[AAI-ONAP] Get the latest code and sync to onap

Change-Id: Ifd6e05a807b1bc5246cd2442cb54495b84100e83
Signed-off-by: Venkata Harish K Kajur <vk250x@att.com>

29 files changed, 317 insertions, 6541 deletions

diff --git a/aai-annotations/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/annotations/Metadata.java b/aai-annotations/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/annotations/Metadata.java
index d35ff808..03755c67 100644
--- a/aai-annotations/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/annotations/Metadata.java
+++ b/aai-annotations/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/annotations/Metadata.java
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
  * ================================================================================
  * 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.
+ * 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.
  * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
  */
 
diff --git a/aai-annotations/src/test/java/org/openecomp/aai/annotations/AnnotationsTest.java b/aai-annotations/src/test/java/org/openecomp/aai/annotations/AnnotationsTest.java
index 9efc38a6..9efc38a6 100755..100644
--- a/aai-annotations/src/test/java/org/openecomp/aai/annotations/AnnotationsTest.java
+++ b/aai-annotations/src/test/java/org/openecomp/aai/annotations/AnnotationsTest.java
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/auth/exceptions/AAIUnrecognizedFunctionException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/auth/exceptions/AAIUnrecognizedFunctionException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5ebcb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/auth/exceptions/AAIUnrecognizedFunctionException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * org.openecomp.aai
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.aai.auth.exceptions;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+public class AAIUnrecognizedFunctionException extends AAIException {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 3297064867724071290L;
+
+	public AAIUnrecognizedFunctionException() {}
+
+	public AAIUnrecognizedFunctionException(String message) {
+		super("AAI_3012", message);
+	}
+
+	public AAIUnrecognizedFunctionException(Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_3012",cause);
+	}
+
+	public AAIUnrecognizedFunctionException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_3012", cause, message);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/props/AAIProperties.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/props/AAIProperties.java
index 3c452a88..2b335e17 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/props/AAIProperties.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/props/AAIProperties.java
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ public class AAIProperties {
 	public static final Version LATEST = Version.v10;
 	public static final Integer MAXIMUM_DEPTH = 10000;
 	public static final String LINKED = "linked";
+	public static final String DB_ALIAS_SUFFIX = "-local";
 
 }
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/DataGrooming.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/DataGrooming.java
index 18f43ba8..d1480d15 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/DataGrooming.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/DataGrooming.java
@@ -26,35 +26,37 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversal;
-import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.__;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Edge;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Property;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.VertexProperty;
-
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
 import org.openecomp.aai.dbmap.AAIGraph;
 import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
-import org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.DbMaps;
-import org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.IngestModelMoxyOxm;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.LoaderFactory;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.ModelType;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
 import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
 import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.FormatDate;
+
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.Configuration;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 		Boolean doAutoFix = false;
 		Boolean edgesOnlyFlag = false;
 		Boolean dontFixOrphansFlag = false;
+		Boolean skipHostCheck = false;
 		Boolean singleCommits = false;
 		Boolean dupeCheckOff = false;
 		Boolean dupeFixOn = false;
@@ -114,9 +117,8 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 		
 		String prevFileName = "";
 		dupeGrpsDeleted = 0;
-		SimpleDateFormat d = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmm");
-		d.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
-		String dteStr = d.format(new Date()).toString();
+		FormatDate fd = new FormatDate("yyyyMMddHHmm", "GMT");
+		String dteStr = fd.getDateTime();
 		String groomOutFileName = "dataGrooming." + dteStr + ".out";
 
 		if (args.length > 0) {
@@ -127,6 +129,8 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 					edgesOnlyFlag = true;
 				} else if (thisArg.equals("-autoFix")) {
 					doAutoFix = true;
+				} else if (thisArg.equals("-skipHostCheck")) {
+					skipHostCheck = true;
 				} else if (thisArg.equals("-dontFixOrphans")) {
 					dontFixOrphansFlag = true;
 				} else if (thisArg.equals("-singleCommits")) {
@@ -186,14 +190,12 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 		}
 		
 
-		IngestModelMoxyOxm moxyMod = new IngestModelMoxyOxm();
 		try {
-			ArrayList <String> defaultVerLst = new ArrayList <> ();
-			defaultVerLst.add( AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP) );
-			moxyMod.init( defaultVerLst, false);
+			LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(ModelType.MOXY, AAIProperties.LATEST);
+
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex){
-			LOGGER.error("ERROR - Could not do the moxyMod.init()", ex);
+			LOGGER.error("ERROR - Could not create loader", ex);
 			System.exit(1);
 		}
 
@@ -239,9 +241,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 						System.exit(0);
 					}
 
-					d = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmm");
-					d.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
-					dteStr = d.format(new Date()).toString();
+					dteStr = fd.getDateTime();
 					String secondGroomOutFileName = "dataGrooming." + dteStr
 							+ ".out";
 					LOGGER.info(" Now, call doTheGrooming() a second time and pass in the name of the file "
@@ -342,9 +342,6 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 				deleteCandidateList = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 			}
 
-			SimpleDateFormat d = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmm");
-			d.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
-
 			String fullOutputFileName = targetDir + AAIConstants.AAI_FILESEP
 					+ groomOutFileName;
 			File groomOutFile = new File(fullOutputFileName);
@@ -394,11 +391,10 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 			HashMap<String, String> emptyVertexHash = new HashMap<String, String>();
 			HashMap<String, TitanVertex> ghostNodeHash = new HashMap<String, TitanVertex>();
 			ArrayList<String> dupeGroups = new ArrayList<>();
-
-
-			DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
 			
-			Iterator<String> nodeMapKPropsIterator = dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.keySet().iterator();
+			Loader loader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(ModelType.MOXY, AAIProperties.LATEST);
+
+			Set<Entry<String, Introspector>> entrySet = loader.getAllObjects().entrySet();
 			String ntList = "";
 
 			LOGGER.info("  Starting DataGrooming Processing ");
@@ -407,8 +403,8 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 				LOGGER.info(" NOTE >> Skipping Node processing as requested.  Will only process Edges. << ");
 			} 
 			else {
-				while (nodeMapKPropsIterator.hasNext()) {
-					String nType = nodeMapKPropsIterator.next();
+				for (Entry<String, Introspector> entry : entrySet) {
+					String nType = entry.getKey();
 					int thisNtCount = 0;
 					int thisNtDeleteCount = 0;
 					LOGGER.debug(" >  Look at : [" + nType + "] ...");
@@ -416,19 +412,10 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 
 					// Get a collection of the names of the key properties for this nodeType to use later
 					// Determine what the key fields are for this nodeType
-					Collection <String> keyProps = new ArrayList <>();
-					if( dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.containsKey(nType) ){
-						keyProps = dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(nType);
-					}
-					else {
-						throw new AAIException("AAI_6105", "Required Property name(s) not found for nodeType = " + nType + ")"); 
-					}
+					Collection <String> keyProps = entry.getValue().getKeys();
 					
 					// Get the types of nodes that this nodetype depends on for uniqueness (if any)
-					Collection <String> depNodeTypes = new ArrayList <>();
-					if( dbMaps.NodeDependencies.containsKey(nType) ){
-						depNodeTypes = dbMaps.NodeDependencies.get(nType);
-					}
+					Collection <String> depNodeTypes = loader.introspectorFromName(nType).getDependentOn();
 					
 					// Loop through all the nodes of this Node type
 					int lastShownForNt = 0;
@@ -595,7 +582,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 									List<String> tmpDupeGroups = checkAndProcessDupes(
 												TRANSID, FROMAPPID, g, version,
 												nType, secondGetList, dupeFixOn,
-												deleteCandidateList, singleCommits,	dupeGroups, dbMaps);
+												deleteCandidateList, singleCommits,	dupeGroups, loader);
 									Iterator<String> dIter = tmpDupeGroups.iterator();
 									while (dIter.hasNext()) {
 										// Add in any newly found dupes to our running list
@@ -732,7 +719,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 								Object ob = vIn.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
 								if (ob != null) {
 									vNtI = ob.toString();
-									keysMissing = anyKeyFieldsMissing(vNtI, vIn, dbMaps);
+									keysMissing = anyKeyFieldsMissing(vNtI, vIn, loader);
 								}
 								ob = vIn.id();
 								long vIdLong = 0L;
@@ -845,7 +832,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 								if (ob != null) {
 									vNtO = ob.toString();
 									keysMissing = anyKeyFieldsMissing(vNtO,
-											vOut, dbMaps);
+											vOut, loader);
 								}
 								ob = vOut.id();
 								long vIdLong = 0L;
@@ -1315,11 +1302,13 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 	 * @param v the v
 	 * @return the boolean
 	 */
-	private static Boolean anyKeyFieldsMissing(String nType, Vertex v, DbMaps dbMaps) {
+	private static Boolean anyKeyFieldsMissing(String nType, Vertex v, Loader loader) {
 		
 		try {
-			if( nType != null && !nType.trim().equals("") 
-					&& !dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.containsKey(nType) ){
+			Introspector obj = null;
+			try {
+				obj = loader.introspectorFromName(nType);
+			} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
 				// They gave us a non-empty nodeType but our NodeKeyProps does
 				//   not have data for it.  Since we do not know what the
 				//   key params are for this type of node, we will just
@@ -1327,19 +1316,11 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 				String emsg = " -- WARNING -- Unrecognized nodeType: [" + nType 
 						+ "].  We cannot determine required keys for this nType. ";
 				// NOTE - this will be caught below and a "false" returned
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", emsg); 
-			}			
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", emsg);
+			}	
 			
 			// Determine what the key fields are for this nodeType
-			Collection <String> keyPropNamesColl = new ArrayList <>();
-			if( dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.containsKey(nType) ){
-				keyPropNamesColl = dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(nType);
-			}
-			else {
-				// NOTE - this will be caught below and a "false" returned
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", "Definition of key props not found for nodeType = " + nType + ")"); 
-			}
-			
+			Collection <String> keyPropNamesColl = obj.getKeys();
 			Iterator<String> keyPropI = keyPropNamesColl.iterator();
 			while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
 				String propName = keyPropI.next();
@@ -1422,7 +1403,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 	 */
 	public static TitanVertex getPreferredDupe(String transId,
 			String fromAppId, TitanTransaction g,
-			ArrayList<TitanVertex> dupeVertexList, String ver, DbMaps dbMaps)
+			ArrayList<TitanVertex> dupeVertexList, String ver, Loader loader)
 			throws AAIException {
 
 		// This method assumes that it is being passed a List of vertex objects
@@ -1447,7 +1428,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 		for (int i = 1; i < listSize; i++) {
 			TitanVertex vtxB = (TitanVertex) dupeVertexList.get(i);
 			vtxPreferred = pickOneOfTwoDupes(transId, fromAppId, g,
-					currentFaveVtx, vtxB, ver, dbMaps);
+					currentFaveVtx, vtxB, ver, loader);
 			if (vtxPreferred == null) {
 				// We couldn't choose one
 				return nullVtx;
@@ -1474,7 +1455,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 	 */
 	public static TitanVertex pickOneOfTwoDupes(String transId,
 			String fromAppId, TitanTransaction g, TitanVertex vtxA,
-			TitanVertex vtxB, String ver, DbMaps dbMaps) throws AAIException {
+			TitanVertex vtxB, String ver, Loader loader) throws AAIException {
 
 		TitanVertex nullVtx = null;
 		TitanVertex preferredVtx = null;
@@ -1484,13 +1465,13 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 
 		String vtxANodeType = "";
 		String vtxBNodeType = "";
-		Object obj = vtxA.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		if (obj != null) {
-			vtxANodeType = obj.toString();
+		Object objType = vtxA.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+		if (objType != null) {
+			vtxANodeType = objType.toString();
 		}
-		obj = vtxB.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		if (obj != null) {
-			vtxBNodeType = obj.toString();
+		objType = vtxB.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+		if (objType != null) {
+			vtxBNodeType = objType.toString();
 		}
 
 		if (vtxANodeType.equals("") || (!vtxANodeType.equals(vtxBNodeType))) {
@@ -1504,10 +1485,9 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 		// (We'll check dep-node later)
 		// Determine what the key fields are for this nodeType
 		Collection <String> keyProps = new ArrayList <>();
-		if( dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.containsKey(vtxANodeType) ){
-			keyProps = dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(vtxANodeType);
-		}
-		else {
+		try {
+			keyProps = loader.introspectorFromName(vtxANodeType).getKeys();
+		} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
 			throw new AAIException("AAI_6105", "Required Property name(s) not found for nodeType = " + vtxANodeType + ")"); 
 		}
 		
@@ -1515,14 +1495,14 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 		while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
 			String propName = keyPropI.next();
 			String vtxAKeyPropVal = "";
-			obj = vtxA.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null);
-			if (obj != null) {
-				vtxAKeyPropVal = obj.toString();
+			objType = vtxA.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null);
+			if (objType != null) {
+				vtxAKeyPropVal = objType.toString();
 			}
 			String vtxBKeyPropVal = "";
-			obj = vtxB.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null);
-			if (obj != null) {
-				vtxBKeyPropVal = obj.toString();
+			objType = vtxB.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null);
+			if (objType != null) {
+				vtxBKeyPropVal = objType.toString();
 			}
 
 			if (vtxAKeyPropVal.equals("")
@@ -1547,9 +1527,9 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 				TitanVertex tvCon = iter.next();
 				String conVid = tvCon.id().toString();
 				String nt = "";
-				obj = tvCon.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-				if (obj != null) {
-					nt = obj.toString();
+				objType = tvCon.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+				if (objType != null) {
+					nt = objType.toString();
 				}
 				nodeTypesConn2A.put(nt, conVid);
 				vtxIdsConn2A.add(conVid);
@@ -1563,9 +1543,9 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 				TitanVertex tvCon = iter.next();
 				String conVid = tvCon.id().toString();
 				String nt = "";
-				obj = tvCon.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-				if (obj != null) {
-					nt = obj.toString();
+				objType = tvCon.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+				if (objType != null) {
+					nt = objType.toString();
 				}
 				nodeTypesConn2B.put(nt, conVid);
 				vtxIdsConn2B.add(conVid);
@@ -1581,11 +1561,8 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 		// different ways. But for a particular node, it will only have one
 		// dependent node that it's
 		// connected to.
-		Collection <String> depNodeTypes = new ArrayList <>();
-		if( dbMaps.NodeDependencies.containsKey(vtxANodeType) ){
-			depNodeTypes = dbMaps.NodeDependencies.get(vtxANodeType);
-		}
-				
+		Collection <String> depNodeTypes = loader.introspectorFromName(vtxANodeType).getDependentOn();
+			
 		if (depNodeTypes.isEmpty()) {
 			// This kind of node is not dependent on any other. That is ok.
 		} else {
@@ -1689,7 +1666,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 			String fromAppId, TitanTransaction g, String version, String nType,
 			List<TitanVertex> passedVertList, Boolean dupeFixOn,
 			Set<String> deleteCandidateList, Boolean singleCommits,
-			ArrayList<String> alreadyFoundDupeGroups, DbMaps dbMaps ) {
+			ArrayList<String> alreadyFoundDupeGroups, Loader loader ) {
 		
 		ArrayList<String> returnList = new ArrayList<>();
 		ArrayList<TitanVertex> checkVertList = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -1748,7 +1725,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 				return returnList;
 			}
 
-			if (!dbMaps.NodeDependencies.containsKey(nType)) {
+			if (loader.introspectorFromName(nType).isTopLevel()) {
 				// If this was a node that does NOT depend on other nodes for
 				// uniqueness, and we
 				// found more than one node using its key -- record the found
@@ -1761,7 +1738,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 				}
 				if (dupesStr != "") {
 					TitanVertex prefV = getPreferredDupe(transId, fromAppId,
-							g, checkVertList, version, dbMaps);
+							g, checkVertList, version, loader);
 					if (prefV == null) {
 						// We could not determine which duplicate to keep
 						dupesStr = dupesStr + "KeepVid=UNDETERMINED";
@@ -1792,7 +1769,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 				// could be more than one set of duplicates.
 				HashMap<String, ArrayList<TitanVertex>> vertsGroupedByParentHash = groupVertsByDepNodes(
 						transId, fromAppId, g, version, nType,
-						checkVertList, dbMaps);
+						checkVertList, loader);
 				for (Map.Entry<String, ArrayList<TitanVertex>> entry : vertsGroupedByParentHash
 						.entrySet()) {
 					ArrayList<TitanVertex> thisParentsVertList = entry
@@ -1809,7 +1786,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 						if (dupesStr != "") {
 							TitanVertex prefV = getPreferredDupe(transId,
 									fromAppId, g, thisParentsVertList,
-									version, dbMaps);
+									version, loader);
 
 							if (prefV == null) {
 								// We could not determine which duplicate to
@@ -1860,7 +1837,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 	 */
 	private static HashMap<String, ArrayList<TitanVertex>> groupVertsByDepNodes(
 			String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction g, String version,
-			String nType, ArrayList<TitanVertex> passedVertList, DbMaps dbMaps)
+			String nType, ArrayList<TitanVertex> passedVertList, Loader loader)
 			throws AAIException {
 		// Given a list of Titan Vertices of one nodeType (see AAI-8956), group 
 		// them together by the parent node they depend on.
@@ -1871,7 +1848,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 		// allow for the case where more than one is under the same parent node.
 
 		HashMap<String, ArrayList<TitanVertex>> retHash = new HashMap<String, ArrayList<TitanVertex>>();
-		if (!dbMaps.NodeDependencies.containsKey(nType)) {
+		if (loader.introspectorFromName(nType).isTopLevel()) {
 			// This method really should not have been called if this is not the
 			// kind of node
 			// that depends on a parent for uniqueness, so just return the empty
@@ -1881,7 +1858,7 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 
 		// Find out what types of nodes the passed in nodes can depend on
 		ArrayList<String> depNodeTypeL = new ArrayList<>();
-		Collection<String> depNTColl = dbMaps.NodeDependencies.get(nType);
+		Collection<String> depNTColl = loader.introspectorFromName(nType).getDependentOn();
 		Iterator<String> ntItr = depNTColl.iterator();
 		while (ntItr.hasNext()) {
 			depNodeTypeL.add(ntItr.next());
@@ -2250,5 +2227,4 @@ public class DataGrooming {
 	}// End of getConnectedParent()
 	
