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+
+Javadocs are available at:
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+http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/stable-7/apidocs/
+
+
+Jxr is available at:
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+http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/stable-7/xref/
+
+
+For specific versions replace 'stable-7' with the version, for example the javadocs for jetty-7.0.0.RC5 would be at
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+http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/7.0.0.RC5/apidocs/
+
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-<h1>Jetty Javadoc - NOT BUILT!</h1>
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-Please run build the project-website module
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-
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-