IntelliJ Idea™ Integration
yWorks Ant Explorer is available as a plugin for the popular Java IDE Idea. It supports visualization and execution of Ant build scripts.
Installation
You can install the plugin using Idea's integrated Plugin Manager, which is available
via the menu items "File" - "Settings" - "Plugins."
Alternatively, the Jar archive containing the Idea plugin can be directly
downloaded and extracted into
the plugins directory
(normally, ${user.home}/.IntellijIdea/config/plugins).
Usage
yWorks Ant Explorer is automatically activated whenever an Ant build script is opened inside the editor view. The visual presentation can be toggled using the tabs at the bottom of the screen.
The visualization view comprises two parts; on the left side is the graph that displays dependencies between targets, whilst the properties are displayed on the right side. Edges between properties denote that they are being used in other properties.
Further information for each view can be found in our documentation.
Restrictions
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Build processes are executed inside the same JVM that runs Idea.
This can lead to side effects for example regarding the class path or open file handles, etc. For problematic build scripts, we recommend that you use the yWorks Ant Explorer stand-alone version instead. -
Goto Source
Due to a shortcoming in the used Idea OpenAPI version, it is not currently possible to bring a specific editor to the front.
Due to this, you will notice that when using "Goto Source" the textual representation has to be switched manually.
