diff --git a/.github/actions/generate-report/action.yml b/.github/actions/generate-report/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3787523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/generate-report/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: 'Generate the Report'
+description: 'Generates the report using the log-file-name file present just inside the sample folder path provided , given Validation Folder is there inside the sample folder as well'
+inputs:
+  lang:
+    description: 'The language or framework in which SDK is written needs to be given as an input'
+    required: true
+  sample-folder-name:
+    description: 'The name of the sample folder'
+    required: true
+  log-file-name:
+    description: 'The name of the generated log file'
+    required: true
+outputs:
+  result-pdf-name:
+    description: 'the name of the final generated pdf report'
+    value: ${{steps.generate.outputs.pdfname}}
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - name: Setup Python v3.12 for report generation only
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.12
+    - name: Installing required python libraries and running the python programs to generate pdf report
+      id: generate
+      run : |
+        export EXPECTED_RES_LANG=${{inputs.lang}}
+        if [[ "${{inputs.lang}}" == "dotnet" ]] || [[ "${{inputs.lang}}" == "dotnetstandard" ]]; then
+          export EXPECTED_RES_LANG=csharp
+        fi
+        echo $EXPECTED_RES_LANG
+        python --version
+        echo "Before Running Report Generation"
+        cd ${{inputs.sample-folder-name}}
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m venv newve
+        if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Linux" ]]; then
+            echo "In LINUX"
+            source newve/bin/activate
+        elif [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+            echo "In MAC"
+            source newve/bin/activate
+        else
+            echo "In Windows"
+            source newve/Scripts/activate
+        fi
+        echo $VIRTUAL_ENV
+        pip install json2html
+        pip install xhtml2pdf
+        pip install bs4
+        cd Validation
+        python sample_code_log_processor.py -l ../../${{inputs.sample-folder-name}}/${{inputs.log-file-name}} -o ../../${{inputs.sample-folder-name}}/${{inputs.lang}}_actual_results.json
+        python response_code_validator.py -e ExpectedResults/${EXPECTED_RES_LANG}_expected_results.json -a ../../${{inputs.sample-folder-name}}/${{inputs.lang}}_actual_results.json -o ${{inputs.lang}}_validation_results.json
+        python json_to_prettified_html.py -i ${{inputs.lang}}_validation_results.json -o ${{inputs.lang}}_validation_results.html
+        cp ${{inputs.lang}}_validation_results.pdf ../  #copying the file to flaatten the directory of the upload artifact,Github Actions doesn't support that as of jun 2024
+        echo "pdfname=${{inputs.lang}}_validation_results.pdf" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      shell: bash
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/java-workflow.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3545bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-workflow.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+name: JAVA BUILDS
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+env:
+  CLIENT_FOLDER: 'cybersource-rest-client-java'
+  SAMPLE_FOLDER: 'cybersource-rest-samples-java'
+jobs:
+    complete-job:
+        defaults:
+            run:
+              shell: bash
+        strategy:
+            fail-fast: false
+            matrix:
+              operating-system: [ubuntu-latest,macos-latest,windows-latest]
+              java-version: ['8','11','16','17','18','19','20','21','22']
+              distribution: ['temurin']
+        runs-on: ${{matrix.operating-system}}
+        steps:
+            - name: Making separate folders
+              run: |
+                rm -rf $CLIENT_FOLDER
+                rm -rf $SAMPLE_FOLDER
+                mkdir $CLIENT_FOLDER $SAMPLE_FOLDER
+            - name: Checkout the cybersource-rest-client-java repo
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                path: ${{env.CLIENT_FOLDER}}
+            - name: Checkout the cybersource-rest-samples-java repo
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                repository: 'CyberSource/cybersource-rest-samples-java'
+                ref: 'master'
+                path: ${{env.SAMPLE_FOLDER}}
+            - name: Setup Java 8 to Build the Client
+              uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+              with:
+                distribution: 'temurin'
+                java-version: '8'
+            - name: Build the Java Client
+              run: |
+                mvn -version
+                java -version
+                cd $CLIENT_FOLDER
+                mvn clean install
+            - name: Setup Java version to Build the samples
+              uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+              with:
+                distribution: ${{matrix.distribution}}
+                java-version: ${{matrix.java-version}}
+            - name: Replace the Version of cybersource-rest-client-java in samples' pom file 
+              run: |
+                cd $CLIENT_FOLDER
+                RESTCLIENT_SDK_VERSION=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)
+                echo $RESTCLIENT_SDK_VERSION
+                cd ../$SAMPLE_FOLDER
+                perl -i -spe "BEGIN{undef $/;} s|<groupId>com\.cybersource<\/groupId>\s*<artifactId>cybersource-rest-client-java<\/artifactId>\s*<version>.*?<\/version>|<groupId>com.cybersource</groupId>\n   <artifactId>cybersource-rest-client-java</artifactId>\n  <version>\${version}</version>|g" -- -version=$RESTCLIENT_SDK_VERSION pom.xml
+                cat pom.xml
+            - name: Build the Sample Project and Run the Samples
+              run: |
+                mvn -version
+                java -version
+                cd $SAMPLE_FOLDER
+                mvn -X -e clean install
+                echo "Running Samples"
+                java -jar target/SampleCode.jar > output.log
+            - name: Using Report Generation Action
+              id: report-generation
+              uses: ./cybersource-rest-client-java/.github/actions/generate-report
+              with:
+                lang: java
+                sample-folder-name: ${{env.SAMPLE_FOLDER}}
+                log-file-name: output.log
+            - name: Upload Test Reports
+              uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+              with:
+                name: sample-run-report-${{matrix.operating-system}}-${{matrix.distribution}}-java-ver-${{matrix.java-version}}
+                path: |
+                  ${{env.SAMPLE_FOLDER}}/${{steps.report-generation.outputs.result-pdf-name}}
+
+#Adding Comment
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a530464a..714cdef5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ hs_err_pid*
 target
 .gradle
 build
+
+#Adding DS Store files to ignore
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0debeb94..c95c3b70 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 # Java Client SDK for the CyberSource REST API
 
+[![JAVA BUILDS](https://github.com/CyberSource/cybersource-rest-client-java/actions/workflows/java-workflow.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/CyberSource/cybersource-rest-client-java/actions/workflows/java-workflow.yml)
+
 ## Description
 
 The CyberSource Java client provides convenient access to the [CyberSource REST API](https://developer.cybersource.com/api/reference/api-reference.html) from your Java application.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4be745bd..1fba4d81 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<properties>
-		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 		<maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 		<gson-fire-version>1.9.0</gson-fire-version>