String TYPE_BUNDLE
      The attribute value identifying the resource type as an OSGi bundle.
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    • TYPE_FRAGMENT

      public static final String TYPE_FRAGMENT
      The attribute value identifying the resource type as an OSGi fragment.
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    • TYPE_UNKNOWN

      public static final String TYPE_UNKNOWN
      The attribute value identifying the resource type as unknown.
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    • CAPABILITY_TAGS_ATTRIBUTE

      public static final String CAPABILITY_TAGS_ATTRIBUTE
      The attribute value that contains tags for the resource. A tag is used to identify an aspect of the resource that is not otherwise expressed by the capabilities of the resource. The value of this attribute must be of type List<String>.
      Since:
      1.2
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    • CAPABILITY_DESCRIPTION_ATTRIBUTE

      public static final String CAPABILITY_DESCRIPTION_ATTRIBUTE
      The capability attribute that contains a human readable description for the resource. See the Bundle-Description manifest header.
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    • CAPABILITY_DOCUMENTATION_ATTRIBUTE

      public static final String CAPABILITY_DOCUMENTATION_ATTRIBUTE
      The capability attribute that contains the URL to documentation for the resource. See the Bundle-DocURL manifest header.
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    • CAPABILITY_LICENSE_ATTRIBUTE

      public static final String CAPABILITY_LICENSE_ATTRIBUTE
      The capability attribute that contains the URL to the license for the resource. See the name portion of the Bundle-License manifest header.
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    • REQUIREMENT_CLASSIFIER_DIRECTIVE

      public static final String REQUIREMENT_CLASSIFIER_DIRECTIVE
      The requirement directive that classifies the relationship with another resource.
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    • CLASSIFIER_SOURCES

      public static final String CLASSIFIER_SOURCES
      The attribute value identifying the resource classifier as an archive containing the source code in the same directory layout as the resource.
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    • CLASSIFIER_JAVADOC

      public static final String CLASSIFIER_JAVADOC
      The attribute value identifying the resource classifier as an archive containing the javadoc in the same directory layout as the resource.
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