diff --git a/.tools/prepare_release_zip.sh b/.tools/prepare_release_zip.sh
index 8577da28..fceb9723 100755
--- a/.tools/prepare_release_zip.sh
+++ b/.tools/prepare_release_zip.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ create_release_zip templates/rust rust-hello-world
 create_release_zip templates/rust-shuttle rust-shuttle-hello-world
 create_release_zip templates/typescript-lambda-cdk typescript-hello-world-lambda-cdk
 create_release_zip templates/kotlin-gradle-lambda-cdk kotlin-hello-world-lambda-cdk
+create_release_zip templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk java-hello-world-lambda-cdk
 create_release_zip templates/python python-hello-world
 
 create_release_zip tutorials/tour-of-restate-go go-tour-of-restate
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/.eslintignore b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/.eslintignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5035c46c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+node_modules
+dist
+cdk.out
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/.eslintrc.json b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/.eslintrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77b1f4de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/.eslintrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "env": {
+    "browser": true,
+    "commonjs": true,
+    "es2021": true
+  },
+  "extends": ["eslint:recommended", "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended"],
+  "overrides": [],
+  "parser": "@typescript-eslint/parser",
+  "parserOptions": {
+    "ecmaVersion": "latest"
+  },
+  "plugins": ["@typescript-eslint"],
+  "rules": {}
+}
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/.gitignore b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3626cde7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+!jest.config.js
+node_modules
+.cdk.staging
+cdk.out
+.gradle
+lambda/build
+*.js
+*.d.ts
+*.class
+cdk.context.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/.prettierrc b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/.prettierrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da245af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/.prettierrc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "trailingComma": "all",
+  "tabWidth": 2,
+  "semi": true,
+  "arrowParens": "always",
+  "printWidth": 120
+}
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/README.md b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..296ef668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Hello world - Java Lambda (CDK) example
+
+Sample project deploying a Java-based Restate service to AWS Lambda using the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK).
+The stack uses the Restate CDK constructs library to register the service with against a Restate Cloud environment.
+
+For more information on CDK, please see [Getting started with the AWS CDK](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/getting_started.html).
+
+* [CDK app entry point `lambda-jvm-cdk.ts`](bin/lambda-jvm-cdk.ts)
+* [CDK stack consisting of a Lambda function and providing Restate service registration](cdk/lambda-jvm-cdk-stack.ts)
+* [Java Lambda handler](lambda) - based on [`hello-world-java`](../java-gradle)
+
+## Download the example
+
+- Via the CLI:
+    ```shell
+    restate example java-hello-world-lambda-cdk && cd java-hello-world-lambda-cdk
+    ```
+
+- Via git clone:
+    ```shell
+    git clone git@github.com:restatedev/examples.git
+    cd examples/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk
+    ```
+
+- Via `wget`:
+    ```shell
+    wget https://github.com/restatedev/examples/releases/latest/download/java-hello-world-lambda-cdk.zip && unzip java-hello-world-lambda-cdk.zip -d java-hello-world-lambda-cdk && rm java-hello-world-lambda-cdk.zip
+    ```
+
+## Deploy
+
+**Pre-requisites:**
+
+* npm
+* gradle
+* JDK >= 21
+* AWS account, bootstrapped for CDK use
+* valid AWS credentials with sufficient privileges to create the necessary resources
+* an existing [Restate Cloud](https://restate.dev) environment (environment id + API key)
+
+Install npm dependencies:
+
+```shell
+npm install
+```
+
+To deploy the stack, export the Restate Cloud environment id and API key, and run `cdk deploy`:
+
+```shell
+export RESTATE_ENV_ID=env_... RESTATE_API_KEY=key_...
+npx cdk deploy
+```
+
+The stack output will print out the Restate server ingress URL.
