diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+build/
+.gradle/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Autograding Example: Java
+This example project is written in Java, and tested with Gradle/JUnit.
+
+### The assignment
+The tests are currently failing because of an output mismatch. Fixing the `System.out.println` in the main method will make the tests green.
+
+### Setup command
+N/A
+
+### Run command
+`gradle test`
+
+### Notes
+- The JDK is installed on GitHub Actions machines, so you're also able to directly invoke `javac`, `java`, or any other CLI command included in the JDK. 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
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+plugins {
+	id 'java'
+}
+
+repositories {
+	mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+	testImplementation('org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.6.0')
+}
+
+test {
+	useJUnitPlatform()
+	testLogging {
+		events "passed", "skipped", "failed"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/Main.java b/src/main/java/Main.java
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+
+
+public class Main {
+	
+	public static void main(final String[] args) {
+		PigLatin sim = new PigLatin();
+        	//sim.tester();
+	}
+	
+
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/PigLatin.java b/src/main/java/PigLatin.java
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+import java.io.File;  // Import the File class
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;  // Import this class to handle errors
+import java.util.Scanner; // Import the Scanner class to read text files
+
+public class PigLatin {
+    
+    public void tester() {
+        // String[] lines = loadStrings("words.txt");
+        String[] lines = new String[8]; 
+        try{
+            File myFile = new File("words.txt");
+            Scanner myReader = new Scanner(myFile);
+            int counter = 0;
+            while (myReader.hasNextLine()) {
+                String data = myReader.nextLine();
+                lines[counter] = data;
+                counter++;
+            }
+            myReader.close();
+        }
+        catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            System.out.println("An error occurred.");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+	    System.out.println("there are " + lines.length + " lines");
+	    for (int i = 0 ; i < lines.length; i++) {
+	        System.out.println(pigLatin(lines[i]));
+	    }
+    }
+    public int findFirstVowel(String sWord) {
+        //precondition: sWord is a valid String of length greater than 0.
+        //postcondition: returns the position of the first vowel in sWord.  If there are no vowels, returns -1
+	    // your code goes here
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    public String pigLatin(String sWord) {
+        //precondition: sWord is a valid String of length greater than 0
+        //postcondition: returns the pig latin equivalent of sWord
+        // more code should go here
+	    if(findFirstVowel(sWord) == -1) {
+		    return sWord + "ay";
+	    }
+	    else {
+		return "ERROR!";
+	    }
+    }
+}//end PigLatin class
diff --git a/src/test/java/PigLatinTester.java b/src/test/java/PigLatinTester.java
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+
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.CsvSource;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+public class PigLatinTester {
+
+   @Test
+   public void caseR(){
+     PigLatin sim = new PigLatin();
+     assertEquals("eastbay", sim.pigLatin("beast"));
+     assertEquals("oughday", sim.pigLatin("dough"));
+     assertEquals("appyhay", sim.pigLatin("happy"));
+   }
+   
+   @Test
+   public void y(){
+      PigLatin sim = new PigLatin();
+      assertEquals("tryay", sim.pigLatin("try"));
+   }
+   @Test
+   public void vowels(){
+      PigLatin sim = new PigLatin();
+      assertEquals("eagleway", sim.pigLatin("eagle"));
+   }
+   @Test
+   public void q(){
+     PigLatin sim = new PigLatin();
+     assertEquals("estionquay", sim.pigLatin("question"));
+   }
+   @Test
+   public void multipleConsonant(){
+      PigLatin sim = new PigLatin();
+      assertEquals("arstay", sim.pigLatin("star"));
+      assertEquals("eethray", sim.pigLatin("three"));
+   }
+   
+}
diff --git a/src/words.txt b/src/words.txt
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+beast
+dough
+happy
+question
+star
+three
+eagle
+try