diff --git a/fn-ci-cd-deployment-pipeline/hello-java/func.yaml b/fn-ci-cd-deployment-pipeline/hello-java/func.yaml
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+schema_version: 20180708
+name: hello-java
+version: 0.0.1
+runtime: java
+build_image: fnproject/fn-java-fdk-build:jdk17-1.0.192
+run_image: fnproject/fn-java-fdk:jre17-1.0.192
+cmd: com.example.fn.HelloFunction::handleRequest
diff --git a/fn-ci-cd-deployment-pipeline/hello-java/pom.xml b/fn-ci-cd-deployment-pipeline/hello-java/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <fdk.version>1.0.192</fdk.version>
+    </properties>
+    <groupId>com.example.fn</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hello</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0</version>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fnproject.fn</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api</artifactId>
+            <version>${fdk.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fnproject.fn</groupId>
+            <artifactId>testing-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${fdk.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fnproject.fn</groupId>
+            <artifactId>testing-junit4</artifactId>
+            <version>${fdk.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.12</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.3</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>17</source>
+                    <target>17</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                 <version>2.22.1</version>
+                 <configuration>
+                     <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
+                 </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/fn-ci-cd-deployment-pipeline/hello-java/src/main/java/com/example/fn/HelloFunction.java b/fn-ci-cd-deployment-pipeline/hello-java/src/main/java/com/example/fn/HelloFunction.java
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+++ b/fn-ci-cd-deployment-pipeline/hello-java/src/main/java/com/example/fn/HelloFunction.java
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+package com.example.fn;
+
+public class HelloFunction {
+
+    public String handleRequest(String input) {
+        String name = (input == null || input.isEmpty()) ? "world"  : input;
+
+        System.out.println("Inside Java Hello World function"); 
+        return "Hello, " + name + "!";
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/fn-ci-cd-deployment-pipeline/hello-java/src/test/java/com/example/fn/HelloFunctionTest.java b/fn-ci-cd-deployment-pipeline/hello-java/src/test/java/com/example/fn/HelloFunctionTest.java
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+++ b/fn-ci-cd-deployment-pipeline/hello-java/src/test/java/com/example/fn/HelloFunctionTest.java
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+package com.example.fn;
+
+import com.fnproject.fn.testing.*;
+import org.junit.*;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class HelloFunctionTest {
+
+    @Rule
+    public final FnTestingRule testing = FnTestingRule.createDefault();
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnGreeting() {
+        testing.givenEvent().enqueue();
+        testing.thenRun(HelloFunction.class, "handleRequest");
+
+        FnResult result = testing.getOnlyResult();
+        assertEquals("Hello, world!", result.getBodyAsString());
+    }
+
+}
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