Initial commit with all the necessary files

Change-Id: I2760ca1e2c661028be946a4335d07b1b7671a4b4
Signed-off-by: Venkata Harish K Kajur <vk250x@att.com>

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diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/audit/ListEndpoints.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/audit/ListEndpoints.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.audit;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+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.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
+
+/**
+ * The Class ListEndpoints.
+ */
+public class ListEndpoints {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(ListEndpoints.class);
+
+	private final String start = "inventory";
+	private final String[] blacklist = { "search", "aai-internal" };
+
+	private List<String> endpoints = new ArrayList<>();
+	private Map<String, String> endpointToLogicalName = new HashMap<String, String>();
+
+	/**
+	 * The main method.
+	 *
+	 * @param args the arguments
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		ListEndpoints endPoints = new ListEndpoints(AAIProperties.LATEST);
+
+		System.out.println(endPoints.toString("relationship-list"));
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new list endpoints.
+	 *
+	 * @param version the version
+	 */
+	public ListEndpoints(Version version) {
+
+		Loader loader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(ModelType.MOXY, version);
+
+		try {
+			final Introspector start = loader.introspectorFromName(this.start);
+			Set<String> startMap = new HashSet<>();
+			beginAudit(start, "/aai/" + version, startMap);
+		} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Failed to find object " + this.start + ", cannot run ListEndpoints audit");
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Begin audit.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 */
+	private void beginAudit(Introspector obj, String uri, Set<String> visited) {
+
+		String currentUri = "";
+
+		if (!obj.getDbName().equals("inventory")) {
+			currentUri = uri + obj.getGenericURI();
+		} else {
+			currentUri = uri;
+		}
+		if (obj.getName().equals("relationship-data") || obj.getName().equals("related-to-property")) {
+			return;
+		}
+		if (!obj.isContainer()) {
+			endpoints.add(currentUri);
+		}
+		
+		String dbName = obj.getDbName();
+		
+		populateLogicalName(obj, uri, currentUri);
+		
+		Set<String> properties = obj.getProperties();
+		Set<String> props = new LinkedHashSet<>(properties);
+		if (obj.isContainer()) {
+			for (String key : visited) {
+				if (props.remove(key)) {
+					try {
+						endpoints.add(currentUri + obj.getLoader().introspectorFromName(key).getGenericURI());
+					} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+						LOGGER.warn("Skipping endpoint for " + key + " (Unknown object)", e);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		outer: for (String propName : props) {
+			
+			for (String item : blacklist) {
+				if (propName.equals(item)) {
+					continue outer;
+				}
+			}
+			if (obj.isListType(propName)) {
+				if (obj.isComplexGenericType(propName)) {
+					try {
+						final Introspector nestedObj = obj.newIntrospectorInstanceOfNestedProperty(propName);
+						Set<String> newVisited = new HashSet<>();
+						newVisited.addAll(visited);
+						newVisited.add(nestedObj.getDbName());
+						beginAudit(
+								nestedObj,
+								currentUri,
+								newVisited
+								);
+					} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+						LOGGER.warn("Skipping nested endpoint for " + propName + " (Unknown Object)", e);
+					}
+				}
+			} else if (obj.isComplexType(propName)) {
+				try {
+					final Introspector nestedObj = obj.newIntrospectorInstanceOfProperty(propName);
+					Set<String> newVisited = new HashSet<>();
+					newVisited.addAll(visited);
+					newVisited.add(nestedObj.getDbName());
+					beginAudit(nestedObj,
+							currentUri,
+							visited
+							);
+				} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+					LOGGER.warn("Skipping nested enpoint for " + propName + " (Unknown Object)", e);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Populate logical name.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @param currentUri the current uri
+	 */
+	private void populateLogicalName(Introspector obj, String uri, String currentUri) {
+
+		if (obj.getDbName().equals("inventory") || currentUri.split("/").length <= 4 || currentUri.endsWith("relationship-list")) {
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		if (uri.endsWith("/relationship-list")) {
+			uri = uri.substring(0, uri.lastIndexOf("/"));
+		}
+
+		String logicalName = "";
+		String keys = "";
+		
+
+		if (!obj.getAllKeys().isEmpty()) {
+			
+			Pattern p = Pattern.compile("/\\{[\\w\\d\\-]+\\}/\\{[\\w\\d\\-]+\\}+$");
+			Matcher m = p.matcher(currentUri);
+			
+			if (m.find()) {
+				keys = StringUtils.join(obj.getAllKeys(), "-and-");
+			} else {
+				keys = StringUtils.join(obj.getAllKeys(), "-or-");
+			}
+			keys = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, keys);
+			if (!keys.isEmpty()) {
+				keys = "With" + keys;
+			}
+		}
+
+		logicalName = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, obj.getDbName()) + keys;
+		
+		if (endpointToLogicalName.containsKey(uri) && uri.endsWith("}")) {
+			logicalName = logicalName + "From" + endpointToLogicalName.get(uri);
+ 		} else if (endpointToLogicalName.containsKey(uri.substring(0, uri.lastIndexOf("/")))) {
+ 			logicalName = logicalName + "From" + endpointToLogicalName.get(uri.substring(0, uri.lastIndexOf("/")));
+ 		}
+
+		endpointToLogicalName.put(currentUri, logicalName);
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the logical names.
