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+image: maven:3.9-eclipse-temurin-21
+
+variables:
+  MAVEN_OPTS: "-Dmaven.repo.local=$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.m2/repository"
+  MAVEN_CLI_OPTS: "--batch-mode --errors --fail-at-end --show-version"
+
+cache:
+  paths:
+    - .m2/repository
+
+stages:
+  - build
+
+build:
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS clean package
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - target/KorAP-Tokenizer-*-standalone.jar
+    expire_in: 1 week