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We must create a manifest.mf file that contains the metadata for our bundle; the manifest file contains the following:

Bundle-Activator: tutorial.example2b.Activator
Import-Package: tutorial.example2.service
Bundle-Name: French dictionary
Bundle-Description: A bundle that registers a French dictionary service
Bundle-Vendor: Apache Felix
Bundle-Version: 1.0.0
Bundle-Activator: tutorial.example2b.Activator
Import-Package: org.osgi.framework,
 tutorial.example2.service

We specify which class implements the Bundle-Activator interface and also specify that our bundle imports a shared the OSGi core package and the dictionary service interface package using the Import-Package attribute. This import attribute Th dictionary service package will be fulfilled by the bundle in Example 2, which exports the package that this bundle is importing. The OSGi framework will automatically handle the details of resolving import packagesthis package.

To compile our source code, we need the felix.jar file (found in Felix' bin directory) in our class path. We compile the source file using a command like:

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