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 # OpenTelemetry Java Contrib
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 This project is intended to provide helpful libraries and standalone OpenTelemetry-based utilities that don't fit
 the express scope of the [OpenTelemetry Java](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java) or