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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.
+ */
+
+// Following Gradle best practices to keep build logic organized
+
+task sourcesJar(type: Jar, group: 'Build') {
+    description = 'Assembles a jar archive containing the main Java sources.'
+
+    classifier 'sources'
+    from sourceSets.main.allSource
+}
+
+task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc, group: 'Build') {
+    description = 'Assembles a jar archive containing the JavaDoc.'
+
+    classifier 'javadoc'
+    from javadoc.destinationDir
+}
+
+artifacts {
+    archives sourcesJar
+    archives javadocJar
+}
+