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Each live template is identified by a template abbreviation.

The template abbreviations work like shortcuts and are expanded into fragments of source code, depending on the surrounding context. So doing, IntelliJ IDEA can format the generated code fragments according to the code style settings.

Note

An abbreviation may contain alphanumeric characters, dots, and hyphens, and must be unique within its group. However, you can use the same abbreviation for different templates provided that they are in different groups.

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