diff --git a/tasks/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/Quickstart.java b/tasks/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/Quickstart.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2018 Google LLC
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package com.example;
-
-// [START tasks_quickstart]
-
-import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2beta2.AcknowledgeTaskRequest;
-import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2beta2.CloudTasksClient;
-import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2beta2.CreateTaskRequest;
-import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2beta2.LeaseTasksRequest;
-import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2beta2.LeaseTasksResponse;
-import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2beta2.PullMessage;
-import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2beta2.QueueName;
-import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2beta2.Task;
-import com.google.common.base.Strings;
-import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
-import com.google.protobuf.Duration;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-
-import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
-import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLineParser;
-import org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser;
-import org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter;
-import org.apache.commons.cli.Option;
-import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
-import org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException;
-
-public class Quickstart {
-  private static String GGOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_KEY = "GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT";
-
-  private static Option PROJECT_ID_OPTION = Option.builder("project")
-      .longOpt("project-id")
-      .desc("The Google Cloud Project, if not set as GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT env var.")
-      .hasArg()
-      .argName("project-id")
-      .type(String.class)
-      .build();
-
-  private static Option QUEUE_OPTION = Option.builder("queue")
-      .required()
-      .longOpt("queue")
-      .desc("The Cloud Tasks queue.")
-      .hasArg()
-      .argName("queue")
-      .type(String.class)
-      .build();
-
-  private static Option LOCATION_OPTION = Option.builder("location")
-      .required()
-      .longOpt("location")
-      .desc("The region in which your queue is running.")
-      .hasArg()
-      .argName("location")
-      .type(String.class)
-      .build();
-
-  public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
-    Options options = new Options();
-    options.addOption(PROJECT_ID_OPTION);
-    options.addOption(QUEUE_OPTION);
-    options.addOption(LOCATION_OPTION);
-
-    if (args.length == 0) {
-      printUsage(options);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    CommandLineParser parser = new DefaultParser();
-    CommandLine params;
-    try {
-      params = parser.parse(options, args);
-    } catch (ParseException e) {
-      System.err.println("Invalid command line: " + e.getMessage());
-      printUsage(options);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    String projectId;
-    if (params.hasOption("project-id")) {
-      projectId = params.getOptionValue("project-id");
-    } else {
-      projectId = System.getenv(GGOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_KEY);
-    }
-    if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(projectId)) {
-      printUsage(options);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    String queue = params.getOptionValue(QUEUE_OPTION.getOpt());
-    String location = params.getOptionValue(LOCATION_OPTION.getOpt());
-
-    switch (args[0]) {
-      default:
-        printUsage(options);
-        break;
-      case "create-task":
-        createTask(projectId, queue, location);
-        break;
-      case "lease-and-ack-task":
-        pullAndAckTask(projectId, queue, location);
-        break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // [START cloud_tasks_create_task]
-  private static void createTask(String projectId, String queueName, String location)
-      throws IOException {
-    try (CloudTasksClient client = CloudTasksClient.create()) {
-      Task.Builder taskBuilder = Task
-          .newBuilder()
-          .setPullMessage(PullMessage.newBuilder().setPayload(
-              ByteString.copyFrom("a message for recipient", Charset.defaultCharset())));
-
-      Task newTask = client.createTask(CreateTaskRequest
-          .newBuilder()
-          .setParent(QueueName.of(projectId, location, queueName).toString())
-          .setTask(taskBuilder)
-          .build());
-      System.out.println("Task created: " + newTask.getName());
-    }
-  }
-  // [END cloud_tasks_create_task]
-
-  // [START cloud_tasks_lease_and_acknowledge_task]
-  private static void pullAndAckTask(String projectId, String queueName, String location) {
-    try (CloudTasksClient client = CloudTasksClient.create()) {
-      LeaseTasksRequest leaseReq = LeaseTasksRequest.newBuilder()
-          .setParent(QueueName.of(projectId, location, queueName).toString())
-          .setLeaseDuration(Duration.newBuilder().setSeconds(600))
-          .setMaxTasks(1)
-          .setResponseView(Task.View.FULL)
-          .build();
-      LeaseTasksResponse response = client.leaseTasks(leaseReq);
-      if (response.getTasksCount() == 0) {
-        System.out.println("No tasks found in queue.");
-        return;
-      }
-      Task task = response.getTasksList().get(0);
-      System.out.println("Leased task: " + task.getName());
-      AcknowledgeTaskRequest ackRequest = AcknowledgeTaskRequest
-          .newBuilder()
-          .setName(task.getName())
-          .setScheduleTime(task.getScheduleTime())
-          .build();
-      client.acknowledgeTask(ackRequest);
-      System.out.println("Acknowledged task: " + task.getName());
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      System.out.println("Exception during PullAndAckTask: " + e.getMessage());
-    }
-  }
-  // [END cloud_tasks_lease_and_acknowledge_task]
-
-  private static void printUsage(Options options) {
-    HelpFormatter formatter = new HelpFormatter();
-    formatter.printHelp("client",
-        "A simple Cloud Tasks command line client.", options, "", true);
-  }
-}
-// [END tasks_quickstart]
diff --git a/tasks/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/QuickstartIT.java b/tasks/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/QuickstartIT.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2017 Google Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package com.example;
-
-import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
-import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2beta2.CloudTasksClient;
-import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2beta2.QueueName;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.PrintStream;
-
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
-
-/**
- * Integration (system) tests for {@link Quickstart}.
- */
-@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
-@SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:abbreviationaswordinname")
-public class QuickstartIT {
-  private static String queue_name = "my-pull-queue";
-  private static String location = "us-east1";
-  private ByteArrayOutputStream bout;
-  private PrintStream out;
-
-  @BeforeClass
-  public static void setUpClass() throws Exception {
-    ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-    PrintStream out = new PrintStream(bout);
-    System.setOut(out);
-  }
-
-  // Purge the task queue when tests done.
-  @AfterClass
-  public static void tearDownClass() throws IOException {
-    try (CloudTasksClient client = CloudTasksClient.create()) {
-      client.purgeQueue(QueueName.of(System.getenv("GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"), location, queue_name));
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Before
-  public void setUp() throws Exception {
-    bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-    out = new PrintStream(bout);
-    System.setOut(out);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void createTaskTest() throws Exception {
-    Quickstart.main("create-task", "--queue", queue_name, "--location", location);
-    assertThat(bout.toString()).contains("Task created: ");
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void leaseAndAcknowledge() throws Exception {
-    Quickstart.main("lease-and-ack-task", "--queue", queue_name, "--location", location);
-    assertThat(bout.toString()).contains("Leased task: ");
-    assertThat(bout.toString()).contains("Acknowledged task: ");
-  }
-}