Create New Module Programitically

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Created February 10, 2022 05:32

I am working on a plugin and want to create a Kotlin module programmatically as we have in New Module Action.

override fun actionPerformed(event: AnActionEvent) {
        val project = event.getData(PlatformDataKeys.PROJECT) ?: return

        val dataContext = event.dataContext
        val module = LangDataKeys.MODULE.getData(dataContext) ?: return

        runWriteAction {

            val moduleManager = ModuleManager.getInstance(project)

            val newModule = ModuleManager.getInstance(project).newModule(
                project.basePath + "/" + module.name + ".abdul" + ModuleFileType.DOT_DEFAULT_EXTENSION,
                ModuleType.EMPTY.id
            )

        }
    }

So this creates a new Module that gets shown in settings but unable to see in the package. Also after that, I have to create different folders like src, main etc and then I have to add files.
Any idea how I can do that.

2 comments

Karol Lewandowski

Created February 10, 2022 09:05

Hi Abdul,

Please see:

https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/module.html about modules basics
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/project.html#changing-the-project-structure - it points to the packages and classes used for modifying modules (especially module source roots should be of your interest)

Abdulbasit5361234

Created February 14, 2022 09:27

Thanks, Karol Lewandowski got it. This is how I am doing it, Would love to hear your thoughts on this,

var f: VirtualFile = createProjectSubFile(
    ModuleRootManager.getInstance(module).contentRoots[0].path,
    "$moduleName/$moduleName.iml"
)
val module = ModuleManager.getInstance(project).newModule(f.path, ModuleTypeId.JAVA_MODULE)


val model = ModuleRootManager.getInstance(module).modifiableModel
val contentEntry: ContentEntry = model.addContentEntry(f.parent)
contentEntry.addSourceFolder(contentEntry.file?.url!!, false)
model.commit()

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