${fileComment.multilineComment}${packageDecl.statement}
class Library {
    fun someLibraryMethod(): Boolean {
        return true
    }

* Check out the user manual chapter on link:{userManualPath}/building_${languageLC.raw}_projects.html[Building ${language.raw} projects]...

More information about the features the `java-library` plugin adds to any JVM library project, such as API and implementation separation, can be found in the link:{userManualPath}/java_library_plugin.html[Java Library Plugin documentation].

== Assemble the library JAR

To build the project, run the `build` task. You can use the regular `gradle` command, but when a project includes a wrapper script, it is considered good form to use it instead.

== Next steps

Building a library is just one aspect of reusing code across project boundaries.
From here, you may be interested in:

 - link:{userManualPath}/building_java_projects.html[Building Java & JVM projects]
 - link:{userManualPath}/java_library_plugin.html[Java Library Plugin documentation]

// Define Java Library conventions for this organization.
// Projects need to use the organization's Java conventions and publish using Maven Publish

// tag::plugins[]
plugins {
    id 'java-library'
    id 'maven-publish'
    id 'myproject.java-conventions'
}
// end::plugins[]

// Projects have the 'com.example' group by convention
group = 'com.example'

publishing {
    publications {
        library(MavenPublication) {

To build a static library, please refer to the https://github.com/gradle/native-samples/tree/master/cpp/static-library[static library sample].

NOTE: Dependencies on other projects isn't covered in this guide.
To learn more about this subject, have a look at the https://github.com/gradle/native-samples/tree/master/cpp/transitive-dependencies[transitive dependency sample] for a demonstration.

swift-library-configurations.png...

// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

// dot -Tpng src/docs/userguide/img/swift-library-configurations.dot > src/docs/userguide/img/swift-library-configurations.png
digraph swiftLibraryConfigurations {
  graph [ dpi = 100, fontname="Sans"];
  node [fontname = "Sans"];
  edge [fontname = "Sans"];

// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

// dot -Tpng src/docs/userguide/img/cpp-library-configurations.dot > src/docs/userguide/img/cpp-library-configurations.png
digraph cppLibraryConfigurations {
  graph [ dpi = 100, fontname="Sans"];
  node [fontname = "Sans"];
  edge [fontname = "Sans"];

plugins {
    id 'java-library'
    id 'checkstyle'
}

java {
    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
}

checkstyle {
    maxWarnings = 0
    // ...
}

tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
    options.warnings = true
    // ...
}

dependencies {
    testImplementation("junit:junit:4.13")
    // ...