README
1Guava: Google Core Libraries for Java
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4Requires JDK 1.5 or higher.
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6Project page:
7 http://guava-libraries.googlecode.com
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9Report a defect or feature request here:
10 http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/issues/entry
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12Ask "how-to" and "why-didn't-it-work" questions at:
13 http://www.stackoverflow.com/questions/ask (use the "guava" tag)
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15For open-ended questions and discussion:
16 http://groups.google.com/group/guava-discuss
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21IMPORTANT WARNINGS
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241. APIs marked with the @Beta annotation at the class or method level
25are subject to change. They can be modified in any way, or even
26removed, at any time. If your code is a library itself (i.e. it is
27used on the CLASSPATH of users outside your own control), you should
28not use beta APIs, unless you repackage them (e.g. using ProGuard).
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302. Deprecated non-beta APIs will be removed eighteen months after the
31release in which they are first deprecated. You must fix your
32references before this time. If you don't, any manner of breakage
33could result (you are not guaranteed a compilation error).
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353. Serialized forms of ALL objects are subject to change. Do not
36persist these and assume they can be read by a future version of the
37library.
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394. Our classes are not designed to protect against a malicious caller.
40You should not use them for communication between trusted and
41untrusted code.
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435. We unit-test and benchmark the libraries using only OpenJDK 1.6 on
44Linux. Some features, especially in com.google.common.io, may not work
45correctly in other environments.
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