diff --git a/apache-pulsar/.gitignore b/apache-pulsar/.gitignore
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1c53e03007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-pulsar/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.classpath
+.project
+.settings
+target
+.idea
+*.iml
+.gradle/
+build/
diff --git a/apache-pulsar/build.gradle b/apache-pulsar/build.gradle
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f3545d69b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-pulsar/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+apply plugin: 'java'
+ext{
+  pulsarVersion = '2.1.1-incubating'
+}
+
+repositories {
+  jcenter()
+  mavenCentral()
+  mavenLocal()
+}
+
+sourceCompatibility = 1.8
+targetCompatibility = 1.8
+
+group = 'com.baeldung.pulsar'
+archivesBaseName = 'pulsar-java-example'
+version = '0.0.1'
+
+
+
+
+dependencies {
+  compile group: 'org.apache.pulsar', name: 'pulsar-client', version: pulsarVersion
+
+}
+
diff --git a/apache-pulsar/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/apache-pulsar/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..91ca28c8b8
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diff --git a/apache-pulsar/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/apache-pulsar/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..16d28051c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-pulsar/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.7-bin.zip
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/apache-pulsar/gradlew b/apache-pulsar/gradlew
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index 0000000000..cccdd3d517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-pulsar/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$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: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/apache-pulsar/gradlew.bat b/apache-pulsar/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e95643d6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-pulsar/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+@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=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@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=
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+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 init
+
+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
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+: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 %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="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!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ConsumerTest.java b/apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ConsumerTest.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..72dc10b542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ConsumerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.baeldung;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Consumer;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Message;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClient;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.SubscriptionType;
+
+public class ConsumerTest {
+
+    private static final String SERVICE_URL = "pulsar://localhost:6650";
+    private static final String TOPIC_NAME = "test-topic";
+    private static final String SUBSCRIPTION_NAME = "test-subscription";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+        // Create a Pulsar client instance. A single instance can be shared across many
+        // producers and consumer within the same application
+        PulsarClient client = PulsarClient.builder()
+                .serviceUrl(SERVICE_URL)
+                .build();
+
+        //Configure consumer specific settings.
+        Consumer<byte[]> consumer = client.newConsumer()
+                .topic(TOPIC_NAME)
+                // Allow multiple consumers to attach to the same subscription
+                // and get messages dispatched as a queue
+                .subscriptionType(SubscriptionType.Shared)
+                .subscriptionName(SUBSCRIPTION_NAME)
+                .subscribe();
+
+
+        // Once the consumer is created, it can be used for the entire application lifecycle
+        System.out.println("Created consumer for the topic "+ TOPIC_NAME);
+
+        do {
+            // Wait until a message is available
+            Message<byte[]> msg = consumer.receive();
+
+            // Extract the message as a printable string and then log
+            String content = new String(msg.getData());
+            System.out.println("Received message '"+content+"' with ID "+msg.getMessageId());
+
+            // Acknowledge processing of the message so that it can be deleted
+            consumer.acknowledge(msg);
+        } while (true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ProducerTest.java b/apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ProducerTest.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..08ee0e89b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ProducerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package com.baeldung;
+
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.CompressionType;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Message;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.MessageBuilder;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.MessageId;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Producer;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClient;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClientException;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+public class ProducerTest {
+
+    private static final String SERVICE_URL = "pulsar://localhost:6650";
+    private static final String TOPIC_NAME = "test-topic";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+        // Create a Pulsar client instance. A single instance can be shared across many
+        // producers and consumer within the same application
+        PulsarClient client = PulsarClient.builder()
+                .serviceUrl(SERVICE_URL)
+                .build();
+
+        // Configure producer specific settings
+        Producer<byte[]> producer = client.newProducer()
+                // Set the topic
+                .topic(TOPIC_NAME)
+                // Enable compression
+                .compressionType(CompressionType.LZ4)
+                .create();
+
+        // Once the producer is created, it can be used for the entire application life-cycle
+        System.out.println("Created producer for the topic "+TOPIC_NAME);
+
+        // Send 5 test messages
+        IntStream.range(1, 5).forEach(i -> {
+            String content = String.format("hi-pulsar-%d", i);
+
+            // Build a message object
+            Message<byte[]> msg = MessageBuilder.create()
