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+.. _api:
+
+.. toctree::
+
+
+API User Guides
+===============
+
+This chapter describes how to use the C, Python and java APIs.
+
+.. _jvppjar:
+
+Downloading the jvpp jar
+------------------------
+The following are instructions on how to download the jvpp jar
+
+.. toctree::
+
+   jvpp
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+.. _jvpp:
+
+.. toctree::
+
+Getting jvpp jar
+-------------------
+VPP provides java bindings which can be downloaded at:
+
+* https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.release/io/fd/vpp/jvpp-core/18.01/jvpp-core-18.01.jar
+
+Getting jvpp via maven
+-------------------------
+
+**1. Add the following to the repositories section in your ~/.m2/settings.xml to pick up the fd.io maven repo:**
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  <repository>
+   <id>fd.io-release</id>
+   <name>fd.io-release</name>
+   <url>https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.release/</url>
+   <releases>
+     <enabled>false</enabled>
+   </releases>
+   <snapshots>
+     <enabled>true</enabled>
+   </snapshots>
+ </repository>
+
+For more information on setting up maven repositories in settings.xml, please look at:
+
+* https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-multiple-repositories.html 
+
+**2. Then you can get jvpp by putting in the dependencies section of your pom.xml file:**
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ <dependency>
+   <groupId>io.fd.vpp</groupId>
+   <artifactId>jvpp-core</artifactId>
+   <version>17.10</version>
+ </dependency>
+
+For more information on maven dependency managment, please look at:
+
+* https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html