What happened to the class PatchReader.java that was in app.jar for IJ 2024.1, but not IJ 2024.3.5? It was part of the openapi, and we used it for writing some of our code for the Guidewire Studio IDE, based on Idea.
Is it hiding somewhere else? How can I get to it?
Here it is in IJ 2024.1.5
It is located in intellij.platform.vcs.impl module, you probably need <depends>com.intellij.modules.vcs</depends> to use it.
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Thanks for responding. My plugin.xml already has the following:
<depends>com.intellij.modules.vcs</depends>
When I put import com.intellij.openapi.diff.impl.patch.PatchReader; in my Java class, the class name PatchReader is displayed in red because IJ cannot find it. I see PatchEP and FilePatch and other classes, but not PatchReader, which was present in IJ 2024.1.5.
So where is PatchReader?
Your gradle build needs to know where to find this module. The plugin.xml doesn’t help for that. This is used by the IDE when running your plugin, not by your gradle build.
Add bundledModule("intellij.platform.vcs.impl") in your build.gradle.kts, in dependencies / intellijPlatform.
In other words, you need to declare this dependency in your plugin.xml and in your gradle build.
Another good hint. We use Groovy, not Kotlin, so I imagine I have to add something to our build.gradle. There is a dependencies keyword but no intellijPlatform keyword available.
Are you using the intellij platform plugin v1 or v2? I think intellijPlatform is for v2.
We are in the process of upgrading to v2 of the ijGradle plugin. What I reported is for v1.
If my memory is correct, IJ 2024.3 is not officially supported by the plugin v1. It’s highly recommended to migrate to the plugin v2 if you’re building against 2024.2+ (or 2024.3+, I don’t remember the exact version).
Your memory is correct!
Per the docs:
2024.2+
Requires IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin (2.x)
A good first step would be to complete the migration to 2.x plugin (latest version is 2.5.0 as of writing), and then trying what is advised above again.