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+import org.gradle.api.internal.HasConvention
+import org.gradle.internal.impldep.org.apache.http.client.methods.RequestBuilder.options
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.Coroutines
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinSourceSet
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.android.AndroidGradleWrapper.srcDir
+
+plugins {
+    java
+    maven
+    kotlin("jvm")
+}
+
+apply {
+    plugin("java")
+}
+
+kotlin.experimental.coroutines = Coroutines.ENABLE
+
+java {
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+}
+
+// make working with sourcesets easier
+val sourceSets = java.sourceSets
+fun sourceSets(block: SourceSetContainer.() -> Unit) = sourceSets.apply(block)
+
+val SourceSetContainer.main: SourceSet get() = getByName("main")
+fun SourceSetContainer.main(block: SourceSet.() -> Unit) = main.apply(block)
+
+val SourceSetContainer.test: SourceSet get() = getByName("test")
+fun SourceSetContainer.test(block: SourceSet.() -> Unit) = test.apply(block)
+
+var SourceDirectorySet.sourceDirs: Iterable<File>
+    get() = srcDirs
+    set(value) {
+        setSrcDirs(value)
+    }
+
+sourceSets {
+    main {
+        java {
+            sourceDirs = files("src")
+        }
+    }
+    test {
+        java {
+            sourceDirs = files("test")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+repositories {
+    mavenLocal()
+    maven { setUrl("http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2") }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    val bcVersion = "1.59"
+
+    compile(group = "org.slf4j", name = "slf4j-api", version = "1.7.25")
+    compile(group = "ch.qos.logback", name = "logback-classic", version = "1.1.6")
+
+    compile(group = "com.github.jponge", name = "lzma-java", version = "1.3")
+    compile(group = "com.fasterxml.uuid", name = "java-uuid-generator", version = "3.1.5")
+
+    compile(group = "com.esotericsoftware", name = "kryo", version = "4.0.2")
+    compile(group = "io.netty", name = "netty-all", version = "4.1.24.Final")
+
+    compile(group = "org.bouncycastle", name = "bcprov-jdk15on", version = bcVersion)
+    compile(group = "org.bouncycastle", name = "bcpg-jdk15on", version = bcVersion)
+    compile(group = "org.bouncycastle", name = "bcmail-jdk15on", version = bcVersion)
+//    compile(group = "org.bouncycastle", name = "bctls-jdk15on", version = bcVersion)
+
+    compile(group = "org.lwjgl", name = "lwjgl-xxhash", version = "3.1.6")
+    compile(group = "org.javassist", name = "javassist", version = "3.21.0-GA")
+    compile(group = "com.dorkbox", name = "ShellExecutor", version = "1.1+")
+
+    compile(group = "net.java.dev.jna", name = "jna", version = "4.5.1")
+    compile(group = "net.java.dev.jna", name = "jna-platform", version = "4.5.1")
+
+    // unit testing
+    testCompile(group = "junit", name = "junit", version = "4.12")
+}
+
+// setup compile options. we specifically want to suppress usage of "Unsafe"
+val compileJava: JavaCompile by tasks
+compileJava.options.isIncremental = true
+compileJava.options.isFork = true
+compileJava.options.forkOptions.executable = "javac"
+compileJava.options.compilerArgs = listOf("-XDignore.symbol.file",
+                                          "-Xlint:deprecation")