Hello, Apache JMeter does not have a Plugin Manager and I was thinking of making one for them.
They use no module system, just plain Java JARs. So, I figured a first step would be to transplant the NetBeans Platform autoupdate UI and impl, except with a simpler filesystem layout. Does this seem wise? What I hope to gain is just some dependency resolution, download code and the update manager UI. Maybe, have a path for a migration to the Platform, but not necessarily. The downside seems to be that the autoupdate code is really hairy and more complex than what I need initially. Anybody tried this before? Alternatively: is there some way to use the Platform in a 'hybrid' classpath + module system mode? I don't think so, but it's worth asking. --emi
