wires [bundleID]

Description

Prints information about the wiring of a particular bundle

This command is useful for debugging OSGi applications. Especially when you want to see how Bundle A is wired to other bundles and why.

Example

The following shows the wiring of the Gson bundle in an application, and you want to see which other bundles are consuming this gson bundle.

Start your app
The bundle for equinox console should be started

-runbundles: \
    org.eclipse.equinox.console;version='[1.4.800,1.4.801)',\

Example commands on the equinox console.

help

wires - Prints information about the wiring of a particular bundle
   scope: wiring
   parameters:
      long   


lb gson
START LEVEL 1
   ID|State      |Level|Name
   18|Active     |    1|Gson (2.10.1)|2.10.1

g! wires 18
Bundle com.google.gson 2.10.1:
is wired to:
	 - org.eclipse.osgi 3.21.0.v20240717-2103
	   - because of Import-Package: sun.misc; resolution:="optional"
	   - because of Require-Capability: osgi.ee; filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=1.7))"
	   - because of Require-Capability: osgi.ee; filter:="(|(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=1.7))(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=1.8)))"
and is consumed by:
	 - com.myapp.services 1.0.0
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson; version="[2.10.0,3.0.0)"
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson.reflect; version="[2.10.0,3.0.0)"
	 - com.myapp.foo 1.0.0.SNAPSHOT
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson; version="2.10.1"
	 - com.myapp.bar.uitest.lib 1.0.0
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson
	 - com.myapp.utils.csvconverter 1.0.0.202502201107
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson; version="[2.10.0,3.0.0)"
	 - com.myapp.wrappers.3rdparty.google 1.0.0.SNAPSHOT
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson.stream
	 - com.myapp.wrappers.com.ebay.oauth.client 1.10.0
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson; resolution:="optional"
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson.annotations; resolution:="optional"
	 - com.myapp.wrappers.com.paypal.sdk 2.5.106
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson
	 - stripe-java 22.8.0
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson; version="[2.10.0,3.0.0)"
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson.annotations; version="[2.10.0,3.0.0)"
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson.reflect; version="[2.10.0,3.0.0)"
	   - because it Import-Package: com.google.gson.stream; version="[2.10.0,3.0.0)"

You see a list of bundles which consume Bundle com.google.gson 2.10.1 and also why.

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