 	
-	
 }
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/DbMeth.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/DbMeth.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 17266d11..00000000
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/DbMeth.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3643 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * org.openecomp.aai
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.aai.dbgen;
-
-import java.net.Inet4Address;
-import java.net.Inet6Address;
-import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.__;
-import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
-import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Edge;
-import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
-import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.VertexProperty;
-
-import org.openecomp.aai.dbmodel.DbEdgeRules;
-import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
-import org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.DbMaps;
-import org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.IngestModelMoxyOxm;
-import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeRule;
-import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeRules;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
-import com.google.common.net.InetAddresses;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanEdge;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanTransaction;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanVertex;
-
-
-/**
- * General Database-level Utility class.   These methods deal with the database one dataNode / Edge at a time.
- * Transactions are managed at a higher level by the calling classes by passing in a TitanTransaction object.
- */
-public class DbMeth{
-
-	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(DbMeth.class);
-	
-	/**
-	 * Patch aai node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propHash the prop hash
-	 * @param depNodeVal the dep node val
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return TitanVertex
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static TitanVertex patchAaiNode(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType, 
-			HashMap <String,Object> propHash, TitanVertex depNodeVal, String apiVersion ) throws AAIException{
-		// If they're calling patchAaiNode, then we only want to add/update the properties that they
-		// pass us in the propHash.  If there are others already in the DB, we leave them alone.
-
-		// Note: to be really official, we'd throw an error if the node wasn't already in the db.
-		boolean[] objectExists = new boolean[1];
-		objectExists[0] = true;
-		Boolean patchOnly = true;
-		TitanVertex tv = persistAaiNodeBASE(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, propHash, depNodeVal, patchOnly, apiVersion, objectExists);
-		return( tv );
-
-	} // end of patchAaiNode()
-	
-	/**
-	 * Patch aai node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propHash the prop hash
-	 * @param depNodeVal the dep node val
-	 * @return the titan vertex
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static TitanVertex patchAaiNode(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType, 
-			HashMap <String,Object> propHash, TitanVertex depNodeVal) throws AAIException{
-		return patchAaiNode( transId,  fromAppId,  graph,  nodeType, 
-				propHash,  depNodeVal, null );
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propHash the prop hash
-	 * @param depNodeVal the dep node val
-	 * @param patchOnly the patch only
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the titan vertex
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static TitanVertex persistAaiNode(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType, 
-			HashMap <String,Object> propHash, TitanVertex depNodeVal, Boolean patchOnly, String apiVersion) throws AAIException{
-		boolean[] objectExists = new boolean[1];
-		objectExists[0] = false;
-		return persistAaiNodeBASE( transId,  fromAppId,  graph,  nodeType, 
-				 propHash,  depNodeVal, patchOnly, apiVersion, objectExists);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propHash the prop hash
-	 * @param addIfNotFound the add if not found
-	 * @param depNodeVal the dep node val
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the titan vertex
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static TitanVertex persistAaiNode(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType, 
-			HashMap <String,Object> propHash, Boolean addIfNotFound, TitanVertex depNodeVal, String apiVersion) throws AAIException{
-		// If they're calling persistAaiNode, then we want to make the Db look like whatever they pass us.  That is, if
-		// there is already a record in the DB, but they do not pass some of the existing properties, they should
-		// be cleared from the DB.    Since we want to take care of all properties, we pass patchOnly = false
-		Boolean patchOnly = false;
-		boolean[] objectExists = new boolean[1];
-		objectExists[0] = false;
-		TitanVertex tv = persistAaiNodeBASE(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, propHash, depNodeVal, patchOnly, apiVersion, objectExists);
-		return( tv );
-	} 
-	
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propHash the prop hash
-	 * @param addIfNotFound the add if not found
-	 * @param depNodeVal the dep node val
-	 * @return the titan vertex
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static TitanVertex persistAaiNode(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType, 
-			HashMap <String,Object> propHash, Boolean addIfNotFound, TitanVertex depNodeVal) throws AAIException{
-		// If they're calling persistAaiNode, then we want to make the Db look like whatever they pass us.  That is, if
-		// there is already a record in the DB, but they do not pass some of the existing properties, they should
-		// be cleared from the DB.    Since we want to take care of all properties, we pass patchOnly = false
-		Boolean patchOnly = false;
-		boolean[] objectExists = new boolean[1];
-		objectExists[0] = false;
-		TitanVertex tv = persistAaiNodeBASE(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, propHash, depNodeVal, patchOnly, null, objectExists);
-		return( tv );
-	} // end of persistAaiNode()
-	
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propHash the prop hash
-	 * @param addIfNotFound the add if not found
-	 * @param depNodeVal the dep node val
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param objectExists the object exists
-	 * @return TitanVertex
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static TitanVertex persistAaiNode(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType, 
-			HashMap <String,Object> propHash, Boolean addIfNotFound, TitanVertex depNodeVal, String apiVersion, boolean[] objectExists) throws AAIException{
-		Boolean patchOnly = false;
-		// If they're calling persistAaiNode, then we want to make the Db look like whatever they pass us.  That is, if
-		// there is already a record in the DB, but they do not pass some of the existing properties, they should
-		// be cleared from the DB.    Since we want to take care of all properties, we pass patchOnly = false
-		TitanVertex tv = persistAaiNodeBASE(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, propHash, depNodeVal, patchOnly, apiVersion, objectExists, null);
-		return( tv );
-	} 
-	
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propHash the prop hash
-	 * @param addIfNotFound the add if not found
-	 * @param depNodeVal the dep node val
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param objectExists the object exists
-	 * @param thisNodeVertex the this node vertex
-	 * @return the titan vertex
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static TitanVertex persistAaiNode(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType, 
-			HashMap <String,Object> propHash, Boolean addIfNotFound, TitanVertex depNodeVal, String apiVersion, boolean[] objectExists, TitanVertex thisNodeVertex) throws AAIException{
-		Boolean patchOnly = false;
-		// If they're calling persistAaiNode, then we want to make the Db look like whatever they pass us.  That is, if
-		// there is already a record in the DB, but they do not pass some of the existing properties, they should
-		// be cleared from the DB.    Since we want to take care of all properties, we pass patchOnly = false
-		TitanVertex tv = persistAaiNodeBASE(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, propHash, depNodeVal, patchOnly, apiVersion, objectExists, thisNodeVertex);
-		return( tv );
-	} 
-	
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai node BASE.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propHash the prop hash
-	 * @param depNodeVal the dep node val
-	 * @param patchOnly the patch only
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param objectExists the object exists
-	 * @return the titan vertex
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static TitanVertex persistAaiNodeBASE(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType, 
-			HashMap <String,Object> propHash, TitanVertex depNodeVal, Boolean patchOnly, 
-			String apiVersion, boolean[] objectExists) throws AAIException{
-		return persistAaiNodeBASE(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, propHash, depNodeVal, patchOnly, apiVersion, objectExists, null);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai node BASE.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propHash the prop hash
-	 * @param depNodeVal the dep node val
-	 * @param patchOnly the patch only
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param objectExists the object exists
-	 * @param thisNodeVertex the this node vertex
-	 * @return the titan vertex
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static TitanVertex persistAaiNodeBASE(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType, 
-			HashMap <String,Object> propHash, TitanVertex depNodeVal, Boolean patchOnly, 
-			String apiVersion, boolean[] objectExists, TitanVertex thisNodeVertex) throws AAIException{
-		
-		if( graph == null ){
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6101", "null graph object passed to persistAaiNodeBASE()"); 
-		}
-		
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		
-		boolean useDepNode = false;
-		String resourceVersion = null;
-		if( propHash.containsKey("resource-version") ){
-			resourceVersion = (String)(propHash.get("resource-version")); 
-		}	
-		String aaiUniqueKeyVal = null;
-		if( propHash.containsKey("aai-unique-key") ){
-			// Note -- we are assuming that nobody is monkeying with this.   The 16-07 first-pass theory
-			//    is that the REST layer is always gonna generate this or pass it through.
-			aaiUniqueKeyVal = (String)(propHash.get("aai-unique-key")); 
-			propHash.remove("aai-unique-key");
-		}	
-		
-		if( needsADepNode4Uniqueness(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, apiVersion) ){
-			// This kind of node needs a dependent node (for uniqueness)
-			if( depNodeVal == null ){
-				// They should have passed in the node that this one depends on
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6109", "null dependentNode object passed to persistAaiNodeBASE() but " + nodeType + " requires one."); 
-			}
-			else if( ! nodeTypeACanDependOnB(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, depNodeVal.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null), apiVersion) ){
-				// They should have passed in the right type of node as the dependent node
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6109", "dependentNode of type " + depNodeVal.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null) + " passed to persistAaiNodeBASE() for nodeType" + nodeType + "."); 
-			}
-			useDepNode = true;
-		}
-		else {
-			depNodeVal = null;
-		}
-		
-		// Note: as of 1607, we no longer validate property names since that's covered by the REST layer.
-		// Same goes for required fields (as of 1602)
-
-		// Special ip-address validation for ipAddr nodes only...   This will go away when we go to YANG and
-		// do validations like this up at that layer.
-		if( nodeType.equals("ipaddress") ){
-			// Note - this will throw an exception if the ipAddress is using a bad format
-			ipAddressFormatOK( transId, fromAppId, (String)propHash.get("addr"), (String)propHash.get("version") );
-		}
-
-		// Use the key-fields/dependentNode to check if this is an add or an update
-		// We assume that all NodeTypes at least one key-property defined.  A dependentNode is optional.
-		if( ! dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.containsKey(nodeType) ){
-			// Problem if no key Properties defined for this nodeType  
-			String defVer = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP);
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6105", "No node-key-properties defined in dbMaps for nodeType = " + nodeType + " (ver=" + defVer + ")"); 
-		}
-
-		Boolean hasAltKey1 = false;
-		HashMap <String,Object>nodeAltKey1PropsHash = new HashMap<String,Object>();
-		Collection <String> altKey1Props = getNodeAltKey1PropNames(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, apiVersion);
-		if( altKey1Props != null ){
-			Iterator <String> altKey1PropI = altKey1Props.iterator();
-			while( altKey1PropI.hasNext() ){
-				String propName = altKey1PropI.next();
-				// NOTE: alt-keys are not always required fields.  If it is null or blank, we won't 
-				//      do alt-key checks on it.
-				Object value = propHash.get(propName); 
-				if( value != null && !value.toString().equals("") ){
-					hasAltKey1 = true;
-					nodeAltKey1PropsHash.put(propName, value);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		HashMap <String,Object>nodeKeyPropsHash = new HashMap<String,Object>();
-		Collection <String> keyProps = getNodeKeyPropNames(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, apiVersion);
-		Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-		while( keyPropI.hasNext() ){
-			String propName = keyPropI.next();
-			
-			Object value = propHash.get(propName); 
-			nodeKeyPropsHash.put(propName, value);
-		}
-
-		// Check if this node is already in the database based on the Primary Key Info
-		TitanVertex existingVert = thisNodeVertex;
-		boolean foundTheNodeInDb = true;
-			
-		if (existingVert == null) { 
-			try {
-				existingVert = getUniqueNode( transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, nodeKeyPropsHash, depNodeVal, apiVersion );
-			}
-			catch (AAIException e) {
-				if (e.getErrorObject().getErrorCode().equals("6114")) {
-					foundTheNodeInDb = false;
-				}
-				else {
-					throw e;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-				
-		// this is so the notification knows whether or not the operation was an UPDATE or a CREATe
-		objectExists[0] = foundTheNodeInDb;
-		if( foundTheNodeInDb ){
-			// A record was found in the DB using the PK.  
-			if( needToDoResourceVerCheck(apiVersion, patchOnly) ){
-				// Need to check that they knew what they were updating
-				String existingResVer = existingVert.<String>property("resource-version").orElse(null);
-				if( resourceVersion == null || resourceVersion.equals("") ){
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6130", "Resource-version not passed for update of = " + nodeType + ", " + nodeKeyPropsHash.toString()); 
-				}
-				else if( (existingResVer != null) && !resourceVersion.equals(existingResVer) ){
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6131", "Resource-version " + resourceVersion + " MISMATCH WITH EXISTING " + existingResVer + " for update of = " + nodeType + ", " + nodeKeyPropsHash.toString()); 
-				}
-			}
-			
-			// Need to ensure that the Alternate key isn't changing to a value that points to a different existing node.   
-			// It is ok if it points to nothing -- that would just be an update for this node.   It's also ok if 
-			// it points to this (existing) node - that just means that it wasn't being updated.
-			if( hasAltKey1 ){
-				try {
-					TitanVertex chkVert = getUniqueNode( transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, nodeAltKey1PropsHash, depNodeVal, apiVersion );
-					if( ! chkVert.id().toString().equals(existingVert.id().toString()) ){
-						throw new AAIException("AAI_6117", "In-Use AlternateKey value passed for update of nodeType = " + nodeType); 
-					}
-				}
-				catch (AAIException e) {
-					if(! e.getErrorObject().getErrorCode().equals("6114") ){
-						throw e;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		else {
-			// Note not in the DB -- This will be an ADD of a new node
-			//		a) make sure they didn't say they were just doing "patchOnly" which cannot be an ADD.
-			// 		b) if there is an alternate key, we need to make sure the AK isn't already in use by somebody else.
-			if( patchOnly ){
-				String depMsg = "";
-				if( useDepNode ){
-					depMsg = " plus dependent node. ";
-				}
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6114", "Patch Request, but no Node of type " + nodeType + " found for properties: [" + propHash + "] " + depMsg);
-			}
-			
-			if( needToDoResourceVerCheck(apiVersion, patchOnly) && (resourceVersion != null) && !resourceVersion.equals("") ){
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6131", "Resource-version was passed in, but this is an ADD of a " + nodeType + ", with these params: " + nodeKeyPropsHash.toString()); 
-			}
-			if( hasAltKey1 ){
-				try {
-					getUniqueNode( transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, nodeAltKey1PropsHash, depNodeVal, apiVersion );
-					// Since the Primary Key for this nodeType wasn't found in the DB yet, the fact that
-					// we are able to find a record (no "6114" exception thrown) using the Alternate-Key is an error.  
-					// We can't create a new node that uses an AK that's already in use.
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6117", "Conflicting Key and Alternate-Key values passed for add of nodeType = " + nodeType); 
-				}
-				catch (AAIException e) {
-					if(! e.getErrorObject().getErrorCode().equals("6114") ){
-						throw e;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		// ------------- Done with checking.  Do the add or update to the dB -----------------------
-
-		if( foundTheNodeInDb ){
-			long unixTimeNow = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L;
-			// ----- This is an UPDATE ------
-			
-			
-			String existingSourceOfTruth = fromAppId;  // default value if we can't get the old one
-			Object tmpOb = existingVert.<Object>property("source-of-truth").orElse(null);
-			if( tmpOb != null ){
-				existingSourceOfTruth = tmpOb.toString();
-			}
-			long existingCreateTs = unixTimeNow;  // default value if we can't get the old one
-			tmpOb = existingVert.<Object>property("aai-created-ts").orElse(null);
-			if( tmpOb != null ){
-				existingCreateTs = (long) tmpOb;
-			}
-			
-			String msg = "UPDATE vertex of type = [" + nodeType + "] "; 
-			if( useDepNode ){
-				String depNType = depNodeVal.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-				HashMap <String, Object> depNodePropKeysHash = getNodeKeyPropHash(transId, fromAppId, graph, depNodeVal);
-				LOGGER.info("UPDATE existing node: type = " + nodeType + ", key(s) = [" + nodeKeyPropsHash + 
-						"] which rides on dependent node: type = " + depNType + ", with key(s) = [" + depNodePropKeysHash + "].");
-			}
-			else {
-				LOGGER.info("UPDATE existing node: type = " + nodeType + ", key(s) = [" + nodeKeyPropsHash + "] (no dep. node).");
-			}
-			String removeList = "";
-			if( ! patchOnly ){
-				// They are updating an existing record, and they want us to "process all defined properties" (not just patch)   
-				// So we will see if the node has any properties that were not passed-in.  Those need to be removed.
-				Collection <String> propCol =  dbMaps.NodeProps.get(nodeType);
-				Iterator <String> propIter = propCol.iterator();
-				while( propIter.hasNext() ){
-					String propName = propIter.next();
-					if( ! propHash.containsKey(propName) && !DbEdgeRules.ReservedPropNames.containsKey(propName)){  
-						if( thisPropertyWasPutByNewerVersionOfCode(apiVersion, nodeType, propName) ){
-							//   we must be using an older version of code here - but the property that
-							//   has not been passed in this persist call is one that this older version of
-							//   the database did not know about.  So leave it alone.
-						}
-						else {
-							removeList = removeList + "," + propName;
-							existingVert.property(propName).remove();
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			if( !removeList.equals("") ){
-				LOGGER.info("Removed these props on update: [" + removeList + "]");
-			}
-			for( Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : propHash.entrySet() ){
-				// update the parameters that have been passed in (except the key-properties)
-				//                  taking away the key-property check.  We will now allow this since
-				//                  the keys were used to identify this node, so they should be good and
-				//                  there are times when Titan resolves conflicts by only using the 
-				//                  data set in an update - and was losing our key info... 
-				//                  Similar to the change noted below.
-				//if( ! nodeKeyPropsHash.containsKey(entry.getKey()) ){
-				//	existingVert.setProperty( entry.getKey(), entry.getValue() );
-				//}
-				if( ! entry.getKey().equals("resource-version") ){
-					boolean nonSingleCardinality = false;
-					boolean setSoNoDupes = false;
-					if( checkPropCardinality(entry.getKey(), "Set") ){
-						nonSingleCardinality = true;
-						setSoNoDupes = true;
-					}
-					else if( checkPropCardinality(entry.getKey(), "List") ){
-						nonSingleCardinality = true;
-					}
-					
-					Iterator <Object> valIter = null;
-					if( nonSingleCardinality ){
-						String className = entry.getValue().getClass().getSimpleName();
-						if( className.equals("ArrayList") ){
-							valIter = ((ArrayList)(entry.getValue())).iterator();
-						}
-						else if( className.equals("List") ){
-							valIter = ((List)(entry.getValue())).iterator();
-						}
-						else if( className.equals("Set") ){
-							valIter = ((Set)(entry.getValue())).iterator();
-						}
-					}
-					
-					if( nonSingleCardinality ){
-						// This property has Cardinality of List or Set - which need to be handled carefully
-						// Note -- for Lists or Sets, we assume they are of dataType String - that is all
-						//       the Rest layer supports at the moment (16-02)
-						ArrayList <String> currentData = new ArrayList <String> ();
-						if( patchOnly ){
-							// When patching - gotta know what's already in the db
-							Iterator<VertexProperty<Object>> existingPropsIter =  (existingVert.properties(entry.getKey()));
-							if( existingPropsIter != null ){
-								while( existingPropsIter.hasNext() ){
-									String existingVal = existingPropsIter.next().value().toString();
-									currentData.add( existingVal );
-								}
-							}
-						}
-						else {
-							// Since this is not a patch-update, we first have to clear out what is currently in the db.
-							existingVert.property(entry.getKey()).remove();
-						}
-						
-						if( valIter != null ){
-							while( valIter.hasNext() ){
-								Object thisVal = valIter.next();	
-								if( setSoNoDupes ){
-									// For Sets, we need to check that the data isn't already in the db or wasn't passed
-									// in to us twice in the propHash.  Otherwise Titan throws an exception (instead of just ignoring it...)
-									if( !currentData.contains(thisVal) ){
-										// We don't have this data yet, so add it to the Set
-										existingVert.property( entry.getKey(), thisVal );
-										currentData.add( thisVal.toString() );
-									}
-								}
-								else {
-									// For List data types, it's ok to have duplicate values in the db (why would we want this?)
-									existingVert.property( entry.getKey(), thisVal );
-								}
-							}
-						}
-					}
-					else {
-						// This is a normal, "Cardinality = SINGLE" kind of property
-						// ResourceVersion is not populated based on passed-in data, it is set along with other internal properties below.
-						//Object cleanVal = convertTypeIfNeeded( entry.getKey(), entry.getValue() );
-						//existingVert.setProperty( entry.getKey(),  cleanVal );
-						// ********************************
-						existingVert.property( entry.getKey(), entry.getValue() );
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			// DEBUG - trying to deal with the case where simultaneous PUTs
-			//    cause our db to wind up with a vertex that does not have these three properties filled in.
-			existingVert.property( "aai-node-type", nodeType );
-			existingVert.property( "aai-created-ts", existingCreateTs );
-			existingVert.property( "source-of-truth", existingSourceOfTruth );
-			
-			if( aaiUniqueKeyVal != null ){
-				existingVert.property( "aai-unique-key", aaiUniqueKeyVal );
-			}
-			
-			existingVert.property( "aai-last-mod-ts", unixTimeNow );
-			String resVers = "" + unixTimeNow; 
-			existingVert.property( "resource-version", resVers );
-			existingVert.property( "last-mod-source-of-truth", fromAppId );
-			
-			LOGGER.info(msg + ", [aai-last-mod-ts]/[" + unixTimeNow + "]");
-			
-			return( existingVert );
-		}
-		else{ 
-			// ----- Not found in the DB, This must be an ADD ------
-			if( DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCategory.containsKey(nodeType) ){
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "nodeTypeCategory " + nodeType + " cannot be used to ADD a node.  Need to pass a valid nodeType"); 
-			}
-
-			TitanVertex tiVnew = graph.addVertex( nodeType );
-
-			String msg = "ADD vertex of type = [" + nodeType + "] ";       
-			if( depNodeVal != null ){
-				String depNType = depNodeVal.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-				HashMap <String, Object> depNodePropKeysHash = getNodeKeyPropHash(transId, fromAppId, graph, depNodeVal);
-				msg = msg + " onto dependent node: type = " + depNType + ", which has key(s) = [" + depNodePropKeysHash + 
-						"].  New Node Prop/values = ";
-			}
-			else {
-				msg = msg + " Note: no dependent node.  New Node Prop/values = ";
-			}
-			boolean first = true;
-			for( Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : propHash.entrySet() ){
-				if( ! entry.getKey().equals("resource-version") ){
-					if( first ){
-						msg = msg + " [" + entry.getKey() + "]/[" + entry.getValue() + "]";
-						first = false;
-					}
-					else {
-						msg = msg + ", [" + entry.getKey() + "]/[" + entry.getValue() + "]";
-					}
-					
-					boolean nonSingleCardinality = false;
-					boolean setSoNoDupes = false;
-					if( checkPropCardinality(entry.getKey(), "Set") ){
-						nonSingleCardinality = true;
-						setSoNoDupes = true;
-					}
-					else if( checkPropCardinality(entry.getKey(), "List") ){
-						nonSingleCardinality = true;
-					}
-					
-					Iterator <Object> valIter = null;
-					if( nonSingleCardinality ){
-						String className = entry.getValue().getClass().getSimpleName();
-						if( className.equals("ArrayList") ){
-							valIter = ((ArrayList)(entry.getValue())).iterator();
-						}
-						else if( className.equals("List") ){
-							valIter = ((List)(entry.getValue())).iterator();
-						}
-						else if( className.equals("Set") ){
-							valIter = ((Set)(entry.getValue())).iterator();
-						}
-					}
-					
-					if( nonSingleCardinality ){
-						// This property has Cardinality of List or Set - which need to be handled carefully
-						ArrayList <String> currentData = new ArrayList <String> ();
-						if( valIter != null ){
-							while( valIter.hasNext() ){
-								Object thisVal = valIter.next();	
-								if( setSoNoDupes ){
-									// For Sets, we need to check that they're not passing us duplicate data in propHash.
-									// Otherwise Titan throws an exception (instead of just ignoring it...)
-									if( !currentData.contains(thisVal) ){
-										// We don't have this data yet, so add it to the Set
-										tiVnew.property( entry.getKey(), thisVal );
-										currentData.add( thisVal.toString() );
-									}
-								}
-								else {
-									// For List data types, it's ok to have duplicate values in the db (why would we want this?)
-									tiVnew.property( entry.getKey(), thisVal );
-								}
-							}
-						}
-					}
-					else {
-						// This is a normal, "Cardinality = SINGLE" kind of property
-						// ResourceVersion is not populated based on passed-in data, it is set along with other internal properties below.
-						tiVnew.property( entry.getKey(), entry.getValue() );
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			
-			tiVnew.property( "aai-node-type", nodeType );
-			//long unixTime = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L;
-			long unixTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-			tiVnew.property( "aai-created-ts", unixTime );
-			tiVnew.property( "aai-last-mod-ts", unixTime );
-			String resVers = "" + unixTime; 
-			tiVnew.property( "resource-version", resVers );
-			tiVnew.property( "source-of-truth", fromAppId );
-			tiVnew.property( "last-mod-source-of-truth", fromAppId );
-			if( aaiUniqueKeyVal != null ){
-				tiVnew.property( "aai-unique-key", aaiUniqueKeyVal );
-			}
-			
-			LOGGER.info(msg + ", [aai-created-ts]/[" + unixTime + "]");
-			return( tiVnew );
-		}
-
-	} // end of persistAaiNodeBASE()
-
-	
-	/**
-	 * Need to do resource ver check.
-	 *
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param patchOnlyFlag the patch only flag
-	 * @return the boolean
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static Boolean needToDoResourceVerCheck(String apiVersion, Boolean patchOnlyFlag)
-			throws AAIException{
-		
-		if( patchOnlyFlag ){
-			// we do not do resource checking for patch requests.
-			return false;
-		}
-		
-		String resourceCheckOnFlag = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_RESVERSION_ENABLEFLAG);
-		
-		int apiVerInt = cleanUpApiVersion(apiVersion);
-		
-		if( (resourceCheckOnFlag != null) && resourceCheckOnFlag.equals("true") ){
-			// Only do the check if the resource enable flag is set to "true"
-			if( apiVerInt > 4 ){
-				// We're only doing the resource version checks for v5 and later
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		return false;
-	}// End needToDoResourceVerCheck()
-
-	
-	/**
-	 * Clean up api version.
-	 *
-	 * @param apiVersionString the api version string
-	 * @return the int
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	private static int cleanUpApiVersion( String apiVersionString ) throws AAIException {
-		// Note: we expect an apiVersion to start with the letter "v", followed by an integer. 
-		
-		int versionInt = 0;
-		String verStr = apiVersionString;
-		if( (apiVersionString == null) || (apiVersionString.length() < 2) ){
-			// Passed in version doesn't look right
-			verStr = org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIApiVersion.get();
-		}
-		versionInt = getVerNumFromVerString( verStr );
-		
-		return versionInt;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the ver num from ver string.
-	 *
-	 * @param versionString the version string
-	 * @return the ver num from ver string
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	private static int getVerNumFromVerString( String versionString )throws AAIException {
-		int versionInt = 0;
-		if( versionString == null || versionString.length() < 2 ){
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", " Bad Version (format) passed to getVerNumFromVerString: [" + versionString + "]."); 
-		}
-		
-		int strLen = versionString.length();
-		// We assume that a version looks like "v" followed by an integer
-		if( ! versionString.substring(0,1).equals("v") ){
-			String detail = " Bad Version (format) passed to getVerNumFromVerString: [" + versionString + "]."; 
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", detail); 
-		}
-		else {
-			String intPart = versionString.substring(1,strLen);
-			try {
-				versionInt = Integer.parseInt( intPart );
-			}
-			catch( Exception e ){
-				String detail = " Bad Version passed to getVerNumFromVerString: [" + versionString + "]."; 
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", detail);
-			}
-		}
-		return versionInt;
-	}
-
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node key prop names.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return HashMap of keyProperties
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static Collection <String> getNodeKeyPropNames( String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType, String apiVersion ) throws AAIException{
-	
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		
-		Collection <String> keyProps = new ArrayList <String>();
-		if( dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.containsKey(nodeType) ){
-			keyProps = dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(nodeType);
-		}
-		else if( DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCategory.containsKey(nodeType) ){
-			// The passed-in nodeType was really a nodeCategory, so we need to look up the key params
-			Collection <String> nTypeCatCol = DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCategory.get(nodeType);
-			Iterator <String> catItr = nTypeCatCol.iterator();
-			String catInfo = "";
-			if( catItr.hasNext() ){
-				// For now, we only look for one.
-				catInfo = catItr.next();
-			}
-			else {
-				String defVer = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP);
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6105", "Required Property name(s) not found for nodeType = " + nodeType+ " (ver=" + defVer + ")"); 
-			}
-
-			String [] flds = catInfo.split(",");
-			if( flds.length != 4 ){
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", "Bad EdgeRule.NodeTypeCategory data for nodeType = [" + nodeType + "]."); 
-			}
-
-			String keyPropsString = flds[0];
-			String [] propNames = keyPropsString.split("\\|");
-			for( int i = 0; i < propNames.length; i++ ){
-				keyProps.add(propNames[i]);
-			}
-		}
-		else {
-			String defVer = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP);
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6105", "Required Property name(s) not found for nodeType = " + nodeType+ " (ver=" + defVer + ")"); 
-		}
-
-		return keyProps;
-
-	}// end of getNodeKeyPropNames
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node key prop names.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @return the node key prop names
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static Collection <String> getNodeKeyPropNames( String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType ) throws AAIException{
-		return getNodeKeyPropNames(  transId,  fromAppId,  nodeType, null);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node alt key 1 prop names.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return HashMap of keyProperties
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static Collection <String> getNodeAltKey1PropNames( String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType, String apiVersion ) throws AAIException{
-
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		
-		Collection <String> altKey1Props = new ArrayList <String>();
-		if( dbMaps.NodeAltKey1Props.containsKey(nodeType) ){
-			altKey1Props = dbMaps.NodeAltKey1Props.get(nodeType);
-		}
-		else if( DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCategory.containsKey(nodeType) ){
-			// The passed-in nodeType was really a nodeCategory, so we need to look up the key params
-			Collection <String> nTypeCatCol = DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCategory.get(nodeType);
-			Iterator <String> catItr = nTypeCatCol.iterator();
-			String catInfo = "";
-			if( catItr.hasNext() ){
-				catInfo = catItr.next();
-				String [] flds = catInfo.split(",");
-				if( flds.length != 4 ){
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", "Bad EdgeRule.NodeTypeCategory data (itemCount=" + flds.length + ") for nodeType = [" + nodeType + "]."); 
-				}
-
-				String altKeyPropsString = flds[1];
-				String [] propNames = altKeyPropsString.split("\\|");
-				for( int i = 0; i < propNames.length; i++ ){
-					altKey1Props.add(propNames[i]);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		return altKey1Props;
-
-	}// end of getNodeAltKey1PropNames
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node alt key 1 prop names.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @return the node alt key 1 prop names
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static Collection <String> getNodeAltKey1PropNames( String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType ) throws AAIException{
-		return getNodeAltKey1PropNames(  transId,  fromAppId,  nodeType, null);
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the unique node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param keyPropsHash the key props hash
-	 * @param depNodeVal the dep node val
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return TitanVertex
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static TitanVertex getUniqueNode( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
-			HashMap<String,Object> keyPropsHash, TitanVertex depNodeVal, String apiVersion ) 	 throws AAIException{
-		
-		// NOTE - this is really for use by the PersistNode method -- it is looking to see if
-		//     a node exists in the database given either Primary or Alternate Key data and dependent
-		//     node data (if required for uniqueness).
-
-		// Note - the passed in nodeType could really be a nodeTypeCategory ---
-		Boolean nodeTypeIsCategory = DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCategory.containsKey(nodeType);
-
-		Boolean useDepNode = false;
-		if( needsADepNode4Uniqueness(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, apiVersion) ){
-			// This kind of node depends on another node for uniqueness
-			if( depNodeVal == null ){
-				// They should have passed in the node that this one depends on
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6109", "null dependentNode object passed to getUniqueNode() but " + nodeType + " requires one."); 
-			}
-			else if( ! nodeTypeACanDependOnB(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, depNodeVal.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null), apiVersion) ){	
-				// They should have passed in the right type of node as the dependent node
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6109", "dependentNode of type " + depNodeVal.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null) + " passed to getUniqueNode() for nodeType" + nodeType + ".\n"); 
-			}
-			useDepNode = true;
-		}
-		else {
-			depNodeVal = null;
-		}
-
-		// We assume that all NodeTypes have at least one key-property defined.  A dependentNode is optional.
-		// Note - instead of key-properties (the primary key properties), a user could pass
-		//        alternate-key values if they are defined for the nodeType.
-		ArrayList<String> kName = new ArrayList<String>();
-		ArrayList<Object> kVal = new ArrayList<Object>();
-
-		Collection <String> keyProps = getNodeKeyPropNames(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, apiVersion);
-		Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-		Boolean haveSomePrimKeyProps = false;
-		Boolean primaryKeyComplete = true;
-		while( keyPropI.hasNext() ){
-			haveSomePrimKeyProps = true;
-			
-			String propName = keyPropI.next();
-			if( ! keyPropsHash.containsKey(propName) ){
-				primaryKeyComplete = false;
-			}
-			else {
-				Object valObj = keyPropsHash.get(propName);
-				if( valObj == null ){
-					primaryKeyComplete = false;
-				}
-				else {
-					String value = valObj.toString();
-					if( value == null || value.equals("") ){
-						// They passed the property name, but no value
-						primaryKeyComplete = false;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		int i = -1;
-		if( haveSomePrimKeyProps && primaryKeyComplete ){
-			keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-			while( keyPropI.hasNext() ){
-				String propName = keyPropI.next();
-				String value = (keyPropsHash.get(propName)).toString();
-				i++;
-				kName.add(i, propName);
-				kVal.add(i, (Object)value);
-			}
-		}
-		else {
-			// See if they're using the alternate key
-			Collection <String> altKey1Props = getNodeAltKey1PropNames(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, apiVersion);
-			Iterator <String> altKey1PropI = altKey1Props.iterator();
-			Boolean haveSomeAltKey1Props = false;
-			Boolean altKey1Complete = true;
-			while( altKey1PropI.hasNext() ){
-				haveSomeAltKey1Props = true;
-				String propName = altKey1PropI.next();
-				if( ! keyPropsHash.containsKey(propName) ){
-					altKey1Complete = false;
-				}
-				else {
-					Object valObj = keyPropsHash.get(propName);
-					if( valObj == null ){
-						altKey1Complete = false;
-					}
-					else {
-						String value = valObj.toString();
-						if( value == null || value.equals("") ){
-							// They passed the property name, but no value
-							altKey1Complete = false;
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			if( haveSomeAltKey1Props && altKey1Complete ){
-				altKey1PropI = altKey1Props.iterator();
-				while( altKey1PropI.hasNext() ){
-					String propName = altKey1PropI.next();
-					String value = (keyPropsHash.get(propName)).toString();
-					i++;
-					kName.add(i, propName);
-					kVal.add(i, (Object)value);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		int topPropIndex = i;
-		TitanVertex tiV = null;
-		String propsAndValuesForMsg = "";
-		if( !useDepNode ){ 
-			// There is no node that this type of node depends on, so we can look for it based 
-			//    solely on the Aai-defined key fields.
-			Iterable <?> verts = null;
-
-			if( topPropIndex == -1 ){
-				// Problem if no key Properties defined for this nodeType  
-				String defVer = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP);
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6105", "Bad or Incomplete Key Property params: (" + keyPropsHash.toString() + 
-						") for nodeType: " + nodeType + " (ver=" + defVer + ")"); 
-			}
-			else if( topPropIndex == 0 ){
-				if (nodeTypeIsCategory) // dont know real type
-					verts= graph.query().has(kName.get(0),kVal.get(0)).vertices();
-				else // need this to find dvs switch: dvs.switch-name and port-group.switch-name issue
-					verts= graph.query().has(kName.get(0),kVal.get(0)).has("aai-node-type",nodeType).vertices();
-				propsAndValuesForMsg = " (" + kName.get(0) + " = " + kVal.get(0) + ") ";
-			}	
-			else if( topPropIndex == 1 ){
-				verts =  graph.query().has(kName.get(0),kVal.get(0)).has(kName.get(1),kVal.get(1)).vertices();
-				propsAndValuesForMsg = " (" + kName.get(0) + " = " + kVal.get(0) + ", " 
-						+ kName.get(1) + " = " + kVal.get(1) + ") ";
-			}	 		
-			else if( topPropIndex == 2 ){
-				verts= graph.query().has(kName.get(0),kVal.get(0)).has(kName.get(1),kVal.get(1)).has(kName.get(2),kVal.get(2)).vertices();
