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-Logging
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-
-Getting started:
-
-1) Build the jar file
-
-  If you have the source distribution you will need to build the jar file
-  using Maven 2/3.  For instructions on downloading and installing Maven see
-  http://maven.apache.org/.
-
-  To build execute the command 'mvn package verify'.
-  The jar file will be built in the target directory.
-  
-  Note: the unit tests are executed during the verify phase and require that
-  the respective jar files have been created successfully.
-
-2) Generate the documentation
-
-  Run the 'mvn verify site' command.  The documentation will be written
-  to the target/site directory.  The documentation has some examples of
-  how to use this package as well as a troubleshooting guide.
-
-3) Create source and binary distributions
-
-  Run the 'mvn verify site assembly:assembly' command.  The source and binary
-  distributions are created in the 'target' directory.
-
-4) Use
-
-  Simply include the jar file built in step #1 in your classpath.  Import the
-  classes that you want to use and you are ready to go!
-