diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 35cd79f2..d260c20d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Gradle script to build jolt-jni Maven artifacts and desktop native libraries
 
 plugins {
+    id 'application'   // to build JVM applications
     id 'cpp'           // to compile C++ code and link native libraries
     id 'java-library'  // to build JVM libraries
     alias(libs.plugins.download) // to retrieve files from URLs
@@ -167,6 +168,15 @@ tasks.withType(JavaCompile) { // Java compile-time options:
     options.headerOutputDirectory = new File('src/main/native/auto')
 }
 
+application {
+    mainClass = 'HelloWorld'
+}
+tasks.withType(JavaExec).configureEach { // Java runtime options:
+    classpath sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
+    enableAssertions true
+}
+run.dependsOn('assemble')
+
 test.dependsOn('assemble')
 javadoc.dependsOn('compileTestJava')
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/HelloWorld.java b/src/test/java/HelloWorld.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38d3d93c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/HelloWorld.java
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+/*
+Copyright (c) 2024 Stephen Gold
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+import com.github.stephengold.joltjni.*;
+
+/**
+ * A straightforward Java translation of the Jolt Physics "hello world" sample
+ * application. 
+ * <p>
+ * Derived from HelloWorld/HelloWorld.cpp by Jorrit Rouwe.
+ *
+ * @author Stephen Gold sgold@sonic.net
+ */
+public class HelloWorld {
+	public static final int cMaxPhysicsJobs = 2048;
+	public static final int cMaxPhysicsBarriers = 8;
+
+// Layer that objects can be in, determines which other objects it can collide with
+// Typically you at least want to have 1 layer for moving bodies and 1 layer for static bodies, but you can have more
+// layers if you want. E.g. you could have a layer for high detail collision (which is not used by the physics simulation
+// but only if you do collision testing).
+	private static final int OBJ_LAYER_NON_MOVING = 0;
+	private static final int OBJ_LAYER_MOVING = 1;
+	private static final int OBJ_NUM_LAYERS = 2;
+
+// Each broadphase layer results in a separate bounding volume tree in the broad phase. You at least want to have
+// a layer for non-moving and moving objects to avoid having to update a tree full of static objects every frame.
+// You can have a 1-on-1 mapping between object layers and broadphase layers (like in this case) but if you have
+// many object layers you'll be creating many broad phase trees, which is not efficient. If you want to fine tune
+// your broadphase layers define JPH_TRACK_BROADPHASE_STATS and look at the stats reported on the TTY.
+	private static final int BP_LAYER_NON_MOVING = 0;
+	private static final int BP_LAYER_MOVING = 1;
+	private static final int BP_NUM_LAYERS = 2;
+
+// Program entry point
+public static void main(String[] argv)
+{
+	Utils.loadNativeLibrary();
+
+	// Register allocation hook. In this example we'll just let Jolt use malloc / free but you can override these if you want (see Memory.h).
+	// This needs to be done before any other Jolt function is called.
+	Jolt.registerDefaultAllocator();
+
+	// Install trace and assert callbacks
+	Jolt.installDefaultTraceCallback();
+	Jolt.installDefaultAssertCallback();
+
+	// Create a factory, this class is responsible for creating instances of classes based on their name or hash and is mainly used for deserialization of saved data.
+	// It is not directly used in this example but still required.
+	Jolt.newFactory();
+
+	// Register all physics types with the factory and install their collision handlers with the CollisionDispatch class.
+	// If you have your own custom shape types you probably need to register their handlers with the CollisionDispatch before calling this function.
+	// If you implement your own default material (PhysicsMaterial::sDefault) make sure to initialize it before this function or else this function will create one for you.
+	Jolt.registerTypes();
+
+	// We need a temp allocator for temporary allocations during the physics update. We're
+	// pre-allocating 10 MB to avoid having to do allocations during the physics update.
+	// B.t.w. 10 MB is way too much for this example but it is a typical value you can use.
+	// If you don't want to pre-allocate you can also use TempAllocatorMalloc to fall back to
+	// malloc / free.
+	TempAllocatorImpl temp_allocator = new TempAllocatorImpl(10 * 1024 * 1024);
+
+	// We need a job system that will execute physics jobs on multiple threads. Typically
+	// you would implement the JobSystem interface yourself and let Jolt Physics run on top
+	// of your own job scheduler. JobSystemThreadPool is an example implementation.
+	JobSystemThreadPool job_system = new JobSystemThreadPool(cMaxPhysicsJobs, cMaxPhysicsBarriers, Utils.numThreads());
+
+	// This is the max amount of rigid bodies that you can add to the physics system. If you try to add more you'll get an error.
+	// Note: This value is low because this is a simple test. For a real project use something in the order of 65536.
+	final int cMaxBodies = 1024;
+
+	// This determines how many mutexes to allocate to protect rigid bodies from concurrent access. Set it to 0 for the default settings.
+	final int cNumBodyMutexes = 0;
+
+	// This is the max amount of body pairs that can be queued at any time (the broad phase will detect overlapping
+	// body pairs based on their bounding boxes and will insert them into a queue for the narrowphase). If you make this buffer
+	// too small the queue will fill up and the broad phase jobs will start to do narrow phase work. This is slightly less efficient.
+	// Note: This value is low because this is a simple test. For a real project use something in the order of 65536.
+	final int cMaxBodyPairs = 1024;
+
+	// This is the maximum size of the contact constraint buffer. If more contacts (collisions between bodies) are detected than this
+	// number then these contacts will be ignored and bodies will start interpenetrating / fall through the world.
+	// Note: This value is low because this is a simple test. For a real project use something in the order of 10240.