+	 *
+	 * @return the logical names
+	 */
+	public Map<String, String> getLogicalNames() {
+		
+		return endpointToLogicalName;
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the endpoints.
+	 *
+	 * @return the endpoints
+	 */
+	public List<String> getEndpoints() {
+
+		return this.getEndpoints("");
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the endpoints.
+	 *
+	 * @param filterOut the filter out
+	 * @return the endpoints
+	 */
+	public List<String> getEndpoints(String filterOut) {
+		List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
+		Pattern p = null;
+		Matcher m = null;
+		if (!filterOut.equals("")) {
+			p = Pattern.compile(filterOut);
+			m = null;
+		}
+		for (String s : endpoints) {
+			if (p != null) {
+				m = p.matcher(s);
+				if (m.find()) {
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+
+			result.add(s);
+		}
+
+		return result;
+
+	}
+
+	/** 
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		for (String s : endpoints) {
+			sb.append(s + "\n");
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * To string.
+	 *
+	 * @param filterOut the filter out
+	 * @return the string
+	 */
+	public String toString(String filterOut) {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		Pattern p = Pattern.compile(filterOut);
+		Matcher m = null;
+		for (String s : endpoints) {
+			m = p.matcher(s);
+			if (!m.find()) {
+				sb.append(s + "\n");
+			}
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+}
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
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+/*-
+ * ============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.db.props;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Version;
+
+public class AAIProperties {
+	public static final String NODE_TYPE = "aai-node-type";
+	public static final String LAST_MOD_SOURCE_OF_TRUTH = "last-mod-source-of-truth";
+	public static final String SOURCE_OF_TRUTH = "source-of-truth";
+	public static final String LAST_MOD_TS = "aai-last-mod-ts";
+	public static final String UNIQUE_KEY = "aai-unique-key";
+	public static final String CREATED_TS = "aai-created-ts";
+	public static final String RESOURCE_VERSION = "resource-version";
+	public static final String AAI_URI = "aai-uri";
+	public static final Version LATEST = Version.v10;
+	public static final Integer MAXIMUM_DEPTH = 10000;
+	public static final String LINKED = "linked";
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/AuditDoc.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/AuditDoc.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.db.schema;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
+
+public class AuditDoc {
+
+	private List<DBProperty> properties;
+	private List<DBIndex> indexes;
+	private List<EdgeProperty> edgeLabels;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the properties.
+	 *
+	 * @return the properties
+	 */
+	public List<DBProperty> getProperties() {
+		return properties;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the properties.
+	 *
+	 * @param properties the new properties
+	 */
+	public void setProperties(List<DBProperty> properties) {
+		this.properties = properties;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the indexes.
+	 *
+	 * @return the indexes
+	 */
+	public List<DBIndex> getIndexes() {
+		return indexes;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the indexes.
+	 *
+	 * @param indexes the new indexes
+	 */
+	public void setIndexes(List<DBIndex> indexes) {
+		this.indexes = indexes;
+	}
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the edge labels.
