How do I run a Eclipse launcher file in IntelliJ IDEA?

Question

I have a Eclipse .launch file that a developer has created to set up the classpath, vm and program arguments from a XML file that Eclipse uses to launch the program.

I want to be able to run this file in IntelliJ IDEA but is there an automatic way without manually creating the settings?

Answer 1

IDEA doesn't support importing Eclipse .launch files.

Answer 2

Try the Eclipser plugin

http://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin?pluginId=7153

Eclipser will automatically convert Eclipse launch configurations into IntelliJ IDEA configurations

However it currently (as of November 2014) supports only very limited number of launch types:

• local Java application (...)
• program launch (...)
• Maven launcher (...)

See https://github.com/kukido/eclipser/wiki for details.

Answer 3

steps to launch eclipse launcher in intellij

1. download the plugin
2. install it in intellij
3. restart intellij
4. right click .launch
5. click "convert with eclipser"
6. check run/debug configurations, an new application process should be added
7. check working directory is correct or not, if not fix it
8. run that process, eclipse launcher can be executed

Answer 4

For thouse, who wants to launch .product file in idea - see this manual