OSGi Bundle not get resolved automatically

Question

I have a simple OSGi bundle written and here is the source file. When I install it in a equinox OSGi container it does not get resolved it automatically. Can someone explain what I'm doing wrong here??.

package org.sample.api;

/**
* Created on 3/11/14.
*/
public interface Hello {

    void sayHello();
}

This is the pom.xml file of the bundle.

<?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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <parent>
        <artifactId>osgi</artifactId>
        <groupId>osgi</groupId>
        <version>1.0</version>
    </parent>
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <artifactId>sample-api</artifactId>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <packaging>bundle</packaging>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.3.5</version>
                <extensions>true</extensions>
                <configuration>
                    <instructions>
                        <Bundle-Vendor>Sample Inc</Bundle-Vendor>
                        <Bundle-SymbolicName>${project.artifactId}</Bundle-SymbolicName>
                        <Export-Package>
                            org.sample.api*;version=1.0.0
                        </Export-Package>
                    </instructions>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

MANIFEST.MF

Manifest-Version: 1
Bnd-LastModified: 1396602001251
Build-Jdk: 1.6.0_45
Built-By: Zeus
Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
Bundle-Name: sample-api
Bundle-SymbolicName: sample-api
Bundle-Vendor: Sample Inc
Bundle-Version: 1.0.0
Created-By: Apache Maven Bundle Plugin
Export-Package: org.sample.api;version="1.0.0"
Tool: Bnd-1.43.0

This is the bundle installation console output

    Bundle id is 7
RegisteredServices   null
ServicesInUse        null
LoaderProxy          sample-api; bundle-version="1.0.0"
Fragments            null
ClassLoader          null
Version              1.0.0
LastModified         1396605985751
Headers               Bnd-LastModified = 1396602001251
 Build-Jdk = 1.6.0_45
 Built-By = Zeus
 Bundle-ManifestVersion = 2
 Bundle-Name = sample-api
 Bundle-SymbolicName = sample-api
 Bundle-Vendor = Sample Inc
 Bundle-Version = 1.0.0
 Created-By = Apache Maven Bundle Plugin
 Export-Package = org.sample.api;version="1.0.0"
 Manifest-Version = 1
 Tool = Bnd-1.43.0


BundleContext        null
BundleId             7
StartLevel           1
SymbolicName         sample-api
BundleData           sample-api_1.0.0
KeyHashCode          7
StateChanging        null
BundleDescription    sample-api_1.0.0
Framework            org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework@65cb687f
ResolutionFailureException org.osgi.framework.BundleException: The bundle "sample-api_1.0.0 [7]" could not be resolved
Revisions            [sample-api_1.0.0]
Key                  7
ProtectionDomain     null
Location             file:/home/Zeus/idea-projects/osgi/sample-api/target/sample-api-1.0.jar
State                2
Bundle                   7|Installed  |    1|sample-api (1.0.0)

Answer 1

Please post the generated MANIFEST.MF from the jar. I cant see anything wrong with the pom.

If the bundle is not resolved, in what state is it then? Installed? One possible reason could be that some of the transitive dependencies of the bundle are not available on the container.

P.S: You may want to use the latest version 2.4.0 for the maven-bundle-plugin.

EDIT1 This is the manifest I got:

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Bnd-LastModified: 1396605817562
Build-Jdk: 1.7.0_45
Built-By: anshuman
Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
Bundle-Name: sample-api
Bundle-SymbolicName: sample-api
Bundle-Vendor: Sample Inc
Bundle-Version: 1.0.0
Created-By: Apache Maven Bundle Plugin
Export-Package: org.sample.api;version="1.0.0"
Tool: Bnd-2.1.0.20130426-122213

EDIT2 I hope you are refreshing and starting the bundle after you install it.
refresh 7
start 7
where 7 is your bundle id.