It's common to split example code into a separate sub-project so it doesn't get compiled into your release JAR. See here for an example: https://github.com/gra

It's common to split example code into a separate sub-project so it doesn't get compiled into your release JAR. See here for an example: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/tree/master/subprojects/docs/src/samples/java/multiproject https://github.com/gradle/gradle/tree/master/subprojects/doc... https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/intro_multi_project_builds.html https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/intro_multi_projec...