Additional libraries and frameworks
Select the technologies, frameworks and languages to be supported, and specify the associated settings. For general info, see Add frameworks (facets).
IntelliJ IDEA Community frameworks
These frameworks are supported in the IntelliJ IDEA Community and IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate editions.
Groovy
Select an existing Groovy library or create a new library for Groovy:
Item | Description |
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Use library | Select the Groovy library to be used from the list (if the corresponding library is already defined in IntelliJ IDEA). Optionally, click Configure to edit the selected library. |
Create | If Groovy is already installed on your computer, you can create a library for Groovy and use that new library. To do that, click Create and select the Groovy installation directory. |
Kotlin/JVM
Select an existing Kotlin library or create a new library for Kotlin:
Item | Description |
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Use library | Select the Kotlin library to be used from the list (if the corresponding library is already defined in IntelliJ IDEA). Optionally, click Configure to edit the selected library. |
Create | If Kotlin is already installed on your computer, you can create a library for Kotlin and use that new library. To do that, click Create and select the Kotlin installation directory. |
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate frameworks
These frameworks are supported only in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate.
Web Application
Item | Description |
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Version | Select the version of the Servlet specification to be supported. |
Create web.xml | For version 3.0 or later: select this checkbox to create the deployment descriptor file web.xml. For earlier versions, this file is always created. |
WebServices
Select the checkbox to enable Web Services development support.
Item | Description |
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Generate sample server code | Select this checkbox to have a sample HelloWorld class created in your source folder (for example src ). |
Configure | Click this link to specify the settings for WS engines that you want to use. |
JSF
Select the checkbox to enable JavaServer Faces (JSF) support.
Item | Description |
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Version | Select the JSF version to be supported. |
Use library | Select the library that you want to use (if the corresponding library is already defined in IntelliJ IDEA). |
Create | If the corresponding jar files are already available on your computer, you can arrange those files in a library. Click Create and select the necessary files in the dialog that opens. Optionally, click Configure to edit the selected library. |
Download | Select this option to download the necessary library files. Optionally, click Configure to edit the library settings and contents. |
Set up library later | Select this option to postpone setting up the library until a later time. |
Primefaces, Richfaces, Openfaces, or Icefaces
Select the checkbox to be able to use the corresponding JSF component library (PrimeFaces, RichFaces, OpenFaces, or ICEfaces).
Use library | Select the library that you want to use (if the corresponding library is already defined in IntelliJ IDEA). |
Create | If the corresponding jar files are already available on your computer, you can arrange those files in a library. Click Create and select the necessary files in the dialog that opens. Optionally, click Configure to edit the selected library. |
Download | Select this option to download the necessary library files. Optionally, click Configure to edit the library settings and contents. |
Set up library later | Select this option to postpone setting up the library until a later time. |
Google App Engine
Select the checkbox to be able to use Google App Engine.
Item | Description |
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Google App Engine SDK | Specify the path to the Google App Engine SDK for Java installation directory. You can click and select the corresponding directory. |
Persistence | If necessary, select the App Engine Datastore implementation to be supported (JDO or JPA). |
Download | If the path to Google App Engine SDK is not specified, you can click this link to open the Google App Engine Downloads page. This page lets you download the latest version of Google App Engine SDK for Java. |
Hibernate
Select the checkbox to enable Hibernate support.
Item | Description |
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Create default hibernate configuration and main class | Select this checkbox create a Hibernate configuration file hibernate.cfg.xml and a class with the main() method. |
Import database schema | Select this checkbox to have a database schema imported automatically. |
Use library | Select the library that you want to use (if the corresponding library is already defined in IntelliJ IDEA). |
Create | If the corresponding jar files are already available on your computer, you can arrange those files in a library. Click Create and select the necessary files in the dialog that opens. Optionally, click Configure to edit the selected library. |
Download | Select this option to download the necessary library files. Optionally, click Configure to edit the library settings and contents. |
Set up library later | Select this option to postpone setting up the library until a later time. |
JavaEE Persistence
Select the checkbox to enable Java Persistence API(JPA) support.
