How to Configure X-Road Project in IntelliJ Idea?

Owned by Petteri Kivimäki
Last updated: Aug 16, 2020
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How to configure X-Road project in IntelliJ Idea?

Step-by-step guide

The following steps are required to configure X-Road project in IntelliJ Idea.

There may be minor differences in the location of different configuration items between different versions of IntelliJ Idea.


  1. Java 8
  2. Lombok support
    • Lombok plugin 
    • Activate annotation processing
      • File > Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment > Compiler > Annotation Processors > Enable annotation processing
  3. Ruby
    • Ruby plugin 
      • File > Settings > Plugins > Browse repositories... > Search for "ruby" > Install plugin "Ruby"
  4. Checkstyle
    • Checkstyle plugin
      • File > Settings > Plugins > Browse repositories... > Search for "checkstyle" > Install plugin "CheckStyle-IDEA"
      • File > Settings > Other Settings > Checkstyle > Configuration File > Add > Use a local Checkstyle file
        • Description "X-Road checkstyle configuration"
        • Browse > X-Road/src/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
        • Next > config_loc -> insert here absolute path to the directory containing checkstyle.xml
          • Path must be inserted without the filename and trailing slash, e.g. "/path/to/dir"
        • Activate "X-Road checkstyle configuration"
        • Scan scope: Only Java sources (including tests)
        • Checkstyle version in build.gradle is currently 8.29, it is recommended to use the same version of Idea plugin
      • Usage by selecting View > Tool Windows > Checkstyle
        • Activate correct set of rules from the dropdown menu
        • Click "Check Project" button to scan the whole project
  5. Code formatting
    • See the page X-Road Java code style. The Checkstyle rules can be imported to IDEA:

    • File->Settings->Editor->Code Style->Java: Scheme: Project, Import Scheme->Checkstyle. Choose X-Road/src/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml 

    • JavaDoc: remove "Generate <p> on empty lines"