Google Cloud Java Client -- Core
=========================================

This module provides common functionality required by service-specific modules of this library.

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-  [Homepage](https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-java/)
-  [API Documentation](https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-java/apidocs/index.html?com/google/cloud/package-summary.html)

Quickstart
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[//]: # ({x-version-update-start:google-cloud-core:released})
If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file
```xml
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
  <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
  <version>1.25.0</version>
</dependency>
```
If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies
```Groovy
compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core:1.25.0'
```
If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
```Scala
libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-core" % "1.25.0"
```
[//]: # ({x-version-update-end})

Troubleshooting
---------------

To get help, follow the instructions in the [shared Troubleshooting document](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-common/blob/master/troubleshooting/readme.md#troubleshooting).

Java Versions
-------------

Java 7 or above is required for using this client.

Contributing
------------

Contributions to this library are always welcome and highly encouraged.

See `google-cloud`'s [CONTRIBUTING] documentation and the [shared documentation](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-common/blob/master/contributing/readme.md#how-to-contribute-to-gcloud) for more information on how to get started.

Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms. See [Code of Conduct][code-of-conduct] for more information.

Versioning
----------

This library follows [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).

It is currently in major version zero (``0.y.z``), which means that anything
may change at any time and the public API should not be considered
stable.

License
-------

Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE] for more information.


[CONTRIBUTING]:https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-java/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
[code-of-conduct]:https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-java/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md#contributor-code-of-conduct
[LICENSE]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-java/blob/master/LICENSE
[cloud-platform]: https://cloud.google.com/