+
+### Test
+
+You can send a test request to the Restate ingress endpoint to call the newly deployed service:
+
+```shell
+curl -k ${restateIngressUrl}/Greeter/greet \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESTATE_API_KEY" \
+  -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '"Restate"'
+```
+
+### Useful commands
+
+* `npm run build`    compile the Lambda handler and synthesize CDK deployment artifacts
+* `npm run deploy`   perform a CDK deployment
+* `npm run destroy`  delete the stack and all its resources
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/bin/lambda-jvm-cdk.ts b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/bin/lambda-jvm-cdk.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6293c59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/bin/lambda-jvm-cdk.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 - Restate Software, Inc., Restate GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Restate examples,
+ * which is released under the MIT license.
+ *
+ * You can find a copy of the license in the file LICENSE
+ * in the root directory of this repository or package or at
+ * https://github.com/restatedev/examples/
+ */
+
+import "source-map-support/register";
+import * as cdk from "aws-cdk-lib";
+import { LambdaJvmCdkStack } from "../cdk/lambda-jvm-cdk-stack";
+
+const app = new cdk.App();
+new LambdaJvmCdkStack(app, "LambdaJvmCdkStack", {
+  env: {
+    account: process.env.CDK_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT,
+    region: process.env.CDK_DEFAULT_REGION,
+  },
+});
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/cdk.json b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/cdk.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d9f9e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/cdk.json
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{
+  "app": "npx ts-node --prefer-ts-exts bin/lambda-jvm-cdk.ts",
+  "watch": {
+    "include": ["**"],
+    "exclude": [
+      "README.md",
+      "cdk*.json",
+      "**/*.d.ts",
+      "**/*.js",
+      "tsconfig.json",
+      "package*.json",
+      "yarn.lock",
+      "node_modules",
+      "test"
+    ]
+  },
+  "context": {
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-lambda:recognizeLayerVersion": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/core:checkSecretUsage": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/core:target-partitions": ["aws", "aws-cn"],
+    "@aws-cdk-containers/ecs-service-extensions:enableDefaultLogDriver": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-ec2:uniqueImdsv2TemplateName": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-ecs:arnFormatIncludesClusterName": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-iam:minimizePolicies": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/core:validateSnapshotRemovalPolicy": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline:crossAccountKeyAliasStackSafeResourceName": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-s3:createDefaultLoggingPolicy": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-sns-subscriptions:restrictSqsDescryption": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway:disableCloudWatchRole": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/core:enablePartitionLiterals": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-events:eventsTargetQueueSameAccount": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-iam:standardizedServicePrincipals": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-ecs:disableExplicitDeploymentControllerForCircuitBreaker": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-iam:importedRoleStackSafeDefaultPolicyName": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-s3:serverAccessLogsUseBucketPolicy": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-route53-patters:useCertificate": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/customresources:installLatestAwsSdkDefault": false,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-rds:databaseProxyUniqueResourceName": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy:removeAlarmsFromDeploymentGroup": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway:authorizerChangeDeploymentLogicalId": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-ec2:launchTemplateDefaultUserData": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-secretsmanager:useAttachedSecretResourcePolicyForSecretTargetAttachments": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-redshift:columnId": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks:enableEmrServicePolicyV2": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-ec2:restrictDefaultSecurityGroup": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway:requestValidatorUniqueId": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-kms:aliasNameRef": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling:generateLaunchTemplateInsteadOfLaunchConfig": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/core:includePrefixInUniqueNameGeneration": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-efs:denyAnonymousAccess": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-opensearchservice:enableOpensearchMultiAzWithStandby": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs:useLatestRuntimeVersion": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-efs:mountTargetOrderInsensitiveLogicalId": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-rds:auroraClusterChangeScopeOfInstanceParameterGroupWithEachParameters": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-appsync:useArnForSourceApiAssociationIdentifier": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-rds:preventRenderingDeprecatedCredentials": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions:useNewDefaultBranchForCodeCommitSource": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/cdk/lambda-jvm-cdk-stack.ts b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/cdk/lambda-jvm-cdk-stack.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a5d7177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/cdk/lambda-jvm-cdk-stack.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 - Restate Software, Inc., Restate GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Restate examples,
+ * which is released under the MIT license.
