IntelliJ IDEA 11.1 Web Help

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To support the Spring framework, IntelliJ IDEA provides a set of plugins (the Spring Support plugin and others) and a dedicated facet (the Spring facet).

The Spring facet is often used in combination with Hibernate.

Spring support

The Spring support in IntelliJ IDEA includes:

When you are using Spring and Hibernate simultaneously in a project, the following integration features are available:

Tip

If you do not have Spring libraries on your system, IntelliJ IDEA can automatically download them, install and configure the appropriate project paths.

Developing an application using Spring

Before you start developing a Spring application, enable the Spring support in IntelliJ IDEA.

The tasks specific to Spring application development are discussed in the following topics:

For general instructions, refer to IntelliJ IDEA Usage Guidelines.

See Also

Language and Framework-Specific Guidelines:

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