+                    .setContent(content.getBytes())
+                    .build();
+
+            // Send each message and log message content and ID when successfully received
+            try {
+                MessageId msgId = producer.send(msg);
+
+                System.out.println("Published message '"+content+"' with the ID "+msgId);
+            } catch (PulsarClientException e) {
+                System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+            }
+        });
+
+        client.close();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/subscriptions/ExclusiveSubscriptionTutorial.java b/apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/subscriptions/ExclusiveSubscriptionTutorial.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..da9ff0974d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/subscriptions/ExclusiveSubscriptionTutorial.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package com.baeldung.subscriptions;
+
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.ConsumerBuilder;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Message;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.MessageBuilder;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Producer;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClient;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClientException;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.SubscriptionType;
+
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+public class ExclusiveSubscriptionTutorial {
+    private static final String SERVICE_URL = "pulsar://localhost:6650";
+    private static final String TOPIC_NAME = "test-topic";
+    private static final String SUBSCRIPTION_NAME = "test-subscription";
+    private static final SubscriptionType SUBSCRIPTION_TYPE = SubscriptionType.Exclusive;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws PulsarClientException {
+        PulsarClient client = PulsarClient.builder()
+                .serviceUrl(SERVICE_URL)
+                .build();
+
+        Producer<byte[]> producer = client.newProducer()
+                .topic(TOPIC_NAME)
+                .create();
+
+        ConsumerBuilder<byte[]> consumer1 = client.newConsumer()
+                .topic(TOPIC_NAME)
+                .subscriptionName(SUBSCRIPTION_NAME)
+                .subscriptionType(SUBSCRIPTION_TYPE);
+
+        ConsumerBuilder<byte[]> consumer2 = client.newConsumer()
+                .topic(TOPIC_NAME)
+                .subscriptionName(SUBSCRIPTION_NAME)
+                .subscriptionType(SUBSCRIPTION_TYPE);
+
+        IntStream.range(0, 999).forEach(i -> {
+            Message<byte[]> msg = MessageBuilder.create()
+                    .setContent(String.format("message-%d", i).getBytes())
+                    .build();
+            try {
+                producer.send(msg);
+            } catch (PulsarClientException e) {
+                System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+            }
+        });
+
+        // Consumer 1 can subscribe to the topic
+        consumer1.subscribe();
+
+        // Consumer 2 cannot due to the exclusive subscription held by consumer 1
+        consumer2.subscribeAsync()
+                .handle((consumer, exception) -> {
+                    System.out.println(exception.getMessage());
+                    return null;
+                });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/subscriptions/FailoverSubscriptionTutorial.java b/apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/subscriptions/FailoverSubscriptionTutorial.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..30351c229d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/subscriptions/FailoverSubscriptionTutorial.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package com.baeldung.subscriptions;
+
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Consumer;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.ConsumerBuilder;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Message;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.MessageBuilder;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Producer;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClient;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClientException;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.SubscriptionType;
+
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+public class    FailoverSubscriptionTutorial {
+    private static final String SERVICE_URL = "pulsar://localhost:6650";
+    private static final String TOPIC_NAME = "failover-subscription-test-topic";
+    private static final String SUBSCRIPTION_NAME = "test-subscription";
+    private static final SubscriptionType SUBSCRIPTION_TYPE = SubscriptionType.Failover;
+    private static final int NUM_MSGS = 10;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws PulsarClientException {
+        PulsarClient client = PulsarClient.builder()
+                .serviceUrl(SERVICE_URL)
+                .build();
+
+        Producer<byte[]> producer = client.newProducer()
+                .topic(TOPIC_NAME)
+                .create();
+
+        ConsumerBuilder<byte[]> consumerBuilder = client.newConsumer()
+                .topic(TOPIC_NAME)
+                .subscriptionName(SUBSCRIPTION_NAME)
+                .subscriptionType(SUBSCRIPTION_TYPE);
+
+        Consumer<byte[]> mainConsumer = consumerBuilder
+                .consumerName("consumer-a")
+                .messageListener((consumer, msg) -> {
+                    System.out.println("Message received by main consumer");
+
+                    try {
+                        consumer.acknowledge(msg);
+                    } catch (PulsarClientException e) {
+                        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+                    }
+                })
+                .subscribe();
+
+        Consumer<byte[]> failoverConsumer = consumerBuilder
+                .consumerName("consumer-b")
+                .messageListener((consumer, msg) -> {
+                    System.out.println("Message received by failover consumer");
+
+                    try {
+                        consumer.acknowledge(msg);
+                    } catch (PulsarClientException e) {
+                        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+                    }
+                })
+                .subscribe();
+
+        IntStream.range(0, NUM_MSGS).forEach(i -> {
+            Message<byte[]> msg = MessageBuilder.create()
+                    .setContent(String.format("message-%d", i).getBytes())
+                    .build();
+            try {
+                producer.send(msg);
+
+                Thread.sleep(100);
+
+                if (i > 5) mainConsumer.close();
+            } catch (InterruptedException | PulsarClientException e) {
+                System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}