8.0.0-rc1

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New Features

Incompatible Changes

Change Log
TBD

MODULE.bazel setup

bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "8.0.0-rc1")

WORKSPACE setup

load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
http_archive(
    name = "rules_java",
    urls = [
        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/8.0.0-rc1/rules_java-8.0.0-rc1.tar.gz",
    ],
    sha256 = "b2441c2afdc3b79fba75721c5c5ccbca947f15cc7f107c033efa18845933f975",
)
load("@rules_java//java:repositories.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies", "rules_java_toolchains")
rules_java_dependencies()
rules_java_toolchains()

Using the rules

See the source.
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