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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+
+// Using the legacy plugin classpath for Clover so it can be loaded optionally
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        jcenter()
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'com.bmuschko:gradle-clover-plugin:2.2.0'
+    }
+}
+
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+    id 'maven'
+    id 'signing'
+    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '2.0.2'
+}
+
+description = 'Apache Thrift Java Library'
+
+defaultTasks 'build'
+
+// Version components for this project
+group = property('thrift.groupid')
+
+// Drop the -dev suffix, we use the SNAPSHOT suffix for non-release versions
+def parsedVersion = property('thrift.version').toString().replace('-dev', '')
+if (Boolean.parseBoolean(project.release)) {
+    version = parsedVersion
+} else {
+    version = parsedVersion + '-SNAPSHOT'
+}
+
+// Keeping the rest of the build logic in functional named scripts for clarity
+apply from: 'gradle/environment.gradle'
+apply from: 'gradle/sourceConfiguration.gradle'
+apply from: 'gradle/additionalArtifacts.gradle'
+apply from: 'gradle/generateTestThrift.gradle'
+apply from: 'gradle/unitTests.gradle'
+apply from: 'gradle/cloverCoverage.gradle'
+apply from: 'gradle/functionalTests.gradle'
+apply from: 'gradle/publishing.gradle'
+apply from: 'gradle/codeQualityChecks.gradle'