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+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+import com.sendgrid.*;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Set data residency to navigate to a region/edge.
+// Currently supported: "global", "eu"
+
+
+public class Example {
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+    try {
+
+      final Mail helloWorld = buildHelloEmail();
+
+      Request request = new Request();
+      request.setEndpoint("mail/send");
+      request.setBody(helloWorld.build());
+      request.setMethod(Method.POST);
+
+      // sending to global data residency
+      Sendgrid sg = buildSendgridObj("global");
+      Response response = sg.api(request);
+      System.out.println("Sending to hostname: " + sg.getHost());
+      System.out.println(response.getStatusCode());
+      System.out.println(response.getBody());
+      System.out.println(response.getHeaders());
+
+      // sending to EU data residency
+      Sendgrid sg = buildSendgridObj("eu");
+      Response response = sg.api(request);
+      System.out.println("Sending to hostname: " + sg.getHost());
+      System.out.println(response.getStatusCode());
+      System.out.println(response.getBody());
+      System.out.println(response.getHeaders());
+
+      // not configuring any region defaults to global
+      Sendgrid sg = new SendGrid(System.getenv("SENDGRID_API_KEY"));
+      Response response = sg.api(request);
+      System.out.println("Sending to hostname: " + sg.getHost());
+      System.out.println(response.getStatusCode());
+      System.out.println(response.getBody());
+      System.out.println(response.getHeaders());
+
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
+      throw ex;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static Mail buildHelloEmail() {
+    Email from = new Email("test@example.com");
+    String subject = "Hello World from the Twilio SendGrid Java Library";
+    Email to = new Email("test@example.com");
+    Content content = new Content("text/plain", "some text here");
+    // Note that when you use this constructor an initial personalization object
+    // is created for you. It can be accessed via
+    // mail.personalization.get(0) as it is a List object
+    Mail mail = new Mail(from, subject, to, content);
+    Email email = new Email("test2@example.com");
+    mail.personalization.get(0).addTo(email);
+
+    return mail;
+  }
+
+  public static Sendgrid buildSendgridObj(String region){
+    SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(System.getenv("SENDGRID_API_KEY"));
+    sg.setDataResidency(region);
+    return sg;
+
+  }
+}
+