Import an IntelliJ IDEA project into NetBeans?

Question

How can I import an IntelliJ IDEA project into Netbeans?

I know I can just use IntelliJ but I prefer Netbeans...

With this particular project I can't just copy the source directory into a Netbeans project... That doesn't work?

How may I use this IntelliJ IDEA project within Netbeans?

Tiedeman

Export an Eclipse project in IDEA, use the Eclipse import plugin in Netbeans. – Joaquinajoash

how large is the project? does it have many dependencies, artifacts? maybe you'd better ask a question about creating a Netbens project from sources? and why would someone choose Netbeans over IDEA? – Psychosexual

Netbeans is like a thin layer between your code and you. Where as eclipse is its morbidly obese cousin and Idea seems to be on the thicker side too. – Fluor

@ThorbjørnRavnAndersen Does that method actually work, or was that just thinking out loud? I'd really like to know how to do this. – Ruprecht

IntelliJ has "File->Export to Eclipse". Netbeans has File -> Import Project -> Eclipse project. I have not tried this myself. Today I would say "redo as a maven project and open whereever you want". – Joaquinajoash

@ThorbjørnRavnAndersen, does maven works better with a dev computer not connected to Internet? just a side note, in most big finance companies no dev system is connected to Internet. – Tullius

@Tullius Maven works the best with Internet access. If you don't have that you need to pull the needed artifacts in house and use them. A bit cumbersome but doable. – Joaquinajoash

Answer 1

The nbproject is a required folder by NetBeans, where it keeps its project settings. The only necessary project build files needed are the project.xml and project.properties.

In project.xml, line 5 is changed to reflect the accurate name of the user's project. Also for IntelliJ, nbintellij.iml is the required file.

So for a IntelliJ project, if you create the nbproject folder with the required files (project.xml and project.properties), you'll be able to open the folder in NetBeans

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You can use the following tool I've created to convert an IntelliJ project to NetBeans, and also convert a NetBeans project to IntelliJ. Please make sure you have python installed.

https://github.com/devanshkaloti/IDEProjectConverter-Java

Kinship

Answer 2

Short answer: I don't believe such a tool exists.

Longer answer: You probably should not be relying on a proprietary format for your project. Depending on the project, Ant+Ivy or Maven may be a better solution.

Overzealous

Agree 100%. IMO, ant + ivy only goes so far. Eclipse, Netbeans and Idea all setup projects differently when using ant. Unless there is a strong company wide culture, it is hard to achieve this at work. If it is a personal project, then ofcourse there is no excuse. – Fluor

Answer 3

Just install the netbeans-exporter plugin and it'll enable the Export to NetBeans option

What it does is to generate the nbproject folder.

Igneous