The Java SDK for the Abelian Blockchain
The Abelian Java SDK is a library that allows developers to interact with the Abelian blockchain. It provides a simple way to connect to the Abelian network, query the state of the blockchain, decode privacy-proteced data of managed accounts, and send transactions.
1. System requirements
The Abelian Java SDK supports the following platforms:
- Linux x86
- Linux arm64
- MacOS x86
- MacOS arm64 (Apple Silicon)
The system requirements are as follows:
- Java 8 or later
- OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later (on Linux only)
On macOS x86/arm86 platforms, the SDK only requires Java 8 or later. On Linux platforms, the SDK also requires OpenSSL 3 or later to be installed.
2. Getting started with the SDK demo
Before using the SDK in your own project, you can try the SDK demos to get a sense of how the SDK works. The SDK demos is packed as a standalone package containing all jar dependencies. You can download the demos package abel4j-demo-x.y.z.zip from the release page of this repository.
Please refer to the the document Understanding the Abelian Java SDK by Demos for more details.
3. Using the SDK in your project
To use the Abelian Java SDK in your project, you need to add the single JAR file abel4j-x.y.z.jar along with the required dependencies to your project. The SDK JAR file can be either downloaded from the release page or built from the source code.
The SDK requires the following dependencies:
net.java.dev.jna:jna:5.13.0com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.21.12org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5-fluent:5.2.1com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.14.2org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.6org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.6
4. Building the SDK from source code
To build the SDK from source code, simply run make in the root directory of the repository. The distribution packages will be created in the abel4j-demo/build directory. To clean up the build, run make clean.