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                    SPRING SECURITY - README FILE
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OVERVIEW
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Spring Security provides security services for
The Spring Framework (http://www.springframework.org).

For a detailed list of features and access to the latest release, please visit
http://www.springframework.org/projects/.


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BUILDING
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Spring Security is built using Maven. Please read the "Building from Source" page
at http://static.springframework.org/spring-security/site/. 
This page is also included in the /docs directory of official release ZIPs.

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DOCUMENTATION
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Be sure to read the Reference Guide, which is available from the web site. 
Every class also has thorough JavaDocs, which are also available on the web site.

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QUICK START
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We recommend you visit http://static.springframework.org/spring-security/site and 
read the "Suggested Steps" page.

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MAVEN REPOSITORY DOWNLOADS
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Release jars for the project are available from the central maven repository

http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/springframework/security/

Note that milestone releases and snapshots are not uploaded to the central
repository, but can be obtained from te Spring milestone repository.
This blog article has full details on how to download milestone or snapshot
jars or use them in a Maven-based project build:

http://blog.springsource.com/main/2007/09/18/maven-artifacts-2/


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OBTAINING SUPPORT
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There are two types of support available, commercial and community. For
commercial support, please contact SpringSource. SpringSource employ the
people who wrote Spring Security, and lead the development of the project:

  http://www.springsource.com

For peer help and assistance, please use the Spring Security forum
located at the Spring Community's forum site: 

  http://forum.springframework.org

If you start using Spring Security in your project, please consider joining
the acegisecurity-developer mailing list. This is currently the best way to
keep informed about the project's status and provide feedback in design 
discussions. You can join at:

  https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acegisecurity-developer.

Links to mailing list archives, the forums, and other useful resources are
available from the web site.


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