How to extend Eclipse SmartHome Bindings

Development IDE & Build
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I’m keen to develop a new binding for a Bluetooth device, Holman BTX1, and I’m planning on extending org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.bluetooth.ConnectedBluetoothHandler.

Initially I created a new binding within org.eclipse.smarthome.binding Eclipse SmartHome project, however this project did not want to build nicely, so I decided to keep it simple for my first binding and develop it for openHAB only.

I’ve added org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.bluetooth to my manifest’s Import-Package, which is all good in the IDE, but when I attempt to do a build I receive

[ERROR]   Missing requirement: org.openhab.binding.holman 2.4.0.qualifier requires 'java.package; org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.bluetooth 0.0.0' but it could not be found

I’m assuming I’m not handling the imports or dependencies correctly.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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I also need assistance in this. Help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Regards.
Shane.

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You shouldn’t try to “extend” the existing binding. If possible, you should just expand the capabilities of the binding to work with your new device.