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+/* (c) https://github.com/MontiCore/monticore */
+package de.monticore.gradle.common;
+
+import org.gradle.api.Project;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.PublishArtifact;
+import org.gradle.api.component.SoftwareComponentFactory;
+import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.LazyPublishArtifact;
+import org.gradle.api.internal.file.FileResolver;
+import org.gradle.api.internal.project.ProjectInternal;
+import org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.TaskDependencyFactory;
+import org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePlugin;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSet;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar;
+
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+/**
+ * Common functionality for publishing plugins
+ */
+public abstract class APublishingPlugin {
+  final SoftwareComponentFactory softwareComponentFactory;
+  final TaskDependencyFactory taskDependencyFactory;
+
+  public APublishingPlugin(SoftwareComponentFactory softwareComponentFactory, TaskDependencyFactory taskDependencyFactory) {
+    this.softwareComponentFactory = softwareComponentFactory;
+    this.taskDependencyFactory = taskDependencyFactory;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a lazy {@link org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.publish.ArchivePublishArtifact} from a given
+   * {@link Jar} task.
+   * Provides compatibility between gradle 7 and 8
+   * --
+   * This is important for Gradle's dependency substitution to work,
+   * otherwise relocations have to be defined by hand.
+   */
+  protected PublishArtifact createPublishedArtifact(TaskProvider<Jar> jarTaskProvider, Project project) {
+    // The LazyPublishArtifact is a part of Gradle's internals,
+    // but only accessible via the buildScript/groovy/kotlin API
+    try {
+      // Attempt to use the Gradle 7.4.2 constructor via reflection
+      return LazyPublishArtifact.class
+              .getConstructor(org.gradle.api.provider.Provider.class, String.class, FileResolver.class)
+              .newInstance(jarTaskProvider, null, ((ProjectInternal) project).getFileResolver());
+    } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e7) {
+      // If the 7.4.2 constructor is not found, try the Gradle 8 constructor
+      try {
+        // Gradle 8 - the TaskDependencyFactory parameter was added
+        return LazyPublishArtifact.class.getConstructor(org.gradle.api.provider.Provider.class, String.class, FileResolver.class, TaskDependencyFactory.class)
+                .newInstance(jarTaskProvider, null, ((ProjectInternal) project).getFileResolver(), taskDependencyFactory);
+      } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e8) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Incompatible LazyPublishArtifact constructor in gradle " + project.getGradle().getGradleVersion(), e8);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new Jar task on a given source set,
+   * set its archive appendix (if non-main),
+   * and add it to the assemble task dependencies.
+   * Further configurations MUST be done using the consumer
+   */
+  protected TaskProvider<Jar> createJarTaskPartial(SourceSet sourceSet, Project project, String target, Consumer<Jar> c) {
+    TaskProvider<Jar> jarTask = project.getTasks().register(sourceSet.getTaskName(null, target), Jar.class,
+            jar -> {
+              // https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/working_with_files.html#sec:reproducible_archives
+              jar.setPreserveFileTimestamps(false);
+              jar.setReproducibleFileOrder(true);
+              // And for non main source sets, also the archive appendix
+              if (!SourceSet.isMain(sourceSet))
+                jar.getArchiveAppendix().set(sourceSet.getName());
+              // further configure it via the consumer
+              c.accept(jar);
+            });
+    project.getTasks().named(BasePlugin.ASSEMBLE_TASK_NAME).configure(it -> it.dependsOn(jarTask));
+
+    return jarTask;
+  }
+
+}