The following shows the BundleWorks commands that a developer might use in this typical scenario. This example assumes a custom-developed java application named 'helloserver' relying on Sun's JDK.

Bundle jdk and add to 'bundle inventory'.
$ bw bundle jdk /local/dist tgz \
     --java.home=/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_12 \
     --bundle.version=1.5.0_12
$ bw add /local/dist/jdk-1.5.0_12.tgz /opt/bundles

Do the same with the custom application.
$ bw bundle java-service /local/dist tgz \
     --bundle.name=helloserver \
     --bundle.version=1.0 \
     --shared.dir=/local/build/helloserver/shared \
     --java.main=com.example.app.HelloServer
$ bw add /local/dist/helloserver-1.0.tgz /opt/bundles

Create a test environment
$ bw envcreate /local/env/test

Deploy bundles to the environment
$ bw deploy /opt/bundles/jdk/1.5.0_12 /local/env/test
$ bw deploy /opt/bundles/helloserver/1.0 /local/env/test

Use the environment and start the application.
$ use test
$ helloserver start

Note that a developer could also use the BundleWorks Ant tasks to automate these steps.