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We specify which class is used to activate our bundle via the Bundle-Activator attribute and also specify that our bundle exports a shared package using the Export-Package attribute. The Export-Package attribute makes it possible for other bundles to import our dictionary service interface. The Import-Package attribute informs the framework of the bundle's dependencies on external packages; all bundles with an activator must import org.osgi.framework since it contains the core OSGi class definitions. Any packages dependencies will be verified and resolved by the OSGi framework. (Note: Make sure your manifest file ends in a trailing carriage return or else the last line will be ignored.)

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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