-				propsAndValuesForMsg = " (" + kName.get(0) + " = " + kVal.get(0) + ", " 
-						+ kName.get(1) + " = " + kVal.get(1) + ", " 
-						+ kName.get(2) + " = " + kVal.get(2) +  ") ";
-			}	
-			else if( topPropIndex == 3 ){
-				verts= graph.query().has(kName.get(0),kVal.get(0)).has(kName.get(1),kVal.get(1)).has(kName.get(2),kVal.get(2)).has(kName.get(3),kVal.get(3)).vertices();
-				propsAndValuesForMsg = " (" + kName.get(0) + " = " + kVal.get(0) + ", " 
-						+ kName.get(1) + " = " + kVal.get(1) + ", " 
-						+ kName.get(2) + " = " + kVal.get(2) + ", " 
-						+ kName.get(3) + " = " + kVal.get(3) +  ") ";
-			}	 		
-			else {
-				String emsg = " We only support 4 keys per nodeType for now \n";
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6114", emsg); 
-			}
-
-			Iterator <?> vertI = verts.iterator();
-			if( vertI != null && vertI.hasNext()) {
-				// We found a vertex that meets the input criteria. 
-				tiV = (TitanVertex) vertI.next();
-
-				if( vertI.hasNext() ){
-					// Since this routine is looking for a unique node for the given input values, if  
-					// more than one is found - it's a problem.
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6112", "More than one Node found by getUniqueNode for params: " + propsAndValuesForMsg); 
-				}
-			} 
-			else {
-				// No Vertex was found for this key - throw a not-found exception
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6114", "No Node of type " + nodeType + " found for properties: " + propsAndValuesForMsg);
-			}
-		}
-		else {
-			// Need to use the dependent vertex to look for this one.
-			// filter this to the actual keys because
-			HashMap<String,Object> onlyKeysHash = new HashMap<String,Object>();
-			
-			Collection <String> onlyKeyProps = getNodeKeyPropNames(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, apiVersion);
-			
-			Iterator <String> onlyKeyPropsI = onlyKeyProps.iterator();
-			
-			while( onlyKeyPropsI.hasNext() ){
-				String keyName = onlyKeyPropsI.next();
-				onlyKeysHash.put(keyName, keyPropsHash.get(keyName));
-			}
-
-			propsAndValuesForMsg = onlyKeysHash.toString() + " combined with a Dependent [" + depNodeVal.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null) + "] node."; 
-			ArrayList<TitanVertex> resultList = DbMeth.getConnectedNodes(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, onlyKeysHash, 
-					depNodeVal, apiVersion, false);
-			if( resultList.size() > 1 ){
-				// More than one vertex found when we thought there should only be one.
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6112", "More than one Node found by getUniqueNode for params: " + propsAndValuesForMsg);  
-			}
-			else if( resultList.size() == 1 ){
-				tiV = resultList.get(0);
-			}
-		}
-
-		if( tiV == null ){
-			// No Vertex was found for this key - throw a not-found exception
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6114", "No Node of type " + nodeType + " found for properties: " + propsAndValuesForMsg);
-		}
-		else {
-			if( !DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCategory.containsKey(nodeType) ){
-				// The nodeType passed in was a real one, not a nodeTypeCategory, so we will
-				// use it as part of the query to make sure we find the right type of node.
-				// This can be an issue if they're using nodeTypes covered by a nodeTypeCategory but
-				// pass in the wrong nodeType.  We don't want them to ask for one thing and get the other.
-				String foundNodeType = tiV.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-				if( foundNodeType != null && !foundNodeType.equals(nodeType) ){
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6114", "No Node of type " + nodeType + " found for properties: " + propsAndValuesForMsg + " (did find a " + foundNodeType + " though.)");
-				}
-			}
-			
-			return tiV;
-		}
-
-	}// End of getUniqueNode() 
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the unique node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param keyPropsHash the key props hash
-	 * @param depNodeVal the dep node val
-	 * @return the unique node
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static TitanVertex getUniqueNode( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
-			HashMap<String,Object> keyPropsHash, TitanVertex depNodeVal) 	 throws AAIException {
-		return getUniqueNode( transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType,
-				keyPropsHash,  depNodeVal, null );
-	}
-	// End getUniqueNode()
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the unique node with dep params.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param nodePropsHash the node props hash
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return TitanVertex
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static TitanVertex getUniqueNodeWithDepParams( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
-			HashMap<String,Object> nodePropsHash, String apiVersion ) 
-					throws AAIException{
-		/*
-		 * This method uses the nodePropsHash to walk back over dependent nodes until it finds one that
-		 * does not depend on any other for uniqueness.   It uses the getUniqueNode() method as it finds
-		 * dependent nodes.   NOTE -- it is passed a hash of all the nodeProperties -- for itself and
-		 * for any dependent nodes that it will need to find.   There are some types of nodes that can
-		 * depend on more than one node, we assume that there wouldn't be a case where BOTH types of
-		 * dependent nodes are in the trail that we need to traverse.  Ie. an ipaddress can depend on
-		 * either a vserver or pserver.  NOTE this case can now happen -- nodePropsHash
-		 * should now be sent as a LinkedHashMap in this case so we can search in order. 
-		 */
-
-		// NOTE ALSO -- We're currently supporting 6 layers of dependency.   We never thought there would be this
-		//       many layers before hitting a node-type that would be uniquely identifiable on it's own.   So the
-		//       code is a little ugly with all these nested if-then-else's.   Since we're supporting so many
-		//       layers, it should be re-written so we can support "n" layers instead of having to go in hear
-		//       and adding code...   But as of 15-07, we really don't NEED more than 5.
-
-		// NOTE: The passed in nodeType could really be a nodeTypeCategory -- 
-		//       The calls to figureDepNodeTypeForRequest() below will deal with it for the dep nodes, the 
-		//       call to getUniqueNode() takes care of it for the node itself.
-
-		TitanVertex nullVert = null;
-		String depNodeType = figureDepNodeTypeForRequest( transId, fromAppId, nodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion );
-		if( depNodeType.equals("")){
-			// This kind of node does not depend on another node for uniqueness, so 
-			// we can just use the "getUniqueNode()" method to get it.
-			HashMap <String,Object> thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-			return( getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, nullVert, apiVersion) );
-		}
-		else {
-			// Will need to find the second-layer dependent node
-			String secondLayerDepNodeType = figureDepNodeTypeForRequest( transId, fromAppId, depNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion );
-			if( secondLayerDepNodeType.equals("")){
-				// This second-layer kind of node does not depend on another node for uniqueness.
-				// So once we find the second-layer node, we can use it to get the top-layer guy.
-				HashMap <String,Object> thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, depNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-				TitanVertex secLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, depNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, nullVert, apiVersion);
-
-				thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-				return( getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, secLayerDepVert, apiVersion) );
-			}
-			else {
-				// Will need to find the third-layer dependent node
-				///  String thirdLayerDepNodeType = dbMaps.NodeDependencies.get(secondLayerDepNodeType);
-				String thirdLayerDepNodeType = figureDepNodeTypeForRequest( transId, fromAppId, secondLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion );
-
-				if( thirdLayerDepNodeType.equals("")){
-					// This third-layer kind of node does not depend on another node for uniqueness.
-					// So we can find it, and then use it to find the second-layer and then use that to find the top guy.
-					HashMap <String,Object> thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, secondLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-					TitanVertex thirdLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, secondLayerDepNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, nullVert, apiVersion);
-
-					thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, depNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-					TitanVertex secLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, depNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, thirdLayerDepVert, apiVersion);
-
-					thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-
-					return( getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, secLayerDepVert, apiVersion) );
-				}
-				else {
-					// Will need to find the third-layer dependent node
-					String forthLayerDepNodeType = figureDepNodeTypeForRequest( transId, fromAppId, thirdLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion );
-					if( forthLayerDepNodeType == null || forthLayerDepNodeType.equals("")){
-						// This forth-layer kind of node does not depend on another node for uniqueness.
-						// So we can find it, and then use it to find the third, then second-layer and then use that to find the top guy.
-						HashMap <String,Object> thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, thirdLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-						TitanVertex forthLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, thirdLayerDepNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, nullVert, apiVersion);
-
-						thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, secondLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-						TitanVertex thirdLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, secondLayerDepNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, forthLayerDepVert, apiVersion);
-
-						thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, depNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-						TitanVertex secLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, depNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, thirdLayerDepVert, apiVersion);
-
-						thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-						return( getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, secLayerDepVert, apiVersion) );
-					}
-					else {
-						// Will need to find the forth-layer dependent node
-						String fifthLayerDepNodeType = figureDepNodeTypeForRequest( transId, fromAppId, forthLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion );
-						if( fifthLayerDepNodeType == null || fifthLayerDepNodeType.equals("")){
-							// This fifth-layer kind of node does not depend on another node for uniqueness.
-							// So we can find it, and then use it to find the forth, third, then second-layer and then use that to find the top guy.
-							HashMap <String,Object> thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, forthLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-							TitanVertex fifthLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, forthLayerDepNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, nullVert, apiVersion);
-
-							thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, thirdLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-							TitanVertex forthLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, thirdLayerDepNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, fifthLayerDepVert, apiVersion);
-
-							thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, secondLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-							TitanVertex thirdLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, secondLayerDepNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, forthLayerDepVert, apiVersion);
-
-							thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, depNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-							TitanVertex secLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, depNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, thirdLayerDepVert, apiVersion);
-
-							thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-							return( getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, secLayerDepVert, apiVersion) );
-						}
-						else {
-							// Will need to find the fifth-layer dependent node
-							String sixthLayerDepNodeType = figureDepNodeTypeForRequest( transId, fromAppId, fifthLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion );
-							if( sixthLayerDepNodeType == null || sixthLayerDepNodeType.equals("")){
-								// This six-layer kind of node does not depend on another node for uniqueness.
-								// So we can find it, and then use it to find the fifth, forth, third, then second-layer and then use that to find the top guy.
-								HashMap <String,Object> thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, fifthLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-								TitanVertex sixthLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, fifthLayerDepNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, nullVert, apiVersion);
-
-								thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, forthLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-								TitanVertex fifthLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, forthLayerDepNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, sixthLayerDepVert, apiVersion);
-
-								thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, thirdLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-								TitanVertex forthLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, thirdLayerDepNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, fifthLayerDepVert, apiVersion);
-
-								thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, secondLayerDepNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-								TitanVertex thirdLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, secondLayerDepNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, forthLayerDepVert, apiVersion);
-
-								thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, depNodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-								TitanVertex secLayerDepVert = getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, depNodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, thirdLayerDepVert, apiVersion);
-
-								thisNodeTypeParamHash = getThisNodeTypeParams(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, nodePropsHash, apiVersion);
-								return( getUniqueNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, thisNodeTypeParamHash, secLayerDepVert, apiVersion) );
-							}
-							else {
-								// We don't currently support more layers.  We can later if we need to.
-								// Hopefully, we'll never need to go this deep -- there should be unique keys in there somewhere! 
-								throw new AAIException("AAI_6114", "CODE-LIMITATION - Can't resolve dependant node layers for nodeType = " + nodeType); 
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	} // End getUniqueNodeWithDepParams()
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the unique node with dep params.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param nodePropsHash the node props hash
-	 * @return the unique node with dep params
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static TitanVertex getUniqueNodeWithDepParams( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
-			HashMap<String,Object> nodePropsHash ) throws AAIException {
-		return getUniqueNodeWithDepParams(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, nodePropsHash, null);
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the this node type params.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param targetNodeType the target node type
-	 * @param passedHash the passed hash
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the this node type params
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	private static HashMap <String, Object> getThisNodeTypeParams(String transId, String fromAppId, String targetNodeType, 
-			HashMap<String,Object> passedHash, String apiVersion )throws AAIException{
-		/*
-		 * For the passed-in hash, each key is assumed to look like, "nodeType.paramName".  We want to 
-		 * pick out the entries that match the targetNodeType and return those with the values they go with.  The
-		 * returned keys will have the "nodeType." stripped off.   
-		 * 
-		 * NOTE  - the nodeType passed to this method could actually be a nodeTypeCategory.  Just keepin it ugly.
-		 */
-
-		if( passedHash == null ){
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Bad param:  null passedHash "); 
-		}
-
-		String targetNodeTypeCat = "";
-		if( DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCatMap.containsKey(targetNodeType) ){
-			targetNodeTypeCat = DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCatMap.get(targetNodeType);
-		}
-
-		HashMap <String,Object> returnHash = new HashMap <String,Object> ();
-		Iterator <Map.Entry<String,Object>>it = passedHash.entrySet().iterator();
-		while( it.hasNext() ){
-			Map.Entry <String,Object>pairs = (Map.Entry<String,Object>)it.next();
-			String k = (pairs.getKey()).toString();
-			int periodLoc = k.indexOf(".");
-			if( periodLoc <= 0 ){
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Bad filter param key passed in: [" + k + "].  Expected format = [nodeName.paramName]\n"); 
-			}
-			else {
-				String nty = k.substring(0,periodLoc);
-				String paramName = k.substring(periodLoc + 1);
-				if( nty.equals(targetNodeType) || (!targetNodeTypeCat.equals("") && nty.equals(targetNodeTypeCat)) ){
-					String newK = paramName;
-					returnHash.put( newK,pairs.getValue() );
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		//aaiLogger.debug(logline, " - end ");
-		return returnHash;
-
-	}// End of getThisNodeTypeParams()
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the this node type params.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param targetNodeType the target node type
-	 * @param passedHash the passed hash
-	 * @return the this node type params
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	private static HashMap <String, Object> getThisNodeTypeParams(String transId, String fromAppId, String targetNodeType, 
-			HashMap<String,Object> passedHash )throws AAIException{
-		return getThisNodeTypeParams( transId,  fromAppId, targetNodeType, 
-				 passedHash, null);
-		
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the dep node types.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the dep node types
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static ArrayList <String> getDepNodeTypes(String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType, String apiVersion)throws AAIException{
-		/*
-		 * This returns any nodeTypes that this nodeType can be dependent on.  A particular instance of a node will only
-		 * depend on one other node - we don't currently support dependence on multiple nodes.
-		 */
-			
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-
-		ArrayList <String> depNodeTypeL = new ArrayList <String> ();
-		if( !DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCategory.containsKey(nodeType) ){
-			// This is a good-ole nodeType
-			Collection <String> depNTColl =  dbMaps.NodeDependencies.get(nodeType);
-			Iterator <String> ntItr = depNTColl.iterator();
-			while( ntItr.hasNext() ){
-				depNodeTypeL.add(ntItr.next());
-			}
-		}
-		else {
-			// The passed-in nodeType must really be a nodeTypeCategory
-			Collection <String> nTypeCatCol = DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCategory.get(nodeType);
-			Iterator <String> catItr = nTypeCatCol.iterator();
-			String catInfo = "";
-			if( catItr.hasNext() ){
-				// For now, we only look for one.
-				catInfo = catItr.next();
-			}
-			else {
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", "Error getting DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCategory info for nodeTypeCat = " + nodeType); 
-			}
-
-			String [] flds = catInfo.split(",");
-			if( flds.length != 4 ){
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", "Bad EdgeRule.NodeTypeCategory data (itemCount=" + flds.length + ") for nodeType = [" + nodeType + "]."); 
-			}
-
-			String nodeTypesString = flds[0];
-			String  hasDepNodes = flds[3];
-			if( hasDepNodes.equals("true") ){
-				String [] ntNames = nodeTypesString.split("\\|");
-				for( int i = 0; i < ntNames.length; i++ ){
-					Collection <String> depNTColl =  dbMaps.NodeDependencies.get(nodeType);
-					Iterator <String> ntItr = depNTColl.iterator();
-					while( ntItr.hasNext() ){
-						String depNode = ntItr.next();
-						if( !depNodeTypeL.contains(depNode) ){
-							depNodeTypeL.add(depNode);
-						}
-					}
-				} 	
-			}
-		}
-
-
-		return depNodeTypeL;
-
-	}// End getDepNodeTypes()
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the dep node types.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @return the dep node types
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static ArrayList <String> getDepNodeTypes(String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType)throws AAIException{
-		return getDepNodeTypes( transId,  fromAppId,  nodeType, null);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the default delete scope.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the default delete scope
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	private static String getDefaultDeleteScope(String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType, String apiVersion)throws AAIException{
-
-		// At some point we may have different delete rules for different services, so this is
-		// a list for now even thought there's only one scope per nodeType.
-		Collection <String> scopeList = DbEdgeRules.DefaultDeleteScope.get(nodeType);
-		if( scopeList.isEmpty() ){
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", "No default deleteScope found for nodeType = [" + nodeType + "] "); 
-		}
-		else {
-			Iterator <String> ito = scopeList.iterator();
-			return ito.next();
-		}
-
-	}// End getDefaultDeleteScope()
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the default delete scope.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @return the default delete scope
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	private static String getDefaultDeleteScope(String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType)throws AAIException{
-		return getDefaultDeleteScope( transId,  fromAppId,  nodeType, null);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Needs A dep node 4 uniqueness.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the boolean
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static Boolean needsADepNode4Uniqueness(String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType, String apiVersion)throws AAIException{
-		// Note: the passed in nodeType could really be a nodeTypeCategory.  That is handled by getDepNodeTypes()
-
-		ArrayList <String> depList = getDepNodeTypes(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, apiVersion);
-		if( depList.isEmpty() ){
-			return false;
-		}
-		else {
-			return true;
-		}
-
-	}// End needsADepNode4Uniqueness()
-	
-	/**
-	 * Needs A dep node 4 uniqueness.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @return the boolean
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	private static Boolean needsADepNode4Uniqueness(String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType)throws AAIException{
-		return needsADepNode4Uniqueness( transId,  fromAppId,  nodeType,  null);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Node type A can depend on B.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeTypeA the node type A
-	 * @param nodeTypeB the node type B
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the boolean
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static Boolean nodeTypeACanDependOnB(String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeTypeA, String nodeTypeB, String apiVersion)
-			throws AAIException{
-		// Note: the passed in nodeType could really be a nodeTypeCategory.  That is handled by getDepNodeTypes()
-
-		ArrayList <String> depList = getDepNodeTypes(transId, fromAppId, nodeTypeA, apiVersion);
-		if( depList.isEmpty() ){
-			return false;
-		}
-		else if( depList.contains(nodeTypeB) ){
-			return true;
-		}
-		else { 
-			return false;
-		}
-
-	}// End nodeTypeACanDependOnB()
-	
-	/**
-	 * Node type A can depend on B.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeTypeA the node type A
-	 * @param nodeTypeB the node type B
-	 * @return the boolean
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	private static Boolean nodeTypeACanDependOnB(String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeTypeA, String nodeTypeB)
-			throws AAIException{
-		return nodeTypeACanDependOnB( transId,  fromAppId,  nodeTypeA,  nodeTypeB, null);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Figure dep node type for request.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param requestParamHash the request param hash
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the string
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static String figureDepNodeTypeForRequest(String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType, 
-			HashMap<String,Object> requestParamHash, String apiVersion )throws AAIException{
-		/*
-		 * This is ugly.   But if the passed-in nodeType is dependent on another nodeType for 
-		 * uniqueness, we need to return what that dependent node-type is.  The ugly comes in
-		 * because a node can be dependent on more than one type of node.   So, to tell which one
-		 * is going to apply, we root through the passed request parameters to see which of 
-		 * the possible dependent node types is being used.
-		 * Note -- if there comes a day when there are so many dependencies that the request could
-		 * have more than one that match -- Then we need to think up something new.   But for now,
-		 * we have to assume that if there are more than one legal dep-node-types, only one will
-		 * be represented in the requestHash data.  >>> NOTE >>> That day has come.  For
-		 * the upstreamers will send in a LinkedHashMap instead of just an unordered
-		 * HashMap so we can look in order for the dependent node.
-		 * 
-		 */
-
-		if( requestParamHash == null ){
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Bad param:  null requestParamHash "); 
-		}
-
-		ArrayList <String> depNodeTypes = getDepNodeTypes(transId, fromAppId, nodeType, apiVersion);
-		if( depNodeTypes.isEmpty() ){
-			// This kind of node is not dependent on any other
-			//aaiLogger.debug(logline, " (not dependent) - end ");
-			return "";
-		}
-		else if( depNodeTypes.size() == 1 ){
-			// This kind of node can only depend on one other nodeType - so return that.
-			//aaiLogger.debug(logline, " (depends on " + depNodeTypes.get(0) + " - end ");
-			return depNodeTypes.get(0);
-		}
-		else {
-			// We need to look to find the first of the dep-node types that is represented in the passed-in
-			// request data.  That will be the one we need to use.
-
-			// first find out what node-types are represented in the requestHash
-			
-			Iterator <Map.Entry<String,Object>>it = requestParamHash.entrySet().iterator();
-			while( it.hasNext() ){
-				Map.Entry <String,Object>pairs = (Map.Entry<String,Object>)it.next();
-				String k = (pairs.getKey()).toString();
-				int periodLoc = k.indexOf(".");
-				if( periodLoc <= 0 ){
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Bad filter param key passed in: [" + k + "].  Expected format = [nodeName.paramName]\n"); 
-				}
-				else {
-					String nty = k.substring(0,periodLoc);
-					if( depNodeTypes.contains(nty) ){
-						// This is the first possible dep. node type we've found for the passed in data set
-						return nty;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-		}
-
-		// It's not an error if none is found - the caller needs to deal with cases where there
-		// should be a dep. node identified but isn't.
-		//aaiLogger.debug(logline, " no dep NT found - end ");
-		return "";
-
-	}// End of figureDepNodeTypeForRequest()
-	
-	/**
-	 * Figure dep node type for request.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param requestParamHash the request param hash
-	 * @return the string
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static String figureDepNodeTypeForRequest(String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType, 
-			HashMap<String,Object> requestParamHash )throws AAIException{
-		 return figureDepNodeTypeForRequest( transId,  fromAppId,  nodeType, requestParamHash, null);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Detach connected nodes.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propFilterHash the prop filter hash
-	 * @param startNodeVal the start node val
-	 * @param autoDeleteOrphans the auto delete orphans
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return deletedNodeCount
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static int detachConnectedNodes( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
-			HashMap<String,Object> propFilterHash, TitanVertex startNodeVal, boolean autoDeleteOrphans, String apiVersion ) throws AAIException{
-
-		/*  Find nodes that are attached to this node which meet the nodeType/filterParams criteria.
-		 *  Remove the edges that go to those nodes.
-		 *  If that turns any of the nodes into an orphan, then delete it if the autoDeleteOrphans flag is set.
-		 *  Return a count of how many nodes were actually deleted (not just detached).
-		 */
-
-		int deletedCount = 0;
-
-		if( startNodeVal == null ){
-			// They should have passed in the node that this query starts from
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6109", "null startNode object passed to detachConnectedNodes()."); 
-		}
-
-		// We want to loop through the connected Nodes that we found.
-		// For each connected Node, we'll get the all edges that start from that node and look for the one
-		//     that connects back to our startNode.
-		// Only delete the edge that connects back to our startNode.
-		// then autoDeleteOrphans flag is set, then delete the connectedNode if it's now orphaned.
-		// 	
-
-		String startNodeVId =  startNodeVal.id().toString();
-		ArrayList<TitanVertex> conNodeList = getConnectedNodes( transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, propFilterHash, startNodeVal, apiVersion, false );
-		Iterator<TitanVertex> conVIter = conNodeList.iterator();
-		while( conVIter.hasNext() ){     	
-			TitanVertex connectedVert = conVIter.next();
-			boolean isFirstOne = true;
-			Iterator<Edge> eI = connectedVert.edges(Direction.BOTH);
-			while( eI.hasNext() ){
-				TitanEdge ed = (TitanEdge) eI.next();
-				TitanVertex otherVtx = (TitanVertex) ed.otherVertex(connectedVert);
-				String otherSideLookingBackVId =  otherVtx.id().toString();
-				if( startNodeVId.equals(otherSideLookingBackVId) ){
-					// This is an edge from the connected node back to our starting node
-					if( isFirstOne && !eI.hasNext() && autoDeleteOrphans ){
-						// This was the one and only edge for this connectedNode, so 
-						// delete the node and edge since flag was set 
-						String resVers = connectedVert.<String>property("resource-version").orElse(null);
-						removeAaiNode( transId, fromAppId, graph, connectedVert,  "USE_DEFAULT", apiVersion, resVers);
-						deletedCount = deletedCount + 1;
-					}
-					else {
-						removeAaiEdge( transId, fromAppId, graph, ed );
-					}
-				}
-				isFirstOne = false;
-			}
-		}
-		return deletedCount;
-
-	} // end of detachConnectedNodes()
-
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Detach connected nodes.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propFilterHash the prop filter hash
-	 * @param startNodeVal the start node val
-	 * @param autoDeleteOrphans the auto delete orphans
-	 * @return the int
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static int detachConnectedNodes( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
-			HashMap<String,Object> propFilterHash, TitanVertex startNodeVal, boolean autoDeleteOrphans ) throws AAIException{
-		return detachConnectedNodes(  transId,  fromAppId,  graph,  nodeType,
-				propFilterHash,  startNodeVal,  autoDeleteOrphans, null);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the nodes.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propFilterHash the prop filter hash
-	 * @param noFilterOnPurpose the no filter on purpose
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return ArrayList<TitanVertex>
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static ArrayList<TitanVertex> getNodes( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
-			HashMap<String,Object> propFilterHash, Boolean noFilterOnPurpose, String apiVersion ) throws AAIException{
-		boolean skipGroomingFlag = true; 
-		// we will only do real-time grooming if a system variable is set, telling us not to skip it.
-		String skipGroomingStr = AAIConstants.AAI_SKIPREALTIME_GROOMING;
-		if( skipGroomingStr.equals("false") ){
-			skipGroomingFlag = false;
-		}
-		return( getNodes(transId, fromAppId, graph, nodeType, propFilterHash, noFilterOnPurpose, apiVersion, skipGroomingFlag) );
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the nodes.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propFilterHash the prop filter hash
-	 * @param noFilterOnPurpose the no filter on purpose
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param skipGroomCheck the skip groom check
-	 * @return ArrayList<TitanVertex>
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static ArrayList<TitanVertex> getNodes( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
-			HashMap<String,Object> propFilterHash, Boolean noFilterOnPurpose, String apiVersion, boolean skipGroomCheck ) 
-					throws AAIException{
-		//  Note - the skipGroomCheck flag is set to true when the DataGrooming tool is using this method to collect
-		//     node data.  When the grooming tool is collecting data, we don't want any nodes skipped, because we
-		//     want details about what nodes/edges are bad - more detail than the check in this method does
-		//     as it checks if a node is ok to return to a caller.
-		
-		/* Use the nodeType + filterParams to find nodes.    
-		 */
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		
-		ArrayList<TitanVertex> returnVertList = new ArrayList<TitanVertex>();
-		if( nodeType == null || nodeType.equals("") ){
-			// They should have passed in a nodeType
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6118", "Required field: nodeType not passed to getNodes()."); 
-		}
-
-		if( !noFilterOnPurpose && (propFilterHash == null || propFilterHash.isEmpty()) ){
-			// They should have passed at least one property to filter on
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6118", "Required field: propFilterHash not passed to getNodes()."); 
-		}
-
-		ArrayList<String> kName = new ArrayList<String>();
-		ArrayList<Object> kVal = new ArrayList<Object>();
-		int i = -1;
-		Collection <String> indexedProps =  dbMaps.NodeMapIndexedProps.get(nodeType); 
-		// First loop through to pick up the indexed-properties if there are any being used
-
-		if( propFilterHash != null ){
-			Iterator <?> it = propFilterHash.entrySet().iterator();
-			while( it.hasNext() ){
-				Map.Entry<?,?> propEntry = (Map.Entry<?,?>) it.next();
-				String propName = (propEntry.getKey()).toString();
-				// Don't allow search on properties that do not have SINGLE cardinality
-				if( !checkPropCardinality(propName, "Set") && !checkPropCardinality(propName, "List")  ){
-					if( indexedProps.contains(propName) ){
-						i++;
-						kName.add(i, propName);
-						kVal.add(i, (Object)propEntry.getValue());
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			// Now go through again and pick up the non-indexed properties
-			it = propFilterHash.entrySet().iterator();
-			while( it.hasNext() ){
-				Map.Entry <?,?> propEntry = (Map.Entry<?,?>)it.next();
-				String propName = (propEntry.getKey()).toString();
-				// Don't allow search on properties that do not have SINGLE cardinality
-				if( !checkPropCardinality(propName, "Set") && !checkPropCardinality(propName, "List")  ){
-					if( ! indexedProps.contains(propName) ){
-						i++;
-						kName.add(i, propName);
-						kVal.add(i, (Object)propEntry.getValue());
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		Iterable <?> verts = null;
-		String propsAndValuesForMsg = "";
-		int topPropIndex = i;
-		if( topPropIndex == -1 ){
-			// No Filtering -- just go get them all
-			verts= graph.query().has("aai-node-type",nodeType).vertices();
-			propsAndValuesForMsg = " ( no filter props ) ";
-		}	
-		else if( topPropIndex == 0 ){
-			verts= graph.query().has(kName.get(0),kVal.get(0)).has("aai-node-type",nodeType).vertices();
-			propsAndValuesForMsg = " (" + kName.get(0) + " = " + kVal.get(0) + ") ";
-		}	
-		else if( topPropIndex == 1 ){
-			verts= graph.query().has(kName.get(0),kVal.get(0)).has(kName.get(1),kVal.get(1)).has("aai-node-type",nodeType).vertices();
-			propsAndValuesForMsg = " (" + kName.get(0) + " = " + kVal.get(0) + ", " 
-					+ kName.get(1) + " = " + kVal.get(1) + ") ";
-		}	 		
-		else if( topPropIndex == 2 ){
-			verts= graph.query().has(kName.get(0),kVal.get(0)).has(kName.get(1),kVal.get(1)).has(kName.get(2),kVal.get(2)).has("aai-node-type",nodeType).vertices();
-			propsAndValuesForMsg = " (" + kName.get(0) + " = " + kVal.get(0) + ", " 
-					+ kName.get(1) + " = " + kVal.get(1) + ", " 
-					+ kName.get(2) + " = " + kVal.get(2) +  ") ";
-		}	
-		else if( topPropIndex == 3 ){
-			verts= graph.query().has(kName.get(0),kVal.get(0)).has(kName.get(1),kVal.get(1)).has(kName.get(2),kVal.get(2)).has(kName.get(3),kVal.get(3)).has("aai-node-type",nodeType).vertices();
-			propsAndValuesForMsg = " (" + kName.get(0) + " = " + kVal.get(0) + ", " 
-					+ kName.get(1) + " = " + kVal.get(1) + ", " 
-					+ kName.get(2) + " = " + kVal.get(2) + ", " 
-					+ kName.get(3) + " = " + kVal.get(3) +  ") ";
-		}	 		
-		else {
-			String emsg = " -- Sorry -- we only support 4 filter properties in getNodes() for now... \n";
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6114", emsg); 
-		}   
-		if( verts != null ){
-			// We did find some matching vertices
-			Iterator <?> it = verts.iterator();
-			while( it.hasNext() ){
-				TitanVertex v = (TitanVertex)it.next();
-				
-				if( skipGroomCheck ){
-					// Good or bad, just return everything we find
-					returnVertList.add( v );
-				}
-				else {
-					// Weed out any bad vertices we find
-					if( thisVertexNotReachable(transId, fromAppId, graph, v, apiVersion) ){
-						LOGGER.info("IN-LINE GROOMING - Unreachable Node DETECTED > skipping it. ");
-					}
-					else if( thisVertexHasBadEdges(transId, fromAppId, graph, v, apiVersion) ){
-						LOGGER.info("IN-LINE GROOMING - BAD EDGE DETECTED > skipping vtxId = [" + v.id() + "] ");
-					}
-					else if( thisVertexIsAPhantom(transId, fromAppId, graph, v, apiVersion) ){
-						LOGGER.info("IN-LINE GROOMING - BAD NODE DETECTED > skipping vtxId = [" + v.id() + "] ");
-					}
-					else {
-						returnVertList.add( v );
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		return returnVertList;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the nodes.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propFilterHash the prop filter hash
-	 * @param noFilterOnPurpose the no filter on purpose
-	 * @return the nodes
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static ArrayList<TitanVertex> getNodes( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
-			HashMap<String,Object> propFilterHash, Boolean noFilterOnPurpose ) throws AAIException{
-		return getNodes(transId,  fromAppId,  graph,  nodeType,
-				propFilterHash,  noFilterOnPurpose,  null );
-	}
-	// End of getNodes()
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the connected children.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param startVtx the start vtx
-	 * @param limitToThisNodeType the limit to this node type
-	 * @return ArrayList <TitanVertex>
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static ArrayList<TitanVertex> getConnectedChildren( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, 
-			TitanVertex startVtx, String limitToThisNodeType ) throws AAIException{
-		
-		// Just get child nodes (ie. other end of an OUT edge that is tagged as a parent/Child edge)
-		 
-		ArrayList <TitanVertex> childList = new ArrayList <TitanVertex> ();
-		Boolean doNodeTypeCheck = false;
-		if( limitToThisNodeType != null && ! limitToThisNodeType.equals("") ){
-			doNodeTypeCheck = true;
-		}
-		
-		
-		List<Vertex> verts = graph.traversal().V(startVtx).union(__.inE().has("isParent-REV", true).outV(), __.outE().has("isParent", true).inV()).toList();
-		TitanVertex tmpVtx = null;
-		int vertsSize = verts.size();
-		for (int i = 0; i < vertsSize; i++){
-			tmpVtx = (TitanVertex) verts.get(i);
-			if( ! doNodeTypeCheck ){ 
-				childList.add(tmpVtx);
-			}
-			else {
-				String tmpNT = tmpVtx.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-				if( tmpNT != null && tmpNT.equals(limitToThisNodeType) ){
-					childList.add(tmpVtx);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		return childList;		
-
-	}// End of getConnectedChildren()
-
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the connected nodes.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propFilterHash the prop filter hash
-	 * @param startNodeVal the start node val
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param excludeRecurComingIn the exclude recur coming in
-	 * @return ArrayList <TitanVertex>
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static ArrayList<TitanVertex> getConnectedNodes( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
-			HashMap<String,Object> propFilterHash, TitanVertex startNodeVal, String apiVersion, Boolean excludeRecurComingIn ) throws AAIException{
-		
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		/* Get (almost) all the nodes that are connected to this vertex.  
-		 * Narrow down what is returned using optional filter parameters nodeType and propFilterHash
-		 * NOTE - the default behavior has changed slightly.  For start-Nodes that
-		 *        can be recursivly connected, this method will only bring back the same kind of
-		 *        connected node by following an OUT edge.   Ie. if the start node is an "model-element", 
-		 *        then this method will only follow OUT edges to get to other "model-element" type nodes.
-		 */
