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Last modified: 20 April 2023

IntelliJ IDEA Project Settings



Option

Description

Path to .ipr file

Use this field to specify the path to the IntelliJ IDEA project file. This build runner requires this file to understand the structure of the project.

tip

Detect global libraries and module-based JDK in *.iml files

If this option is checked, on saving the form all module files will be automatically scanned for references to the global libraries and module JDKs. This helps you make sure that all references will be properly resolved.

warning

In this case the process of opening and saving the build runner becomes settings may become time-consuming, because it involves loading and parsing all project module files.

Unresolved Project Modules and Path Variables



This section displays messages when some IntelliJ IDEA module file (.iml) referenced from IPR file cannot be found as well as allows to enter values of path variables used in the IPR file. You may want to click Save button to refresh values in this section.

Option

Description

<path_variable_name>

This field appears, if the project file contains path macros, defined in the Path Variables dialog of IntelliJ IDEA's Settings dialog. In the Set value to field, specify a path to project resources, to be used on different build agents.

Project JDKs



This section provides the list of JDKs detected in the project file.

Option

Description

JDK Home

Use this field to specify JDK home for the project.

note

For builds with Ipr runner, this JDK will be used to compile sources of corresponding IDEA modules. For Inspections and Duplicate Finder builds, this JDK will be used internally to resolve Java API used in your project. To run the build process itself JDK specified by JAVA_HOME environment variable will be used.

JDK jar file patterns

Click this link to open a text area, where you can define templates for the jar files of the project JDK. Use Ant rules to define the jar file patterns. Default value is used for Linux and Windows operating systems:

jre/lib/*.jar

For Mac OS X, use the following lines:

lib/*.jar ../Classes/*.jar

IDEA Home

If your project uses IDEA JDK, specify the location of IDEA home directory

IDEA Jar Files Patterns

Click this link to open a text area, where you can define templates for the jar files of the IDEA JDK.

note

You can use references to external properties when defining the values, like %system.idea_home% or %env.JDK_1_3%. This will add a Basic Concepts for the corresponding property.

Project Global Libraries



This section appears if your project has references to global libraries (option Detect global libraries and module-based JDK in *.iml files should be enabled).

Option

Description

Path to Library

Use this field to specify root directory which contains library jar files.

Library Jar Files Patterns

Click this link to open a text area, where you can define templates for the jar files of the library (default *.jar)

note

You can use references to external properties when defining the values, like %env.CATALINA_BASE%. This will add a Basic Concepts for the corresponding property.

JVM Settings



Option

Description

JVM command line parameters

Specify the desired Java Virtual Machine parameters, such as maximum heap size or parameters enabling remote debugging. These settings are passed to the JVM used to run your build. Example:

-Xmx512m -Xms256m