Live Templates

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type: component title: Live Templates created: '2026-05-25' updated: '2026-05-25' tags:

• domain/annotation status: mature related:
• 'Annotation Syntax' sources:
• .raw/EFA.xml

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Live Templates

Quick-insert templates for feature annotations. Group: EFA.

Active Templates (context: ANY)

Abbreviation	Description	Expands to
&begin	EFA block	<commentStart> &begin[FEATURE]<commentEnd> + selection + <commentStart> &end[FEATURE]<commentEnd>
&end	Closing EFA	<commentStart> &end[FEATURE]<commentEnd>
&line	EFA line	<selection> <commentStart> &line[FEATURE]<commentEnd>

Variables

All three templates use:

• COMMENT — commentStart() (auto-detects language comment style, not editable)
• FEATURE — user stop, manually filled in
• END_COMMENT — commentEnd() (auto-detects, not editable)

$SELECTION$ preserves selected text when using "Surround with" action.

Key Behaviour

• commentStart() / commentEnd() adapt to host language — // in Kotlin/Java, # in Python, etc.
• &begin template wraps selected code — use with "Surround with Feature Annotation" (EditorPopupMenu)
• All three active in any file type (context: ANY)

Disabled Templates

Three variants (begin, end, line) for COMMENT context are present but commented out — they omit comment delimiters (already inside a comment). Currently inactive.

Related

• Annotation Syntax
• Annotation Processing Flow