diff --git a/atomix/.gitignore b/atomix/.gitignore
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+/target
diff --git a/atomix/pom.xml b/atomix/pom.xml
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+<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>
+	<groupId>com.atomix.io</groupId>
+	<artifactId>atomix</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.atomix</groupId>
+			<artifactId>atomix-all</artifactId>
+			<version>1.0.0-rc9</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.9</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2.17</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	<build>
+		<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.7.0</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+
+</project>
diff --git a/atomix/src/main/java/com/atomix/example/BootstrapingCluster.java b/atomix/src/main/java/com/atomix/example/BootstrapingCluster.java
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+package com.atomix.example;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+import io.atomix.AtomixReplica;
+import io.atomix.catalyst.transport.Address;
+import io.atomix.catalyst.transport.netty.NettyTransport;
+import io.atomix.copycat.server.storage.Storage;
+import io.atomix.copycat.server.storage.StorageLevel;
+
+public class BootstrapingCluster {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+        Storage storage = Storage.builder()
+            .withDirectory(new File("log"))
+            .withStorageLevel(StorageLevel.DISK)
+            .build();
+        AtomixReplica replica = AtomixReplica.builder(new Address("localhost", 8700))
+            .withStorage(storage)
+            .withTransport(new NettyTransport())
+            .build();
+
+        CompletableFuture<AtomixReplica> completableFuture = replica.bootstrap();
+        completableFuture.join();
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/atomix/src/main/java/com/atomix/example/ClientExample.java b/atomix/src/main/java/com/atomix/example/ClientExample.java
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+package com.atomix.example;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import io.atomix.AtomixClient;
+import io.atomix.catalyst.transport.Address;
+import io.atomix.catalyst.transport.netty.NettyTransport;
+import io.atomix.collections.DistributedMap;
+
+public class ClientExample {
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws InterruptedException {
+        AtomixClient client = AtomixClient.builder()
+            .withTransport(new NettyTransport())
+            .build();
+
+        List<Address> cluster = Arrays.asList(new Address("localhost", 8700), new Address("localhsot", 8701));
+        client.connect(cluster)
+            .thenRun(() -> System.out.println("Client Connected"));
+
+        Thread.sleep(5000);
+
+        DistributedMap<Object, Object> map = client.getMap("map")
+            .join();
+
+        String value = (String) map.get("bar")
+            .join();
+        System.out.println("Value: " + value);
+
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/atomix/src/main/java/com/atomix/example/OtherNodes.java b/atomix/src/main/java/com/atomix/example/OtherNodes.java
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+package com.atomix.example;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import io.atomix.AtomixReplica;
+import io.atomix.catalyst.transport.Address;
+import io.atomix.catalyst.transport.netty.NettyTransport;
+import io.atomix.collections.DistributedMap;
+import io.atomix.concurrent.DistributedLock;
+import io.atomix.copycat.server.storage.Storage;
+import io.atomix.copycat.server.storage.StorageLevel;
+
+public class OtherNodes {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+        List<Address> cluster = Arrays.asList(new Address("localhost", 8700), new Address("localhost", 8701), new Address("localhost", 8702));
+
+        Storage storage = Storage.builder()
+            .withDirectory(new File("log"))
+            .withStorageLevel(StorageLevel.DISK)
+            .build();
+
+        AtomixReplica replica2 = AtomixReplica.builder(new Address("localhost", 8701))
+            .withStorage(storage)
+            .withTransport(new NettyTransport())
+            .build();
+
+        WorkerThread WT1 = new WorkerThread(replica2, cluster);
+        WT1.run();
+
+        AtomixReplica replica3 = AtomixReplica.builder(new Address("localhost", 8702))
+            .withStorage(storage)
+            .withTransport(new NettyTransport())
+            .build();
+
+        WorkerThread WT2 = new WorkerThread(replica3, cluster);
+        WT2.run();
+
+        Thread.sleep(6000);
+
+        DistributedLock lock = replica2.getLock("my-lock")
+            .join();
+        lock.lock()
+            .thenRun(() -> System.out.println("Acquired a lock"));
+
+        DistributedMap<Object, Object> map = replica2.getMap("map")
+            .join();
+
+        // Put a value in the map and call the completion callback on response
+        map.put("bar", "Hello world!")
+            .thenRun(() -> System.out.println("Value is set in Distributed Map"));
+    }
+
+    private static class WorkerThread extends Thread {
+        AtomixReplica replica;
+        List<Address> cluster;
+
+        public WorkerThread(AtomixReplica replica, List<Address> cluster) {
+            this.replica = replica;
+            this.cluster = cluster;
+        }
+
+        public void run() {
+            replica.join(cluster)
+                .join();
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/atomix/src/test/java/com/atomix/exampletest/ClientExampleTest.java b/atomix/src/test/java/com/atomix/exampletest/ClientExampleTest.java
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+package com.atomix.exampletest;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
+import io.atomix.AtomixClient;
+import io.atomix.catalyst.transport.Address;
+import io.atomix.catalyst.transport.netty.NettyTransport;
+import io.atomix.collections.DistributedMap;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ClientExampleTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void ExampleTest() throws InterruptedException {
+        AtomixClient client = AtomixClient.builder()
+            .withTransport(new NettyTransport())
+            .build();
+
+        List<Address> cluster = Arrays.asList(new Address("localhost", 8700), new Address("localhsot", 8701));
+        client.connect(cluster)
+            .thenRun(() -> System.out.println("Client Connected"));
+
+        Thread.sleep(5000);
+
+        DistributedMap<Object, Object> map = client.getMap("map")
+            .join();
+
+        String value = (String) map.get("bar")
+            .join();
+
+        assertEquals("Hello world!", value);
+    }
+
+}