Reference: Settings Tutorial in IntelliJ SDK Docs

This project illustrates a custom Application-level Settings through the implementation of:

• AppSettingsConfigurable is analogous to a Controller in the MVC model – it interacts with the other two Settings classes and the IntelliJ Platform,
• AppSettings is like a Model because it stores the Settings persistently,
• AppSettingsComponent is similar to a View because it displays and captures edits to the values of the Settings.

Reference: Plugin Extension Points in IntelliJ SDK Docs