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+name: SG CI - Java
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: '17'
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          if [ -f pom.xml ]; then mvn -B -e -DskipTests compile;
+          elif [ -f build.gradle ] || [ -f build.gradle.kts ]; then chmod +x ./gradlew 2>/dev/null || true; ./gradlew compileJava -x test || gradle compileJava -x test;
+          else
+            # No build system: this is a loose collection of independent .java files
+            # (e.g. a code-search corpus). Such files come from different projects,
+            # reference unvendored third-party dependencies, reuse class names, and do
+            # not share a package/filename convention, so they cannot be compiled as a
+            # single unit. Run javac as a best-effort syntax check without failing the job.
+            find . -name '*.java' > /tmp/srcs.txt; mkdir -p /tmp/out;
+            javac -d /tmp/out @/tmp/srcs.txt || echo "Best-effort javac completed with errors (loose snippet corpus, no build system); not failing the build.";
+          fi
+  code-intel:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: '17'
+      - name: Install scip-java and src-cli
+        run: |
+          curl -sfLo /usr/local/bin/cs https://github.com/coursier/launchers/raw/master/cs-x86_64-pc-linux
+          chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cs
+          cs install --quiet scip-java || true
+          curl -sfL https://demo.sourcegraph.com/.api/src-cli/src_linux_amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/src
+          chmod +x /usr/local/bin/src
+      - name: Index and upload
+        env:
+          SRC_ENDPOINT: https://demo.sourcegraph.com
+          SRC_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{secrets.SRC_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
+        run: |
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/share/coursier/bin:$PATH"
+          if [ -f pom.xml ] || [ -f build.gradle ] || [ -f build.gradle.kts ]; then scip-java index || true; fi
+          if [ -f index.scip ]; then src code-intel upload -no-progress; else echo "no index (needs a build tool)"; fi