User guide

Document History
The following table describes the important changes since the last release of the AWS SDK for Java
Developer Guide.
Last documentation update: May 14, 2014
Release DateDescriptionChange
May 14, 2014The introduction (p. 1) and getting started (p. 4) mater-
ial has been heavily revised to support the new guide
structure and now includes guidance about how to Set Up
your AWS Credentials for Use with the SDK for
Java (p. 7).
The discussion of SDK for Java Code Samples (p. 67)
has been moved into its own topic in the Additional Re-
sources (p. 66) section, and information about how to view
the SDK revision history (p. 2) has been moved into the
introduction.
Updated topics
May 9, 2014The overall structure of the SDK for Java documentation
has been simplified, and the Getting Started (p. 4) and
Additional Resources (p. 66) topics have been updated.
Updated topics
May 9, 2014New topics have been added:
• Providing Credentials (p. 9) – discusses the various
ways that you can specify credentials for use with the
SDK for Java.
• Using IAM Roles for EC2 Instances (p. 30) – provides
information about how to securely specify credentials
for applications running on EC2 instances.
New topics
September 9, 2013This topic tracks recent changes to the AWS SDK for Java
Developer Guide. It is intended as a companion to the re-
lease notes history.
New topic
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