Enable new Apex/VF templates which will generate cls-meta.xml files also

[Zoran Žunko]

New user added cls templates don't generate cls-meta.xml files, they need to be manually created.

[Scott Wells]

Ah, interesting. I'll definitely address that soon! Thanks for the report.

[Scott Wells]

I played with this a bit today and was unable to reproduce it. I did see that under IDEA 14+, newly-created file templates aren't available for use until after you close/reopen the project and have fixed that for the next update. However, I'm seeing *-meta.xml files being created for Apex classes/triggers and Visualforce pages/components based on custom file templates.

Can you let me know which version of IDEA you're using when this happens, and can you also see if there's anything useful in idea.log that might indicate a reason for it?

[Scott Wells]

I delivered an improvement under IDEA 14+ in 1.6.4.0 today. I'll leave this issue open for additional diagnostic info, though.

[Zoran Žunko]

Now it's working as expected.

[Zoran Žunko]

works

[Scott Wells]

Glad to hear though I don't like issues that exist and then don't like this. Please let me know if it happens again and see if there's anything in the log that might indicate the reason. Thanks!

[Zachary Buck]

I still have this problem, and I'm not sure why. I'm attempting to create a template for batch jobs, and it never generates the metadata to go with it. Drives me BONKERS. I'm on 2.0.3.9, though I've been seeing it since the 1.0 days. Is there something I need to specify somewhere to get it to generate the XML file with it?

[Scott Wells]

I just created a new simple template for an Apex (non-lazy-initialized) singleton just to test this:

I then created a new Apex class based on that template which was properly available in the drop-down:

Both the Apex class file and the meta.xml file were created properly:

Can you verify that you're setting up your file template as shown above?

[Zachary Buck]

Sure! Gimme just a sec and I’ll send over a similar document!

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[Zachary Buck]

facepalm

There are TWO ways to create the file! I didn’t know about the second. MAN!

I was creating it like this… [cid:507CD10B-D9A4-4F11-A9A4-F2931DCFD95F]

…instead of like this…

[cid:90E3663B-7D06-4537-AAD1-C6EF14662400]

HUH. The more you know. 🌠

By the way… that first way DOES NOT generate the xml file, which I suspect isn’t a surprise. Man, your documentation even has the appropriate screenshot.

As always, thank you for the prompt reply.

As a side note, I moved away from my small company into a bigger one, and Illuminated Cloud is now part of the standard package for our developers. 🙂 Thank you for always being so prompt and on point!

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[Scott Wells]

Glad that helped! And to be fair, my documentation is pretty lacking. And thanks for the evangelism! Hugely appreciated! Take care...