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A project can be of type ‘library’. A library project can contain everything a non-library project can, but cannot be executed in the runtime. Other projects (including library projects) can refer to a library project. When a project refers to a library project, the latter’s content becomes available for use by the first.

An internal library project is a library project in development that is only used in your repository. The export of an internal library project is called an external library project.

Create a library project

  1. Create a new project or edit an existing project that you want to convert to an internal library.
  2. Open the "Project structure" view.
  3. Select "Change to library" in the "Properties" tab in the properties panel. Note: converting an existing project to a library project will delete its project configuration such as the entry point module and language.
  4. Save your changes.

Before exporting a library project you might want to fill out the fields Version and Release notes. 

Refer to a library project

In a (library) project you can add references to internal and external library projects. Adding a reference makes the referred library project’s content available for use.

  1. Create a new project or edit an existing project in which you want to include a library project
  2. Open the "Project structure" view.
  3. Select a project from the list or graph in which you want to make an include.
  4. Select a library project in the "Included projects" input in the detail panel at the top right.
  5. Save your changes.

Export a library project

Exporting a library project will convert it to a read-only external library project that can be distributed to be used in another repository. A library project can also be packaged (together with other projects). Exporting the package will convert the contained library project to a read-only external library project as well.

To export a library project either:

  • Open the context menu () of a project in the navigation panel and choose "Export".
  • Or once the library project has already been selected choose "Export library"

Note that a library project export differs from an export of a regular project. 

  • A library export is used to be distributed to other repositories and cannot be interpreted by the runtime
  • An export of a regular project cannot be distributed to another repository (use a package for this) and can be interpreted by the runtime. 
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