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Without

java-library

you do not have

api

and

compileOnlyApi

. And if you have mutliple projects in the build and another project depends on that project, then with

java-library

it can compile directly against the compiled classes without the need to build the jar first just for compilation.

note that the Kotlin plugin used to add

api

regardless, but it did not work in exactly the same way.

o_O

ty for replies. yes, im using kotlin plugin, and its works mostly like

java-library

api

configuration https://kotlinlang.org/docs/gradle.html#dependency-types. so in the end i can ignore

java-library

plugin for libraries that i creating? what do you think?