diff --git a/half-sync-half-async/pom.xml b/half-sync-half-async/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>com.iluwatar</groupId>
+    <artifactId>java-design-patterns</artifactId>
+    <version>1.5.0</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>half-sync-half-async</artifactId>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+    	<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+    	<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+    	<scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+  	<dependencies>
+  		<dependency>
+  			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+  			<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+  			<version>1.9.5</version>
+  		</dependency>
+  	</dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/half-sync-half-async/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/halfsynchalfasync/AsynchronousService.java b/half-sync-half-async/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/halfsynchalfasync/AsynchronousService.java
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+++ b/half-sync-half-async/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/halfsynchalfasync/AsynchronousService.java
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+package com.iluwatar.halfsynchalfasync;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
+
+/**
+ * This is the asynchronous layer which does not block when a new request arrives. It just passes
+ * the request to the synchronous layer which consists of a queue i.e. a {@link BlockingQueue} and
+ * a pool of threads i.e. {@link ThreadPoolExecutor}. Out of this pool of threads one of the thread
+ * picks up the task and executes it in background and the result is posted back to the caller via 
+ * {@link Future}.
+ */
+public abstract class AsynchronousService<I, O> {
+	
+	/*
+	 * This is the synchronous layer to which request to do work is submitted.
+	 */
+	private SynchronousLayer syncLayer = new SynchronousLayer();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Computes arithmetic sum for n
+	 * 
+	 * @return future representing arithmetic sum of n
+	 */
+	public Future<O> execute(final I input) {
+		/*
+		 * This is the key part of this pattern where the caller thread does not block until
+		 * the result of work is computed but is delegated to the synchronous layer which
+		 * computes the task in background. This is useful if caller thread is an UI thread, 
+		 * which MUST remain responsive to user inputs.
+		 */
+		return syncLayer.submit(new Callable<O>() {
+
+			@Override
+			public O call() throws Exception {
+				return doInBackground(input);
+			}
+
+		});
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * This method is called in context of background thread where the implementation should compute
+	 * and return the result for input.
+	 * 
+	 * @return computed result
+	 */
+	protected abstract O doInBackground(I input);
+}
diff --git a/half-sync-half-async/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/halfsynchalfasync/SynchronousLayer.java b/half-sync-half-async/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/halfsynchalfasync/SynchronousLayer.java
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+++ b/half-sync-half-async/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/halfsynchalfasync/SynchronousLayer.java
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+package com.iluwatar.halfsynchalfasync;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+/**
+ * This represents the Queuing and Synchronous layer of Half-Sync/Half-Async pattern. 
+ * The incoming requests are queued and then picked up by the background threads for execution.
+ */
+public class SynchronousLayer {
+	
+	/*
+	 * This is the queuing layer where incoming work is queued 
+	 */
+	private LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable> tasks = new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>();
+	/*
+	 * This is the synchronous layer where background threads execute the work
+	 */
+	private ExecutorService service = new ThreadPoolExecutor(10, 10, 10, TimeUnit.SECONDS, tasks);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Submit new work for backgrounds threads to compute 
+	 * @return the result after executing the work
+	 */
+	public <T> Future<T> submit(Callable<T> work) {
+		return service.submit(work);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/half-sync-half-async/src/test/java/com/iluwatar/halfsynchalfasync/AsynchronousServiceTest.java b/half-sync-half-async/src/test/java/com/iluwatar/halfsynchalfasync/AsynchronousServiceTest.java
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+++ b/half-sync-half-async/src/test/java/com/iluwatar/halfsynchalfasync/AsynchronousServiceTest.java
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+package com.iluwatar.halfsynchalfasync;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class AsynchronousServiceTest {
+
+	@Test
+	public void test() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+		/*
+		 * Addition service is asynchronous layer which does not block on single request,
+		 * and is always available for listening new requests.
+		 */
+		ArithmeticSumService service = new ArithmeticSumService();
+		Future<Long> output1 = service.execute(100L);
+		Future<Long> output2 = service.execute(50L);
+		Future<Long> output3 = service.execute(200L);
+		Future<Long> output4 = service.execute(5L);
+		
+		assertEquals(ap(100), output1.get().longValue());
+		assertEquals(ap(50), output2.get().longValue());
+		assertEquals(ap(200), output3.get().longValue());
+		assertEquals(ap(5), output4.get().longValue());
+	}
+	
+	/*
+	 * This is an asynchronous service which computes arithmetic sum
+	 */
+	class ArithmeticSumService extends AsynchronousService<Long, Long> {
+
+		@Override
+		protected Long doInBackground(Long n) {
+			return (n) * (n + 1) / 2;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private long ap(int i) {
+		long out = (i) * (i + 1) / 2;
+		System.out.println(out);
+		return out;
+	}
+}