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Apache Shiro Documentation

Introduction

Helpful if read in order:

• Application Security with Apache Shiro - full intro article on InfoQ.com
• 10 Minute Tutorial
• Beginner’s Webapp Tutorial: a step-by-step tutorial to enable Shiro in a web application

Apache Shiro Reference and API

Reference Manual

• Reference Manual

Guides - important Shiro concepts:

• 10 Minute Tutorial
• Beginner’s Webapp Tutorial: a step-by-step tutorial to enable Shiro in a web application
• Authentication Guide
• Authorization Guide
• Community-contributed Articles

Current Release

Apache Shiro 1.7.0 (Download)

• API (JavaDoc)
• Browse Source (XREF)
• Maven Static Site

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While we hope this documentation helps you with the work you're doing with Apache Shiro, the community is improving and expanding the documentation all the time. If you'd like to help the Shiro project, please consider correcting, expanding, or adding documentation where you see a need. Every little bit of help you provide expands the community and in turn improves Shiro.

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