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Steve Cooper
Steve Cooper

Reputation: 21480

IntelliJ: create gradle modules in subfolders

I have a repo which contains three gradle projects, as well as a number of other resources, like a JavaScript SPA, build scripts, etc; something like this;

/my-app
    /services
        /gradle-service-1
        /gradle-service-2
        /gradle-service-3
        /frontend
   /build
   /integration-tests

I'd like to set up intelliJ so that the three gradle services were recognised as modules, but still see the rest of my code -- all the non-Java parts -- in the same window.

So something like this;

/my-app
    /services
        /gradle-service-1 [gradle]
        /gradle-service-2 [gradle]
        /gradle-service-3 [gradle]
        /frontend
   /build
   /integration-tests

So that when I do Build | Build Project in the menu, it builds all three gradle projects.

Thing is, I can't figure out how to create this kind of 'nested' intellij structure, where the main repo is visible, and certain subfolders are Java projects. Is there any way to set this up?

I would also be happy if I could see the gradle projects to the side, so long as I can build them, run tests, etc;

/gradle-service-1 [gradle]
/gradle-service-2 [gradle]
/gradle-service-3 [gradle]
/my-app [web]
   ...

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1573

Answers (1)

Steve Cooper
Steve Cooper

Reputation: 21480

Turns out that intellij has a sensible block on Java modules nested inside Java modules, but no such prohibition for putting Java modules inside Web modules.

So you can update your .idea/my-project.iml file and change the type;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <module type="WEB_MODULE" version="4"> <!-- HERE - was type="JAVA_MODULE" <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true"> <exclude-output /> <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" /> <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" /> </component> </module>

Upvotes: 2

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