Plugin Content

Edit page Last modified: 29 九月 2022

Plugin distribution will be built using Gradle or Plugin DevKit.

The plugin jar file must contain:

  • the configuration file (META-INF/plugin.xml) (Plugin Configuration File)

  • the classes that implement the plugin functionality

  • recommended: plugin logo file(s) (META-INF/pluginIcon*.svg) (Plugin Logo)

Plugin Without Dependencies

A plugin consisting of a single .jar file is placed in the /plugins directory.

.IntelliJIDEAx0/
└── plugins
    └── sample.jar
        ├── com/foo/...
        │   ...
        │   ...
        └── META-INF
            ├── plugin.xml
            ├── pluginIcon.svg
            └── pluginIcon_dark.svg

Plugin With Dependencies

The plugin .jar file is placed in the /lib folder under the plugin's "root" folder, together with all required bundled libraries.

All jars from the /lib folder are automatically added to the classpath (see also Plugin Class Loaders).

.IntelliJIDEAx0/
└── plugins
    └── sample
        └── lib
            ├── lib_foo.jar
            ├── lib_bar.jar
            │   ...
            │   ...
            └── sample.jar
                ├── com/foo/...
                │   ...
                │   ...
                └── META-INF
                    ├── plugin.xml
                    ├── pluginIcon.svg
                    └── pluginIcon_dark.svg