diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/forkjoin/CustomRecursiveAction.java b/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/forkjoin/CustomRecursiveAction.java
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+package com.baeldung.forkjoin;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask;
+import java.util.concurrent.RecursiveAction;
+
+public class CustomRecursiveAction extends RecursiveAction {
+
+    private String workLoad = "";
+
+    private static final int THRESHOLD = 4;
+
+    public CustomRecursiveAction(String workLoad) {
+        this.workLoad = workLoad;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void compute() {
+
+        if(workLoad.length() > THRESHOLD) {
+            ForkJoinTask.invokeAll(createSubtasks());
+        } else {
+           processing(workLoad);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Collection<CustomRecursiveAction> createSubtasks() {
+
+        List<CustomRecursiveAction> subtasks =
+                 new ArrayList<>();
+
+        String partOne = workLoad.substring(0, workLoad.length()/2);
+        String partTwo = workLoad.substring(workLoad.length()/2, workLoad.length());
+
+        subtasks.add(new CustomRecursiveAction(partOne));
+        subtasks.add(new CustomRecursiveAction(partTwo));
+
+        return subtasks;
+    }
+
+    private void processing(String work) {
+        work.toUpperCase();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/forkjoin/CustomRecursiveTask.java b/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/forkjoin/CustomRecursiveTask.java
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+package com.baeldung.forkjoin;
+
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask;
+import java.util.concurrent.RecursiveTask;
+
+public class CustomRecursiveTask extends RecursiveTask<Integer> {
+
+    private int[] arr;
+
+    private static final int THRESHOLD = 20;
+
+    public CustomRecursiveTask(int[] arr) {
+        this.arr = arr;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Integer compute() {
+
+        if (arr.length > THRESHOLD) {
+
+            return  ForkJoinTask.invokeAll(createSubtasks())
+                    .stream()
+                    .mapToInt(ForkJoinTask::join)
+                    .sum();
+
+        } else {
+            return processing(arr);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Collection<CustomRecursiveTask> createSubtasks() {
+        List<CustomRecursiveTask> dividedTasks = new ArrayList<>();
+        dividedTasks.add(new CustomRecursiveTask(
+                Arrays.copyOfRange(arr, 0, arr.length / 2)));
+        dividedTasks.add(new CustomRecursiveTask(
+                Arrays.copyOfRange(arr, arr.length / 2, arr.length)));
+        return dividedTasks;
+    }
+
+    private Integer processing(int[] arr) {
+        return Arrays.stream(arr)
+                .filter(a -> a > 10 && a < 27)
+                .map(a -> a * 10)
+                .sum();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/forkjoin/util/PoolUtil.java b/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/forkjoin/util/PoolUtil.java
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+package com.baeldung.forkjoin.util;
+
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool;
+
+public class PoolUtil {
+
+    public static ForkJoinPool forkJoinPool = new ForkJoinPool(2);
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java8/Java8ForkJoinTest.java b/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java8/Java8ForkJoinTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.java8;
+
+
+
+import com.baeldung.forkjoin.CustomRecursiveAction;
+import com.baeldung.forkjoin.CustomRecursiveTask;
+import com.baeldung.forkjoin.util.PoolUtil;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class Java8ForkJoinTest {
+
+    private int[] arr;
+    private CustomRecursiveTask customRecursiveTask;
+
+    @Before
+    public void init() {
+        Random random = new Random();
+        arr = new int[50];
+        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+            arr[i] = random.nextInt(35);
+        }
+        customRecursiveTask = new CustomRecursiveTask(arr);
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void callPoolUtil_whenExistsAndExpectedType_thenCorrect() {
+
+        ForkJoinPool forkJoinPool = PoolUtil.forkJoinPool;
+        ForkJoinPool forkJoinPoolTwo = PoolUtil.forkJoinPool;
+
+        assertNotNull(forkJoinPool);
+        assertEquals(2, forkJoinPool.getParallelism());
+        assertEquals(forkJoinPool, forkJoinPoolTwo);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void callCommonPool_whenExistsAndExpectedType_thenCorrect() {
+
+        ForkJoinPool commonPool = ForkJoinPool.commonPool();
+        ForkJoinPool commonPoolTwo = ForkJoinPool.commonPool();
+
+        assertNotNull(commonPool);
+        assertEquals(commonPool, commonPoolTwo);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void executeRecursiveAction_whenExecuted_thenCorrect() {
+
+        CustomRecursiveAction myRecursiveAction = new CustomRecursiveAction("ddddffffgggghhhh");
+        ForkJoinPool.commonPool().invoke(myRecursiveAction);
+
+        assertTrue(myRecursiveAction.isDone());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void executeRecursiveTask_whenExecuted_thenCorrect() {
+
+        ForkJoinPool forkJoinPool = ForkJoinPool.commonPool();
+
+        forkJoinPool.execute(customRecursiveTask);
+        int result = customRecursiveTask.join();
+        assertTrue(customRecursiveTask.isDone());
+
+        forkJoinPool.submit(customRecursiveTask);
+        int resultTwo = customRecursiveTask.join();
+        assertTrue(customRecursiveTask.isDone());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void executeRecursiveTaskWithFJ_whenExecuted_thenCorrect() {
+
+        CustomRecursiveTask customRecursiveTaskFirst = new CustomRecursiveTask(arr);
+        CustomRecursiveTask customRecursiveTaskSecond = new CustomRecursiveTask(arr);
+        CustomRecursiveTask customRecursiveTaskLast = new CustomRecursiveTask(arr);
+
+        customRecursiveTaskFirst.fork();
+        customRecursiveTaskSecond.fork();
+        customRecursiveTaskLast.fork();
+        int result = 0;
+        result += customRecursiveTaskLast.join();
+        result += customRecursiveTaskSecond.join();
+        result += customRecursiveTaskFirst.join();
+
+        assertTrue(customRecursiveTaskFirst.isDone());
+        assertTrue(customRecursiveTaskSecond.isDone());
+        assertTrue(customRecursiveTaskLast.isDone());
+        assertTrue(result != 0);
+
+    }
+}