-
-		String startNodeNT = "";
-		if( startNodeVal == null ){
-			// They should have passed in the node that this query starts from
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6109", "null startNode object passed to getConnectedNodes()."); 
-		}   	
-		else {
-			startNodeNT = startNodeVal.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		}
-		
-		boolean nodeTypeFilter = false;
-		if( nodeType != null && !nodeType.equals("") ){
-			// They want to filter using nodeType
-			if( ! dbMaps.NodeProps.containsKey(nodeType) ){
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6115", "Unrecognized nodeType [" + nodeType + "] passed to getConnectedNodes()."); 
-			}
-			nodeTypeFilter = true;
-		}  
-		
-		ArrayList <String> excludeVidList = new <String> ArrayList ();
-		if( DbEdgeRules.CanBeRecursiveNT.containsKey(startNodeNT) && excludeRecurComingIn ){
-			// If we're starting on a nodeType that supports recursion, then find any connected
-			// nodes that are coming from IN edges so we can exclude them later.
-			
-			Iterable <?> vertsR = startNodeVal.query().direction(Direction.IN).vertices();
-			Iterator <?> vertIR = vertsR.iterator();
-			while( vertIR != null && vertIR.hasNext() ){
-				TitanVertex tmpVertIN = (TitanVertex) vertIR.next();
-				String tmpNT = tmpVertIN.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-				if( tmpNT != null && tmpNT.equals(startNodeNT) ){
-					// We're on a nodetype that supports recursion (like model-element) and we've
-					// found an connected Node of this same type on an IN edge - put this 
-					// on our excludeList.
-					excludeVidList.add( tmpVertIN.id().toString() );
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	
-		boolean propertyFilter = false;
-		if( propFilterHash != null && !propFilterHash.isEmpty() ){
-			// They want to filter using some properties
-			Iterator <?> it = propFilterHash.entrySet().iterator();
-			while( it.hasNext() ){
-				Map.Entry<?,?> propEntry = (Map.Entry<?,?>)it.next();
-				String propName = (propEntry.getKey()).toString();
-				if( ! dbMaps.NodeProps.containsValue(propName) ){
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6116", "Unrecognized property name [" + propName + "] passed to getConnectedNodes()."); 
-				}
-				// Don't allow search on properties that do not have SINGLE cardinality
-				if( !checkPropCardinality(propName, "Set") && !checkPropCardinality(propName, "List")  ){
-					propertyFilter = true;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		// If filter-properties were passed in, then look for nodes that have those values.
-		ArrayList<TitanVertex> returnVertList = new ArrayList<TitanVertex>();
-		Iterable<TitanVertex> qResult = null;
-		Iterator<TitanVertex> resultI = null;
-		try {
-			qResult = startNodeVal.query().vertices();
-			resultI = qResult.iterator();
-		}
-		catch( NullPointerException npe ){
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6125", "Titan null pointer exception trying to get nodes connected to vertexId = " + 
-					startNodeVal.id() + ", aai-node-type = [" + startNodeVal.property("aai-node-type") + "]."); 
-		}
-
-		while( resultI != null && resultI.hasNext() ){
-			boolean addThisOne = true;
-			TitanVertex tmpV = (TitanVertex)resultI.next();			
-			if( tmpV == null ){
-				LOGGER.info("Titan gave a null vertex when looking for nodes connected to vertexId = " + 
-						startNodeVal.id() + ", aai-node-type = [" + startNodeVal.property("aai-node-type") + "].");
-				// Note - we will skip this one, but try to return any others that we find.
-				addThisOne = false;
-			}
-
-		else {
-				String tmpVid = tmpV.id().toString();
-				if( nodeTypeFilter ){
-					Object nto = tmpV.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-					if( nto == null || !nto.toString().equals(nodeType) ){ 
-						//LOGGER.info("Found a connected vertex (vertexId = " + 
-						//		tmpVid + "), but we will not collect it.  It had aai-node-type [" +
-						//		nto + "], we are looking for [" + nodeType + "]. ");
-						// Note - we will skip this one, but try to return any others that we find.
-						addThisOne = false;
-					}
-				}
-				
-				if( excludeVidList.contains(tmpVid) ){
-					LOGGER.info("Found a connected vertex (vertexId = " + 
-							tmpVid + "), but will exclude it since it is on an IN edge and this nodeType " +
-							startNodeNT + " can be recursively attached.");
-					// Note - we will skip this one, but try to return any others that we find.
-					addThisOne = false;
-				}
-			
-				if( propertyFilter ){
-					Iterator <?> it = propFilterHash.entrySet().iterator();
-					while( it.hasNext() ){
-						Map.Entry <?,?>propEntry = (Map.Entry<?,?>)it.next();
-						String propName = (propEntry.getKey()).toString();
-						if( checkPropCardinality(propName, "Set") || checkPropCardinality(propName, "List")  ){
-							// Don't allow search on properties that do not have SINGLE cardinality
-							continue;
-						}
-						Object propVal =  propEntry.getValue();
-						Object foundVal = tmpV.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null);
-						if( foundVal != null && propVal != null && !foundVal.toString().equals(propVal.toString()) ){
-							addThisOne = false;
-							break;
-						}
-						else if( (foundVal == null && propVal != null) || (foundVal != null && propVal == null) ){
-							addThisOne = false;
-							break;
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			if( addThisOne ){
-				// This node passed the tests -- put it on the return List
-				returnVertList.add( (TitanVertex)tmpV );
-			}
-		}
-		//aaiLogger.debug(logline, " end ");
-		return returnVertList;
-
-	}// End of getConnectedNodes()
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the connected nodes.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propFilterHash the prop filter hash
-	 * @param startNodeVal the start node val
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the connected nodes
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static ArrayList<TitanVertex> getConnectedNodes(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
-			HashMap<String,Object> propFilterHash, TitanVertex startNodeVal, String apiVersion ) throws AAIException {
-		return getConnectedNodes( transId,  fromAppId,  graph,  nodeType,
-				propFilterHash,  startNodeVal,  apiVersion, true );
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the connected nodes.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propFilterHash the prop filter hash
-	 * @param startNodeVal the start node val
-	 * @return the connected nodes
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static ArrayList<TitanVertex> getConnectedNodes(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
-			HashMap<String,Object> propFilterHash, TitanVertex startNodeVal ) throws AAIException {
-		return getConnectedNodes( transId,  fromAppId,  graph,  nodeType,
-				propFilterHash,  startNodeVal,  null, true );
-
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Ip address format OK.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param addrVal the addr val
-	 * @param addrVer the addr ver
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return Boolean
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static Boolean ipAddressFormatOK(String transId, String fromAppId, String addrVal, String addrVer, String apiVersion) throws AAIException{
-
-		/* NOTE -- the google methods we use do not allow leading zeros in ipV4 addresses. 
-		 *     So it will reject, "22.33.44.001"
-		 */
-
-		if( addrVal == null ){
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Bad data (addrVal = null) passed to ipAddressFormatOK()"); 
-		}
-		else if( addrVer == null ){
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Bad data (addrType = null) passed to ipAddressFormatOK()"); 
-		}
-
-		Boolean retVal = false;
-		Boolean lookingForV4 = false;
-		Boolean lookingForV6 = false;
-		InetAddress inetAddr = null;
-
-		if( addrVer.equalsIgnoreCase("v4") || addrVer.equals("ipv4") || addrVer.equals("4")){
-			lookingForV4 = true;
-		}
-		else if( addrVer.equalsIgnoreCase("v6") || addrVer.equals("ipv6") || addrVer.equals("6")){
-			lookingForV6 = true;
-		}
-		else {
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", " Bad data for addressVersion [" + addrVer + "] passed to ipAddressFormatOK()"); 
-		}
-
-		try {
-			inetAddr = InetAddresses.forString(addrVal);
-			if( inetAddr instanceof Inet4Address ){
-				if( lookingForV4 ){
-					retVal = true;
-				}
-				else {
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Bad data. Address is a V4, but addressType said it should be V6.  [" 
-							+ addrVal + "], [" + addrVer + "] passed to ipAddressFormatOK()"); 
-				}
-			}
-			else if( inetAddr instanceof Inet6Address ){
-				if( lookingForV6 ){
-					retVal = true;
-				}
-				else {
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Bad data. Address is a V6, but addressType said it should be V4.  [" 
-							+ addrVal + "], [" + addrVer + "] passed to ipAddressFormatOK()."); 
-				}
-			} 	 
-		} 
-		catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Badly formed ip-address:  [" + addrVal + "] passed to ipAddressFormatOK()"); 
-		}
-
-		return retVal;
-
-	}//end of ipAddressFormatOk()
-	
-	/**
-	 * Ip address format OK.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param addrVal the addr val
-	 * @param addrVer the addr ver
-	 * @return the boolean
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static Boolean ipAddressFormatOK(String transId, String fromAppId, String addrVal, String addrVer) throws AAIException{
-		return ipAddressFormatOK( transId,  fromAppId,  addrVal,  addrVer, null);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Save aai edge to db.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param edgeLabel the edge label
-	 * @param outV the out V
-	 * @param inV the in V
-	 * @param propHash the prop hash
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return TitanEdge
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	private static TitanEdge saveAaiEdgeToDb(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String edgeLabel, 
-			TitanVertex outV, TitanVertex inV, HashMap <String,Object> propHash, String apiVersion) throws AAIException{
-
-		// If this edge doesn't exist yet, then create it.
-
-		// NOTE - the Titan javaDoc says that there might not always be an id for a node.
-		//   This is the internal-titan-unique-id, not any of our data.
-		//   Not sure how to know when it might be there and when it might not?!
-		//   So far, it has worked for all my testing, but this might warrant some
-		//   further investigation.
-
-		TitanEdge existingEdge = null;
-		String inVId =  inV.id().toString();
-		Iterator <Edge> eI = outV.edges(Direction.BOTH, edgeLabel);
-		while( eI.hasNext() ){
-			TitanEdge ed = (TitanEdge) eI.next();
-			TitanVertex otherVtx = (TitanVertex) ed.otherVertex(outV);
-			if( (otherVtx.id().toString()).equals(inVId) ){
-				// NOTE -?- Not sure -- at some point we might want to check the edgeLabels also since  we might
-				//   want to allow two different-type edges between the same two vertexes?  (or maybe not.)
-				existingEdge = ed;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if( existingEdge != null ){
-			// This is just an UPDATE
-			for( Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : propHash.entrySet() ){
-				LOGGER.debug("update edge property/val = [" + entry.getKey() + "]/[" + entry.getValue() + "]");
-				existingEdge.property( entry.getKey(), entry.getValue() );
-			}
-
-			return( existingEdge );
-		}
-		else {
-			// This is an ADD
-			
-			// Uniqueness double-check.   This is just to catch the possibility that at the transaction layer,
-			//    if data came in for two identical nodes that point to the same dependant node (for uniqueness), 
-			//    we would only be able to catch the problem at the time the edge to the second node is added.   
-			//    For example - if they had a VM and then got a request to add two ipAddress nodes, but some 
-			//    bad data was passed and those two ipAddress nodes were identical -- we'd want to catch it.
-			String outV_NType = outV.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-			String inV_NType = inV.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-			if( needsADepNode4Uniqueness(transId, fromAppId, outV_NType, apiVersion)  
-					&&  nodeTypeACanDependOnB(transId, fromAppId, outV_NType, inV_NType, apiVersion) ){
-				// The out-Vertex has a uniqueness dependency on the in-vertex
-				// Make sure we haven't already added an node/edge like this in this transaction
-				HashMap <String, Object> nodeKeyPropsHash = getNodeKeyPropHash(transId, fromAppId, graph, outV); 
-				ArrayList<TitanVertex> resultList = new ArrayList<TitanVertex>();
-				resultList = DbMeth.getConnectedNodes("transId", "fromAppId", graph, outV_NType, nodeKeyPropsHash, inV, apiVersion, false);
-				if( resultList.size() > 0 ){
-					String propInfo = "";
-					if( nodeKeyPropsHash != null ){
-						propInfo = nodeKeyPropsHash.toString();
-					}
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6117", "Failed to add edge.  This node (" + inV_NType + ") already has an edge to a " + outV_NType + 
-							" node with kepProps [" + propInfo + "]");  
-				}
-			}
-			else if( needsADepNode4Uniqueness(transId, fromAppId, inV_NType, apiVersion)  
-					&&  nodeTypeACanDependOnB(transId, fromAppId, inV_NType, outV_NType, apiVersion) ){ 	
-				// The in-Vertex has a uniqueness dependency on the out-vertex
-				// Make sure we haven't already added an node/edge like this in this transaction
-				HashMap <String, Object> nodeKeyPropsHash = getNodeKeyPropHash(transId, fromAppId, graph, inV);
-				ArrayList<TitanVertex> resultList = new ArrayList<TitanVertex>();
-				resultList = DbMeth.getConnectedNodes("transId", "fromAppId", graph, inV_NType, nodeKeyPropsHash, outV, apiVersion, false);
-				if( resultList.size() > 0 ){
-					String propInfo = "";
-					if( nodeKeyPropsHash != null ){
-						propInfo = nodeKeyPropsHash.toString();
-					}
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6117", "Failed to add edge.  This node (" + outV_NType + ") already has an edge to a " + inV_NType + 
-							" node with kepProps [" + propInfo + "]");  
-				}
-			}
-			
-			
-			// We're good to go to add this edge
-
-			TitanEdge tEdge =  outV.addEdge( edgeLabel, inV );
-			// Add the properties to the new Edge
-			for( Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : propHash.entrySet() ){
-				tEdge.property( entry.getKey(), entry.getValue() );
-			}
-			
-			// For (resource-id updates) we need to "touch" the vertices on each side of the edge so
-			// anybody working on one of those vertices will know that something (ADDing this edge) has happened.
-			touchVertex( transId, fromAppId, inV );
-			touchVertex( transId, fromAppId, outV );
-			
-			return tEdge;
-		}
-
-	}// End saveAaiEdgeToDb()
-
-	
-	
-	/**
-	 * Derive edge rule key for this edge.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param tEdge the t edge
-	 * @return String - key to look up edgeRule (fromNodeType|toNodeType)
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static String deriveEdgeRuleKeyForThisEdge( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph,  
-			TitanEdge tEdge ) throws AAIException{
-
-		TitanVertex fromVtx = tEdge.outVertex();
-		TitanVertex toVtx = tEdge.inVertex();
-		String startNodeType = fromVtx.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		String targetNodeType = toVtx.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		String key = startNodeType + "|" + targetNodeType;
-		if( EdgeRules.getInstance().hasEdgeRule(startNodeType, targetNodeType) ){
-			// We can use the node info in the order they were given
-			return( key );
-		}
-		else {
-			key = targetNodeType + "|" + startNodeType;
-			if( EdgeRules.getInstance().hasEdgeRule(targetNodeType, startNodeType) ){
-				return( key );
-			}
-			else {
-				// Couldn't find a rule for this edge
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "No EdgeRule found for passed nodeTypes: " + startNodeType + ", " 
-						+ targetNodeType); 
-			}
-		}
-	}// end of deriveEdgeRuleKeyForThisEdge()
-	
-	
-
-	/**
-	 * Save aai edge to db.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param edgeLabel the edge label
-	 * @param outV the out V
-	 * @param inV the in V
-	 * @param propHash the prop hash
-	 * @return the titan edge
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	private static TitanEdge saveAaiEdgeToDb(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String edgeLabel, 
-			TitanVertex outV, TitanVertex inV, HashMap <String,Object> propHash) throws AAIException{
-		return	saveAaiEdgeToDb( transId,  fromAppId,  graph,  edgeLabel, 
-				outV,  inV, propHash, null);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai edge.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param startVert the start vert
-	 * @param targetVert the target vert
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the titan edge
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static TitanEdge persistAaiEdge( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph,  
-			TitanVertex startVert, TitanVertex targetVert, String apiVersion ) throws AAIException{
-		TitanEdge returnEdge = persistAaiEdge(transId, fromAppId, graph, startVert, targetVert, apiVersion, "");
-		return returnEdge;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai edge.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param startVert the start vert
-	 * @param targetVert the target vert
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param edgeType the edge type
-	 * @return TitanEdge
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static TitanEdge persistAaiEdge( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph,  
-			TitanVertex startVert, TitanVertex targetVert, String apiVersion, String edgeType ) throws AAIException{
-
-		TitanVertex fromVtx = null;
-		TitanVertex toVtx = null;
-		String startNodeType = startVert.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		String targetNodeType = targetVert.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		String fwdRuleKey = startNodeType + "|" + targetNodeType;
-		int fwdRuleCount = 0;
-		String fwdRule = "";
-		String fwdLabel = "";
-		String revRuleKey = targetNodeType + "|" + startNodeType;
-		int revRuleCount = 0;	
-		String revRule = "";
-		String revLabel = "";
-		String edRule = "";
-		String edLabel = "";
-		
-		Boolean checkType = false;
-		if( (edgeType != null) && edgeType != "" ){
-			checkType = true;
-		}
-		
-		// As of 16-07, it is possible to have more than one kind of edge defined between a given 
-		// pair of nodeTypes.   So we need to check to see if there is only one possibility, or if
-		// we need to look at the edgeType to determine which to use.  
-		// NOTE -- we're only supporting having 2 edges between a given pair of nodeTypes and
-		//    one and only one of them would have to be a parent-child edge.
-		
-		if( DbEdgeRules.EdgeRules.containsKey(fwdRuleKey) ){
-			Collection <String> edRuleColl = DbEdgeRules.EdgeRules.get(fwdRuleKey);
-			Iterator <String> ruleItr = edRuleColl.iterator();
-			while( ruleItr.hasNext() ){
-				String tmpRule = ruleItr.next();
-				String [] rules = tmpRule.split(",");
-				String tmpLabel = rules[0];
-				String tmpParChild = rules[3];
-				if( !checkType 
-						|| (checkType && tmpParChild.equals("true") && edgeType.equals("parentChild"))
-						|| (checkType && tmpParChild.equals("false") && edgeType.equals("cousin"))   ){
-					// Either they didn't want us to check the edgeType or it is a match
-					fwdRuleCount++;
-					if( fwdRuleCount > 1 ){
-						// We found more than one with the given info
-						throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Multiple EdgeRules found for nodeTypes: [" + startNodeType + "], [" 
-								+ targetNodeType + "], edgeType = [" + edgeType + "]."); 
-					}
-					else {
-						fwdRule = tmpRule;
-						fwdLabel = tmpLabel;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		// Try it the other way also (unless this is the case of a nodeType recursively pointing to itself 
-		// Ie. the edge rule:  "model-element|model-element"
-		if( !revRuleKey.equals(fwdRuleKey) && DbEdgeRules.EdgeRules.containsKey(revRuleKey) ){
-			Collection <String> edRuleColl = DbEdgeRules.EdgeRules.get(revRuleKey);
-			Iterator <String> ruleItr = edRuleColl.iterator();
-			while( ruleItr.hasNext() ){
-				String tmpRule = ruleItr.next();
-				String [] rules = tmpRule.split(",");
-				String tmpLabel = rules[0];
-				String tmpParChild = rules[3];
-				if( !checkType 
-						|| (checkType && tmpParChild.equals("true") && edgeType.equals("parentChild"))
-						|| (checkType && tmpParChild.equals("false") && edgeType.equals("cousin"))   ){
-					// Either they didn't want us to check the edgeType or it is a match
-					revRuleCount++;
-					if( revRuleCount > 1 ){
-						// We found more than one with the given info
-						throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Multiple EdgeRules found for nodeTypes: [" + targetNodeType + "], [" 
-								+ startNodeType + "], edgeType = [" + edgeType + "]."); 
-					}
-					else {
-						revRule = tmpRule;
-						revLabel = tmpLabel;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-			
-		if( (fwdRuleCount == 1) && (revRuleCount == 0) ){
-			// We can use the node info in the order they were given
-			fromVtx = startVert;
-			toVtx = targetVert;
-			edRule = fwdRule;
-			edLabel = fwdLabel;
-		}
-		else if( (fwdRuleCount == 0) && (revRuleCount == 1) ){
-			// We need to switch the vertex order so the edge-direction is correct
-			toVtx = startVert;
-			fromVtx = targetVert;
-			edRule = revRule;
-			edLabel = revLabel;
-		}
-		else if( (fwdRuleCount == 0) && (revRuleCount == 0) ){
-			// No edge rule found for this
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "No EdgeRule found for passed nodeTypes: " + startNodeType + ", " + targetNodeType 
-					+ "], checkLabelType = [" + edgeType + "]."); 
-		}	
-		else if( (fwdRuleCount > 0) && (revRuleCount > 0) ){
-			// We found more than one with the given info
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Multiple EdgeRules (fwd and rev) found for nodeTypes: [" + startNodeType + "], [" 
-					+ targetNodeType + "], checkLabelType = [" + edgeType + "]."); 
-		}
-		
-		// If we got to this point, we now have a single edge label and we know to and from Vtx.
-		
-		HashMap <String,Object> edgeParamHash = getEdgeTagPropPutHash4Rule(transId, fromAppId, edRule);
-		// We do "source-of-truth" for all edges
-		edgeParamHash.put("source-of-truth", fromAppId );
-
-		TitanEdge returnEdge = saveAaiEdgeToDb(transId, fromAppId, graph, edLabel, fromVtx, toVtx, edgeParamHash, apiVersion);
-
-		return returnEdge;
-
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai edge.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param startVert the start vert
-	 * @param targetVert the target vert
-	 * @return the titan edge
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static TitanEdge persistAaiEdge( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph,  
-			TitanVertex startVert, TitanVertex targetVert ) throws AAIException{
-		return persistAaiEdge( transId,  fromAppId,  graph,  
-				startVert,  targetVert, null);
-	}
-	// End persistAaiEdge()
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai edge.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param edgeLabel the edge label
-	 * @param startVert the start vert
-	 * @param targetVert the target vert
-	 * @param propHash the prop hash
-	 * @param addIfNotFound the add if not found
-	 * @return the titan edge
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static TitanEdge persistAaiEdge( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph,  
-			String edgeLabel, TitanVertex startVert, TitanVertex targetVert, 
-			HashMap <String,Object> propHash, Boolean addIfNotFound ) throws AAIException{  
-
-		/*----- This method is depricated ------
-		 *  We will ignore the parameters: edgeLabel, propHash and addIfNotFound
-		 *  We will use the remaining params to call the newer version of this method
-		 */
-		TitanEdge returnEdge = persistAaiEdge(transId, fromAppId, graph, startVert, targetVert, null);
-
-		return returnEdge;
-
-	}// End depricated version of persistAaiEdge()
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai edge with dep params.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param startVert the start vert
-	 * @param targetNodeType the target node type
-	 * @param targetNodeParamHash the target node param hash
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return TitanEdge
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static TitanEdge persistAaiEdgeWithDepParams( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph,  
-			TitanVertex startVert, String targetNodeType, HashMap <String,Object> targetNodeParamHash, String apiVersion) throws AAIException{
-
-		TitanVertex targetVert = getUniqueNodeWithDepParams( transId, fromAppId, graph, targetNodeType, targetNodeParamHash, apiVersion );
-		TitanEdge returnEdge = persistAaiEdge(transId, fromAppId, graph, startVert, targetVert, apiVersion);
-
-		return returnEdge;
-
-	}// End persistAaiEdgeWithDepParams()
-	
-	// Version that lets you pass in an edgeType ("parentChild" or "cousin" since it sometimes cannot be determined 
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai edge with dep params.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param startVert the start vert
-	 * @param targetNodeType the target node type
-	 * @param targetNodeParamHash the target node param hash
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param edgeType the edge type
-	 * @return the titan edge
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	// from the two nodeTypes anymore (16-07)
-	public static TitanEdge persistAaiEdgeWithDepParams( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph,  
-			TitanVertex startVert, String targetNodeType, HashMap <String,Object> targetNodeParamHash, 
-			String apiVersion, String edgeType) throws AAIException{
-		TitanVertex targetVert = getUniqueNodeWithDepParams( transId, fromAppId, graph, targetNodeType, targetNodeParamHash, apiVersion );
-		TitanEdge returnEdge = persistAaiEdge(transId, fromAppId, graph, startVert, targetVert, apiVersion, edgeType);
-
-		return returnEdge;
-
-	}// End persistAaiEdgeWithDepParams()
-	
-	/**
-	 * Persist aai edge with dep params.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param startVert the start vert
-	 * @param targetNodeType the target node type
-	 * @param targetNodeParamHash the target node param hash
-	 * @return the titan edge
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static TitanEdge persistAaiEdgeWithDepParams( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph,  
-			TitanVertex startVert, String targetNodeType, HashMap <String,Object> targetNodeParamHash) throws AAIException{
-		return persistAaiEdgeWithDepParams(  transId,  fromAppId,  graph,  
-				 startVert,  targetNodeType,  targetNodeParamHash, null);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node key prop hash.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param vtx the vtx
-	 * @return nodeKeyPropHash
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static HashMap <String, Object> getNodeKeyPropHash( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex vtx) throws AAIException{
-
-		if( vtx == null ){
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6109", "null node object passed to getNodeKeyPropHash().");
-		}
-		
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		
-		String nType = vtx.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		if( ! dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.containsKey(nType) ){
-			// Problem if no key Properties defined for this nodeType
-			String defVer = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP);
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6105", "No node-key-properties defined in dbMaps for nodeType = " + nType + " (ver=" + defVer + ")"); 
-		}
-
-		HashMap <String,Object>nodeKeyPropsHash = new HashMap<String,Object>();
-		Collection <String> keyProps =  dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(nType);
-		Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-		while( keyPropI.hasNext() ){
-			String propName = keyPropI.next();
-			Object value = (Object) vtx.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null); 
-			nodeKeyPropsHash.put(propName, value);
-		}
-
-		return nodeKeyPropsHash;
-
-	}// End of getNodeKeyPropHash()
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node name prop hash.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param vtx the vtx
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return nodeKeyPropHash
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static HashMap <String, Object> getNodeNamePropHash( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex vtx, String apiVersion) throws AAIException{
-
-		if( vtx == null ){
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6109", "null node object passed to getNodeNamePropHash()." );
-		}
-
-		String nType = vtx.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		HashMap <String,Object>nodeNamePropsHash = new HashMap<String,Object>();
-		Collection <String> keyProps =  DbMeth.getNodeNameProps(transId, fromAppId, nType, apiVersion);
-		Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-		while( keyPropI.hasNext() ){
-			String propName = keyPropI.next();
-			Object value = (Object) vtx.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null); 
-			nodeNamePropsHash.put(propName, value);
-		}
-
-		return nodeNamePropsHash;
-
-	}// End of getNodeNamePropHash()
-	
-
-	/**
-	 * Removes the aai edge.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param tEdge the t edge
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public static void removeAaiEdge( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, TitanEdge tEdge){
-		// Before removing the edge, touch the vertices on each side so their resource-versions will get updated 
-		TitanVertex tmpVIn = tEdge.inVertex();
-		touchVertex( transId, fromAppId, tmpVIn );
-		 
-		TitanVertex tmpVOut = tEdge.outVertex();
-		touchVertex( transId, fromAppId, tmpVOut );
-
-		// Remove the passed in edge.
-		tEdge.remove();
-
-	}// end of removeAaiEdge()
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Removes the aai node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param thisVtx the this vtx
-	 * @param scopeParam the scope param
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param resourceVersion the resource version
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static void removeAaiNode( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex thisVtx, String scopeParam, 
-			String apiVersion, String resourceVersion ) throws AAIException{
-		// Note: the resource Version Override flag is only set to true when called by the Model Delete code which
-		//    has no way to know the resource-versions of nodes at lower-levels of it's model topology.
-		Boolean resVersionOverrideFlag = false;
-		removeAaiNode( transId, fromAppId, graph, thisVtx, scopeParam, apiVersion, resourceVersion, resVersionOverrideFlag );
-	}
-	
-
-	/**
-	 *  <pre>
-	 *  Possible values for deleteScope can be:
-	 *  	USE_DEFAULT - Get the scope from ref data for this node
-	 *  	THIS_NODE_ONLY (but should fail if it there are nodes that depend on it for uniqueness)
-	 *  	CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN  - will look for OUT-Edges that have parentOf/hasDelTarget = true and follow those down
-	 *      ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE - combo of error-if-any-IN-edges + CascadeToChildren
-	 *  	ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES - Fail if this node has any existing IN edges 
-	 *      ERROR_IF_ANY_EDGES - Fail if this node has any existing edges at all!
-	 *  </pre>.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param thisVtx the this vtx
-	 * @param scopeParam the scope param
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param resourceVersion the resource version
-	 * @param resVerOverride the res ver override
-	 * @return void
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static void removeAaiNode( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex thisVtx, String scopeParam, 
-			String apiVersion, String resourceVersion, Boolean resVerOverride ) throws AAIException{
-		String nodeType2Del = thisVtx.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		String deleteScope = scopeParam;
-		if( scopeParam.equals("USE_DEFAULT") ){
-			deleteScope =   getDefaultDeleteScope(transId, fromAppId, nodeType2Del, apiVersion);
-		}
-		
-		if( !resVerOverride && needToDoResourceVerCheck(apiVersion, false) ){
-			// Need to check that they knew what they were deleting
-			String existingResVer = thisVtx.<String>property("resource-version").orElse(null);
-			if( resourceVersion == null || resourceVersion.equals("") ){
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6130", "Resource-version not passed for delete of = " + nodeType2Del); 
-			}
-			else if( (existingResVer != null) && !resourceVersion.equals(existingResVer) ){
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6131", "Resource-version MISMATCH for delete of = " + nodeType2Del); 
-			}
-		}
-
-		if( !deleteScope.equals("THIS_NODE_ONLY")
-				&& !deleteScope.equals("CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
-				&& !deleteScope.equals("ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
-				&& !deleteScope.equals("ERROR_IF_ANY_EDGES")
-				&& !deleteScope.equals("ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES") ){
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Unrecognized value in deleteScope:  [" + deleteScope + "]."); 
-		}
-
-		if( deleteScope.equals("ERROR_IF_ANY_EDGES") ){
-			if ( thisVtx.edges(Direction.BOTH).hasNext() ) {
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6110", "Node cannot be deleted because it still has Edges and the ERROR_IF_ANY_EDGES scope was used."); 
-			}
-		} 
-		else if( deleteScope.equals("ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES") || deleteScope.equals("ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE") ){
-			Iterator <Edge> eI = thisVtx.edges(Direction.IN);
-			boolean onlyHasParent = false;
-			Edge temp = null;
-			if( eI != null && eI.hasNext() ){
-				temp = eI.next();
-				Boolean isParent = temp.<Boolean>property("isParent").orElse(null);
-				if (isParent != null && isParent && !eI.hasNext()) {
-					onlyHasParent = true;
-				}
-				
-				if (!onlyHasParent) {
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6110", "Node cannot be deleted because it still has Edges and the " + deleteScope + " scope was used.");
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		else if( deleteScope.equals("THIS_NODE_ONLY")){
-			// Make sure nobody depends on this node.
-			Iterator<Edge> eI = thisVtx.edges(Direction.BOTH);
-			while( eI.hasNext() ){
-				TitanEdge ed = (TitanEdge) eI.next();
-				TitanVertex otherVtx = (TitanVertex) ed.otherVertex(thisVtx);
-				String nodeTypeA = otherVtx.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-				if( nodeTypeACanDependOnB(transId, fromAppId, nodeTypeA, nodeType2Del, apiVersion)){
-					// We're only supposed to delete this node - but another node is dependant on it,
-					// so we shouldn't delete this one.
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6110", "Node cannot be deleted using scope = " + deleteScope + 
-							" another node (type = " + nodeTypeA + ") depends on it for uniqueness."); 
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		// We've passed our checks - so do some deleting of edges and maybe pass 
-		//     the delete request down to children or delete-targets.
-
-		// First we deal with the "IN"-Edges which can't have children/delete-targets which
-		// by definition (of "IN") on the other end
-		Iterator <Edge> eI_In = thisVtx.edges(Direction.IN);
-		while( eI_In.hasNext() ){
-			TitanEdge ed = (TitanEdge) eI_In.next();
-			
-			//- "touch" vertex on other side of this edge so it gets a fresh resource-version
-			TitanVertex tmpVOther = ed.otherVertex(thisVtx);
-			touchVertex( transId, fromAppId, tmpVOther );
-			
-			ed.remove();
-		}
-
-		// Now look at the "OUT"-edges which might include children or delete-targets
-		String cascadeMsg = "This nt = " + nodeType2Del + ", Cascading del to: ";
-		Iterator <Edge> eI_Out = thisVtx.edges(Direction.OUT);
-		if( !eI_Out.hasNext() ){
-			cascadeMsg = cascadeMsg + "[no children for this node]";
-		}
-		while( eI_Out.hasNext() ){
-			TitanEdge ed = (TitanEdge) eI_Out.next();
-			
-			// "touch" vertex on other side of this edge so it gets a fresh resource-version
-			TitanVertex tmpVOther = ed.otherVertex(thisVtx);
-			touchVertex( transId, fromAppId, tmpVOther );
-
-			Boolean otherVtxAChild = ed.<Boolean>property("isParent").orElse(null);
-			if( otherVtxAChild == null ){
-				otherVtxAChild = false;
-			}
-
-			Boolean otherVtxADeleteTarget = ed.<Boolean>property("hasDelTarget").orElse(null);
-			if( otherVtxADeleteTarget == null ){
-				otherVtxADeleteTarget = false;
-			}
-
-			if( (otherVtxAChild || otherVtxADeleteTarget) && 
-					(deleteScope.equals("CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN") || deleteScope.equals("ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")) ){
-				// Delete the edge to the child and Pass the delete down to it.
-				ed.remove();
-				TitanVertex otherVtx = (TitanVertex) ed.otherVertex(thisVtx);
-				String vid = otherVtx.id().toString();
-				String nty = otherVtx.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-				String resVers = otherVtx.<String>property("resource-version").orElse(null);
-				cascadeMsg = cascadeMsg + "[" + nty + ":" + vid + "]";
-				removeAaiNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, otherVtx, "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN", apiVersion, resVers);
-			}
-			else {
-				// The other node is not a child or deleteTarget.  Delete the edge to it if it is not
-				// dependent (Should never be dependent since it's not a child/delTarget...  but 
-				// someone could create a node that was dependent for Uniqueness without
-				// being a child/target.
-
-				// DEBUG -- eventually add the check for dependancy that isn't on a parent-type or delTarget-type edge
-				ed.remove();
-			}
-		}
-		
-		LOGGER.info(cascadeMsg);
-
-		Iterator<Edge> eI = thisVtx.edges(Direction.BOTH);
-		if( ! eI.hasNext() ){
-			// By this point, either there were no edges to deal with, or we have dealt with them.
-			thisVtx.remove();
-		}
-		else {
-			// Something went wrong and we couldn't delete all the edges for this guy.
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6110", "Node could be deleted because it unexpectedly still has Edges.\n"); 
-		}
-	}
-	
-	
-	/**
-	 * Removes the aai node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param thisVtx the this vtx
-	 * @param scopeParam the scope param
-	 * @return void
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static void removeAaiNode( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex thisVtx, String scopeParam) throws AAIException{
-		removeAaiNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, thisVtx, scopeParam, null, null);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Removes the aai node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param thisVtx the this vtx
-	 * @param scopeParam the scope param
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static void removeAaiNode( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex thisVtx, String scopeParam, 
-			String apiVersion ) throws AAIException{
-		removeAaiNode(transId, fromAppId, graph, thisVtx, scopeParam, apiVersion, null);
-	}
-	// end of removeAaiNode()
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Delete all graph data.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public static void deleteAllGraphData( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanGraph graph ){
-		/** ======================================================================
-		 * WARNING -- this removes ALL the data that is currently in the graph.
-		 * ======================================================================
-		 **/
-		 LOGGER.warn("deleteAllGraphData called! Run for the hills!");
-		Iterator<Edge> edges = graph.edges(Direction.BOTH);
-		graph.tx().commit();
-		Edge edge = null;
-		while (edges.hasNext()) {
-			edge = edges.next();
-			edges.remove();
-		}
-		graph.tx().commit();
-		Iterator<Vertex> vertices = graph.vertices();
-		graph.tx().commit();
-		Vertex vertex = null;
-		while (vertices.hasNext()) {
-			vertex = vertices.next();
-			vertex.remove();
-		}
-		graph.tx().commit();
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Show all edges for node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param tVert the t vert
-	 * @return the array list
-	 */
-	public static ArrayList <String> showAllEdgesForNode( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanVertex tVert ){ 
-
-		ArrayList <String> retArr = new ArrayList <String> ();
-		Iterator <Edge> eI = tVert.edges(Direction.IN);
-		if( ! eI.hasNext() ){
-			retArr.add("No IN edges were found for this vertex. ");
-		}
-		while( eI.hasNext() ){
-			TitanEdge ed = (TitanEdge) eI.next();
-			String lab = ed.label();
-			TitanVertex vtx = (TitanVertex) ed.otherVertex(tVert);
-			if( vtx == null ){
-				retArr.add(" >>> COULD NOT FIND VERTEX on the other side of this edge edgeId = " + ed.id() + " <<< ");
-			}
-			else {
-				String nType = vtx.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-				String vid = vtx.id().toString();
-				retArr.add("Found an IN edge (" + lab + ") to this vertex from a [" + nType + "] node with VtxId = " + vid );
-				//DEBUG ---
-				//showPropertiesForEdge(  transId, fromAppId, ed );
-			}
-		}
-		
-		eI = tVert.edges(Direction.OUT);
-		if( ! eI.hasNext() ){
-			retArr.add("No OUT edges were found for this vertex. ");
-		}
-		while( eI.hasNext() ){
-			TitanEdge ed = (TitanEdge) eI.next();
-			String lab = ed.label();
-			TitanVertex vtx = (TitanVertex) ed.otherVertex(tVert);
-			if( vtx == null ){
-				retArr.add(" >>> COULD NOT FIND VERTEX on the other side of this edge edgeId = " + ed.id() + " <<< ");
-			}
-			else {
-				String nType = vtx.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-				String vid = vtx.id().toString();
-				retArr.add("Found an OUT edge (" + lab + ") from this vertex to a [" + nType + "] node with VtxId = " + vid );
-				//DEBUG ---
-				//showPropertiesForEdge(  transId, fromAppId, ed );
-			}
-		}
-		return retArr;
-	}
-
-	
-	/**
-	 * Show properties for node.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param tVert the t vert
-	 * @return the array list
-	 */
-	public static ArrayList <String> showPropertiesForNode( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanVertex tVert ){ 
