gradle-89

/*

• WHY:
• Creates a self-contained "fat/uber" JAR bundling application code and all runtime dependencies into a single file.
• Also relocated/repackages conflicting third-party library classes to avoid classpath collisions. *
• WHEN TO USE:
• - Building standalone executable microservices/CLI tools meant to run with java -jar app.jar.
• - Deploying Java Agents or plugin artifacts into external runtimes where transitive dependency conflicts exist. *
• WHEN NOT TO USE:
• - Spring Boot applications (use Spring Boot's native bootJar task instead).
• - Standard multi-module subprojects published as libraries to Artifactory/Maven Central (use standard jar). *
• HOW TO USE:
• - Execute conditionally: ./gradlew build -PenableShadow
• - Set 'mainClassName' or 'manifest { attributes 'Main-Class': ... }' if the JAR needs to be directly executable. */