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+# Deprecation Notice
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+This client is no longer maintained. Please use the Braintrust Java SDK api client instead.
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+https://github.com/braintrustdata/braintrust-sdk-java/blob/main/docs/api-client.md
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 # Braintrust Java API Library
 
 NOTE: This repo is a Java client for the Braintrust REST API. If you wish to trace and write evals in java, see the [Braintrust Java SDK](https://github.com/braintrustdata/braintrust-sdk-java)