Item | Description |
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persistence.xml version | Select the version of the persistence.xml file that you want to use. If you also choose to download the library files that implement JPA (the Download option), the selected version will define which files you will be able to download. |
Import database schema | Select this checkbox to have a database schema imported automatically. Optionally, select the JPA implementation-specific database scheme to be imported from the list above the checkbox. |
Use library | Select the library that you want to use (if the corresponding library is already defined in IntelliJ IDEA). |
Create | If the corresponding jar files are already available on your computer, you can arrange those files in a library. Click Create and select the necessary files in the dialog that opens. Optionally, click Configure to edit the selected library. |
Download | Select this option to download the necessary library files. Optionally, click Configure to edit the library settings and contents. |
Set up library later | Select this option to postpone setting up the library until a later time. |
SQL Support
Select the checkbox to enable SQL support.
Item | Description |
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Default Dialect | Select the SQL dialect to be used by default for the module. Select Project Default to use the default project SQL dialect. |
Thymeleaf
Select the checkbox to enable Thymeleafsupport.
You'll need a library that implements Thymeleaf. You can choose to use an existing library, create and use a new one, download the library files if they are not yet available on your computer, or postpone setting up the library until a later time.
Use library | Select the library that you want to use (if the corresponding library is already defined in IntelliJ IDEA). |
Create | If the corresponding jar files are already available on your computer, you can arrange those files in a library. Click Create and select the necessary files in the dialog that opens. Optionally, click Configure to edit the selected library. |
Download | Select this option to download the necessary library files. Optionally, click Configure to edit the library settings and contents. |
Set up library later | Select this option to postpone setting up the library until a later time. |
WebServices Client
Select the checkbox to enable Web Services client development support.
Item | Description |
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Generate sample client code | Select this checkbox to have sample client code generated in your source folder (for example src ). To generate the code, IntelliJ IDEA will ask you to specify the corresponding WSDL file. |
Configure | Click this link to specify the settings for WS engines that you want to use. |
Batch Applications
Select the checkbox to enable Batch Applications development support.
Item | Description |
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Create batch.xml | Select the checkbox to create a META-INF\batch.xml mappings file (one with the <batch-artifacts> root element). |
Create Sample Job Xml | Select the checkbox to create a sample job XML file META-INF\batch-jobs\job.xml. |
Use library | Select the library that you want to use (if the corresponding library is already defined in IntelliJ IDEA). |
Create | If the corresponding jar files are already available on your computer, you can arrange those files in a library. Click Create and select the necessary files in the dialog that opens. Optionally, click Configure to edit the selected library. |
Download | Select this option to download the necessary library files. Optionally, click Configure to edit the library settings and contents. |
Set up library later | Select this option to postpone setting up the library until a later time. |
CDI: Contexts and Dependency Injection
Select the checkbox to enable Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) support.
You'll need a library that implements CDI. You can choose to use an existing library, create and use a new one, or download the library files if they are not yet available on your computer.
Use library | Select the library that you want to use (if the corresponding library is already defined in IntelliJ IDEA). |
Create | If the corresponding jar files are already available on your computer, you can arrange those files in a library. Click Create and select the necessary files in the dialog that opens. Optionally, click Configure to edit the selected library. |
Download | Select this option to download the necessary library files. Optionally, click Configure to edit the library settings and contents. |
Set up library later | Select this option to postpone setting up the library until a later time. |
DM Server
Select the checkbox to be able to use SpringSource dm Server and develop dm Server-targeted applications.