+ *
+ * You can find a copy of the license in the file LICENSE
+ * in the root directory of this repository or package or at
+ * https://github.com/restatedev/examples/
+ */
+
+import * as restate from "@restatedev/restate-cdk";
+import * as cdk from "aws-cdk-lib";
+import * as lambda from "aws-cdk-lib/aws-lambda";
+import * as secrets from "aws-cdk-lib/aws-secretsmanager";
+import { Construct } from "constructs";
+
+export class LambdaJvmCdkStack extends cdk.Stack {
+  constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props: cdk.StackProps) {
+    super(scope, id, props);
+
+    const handler: lambda.Function = new lambda.Function(this, "GreeterService", {
+      runtime: lambda.Runtime.JAVA_21,
+      architecture: lambda.Architecture.ARM_64,
+      code: lambda.Code.fromAsset("lambda/build/distributions/lambda.zip"),
+      handler: "my.example.LambdaHandler",
+      timeout: cdk.Duration.seconds(10),
+      loggingFormat: lambda.LoggingFormat.JSON,
+      applicationLogLevelV2: lambda.ApplicationLogLevel.DEBUG,
+      systemLogLevelV2: lambda.SystemLogLevel.INFO,
+    });
+
+    // Set the RESTATE_ENV_ID and RESTATE_API_KEY environment variables to point to your Restate Cloud environment.
+    // This construct automatically creates an invoker role that Restate Cloud will be able to assume to invoke handlers
+    // on behalf of your environment. See https://docs.restate.dev/deploy/cloud for more information.
+    const restateEnvironment = new restate.RestateCloudEnvironment(this, "RestateCloud", {
+      environmentId: process.env.RESTATE_ENV_ID! as restate.EnvironmentId,
+      // Warning: this will result in the API key being baked into the CloudFormation template!
+      // For improved security, pre-populate the secret and pass it to the construct as a reference.
+      // See: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/cdk.html
+      apiKey: new secrets.Secret(this, "RestateCloudApiKey", {
+        secretStringValue: cdk.SecretValue.unsafePlainText(process.env.RESTATE_API_KEY!),
+      }),
+    });
+    const deployer = new restate.ServiceDeployer(this, "ServiceDeployer");
+
+    // Alternatively, you can deploy a standalone Restate server using the SingleNodeRestateDeployment construct.
+    // Please see https://docs.restate.dev/deploy/lambda/self-hosted and the construct documentation for more details.
+    // const vpc = ec2.Vpc.fromLookup(this, "Vpc", { vpcId: "..." });
+    // const restateEnvironment = new restate.SingleNodeRestateDeployment(this, "Restate", {
+    //   vpc,
+    //   networkConfiguration: { subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PRIVATE_WITH_EGRESS },
+    // });
+    // const deployer = new restate.ServiceDeployer(this, "ServiceDeployer", {
+    //   vpc,
+    //   securityGroups: [restateEnvironment.adminSecurityGroup],
+    // });
+
+    deployer.deployService("Greeter", handler.currentVersion, restateEnvironment);
+    new cdk.CfnOutput(this, "restateIngressUrl", { value: restateEnvironment.ingressUrl });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/.settings/org.eclipse.buildship.core.prefs b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/.settings/org.eclipse.buildship.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b3f7365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/.settings/org.eclipse.buildship.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+arguments=--init-script /var/folders/4x/r9ldvl2j0pldhp2nb9qvxy0w0000gn/T/db3b08fc4a9ef609cb16b96b200fa13e563f396e9bb1ed0905fdab7bc3bc513b.gradle
+auto.sync=false
+build.scans.enabled=false
+connection.gradle.distribution=GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION(WRAPPER)
+connection.project.dir=
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+gradle.user.home=
+java.home=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/zulu-19.jdk/Contents/Home
+jvm.arguments=
+offline.mode=false
+override.workspace.settings=true
+show.console.view=true
+show.executions.view=true
