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+name: java
+category: language
+description: Java development environment
+patterns: |
+  # Compiled class files
+  *.class
+
+  # Log files
+  *.log
+
+  # BlueJ files
+  *.ctxt
+
+  # Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
+  .mtj.tmp/
+
+  # Package Files
+  *.jar
+  *.war
+  *.nar
+  *.ear
+  *.zip
+  *.tar.gz
+  *.rar
+
+  # Maven
+  target/
+  pom.xml.tag
+  pom.xml.releaseBackup
+  pom.xml.versionsBackup
+  pom.xml.next
+  release.properties
+  dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+  buildNumber.properties
+  .mvn/timing.properties
+  .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+
+  # Gradle
+  .gradle
+  build/
+
+  # IDE - IntelliJ
+  .idea/
+  *.iml
+  *.ipr
+  *.iws
+  .idea_modules/
+
+  # IDE - Eclipse
+  .project
+  .classpath
+  .settings/
+  bin/
+  .factorypath
+
+  # IDE - NetBeans
+  /nbproject/private/
+  /nbbuild/
+  /dist/
+  /nbdist/
+  /.nb-gradle/
+
+  # IDE - VS Code
+  .vscode/
+
+  # IDE - JProfiler
+  jprofiler/
+
+  # IDE - JetBrains Rider
+  .idea/
+  riderFolder.xml
+  riderSettings.xml
+
+  # Logger files
+  logs/
+
+  # OS generated files
+  .DS_Store
+  Thumbs.db
+
+  # Application specific
+  hs_err_pid*
+  replay_pid*