what is a iml file?

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          Module file created by IntelliJ IDEA, an IDE used to develop Java applications; stores information about a development module, which may be a Java, Plugin, Android, or Maven component; saves the module paths, dependencies, and other settings.

         IML files are used for storing smaller sections of a larger development project. IntelliJ IDEA uses .IPR files for storing projects, which may reference multiple IML files. Both IPR and IML files use XML formatting.

IML file also refers to

IntelliJ IDEA Module - Module file for IntelliJ IDEA, also is a text file which could be opened in text editor. The developer or automatically generated by the IntelliJ program can creat the IML files, they can also be generated by third-party programs such as Maven with the IDEA plugin.

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