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/build.gradle.kts b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d082eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import java.net.URI
+
+plugins {
+  java
+}
+
+repositories {
+  mavenCentral()
+}
+
+val restateVersion = "1.2.0"
+
+dependencies {
+  // Annotation processor
+  annotationProcessor("dev.restate:sdk-api-gen:$restateVersion")
+
+  // Restate SDK
+  implementation("dev.restate:sdk-api:$restateVersion")
+  implementation("dev.restate:sdk-http-vertx:$restateVersion")
+  implementation("dev.restate:sdk-lambda:$restateVersion")
+  // To use Jackson to read/write state entries (optional)
+  implementation("dev.restate:sdk-serde-jackson:$restateVersion")
+
+  testImplementation(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.11.3"))
+  testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter")
+  testImplementation("dev.restate:sdk-testing:$restateVersion")
+
+  // AWS Lambda-specific logging, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/java-logging.html#java-logging-log4j2
+  val log4j2version = "2.24.2"
+  implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:$log4j2version")
+  implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-layout-template-json:$log4j2version")
+  implementation("com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.6.0")
+}
+
+// Setup Java compiler target
+java {
+  toolchain {
+    languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(17))
+  }
+}
+
+tasks.register<Zip>("lambdaZip") {
+  from(tasks.compileJava.get())
+  from(tasks.processResources.get())
+
+  into("lib") {
+    from(configurations.runtimeClasspath)
+  }
+}
+
+tasks.build {
+  dependsOn("lambdaZip")
+}
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..033e24c4
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diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a80b22ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/gradlew b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fcb6fca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+#
+# Licensed 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
+#
+#      https://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.
+#
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+#   Gradle start up script for POSIX generated by Gradle.
+#
+#   Important for running:
+#
+#   (1) You need a POSIX-compliant shell to run this script. If your /bin/sh is
+#       noncompliant, but you have some other compliant shell such as ksh or
+#       bash, then to run this script, type that shell name before the whole
+#       command line, like:
+#
+#           ksh Gradle
+#
+#       Busybox and similar reduced shells will NOT work, because this script
+#       requires all of these POSIX shell features:
+#         * functions;
+#         * expansions «$var», «${var}», «${var:-default}», «${var+SET}»,
+#           «${var#prefix}», «${var%suffix}», and «$( cmd )»;
+#         * compound commands having a testable exit status, especially «case»;
+#         * various built-in commands including «command», «set», and «ulimit».
+#
+#   Important for patching:
+#
+#   (2) This script targets any POSIX shell, so it avoids extensions provided
+#       by Bash, Ksh, etc; in particular arrays are avoided.
+#
+#       The "traditional" practice of packing multiple parameters into a
+#       space-separated string is a well documented source of bugs and security
+#       problems, so this is (mostly) avoided, by progressively accumulating
+#       options in "$@", and eventually passing that to Java.
+#
+#       Where the inherited environment variables (DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS,
+#       and GRADLE_OPTS) rely on word-splitting, this is performed explicitly;
+#       see the in-line comments for details.
+#
+#       There are tweaks for specific operating systems such as AIX, CygWin,
+#       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
+#
+#   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       within the Gradle project.
+#
+#       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+app_path=$0
+
+# Need this for daisy-chained symlinks.
