Output directory for maven-bundle-plugin - maven

Question

I have this POM file which generates osgi bundle:
<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>test</groupId>
<artifactId>test</artifactId>
<name>test</name>
<description>Module test</description>
<packaging>bundle</packaging>
<version>4.0</version>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
<artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
<version>1.4.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
<artifactId>org.osgi.compendium</artifactId>
<version>5.0.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
<artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
<version>7.0</version>
<type>jar</type>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.0</version>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<configuration>
<instructions>
<Import-Package>*</Import-Package>
<Bundle-SymbolicName>${project.artifactId}</Bundle-SymbolicName>
</instructions>
<outputDirectory>${user.home}/bbbblx</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
<encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<configuration>
<encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
</project>
For some reason I cannot configure the plugin to generate the output bundle into the <outputDirectory>${user.home}/bbbblx</outputDirectory> directory.
There is no bbbblx directory in my home directory.
Can you help me to fix this issue?

Answer 1

You should use <buildDirectory>${user.home}/bbbblx</buildDirectory> instead of <outputDirectory>${user.home}/bbbblx</outputDirectory>.
I had the same problem and the fix mentioned above did the trick for me!