## Getting Started

To get started you need to include three dependencies in your project.

JBoss Logging | Required at compile time and runtime.
JBoss Logging Annotations | Required at compile time only.
JBoss Logging Processor | Required at compile time only.

If you’re using maven here is an example `pom.xml` snippet:

    <dependencies>
        <!-- Required by the annotation processor and will be used at runtime -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
            <artifactId>jboss-logging</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
            <artifactId>jboss-logging-annotations</artifactId>
            <version>2.1.0.Final</version>
            <!-- This is a compile-time dependency of this project, but is not needed at compile or runtime by other
                  projects that depend on this project.-->
            <scope>provided</scope>
            <optional>true</optional>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
            <artifactId>jboss-logging-processor</artifactId>
            <version>2.1.0.Final</version>
            <!-- This is a compile-time dependency of this project, but is not needed at compile or runtime by other
                  projects that depend on this project.-->
            <scope>provided</scope>
            <optional>true</optional>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

Once your project is configured you can create either a message bundle interface or a message logger interface. For detailed information see the JavaDocs for the annotations.