Must a bundle be resolved for its exported packages to become available?

Question

I have two bundles A and B.

• A exports package packA
• B imports packA

This means that B depends on A, but only to get one package. Now A has further dependencies that are not fulfilled, so in the running system bundle A is only installed but not resolved.

Can Bundle B become resolved in the running system? It doesn't need bundle A, only one of its packages.

Answer 1

Yes. A bundle must be resolved to export or import packages or even have a class loader.