OSGI bundle versions (Apache Felix)

Question

Is it legal to use bundle versions like 1.01.0? Can't find any info on how this will work. I use Apache Felix implementation of OSGI.

Answer 1

Felix is an OSGi framework implementation. It, therefore, must adhere to the OSGi version syntax . This syntax makes 1.01.0 identical to 1.1.0 , which is identical to 000001.001 . That is, each of the major , minor , and micro part is an integer . It is parsed, where any leading zeroes are removed, and then used.

This unlike Maven. In Maven a version is an opaque string, leading zeroes are then not ignored and all these versions are different. This is a major issue when taking maven versions in the OSGi world because the version in Maven is so ill defined.