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Targetted to Eclipse 3.1 and JMeter 2.1 trunk version. JMeter isn't designed to be edited and build from Eclipse IDE (JMeter uses Ant build file and complex path/jar structure with optional dependencies), so some work has to be done before we get wheels running.
NOTE: the JMeter trunk code This page is very out of date - the current branch is rel-2-2. Also, there is an eclipse.classpath which can be used to set up the appropriate exclusions etc - sebb
Building JMeter from sources with Eclipse
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For each component you need
Wiki Markup An element class which interits from \[TestElement, ConfigurationElement, XXXElement\] and implements [TestBean] interface. [TestBean] interface marks classes which JMeter plug-in class loader loads automatically. \\
2. Each TestBean class needs BeanInfoSupport class whichs describes the properties of the element class. This class name must be MyTestElement + BeanInfo, e.g. MyTestElementBeanInfo, or the class loader doesn't find it.
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