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+
+# C Interfaces for Arrow Java
+
+## Setup Build Environment
+
+install:
+ - Java 8 or later
+ - Maven 3.3 or later
+ - A C++11-enabled compiler
+ - CMake 3.11 or later
+ - Make or ninja build utilities
+
+## Building JNI wrapper shared library
+
+```
+mkdir -p build
+pushd build
+cmake ..
+cmake --build .
+popd
+```
+
+## Building and running tests
+
+Run tests with
+
+```
+mvn test
+```
+
+To install Apache Arrow (Java) with this module enabled run the following from the project root directory:
+
+```
+cd java
+mvn -Parrow-c-data install
+```