How can I add bundle to karaf Custom Distribution? - apache-karaf

Question

I create karaf Custom Distribution
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.me</groupId>
<artifactId>root-karaf</artifactId>
<packaging>karaf-assembly</packaging>
<name>${project.artifactId}</name>
<version>4.0.4</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
<artifactId>framework</artifactId>
<version>4.0.4</version>
<type>kar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>4.0.4</version>
<classifier>features</classifier>
<type>xml</type>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.karaf.tooling</groupId>
<artifactId>karaf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>4.0.4</version>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<configuration>
<!-- no startupFeatures -->
<startupFeatures>
</startupFeatures>
<installedFeatures>
</installedFeatures>
<bootFeatures>
<feature>standard</feature>
<feature>eventadmin</feature>
<feature>scr</feature>
</bootFeatures>
<excludedArtifactIds>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
</excludedArtifactIds>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Now I want create example bundle and add to this Distribution or for example add this: <bundle>wrap:mvn:com.google.code.gson/gson/2.8.0</bundle> ti rhis Distribution. I thried this:
<bootFeatures>
<feature>standard</feature>
<feature>eventadmin</feature>
<feature>scr</feature>
<bundle>wrap:mvn:com.google.code.gson/gson/2.8.0</bundle>
</bootFeatures>
But it nit work
I create feature.xml and put to resources
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<features xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="platform-features"
xmlns="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.0.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.0.0 http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.0.0">
<feature name="platform" version="${project.version}" install="auto">
<details>Service Platform</details>
<feature>test</feature>
</feature>
<feature name="test" version="4.0.4" install="auto">
<bundle>mvn:com.google.code.gson/gson/2.8.0</bundle>
</feature>
</features>

Answer 1

AFAIK you can not add bundle directly to <bootFeatures>. You should create your own feature that contains this bundle and add that feature to bootFeatures. Also, when you create your feature you don't need the wrap: part! gson 2.8 is already an OSGi bundle!