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+<p>
+  <strong>WARNING</strong>: Deprecated in 7.15.0. 
+</p>  
+<p>
+  The Java REST Client is deprecated in favor of the 
+  <a href="https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api-client/current/index.html">Java API Client</a>.
+</p>
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