How can I create custom Live Templates with an Intellij plugin

Question

I want to create a custom Live Template that will be available with my plugin. I know how to create custom Live Templates using the Settings dialog, but I want to be able to distribute the Live Template as part of my plugin:

• How is the Live Template defined within the plugin?
• Where is the entry point to register it with the application?

Thanks.

Answer 1

using 12.1.5 I was able to accomplish this after looking at the groovy plugin source.

1. Go ahead and create your template using the settings dialog. It will store the resulting xml file somewhere under %home%/.Ideawhatever/config/templates in group_name.xml

2. Copy this file into project/resources/liveTemplates

3. Create an implementation of DefaultLiveTemplatesProvider and implement as follows:

    @Override
    public String[] getDefaultLiveTemplateFiles()
     {
        return new String[] {"liveTemplates/group_name"};
     }
   

4. add the following under extensions in your plugin.xml

   defaultLiveTemplatesProvider implementation="com.tridium.intellij.NiagaraTemplatesProvider"