anchor.diff:  :hivemq-github-link: https://github.com/hivemq
   :hivemq-link: http://www.hivemq.com
   :hivemq-plugin-docu-link: http://www.hivemq.com/docs/plugins/latest
  +:hivemq-plugin-directory: http://www.hivemq.com/plugins/
   
   == HiveMQ SDK
   
   image:https://travis-ci.org/hivemq/hivemq-spi.png?branch=master["Build Status", link="https://travis-ci.org/hivemq/hivemq-spi"]
   
  -Since version 1.4, HiveMQ offers this free and open source plugin SDK with service provider interfaces. This allows everyone to extend HiveMQ and add custom functionality via plugins.
  +The enterprise MQTT broker HiveMQ offers this free and open source plugin SDK with service provider interfaces. This allows everyone to extend HiveMQ and add custom functionality via plugins.
   
   With custom HiveMQ plugins, it's easy to add functionality like writing messages to databases, integrate with other service buses, collect statistics, add fine-grained security and virtually anything you else you can imagine.
   
  
positive.code: 
  === Maven Repository
  
  At the moment the plugin SDK is not yet available in Maven central. To develop your own plugins, use the following repository:
  
  [source,xml]
  ----
          <repository>
              <id>repository.hivemq.com</id>
              <name>HiveMQ Repository</name>
              <url>http://repository.hivemq.com:8081/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
              <releases>
                  <enabled>true</enabled>
              </releases>
              <snapshots>
                  <enabled>true</enabled>
              </snapshots>
          </repository>
      </repositories>
  
  ----
  
  
  === Using the SDK
  
negative.code:     <dependency>
          <groupId>com.hivemq</groupId>
          <artifactId>hivemq-spi</artifactId>
          <version>2.1.0</version>
      </dependency>
  
  
  