+while
+    APP_HOME=${app_path%"${app_path##*/}"}  # leaves a trailing /; empty if no leading path
+    [ -h "$app_path" ]
+do
+    ls=$( ls -ld "$app_path" )
+    link=${ls#*' -> '}
+    case $link in             #(
+      /*)   app_path=$link ;; #(
+      *)    app_path=$APP_HOME$link ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD=maximum
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+} >&2
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+} >&2
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "$( uname )" in                #(
+  CYGWIN* )         cygwin=true  ;; #(
+  Darwin* )         darwin=true  ;; #(
+  MSYS* | MINGW* )  msys=true    ;; #(
+  NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java
+    else
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD=java
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
+    case $MAX_FD in #(
+      max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
+            warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
+    esac
+    case $MAX_FD in  #(
+      '' | soft) :;; #(
+      *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, stacking in reverse order:
+#   * args from the command line
+#   * the main class name
+#   * -classpath
+#   * -D...appname settings
+#   * --module-path (only if needed)
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and GRADLE_OPTS environment variables.
+
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
+    APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
+    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
+
+    JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
+
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    for arg do
+        if
+            case $arg in                                #(
+              -*)   false ;;                            # don't mess with options #(
+              /?*)  t=${arg#/} t=/${t%%/*}              # looks like a POSIX filepath
+                    [ -e "$t" ] ;;                      #(
+              *)    false ;;
+            esac
+        then
+            arg=$( cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg" )
+        fi
+        # Roll the args list around exactly as many times as the number of
+        # args, so each arg winds up back in the position where it started, but
+        # possibly modified.
+        #
+        # NB: a `for` loop captures its iteration list before it begins, so
+        # changing the positional parameters here affects neither the number of
+        # iterations, nor the values presented in `arg`.
+        shift                   # remove old arg
+        set -- "$@" "$arg"      # push replacement arg
+    done
+fi
+
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command;
+#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
+#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
+#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
+#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+set -- \
+        "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
+        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
+        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        "$@"
+
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
+# Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
+#
+# With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
+#
+# In Bash we could simply go:
+#
+#   readarray ARGS < <( xargs -n1 <<<"$var" ) &&
+#   set -- "${ARGS[@]}" "$@"
+#
+# but POSIX shell has neither arrays nor command substitution, so instead we
+# post-process each arg (as a line of input to sed) to backslash-escape any
+# character that might be a shell metacharacter, then use eval to reverse
+# that process (while maintaining the separation between arguments), and wrap
+# the whole thing up as a single "set" statement.
+#
+# This will of course break if any of these variables contains a newline or
+# an unmatched quote.
+#
+
+eval "set -- $(
+        printf '%s\n' "$DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS" |
+        xargs -n1 |
+        sed ' s~[^-[:alnum:]+,./:=@_]~\\&~g; ' |
+        tr '\n' ' '
+    )" '"$@"'
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/gradlew.bat b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93e3f59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/src/main/java/my/example/Greeter.java b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/src/main/java/my/example/Greeter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fc7dc4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/src/main/java/my/example/Greeter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package my.example;
+
+import static my.example.Utils.sendNotification;
+import static my.example.Utils.sendReminder;
+
+import dev.restate.sdk.Context;
+import dev.restate.sdk.annotation.Handler;
+import dev.restate.sdk.annotation.Service;
+import dev.restate.sdk.http.vertx.RestateHttpEndpointBuilder;
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+@Service
+public class Greeter {
+
+  @Handler
+  public String greet(Context ctx, String name) {
+    // Durably execute a set of steps; resilient against failures
+    String greetingId = ctx.random().nextUUID().toString();
+    ctx.run(() -> sendNotification(greetingId, name));
+    ctx.sleep(Duration.ofMillis(1000));
+    ctx.run(() -> sendReminder(greetingId));
+
+    // Respond to caller
+    return "You said hi to " + name + "!";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/src/main/java/my/example/LambdaHandler.java b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/src/main/java/my/example/LambdaHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..461bd232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/src/main/java/my/example/LambdaHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 - Restate Software, Inc., Restate GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Restate examples,
+ * which is released under the MIT license.
