Maven Bundle Plugin adding Require-Capability: osgi.ee;filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=9.0))"

Question

I'm trying to deploy OpenAPI generated code in Karaf.

Karaf says I need:

javax.annotation.meta;version="[3.0,4)"
javax.xml.bind.annotation;version="[2.3,3)"

I'm using Java 1.8 to compile, and to run the code.

I'm using maven-bundle-plugin v3.5.1

No matter what I do, I end up with this line in my MANIFEST.MF

Require-Capability: osgi.ee;filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=9.0))"

which I think is possibly the root of the issue.

Is there a way to force Require-Capability to use Java 8?
Or some better workaround?

Answer 1

bndtools (used by maven-bundle plugin) scans all of the classes on the classpath and keeps track of the class file version. This is the default behaviour, you can override it using <_noee>true</_noee> instruction in your maven bundle plugin configuration