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-REST client library to interact with GeoServer (http://www.geoserver.org)
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-The purpose of this project is to hold a REST client library to interact with GeoServer; a requirement for this library is to depend as less as possible on external libraries. This library aims at being lean and mean.
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-For general questions about this project feel free to use the mailing lists.
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-Mailing Lists
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-USERS
-            https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/geoserver-manager-users
-DEVELOPERS
-            https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/geoserver-manager-devs
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-For more information see this page:
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-https://github.com/geosolutions-it/geoserver-manager/wiki