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+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
+
+/*
+ * This file was generated by the Gradle 'init' task.
+ *
+ * This generated file contains a sample Kotlin application project to get you started.
+ * For more details take a look at the 'Building Java & JVM projects' chapter in the Gradle
+ * User Manual available at https://docs.gradle.org/7.4.2/userguide/building_java_projects.html
+ */
+
+
+plugins {
+    // Apply the org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm Plugin to add support for Kotlin.
+    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm' version '1.9.22'
+
+    // Apply the application plugin to add support for building a CLI application in Java.
+    id 'application'
+    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '7.1.2'
+}
+
+
+repositories {
+    // Use Maven Central for resolving dependencies.
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    // Align versions of all Kotlin components
+    implementation platform('org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-bom')
+
+    // Use the Kotlin JDK 8 standard library.
+    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib'
+
+    // This dependency is used by the application.
+    implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:33.0.0-jre'
+
+    // Use the Kotlin test library.
+    testImplementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test'
+
+    // Use the Kotlin JUnit integration.
+    testImplementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit'
+    testImplementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test:1.9.22"
+}
+
+
+application {
+    // Define the main class for the application.
+    mainClass = 'de.ids_mannheim.korapxml2conllu.AppKt'
+}
+
+jar {
+    // Will include every single one of your dependencies, project or not
+    def lowerCasedName = baseName.toLowerCase()
+    def normalizedName = lowerCasedName.substring(0,1).toUpperCase() + lowerCasedName.substring(1)
+
+    manifest.attributes(
+            'Class-Path': configurations.compileClasspath.collect { it.getName() }.join(' '),
+            'Main-Class': "de.ids_mannheim.korapxml2conllu.AppKt"
+    )
+
+}
+
+
+configurations {
+    runtimeLib.extendsFrom implementation
+}
+
+tasks.withType(KotlinCompile).configureEach {
+    kotlinOptions {
+        jvmTarget = '17'
+    }
+}
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