Item | Description |
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Server | Select the server to be used from the list (if the corresponding server is already defined in IntelliJ IDEA). To define a server in IntelliJ IDEA, click Add and specify the server settings. |
Facet | Select the deployment artifact type that the module will implement (the Spring DM facet type in IntelliJ IDEA terms):
For more information on dm Server deployment artifacts, see "Deployment Architecture" and "Developing Applications" in SpringSource dm Server Programmer Guide. |
Bundle options | |
Spring DM Support | Select this checkbox to enable Spring support (to create a Spring facet in IntelliJ IDEA terms). As a result, IntelliJ IDEA will create the following files:
At this step you are not suggested downloading the library files that implement Spring. However, you will be able to do that after the module has been created by using the corresponding quick-fix in the Project Structure dialog. |
Web module | Select this checkbox to enable generic Web application development support (to create a Web facet in IntelliJ IDEA terms). Specify the associated settings:
As a result, IntelliJ IDEA will create web\WEB-INF\web.xml (for version 3.0 or later - if so specified). |
PAR or Plan options | |
Name | For a PAR, this is the application identifier Application-SymbolicName , for a plan - the plan name (the name attribute of the <plan> element). |
Version | The application or the plan version (Application-Version or the version attribute of the <plan> element). |
Plan | Select this option to create a plan. IntelliJ IDEA will create:
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Platform Archive (PAR) | Select this option to create a PAR. IntelliJ IDEA will create:
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Scoped | For a plan: select this checkbox to make the plan scoped (corresponds to scoped="true" within the <plan> element). |
Atomic | For a plan: select this checkbox to make the plan atomic (corresponds to atomic="true" within the <plan> element). |
Nested bundles | Use the controls in this area to manage other dm Server deployment artifacts within the PAR or plan. (In IntelliJ IDEA, these are represented by other modules within the same project if those modules have suitable dm Server facets. A PAR may include OSGi bundles and configuration artifacts; a plan - OSGi bundles, configuration artifacts, PARs and other plans).
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Configuration option | |
Name | Specify the OSGi name of the artifact (at the deployment stage, corresponds to the name of the file). |
EJB: Enterprise JavaBeans
Select the checkbox to enable Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) support.
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Version | Select the EJB version to be supported. If you also choose to download the library files that implement EJB (the Download option), the selected version will define which files you will be able to download. | ||||||||
Libraries | You'll need a library that implements EJB. You can choose to use an existing library, create and use a new one, download the library files if they are not yet available on your computer, or postpone setting up the library until a later time.
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JavaEE Application
The features that become available when you select this checkbox are mainly related to packaging your Java EE application in an Enterprise Application Archive (EAR).
Item | Description |
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Version | The Java EE version. |
RESTful WebServices
Select the checkbox to enable RESTful Web Services (client and server) development support.
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Generate server code | Select this checkbox to have a sample HelloWorld server class created in your source folder (for example, src ). | ||||||||
Generate client code | Select this checkbox to have a sample HelloWorldClient class created in your source folder (for example, src ). | ||||||||
Libraries | You'll need a library that implements RESTful WebServices. the JAX-RS API. You can choose to use an existing library, create and use a new one, download the library files if they are not yet available on your computer, or postpone setting up the library until a later time.
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Spring
Select the checkbox to enable Spring support.
You'll need a library that implements Spring. You can choose to use an existing library, create and use a new one, download the library files if they are not yet available on your computer, or postpone setting up the library until a later time.
Use library | Select the library that you want to use (if the corresponding library is already defined in IntelliJ IDEA). |
Create | If the corresponding jar files are already available on your computer, you can arrange those files in a library. Click Create and select the necessary files in the dialog that opens. Optionally, click Configure to edit the selected library. |
Download | Select this option to download the necessary library files. Optionally, click Configure to edit the library settings and contents. |
Set up library later | Select this option to postpone setting up the library until a later time. |
Spring MVC, Spring Batch, or other Spring framework
Select a checkbox to add support for a particular Spring framework (Spring MVC, Spring Batch, and so on).
You'll need a library that implements the selected framework. You can choose to use an existing library, create and use a new one, or download the library files if they are not yet available on your computer.
Use library | Select the library that you want to use (if the corresponding library is already defined in IntelliJ IDEA). |
Create | If the corresponding jar files are already available on your computer, you can arrange those files in a library. Click Create and select the necessary files in the dialog that opens. Optionally, click Configure to edit the selected library. |
Download | Select this option to download the necessary library files. Optionally, click Configure to edit the library settings and contents. |
Set up library later | Select this option to postpone setting up the library until a later time. |