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+name: build jars
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - read-cache-workflow
+      # master      
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - "**.md"
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - "read-cache-workflow"
+
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - "**.md"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build-jars:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out the repo
+        uses: acryldata/sane-checkout-action@v3
+        
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: "zulu"
+          java-version: 17
+          
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+        with:
+          gradle-home-cache-key: build-jars-cache-key
+          cache-read-only
+      
+      - name: Build JARs
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew jar -x datahub-web-react:jar -x datahub-frontend:jar --parallel --info
+      
+      # - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      #   if: always()
+      #   with:
+      #     name: Build Artifacts
+      #     path: |
+      #       **/build/libs/*.jar
+      #       !**/build/libs/*-sources.jar
+      #       !**/build/libs/*-javadoc.jar 
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