OSGi Framework Interoperability 

The OSGi Framework is a module and service registry system for creating modular applications. With the NetBeans IDE you can now easily create OSGi bundles to use in Java applications and NetBeans Platform-based applications.

OSGi meets NetBeans

In the NetBeans IDE it is now simple to use existing OSGi bundles in your NetBeans Platform applications. You create a bridge that allows you to reuse and execute OSGi bundles next to native NetBeans modules.

OSGi in Maven and Ant Projects 

The NetBeans IDE enables you to create and build pure OSGi bundles from a Maven archetype and then access the bundles from applications that are running in an OSGi container, either your existing Java applications or Platform-based applications. You can add binary artifacts (JARs) of a group of related OSGi bundles as an extra cluster to your Ant-based NetBeans Platform applications.

Use the OSGi submenu in any Ant-based Platform application project's context menu to convert the application fully to OSGi bundles. You can run it natively in the OSGi container without the need for a bridged NetBeans module system.

OSGi Containers: Felix and Equinox 

You can now run your OSGi bundles in the Apache Felix OSGi runtime container that is bundled with NetBeans IDE. The Equinox-based Platform Application under New Project > Samples > NetBeans Modules, and related tutorials, will help you integrate OSGi bundles into a Platform Application powered by the Equinox runtime container.

 OSGi and NetBeans tutorials

 OSGi and NetBeans Overview