# Java docs and examples?

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/java-docs-and-examples/1377>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Created:** [February 22, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/java-docs-and-examples/1377 "2017-02-22T23:40:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![avi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/avi/32/550_2.png) [@avi](https://forum.serverless.com/u/avi)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/java-docs-and-examples/1377/1 "2017-02-22T23:40:45Z")

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Hi, I’m experienced with Lambda but not particularly familiar with the framework. A few co-workers of mine are happy with it for JavaScript functions, so I’m interested in using it to deploy/manage some Java functions. Maybe I’m missing something, but I couldn’t find much in the docs nor in the examples on using the framework for Java functions… so… am I missing something? Or… is maybe this framework not a good fit for Java?

If this is too vague, I can elaborate a bit: it’s just unclear to me _where_ the Java code/classes/jars would go in a project’s directory structure, and _how_ to kick off a deployment that would properly build and/or deploy those artifacts.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![bbilger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/bbilger/32/1066_2.png) [@bbilger](https://forum.serverless.com/u/bbilger)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/java-docs-and-examples/1377/2 "2017-02-23T18:42:41Z")

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@avi  
Serverless comes with templates for Java:

- Gradle: aws-java-gradle
- Maven: aws-java-maven  
(see: [https://serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/guide/services/#creation](https://serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/guide/services/#creation))  
The only thing you have to do before deploying your functions with serverless, is to build them using Gradle or rather Maven.

There’s also an example: [https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/master/aws-java-simple-http-endpoint](https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/master/aws-java-simple-http-endpoint)

And last but not least I am the author of the framework [JRestless](https://github.com/bbilger/jrestless) that allows you to use JAX-RS on AWS Lambda - it can be used together with the serverless framework. You can find examples on how to use JRestless here: [https://github.com/bbilger/jrestless-examples](https://github.com/bbilger/jrestless-examples)

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**Author:** ![avi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/avi/32/550_2.png) [@avi](https://forum.serverless.com/u/avi)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/java-docs-and-examples/1377/3 "2017-02-23T19:02:05Z")

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Perfect, thank you!

PS maybe the docs should be tweaked to make this stuff easier to find.