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           <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <instructions>
                        <Import-Package>
                            javax.persistence.*;version="[2.0.0,3.0.0)";resolution:=optional,
                            javax.validation.*;version="[1.0.0,2.0.0)",
                            javax.xml.*;version="0",
                            javax.el.*;version="[2.0.0,4.0.0)";resolution:=optional,
                            org.xml.sax.*;version="0",
                            org.jboss.logging.*;version="[3.1.0,4.0.0)",
                            com.fasterxml.classmate.*;version="[${classmate.version},2.0.0)",
                            org.joda.time.*;version="[1.6.0,2.0.0)";resolution:=optional,
                            org.jsoup.*;version="[1.5.2,2.0.0)";resolution:=optional,
                            com.thoughtworks.paranamer.*;version="[2.5.5,3.0.0)";resolution:=optional
                        </Import-Package>
                        <Export-Package>
                            org.hibernate.validator;version="${project.version}",
                            org.hibernate.validator.cfg.*;version="${project.version}",
                            org.hibernate.validator.constraints.*;version="${project.version}",
                            org.hibernate.validator.constraintvalidation.*;version="${project.version}",
                            org.hibernate.validator.constraintvalidators.*;version="${project.version}",
                            org.hibernate.validator.group;version="${project.version}",
                            org.hibernate.validator.messageinterpolation;version="${project.version}",
                            org.hibernate.validator.parameternameprovider;version="${project.version}",
                            org.hibernate.validator.path;version="${project.version}",
                            org.hibernate.validator.resourceloading;version="${project.version}",
                            org.hibernate.validator.spi.*;version="${project.version}",
                            org.hibernate.validator.valuehandling;version="${project.version}",
                        </Export-Package>
                    </instructions>
                </configuration>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>bundle-manifest</id>
                        <phase>process-classes</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>manifest</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>

 javax.persistence.*;version="[2.0.0,3.0.0)";resolution:=optional,

 javax.persistence.*;version="[1.1.0,3.0.0)";resolution:=optional,

Did you confirm that this will work? Also, do you have link to this OSGi version definition you are referring to?

I am also wondering how well suited DefaultTraversableResolver is for a OSGi environment given that it uses reflection. Should the detection of JPA in an OSGi environment not be via a OSGi service or something? One would in this case use an {{ OSGiTraversableResolver when bootstrapping Validator in an OSGi environment.