# gax overview (2.81.0)

2.81.0 (latest) 2.80.0 2.79.0 2.76.0 2.75.0 2.74.1 2.73.1 2.72.2 2.71.0 2.70.3 2.69.0 2.68.2 2.67.0 2.66.0 2.65.0 2.63.1 2.62.0 2.61.0 2.60.0 2.59.1 2.58.0 2.57.0 2.55.0 2.54.1 2.53.0 2.52.0 2.51.0 2.50.0 2.49.0 2.48.1 2.47.0 2.46.1 2.45.0 2.43.0 2.42.0 2.41.0 2.39.0 2.38.0 2.37.0 2.36.0 2.35.0 2.34.1 2.33.0 2.32.1 2.31.1 2.30.1 2.24.0 2.23.3 2.22.0 2.21.0 2.20.1 2.19.6 2.18.7 2.17.0 2.16.0 2.15.0 2.14.0 2.13.0 2.12.2 2.11.0 2.10.0 2.9.0 2.8.1 2.7.1

## Key Reference Links

**gax Description:** Google API Extensions for Java (GAX Java) is a library which aids in the development of client libraries for server APIs, based on GRPC and Google API conventions.

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| [gax Product Reference](https://github.com/googleapis/sdk-platform-java/blob/main/gax-java/README.md) | [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/googleapis/sdk-platform-java/tree/main/gax-java) | [Maven artifact](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.api/gax) |

## Getting Started

In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:

- [Install a JDK (Java Development Kit)](https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/setup#install_a_jdk_java_development_kit)