-
-		ArrayList <String> retArr = new ArrayList <String> ();
-		if( tVert == null ){
-			retArr.add("null Node object passed to showPropertiesForNode()\n");
-		}
-		else {
-			String nodeType = "";
-			//String datType = "";
-			Object ob = tVert.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-			if( ob == null ){
-				nodeType = "null";
-			}
-			else{
-				nodeType = ob.toString();
-				//datType = ob.getClass().getSimpleName();
-			}
-			
-			retArr.add(" AAINodeType/VtxID for this Node = [" + nodeType + "/" + tVert.id() + "]");
-			retArr.add(" Property Detail: ");
-			Iterator<VertexProperty<Object>> pI = tVert.properties();
-			while( pI.hasNext() ){
-				VertexProperty<Object> tp = pI.next();
-				Object val = tp.value();
-				//retArr.add("Prop: [" + tp.getPropertyKey() + "], val = [" + val + "], dataType = " + val.getClass() );
-				retArr.add("Prop: [" + tp.key() + "], val = [" + val + "] ");
-			}
-		}
-		return retArr;
-	}
-
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node name props.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return HashMap of keyProperties
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static Collection <String> getNodeNameProps( String transId, String fromAppId, String nodeType, String apiVersion ) throws AAIException{
-
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		
-		Collection <String> nameProps = new ArrayList <String>();
-		if( dbMaps.NodeNameProps.containsKey(nodeType) ){
-			nameProps = dbMaps.NodeNameProps.get(nodeType);
-		}
-		else if( DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCategory.containsKey(nodeType) ){
-			// The passed-in nodeType was really a nodeCategory, theoretically, all the guys in the same 
-			// category should have the same name property -- so if they just give us the category, we will
-			// just give the name info from the first nodeType we encounter of that category.
-			Collection <String> nTypeCatCol = DbEdgeRules.NodeTypeCategory.get(nodeType);
-			Iterator <String> catItr = nTypeCatCol.iterator();
-			String catInfo = "";
-			if( catItr.hasNext() ){
-				// For now, we only look for one.
-				catInfo = catItr.next();
-			}
-			else {
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6105", "Required Property name(s) not found for nodeType = " + nodeType); 
-			}
-
-			String [] flds = catInfo.split(",");
-			if( flds.length != 4 ){
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", "Bad EdgeRule.NodeTypeCategory data (itemCount=" + flds.length + ") for nodeType = [" + nodeType + "]."); 
-			}
-
-			String nodeTypesString = flds[0];
-			String [] nodeTypeNames = nodeTypesString.split("\\|");
-			if( nodeTypeNames != null && nodeTypeNames.length > 0 ){
-				// We'll just use the first one
-				String nt = nodeTypeNames[0];
-				nameProps = dbMaps.NodeNameProps.get(nt);
-			}
-		}
-		
-		
-		// Note - it's ok if there was no defined name property for this nodeType.
-		
-		return nameProps;
-
-	}// end of getNodeKeyPropNames
-	
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the edge tag prop put hash 4 rule.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param edRule the ed rule
-	 * @return the edge tag prop put hash 4 rule
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static HashMap <String,Object> getEdgeTagPropPutHash4Rule( String transId, String fromAppId, String edRule ) 
-			throws AAIException{ 
-		// For a given edgeRule - already pulled out of DbEdgeRules.EdgeRules --  parse out the "tags" that 
-		//     need to be set for this kind of edge.  
-		// These are the Boolean properties like, "isParent", "usesResource" etc.  
-		HashMap <String,Object> retEdgePropPutMap = new HashMap <String,Object>();
-		
-		if( (edRule == null) || edRule.equals("") ){
-			// No edge rule found for this
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "blank edRule passed to getEdgeTagPropPutHash4Rule()"); 
-		}
-			
-		int tagCount = DbEdgeRules.EdgeInfoMap.size();
-		String [] rules = edRule.split(",");
-		if( rules.length != tagCount ){
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", "Bad EdgeRule data (itemCount =" + rules.length + ") for rule = [" + edRule  + "]."); 
-		}
-
-		// In DbEdgeRules.EdgeRules -- What we have as "edRule" is a comma-delimited set of strings.
-		// The first item is the edgeLabel.
-		// The second in the list is always "direction" which is always OUT for the way we've implemented it.
-		// Items starting at "firstTagIndex" and up are all assumed to be booleans that map according to 
-		// tags as defined in EdgeInfoMap.
-		// Note - if they are tagged as 'reverse', that means they get the tag name with "-REV" on it
-		for( int i = DbEdgeRules.firstTagIndex; i < tagCount; i++ ){
-			String booleanStr = rules[i];
-			Integer mapKey = new Integer(i);
-			String propName = DbEdgeRules.EdgeInfoMap.get(mapKey);
-			String revPropName = propName + "-REV";
-			
-			if( booleanStr.equals("true") ){
-				retEdgePropPutMap.put(propName, true);
-				retEdgePropPutMap.put(revPropName,false);
-			}
-			else if( booleanStr.equals("false") ){
-				retEdgePropPutMap.put(propName, false);
-				retEdgePropPutMap.put(revPropName,false);
-			}
-			else if( booleanStr.equals("reverse") ){
-				retEdgePropPutMap.put(propName, false);
-				retEdgePropPutMap.put(revPropName,true);
-			}
-			else {
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", "Bad EdgeRule data for rule = [" + edRule + "], val = [" + booleanStr + "]."); 
-			}
-			
-		}
-
-		return retEdgePropPutMap;
-		
-	} // End of getEdgeTagPropPutHash()
-
-
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the edge tag prop put hash.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param edgeRuleKey the edge rule key
-	 * @return the edge tag prop put hash
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static Map<String, EdgeRule> getEdgeTagPropPutHash( String transId, String fromAppId, String edgeRuleKey ) 
-			throws AAIException{ 
-		// For a given edgeRuleKey (nodeTypeA|nodeTypeB), look up the rule that goes with it in
-		// DbEdgeRules.EdgeRules and parse out the "tags" that need to be set on each edge.  
-		// These are the Boolean properties like, "isParent", "usesResource" etc.  
-		// Note - this code is also used by the updateEdgeTags.java code
-
-		String[] edgeRuleKeys = edgeRuleKey.split("\\|");
-		
-		if (edgeRuleKeys.length < 2 || ! EdgeRules.getInstance().hasEdgeRule(edgeRuleKeys[0], edgeRuleKeys[1])) {
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Could not find an DbEdgeRule entry for passed edgeRuleKey (nodeTypeA|nodeTypeB): " + edgeRuleKey + "."); 
-		}
-		
-		Map<String, EdgeRule> edgeRules = EdgeRules.getInstance().getEdgeRules(edgeRuleKeys[0], edgeRuleKeys[1]);
-		
-		return edgeRules;
-		
-	} // End of getEdgeTagPropPutHash()
-
-	
-	/**
-	 * This property was put by newer version of code.
-	 *
-	 * @param apiVersionStr the api version str
-	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param propName the prop name
-	 * @return true, if successful
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	private static boolean  thisPropertyWasPutByNewerVersionOfCode( String apiVersionStr, 
-					String nodeType, String propName) throws AAIException{
-		// We want to return True if the nodeType + property-name combo was introduced AFTER the apiVersion passed.
-		
-		int apiVerInt = 0;
-		int propIntroVerInt = 0;
-		
-		if( apiVersionStr == null || apiVersionStr.equals("") ){
-			apiVersionStr = org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIApiVersion.get();
-		}
-		apiVerInt = getVerNumFromVerString(apiVersionStr);
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		String propIntroKey = nodeType + "|" + propName;
-		if( propName.equals("prov-status") ){
-			// This is a special case -- The dbMaps from v2 has it in there, but it was introduced half way through.  So
-			// it needs to be catogorized as v3.
-			propIntroVerInt = 3;
-		}
-		else if( ! dbMaps.PropertyVersionInfoMap.containsKey(propIntroKey) ){
-			String detail = propIntroKey + " [" + propIntroKey + "] not found in dbMaps.PropertyVersionInfoMap."; 
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6121", detail); 
-		}
-		else {
-			String propIntroVerString = dbMaps.PropertyVersionInfoMap.get(propIntroKey);
-			propIntroVerInt = getVerNumFromVerString( propIntroVerString );
-		}
-		
-		if( propIntroVerInt > apiVerInt ){
-			return true;
-		}
-		else {
-			return false;
-		}
-		
-	} // End of thisPropertyWasPutByNewerVersionOfCode()
-
-	
-	/**
-	 * Touch vertex.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param v the v
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public static void touchVertex( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanVertex v ){
-		// We want to "touch" the vertex -- Ie. update it's last-mod-date, last-mod- resource-version to the current date/time
-		if( v != null ){
-			long unixTimeNow = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L;
-			String timeNowInSec = "" + unixTimeNow;
-			v.property( "aai-last-mod-ts", timeNowInSec );
-			v.property( "resource-version", timeNowInSec );
-			v.property( "last-mod-source-of-truth", fromAppId );
-		}
-	} // End of touchVertex()
-	
-	
-	/**
-	 * Check prop cardinality.
-	 *
-	 * @param propName the prop name
-	 * @param cardinalityType the cardinality type
-	 * @return boolean
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static boolean checkPropCardinality( String propName, String cardinalityType ) throws AAIException {
-		
-		// Return true if the named property is tagged in our dbMaps PropetyDataTypeMap as 
-		// having the passed in cardinality type.  
-		// NOTE: supported cardinality types in dbMaps = "Set" or "List"
-		// In Titan (and ex5.json), those go in as "SET" and "LIST"
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		
-		if( dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.containsKey(propName) ){
-			String propDataType = dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.get(propName);
-			if( propDataType != null && propDataType.startsWith(cardinalityType) ){
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
-		
-	} // End of checkPropCardinality()
-	
-	/**
-	 * Convert type if needed.
-	 *
-	 * @param propName the prop name
-	 * @param val the val
-	 * @return convertedValue (if it was a String but needed to be a Boolean)
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static Object convertTypeIfNeeded( String propName, Object val )
-			throws AAIException {
-		// Make sure the dataType of the passed-in Object matches what the DB expects
-		
-		// NOTE: since this is a fix very late in our dev cycle, we'll just fix the scenarios that
-		//   we're having trouble with which is Strings getting into the db which should be going in as 
-		//   Booleans or Integers.
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		
-		if( dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.containsKey(propName) ){
-			String dbExpectedDataType = dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.get(propName);
-			if( dbExpectedDataType != null 
-					&& dbExpectedDataType.equals("Boolean") 
-					&& val != null
-					&& !(val instanceof Boolean) ){
-				String valStr = val.toString().trim();
-				if( valStr.equals("true") || valStr.equals("True") || valStr.equals("TRUE") ){
-					return Boolean.valueOf("true");
-				}
-				else if( valStr.equals("false") || valStr.equals("False") || valStr.equals("FALSE") ){
-					return Boolean.valueOf("false");
-				}
-				else {
-					String emsg = "Error trying to convert value: [" + valStr + "] to a Boolean for property + " + propName + "\n";
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", emsg); 
-				}
-			}
-			else if( dbExpectedDataType != null 
-					&& dbExpectedDataType.equals("Integer") 
-					&& val != null 
-					&& !(val.toString().trim().equals("")) 
-					&& !(val instanceof Integer) ){
-				String valStr = val.toString().trim();
-				Integer newInt;
-				try {
-					newInt = Integer.valueOf(valStr);
-					return newInt;
-				}
-				catch( Exception e ){
-					String emsg = "Error trying to convert value: [" + valStr + "] to an Integer for property + " + propName + "\n";
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", emsg); 
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		// If it didn't need to be converted, just return it.
-		return val;
-	
-	} // End of convertTypeIfNeeded()
-
-	
-	
-	/**
-	 * This vertex not reachable.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param v the v
-	 * @param version the version
-	 * @return boolean
-	 */
-	public static boolean thisVertexNotReachable( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex v, String version){
-		if( v == null ){
-			return true;   
-		}
-		else {
-			try {
-				 v.id().toString();
-			}
-			catch( Exception ex ){
-				// Could not get this -- sometimes we're holding a vertex object that has gotten deleted, so
-				// when we try to get stuff from it, we get an "Element Has Been Removed" error from Titan
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		return false;
-		
-	} // End of thisVertexNotReachable()
-
-	/**
-	 * This vertex has bad edges.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param v the v
-	 * @param version the version
-	 * @return boolean
-	 */
-	public static boolean thisVertexHasBadEdges( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex v, String version){
-		
-		Iterator <Edge> eItor = v.edges(Direction.BOTH);
-		while( eItor.hasNext() ){
-			Edge e = null;
-			e = eItor.next();
-			if( e == null ){
-				return true;
-			}
-			Vertex vIn = e.inVertex();
-			if( (vIn == null) || (vIn.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null) == null) ){
-				 // this is a bad edge because it points to a vertex that isn't there anymore
-				 return true;
-			}
-			
-			Vertex vOut = e.outVertex();
-			if( (vOut == null) || (vOut.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null) == null) ){
-				 // this is a bad edge because it points to a vertex that isn't there anymore
-				 return true;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		// If we made it to here, the vertex's edges must be ok.
-		return false;
-		
-	} // End of thisVertexHasBadEdges()
-	
-	
-	/**
-	 * This vertex is A phantom.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param v the v
-	 * @param version the version
-	 * @return boolean
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static boolean thisVertexIsAPhantom( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex v, String version ) 
-			throws AAIException {
-		
-		
-		// The kind of Phantom we're looking for is the kind that we sometimes get when we do a select without
-		// using key properties.  They can be in the database as a vertex, but the indexes that should point to 
-		// them are not working -- so they cannot be used by normal interfaces (like the REST API) which means
-		// that if we return it, it can mess up a caller who tries to use it.
-		if( v == null ){
-			return true;   
-		}
-		String thisVid =  v.id().toString();
-		
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		
-		Object propOb = v.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		if( propOb == null ){
-			// This vertex does not have an aai-node-type ---> it is messed up
-			return true;
-		}
-		String nType = propOb.toString();
-		if(  ! dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.containsKey(nType) ){
-			// This node Type does not have keys defined
-			// This could just be bad reference data, so we will not flag this guy, but we
-			// can't really do our test...
-			return false;
-		}
-		
-		HashMap <String,Object> propHashWithKeys = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-		Collection <String> keyProps = null;
-		try {
-			keyProps = getNodeKeyPropNames(transId, fromAppId, nType, version);
-		}
-		catch (AAIException ex) {
-			// something wrong with getting this guy's key property names - we'll abandon this test...
-			return false;
-		}
-	
-        Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-        while( keyPropI.hasNext() ){
-        	String propName = keyPropI.next();
-        	String propVal = "";
-        	Object ob = v.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null);
-        	if( ob != null ){
-        		propVal = ob.toString();
-        	}
-        	propHashWithKeys.put(propName, propVal);
-        }
-        try {
-        	// Note - We can get more than one back since some nodes need a dep. node for uniqueness.
-        	//   We don't care about that -- we just want to make sure we can get this vertex back when
-        	//   we're searching with it's indexed fields. 
-        	// NOTE - we're passing the skipGroomCheck to getNodes so we don't wind up in an infinite loop
-        	ArrayList <TitanVertex> vertList2 = getNodes( transId, fromAppId, graph, nType, propHashWithKeys, false, version, true ); 
-        	Iterator<TitanVertex> iter2 = vertList2.iterator(); 
-            while( iter2.hasNext() ){ 
-            	TitanVertex tvx2 = iter2.next(); 
-            	String foundId = tvx2.id().toString();
-            	if( foundId.equals( thisVid ) ){
-            		// We could get back the vertex by looking it up using key properties...  That's good.
-            		return false;
-            	}
-            }
-        }
-        catch (Exception e2) {
-			//String msg = " Error encountered for this vertex id: [" + thisVid + 
-			//		"]. Caught this exception: " + e2.toString();
-			// Something messed up - but that doesn't prove that this is a phantom.
-			return false;
-		}
-		
-        // If we dropped down to here, we have looked but could not pull the vertex out of the
-        //    db using it's key fields, so it gets flagged as a Phantom.
-		return true;
-	
-	} // End of thisVertexIsAPhantom()
-	
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node by unique key.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param aaiUniquekey the aai uniquekey
-	 * @return the node by unique key
-	 */
-	public TitanVertex getNodeByUniqueKey(String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String aaiUniquekey) {
-		
-		TitanVertex vert = null;
-		
-		Iterator<?> vertI =  graph.query().has("aai-unique-key", aaiUniquekey).vertices().iterator(); 
-						
-		if( vertI != null && vertI.hasNext()) {
-			// We found a vertex that meets the input criteria. 
-			vert = (TitanVertex) vertI.next();
-		}
-		
-		return vert;
-	}
-
-
-
-}
-
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResource.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResource.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a2cef9d..00000000
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResource.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,675 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * org.openecomp.aai
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.aai.domain.model;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
-
-
-public class AAIResource {
-	private AAIResource parent;
-	private AAIResources children;
-		
-	private AAIResourceKeys aaiResourceKeys;
-	
-	private String namespace; // /Network/Vces/Vce/PortGroups/PortGroup/CvlanTags/CvlanTag -> "Network"
-
-	private String resourceType; // node or container
-	private String resourceClassName; 
-	private String simpleName; // Vce
-	private String fullName; // /Network/Vces/Vce/PortGroups/PortGroup/CvlanTags/CvlanTag
-	private String uri; // /network/vces/vce/{vnf-id}/port-groups/port-group/{interface-name}/cvlan-tags/cvlan-tag/{cvlan-tag}
-	private String apiVersion;
-	private String relationshipListClass;
-	private String relationshipUtils;
-	
-	private Map<String, String>      PropertyDataTypeMap; 
-	private Multimap<String, String> NodeMapIndexedProps;
-	private Multimap<String, String> NodeAltKey1Props;
-	private Multimap<String, String> NodeDependencies;
-	private Multimap<String, String> NodeKeyProps;
-	private Multimap<String, String> NodeReqProps;
-	private Multimap<String, String> NodeNameProps;
-	private Multimap<String, String> NodeUniqueProps;
-	
-	// if new dataTypes are added - make sure to update getAllFields() method below
-	private ArrayList<String> stringFields;
-	private ArrayList<String> stringListFields;
-	private ArrayList<String> longFields;
-	private ArrayList<String> intFields;
-	private ArrayList<String> shortFields;
-	private ArrayList<String> booleanFields;
-		
-	private ArrayList<String> requiredFields;
-	private ArrayList<String> orderedFields;
-	private AAIResource recurseToResource;
-	private boolean allowDirectWrite;
-	private boolean allowDirectRead;
-	private ArrayList<String> autoGenUuidFields;
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the parent.
-	 *
-	 * @return the parent
-	 */
-	public AAIResource getParent() {
-		return parent;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the parent.
-	 *
-	 * @param parent the new parent
-	 */
-	public void setParent(AAIResource parent) {
-		this.parent = parent;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the children.
-	 *
-	 * @return the children
-	 */
-	public AAIResources getChildren() { 
-		if (this.children == null) { 
-			this.children = new AAIResources();
-		}
-		return this.children;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the aai resource keys.
-	 *
-	 * @return the aai resource keys
-	 */
-	public AAIResourceKeys getAaiResourceKeys() {
-		if (aaiResourceKeys == null) {
-			aaiResourceKeys = new AAIResourceKeys();
-		}
-		return aaiResourceKeys;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the namespace.
-	 *
-	 * @return the namespace
-	 */
-	public String getNamespace() {
-		return namespace;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the namespace.
-	 *
-	 * @param namespace the new namespace
-	 */
-	public void setNamespace(String namespace) {
-		this.namespace = namespace;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the resource type.
-	 *
-	 * @return the resource type
-	 */
-	public String getResourceType() {
-		return resourceType;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the resource type.
-	 *
-	 * @param resourceType the new resource type
-	 */
-	public void setResourceType(String resourceType) {
-		this.resourceType = resourceType;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the simple name.
-	 *
-	 * @return the simple name
-	 */
-	public String getSimpleName() {
-		return simpleName;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the simple name.
-	 *
-	 * @param simpleName the new simple name
-	 */
-	public void setSimpleName(String simpleName) {
-		this.simpleName = simpleName;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the full name.
-	 *
-	 * @return the full name
-	 */
-	public String getFullName() {
-		return fullName;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the full name.
-	 *
-	 * @param fullName the new full name
-	 */
-	public void setFullName(String fullName) {
-		this.fullName = fullName;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the uri.
-	 *
-	 * @return the uri
-	 */
-	public String getUri() {
-		return uri;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the uri.
-	 *
-	 * @param uri the new uri
-	 */
-	public void setUri(String uri) {
-		this.uri = uri;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the resource class name.
-	 *
-	 * @return the resource class name
-	 */
-	public String getResourceClassName() {
-		return resourceClassName;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the resource class name.
-	 *
-	 * @param resourceClassName the new resource class name
-	 */
-	public void setResourceClassName(String resourceClassName) {
-		this.resourceClassName = resourceClassName;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the property data type map.
-	 *
-	 * @return the property data type map
-	 */
-	public Map<String, String> getPropertyDataTypeMap() {
-		return PropertyDataTypeMap;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the property data type map.
-	 *
-	 * @param propertyDataTypeMap the property data type map
-	 */
-	public void setPropertyDataTypeMap(Map<String, String> propertyDataTypeMap) {
-		PropertyDataTypeMap = propertyDataTypeMap;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node map indexed props.
-	 *
-	 * @return the node map indexed props
-	 */
-	public Multimap<String, String> getNodeMapIndexedProps() {
-		return NodeMapIndexedProps;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the node map indexed props.
-	 *
-	 * @param nodeMapIndexedProps the node map indexed props
-	 */
-	public void setNodeMapIndexedProps(Multimap<String, String> nodeMapIndexedProps) {
-		NodeMapIndexedProps = nodeMapIndexedProps;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node key props.
-	 *
-	 * @return the node key props
-	 */
-	public Multimap<String, String> getNodeKeyProps() {	
-		return NodeKeyProps;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the node key props.
-	 *
-	 * @param nodeKeyProps the node key props
-	 */
-	public void setNodeKeyProps(Multimap<String, String> nodeKeyProps) {
-		this.NodeKeyProps = nodeKeyProps;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node name props.
-	 *
-	 * @return the node name props
-	 */
-	public Multimap<String, String> getNodeNameProps() {
-		return NodeNameProps;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the node name props.
-	 *
-	 * @param nodeNameProps the node name props
-	 */
-	public void setNodeNameProps(Multimap<String, String> nodeNameProps) {
-	
-		NodeNameProps = nodeNameProps;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node unique props.
-	 *
-	 * @return the node unique props
-	 */
-	public Multimap<String, String> getNodeUniqueProps() {
-		return NodeUniqueProps;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the node unique props.
-	 *
-	 * @param nodeUniqueProps the node unique props
-	 */
-	public void setNodeUniqueProps(Multimap<String, String> nodeUniqueProps) {
-		NodeUniqueProps = nodeUniqueProps;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node req props.
-	 *
-	 * @return the node req props
-	 */
-	public Multimap<String, String> getNodeReqProps() {
-		return NodeReqProps;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the node req props.
-	 *
-	 * @param nodeReqProps the node req props
-	 */
-	public void setNodeReqProps(Multimap<String, String> nodeReqProps) {
-		NodeReqProps = nodeReqProps;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the api version.
-	 *
-	 * @return the api version
-	 */
-	public String getApiVersion() {
-		return apiVersion;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the api version.
-	 *
-	 * @param apiVersion the new api version
-	 */
-	public void setApiVersion(String apiVersion) {
-		this.apiVersion = apiVersion;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the relationship list class.
-	 *
-	 * @return the relationship list class
-	 */
-	public String getRelationshipListClass() {
-		return relationshipListClass;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the relationship list class.
-	 *
-	 * @param relationshipListClass the new relationship list class
-	 */
-	public void setRelationshipListClass(String relationshipListClass) {
-		this.relationshipListClass = relationshipListClass;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the relationship utils.
-	 *
-	 * @return the relationship utils
-	 */
-	public String getRelationshipUtils() {
-		return relationshipUtils;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the relationship utils.
-	 *
-	 * @param relationshipUtils the new relationship utils
-	 */
-	public void setRelationshipUtils(String relationshipUtils) {
-		this.relationshipUtils = relationshipUtils;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the string fields.
-	 *
-	 * @return the string fields
-	 */
-	public ArrayList<String> getStringFields() {
-		if (this.stringFields == null) {
-			this.stringFields = new ArrayList<String>();
-		}
-		return this.stringFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the string fields.
-	 *
-	 * @param stringFields the new string fields
-	 */
-	public void setStringFields(ArrayList<String> stringFields) {
-		this.stringFields = stringFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the string list fields.
-	 *
-	 * @return the string list fields
-	 */
-	public ArrayList<String> getStringListFields() {
-		if (this.stringListFields == null) {
-			this.stringListFields = new ArrayList<String>();
-		}
-		return this.stringListFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the string list fields.
-	 *
-	 * @param stringListFields the new string list fields
-	 */
-	public void setStringListFields(ArrayList<String> stringListFields) {
-		this.stringListFields = stringListFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the long fields.
-	 *
-	 * @return the long fields
-	 */
-	public ArrayList<String> getLongFields() {
-		if (this.longFields == null) {
-			this.longFields = new ArrayList<String>();
-		}
-		return longFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the long fields.
-	 *
-	 * @param longFields the new long fields
-	 */
-	public void setLongFields(ArrayList<String> longFields) {
-		this.longFields = longFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the int fields.
-	 *
-	 * @return the int fields
-	 */
-	public ArrayList<String> getIntFields() {
-		if (this.intFields == null) {
-			this.intFields = new ArrayList<String>();
-		}
-		return intFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the int fields.
-	 *
-	 * @param intFields the new int fields
-	 */
-	public void setIntFields(ArrayList<String> intFields) {
-		this.intFields = intFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the short fields.
-	 *
-	 * @return the short fields
-	 */
-	public ArrayList<String> getShortFields() {
-		if (this.shortFields == null) {
-			this.shortFields = new ArrayList<String>();
-		}
-		return shortFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the short fields.
-	 *
-	 * @param shortFields the new short fields
-	 */
-	public void setShortFields(ArrayList<String> shortFields) {
-		this.shortFields = shortFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the boolean fields.
-	 *
-	 * @return the boolean fields
-	 */
-	public ArrayList<String> getBooleanFields() {
-		if (this.booleanFields == null) {
-			this.booleanFields = new ArrayList<String>();
-		}
-		return booleanFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the boolean fields.
-	 *
-	 * @param booleanFields the new boolean fields
-	 */
-	public void setBooleanFields(ArrayList<String> booleanFields) {
-		this.booleanFields = booleanFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the required fields.
-	 *
-	 * @return the required fields
-	 */
-	public ArrayList<String> getRequiredFields() {
-		if (this.requiredFields == null) {
-			this.requiredFields = new ArrayList<String>();
-		}
-		return requiredFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the required fields.
-	 *
-	 * @param requiredFields the new required fields
-	 */
-	public void setRequiredFields(ArrayList<String> requiredFields) {
-		this.requiredFields = requiredFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the ordered fields.
-	 *
-	 * @return the ordered fields
-	 */
-	public ArrayList<String> getOrderedFields() {
-		if (this.orderedFields == null) { 
-			this.orderedFields = new ArrayList<String>();
-		}
-		return this.orderedFields;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the all fields.
-	 *
-	 * @return the all fields
-	 */
-	public ArrayList<String>  getAllFields() {
-		
-		ArrayList<String> allFields = new ArrayList<String>();
-		allFields.addAll(getBooleanFields());
-		allFields.addAll(getStringListFields());
-		allFields.addAll(getStringFields());
-		allFields.addAll(getIntFields());
-		allFields.addAll(getLongFields());
-		allFields.addAll(getShortFields());
-		
-		return allFields;
-	}
-		
-	/**
-	 * Gets the plural name.
-	 *
-	 * @return the plural name
-	 */
-	public String  getPluralName() {	
-		
-		if (simpleName.contains("List")  || simpleName.contains("-list") )
-			return "";
-		String[] fullNameList = getFullName().split("/");		
-		return fullNameList[fullNameList.length - 2];
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the node alt key 1 props.
-	 *
-	 * @param _dbRulesNodeAltKey1Props the db rules node alt key 1 props
-	 */
-	public void setNodeAltKey1Props(Multimap<String, String> _dbRulesNodeAltKey1Props) {
-		this.NodeAltKey1Props = _dbRulesNodeAltKey1Props;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node alt key 1 props.
-	 *
-	 * @return the node alt key 1 props
-	 */
-	public Multimap<String,String> getNodeAltKey1Props() {
-		return this.NodeAltKey1Props;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the node dependencies.
-	 *
-	 * @param _dbRulesNodeDependencies the db rules node dependencies
-	 */
-	public void setNodeDependencies(Multimap<String, String> _dbRulesNodeDependencies) {
-		this.NodeDependencies = _dbRulesNodeDependencies;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the node dependencies.
-	 *
-	 * @return the node dependencies
-	 */
-	public Multimap<String,String> getNodeDependencies() {
-		return this.NodeDependencies;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the recurse to resource.
-	 *
-	 * @return the recurse to resource
-	 */
-	public AAIResource getRecurseToResource() { 
-		return this.recurseToResource;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the recurse to resource.
-	 *
-	 * @param ancestor the new recurse to resource
-	 */
-	public void setRecurseToResource(AAIResource ancestor) {
-		this.recurseToResource = ancestor;
-		
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the allow direct write.
-	 *
-	 * @param allowDirectWrite the new allow direct write
-	 */
-	public void setAllowDirectWrite(boolean allowDirectWrite) {
-		this.allowDirectWrite = allowDirectWrite;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Checks if is allow direct write.
-	 *
-	 * @return true, if is allow direct write
-	 */
-	public boolean isAllowDirectWrite() {
-		return this.allowDirectWrite;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the allow direct read.
-	 *
-	 * @param allowDirectRead the new allow direct read
-	 */
-	public void setAllowDirectRead(boolean allowDirectRead) {
-		this.allowDirectRead = allowDirectRead;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Checks if is allow direct read.
-	 *
-	 * @return true, if is allow direct read
-	 */
-	public boolean isAllowDirectRead() {
-		return this.allowDirectRead;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the auto gen uuid fields.
-	 *
-	 * @return the auto gen uuid fields
-	 */
-	public ArrayList<String> getAutoGenUuidFields() {
-		if (this.autoGenUuidFields == null) { 
-			this.autoGenUuidFields = new ArrayList<String>();
-		}
-		return this.autoGenUuidFields;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResourceKey.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResourceKey.java
deleted file mode 100644
index aa3c1e50..00000000
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResourceKey.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * org.openecomp.aai
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.aai.domain.model;
-
-import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
-
-public class AAIResourceKey {
-	private String keyName;
-	private String keyType;
-	private String pathParamName;
-	private String dnCamKeyName;
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the key name.
-	 *
-	 * @return the key name
-	 */
-	public String getKeyName() {
-		return keyName;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the key name.
-	 *
-	 * @param keyName the new key name
-	 */
-	public void setKeyName(String keyName) {
-		this.keyName = keyName;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the key type.
-	 *
-	 * @return the key type
-	 */
-	public String getKeyType() {
-		return keyType;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the key type.
-	 *
-	 * @param t the new key type
-	 */
-	public void setKeyType(String t) {
-		this.keyType = t;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the path param name.
-	 *
-	 * @return the path param name
-	 */
-	public String getPathParamName() {
-		return pathParamName;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the path param name.
-	 *
-	 * @param pathParamName the new path param name
-	 */
-	public void setPathParamName(String pathParamName) {
-		this.pathParamName = pathParamName;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the dn cam key name.
-	 *
-	 * @return the dn cam key name
-	 */
-	public String getDnCamKeyName() {
-		return dnCamKeyName;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Sets the dn cam key name.
-	 *
-	 * @param dnCamKeyName the new dn cam key name
-	 */
-	public void setDnCamKeyName(String dnCamKeyName) {
-		this.dnCamKeyName = dnCamKeyName;
-	}
-	
-}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResources.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResources.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a91ca6a..00000000
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResources.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * org.openecomp.aai
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.aai.domain.model;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContext;
-
-public class AAIResources {
-	
-	private DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext;
-	
-	private HashMap<String, AAIResource> aaiResources;
-	private HashMap<String, AAIResource> resourceLookup;
-	
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the aai resources.
-	 *
-	 * @return the aai resources
-	 */
-	public HashMap<String, AAIResource> getAaiResources() {
-		if (aaiResources == null) { 
-			aaiResources = new HashMap<String, AAIResource>();
-		}
-		return aaiResources;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the jaxb context.
-	 *
-	 * @return the jaxb context
-	 */
-	public DynamicJAXBContext getJaxbContext() {
-		return jaxbContext;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Sets the jaxb context.
-	 *
-	 * @param jaxbContext the new jaxb context
-	 */
-	public void setJaxbContext(DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext) {
-		this.jaxbContext = jaxbContext;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the resource lookup.
-	 *
-	 * @return the resource lookup
-	 */
-	public HashMap<String, AAIResource> getResourceLookup() {
-		if (resourceLookup == null) { 
-			resourceLookup = new HashMap<String, AAIResource>();
-		}
-		return resourceLookup;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Sets the resource lookup.
-	 *
-	 * @param resourceLookup the resource lookup
-	 */
-	public void setResourceLookup(HashMap<String, AAIResource> resourceLookup) {
-		this.resourceLookup = resourceLookup;
-	}
-	
-}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/ConvertXmlToJsonMoxyOxm.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/ConvertXmlToJsonMoxyOxm.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5861f38a..00000000
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/ConvertXmlToJsonMoxyOxm.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * org.openecomp.aai
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-
-import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
-
-import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicEntity;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBMarshaller;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBUnmarshaller;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.MarshallerProperties;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContext;
-
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
-
-/**
- * The Class ConvertXmlToJsonMoxyOxm.
- */
-public class ConvertXmlToJsonMoxyOxm
-{
-	/**
-	 * The main method.
-	 *
-	 * @param args the arguments
-	 * @throws Exception the exception
-	 */
-	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-
-		String _apiVersion = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP);
-		String fileName = null;
-		String dynamicType = null;
-		if (args.length > 0) { 
-			if (args[0] != null) {
-				_apiVersion = args[0];
-			}
-			if (args[1] != null) { 
-				fileName = args[1];
-			}
-			if (args[2] != null) { 
-				dynamicType = args[2];
-			}
-		}
-		
-		if (fileName == null) { 
-			System.err.println("You must specify a fileName");
-			System.exit(0);
-		}
-		if (dynamicType == null) { 
-			System.err.println("You must specify a dynamic Type");
-			System.exit(0);
-		}
-		
-		ArrayList<String> apiVersions = new ArrayList<String>();
-		apiVersions.add(_apiVersion);
-		final IngestModelMoxyOxm m = new IngestModelMoxyOxm();
-		m.init(apiVersions, false);
-
-		DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext = IngestModelMoxyOxm.aaiResourceContainer.get(_apiVersion).getJaxbContext();
-
-		JAXBUnmarshaller unmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
-
-		Class<? extends DynamicEntity> resultClass = jaxbContext.newDynamicEntity(dynamicType).getClass();
-
-		DynamicEntity meObject = (DynamicEntity) unmarshaller.unmarshal(new StreamSource(new File(fileName)), resultClass).getValue();
-
-		// put it out as JSON
-		
-		JAXBMarshaller marshaller = jaxbContext.createMarshaller();
-		marshaller.setProperty(JAXBMarshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
-
-		marshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.media-type", "application/json");
-		marshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.json.include-root", false);
-		marshaller.setProperty(MarshallerProperties.JSON_MARSHAL_EMPTY_COLLECTIONS, Boolean.FALSE) ;
-
-		StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
-		marshaller.marshal(meObject, writer);
-		
-		System.out.println(writer.toString());
-		
-		System.exit(0);
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/CreateWidgetModels.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/CreateWidgetModels.java
index 18006295..885f2854 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/CreateWidgetModels.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/CreateWidgetModels.java
@@ -22,24 +22,20 @@ package org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 
-import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicEntity;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBMarshaller;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBUnmarshaller;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.MarshallerProperties;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContext;
-
-import org.openecomp.aai.domain.model.AAIResource;
-import org.openecomp.aai.domain.model.AAIResources;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.LoaderFactory;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.ModelType;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Version;
 import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
 import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
-import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
 
