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+---
+# devtools tasks/java.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+- name: install Java 11 dev tools (only needed on physical/VM)
+  apt:
+    name:
+      - maven
+      - openjdk-11-jdk-headless
+    state: present
+    update_cache: true
+    cache_valid_time: 3600