Group File Template (GFT) IDEA Plugin

Plugin create a group of files by custom templates from IDEA interface.

ARTICLES

Medium

• https://medium.com/@Doronec/how-to-create-modules-with-all-the-bindings-for-the-project-like-thanos-snap-ebf40fec8cd6
• https://medium.com/@Doronec/create-a-plugin-for-jetbrains-ide-how-to-display-a-directory-not-from-a-project-in-the-project-510aaf42fa1c

Habr

• https://habr.com/ru/companies/cian/articles/740928/
• https://habr.com/ru/companies/cian/articles/816149/

Quick start

Templates Example

First of all install the Plugin From Marketplace.

Short Template

To create an empty short template, click on the "Tools" -> "GFT Creator" -> "Create New Short Template" menu item

Add a piece of code to short templates

• Highlight code
• Right-click on the highlight code
• Choose "Add in Template"

• If there is more than one template, choose which one to save it to, otherwise the plugin will add it to the only created template
• Enter the name of the short template

Use short templates

Right-click or generic menu

Structure short templates

The heart of the short template is the Json file main_short

structure addFile

Template

To create an empty template, click on the "Tools" -> "GFT Creator"->"Create New Template" menu item

In the Dialog box enter the name of the template

The plugin will create an empty template at the root of your project.

All templates are stored in the folder "Your project name"/templates

The heart of the template is the Json file Main

Inside it has a structure

structure SelectParam

param

The parameter is an array of strings. It can be in the File Structure in name and path. And also in the template itself. It is declared in brackets {param}.

Options after param:

• [-S] - SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE
• [-s] - snake_case
• [-C] - CamelCase
• [-c] - camelCase
• [-p] - point.between.words
• [-sl] - slash/between/word
• [-d] - dash-between-word
• [-low] - lowercase

example {"NewFeature"}[-s] equals new_feature

Example

Default parameter for Java and Kotlin {package} and {pack} for R.class example import {pack}.R

{time} = 10:56

{day} = 04

{month} = 06

{year} = 2022

When creating files from a template, the plugin will correct to fill in the parameter fields.

File it has a structure

If file name empty then create only directory

To add resources to android, write the "res/" to the parameter "path" parameter

To add test to android, write the "test/" to the parameter "path" parameter

To add file in path project, write the "~/" to the parameter "path" parameter

InsertInFile it has a structure

if line == 0, insert code at the beginning of the file if line == -1, code insert in end file if count line > size line in file, insert the code at the end of the file

Create Template

To create a file from a template, right-click on the path in which we want to create and select the template we need from the list

Add File In Template

To add a file to the template, right-click on it and select "Add file in template" The plugin will ask you to choose which template you want to add (if there are several of them) and will ask you to rename the file as it will be named in the template.

Add new line insert in Template

• In the file in which we want to insert, right-click on the line we need.
• Select in the context menu Add Insert From Template
• Select the template from which the insert will be made
• In fileTemplatePath we specify the template from which the insertion will be made
• When creating new files, an insertion will be made into the file we selected

Move template in IDE

In the project tool window, a new field is GFTemplate.

Having selected we will be shown all our templates in the project and in the IDE

You can move templates from a project to an IDE and back. ide/templates or project/templates

To move or copy a template in a view or into a project. Right-click on the template and select Copy Template or Move Template

After this we can rename the template.

License

Copyright 2021 Doroncov Mihail

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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