# Multitenancy Java sample **Java 7 runtime support on App Engine standard was [deprecated](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/deprecations/java7) on December 13, 2017 and will be shut down entirely on January 16, 2019. It is replaced by the [Java 8 Runtime Environment](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/java/runtime-java8).** Open in Cloud Shell Samples for the Java 8 runtime can be found [here](/appengine-java8). Shows the usage of the Namespaces API. An App Engine guestbook using Java, Maven, and Objectify. Data access using [Objectify](https://github.com/objectify/objectify) Please ask questions on [Stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/google-app-engine) ## Running Locally How do I, as a developer, start working on the project? 1. `mvn clean appengine:devserver` ## Deploying 1. `mvn clean appengine:update -Dappengine.appId=PROJECT -Dappengine.version=VERSION`