Creating new live-templates with import statements in IntelliJ IDEA

Question

Here is the Eclipse template that I want to port:

${:import(org.apache.log4j.Logger)} private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(${enclosing_type}.class); 

My current version in IDEA is as follows:

private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger($CLASS_NAME$.class);$END$ 

where $CLASS_NAME$ is configured to use className() as its expression.

Unfortunately, I don't find any documentation on adding the import statement. Is there somehing equivalent to Eclipse ${:import(...)}?

Answer 1

According to this post, it is intended to use only full-qualified expressions. I tried it out and this worked for me:

private static final org.apache.log4j.Logger LOG = org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger($CLASS_NAME$.class);$END$ 

IDEA automatically shortens it and adds the necessary import statements:

import org.apache.log4j.Logger; // ... private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(MyClass.class); 

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If you want to try yourself, note that you first have to define CLASS_NAME as className() via Edit variables. Also make sure that you allowed your Live Template for Java declarations via Change (at the bottom). Here is a screenshot with the final setup: