How To Customize IDE's Project Generation Wizard

Step by step guide, how to customize project generation wizard using templet’s advanced-parameters.yml.

Step 1:

Create a new template project.
Make sure that project-creation/advanced-parameters.yml is checked.

3. Open project-creation/advanced-parameters.yml

4. Use the following configuration to add the desired advanced parameters:

advanced-parameters:
  - id: #unique parameter id must follow Java field naming convention
    display-name:  #will be used in IDE as parameter description
    type: #Text, Number, Boolean, Enum(list of acceptable values)
    enum-values:
      - value 1
      - value n
    default: (optional) default value
    required: (optional) false by default

For example:

advanced-parameters:
  - id: id1
    display-name: myParam
    type: Enum
    enum-values:
      - value 1
      - value n
    default: value 1
    required:

5. Create a project from the template.

6. After filling in the connection details, click on the Next button and you’ll see the advanced parameters that you declared in the template.

7. The project will be created in accordance with the freemarker templates from the used Template project.