docs/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/overview.mdx

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title: 'Bazel BUILD Encyclopedia of Functions'
---

## Concepts and terminology

* [Common definitions](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/common-definitions)
  + [Bourne shell tokenization](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/common-definitions#sh-tokenization)
  + [Label expansion](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/common-definitions#label-expansion)
  + [Typical attributes for most rules](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/common-definitions#typical-attributes)
  + [Common attributes for all rules](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/common-definitions#common-attributes)
  + [Common attributes for tests](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/common-definitions#common-attributes-tests)
  + [Common attributes for binaries](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/common-definitions#common-attributes-binaries)
  + [Configurable attributes](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/common-definitions#configurable-attributes)
  + [Implicit output targets](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/common-definitions#implicit-outputs)
* ["Make" variables](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/make-variables)
  + [Use](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/make-variables#use)

## Functions

* [package](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/functions#package)
* [package_group](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/functions#package_group)
* [exports_files](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/functions#exports_files)
* [glob](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/functions#glob)
* [select](/versions/9.3.0/reference/be/functions#select)
* [workspace](/versions/9.3.0/rules/lib/globals/workspace#workspace)

## Rules

Native rules ship with the Bazel binary and do not require a `load` statement.
Native rules are available globally in BUILD files. In .bzl files, you can find them in
the `native` module.
For non-native Starlark rules that ship separately from Bazel, see the list of
[recommended rules](/versions/9.3.0/rules/rules#recommended-rules).

### Language-specific native rules

| Language | Flags | Binary rules | Library rules | Test rules | Other rules |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| C / C++ |  | [cc_binary](c-cpp#cc_binary) | [cc_import](c-cpp#cc_import)   [cc_library](c-cpp#cc_library)   [cc_shared_library](c-cpp#cc_shared_library)   [cc_static_library](c-cpp#cc_static_library) | [cc_test](c-cpp#cc_test) | [cc_toolchain](c-cpp#cc_toolchain)   [fdo_prefetch_hints](c-cpp#fdo_prefetch_hints)   [fdo_profile](c-cpp#fdo_profile)   [memprof_profile](c-cpp#memprof_profile)   [propeller_optimize](c-cpp#propeller_optimize) |
| Java |  | [java_binary](java#java_binary) | [java_import](java#java_import)   [java_library](java#java_library) | [java_test](java#java_test) | [java_package_configuration](java#java_package_configuration)   [java_plugin](java#java_plugin)   [java_runtime](java#java_runtime)   [java_single_jar](java#java_single_jar)   [java_toolchain](java#java_toolchain) |
| Objective-C |  |  | [objc_import](objective-c#objc_import)   [objc_library](objective-c#objc_library) |  |  |
| Protocol Buffer |  |  | [cc_proto_library](protocol-buffer#cc_proto_library)   [java_lite_proto_library](protocol-buffer#java_lite_proto_library)   [java_proto_library](protocol-buffer#java_proto_library)   [proto_library](protocol-buffer#proto_library)   [py_proto_library](protocol-buffer#py_proto_library) |  | [proto_lang_toolchain](protocol-buffer#proto_lang_toolchain)   [proto_toolchain](protocol-buffer#proto_toolchain) |
| Python |  | [py_binary](python#py_binary) | [py_library](python#py_library) | [py_test](python#py_test) | [py_runtime](python#py_runtime) |
| Shell |  | [sh_binary](shell#sh_binary) | [sh_library](shell#sh_library) | [sh_test](shell#sh_test) |  |

### Language-agnostic native rules

| Family | Rules |
| --- | --- |
| Extra Actions | <ul class="hlist"> <li> <a href="extra-actions.html#action_listener">action_listener</a> <li> <a href="extra-actions.html#extra_action">extra_action</a> </li></li></ul> |
| General | <ul class="hlist"> <li> <a href="general.html#alias">alias</a> <li> <a href="general.html#config_setting">config_setting</a> <li> <a href="general.html#filegroup">filegroup</a> <li> <a href="general.html#genquery">genquery</a> <li> <a href="general.html#genrule">genrule</a> <li> <a href="general.html#starlark_doc_extract">starlark_doc_extract</a> <li> <a href="general.html#test_suite">test_suite</a> </li></li></li></li></li></li></li></ul> |
| Platforms and Toolchains | <ul class="hlist"> <li> <a href="platforms-and-toolchains.html#constraint_setting">constraint_setting</a> <li> <a href="platforms-and-toolchains.html#constraint_value">constraint_value</a> <li> <a href="platforms-and-toolchains.html#platform">platform</a> <li> <a href="platforms-and-toolchains.html#toolchain">toolchain</a> <li> <a href="platforms-and-toolchains.html#toolchain_type">toolchain_type</a> </li></li></li></li></li></ul> |