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Create folder structure in netbeans (not a new project)

Using Netbeans 7.4, what I would like to do is create a template that is a module folder structure. This can then also contain files (not a must but would be nice)

Thus, if I click on a current folder in a project, I would like to select a Module Template, and have NetBeans create the folder structure.

As an example (coding in PHP, in a Magento project) I create lots of new magento modules daily.

I would simply like to be able to create the entire (base) folder structure via netbeans for a new module

Parent folder/Module_Name/
Parent folder/Module_Name/Block
Parent folder/Module_Name/Model
Parent folder/Module_Name/controllers
Parent folder/Module_Name/etc

and so forth. I currently have to create them one by one using New->folder which is very tedious to do so often.

Is this possible? (I would hope something akin to a new file template would exist)

Solution

  • I have managed to add this functionality by creating a new plugin. I hacked together the plugin using several tutorials on the subject:

    File templates https://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/nbm-filetemplates.html

    New Wizard https://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/691/nbm-wizard.html

    Basically the plugin has a global options panel, that will allow you to choose the location of a zip file.

    Then you can right click a folder in your project and do New -> Other -> Directory Structure.

    The wizard will ask for a name to be used as the parent folder to extract the zip into.

    Using a zip is useful because it not only can setup the directory structure but it can also populate files that are used on a regular basis.

    For me I build Symfony 2 applications and i am constantly creating new bundles so my zip contains:

    • Controller
      • DefaultController.php
    • Entity
      • Default.php
    • Form
      • DefaultForm.php
    • Resources
      • views
        • Default
          • index.html.twig
          • create.html.twig
          • view.html.twig
          • edit.html.twig
          • delete.html.twig

    You dont have to include files in the zip it can purely be folder structure though.

    I have published the source as a public repo on github: https://github.com/chasen/NBCustomDirectoryStructurePlugin