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+# Template file for 'java-commons-lang'
+pkgname=java-commons-lang
+version=3.13.0
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="apache-maven openjdk17"
+depends="virtual?java-runtime"
+short_desc="Helper utilities for the java.lang API"
+maintainer="classabbyamp <void@placeviolette.net>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/"
+distfiles="https://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/lang/source/commons-lang3-${version}-src.tar.gz"
+checksum=49bb80cd6d76270412bc77c48702a05845594e9a72d49243094b79bef1fd3b33
+
+do_build() {
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/openjdk17
+	mvn -am -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip=true clean package
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vinstall target/commons-lang3-"${version}".jar 644 /usr/lib/java-commons-lang
+	ln -s "commons-lang3-$version.jar" "${DESTDIR}"/usr/lib/java-commons-lang/commons-lang.jar
+
+}