 /**
  * The Class CreateWidgetModels.
@@ -78,33 +74,27 @@ public class CreateWidgetModels
 			System.exit(0);
 		}
 
-		ArrayList<String> apiVersions = new ArrayList<String>();
-		apiVersions.add(_apiVersion);
-		final IngestModelMoxyOxm m = new IngestModelMoxyOxm();
-		m.init(apiVersions, false);
-
-		AAIResources aaiResources = IngestModelMoxyOxm.aaiResourceContainer.get(_apiVersion);
 
-		DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext = aaiResources.getJaxbContext();
+		Loader loader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(ModelType.MOXY, Version.valueOf(_apiVersion));
 
 		// iterate the collection of resources
 
 		ArrayList<String> processedWidgets = new ArrayList<String>();
-		for (Map.Entry<String, AAIResource> aaiResEnt : aaiResources.getAaiResources().entrySet()) { 
-			DynamicEntity meObject = jaxbContext.newDynamicEntity("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + _apiVersion + ".Model");
+		for (Entry<String, Introspector> aaiResEnt : loader.getAllObjects().entrySet()) {
+			Introspector meObject = loader.introspectorFromName("model");
 			// no need for a ModelVers DynamicEntity
 
-			AAIResource aaiRes = aaiResEnt.getValue();
+			Introspector aaiRes = aaiResEnt.getValue();
 
-			if (aaiRes.getResourceType().equals("node")) {
-				String resource = aaiRes.getSimpleName();
+			if (!(aaiRes.isContainer() || aaiRes.getName().equals("aai-internal"))) {
+				String resource = aaiRes.getName();
 
 				if (processedWidgets.contains(resource)) {
 					continue;
 				}
 				processedWidgets.add(resource);
 
-				String widgetName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, resource);
+				String widgetName = resource;
 				String filePathString = widgetJsonDir + "/" + widgetName + "-" + modelVersion + ".json";
 				File f = new File(filePathString);
 
@@ -116,46 +106,32 @@ public class CreateWidgetModels
 					if (f2.exists()) { 
 						System.out.println("Using old file for " + resource + ".");
 
-						JAXBUnmarshaller unmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
-						unmarshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.media-type", "application/json");
-						unmarshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.json.include-root", false);
-						Class<? extends DynamicEntity> resultClass = meObject.getClass();
-						meObject = (DynamicEntity) unmarshaller.unmarshal(new StreamSource(f2), resultClass).getValue();
+						meObject = loader.unmarshal("model", new StreamSource(f2).getReader().toString());
 						// override, some of them are wrong
-						meObject.set("modelVersion", modelVersion);
-					} else { 
-
+						meObject.setValue("model-version", modelVersion);
+					} else {
 						System.out.println("Making new file for " + resource + ".");
-						meObject.set("modelInvariantId", UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-						meObject.set("modelType", "widget");
-						DynamicEntity mevObject = jaxbContext.newDynamicEntity("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + _apiVersion + ".ModelVer");
-						DynamicEntity mevsObject = jaxbContext.newDynamicEntity("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + _apiVersion + ".ModelVers");
-						mevObject.set("modelVersionId", UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-						mevObject.set("modelVersion", modelVersion);
-						mevObject.set("modelName", widgetName);
+						meObject.setValue("model-invariant-id", UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+						meObject.setValue("model-type", "widget");
+						Introspector mevObject = loader.introspectorFromName("model-ver");
+						Introspector mevsObject = loader.introspectorFromName("model-vers");
+						mevObject.setValue("model-version-id", UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+						mevObject.setValue("model-version", modelVersion);
+						mevObject.setValue("model-Name", widgetName);
 						// make a list of dynamic Entities
-						ArrayList<DynamicEntity> mevsList = new ArrayList<DynamicEntity>();
+						List<Object> mevsList = new ArrayList<>();
 						// add this one, it will be the only one in the list in this case
-						mevsList.add(mevObject);
-						mevsObject.set("modelVer", mevsList);
+						mevsList.add(mevObject.getUnderlyingObject());
+						mevsObject.setValue("model-ver", mevsList);
 						// Have to figure out how to add my mev object to the mevsObject, 
 						// the modelVers is a list of dynamic entities so we can just attach the array here
-						meObject.set("modelVers",mevsObject);
+						meObject.setValue("model-vers",mevsObject.getUnderlyingObject());
 					}
 
 					// put it out as JSON
 
-					JAXBMarshaller marshaller = jaxbContext.createMarshaller();
-					marshaller.setProperty(JAXBMarshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
-
-					marshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.media-type", "application/json");
-					marshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.json.include-root", false);
-					marshaller.setProperty(MarshallerProperties.JSON_MARSHAL_EMPTY_COLLECTIONS, Boolean.FALSE) ;
-
-					StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
-					marshaller.marshal(meObject, writer);
 					PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(f);
-					out.println(writer.toString());
+					out.println(meObject.marshal(true));
 					out.close();
 
