Including ProjectTemplate in a plugin

It looks like there are two ways, though I haven't done either myself, so YMMV: 

1) Place a description and path to a template (.zip) in plugin.xml.  See ProjectTemplateEP.java.

2) Implement a subclass of ProjectTemplatesFactory, overriding (at least) the createTemplates() method.  Register that factory in your plugin.xml in the extensions section.

<extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
 ...
 <projectTemplatesFactory implementation="com.intellij.platform.templates.ArchivedTemplatesFactory"/>
 ...
</extensions>

For your factory, you can create a subclass of ProjectTemplate, or use one of the ones provided.

Thanks a lot. I will give that a go.

Warmest regards

Does it actually include the Project inside the plugin?

Eg, I want to deploy my plugin and I want the project to go along with it without having to send anything else.

I would assume I need to add the archive as a resource.

Thanks

That depends upon how you implement your sub-class of ProjectTemplate. 

For the extension point, I think it loads a .zip file from the directory.  There are some tricks as to how to use a jar file as a file system (to find your .zip file), like using an url of "jar://<some_path>", but whether that will work in the face of your plugin .jar file being renamed, I don't know.  I've never actually done this, so your best bet is to clone the community edition sources and start reading code.  Look for JarFileSystem and JarFileSystemImpl.