Logging ------- Getting started: 1) Build the jar file If you have the source distribution you will need to build the jar file using Maven 2/3. For instructions on downloading and installing Maven see http://maven.apache.org/. To build execute the command 'mvn package verify'. The jar file will be built in the target directory. Note: the unit tests are executed during the verify phase and require that the respective jar files have been created successfully. 2) Generate the documentation Run the 'mvn verify site' command. The documentation will be written to the target/site directory. The documentation has some examples of how to use this package as well as a troubleshooting guide. 3) Create source and binary distributions Run the 'mvn verify site assembly:assembly' command. The source and binary distributions are created in the 'target' directory. 4) Use Simply include the jar file built in step #1 in your classpath. Import the classes that you want to use and you are ready to go!