IntelliJ-Live-Template.xml is a set of templates for the IntelliJ IDEA IDE (http://www.intellij.com) Contributed by Rickard Öberg , he wrote : I've written a bunch of Velocity Live Templates for the IntelliJ IDE. They're simply the directives but which expands to the full syntax. E.g. "#foreach" followed by space expands into: #foreach ($| in |) #end where | are markers for entering parameters. They make template editing much faster and avoids silly errors such as forgetting #end.