# OpenCensus Spring Sleuth
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The *OpenCensus Spring Sleuth for Java* is a library for automatically
propagating the OpenCensus trace context when working with [Spring Sleuth][spring-sleuth-url].
This is an __experimental component__, please bring feedback to
https://gitter.im/census-instrumentation/Lobby not the usual
sleuth channel https://gitter.im/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-sleuth.
This version is compatible with [Spring Boot 1.5.x][spring-boot-1.5-url].
## Quickstart
### Add the dependencies to your project
For Maven add to your `pom.xml`:
```xml
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.opencensus</groupId>
<artifactId>opencensus-contrib-spring-sleuth</artifactId>
<version>0.16.1</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-sleuth</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
```
For Gradle add to your dependencies:
```gradle
compile 'io.opencensus:opencensus-contrib-spring-sleuth:0.16.1'
```
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[spring-sleuth-url]: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-sleuth