IntelliJ z2 plugin¶

The z2-plugin for IntelliJ IDEA simplifies development with the z2-environment.
The following features are supported as of version 1.0:

• Launching: Start your z2-environment on your local machine from the IDE
• z2-sync: Synchronize your local changes with the z2-environment
• z2 dependency resolution: Resolve missing dependencies from the z2-environment
• Managing z2-modules: z2-modules can be created and deleted on demand
• Arming modules: Armed z2-modules become active after z2-Sync.
• z2-Module wizard: Create new z2-modules with or without Spring support
• z2-Properties editor: Provides completions and documentation for z2-properties files

Installation¶

Prerequisites¶

Preferences¶

The z2-plugin preferences can be found at Project-Settings -> z2-Environment. The typically development settings like host-name=localhost, port=8080, user=z* and password=z are set by default.
Once a z2-environment is up and running the settings can be verified using "Test connection...".

The field "z2 Home Directory" must point to the folder where the z2-core is installed. This location can be chosen by the file picker dialog or by "Search z2-Home" button.
The latter one searches the directory structure within your IntelliJ project folder for a valid z2-Home location. The z2-Home location defines which z2-environment will be started when
launching the z2-environment from the IDE.

Launching¶

Once the z2-Home is defined, the z2-environment can be launched from the IDE: Select Tools -> Launch z2-environment....
This will start the z2-environment on your local machine using your local OS JDK (not the one defined in IntelliJ). Beside
the standard z2-Swing window the server output is logged inside an IntelliJ tool window (see View -> Tool Windows -> z2-environment).
Logs from the z2-server are displayed in red text color while output from the z2-plugin is displayed in blue.

z2-sync¶

z2 dependency resolution¶

Managing z2-modules¶

Arming modules¶

z2-Module wizard¶

z2-Properties editor¶