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+# Copyright 2023 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""java_library rule"""
+
+load("//java/private:add_tags.bzl", "add_tags")
+
+# Do not touch: This line marks the end of loads; needed for PR importing.
+
+def java_library(**attrs):
+    """Bazel java_library rule.
+
+    https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/be/java.html#java_library
+
+    Args:
+      **attrs: Rule attributes
+    """
+
+    # buildifier: disable=native-java
+    native.java_library(**add_tags(attrs))