A simple java application example.
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ distributed with this work for additional information
+ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ under the License.
+-->
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.aries.containers</groupId>
+        <artifactId>org.apache.aries.containers.parent</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../containers-parent</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>org.apache.aries.containers.examples.javaapp</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <name>A simple example java application running the Apache Web server as a service</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.aries.containers.api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.aries.containers.docker.local</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.aries.containers.marathon</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.mesosphere</groupId>
+            <artifactId>marathon-client</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5.0</version>
+        </dependency>        
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/containers-examples/container-example-javaapp/src/main/java/org/apache/aries/containers/examples/javaapp/Main.java b/containers-examples/container-example-javaapp/src/main/java/org/apache/aries/containers/examples/javaapp/Main.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.aries.containers.examples.javaapp;
+
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+import org.apache.aries.containers.Service;
+import org.apache.aries.containers.ServiceConfig;
+import org.apache.aries.containers.ServiceManager;
+import org.apache.aries.containers.docker.local.impl.LocalDockerServiceManager;
+
+
+public class Main {
+    public static void main(String [] args) {
+        try {
+            ServiceConfig sc = ServiceConfig.builder("mytesthttpd", "httpd").
+                cpu(0.2).memory(32).port(80).build();
+
+            ServiceManager sm = new LocalDockerServiceManager();
+
+            // If you want to run with Marathon, use the following line
+            // ServiceManager cf = new MarathonServiceManager("http://192.168.99.100:8080/");
+
+            System.out.println("Currently known services: " + sm.listServices());
+
+            Service svc = sm.getService(sc);
+
+            int desiredCount;
+            try (Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in)) {
+                do {
+                    System.out.println("Containers: (" + svc.getActualInstanceCount() + ")");
+                    svc.listContainers().stream().map(s -> "  " + s).forEach(System.out::println);
+
+                    System.out.print("\nEnter desired container count (-1 = refresh, 0 = destroy): ");
+                    desiredCount = scanner.nextInt();
+                    if (desiredCount > 0) {
+                        svc.setInstanceCount(desiredCount);
+                    } else if (desiredCount == -1) {
+                        svc.refresh();
+                    }
+                } while (desiredCount != 0);
+            }
+
+            svc.destroy();
+            System.out.println("Service Destroyed");
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}