Using IJ for Java EE development with SDK's that are designed for Eclipse

HI all, I am a life long C/C++ VisualStudio Windows developer that is very new to Java development. I played with a free triel of IJ for a simple WebAPI client app example (fetch stock quotes; write to files) on Mac a few months ago and had great success.

But now I am diving into full blown Java EE development for Informatica Products to create Java EE/OSGI Plug-in Based Connectors using an SDK provided by Informatica that "requires" Eclipse. .In essence the SDK installs itself and registers Wizards as part of Eclipse.

I don't mind using Eclipse to get the Wizard GUI portions working to Auto Generate my boilerplate code...

But I'm wondering if its even Possible to then later import the same project into IJ and use it for the actual raw code development and building of the JAR and Bundle files for final deployment.

Is this even possible... Can IJ be used with an Eclipse Workspace project hand-in-hand?

Isn't a Java project just a bunch of Java files, text/XML files and a build system in the end?

Or am I wasting my time with even trying to use IJ for an SDK that is designed to integrate into Eclipse.

Can IJ be used with OSGI based designs as well?

Heston