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# Getting Started Guide

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This guide will help you get started using the OpenWire protocol library in your own applications.

## Maven dependencies

To use the openwire library in your maven projects you need to add a dependency to your maven POM file for the core openwire library as follows:

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
      <artifactId>openwire-core</artifactId>
      <version>${project_version}</version>
    </dependency>

If you need to communicate with client's or brokers using older versions of the protocol then you must also include the legacy codec module:

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
      <artifactId>openwire-legacy</artifactId>
      <version>${project_version}</version>
    </dependency>