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Welcome to the documentation Wiki of docker-java-api. This wiki is continously being updated to reflect the latest operations.

Pay attention: don't limit yourself to the methods described here 1:1. The library is based on interfaces, polymorphism and encapsulation -- you can combine these objects to create even richer functionality.

Actually, you might not even need to read it. Just start from the Docker entry point and lookup methods in your IDE, you'll figure it out quickly.

Here is what we have:

• What it is/Raison d'etre
• Entry point: the Docker Interface
• Images API
• Containers API
• Networks API
• Volumes API
• Execs API
• Swarm API
• DockerSystem API
• Plugins API
• Last Resort: Access The Underlying HttpClient
  • We allow access to the underlying HttpClient via Docker.httpClient(). This way, you have a configured client to make your own HTTP Requests, in case they are not yet covered by the library.