diff --git a/java-async/pom.xml b/java-async/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>
+    <artifactId>java-async</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>java-async</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <finalName>java-async</finalName>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <decimal4j.version>1.0.3</decimal4j.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/java-async/src/main/java/com/baeldung/async/Async.java b/java-async/src/main/java/com/baeldung/async/Async.java
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+package com.baeldung.async;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+
+public class Async {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("hello world!!");
+
+        try {
+            Future<String> completableFuture = calculateAsync();
+
+            String result = completableFuture.get();
+            
+            System.out.println(result);
+
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        
+        
+        CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> {
+            System.out.println("This is Async");
+        });
+    }
+
+    public static Future<String> calculateAsync() throws InterruptedException {
+        CompletableFuture<String> completableFuture = new CompletableFuture<>();
+
+        Executors.newCachedThreadPool().submit(() -> {
+            Thread.sleep(500);
+            completableFuture.complete("Hello");
+            return null;
+        });
+
+        return completableFuture;
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/java-async/src/main/resources/com/baeldung/async/AsyncUnitTest.java b/java-async/src/main/resources/com/baeldung/async/AsyncUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.async;
+
+public class AsyncUnitTest {
+    
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("hello");
+    }
+    
+}
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