.. _software_architecture_knowledge:

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Software Architecture Knowledge
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Prerequisites
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In order to be able to communicate with our system, your software needs to be
built with `rsb <http://docs.cor-lab.de//rsb-manual/trunk/html/index.html>`_ / `rst <http://docs.cor-lab.de//rst-manual/trunk/html/index.html>`_
0.15+.

As an example, if you are using Java, you need JDK 8+ and the following imports:

.. code-block:: java

    // Import the following:
    import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
    import rsb.*;
    import rst.communicationpatterns.TaskStateType.TaskState;