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[Backport 8.13] [DOCS] Adds compatibility matrix to docs and README #751

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Refer to the [Connecting section](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api-client/current/getting-started-java.html#_connecting)
of the getting started documentation.

## Compatibility

The Elasticsearch client is compatible with currently maintained Java versions.

The Java client is forward compatible; meaning that the client supports
communicating with greater or equal minor versions of Elasticsearch without
breaking. It does not mean that the client automatically supports new features
of newer Elasticsearch versions; it is only possible after a release of a new
client version. For example, a 8.12 client version won't automatically support
the new features of the 8.13 version of Elasticsearch, the 8.13 client version
is required for that. Elasticsearch language clients are only backwards
compatible with default distributions and without guarantees made.

| Elasticsearch Version | Elasticsearch-Java Branch | Supported |
| --------------------- | ------------------------- | --------- |
| main | main | |
| 8.x | 8.x | 8.x |
| 7.x | 7.x | 7.17 |

## Usage

- [Creating an index](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api-client/current/getting-started-java.html#_creating_an_index)
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[discrete]
=== Elasticsearch server compatibility policy

The {es} Java client is forward compatible; meaning that the client supports
communicating with greater or equal minor versions of {es}. {es} language
clients are only backwards compatible with default distributions and without
guarantees made.
The {es} Java client is forward compatible; meaning that the client supports
communicating with greater or equal minor versions of {es} without breaking. It
does not mean that the client automatically supports new features of newer
{es} versions; it is only possible after a release of a new client version. For
example, a 8.12 client version won't automatically support the new features of
the 8.13 version of {es}, the 8.13 client version is required for that. {es}
language clients are only backwards compatible with default distributions and
without guarantees made.

|===
| Elasticsearch Version | Elasticsearch-Java Branch | Supported

| main | main |
| 8.x | 8.x | 8.x
| 7.x | 7.x | 7.17
|===
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