[gatling-maven-plugin version 4.2.6] user defined simulationClass could not be loaded

Gatling (Open-Source)
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Dear All,

I have configured the simulation class in the gatling maven plugin configurations as below under the tag 

<plugin>
        <groupId>io.gatling</groupId>
        <artifactId>gatling-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>${gatling-maven-plugin.version}</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <phase>test</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>test</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <configFolder>src/test/resources</configFolder>
              <resultsFolder>target/gatling/results</resultsFolder>
              <simulationClass>src/test/java/load/tests/simulations/TestData.java</simulationClass>
              <propagateSystemProperties>true</propagateSystemProperties>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>

When I try to execute the tests with command

mvn -e -Dgatling.simulationClass=load.tests.simulations.TestData

I get the below error

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: src/test/java/load/tests/simulations/TestData.java

Wrapped by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: User defined Simulation class src/test/java/load/tests/simulations/TestData.java could not be loaded
:
:
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Gatling failed.
Caused by: io.gatling.plugin.util.Fork$ForkException

Could you please take a look and guide me to resolve the issue?

2

Please read the gatling-maven-plugin documentation.

simulationClass takes a Fully Qualified Class Name, not the relative location of the source file.

Why are you setting this incorrect value in your pom.xml? <simulationClass>src/test/java/load/tests/simulations/TestData.java</simulationClass>