intellij-sdk-code-samples/basics/plugin_structure/plugin_content.md

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Plugin Content

There are two possible ways of organizing plugin content:

1. A plugin consisting of one .jar file placed in the plugins directory:

   The archive should contain the configuration file (META-INF/plugin.xml) and classes that implement the plugin functionality. The configuration file specifies the plugin name, description, version, vendor, the supported IntelliJ IDEA version, plugin components, actions and action groups, and action user interface placement.

.IntelliJIDEAx0 plugins sample.jar/ com/foo/... ... ... META-INF plugin.xml

   

2. Plugin files located in a `.jar` file that is placed in the lib folder:

    ```
.IntelliJIDEAx0
    plugins
        Sample
            lib
                libfoo.jar
                libbar.jar
                Sample.jar/
                    com/foo/...
                    ...
                    ...
                    META-INF
                        plugin.xml
    ```

   All jars from the `lib` folder are automatically added to the classpath.