InDesign CS5 Server SDK

Hi,
I notice that InDesign CS5 Server is available from the partner download area. However, I haven't been able to find the InDesign CS5 Server SDK; I've looked in the partner download area and also on http://www.adobe.com/devnet/indesign/sdk/index.html. That page has the CS4 Product SDK and the CS4 Server SDK but for CS5 it only has the Products SDK (which doesn't contain InDesignServerAPI.jar).
Where can I get the CS5 Server SDK, or whatever is required to compile Java programs that use InDesign CS5 Server? Is it released yet?
Thanks,
Francis

Thanks for that tip Harbs, I have regenerated the API, which produced an InDesignServerAPI.jar that I've been able to use to compile and run against CS5 Server. So I can get on with developing again now . However, it's inconvenient to have to regenerate just to be able to start Java development (and it would be worse if I was using Windows because I'd need to buy Visual Studio, fortunately all the tools needed for regeneration on Mac OS X are free).
Also there are some very useful documents included in the CS4 Server SDK that aren't in the CS5 Products SDK, for example ww-ids-java.pdf (Working with Adobe Indesign CS4 Server Java) and the "Regenerating the Adobe InDesign CS5 Server Java API" document mentions the Server SDK (e.g. "The InDesign CS5 Server SDK installation contains the prebuilt Java API Jar file") so I'm still curious as to whether there will be a CS5 Server SDK.

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Thanks for that tip Harbs, I have regenerated the API, which produced an InDesignServerAPI.jar that I've been able to use to compile and run against CS5 Server. So I can get on with developing again now . However, it's inconvenient to have to regenerate just to be able to start Java development (and it would be worse if I was using Windows because I'd need to buy Visual Studio, fortunately all the tools needed for regeneration on Mac OS X are free).
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