protected static File createPackage(String name, Version version, File... bundles) throws Exception {

        DeploymentPackageBuilder builder = DeploymentPackageBuilder.createDeploymentPackage(name, version.toString());



        OutputStream fos = null;

        try {

            for (File bundle : bundles) {

                builder.addBundle(bundle.toURI().toURL());

            }



            File file = File.createTempFile("testpackage", ".jar");

            file.deleteOnExit();



            fos = new FileOutputStream(file);

            builder.generate(fos);



            return file;

        }

        finally {

            if (fos != null) {

                fos.close();

            }

        }

    }