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Astra Java SDK Overview

This SDK (Software Development Kit) makes it easy to call Stargate and/or Astra services using idiomatic Java APIs.

The Stargate SDK works with both Stargate standalone installations and Stargate deployed in Astra. With standalone Stargate deployments you will initialize the framework with the class StargateClient and provide a list of nodes (IP). To start locally please follow Stargate SDK quickstart guide. The nodes will run in Docker.
The Astra SDK reuses the previous library and setup the connection to work with AstraDB cloud-based service. You work with the class AstraClient (that configure StargateClient for you). As you can see on the figure below the AstraClient handles not only Stargate Apis but also Astra Devops Api and Apache Pulsar. To get started follow the Astra SDK quickstart guide.
The Astra Spring Boot Starter: Imported in a Spring Boot application, it configures both Astra SDK and Spring Data Cassandra to work with AstraDB. Configuration is read in application.yaml. The starter will initialize any beans you would need (AstraClient, CqlSession, StargateClient. To get started follow the Astra Spring Boot Starter QuickStart guide.