+	final int cMaxContactConstraints = 1024;
+
+	// Create mapping table from object layer to broadphase layer
+	// Note: As this is an interface, PhysicsSystem will take a reference to this so this instance needs to stay alive!
+	MapObj2Bp broad_phase_layer_interface = new MapObj2Bp(OBJ_NUM_LAYERS, BP_NUM_LAYERS)
+	.add(OBJ_LAYER_NON_MOVING, BP_LAYER_NON_MOVING)
+	.add(OBJ_LAYER_MOVING, BP_LAYER_MOVING);
+
+	// Create class that filters object vs broadphase layers
+	// Note: As this is an interface, PhysicsSystem will take a reference to this so this instance needs to stay alive!
+	ObjVsBpFilter object_vs_broadphase_layer_filter = new ObjVsBpFilter(OBJ_NUM_LAYERS, BP_NUM_LAYERS)
+	.disablePair(OBJ_LAYER_NON_MOVING, BP_LAYER_NON_MOVING);
+
+	// Create class that filters object vs object layers
+	// Note: As this is an interface, PhysicsSystem will take a reference to this so this instance needs to stay alive!
+	ObjVsObjFilter object_vs_object_layer_filter = new ObjVsObjFilter(OBJ_NUM_LAYERS)
+	.disablePair(OBJ_LAYER_NON_MOVING, OBJ_LAYER_NON_MOVING);
+
+	// Now we can create the actual physics system.
+	PhysicsSystem physics_system = new PhysicsSystem(cMaxBodies, cNumBodyMutexes, cMaxBodyPairs, cMaxContactConstraints, broad_phase_layer_interface, object_vs_broadphase_layer_filter, object_vs_object_layer_filter);
+
+	// The main way to interact with the bodies in the physics system is through the body interface. There is a locking and a non-locking
+	// variant of this. We're going to use the locking version (even though we're not planning to access bodies from multiple threads)
+	BodyInterface body_interface = physics_system.getBodyInterface();
+
+	// Next we can create a rigid body to serve as the floor, we make a large box
+	// Create the settings for the collision volume (the shape).
+	// Note that for simple shapes (like boxes) you can also directly construct a BoxShape.
+	BoxShapeSettings floor_shape_settings = new BoxShapeSettings(new Vec3(100.0f, 1.0f, 100.0f));
+
+	// Create the settings for the body itself. Note that here you can also set other properties like the restitution / friction.
+	BodyCreationSettings floorBodySettings = new BodyCreationSettings(floor_shape_settings, new RVec3(0.0, -1.0, 0.0), new Quat(), EMotionType.Static, OBJ_LAYER_NON_MOVING);
+
+	// Create the actual rigid body
+	Body floor = body_interface.createBody(floorBodySettings); // Note that if we run out of bodies this can return nullptr
+
+	// Add it to the world
+	body_interface.addBody(floor.getId(), EActivation.DontActivate);
+
+	// Now create a dynamic body to bounce on the floor
+	// Note that this uses the shorthand version of creating and adding a body to the world
+	BodyCreationSettings sphere_settings = new BodyCreationSettings(new SphereShape(0.5f), new RVec3(0f, 2f, 0f), new Quat(), EMotionType.Dynamic, OBJ_LAYER_MOVING);
+	Body sphere = body_interface.createBody(sphere_settings);
+	BodyId sphere_id = sphere.getId();
+	body_interface.addBody(sphere_id, EActivation.Activate);
+
+	// Now you can interact with the dynamic body, in this case we're going to give it a velocity.
+	// (note that if we had used CreateBody then we could have set the velocity straight on the body before adding it to the physics system)
+	body_interface.setLinearVelocity(sphere_id, new Vec3(0.0f, -5.0f, 0.0f));
+
+	// We simulate the physics world in discrete time steps. 60 Hz is a good rate to update the physics system.
+	final float cDeltaTime = 1.0f / 60.0f;
+
+	// Optional step: Before starting the physics simulation you can optimize the broad phase. This improves collision detection performance (it's pointless here because we only have 2 bodies).
+	// You should definitely not call this every frame or when e.g. streaming in a new level section as it is an expensive operation.
+	// Instead insert all new objects in batches instead of 1 at a time to keep the broad phase efficient.
+	physics_system.optimizeBroadPhase();
+
+	// Now we're ready to simulate the body, keep simulating until it goes to sleep
+	int step = 0;
+	while (body_interface.isActive(sphere_id))
+	{
+		// Next step
+		++step;
+
+		// Output current position and velocity of the sphere
+		RVec3 position = body_interface.getCenterOfMassPosition(sphere_id);
+		Vec3 velocity = body_interface.getLinearVelocity(sphere_id);
+		System.out.println("Step " + step + ": Position = " + position + ", Velocity = " + velocity);
+
+		// If you take larger steps than 1 / 60th of a second you need to do multiple collision steps in order to keep the simulation stable. Do 1 collision step per 1 / 60th of a second (round up).
+		final int cCollisionSteps = 1;
+
+		// Step the world
+		physics_system.update(cDeltaTime, cCollisionSteps, temp_allocator, job_system);
+	}
+
+	// Remove the sphere from the physics system. Note that the sphere itself keeps all of its state and can be re-added at any time.
+	body_interface.removeBody(sphere_id);
+
+	// Destroy the sphere. After this the sphere ID is no longer valid.
+	body_interface.destroyBody(sphere_id);
+
+	// Remove and destroy the floor
+	body_interface.removeBody(floor.getId());
+	body_interface.destroyBody(floor.getId());
+
+	// Unregisters all types with the factory and cleans up the default material
+	Jolt.unregisterTypes();
+
+	// Destroy the factory
+	Jolt.destroyFactory();
+}
+}