Non-zero Ideal in an Integral Domain is indecomposable

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Need to prove that : any non-zero ideal in an integral domain is indecomposable.

Now if $I=A\bigoplus B$, then $A$ and $B$ are subgroups of $I$, if I am not wrong. Does it say anything about having idempotents, then in that case multiplication of the two idempotents will be zero leading to a contradiction that we are in a domain. Please help.

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$A\cap B\supseteq AB\neq \{0\}$ If $A$ and $B$ are nonzero.