diff --git a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/compiler/configuration/BaseKotlinCompilerSettings.kt.172 b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/compiler/configuration/BaseKotlinCompilerSettings.kt.172
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.compiler.configuration
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.ReadAction
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.PersistentStateComponent
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.StoragePathMacros.PROJECT_CONFIG_DIR
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProcessCanceledException
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import com.intellij.util.ReflectionUtil
+import com.intellij.util.messages.Topic
+import com.intellij.util.xmlb.SkipDefaultValuesSerializationFilters
+import com.intellij.util.xmlb.XmlSerializer
+import org.jdom.Element
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.arguments.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.SettingConstants
+import kotlin.reflect.KClass
+
+abstract class BaseKotlinCompilerSettings<T : Freezable> protected constructor(private val project: Project) : PersistentStateComponent<Element>, Cloneable {
+    @Suppress("LeakingThis", "UNCHECKED_CAST")
+    private var _settings: T = createSettings().frozen() as T
+        private set(value) {
+            field = value.frozen() as T
+        }
+
+    var settings: T
+        get() = _settings
+        set(value) {
+            validateNewSettings(value)
+            _settings = value
+
+            syncPublisher(project, KotlinCompilerSettingsListener.TOPIC).settingsChanged(value)
+        }
+
+    fun update(changer: T.() -> Unit) {
+        @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+        settings = (settings.unfrozen() as T).apply { changer() }
+    }
+
+    protected fun validateInheritedFieldsUnchanged(settings: T) {
+        @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+        val inheritedProperties = collectProperties<T>(settings::class as KClass<T>, true)
+        val defaultInstance = createSettings()
+        val invalidFields = inheritedProperties.filter { it.get(settings) != it.get(defaultInstance) }
+        if (invalidFields.isNotEmpty()) {
+            throw IllegalArgumentException("Following fields are expected to be left unchanged in ${settings.javaClass}: ${invalidFields.joinToString { it.name }}")
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected open fun validateNewSettings(settings: T) {
+
+    }
+
+    protected abstract fun createSettings(): T
+
+    override fun getState() = XmlSerializer.serialize(_settings, SKIP_DEFAULT_VALUES)
+
+    override fun loadState(state: Element) {
+        _settings = ReflectionUtil.newInstance(_settings.javaClass).apply {
+            if (this is CommonCompilerArguments) {
+                freeArgs = ArrayList()
+            }
+            XmlSerializer.deserializeInto(this, state)
+        }
+
+        syncPublisher(project, KotlinCompilerSettingsListener.TOPIC).settingsChanged(settings)
+    }
+
+    public override fun clone(): Any = super.clone()
+
+    companion object {
+        const val KOTLIN_COMPILER_SETTINGS_PATH = PROJECT_CONFIG_DIR + "/" + SettingConstants.KOTLIN_COMPILER_SETTINGS_FILE
+
+        private val SKIP_DEFAULT_VALUES = SkipDefaultValuesSerializationFilters(
+                CommonCompilerArguments.DummyImpl(),
+                K2JVMCompilerArguments(),
+                K2JSCompilerArguments().apply {
+                    sourceMapPrefix = ""
+                    sourceMapEmbedSources = K2JsArgumentConstants.SOURCE_MAP_SOURCE_CONTENT_INLINING
+                }
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+interface KotlinCompilerSettingsListener {
+    fun <T> settingsChanged(newSettings: T)
+
+    companion object {
+        val TOPIC = Topic.create("KotlinCompilerSettingsListener", KotlinCompilerSettingsListener::class.java)
+    }
+}
+
+// copied from BackgroundTaskUtils.syncPublisher in IDEA 181
+private fun syncPublisher(project: Project, topic: Topic<KotlinCompilerSettingsListener>): KotlinCompilerSettingsListener {
+    return ReadAction.compute<KotlinCompilerSettingsListener, ProcessCanceledException> {
+        if (project.isDisposed) throw ProcessCanceledException()
+        project.messageBus.syncPublisher(topic)
+    }
+}
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