Template Types

Live templates represent predefined code fragments that can be quickly inserted into your code. The code of the template can be a short expression, a complete construct, or even an entire class or method. Each template is identified by a unique abbreviation - a short string of characters such as itar (abbreviation of "Iterate an array"), thr (for throw new), and so on. See Creating Source Code Using Live Templates for details.

Surround templates let you quickly enclose an expression, a single statement or an arbitrary block of code with a predefined code construction, such as for loop, or while statement. See Surrounding Code Fragments with Templates for details.

File templates are used to create new files complete with predefined code, such as a class or interface declaration. See Creating Files from Templates for details.