+ *
+ * You can find a copy of the license in the file LICENSE
+ * in the root directory of this repository or package or at
+ * https://github.com/restatedev/examples/
+ */
+
+ package my.example;
+
+ import dev.restate.sdk.lambda.BaseRestateLambdaHandler;
+ import dev.restate.sdk.lambda.RestateLambdaEndpointBuilder;
+
+ import my.example.Greeter;
+
+ public class LambdaHandler extends BaseRestateLambdaHandler {
+     @Override
+     public void register(RestateLambdaEndpointBuilder builder) {
+         builder.bind(new Greeter());
+     }
+ }
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/src/main/java/my/example/Utils.java b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/src/main/java/my/example/Utils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab2141f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/src/main/java/my/example/Utils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package my.example;
+
+// You can remove this file.
+// It's only purpose is providing stubs for the template.
+
+class Utils {
+    public static void sendNotification(String greetingId, String name){
+        if (Math.random() < 0.5) { // 50% chance of failure
+            System.out.println("👻 Failed to send notification: " + greetingId + " - " + name);
+            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to send notification: " + greetingId + " - " + name);
+        }
+        System.out.println("Notification sent: " + greetingId + " - " + name);
+    }
+
+    public static void sendReminder(String greetingId){
+        if (Math.random() < 0.5) { // 50% chance of failure
+            System.out.println("👻 Failed to send reminder: " + greetingId);
+            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to send reminder: " + greetingId);
+        }
+        System.out.println("Reminder sent: " + greetingId);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..536d1d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/lambda/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Set to debug or trace if log4j initialization is failing
+status = warn
+
+# Console appender configuration
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = consoleLogger
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %notEmpty{[%X{restateInvocationTarget}]}%notEmpty{[%X{restateInvocationId}]} %c - %m%n
+
+# Filter out logging during replay
+appender.console.filter.replay.type = ContextMapFilter
+appender.console.filter.replay.onMatch = DENY
+appender.console.filter.replay.onMismatch = NEUTRAL
+appender.console.filter.replay.0.type = KeyValuePair
+appender.console.filter.replay.0.key = restateInvocationStatus
+appender.console.filter.replay.0.value = REPLAYING
+
+# Restate logs to debug level
+logger.app.name = dev.restate
+logger.app.level = info
+logger.app.additivity = false
+logger.app.appenderRef.console.ref = consoleLogger
+
+# Root logger
+rootLogger.level = info
+rootLogger.appenderRef.stdout.ref = consoleLogger
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/package.json b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13565387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "name": "lambda-jvm-cdk",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "bin": {
+    "lambda-jvm-cdk": "bin/lambda-jvm-cdk.js"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "lint": "eslint --ignore-path .eslintignore --ext .ts .",
+    "build": "npm run build-lambda && npm run build-cdk",
+    "build-lambda": "cd lambda && ./gradlew build",
+    "build-cdk": "cdk synth",
+    "watch": "tsc -w",
+    "format": "prettier --ignore-path .eslintignore --write \"**/*.+(js|ts|json)\"",
+    "verify": "npm run format -- --check && npm run lint && npm run build",
+    "deploy": "npm run build && cdk deploy",
+    "destroy": "npx cdk destroy"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@restatedev/restate-cdk": "^1.1.0-rc.1",
+    "@types/node": "22.5.2",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^8.3.0",
+    "aws-cdk": "^2.155.0",
+    "esbuild": "^0.23.1",
+    "prettier": "^3.3.3",
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
+    "typescript": "^5.5.4"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.155.0",
+    "constructs": "^10.3.0",
+    "source-map-support": "^0.5.21"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/tsconfig.json b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2915dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/java-gradle-lambda-cdk/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2020",
+    "module": "nodenext",
+    "lib": ["es2020", "dom"],
+    "declaration": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
+    "noImplicitThis": true,
+    "alwaysStrict": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": false,
+    "noUnusedParameters": false,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": false,
+    "inlineSourceMap": true,
+    "inlineSources": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "strictPropertyInitialization": false,
+    "typeRoots": ["./node_modules/@types"]
+  },
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "cdk.out"]
+}