Intellij Live Template

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Is there any way to use a default token value in Intellij Live templates? For example I have the following live template which declares a private variable that I would like to create nearly for every class:

private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger($CLASS$.class)

It seems unnecessary to type $CLASS$ every time when this live template is used, because it can be derived from the class in scope or filename. I was wondering if it is possible to use environment defined tokens in live templates as defaults?

score 121 · Accepted Answer · answered May 23 '11 at 13:24

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Check some other templates that already use the current class name:

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answered May 23 '11 at 13:24

CrazyCoder

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Thanks, where all available expressions are defined? – Leonid May 23 '11 at 13:29
All of the expressions are listed here: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/template-variables.html – Brad Mar 13 '20 at 14:52

score 55 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '11 at 15:56

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log4j:

private static final org.apache.log4j.Logger log = org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger($CLASS_NAME$.class);

slf4j:

private static final org.slf4j.Logger log = org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger($CLASS_NAME$.class);

Make sure that you set the applicable context to Java and that shorten FQ names and skip if defined are enabled.

answered Dec 18 '11 at 15:56

Nowaker

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I like the addition this article mentions for setting up en expression to populate the variable with a sensible default. https://coderwall.com/p/hzmhbw – Snekse Aug 08 '14 at 21:48
@Snekse That's a good addition. You are welcome to improve my answer by editing it. – Nowaker Aug 09 '14 at 02:31
This answer doesn't actually answer the questioner's question: to auto-fill the `$CLASS_NAME$` variable with the class name you need to set the "Expression" associated to the `$CLASS_NAME$` variable to be `className()`. See CrazyCoder's answer for a screenshot. – Adil Hussain Dec 09 '16 at 10:08

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 16 '15 at 21:22

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log4j 2:

private static final org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger log = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger($CLASS_NAME$.class);

answered Dec 16 '15 at 21:22

bruno.do.amaral

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This answer doesn't actually answer the questioner's question: to auto-fill the `$CLASS_NAME$` variable with the class name you need to set the "Expression" associated to the `$CLASS_NAME$` variable to be `className()`. See CrazyCoder's answer for a screenshot. – Adil Hussain Dec 09 '16 at 10:09

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