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Best answer by Ravi_Pampana

Hi,

   As per Apache Felix documentation Apache Felix - SCR Annotations @Reference annotation is defined as below

The @Reference annotation defines references to other services made available to the component by the Service Component Runtime.

@reference is used to refer any service registered in your osgi console. So until you declare your class as a service , if you try to refer it using @reference annotation it is going to return you null.

Let us know your use case then community can provide more details

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Ravi_Pampana
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Ravi_PampanaCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
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May 3, 2019

Hi,

   As per Apache Felix documentation Apache Felix - SCR Annotations @Reference annotation is defined as below

The @Reference annotation defines references to other services made available to the component by the Service Component Runtime.

@reference is used to refer any service registered in your osgi console. So until you declare your class as a service , if you try to refer it using @reference annotation it is going to return you null.

Let us know your use case then community can provide more details

Prince_Shivhare
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Prince_ShivhareCommunity Advisor
Community Advisor
May 3, 2019

if your component is a service it means if you have declared as @compnent and @service, then yes you can make use of @reference annotation. and include it in another service or component.

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