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INDI for Java was specially created as an Open Source Java library that manages to implement the INDI distributed control protocol. INDI for Java has been designed to easily implement new INDI clients (graphical and non graphical ones), INDI drivers and INDI servers.

The provided libraries are focused on the development of Drivers, Clients and Servers using the INDI protocol in the Java programming language. If you are a regular software user, you are looking for a simple program to control your astronomical devices and you don't know anything about drivers, programming, Java probably this page is not for you. Try looking at INDI Clients for a list of programs that may be useful for your purposes.

However, if you are a programmer and you want to start your own astronomical control program or you want to program a driver for a particular astronomical device, this might be your starting point.

Please note that this libraries do not pretend to substitute or even replace the original INDI libraries which are still used and actively developed. Moreover, this project does not pretend to mimic every single option that the original libraries offer and, in fact, the programming ideas behind this library differ in some points to the original ones: particularly, INDI for Java tries to provide a truly object oriented approach in the development of INDI compatible software.