# addJavaApp

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Java](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.java.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire)

Adds a Java application to the application model. Executes the executable Java app.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addJavaApp(
    name: string,
    workingDirectory: string): JavaAppExecutableResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `workingDirectory` (`string`)

## Returns

[JavaAppExecutableResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.java/javaappexecutableresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.java/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)