 				} else { 
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/DbMaps.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/DbMaps.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c872f384..00000000
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/DbMaps.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * org.openecomp.aai
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel;
-import java.util.HashMap; 
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.Map; 
-
-import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap; 
-import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
-
-/**
- * The Class DbMaps.
- */
-public class DbMaps {
-
-	// from oxm file
-    public  Multimap<String, String> NodeAltKey1Props      = ArrayListMultimap.create();
-    
-    public  Multimap<String, String> NodeDependencies      = ArrayListMultimap.create();
-    
-    public  Multimap<String, String> NodeNameProps         = ArrayListMultimap.create();
-    
-    public  Multimap<String, String> NodeMapIndexedProps   = ArrayListMultimap.create();
-    
-    public  Multimap<String, String> NodeMapUniqueProps    = ArrayListMultimap.create();
-    
-	public Map<Integer, String>      EdgeInfoMap            = new LinkedHashMap<Integer, String>();
-	
-	public Map<String, String>       ReservedPropNames      = new HashMap<String, String>();
-     
-    // from AAIResources
-    public  Multimap<String, String> NodeProps              = ArrayListMultimap.create();   
-    
-    public  Multimap<String, String> NodeKeyProps           = ArrayListMultimap.create();
-    
-    public  Map<String, String>      NodePlural             = new HashMap<String, String>();
-    
-    public  Map<String, String>      NodeNamespace          = new HashMap<String, String>();
-	
-	public  Map<String, String>      PropertyVersionInfoMap = new HashMap<String, String>(); 
-	
-	public  Map<String, String>      NodeVersionInfoMap 	= new HashMap<String, String>(); 
-    
-    public  Map<String, String>      PropertyDataTypeMap    = new HashMap<String, String>();
-
-	}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/IngestModelListener.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/IngestModelListener.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6adcceea..00000000
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/IngestModelListener.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * org.openecomp.aai
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
-import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
-
-import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
-import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
-
-/**
- * The listener interface for receiving ingestModel events.
- * The class that is interested in processing a ingestModel
- * event implements this interface, and the object created
- * with that class is registered with a component using the
- * component's <code>addIngestModelListener<code> method. When
- * the ingestModel event occurs, that object's appropriate
- * method is invoked.
- *
- * @see IngestModelEvent
- */
-public class IngestModelListener implements ServletContextListener {
-	
-	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(IngestModelListener.class);
-
-/**
- * Destroys context.
- *
- * @param arg0 the ServletContextEvent
- */
-//@Override
-	public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent arg0) {
-		IngestModelMoxyOxm m = new IngestModelMoxyOxm();
-		m.cleanup();
-		LOGGER.info("AAI Auth Listener contextDestroyed() complete.");
-	}
-
-//Run this before web application is started
-	/**
- * Initializaes the context.
- *
- * @param arg0 the ServletContextEvent
- */
-//@Override
-	public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent arg0)  {
-		
-		LOGGER.info("IngestModel starts initialization...");
-		try { 
-			ArrayList<String> apiVersions = new ArrayList<String>();
-			apiVersions.add("v10");
-			apiVersions.add("v9");
-			apiVersions.add("v8");
-			apiVersions.add("v7");
-			apiVersions.add("v2");
-			IngestModelMoxyOxm m = new IngestModelMoxyOxm();
-			m.init(apiVersions);
-		} catch (AAIException e) {
-			ErrorLogHelper.logException(e);
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/IngestModelMoxyOxm.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/IngestModelMoxyOxm.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 30ffb88c..00000000
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/IngestModelMoxyOxm.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,862 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * org.openecomp.aai
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Timer;
-import java.util.TimerTask;
-import java.util.Vector;
-
-import org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.ClassDescriptor;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicType;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.dynamic.DynamicTypeImpl;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextProperties;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContext;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContextFactory;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.DatabaseMapping;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.XMLField;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.mappings.XMLCompositeCollectionMapping;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.mappings.XMLCompositeDirectCollectionMapping;
-
-import org.openecomp.aai.domain.model.AAIResource;
-import org.openecomp.aai.domain.model.AAIResourceKey;
-import org.openecomp.aai.domain.model.AAIResourceKeys;
-import org.openecomp.aai.domain.model.AAIResources;
-import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
-import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.FileWatcher;
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
-import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
-import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
-import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
-
-/**
- * The Class IngestModelMoxyOxm.
- */
-public class IngestModelMoxyOxm
-{
-
-	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(IngestModelMoxyOxm.class);
-
-	public static HashMap<String, AAIResources> aaiResourceContainer;
-	public static HashMap<String, DbMaps> dbMapsContainer;
-
-	private static HashMap<String, Timer> timers = new HashMap<String,Timer>();
-
-	/**
-	 * The main method.
-	 *
-	 * @param args the arguments
-	 * @throws Exception the exception
-	 */
-	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-
-		String _apiVersion = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP);
-
-		if (args.length > 0) { 
-			if (args[0] != null) {
-				_apiVersion = args[0];
-			}
-		}
-		ArrayList<String> apiVersions = new ArrayList<String>();
-		apiVersions.add(_apiVersion);
-		final IngestModelMoxyOxm m = new IngestModelMoxyOxm();
-		m.init(apiVersions, false);
-
-		ArrayList<String> endpoints = new ArrayList<String>();
-
-		for (Map.Entry<String, AAIResources> ent: aaiResourceContainer.entrySet()) {
-
-			AAIResources aaiResources = ent.getValue();
-			DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext = aaiResources.getJaxbContext();
-			for (Map.Entry<String, AAIResource> aaiResEnt : aaiResources.getAaiResources().entrySet()) { 
-				AAIResource aaiRes = aaiResEnt.getValue();
-
-				String uri = aaiRes.getUri();
-				if (uri != null) { 
-					endpoints.add(uri);
-					DynamicType dt = jaxbContext.getDynamicType(aaiRes.getResourceClassName());
-					if (dt.containsProperty("relationshipList")) {
-						endpoints.add(uri + "/relationship-list/relationship");
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			Collections.sort(endpoints);
-			for (String endpoint : endpoints) {
-				if (!endpoint.contains("/aai-internal/")) { 
-					System.out.println(endpoint);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		System.exit(0);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Inits the.
-	 *
-	 * @param apiVersions the api versions
-	 * @throws Exception the exception
-	 */
-	public synchronized void init(ArrayList<String> apiVersions) throws AAIException {
-		final IngestModelMoxyOxm m = new IngestModelMoxyOxm();
-		m.init(apiVersions, true);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Inits the.
-	 *
-	 * @param apiVersions the api versions
-	 * @param setTimer the set timer
-	 * @throws AAIException If AAIConfig is missing necessary properties
-	 * @throws Exception the exception
-	 */
-	public synchronized void init(ArrayList<String> apiVersions, Boolean setTimer) throws AAIException {
-
-		aaiResourceContainer = new HashMap<String, AAIResources>();
-		dbMapsContainer = new HashMap<String, DbMaps>();
-
-		final IngestModelMoxyOxm m = new IngestModelMoxyOxm();
-
-		for (String apiVersion : apiVersions) { 
-
-			String relationshipUtils = "org.openecomp.aai.dbmap.RelationshipUtils";
-			final String thisRelationshipUtils = relationshipUtils;
-
-			final String thisApiVersion = apiVersion;
-			final String schemaFile = AAIConstants.AAI_HOME_ETC_OXM + "aai_oxm_" + apiVersion + ".xml";
-
-			m.loadSchema(apiVersion, schemaFile, relationshipUtils);
-
-			if (!setTimer) continue;
-
-			TimerTask task = null;
-			task = new FileWatcher ( new File(schemaFile)) {
-				protected void onChange( File file ) {
-					m.loadSchema(thisApiVersion, schemaFile, thisRelationshipUtils);
-				}
-			};
-
-			if (!timers.containsKey(apiVersion)) {
-				Timer timer = new Timer();
-				timer.schedule( task , new Date(), 10000 );
-				timers.put(apiVersion,  timer);
-
-			}
-		}
-		if (apiVersions.contains(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP))) { 
-			m.createPropertyAndNodeVersionInfoMapFromDbMaps();
-
-			for (Map.Entry<String, AAIResources> ent: aaiResourceContainer.entrySet()) {
-				String apiVersion = ent.getKey();
-				AAIResources aaiResources = ent.getValue();
-
-				DbMaps dbMap = dbMapsContainer.get(apiVersion);
-
-				for (Map.Entry<String, AAIResource> aaiResEnt : aaiResources.getAaiResources().entrySet()) { 
-					AAIResource aaiRes = aaiResEnt.getValue();
-					aaiRes.setPropertyDataTypeMap(dbMap.PropertyDataTypeMap); 
-					aaiRes.setNodeKeyProps(dbMap.NodeKeyProps);
-					aaiRes.setNodeNameProps(dbMap.NodeNameProps);
-					aaiRes.setNodeMapIndexedProps(dbMap.NodeMapIndexedProps);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Load schema.
-	 *
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param schemaFile the schema file
-	 * @param relationshipUtils the relationship utils
-	 * @return the dynamic JAXB context
-	 */
-	private DynamicJAXBContext loadSchema(String apiVersion,
-			String schemaFile, 
-			String relationshipUtils)  {
-
-		AAIResources aaiResources = new AAIResources();
-		DbMaps dbMaps = new DbMaps();
-		DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext = null;
-
-		try {
-
-			InputStream iStream = new FileInputStream(new File(schemaFile));
-
-			Map<String, Object> properties = new HashMap<String, Object>(); 
-			properties.put(JAXBContextProperties.OXM_METADATA_SOURCE, iStream); 
-
-			jaxbContext = 
-					DynamicJAXBContextFactory.createContextFromOXM(IngestModelMoxyOxm.class.getClassLoader(), properties);
-
-			aaiResources.setJaxbContext(jaxbContext);
-			String rootClassName = "inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + apiVersion + ".Inventory";
-
-			if ("v2".equals(apiVersion)) { 
-				rootClassName = "inventory.aai.openecomp.org.Inventory";
-			} 
-
-			DynamicTypeImpl t = (DynamicTypeImpl)jaxbContext.getDynamicType(rootClassName);
-
-			lookAtDynamicResource("Inventory",
-					"inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + apiVersion, 
-					jaxbContext, 
-					t,
-					1, "", "", apiVersion, "/" + apiVersion, false, aaiResources, dbMaps, relationshipUtils);
-
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			ErrorLogHelper.logException(new AAIException("AAI_3000", e));
-		}
-
-		LOGGER.info("---> Loading " + apiVersion + " in aaiResourceContainer");
-		aaiResourceContainer.put(apiVersion,  aaiResources);
-
-		createDbMapsfromAAIResources(aaiResources, dbMaps);
-
-		LOGGER.info("---> Loading " + apiVersion + " in dbMapsContainer");
-		dbMapsContainer.put(apiVersion,  dbMaps);
-
-		return jaxbContext;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Cleanup.
-	 */
-	public void cleanup() {
-		aaiResourceContainer.clear();
-		dbMapsContainer.clear();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Look at dynamic resource.
-	 *
-	 * @param resource the resource
-	 * @param pojoBase the pojo base
-	 * @param jaxbContext the jaxb context
-	 * @param t the t
-	 * @param depth the depth
-	 * @param parent the parent
-	 * @param namespace the namespace
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param url the url
-	 * @param container the container
-	 * @param aaiResources the aai resources
-	 * @param dbMaps the db maps
-	 * @param relationshipUtils the relationship utils
-	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException the class not found exception
-	 * @throws NoSuchFieldException the no such field exception
-	 * @throws SecurityException the security exception
-	 * @throws IOException Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
-	 */
-	private void lookAtDynamicResource(String resource, 
-			String pojoBase, 
-			DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext, 
-			DynamicTypeImpl t,
-			int depth,
-			String parent,
-			String namespace,
-			String apiVersion,
-			String url, 
-			boolean container, 
-			AAIResources aaiResources,
-			DbMaps dbMaps,
-			String relationshipUtils
-			) 
-					throws ClassNotFoundException, NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException,  IOException {
-
-		String className = pojoBase + "." + CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, resource);
-
-		AAIResource parentResource = aaiResources.getAaiResources().get(parent);
-
-		AAIResources siblings = null;
-
-		if (parentResource == null) { 
-			String fullName = "/" +  resource;
-			AAIResource aaiRes = new AAIResource();
-			aaiRes.setFullName(fullName);
-			aaiRes.setSimpleName(resource);
-			aaiRes.setResourceType("container");
-			aaiRes.setResourceClassName(className);
-			aaiRes.setApiVersion(apiVersion);
-
-			aaiResources.getAaiResources().put(fullName, aaiRes);
-			parentResource = aaiRes;
-		}
-
-		if (depth >= 50) return;
-
-		siblings = parentResource.getChildren();
-
-		if (depth == 2) { 
-			namespace = resource;
-		}
-		if (depth >= 50) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		/*		if ("Actions".equals(namespace) || "Search".equals(namespace)) {
-			return;
-		}*/
-
-		ClassDescriptor cd = t.getDescriptor();
-
-		createDbMapsfromOXM(cd.getProperties(), resource, dbMaps);
-
-		
-
-		Vector<DatabaseMapping> dm = cd.getMappings();		
-
-		for (DatabaseMapping dmInst : dm) {
-			String dmName = dmInst.getAttributeName();
-
-			ClassDescriptor cd2 = dmInst.getReferenceDescriptor();
-			if (cd2 != null) { 
-
-				String newClassName = cd2.getJavaClassName();
-				//				
-				if (newClassName.contains("RelationshipList")) {
-					continue;
-				}
-
-				DynamicTypeImpl newDt = (DynamicTypeImpl)jaxbContext.getDynamicType(newClassName);
-
-				if (dmInst instanceof XMLCompositeCollectionMapping) { 
-					String simpleName = CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, dmName);
-					//					System.out.println(spaces + "+ List of A&AI Object named " + simpleName);
-
-					String hypName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, simpleName);
-
-					String fullName = parent + "/" + simpleName;
-
-					//Class<?> newClazz = Class.forName(newClassName);
-					AAIResource aaiRes = new AAIResource();
-
-					if ("cvlan-tag-entry".equals(hypName)) {
-					}
-
-					ClassDescriptor cd3 = newDt.getDescriptor();
-
-					boolean allowDirectWrite = true;
-					if (cd3.getProperties().containsKey("allowDirectWrite")) {
-						if (cd3.getProperties().get("allowDirectWrite").equals("false")) {
-							allowDirectWrite = false;
-						}
-					}
-					
-
-					boolean allowDirectRead = true;
-					if (cd3.getProperties().containsKey("allowDirectRead")) {
-						if (cd3.getProperties().get("allowDirectRead").equals("false")) {
-							allowDirectRead = false;
-						}
-					}
-					
-					List<DatabaseField> dbfList = cd3.getPrimaryKeyFields();
-					ArrayList<String> keyFields = new ArrayList<String>();
-
-					if (dbfList != null) { 
-						for (DatabaseField dbf : dbfList) {
-							String name = dbf.getName();
-							name = name.substring(0, name.indexOf('/'));
-							keyFields.add(name);
-						}
-					}
-					Vector<DatabaseMapping> dm2 = cd3.getMappings();
-					for (DatabaseMapping dmInst2 : dm2) {
-						String dmName2= CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,dmInst2.getAttributeName());
-						DatabaseField xf2 = dmInst2.getField();
-						if (dmInst2.getProperties().containsKey("autoGenerateUuid")) { 
-							if (dmInst2.getProperties().get("autoGenerateUuid").equals("true")) { 
-								aaiRes.getAutoGenUuidFields().add(dmName2);
-							}
-						}
-						if (xf2 instanceof XMLField) { 
-							XMLField x = (XMLField)xf2;
-							if (x != null) { 
-								if (x.isRequired()) {
-									aaiRes.getRequiredFields().add(dmName2);
-								}
-							}
-							
-						}
-						try {
-							Class<?> xf2Clazz = xf2.getType();
-							if (xf2Clazz.getSimpleName().equals("String")) {
-								if (dmInst2 instanceof XMLCompositeDirectCollectionMapping) { 
-									aaiRes.getStringListFields().add(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,dmName2));
-								} else { 
-									aaiRes.getStringFields().add(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,dmName2));
-								}
-							} else if (xf2Clazz.getSimpleName().toLowerCase().contains("long")) {
-								aaiRes.getLongFields().add(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,dmName2));
-							} else if (xf2Clazz.getSimpleName().toLowerCase().contains("int")) {
-								aaiRes.getIntFields().add(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,dmName2));
-							} else if (xf2Clazz.getSimpleName().toLowerCase().contains("short")) {
-								aaiRes.getShortFields().add(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,dmName2));
-							} else if (xf2Clazz.getSimpleName().toLowerCase().contains("boolean")) {
-								aaiRes.getBooleanFields().add(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,dmName2));
-							}
-						} catch (Exception e) {  // this xf2.getType() throws null pointer when I try to get the type and it doesn't have one
-							;
-						}
-					}
-
-					// get the key(s) from DbRules
-					String uriKey = "";
-					LinkedHashMap<String, ArrayList<String>> itemKeyList = new LinkedHashMap<String, ArrayList<String>>();
-
-					aaiRes.setApiVersion(apiVersion);
-					itemKeyList.put(hypName, new ArrayList<String>());
-					for (String thisKey : keyFields) { 
-						String pathParamName = hypName + "-" + thisKey;
-
-						AAIResourceKey aaiResKey = new AAIResourceKey();
-						aaiResKey.setKeyName(thisKey);
-						aaiResKey.setDnCamKeyName(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL, pathParamName));
-						aaiResKey.setPathParamName(pathParamName);
-
-						for (DatabaseMapping dmInst2 : dm2) {
-							String dmName2= CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,dmInst2.getAttributeName());
-							if (dmName2.equals(thisKey)){ 
-								DatabaseField xf2 = dmInst2.getField();
-								aaiResKey.setKeyType(xf2.getType().getSimpleName());
-								break;
-							}
-						}
-
-						aaiRes.getAaiResourceKeys().getAaiResourceKey().add(aaiResKey);
-
-						if (siblings != null) {
-							siblings.getAaiResources().put(fullName, aaiRes);
-						}
-
-						uriKey += "/{" + pathParamName + "}";
-					}
-
-					String newUri = url + "/" + hypName + uriKey;
-
-
-					if ("v2".equals(apiVersion)) { 
-						aaiRes.setResourceClassName("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + simpleName);
-					} else { 
-						aaiRes.setResourceClassName("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + apiVersion + "." + simpleName);
-					}
-					
-					aaiRes.setAllowDirectWrite(allowDirectWrite);
-					aaiRes.setAllowDirectRead(allowDirectRead);
-					aaiRes.setNamespace(namespace);
-					aaiRes.setSimpleName(simpleName);
-					
-					if (!aaiResources.getResourceLookup().containsKey(simpleName)) {
-						aaiResources.getResourceLookup().put(simpleName, aaiRes);
-					}
-					
-					aaiRes.setFullName(fullName);
-					aaiRes.setUri(newUri);
-					aaiRes.setResourceType("node");
-					if ("v2".equals(apiVersion)) { 
-						aaiRes.setRelationshipListClass("inventory.aai.openecomp.org.RelationshipList");
-					} else { 
-						aaiRes.setRelationshipListClass("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + apiVersion + ".RelationshipList");
-					}
-					aaiRes.setRelationshipUtils(relationshipUtils);
-
-					if (parentResource != null) { 
-						aaiRes.setParent(parentResource);
-					} else { 
-						aaiRes.setParent(aaiRes);
-					}
-
-					aaiResources.getAaiResources().put(fullName, aaiRes);
-
-					if (siblings != null) {
-						siblings.getAaiResources().put(fullName, aaiRes);
-					}
-//					AAIResource ancestor = parentResource;
-//
-//					boolean recursiveEntity = false;
-//					while (ancestor != null) { 
-//
-//						if (ancestor.getSimpleName().equals(aaiRes.getSimpleName())) {
-//							recursiveEntity = true;
-//							// attach it to the container that contains the resource above this one with the same name
-//							if (ancestor.getParent() != null && ancestor.getParent().getResourceType().equals("container")) {
-//								AAIResource recurseHere = ancestor.getParent();
-//								aaiRes.setRecurseToResource(recurseHere);
-//							}
-//							break;
-//						}
-//						ancestor = ancestor.getParent();
-//
-//					}
-//					if (recursiveEntity == false) { 
-						lookAtDynamicResource(cd2.getJavaClass().getSimpleName(),
-								pojoBase, 
-								jaxbContext, 
-								newDt,
-								(depth + 1), fullName, namespace, apiVersion, newUri, false, aaiResources, dbMaps,
-								relationshipUtils);
-//					}
-				} else { 
-					String simpleName = CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, dmName);
-					String fullName = parent + "/" +  simpleName;
-					//					System.out.println(spaces + "+ Container of A&AI Object named " + simpleName);
-
-					AAIResource aaiRes = new AAIResource();
-					if (parentResource != null) { 
-						aaiRes.setParent(parentResource);
-					} else { 
-						aaiRes.setParent(aaiRes);
-					}
-					aaiRes.setAllowDirectWrite(true);
-					aaiRes.setAllowDirectRead(true);
-					aaiRes.setFullName(fullName);
-					aaiRes.setSimpleName(simpleName);
-					if (!aaiResources.getResourceLookup().containsKey(simpleName)) {
-						aaiResources.getResourceLookup().put(simpleName, aaiRes);
-					}
-					aaiRes.setResourceType("container");
-
-					if ("v2".equals(apiVersion)) { 
-						aaiRes.setResourceClassName("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + simpleName);
-						aaiRes.setRelationshipListClass("inventory.aai.openecomp.org.RelationshipList");
-					} else {
-						aaiRes.setResourceClassName("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + apiVersion + "." + simpleName);
-						aaiRes.setRelationshipListClass("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + apiVersion  + ".RelationshipList");
-					}
-					aaiRes.setApiVersion(apiVersion);
-
-					aaiResources.getAaiResources().put(fullName, aaiRes);
-					aaiRes.setRelationshipUtils(relationshipUtils);
-
-					String hypName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, simpleName);
-
-					if (siblings != null) {
-						siblings.getAaiResources().put(fullName, aaiRes);
-					}
-
-					lookAtDynamicResource(cd2.getJavaClass().getSimpleName(),
-							pojoBase, 
-							jaxbContext, 
-							(DynamicTypeImpl)jaxbContext.getDynamicType(newClassName),
-							(depth + 1), fullName, namespace, apiVersion, url + "/" + hypName, false, aaiResources, dbMaps,
-							relationshipUtils);
-
-
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Creates the db mapsfrom OXM.
-	 *
-	 * @param propMap the prop map
-	 * @param resource the resource
-	 * @param dbMaps the db maps
-	 */
-	private void createDbMapsfromOXM(Map<?, ?> propMap, String resource, DbMaps dbMaps) {
-		String nodeType = CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, resource);
-		if ("cvlan-tag-entry".equals(nodeType)) {
-			nodeType = "cvlan-tag";
-		}
-
-		// if we have nodes dependent on multiple nodes we might revisit the node again - skip then
-		if (propMap.size() > 1 && !dbMaps.NodeMapIndexedProps.containsKey(nodeType)) {
-
-			if (propMap.containsKey("nameProps")) 
-				dbMaps.NodeNameProps.putAll(nodeType, 
-						(Iterable<String>) fromCommaSeparatedString(propMap.get("nameProps").toString()));
-
-			if (propMap.containsKey("indexedProps")) 
-				dbMaps.NodeMapIndexedProps.putAll(nodeType, 
-						(Iterable<String>) fromCommaSeparatedString(propMap.get("indexedProps").toString()));
-
-			if (propMap.containsKey("dependentOn")) 
-				dbMaps.NodeDependencies.putAll(nodeType, 
-						(Iterable<String>) fromCommaSeparatedString(propMap.get("dependentOn").toString()));
-
-			if (propMap.containsKey("alternateKeys1")) 
-				dbMaps.NodeAltKey1Props.putAll(nodeType, 
-						(Iterable<String>) fromCommaSeparatedString(propMap.get("alternateKeys1").toString()));
-
-			if (propMap.containsKey("uniqueProps")) 
-				dbMaps.NodeMapUniqueProps.putAll(nodeType, 
-						(Iterable<String>) fromCommaSeparatedString(propMap.get("uniqueProps").toString()));
-
-			// build EdgeInfoMap
-			if (propMap.containsKey("edgeInfo")) {
-				int i = 0;
-				Iterable<String> edgeInfoIterable = (Iterable<String>) fromCommaSeparatedString(propMap.get("edgeInfo").toString());
-				Iterator<String> edgeInfoIterator = edgeInfoIterable.iterator();
-				while(edgeInfoIterator.hasNext()) {
-					String propName = edgeInfoIterator.next();
-					dbMaps.EdgeInfoMap.put(i++, propName);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Creates the db mapsfrom AAI resources.
-	 *
-	 * @param aaiResources the aai resources
-	 * @param dbMaps the db maps
-	 */
-	private void createDbMapsfromAAIResources(AAIResources aaiResources, DbMaps dbMaps) {
-
-		for (String  resource: aaiResources.getAaiResources().keySet()) {
-
-			AAIResource aaiResource = aaiResources.getAaiResources().get(resource);
-			String nodeType = CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,aaiResource.getSimpleName());
-
-			if (nodeType.equals("cvlan-tag-entry"))
-				nodeType = "cvlan-tag";	
-
-			// Build NodeNamespace
-			if (aaiResource.getNamespace() != null && !aaiResource.getNamespace().equalsIgnoreCase("search")) 
-				// oamNetworks is also defined under the search namespace - do not want that namespace 
-				dbMaps.NodeNamespace.put(nodeType, CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, aaiResource.getNamespace()));
-
-			// only process one nodetype once 
-			if (dbMaps.NodeProps.containsKey(nodeType)) 
-				continue;
-
-			// Build NodePlural
-			if (aaiResource.getPluralName() != null && !aaiResource.getPluralName().equals(aaiResource.getNamespace())) 
-				// dont want resources which are namespaces themselves in map
-				dbMaps.NodePlural.put(nodeType, CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, aaiResource.getPluralName()));
-
-			// Build NodeProps
-			dbMaps.NodeProps.putAll(nodeType, aaiResource.getAllFields());
-
-			// build ReservedNames
-			if (nodeType.equalsIgnoreCase("reserved-prop-names")) {
-				for (String propName: aaiResource.getAllFields()) {
-					dbMaps.ReservedPropNames.put(propName, "");
-				}
-			}
-
-			// Build NodekeyProps
-			AAIResourceKeys aaiResKeys = aaiResource.getAaiResourceKeys();
-			List<String> keyList = new ArrayList<String>();
-			for (AAIResourceKey rk : aaiResKeys.getAaiResourceKey()) { 
-				String keyProp = CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,rk.getKeyName());
-				if (!keyList.contains(keyProp))
-					keyList.add(keyProp);
-			}				
-			dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.putAll(nodeType, (Iterable<String>)keyList);
-
-			// Build PropertyDataTypeMap
-			for (String propName: aaiResource.getBooleanFields()) {
-				if (nodeType.equalsIgnoreCase("edge-prop-names")) // these properties are in mixed format in DB
-					propName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL, propName);
-				if (propName.equals("sVCINFRA")) propName = "SVC-INFRA";
-				if (propName.equals("sVCINFRAREV")) propName = "SVC-INFRA-REV";
-				if (!dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.containsKey(propName))
-					dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.put(propName, "Boolean");
-				else if (!dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.get(propName).equals("Boolean"))
-					System.out.println(propName + "defined with mis-matched types in oxm file");
-			}
-			for (String propName: aaiResource.getShortFields()) {
-				if (nodeType.equalsIgnoreCase("edge-prop-names")) // these properties are in mixed format in DB
-					propName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL, propName);
-				if (propName.equals("sVCINFRA")) propName = "SVC-INFRA";
-				if (propName.equals("sVCINFRAREV")) propName = "SVC-INFRA-REV";
-				if (!dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.containsKey(propName))
-					dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.put(propName, "Integer");
-				else if (!dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.get(propName).equals("Integer"))
-					System.out.println(propName + "defined with mis-matched types in oxm file");
-			}
-			for (String propName: aaiResource.getLongFields()) {
-				if (nodeType.equalsIgnoreCase("edge-prop-names")) // these properties are in mixed format in DB
-					propName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL, propName);
-				if (propName.equals("sVCINFRA")) propName = "SVC-INFRA";
-				if (propName.equals("sVCINFRAREV")) propName = "SVC-INFRA-REV";
-				if (!dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.containsKey(propName)) {
-					if (propName.contains("-ts"))
-						dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.put(propName, "Long");
-					else
-						dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.put(propName, "Integer");
-				} else if (!dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.get(propName).equals("Integer"))
-					System.out.println(propName + "defined with mis-matched types in oxm file");
-			}
-			for (String propName: aaiResource.getIntFields()) {
-				if (nodeType.equalsIgnoreCase("edge-prop-names")) // these properties are in mixed format in DB
-					propName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL, propName);
-				if (propName.equals("sVCINFRA")) propName = "SVC-INFRA";
-				if (propName.equals("sVCINFRAREV")) propName = "SVC-INFRA-REV";
-				if (!dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.containsKey(propName))
-					dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.put(propName, "Integer");
-				else if (!dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.get(propName).equals("Integer"))
-					System.out.println(propName + "defined with mis-matched types in oxm file");
-			}
-			for (String propName: aaiResource.getStringFields()) {
-				if (nodeType.equalsIgnoreCase("edge-prop-names")) // these properties are in mixed format in DB
-					propName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL, propName);
-				if (propName.equals("sVCINFRA")) propName = "SVC-INFRA";
-				if (propName.equals("sVCINFRAREV")) propName = "SVC-INFRA-REV";
-				if (!dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.containsKey(propName))
-					dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.put(propName, "String");
-				else if (!dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.get(propName).equals("String"))
-					System.out.println(propName + "defined with mis-matched types in oxm file");
-			}
-			for (String propName: aaiResource.getStringListFields()) {
-				if (nodeType.equalsIgnoreCase("edge-prop-names")) // these properties are in mixed format in DB
-					propName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL, propName);
-				if (propName.equals("sVCINFRA")) propName = "SVC-INFRA";
-				if (propName.equals("sVCINFRAREV")) propName = "SVC-INFRA-REV";
-				if (!dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.containsKey(propName))
-					dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.put(propName, "Set<String>");
-				else if (!dbMaps.PropertyDataTypeMap.get(propName).equals("Set<String>"))
-					System.out.println(propName + "defined with mis-matched types in oxm file");
-			}
-		}
-
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Creates the property and node version info map from db maps.
-	 */
-	private void createPropertyAndNodeVersionInfoMapFromDbMaps() {
-		DbMaps dbMaps = null;
-		String previousApiVersion = null;
-		List<Integer> apiIntegerKeySet = new ArrayList<Integer>();
-		for ( String vers : dbMapsContainer.keySet()) {
-			apiIntegerKeySet.add(Integer.valueOf(vers.substring(1)));
-		}
-		ArrayList<Integer> apiIntegerVersionsList = (ArrayList<Integer>) asSortedList(apiIntegerKeySet);
-		String apiVersion;
-		for ( Integer apiIntegerVersion : apiIntegerVersionsList) {
-			apiVersion = "v" + apiIntegerVersion;
-			System.out.println("apiVersion=" + apiVersion);
-			dbMaps = dbMapsContainer.get(apiVersion);
-
-			if (previousApiVersion != null) { // when running more than one version
-				dbMaps.PropertyVersionInfoMap.putAll(dbMapsContainer.get(previousApiVersion).PropertyVersionInfoMap);
-				dbMaps.NodeVersionInfoMap.putAll(dbMapsContainer.get(previousApiVersion).NodeVersionInfoMap);
-			}
-			
-			Iterator<String> nodeTypeIterator = dbMaps.NodeProps.keySet().iterator();
-			while( nodeTypeIterator.hasNext() ){
-				String nType = nodeTypeIterator.next();
-				if (!dbMaps.NodeVersionInfoMap.containsKey(nType)) {
-					dbMaps.NodeVersionInfoMap.put(nType, apiVersion);
-				}
-				Collection <String> nodePropsForType =  dbMaps.NodeProps.get(nType);
-				Iterator <String> propIter = nodePropsForType.iterator();
-				while( propIter.hasNext() ){
-					String propName = propIter.next();
-					String infoKey = nType + "|" + propName;
-					if( ! dbMaps.PropertyVersionInfoMap.containsKey(infoKey) ){
-						// We haven't seen this one yet -- add it in.
-						dbMaps.PropertyVersionInfoMap.put(infoKey, apiVersion);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			dbMapsContainer.put(apiVersion, dbMaps);
-			previousApiVersion = apiVersion;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * As sorted list.
-	 *
-	 * @param <T> the generic type
-	 * @param c the c
-	 * @return the list
-	 */
-	private <T extends Comparable<? super T>> List<T> asSortedList(Collection<T> c) {
-		List<T> list = new ArrayList<T>(c);
-		java.util.Collections.sort(list);
-		return list;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * From comma separated string.
-	 *
-	 * @param string the string
-	 * @return the iterable
-	 */
-	public Iterable<String> fromCommaSeparatedString( String string ) {
-		Iterable<String> split = Splitter.on( "," ).omitEmptyStrings().trimResults().split( string );
-		return split;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Pretty print map.
-	 *
-	 * @param map the map
-	 * @return the string
-	 */
-	public String prettyPrintMap(Multimap<String, String> map) {
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-		sb.append('\n');
-		for (String key:map.keySet()) {
-			sb.append('\t');
-			sb.append(key);
-			sb.append('=').append('"');
-			sb.append(map.get(key));
-			sb.append('"');
-			sb.append('\n');
-		}
-		return sb.toString();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Pretty print map.
-	 *
-	 * @param map the map
-	 * @return the string
-	 */
-	public String prettyPrintMap(Map<?, String> map) {
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-		sb.append('\n');
-		for (Object key:map.keySet()) {
-			sb.append('\t');
-			sb.append(key);
-			sb.append('=').append('"');
-			sb.append(map.get(key));
-			sb.append('"');
-			sb.append('\n');
-		}
-		return sb.toString();
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Introspector.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Introspector.java
index ff0ae173..b5a80033 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Introspector.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Introspector.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ package org.openecomp.aai.introspection;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -32,13 +33,13 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.ClassUtils;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.DynamicException;
-
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
 import org.openecomp.aai.restcore.MediaType;
 import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.ObjectMetadata;
 import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
 import org.openecomp.aai.workarounds.NamingExceptions;
+
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
@@ -297,6 +298,14 @@ public abstract class Introspector implements Cloneable {
 		result = this.uniqueProperties;
 		return result;
 	}
+	
+	public Set<String> getDependentOn() {
+		String dependentOn = this.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.DEPENDENT_ON);
+		if (dependentOn == null) {
+			dependentOn = "";
+		}
+		return new LinkedHashSet<>(Arrays.asList(dependentOn.split(",")));
+	}
 	/**
 	 * 
 	 * @param name
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/MoxyLoader.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/MoxyLoader.java
index b28e435e..9163f297 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/MoxyLoader.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/MoxyLoader.java
@@ -37,16 +37,16 @@ import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicEntity;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.UnmarshallerProperties;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContext;
-import org.w3c.dom.Document;
-import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
-import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
-
 import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnmarshallingException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
 import org.openecomp.aai.restcore.MediaType;
 import org.openecomp.aai.workarounds.NamingExceptions;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ public class MoxyLoader extends Loader {
 	@Override
 	public Object objectFromName(String name) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
 
+		if (name == null) {
+			throw new AAIUnknownObjectException("null name passed in");
+		}
 		final String sanitizedName = NamingExceptions.getInstance().getObjectName(name);
 		final String upperCamel;
 
@@ -186,5 +189,9 @@ public class MoxyLoader extends Loader {
 		result.remove("EdgePropNames");
 		return result;
 	}
+	
+	public DynamicJAXBContext getJAXBContext() {
+		return this.jaxbContext;
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PojoLoader.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PojoLoader.java
index 0cd07808..dec830a9 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PojoLoader.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PojoLoader.java
@@ -28,18 +28,18 @@ import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
 import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 
+import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextFactory;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.UnmarshallerProperties;
-
 import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnmarshallingException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
 import org.openecomp.aai.restcore.MediaType;
 import org.openecomp.aai.workarounds.NamingExceptions;
+
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextFactory;
 
 public class PojoLoader extends Loader {
 
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ public class PojoLoader extends Loader {
 	@Override
 	public Object objectFromName(String name) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
 
+		if (name == null) {
+			throw new AAIUnknownObjectException("null name passed in");
+		}
 		final String sanitizedName = NamingExceptions.getInstance().getObjectName(name);
 		final String upperCamel;
 
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorLogHelper.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorLogHelper.java
index 37a10748..43af40ae 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorLogHelper.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorLogHelper.java
@@ -558,7 +558,13 @@ public class ErrorLogHelper {
 	public static void logException(AAIException e) {
 		final ErrorObject errorObject = e.getErrorObject();
 
-		MDC.put("severity", errorObject.getSeverity()); //TODO Use LoggingContext.severity(int severity)
+//		MDC.put("severity", errorObject.getSeverity()); //TODO Use LoggingContext.severity(int severity)
+		String severityCode = errorObject.getSeverityCode(errorObject.getSeverity());
+		int sevCode = Integer.parseInt(severityCode);
+		if (sevCode > 0 && sevCode <= 3 )
+		{
+			LoggingContext.severity(sevCode);
+		}
 		
 		final String errorMessage = new StringBuilder()
 											.append(errorObject.getErrorText())
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorObject.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorObject.java
index 0198c60e..50822f68 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorObject.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorObject.java
@@ -294,6 +294,29 @@ public class ErrorObject {
 		}
 		return prefix + disposition + "." + category + "." + errorCode;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the severity Code.  This is also the string
+	 * configured in Nagios to alert on
+	 *
+	 * @return the severity
+	 */
+	// Get the numerical value of severity
+	public String getSeverityCode(String severity) {
+		String severityCode = "";
+		switch (severity) {
+		case "WARN":
+			severityCode = "1";
+			break;
+		case "ERROR":
+			severityCode = "2";
+			break;
+		case "FATAL":
+			severityCode = "3";
+			break;
+		}
+		return severityCode;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * {@inheritDoc}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/LoggingContext.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/LoggingContext.java
index 1a46bb25..9a2d5914 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/LoggingContext.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/LoggingContext.java
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ public class LoggingContext {
 
 	public static void requestId(String requestId) {
 		try {
+			if (requestId.contains(":")) {
+				String[] uuidParts = requestId.split(":");
+				requestId = uuidParts[0];
+			}
 			MDC.put(LoggingField.REQUEST_ID.toString(), UUID.fromString(requestId).toString());
 		} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
 			final UUID generatedRequestUuid = UUID.randomUUID();
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResourceKeys.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/exceptions/DoesNotStartWithValidNamespaceException.java
index 8082cd71..8911f944 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResourceKeys.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/exceptions/DoesNotStartWithValidNamespaceException.java
@@ -18,23 +18,25 @@
  * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
  */
 
-package org.openecomp.aai.domain.model;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-public class AAIResourceKeys {
-	private List<AAIResourceKey> aaiResourceKey;
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the aai resource key.
-	 *
-	 * @return the aai resource key
-	 */
-	public List<AAIResourceKey> getAaiResourceKey() {
-		if (aaiResourceKey == null) { 
-			aaiResourceKey = new ArrayList<AAIResourceKey>();
-		}
-		return aaiResourceKey;
+package org.openecomp.aai.parsers.exceptions;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+public class DoesNotStartWithValidNamespaceException extends AAIException {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -888876613879411865L;
+	
+	public DoesNotStartWithValidNamespaceException(String message) {
+		super("AAI_3000", message);
+	}
+
+	public DoesNotStartWithValidNamespaceException(Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_3000",cause);
 	}
+
+	public DoesNotStartWithValidNamespaceException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_3000", cause, message);
+	}
+
 }
+
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/relationship/RelationshipToURI.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/relationship/RelationshipToURI.java
index 8fc2ea2c..bd9280f4 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/relationship/RelationshipToURI.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/relationship/RelationshipToURI.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder;
 
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
-
 import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.IntrospectorFactory;
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeRule;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeRules;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeType;
 import org.openecomp.aai.workarounds.LegacyURITransformer;
+
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ public class RelationshipToURI {
 			} else {
 				throw new AAIIdentityMapParseException("nothing to parse");
 			}
-		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException | URISyntaxException e) {
+		} catch (AAIException e) { 
+			throw e;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new AAIIdentityMapParseException("Could not parse relationship-list object: " + e.getMessage(), e);
 		}
 
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIParser.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIParser.java
index 8f867172..b145717f 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIParser.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIParser.java
@@ -28,18 +28,18 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedHashMap;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder;
 
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
-
 import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.LoaderFactory;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Version;
 import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.exceptions.DoesNotStartWithValidNamespaceException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.rest.RestTokens;
 import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.ObjectMetadata;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeType;
 import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
 
 
 /**
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
 public class URIParser {
 	
 	private URI uri = null;
-	
+
 	protected Loader loader = null;
 	
 	protected Loader originalLoader = null;
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ public class URIParser {
 		} catch (AAIException e) {
 			ErrorLogHelper.logException(e);
 		}
-		
+
 		//Load the latest version because we need it for cloud region
-		
+
 		this.loader = loader;
 	}
 	
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class URIParser {
 						//first time through, make sure it starts from a namespace
 						//ignore abstract types
 						if (!isRelative && !abstractType.equals("true") && !validNamespaces.hasChild(introspector)) {
-							throw new AAIException("AAI_3000", uri + " not a valid path. It does not start from a valid namespace");
+							throw new DoesNotStartWithValidNamespaceException( uri + " not a valid path. It does not start from a valid namespace");
 						}
 					}
 					
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public class URIParser {
 	protected URI handleCloudRegion(String action, URI uri) {
 		
 		return uri;
-		
+
 	}
 	
 	/**
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToObject.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToObject.java
index cf011bf6..57a1de57 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToObject.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToObject.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class URIToObject implements Parsable {
 	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
 	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
 	 */
-	public URIToObject(Loader loader, URI uri) throws IllegalArgumentException, AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+	public URIToObject(Loader loader, URI uri) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
 		
