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 # lightstep-tracer-java
 
+> ❗ **This instrumentation is no longer recommended**. Please review [documentation on setting up and configuring the OpenTelemetry Java SDK and APIs](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java) for more information on migrating to OpenTelemetry.
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 The LightStep distributed tracing library for the standard Java runtime environment.