diff --git a/resources/MatlabInterface/JEInterface-examples.m b/resources/MatlabInterface/JEInterface-examples.m
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+clear all
+clear classes
+
+% adapt the path settings!
+addpath '/home/mkron/workspace/JE2Base/resources/MatlabInterface'
+javaaddpath '/home/mkron/workspace/JE2Base/build'
+addpath 'C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\mkron\workspace\JE2Base\resources\MatlabInterface'
+javaaddpath 'C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\mkron\workspace\JE2Base\build'
+
+% real valued case
+R=[-5 -5 -5; 5 5 5];
+JI=JEInterface(@testfun, 'double', R, R, 1, 'Display', 'iter', 'TolX', 0, 'TolFun', 0);
+JI=optimize(JI, 4);
+[sol, solFit]=getResult(JI);
+finalPop=getMultipleResults(JI);
+
+% binary case
+R=20;
+JI=JEInterface(@testfun, 'binary', R, R, 4, 'Display', 'iter');
+JI=optimize(JI, 3);
+[sol, fit]=getResult(JI);
+finalPop=getMultipleResults(JI);
+
+% integer case with specific initialization range
+initR=[-15 -15 -15 -15 -15; -5 -5 -5 -5 -5];
+R=[-15 -15 -15 -15 -15; 15 15 15 15 15];
+JI=JEInterface(@testfun, 'int', R, initR, 5, 'Display', 'iter');
+JI=optimize(JI, 3);
+[sol, fit]=getResult(JI);
+finalPop=getMultipleResults(JI);
+
diff --git a/resources/MatlabInterface/testfun.m b/resources/MatlabInterface/testfun.m
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+function z = testfun(x, y)
+switch y
+    case 1 % modulated parabola
+        z (1)=sum(x.*x)+cos ( x ( 1 ) ) * sin ( x ( 2 ) ) ;
+    case 2 % Branin
+        z ( 1 ) = ( x(2)-(5/(4*pi ^2))* x(1)^2+5*x (1)/ pi -6)^2+10*(1-1/(8* pi ) )* cos ( x (1) )+10;
+    case 3 % Himmelblau
+        z ( 1 ) = ( ( x (1)^2 + x ( 2 ) - 11)^2 + ( x ( 1 ) + x (2)^2 - 7 )^2 ) ;
+    case 4 % simple binary: changed to a char data type
+        z(1)=0;
+        for i=1:length(x)
+            if (x(i)=='1') ; z(1)=z(1)+1; end
+        end
+    case 5 % simple parabola
+        z (1)=sum( x .* x ) ;
+end