 		URIParser parser = new URIParser(loader, uri);
 		this.relatedObjects = new HashMap<>();
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class URIToObject implements Parsable {
 		this.loader = parser.getLoader();
 		this.version = loader.getVersion();
 	}
-	public URIToObject(Loader loader, URI uri, HashMap<String, Introspector> relatedObjects) throws IllegalArgumentException, AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+	public URIToObject(Loader loader, URI uri, HashMap<String, Introspector> relatedObjects) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
 		
 		URIParser parser = new URIParser(loader, uri);
 		this.relatedObjects = relatedObjects;
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/RESTAPI.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/RESTAPI.java
index e5ab80e6..f1f53a4d 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/RESTAPI.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/RESTAPI.java
@@ -20,29 +20,18 @@
 
 package org.openecomp.aai.restcore;
 
-import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;
-import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
-import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
-
-import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicEntity;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBUnmarshaller;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContext;
 
 import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
 import org.openecomp.aai.dbmap.DBConnectionType;
-import org.openecomp.aai.domain.model.AAIResource;
 import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
@@ -57,6 +46,8 @@ import org.openecomp.aai.logging.LoggingContext;
 import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
 import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
 import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAITxnLog;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.FormatDate;
+
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
@@ -149,19 +140,9 @@ public class RESTAPI {
 	 * @return the string
 	 */
 	protected String genDate() {
-		Date date = new Date();
-		DateFormat formatter = null;
-		try {
-			formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT));
-		} catch (AAIException ex) {
-			ErrorLogHelper.logException(ex);
-		} finally {
-			if (formatter == null) {
-				formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("YYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS");
-			}
-		}
-
-		return formatter.format(date);
+		FormatDate fd = new FormatDate(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT, "YYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS"));
+		
+		return fd.getDateTime();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAITxnLog.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAITxnLog.java
index 0da84840..3a90e8e9 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAITxnLog.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAITxnLog.java
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@
 package org.openecomp.aai.util;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseConfiguration;
@@ -40,11 +37,11 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.FilterList;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.RegexStringComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.SingleColumnValueFilter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
-
 import org.openecomp.aai.domain.notificationEvent.NotificationEvent;
 import org.openecomp.aai.domain.translog.TransactionLogEntries;
 import org.openecomp.aai.domain.translog.TransactionLogEntry;
 import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 
@@ -74,9 +71,9 @@ public class AAITxnLog  {
 			config.set(AAIConstants.HBASE_CONFIGURATION_ZOOKEEPER_QUORUM, AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_CONFIGURATION_ZOOKEEPER_QUORUM));
 			config.set(AAIConstants.HBASE_CONFIGURATION_ZOOKEEPER_CLIENTPORT, AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_CONFIGURATION_ZOOKEEPER_CLIENTPORT));
 			
-			Date date = new Date();
-			DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT));
-			tm = formatter.format(date);
+			FormatDate fd = new FormatDate(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT, "YYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS"));
+			
+			tm = fd.getDateTime();
 		} catch (AAIException e) {
 			LOGGER.warn("Missing configuration in AAIConfig: " + e.getMessage());
 		}
@@ -188,14 +185,9 @@ public class AAITxnLog  {
 			) {
 
 		if (tid == null || "".equals(tid)) {
-			Date date = new Date();
-			DateFormat formatter = null;
-			try {
-				formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT));
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-				formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS");
-			}
-			tm = formatter.format(date);
+			FormatDate fd = new FormatDate(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT, "YYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS"));
+			
+			tm = fd.getDateTime();
 			tid = tm + "-";
 		} 
 		String htid = tid;
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIUtils.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/FormatDate.java
index 9c1602d7..d1489992 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIUtils.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/FormatDate.java
@@ -20,35 +20,27 @@
 
 package org.openecomp.aai.util;
 
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 
-public class AAIUtils {
+public class FormatDate {
 
-	/**
-	 * Null check.
-	 *
-	 * @param <T> the generic type
-	 * @param iterable the iterable
-	 * @return the iterable
-	 */
-	public static <T> Iterable<T> nullCheck(Iterable<T> iterable) {
-	    return iterable == null ? Collections.<T>emptyList() : iterable;
+	private final String timeZone;
+	private final String pattern;
+	public FormatDate(String pattern) {
+		this.pattern = pattern;
+		this.timeZone = "GMT";
+	}
+	public FormatDate(String pattern, String timeZone) {
+		this.pattern = pattern;
+		this.timeZone = timeZone;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Gen date.
-	 *
-	 * @return the string
-	 */
-	public static String genDate() {
-		Date date = new Date();
-		DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("YYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS");
-		formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
-		return formatter.format(date);
-	}	
-
+	public String getDateTime() {
+		
+		final DateTimeFormatter formatter =
+				DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(pattern);
+		return formatter.format(ZonedDateTime.now(ZoneId.of(timeZone)));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/PojoUtils.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/PojoUtils.java
index 870ddeca..8840f412 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/PojoUtils.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/PojoUtils.java
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 
 package org.openecomp.aai.util;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerationException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
@@ -27,64 +31,8 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jaxb.JaxbAnnotationModule;
-import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
-import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanVertex;
-import org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicEntity;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicType;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.MarshallerProperties;
-import org.openecomp.aai.domain.model.AAIResource;
-import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
-
-import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
-import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
-import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.*;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
 public class PojoUtils {
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the key value list.
-	 *
-	 * @param <T> the generic type
-	 * @param e the e
-	 * @param clazz the clazz
-	 * @return the key value list
-	 * @throws IllegalAccessException the illegal access exception
-	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
-	 * @throws InvocationTargetException the invocation target exception
-	 */
-	public <T> List<KeyValueList> getKeyValueList(Entity e, T clazz) throws IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException {
-		List<KeyValueList> kvList = e.getKeyValueList();
-		Object value = null;
-		Method[] methods = clazz.getClass().getDeclaredMethods();
-		String propertyName = "";
-		
-		for (Method method : methods) { 
-			if (method.getName().startsWith("get")) { 
-				propertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,method.getName().substring(3));
-				if (!(method.getReturnType().getName().contains("aai")) || method.getReturnType().getName().contains("java.util.List")) {
-					value = method.invoke(clazz);
-					KeyValueList kv = new KeyValueList();
-					kv.setKey(propertyName);
-					if (value != null) { 
-						kv.setValue(value.toString());
-					} else { 
-						kv.setValue("");
-					}
-					kvList.add(kv);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return kvList;
-	}
-	
 	/**
 	 * Gets the json from object.
 	 *
@@ -131,608 +79,4 @@ public class PojoUtils {
     
         return baos.toString();
 	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the json from dynamic object.
-	 *
-	 * @param ent the ent
-	 * @param jaxbContext the jaxb context
-	 * @param includeRoot the include root
-	 * @return the json from dynamic object
-	 * @throws JsonGenerationException the json generation exception
-	 * @throws JsonMappingException the json mapping exception
-	 * @throws IOException Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
-	 * @throws JAXBException the JAXB exception
-	 */
-	public String getJsonFromDynamicObject(DynamicEntity ent, org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContext jaxbContext, boolean includeRoot) throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException, JAXBException {
-		org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBMarshaller marshaller = jaxbContext.createMarshaller();
-		
-		marshaller.setProperty(org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBMarshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, false);
-		marshaller.setProperty(MarshallerProperties.JSON_MARSHAL_EMPTY_COLLECTIONS, Boolean.FALSE) ;
-		marshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.json.include-root", includeRoot);
-		marshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.media-type", "application/json");
-		StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
-		marshaller.marshal(ent, writer);
-        
-		return writer.toString();
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the xml from object.
-	 *
-	 * @param <T> the generic type
-	 * @param clazz the clazz
-	 * @return the xml from object
-	 * @throws JAXBException the JAXB exception
-	 */
-	public <T> String getXmlFromObject(T clazz) throws JAXBException {
-		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-		JAXBContext jc = JAXBContext.newInstance(clazz.getClass().getPackage().getName());
-
-		Marshaller marshaller = jc.createMarshaller();
-		marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
-		marshaller.marshal(clazz, baos);
-        
-        return baos.toString();
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the lookup key.
-	 *
-	 * @param baseKey the base key
-	 * @param lookupHash the lookup hash
-	 * @param keyProps the key props
-	 * @return the lookup key
-	 */
-	public String getLookupKey (String baseKey, HashMap<String,Object> lookupHash, Collection<String> keyProps) { 
-		int baseKeyLen = baseKey.length();
-		StringBuffer newKey = new StringBuffer();
-		if (baseKeyLen > 0) { 
-			newKey.append(baseKey);
-		}
-		
-		Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-		while( keyPropI.hasNext() ){
-			String keyProp = keyPropI.next();
-			if (baseKeyLen > 0) {
-				newKey.append("&");
-			}
-			newKey.append(keyProp + "=" + lookupHash.get(keyProp));
-		}
-		return newKey.toString();
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the lookup keys.
-	 *
-	 * @param lookupHashes the lookup hashes
-	 * @param _dbRulesNodeKeyProps the db rules node key props
-	 * @return the lookup keys
-	 */
-	public String getLookupKeys (LinkedHashMap<String,HashMap<String,Object>> lookupHashes, Multimap<String, String> _dbRulesNodeKeyProps) { 
-		Iterator<String> it = lookupHashes.keySet().iterator();
-		String lookupKeys = "";
-		while (it.hasNext()) {
-			String objectType = (String)it.next();
-			HashMap<String,Object> lookupHash = lookupHashes.get(objectType);
-						
-			Collection<String> keyProps = _dbRulesNodeKeyProps.get(objectType);
-			Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-			while( keyPropI.hasNext() ){
-				lookupKeys += lookupHash.get(keyPropI.next());
-			}
-		}
-		return lookupKeys;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the example object.
-	 *
-	 * @param <T> the generic type
-	 * @param clazz the clazz
-	 * @param singleton the singleton
-	 * @return the example object
-	 * @throws IllegalAccessException the illegal access exception
-	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
-	 * @throws InvocationTargetException the invocation target exception
-	 * @throws NoSuchMethodException the no such method exception
-	 * @throws SecurityException the security exception
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public <T> void getExampleObject(T clazz, boolean singleton) throws IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException, AAIException {
-		Method[] methods = clazz.getClass().getDeclaredMethods();
-		String dnHypPropertyName = "";
-		String upCamPropertyName = "";
-		Random rand = new Random();
-		int randInt = rand.nextInt(10000000);
-
-		for (Method method : methods) { 
-			boolean go = false;
-			if (method.getName().startsWith("get")) { 
-				dnHypPropertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,method.getName().substring(3));
-				upCamPropertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL,method.getName().substring(3));
-				go = true;
-			} else if (method.getName().startsWith("is")) { 
-				dnHypPropertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,method.getName().substring(2));
-				upCamPropertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL,method.getName().substring(2));
-				go = true;
-			}
-			// don't return resource-version on a singleton
-			if (singleton && dnHypPropertyName.equals("resource-version")) {
-				go = false;
-			}
-			if (go) { 
-				String retType = method.getReturnType().getName();
-				if (!retType.contains("aai") && !retType.contains("java.util.List")) {
-					// get the setter
-					Method meth = clazz.getClass().getMethod("set" + upCamPropertyName, method.getReturnType());
-					
-					if (retType.contains("String")) { 
-						String val = "example-" + dnHypPropertyName + "-val-" +  randInt;
-						if (val != null) { 
-							meth.invoke(clazz, val);
-						}
-					} else if (retType.toLowerCase().contains("long")) {
-						Integer foo = rand.nextInt(100000);
-						meth.invoke(clazz, foo.longValue());
-					} else if (retType.toLowerCase().contains("int")) { 
-						meth.invoke(clazz, rand.nextInt(100000));
-					} else if (retType.toLowerCase().contains("short")) { 
-						Integer randShort = rand.nextInt(10000);
-						meth.invoke(clazz, randShort.shortValue());
-					} else if (retType.toLowerCase().contains("boolean")) { 
-						meth.invoke(clazz, true);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the aai object from vertex.
-	 *
-	 * @param <T> the generic type
-	 * @param clazz the clazz
-	 * @param vert the vert
-	 * @param _propertyDataTypeMap the property data type map
-	 * @return the aai object from vertex
-	 * @throws IllegalAccessException the illegal access exception
-	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
-	 * @throws InvocationTargetException the invocation target exception
-	 * @throws NoSuchMethodException the no such method exception
-	 * @throws SecurityException the security exception
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public <T> void getAaiObjectFromVertex(T clazz, TitanVertex vert, Map<String, String> _propertyDataTypeMap) throws IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException, AAIException {
-		Method[] methods = clazz.getClass().getDeclaredMethods();
-		String dnHypPropertyName = "";
-		String upCamPropertyName = "";
-		for (Method method : methods) { 
-			boolean go = false;
-			if (method.getName().startsWith("get")) { 
-				dnHypPropertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,method.getName().substring(3));
-				upCamPropertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL,method.getName().substring(3));
-				go = true;
-			} else if (method.getName().startsWith("is")) { 
-				dnHypPropertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,method.getName().substring(2));
-				upCamPropertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL,method.getName().substring(2));
-				go = true;
-			}
-			if (go) { 
-				String retType = method.getReturnType().getName();
-				if (!retType.contains("aai") && !retType.contains("java.util.List")) {
-					// get the setter
-					Method meth = clazz.getClass().getMethod("set" + upCamPropertyName, method.getReturnType());
-					
-					if (retType.contains("String")) { 
-						String val = (String)vert.<String>property(dnHypPropertyName).orElse(null);
-						if (val != null) { 
-							meth.invoke(clazz, val);
-						}
-					} else if (retType.toLowerCase().contains("long")) {
-						String titanType = _propertyDataTypeMap.get(dnHypPropertyName);
-						
-						Long val = null;
-						// we have a case where the type in titan is "Integer" but in the POJO it's Long or long
-						if (titanType.toLowerCase().contains("int")) {
-							Integer intVal = (Integer)vert.<Integer>property(dnHypPropertyName).orElse(null);
-							if (intVal != null) { 
-								val = intVal.longValue();
-							}
-						} else { 
-							val = (Long)vert.<Long>property(dnHypPropertyName).orElse(null);
-						}
-						if (val != null) { 
-							meth.invoke(clazz, val);
-						}
-					} else if (retType.toLowerCase().contains("int")) { 
-						Integer val = (Integer)vert.<Integer>property(dnHypPropertyName).orElse(null);
-						if (val != null) { 
-							meth.invoke(clazz, val);
-						}
-					} else if (retType.toLowerCase().contains("short")) { 
-						Short val = (Short)vert.<Short>property(dnHypPropertyName).orElse(null);
-						if (val != null) { 
-							meth.invoke(clazz, val);
-						}
-					} else if (retType.toLowerCase().contains("boolean")) { 
-						Boolean val = (Boolean)vert.<Boolean>property(dnHypPropertyName).orElse(null);
-						if (val != null) { 
-							meth.invoke(clazz, val);
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the topology object.
-	 *
-	 * @param <T> the generic type
-	 * @param clazz the clazz
-	 * @param _dbRulesNodeNameProps the db rules node name props
-	 * @param _dbRulesNodeKeyProps the db rules node key props
-	 * @param vert the vert
-	 * @return the topology object
-	 * @throws IllegalAccessException the illegal access exception
-	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
-	 * @throws InvocationTargetException the invocation target exception
-	 * @throws NoSuchMethodException the no such method exception
-	 * @throws SecurityException the security exception
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public <T> void getTopologyObject(T clazz, Multimap<String, String> _dbRulesNodeNameProps, Multimap<String, String> _dbRulesNodeKeyProps, TitanVertex vert) throws IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException, AAIException {
-		Method[] methods = clazz.getClass().getDeclaredMethods();
-		String dnHypPropertyName = "";
-//		Object value = null;
-		List<String> includeProps = new ArrayList<String>();
-				
-		if ("false".equals(AAIConfig.get("aai.notification.topology.allAttrs", "false"))) {
-			for (Method method : methods) { 
-				if (method.getName().startsWith("is")) { 
-					dnHypPropertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,method.getName().substring(2));
-					String upCamPropertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL,method.getName().substring(2));
-					String retType = method.getReturnType().getName();
-					if (retType.equals("java.lang.Boolean")) {
-						// get the setter
-						Method setterMeth = clazz.getClass().getMethod("set" + upCamPropertyName, method.getReturnType());
-						setterMeth.invoke(clazz, (Boolean)null);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			String dnHypClassName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,clazz.getClass().getSimpleName());
-			Collection<String> keepProps = _dbRulesNodeNameProps.get(dnHypClassName);
-			Iterator <String> keepPropI = keepProps.iterator();
-			while( keepPropI.hasNext() ){
-				includeProps.add(keepPropI.next());
-			}
-			Collection<String> keepProps2 = _dbRulesNodeKeyProps.get(dnHypClassName);
-			Iterator <String> keepPropI2 = keepProps2.iterator();
-			while( keepPropI2.hasNext() ){
-				includeProps.add(keepPropI2.next());
-			}
-		}
-		
-		for (Method method : methods) { 
-			if (method.getName().startsWith("get")) { 
-				dnHypPropertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,method.getName().substring(3));
-				if (includeProps.size() > 0) { 
-					if (!includeProps.contains(dnHypPropertyName)) {
-						continue;
-					}
-				}
-				String upCamPropertyName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL,method.getName().substring(3));
-				String retType = method.getReturnType().getName();
-				if (!retType.contains("aai") && !retType.contains("java.util.List")) {
-					// get the setter
-					Method meth = clazz.getClass().getMethod("set" + upCamPropertyName, method.getReturnType());
-					
-					if (retType.contains("String")) { 
-						String val = (String)vert.<String>property(dnHypPropertyName).orElse(null);
-						if (val != null) { 
-							meth.invoke(clazz, val);
-						}
-					} else if (retType.toLowerCase().contains("long")) {
-						Long val = (Long)vert.<Long>property(dnHypPropertyName).orElse(null);
-						if (val != null) { 
-							meth.invoke(clazz, val);
-						}
-					} else if (retType.toLowerCase().contains("int")) { 
-						Integer val = (Integer)vert.<Integer>property(dnHypPropertyName).orElse(null);
-						if (val != null) { 
-							meth.invoke(clazz, val);
-						}
-					} else if (retType.toLowerCase().contains("short")) { 
-						Short val = (Short)vert.<Short>property(dnHypPropertyName).orElse(null);
-						if (val != null) { 
-							meth.invoke(clazz, val);
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the dynamic topology object.
-	 *
-	 * @param aaiRes the aai res
-	 * @param meObjectType the me object type
-	 * @param _dbRulesNodeNameProps the db rules node name props
-	 * @param _dbRulesNodeKeyProps the db rules node key props
-	 * @param _propertyDataTypeMap the property data type map
-	 * @param vert the vert
-	 * @return the dynamic topology object
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public DynamicEntity getDynamicTopologyObject(AAIResource aaiRes, DynamicType meObjectType, Multimap<String, String> _dbRulesNodeNameProps,
-                                                  Multimap<String, String> _dbRulesNodeKeyProps, Map<String, String> _propertyDataTypeMap, TitanVertex vert) throws AAIException {
-		
-		DynamicEntity meObject = meObjectType.newDynamicEntity();
-		
-		List<String> includeProps = new ArrayList<String>();
-				
-		if ("false".equals(AAIConfig.get("aai.notification.topology.allAttrs", "false"))) {
-			String dnHypClassName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,meObjectType.getJavaClass().getSimpleName());
-			Collection<String> keepProps = _dbRulesNodeNameProps.get(dnHypClassName);
-			Iterator <String> keepPropI = keepProps.iterator();
-			while( keepPropI.hasNext() ){
-				includeProps.add(keepPropI.next());
-			}
-			Collection<String> keepProps2 = _dbRulesNodeKeyProps.get(dnHypClassName);
-			Iterator <String> keepPropI2 = keepProps2.iterator();
-			while( keepPropI2.hasNext() ) {
-				includeProps.add(keepPropI2.next());
-			}
-		}
-		
-	
-		
-		for (String attrName : aaiRes.getStringFields()) { 
-			if (includeProps.contains(attrName)) { 
-				meObject.set((CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,attrName)), vert.<String>property(attrName).orElse(null));
-			}
-		}
-		// the attrName might need to be converted to camel case!!!
-		for (String attrName : aaiRes.getLongFields()) {
-			if (includeProps.contains(attrName)) { 
-				String titanType = _propertyDataTypeMap.get(attrName);		
-
-				Long val = null;
-				// we have a case where the type in titan is "Integer" but in the POJO it's Long or long
-				if (titanType.toLowerCase().contains("int")) {
-					Integer intVal = (Integer)vert.<Integer>property(attrName).orElse(null);
-					if (intVal != null) { 
-						val = intVal.longValue();
-					}
-				} else { 
-					val = (Long)vert.<Long>property(attrName).orElse(null);
-				}
-				meObject.set((CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,attrName)), val);
-			}
-		}
-
-		for (String attrName : aaiRes.getIntFields()) { 
-			if (includeProps.contains(attrName)) { 
-				Integer val = (Integer)vert.<Integer>property(attrName).orElse(null);
-				meObject.set((CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,attrName)), val);
-			}
-		}
-
-		for (String attrName : aaiRes.getShortFields()) { 
-			if (includeProps.contains(attrName)) { 
-				String titanType = _propertyDataTypeMap.get(attrName);		
-
-				Short val = null;
-				// we have a case where the type in titan is "Integer" but in the POJO it's Long or long
-				if (titanType.toLowerCase().contains("int")) {
-					Integer intVal = (Integer)vert.<Integer>property(attrName).orElse(null);
-					if (intVal != null) { 
-						val = intVal.shortValue();
-					}
-				} else { 
-					val = (Short)vert.<Short>property(attrName).orElse(null);
-				}
-				meObject.set((CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,attrName)), val);
-			}
-		}
-
-		for (String attrName : aaiRes.getBooleanFields()) {
-			if (includeProps.contains(attrName)) { 
-				Boolean val = (Boolean)vert.<Boolean>property(attrName).orElse(null);
-				meObject.set((CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,attrName)),  val);
-			}
-		}
-		return meObject;	
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the aai dynamic object from vertex.
-	 *
-	 * @param aaiRes the aai res
-	 * @param meObject the me object
-	 * @param vert the vert
-	 * @param _propertyDataTypeMap the property data type map
-	 * @return the aai dynamic object from vertex
-	 */
-	public void getAaiDynamicObjectFromVertex(AAIResource aaiRes, DynamicEntity meObject, TitanVertex vert,
-                                              Map<String, String> _propertyDataTypeMap) {
-		getAaiDynamicObjectFromVertex(aaiRes, meObject, vert, _propertyDataTypeMap, null);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the aai dynamic object from vertex.
-	 *
-	 * @param aaiRes the aai res
-	 * @param meObject the me object
-	 * @param vert the vert
-	 * @param _propertyDataTypeMap the property data type map
-	 * @param propertyOverRideHash the property over ride hash
-	 * @return the aai dynamic object from vertex
-	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	public void getAaiDynamicObjectFromVertex(AAIResource aaiRes, DynamicEntity meObject, TitanVertex vert,
-                                              Map<String, String> _propertyDataTypeMap, HashMap<String, Object> propertyOverRideHash) {
-			
-		for (String attrName : aaiRes.getStringFields()) { 
-			if (propertyOverRideHash == null || (propertyOverRideHash != null && propertyOverRideHash.containsKey(attrName))) {
-				meObject.set((CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,attrName)), vert.<String>property(dbAliasWorkaround(attrName)).orElse(null));
-			}
-		}
-		
-		for (String attrName : aaiRes.getStringListFields()) { 
-			if (propertyOverRideHash == null || (propertyOverRideHash != null && propertyOverRideHash.containsKey(attrName))) {
-				meObject.set((CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,attrName)), vert.<ArrayList<String>>property(attrName).orElse(null));
-			}
-		}
-		
-		// the attrName might need to be converted to camel case!!!
-		for (String attrName : aaiRes.getLongFields()) { 
-			String titanType = _propertyDataTypeMap.get(attrName);		
-			Long val = null;
-			// we have a case where the type in titan is "Integer" but in the POJO it's Long or long
-			if (titanType.toLowerCase().contains("int")) {
-				Object vertexVal = vert.property(attrName).orElse(null);
-				if (vertexVal != null) {
-					if (vertexVal instanceof Integer) {
-						val = ((Integer)vertexVal).longValue();
-						
-					} else {
-						val = (Long)vert.<Long>property(attrName).orElse(null);	
-					}
-				}
-			} else {
-				val = (Long)vert.<Long>property(attrName).orElse(null);	
-			}
-			if (val != null) { 
-				if (propertyOverRideHash == null || (propertyOverRideHash != null && propertyOverRideHash.containsKey(attrName))) {
-					meObject.set((CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,attrName)), val);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		for (String attrName : aaiRes.getIntFields()) { 
-			Integer val = (Integer)vert.<Integer>property(attrName).orElse(null);
-			if (val != null) { 
-				if (propertyOverRideHash == null || (propertyOverRideHash != null && propertyOverRideHash.containsKey(attrName))) {
-					meObject.set((CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,attrName)), val);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		for (String attrName : aaiRes.getShortFields()) { 
-			String titanType = _propertyDataTypeMap.get(attrName);		
-			Short val = null;
-			// we have a case where the type in titan is "Integer" but in the POJO it's Long or long
-			if (titanType.toLowerCase().contains("int")) {
-				Integer intVal = (Integer)vert.<Integer>property(attrName).orElse(null);
-				if (intVal != null) { 
-					val = intVal.shortValue();
-				}
-			} else { 
-				val = (Short)vert.<Short>property(attrName).orElse(null);
-			}
-			if (val != null) { 
-				if (propertyOverRideHash == null || (propertyOverRideHash != null && propertyOverRideHash.containsKey(attrName))) {
-					meObject.set((CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,attrName)), val);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		for (String attrName : aaiRes.getBooleanFields()) {
-			Boolean val = (Boolean)vert.<Boolean>property(attrName).orElse(null);
-			// This is not ideal, but moxy isn't marshalling these attributes.
-			// TODO: Figure out how to see the default-value from the OXM at startup (or at runtime).
-			String dnHypClassName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,aaiRes.getSimpleName());
-			if (val == null && AAIConfig.getDefaultBools().containsKey(dnHypClassName)) {
-				if (AAIConfig.getDefaultBools().get(dnHypClassName).contains(attrName)) {
-					val = false;
-				}
-			}
-			if (val != null) { 
-				if (propertyOverRideHash == null || (propertyOverRideHash != null && propertyOverRideHash.containsKey(attrName))) {
-					meObject.set((CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,attrName)),  val);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-			
-	}
-	
-	private String dbAliasWorkaround(String propName) {
-		final String modelInvariantIdLocal = "model-invariant-id-local";
-		final String modelVersionIdLocal = "model-version-id-local";
-		final String modelInvariantId = "model-invariant-id";
-		final String modelVersionId = "model-version-id";
-		
-		if (propName.equals(modelInvariantId)) {
-			return modelInvariantIdLocal;
-		}
-		if (propName.equals(modelVersionId)) {
-			return modelVersionIdLocal;
-		}
-		
-		return propName;
-		
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the dynamic example object.
-	 *
-	 * @param childObject the child object
-	 * @param aaiRes the aai res
-	 * @param singleton the singleton
-	 * @return the dynamic example object
-	 */
-	public void getDynamicExampleObject(DynamicEntity childObject, AAIResource aaiRes, boolean singleton) {
-		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-
-		Random rand = new Random();
-		Integer randInt = rand.nextInt(100000);
-		long range = 100000000L;
-		long randLong = (long)(rand.nextDouble()*range);
-		Integer randShrt = rand.nextInt(20000);
-		short randShort = randShrt.shortValue();
-
-		for (String dnHypAttrName : aaiRes.getStringFields()) { 
-			
-			if (singleton && ("resource-version").equals(dnHypAttrName)) {
-				continue;
-			}
-			
-			String dnCamAttrName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,dnHypAttrName);
-			childObject.set(dnCamAttrName, "example-" + dnHypAttrName + "-val-" +  randInt);
-
-		}
-		
-		for (String dnHypAttrName : aaiRes.getStringListFields()) { 
-			ArrayList<String> exampleList = new ArrayList<String>();
-			exampleList.add("example-" + dnHypAttrName + "-val-" + randInt + "-" + 1);
-			exampleList.add("example-" + dnHypAttrName + "-val-" + randInt + "-" + 2);
-			String dnCamAttrName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,dnHypAttrName);
-			childObject.set(dnCamAttrName, exampleList);
-		}
-		
-		// the attrName might need to be converted to camel case!!!
-		for (String dnHypAttrName : aaiRes.getLongFields()) { 
-			String dnCamAttrName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,dnHypAttrName);
-			childObject.set(dnCamAttrName, randLong);
-		}
-
-		for (String dnHypAttrName : aaiRes.getIntFields()) { 
-			String dnCamAttrName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,dnHypAttrName);
-			childObject.set(dnCamAttrName, randInt);
-		}
-
-		for (String dnHypAttrName : aaiRes.getShortFields()) { 
-			String dnCamAttrName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,dnHypAttrName);
-			childObject.set(dnCamAttrName, randShort);
-		}
-
-		for (String dnHypAttrName : aaiRes.getBooleanFields()) {
-			String dnCamAttrName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL,dnHypAttrName);
-			childObject.set(dnCamAttrName, Boolean.TRUE);
-		}
-	}
 }
diff --git a/aai-core/src/test/resources/bundleconfig-local/etc/auth/aai_policy.json b/aai-core/src/test/resources/bundleconfig-local/etc/auth/aai_policy.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9706ce90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/test/resources/bundleconfig-local/etc/auth/aai_policy.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+    "roles": [{
+            "name": "testRole",
+            "functions": [{
+                    "name": "testFunction",
+                    "methods": [{
+                            "name": "GET"
+                        }, {
+                            "name": "DELETE"
+                        }, {
+                            "name": "PUT"
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+            ],
+            "users": [{
+                    "username": "testUser"
+                }
+            ]
+        }, {
+            "name": "testBasicAuth",
+            "functions": [{
+                    "name": "testBasicAuthFuncyion",
+                    "methods": [{
+                            "name": "GET"
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+            ],
+            "users": [{
+                    "user": "testBasicAuthUser",
+                    "pass": "OBF:1ytc1vu91v2p1rxf1mqh1v8s1z0d1msn1san1mqf1z0h1v9u1msl1rvf1v1p1vv11yta"
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
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