1![JavaHamcrest](http://hamcrest.org/images/logo.jpg) 2 3[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest) 4 5Java Hamcrest 6============= 7Licensed under [BSD License][]. 8 9What is Hamcrest? 10----------------- 11Hamcrest is a library of matchers, which can be combined in to create flexible expressions of intent in tests. 12They've also been used for other purposes. 13 14Downloads 15--------- 16You can obtain Hamcrest binaries from [maven central][], or from [google code downloads][]. 17 18Extensions 19---------- 20 21For Hamcrest extension projects see the [hamcrest extensions page][]. 22 23Documentation 24------------- 25Documentation can be found on the [Hamcrest site](http://hamcrest.org). 26 27Reporting Bugs/Issues 28--------------------- 29If you find an issue with Java Hamcrest, please report it via the 30[GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/issues), 31after first checking that it hasn't been raised already. 32 33Source 34------ 35To build, please read BUILDING.txt 36 37Acknowledgements 38---------------- 39Developers: 40 41 * Joe Walnes 42 * Nat Pryce 43 * Steve Freeman 44 45Contributors: 46 47 * Robert Chatley 48 * Tom White 49 * Neil Dunn 50 * Dan North 51 * Magne Rasmussen 52 * David Saff 53 * Tom Denley 54 55Also, thanks to everyone who has worked on DynaMock, nMock, jMock, EasyMock and MiniMock! These libraries inspired Hamcrest. 56 57 58[logo]: https://raw.github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/master/doc/images/logo.jpg 59[website]: https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest 60[BSD License]: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause 61[Maven central]: http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3Aorg.hamcrest 62[hamcrest extensions page]: https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/wiki/Related-Projects 63[GitHub issue tracker]: https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/issues 64