+     *
+     * @return the edge labels
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("edge-labels")
+	public List<EdgeProperty> getEdgeLabels() {
+		return edgeLabels;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the edge labels.
+	 *
+	 * @param edgeLabels the new edge labels
+	 */
+	public void setEdgeLabels(List<EdgeProperty> edgeLabels) {
+		this.edgeLabels = edgeLabels;
+	}
+	
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/AuditOXM.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/AuditOXM.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.db.schema;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.dbmodel.DbEdgeRules;
+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.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.ObjectMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.Cardinality;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.Multiplicity;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.SchemaStatus;
+
+public class AuditOXM extends Auditor {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(AuditOXM.class);
+
+	private Set<Introspector> allObjects;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new audit OXM.
+	 *
+	 * @param version the version
+	 */
+	public AuditOXM(Version version) {
+		Loader loader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(ModelType.MOXY, version);
+		Set<String> objectNames = getAllObjects(version);
+		allObjects = new HashSet<>();
+		for (String key : objectNames) {
+			try {
+				final Introspector temp = loader.introspectorFromName(key);
+				allObjects.add(temp);
+				this.createDBProperties(temp);
+			} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+				LOGGER.warn("Skipping audit for object " + key + " (Unknown Object)", e);
+			}
+		}
+		for (Introspector temp : allObjects) {
+			this.createDBIndexes(temp);
+		}
+		createEdgeLabels();
+		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the all objects.
+	 *
+	 * @param version the version
+	 * @return the all objects
+	 */
+	private Set<String> getAllObjects(Version version) {
+		String fileName = AAIConstants.AAI_HOME_ETC_OXM + "aai_oxm_" + version.toString() + ".xml";
+		Set<String> result = new HashSet<>();
+		DocumentBuilderFactory docFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+		try {
+			docFactory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
+			DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
+			Document doc = docBuilder.parse(fileName);
+			NodeList list = doc.getElementsByTagName("java-type");
+			for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
+				result.add(list.item(i).getAttributes().getNamedItem("name").getNodeValue());
+			}
+		} catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (SAXException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+
+		result.remove("EdgePropNames");
+		return result;
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the DB properties.
+	 *
+	 * @param temp the temp
+	 */
+	private void createDBProperties(Introspector temp) {
+		Set<String> objectProperties = temp.getProperties();
+		
+		for (String prop : objectProperties) {
+			if (!properties.containsKey(prop)) {
+				DBProperty dbProperty = new DBProperty();
+				dbProperty.setName(prop);
+				if (temp.isListType(prop)) {
+					dbProperty.setCardinality(Cardinality.SET);
+					if (temp.isSimpleGenericType(prop)) {
+						Class<?> clazz = null;
+						try {
+							clazz = Class.forName(temp.getGenericType(prop));
+						} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+							clazz = Object.class;
+						}
+						dbProperty.setTypeClass(clazz);
+						properties.put(prop, dbProperty);
+					}
+				} else {
+					dbProperty.setCardinality(Cardinality.SINGLE);
+					if (temp.isSimpleType(prop)) {
+						Class<?> clazz = null;
+						try {
+							clazz = Class.forName(temp.getType(prop));
+						} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+							clazz = Object.class;
+						}
+						dbProperty.setTypeClass(clazz);
+						properties.put(prop, dbProperty);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the DB indexes.
+	 *
+	 * @param temp the temp
+	 */
+	private void createDBIndexes(Introspector temp) {
+		String uniqueProps = temp.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.UNIQUE_PROPS);
+		String namespace = temp.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.NAMESPACE);
+		if (uniqueProps == null) {
+			uniqueProps = "";
+		}
+		if (namespace == null) {
+			namespace = "";
+		}
+		boolean isTopLevel = namespace != "";
+		List<String> unique = Arrays.asList(uniqueProps.split(","));
+		Set<String> indexed = temp.getIndexedProperties();
+		Set<String> keys = temp.getKeys();
+		
+		for (String prop : indexed) {
+			DBIndex dbIndex = new DBIndex();
+			LinkedHashSet<DBProperty> properties = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+			if (!this.indexes.containsKey(prop)) {
+				dbIndex.setName(prop);
+				dbIndex.setUnique(unique.contains(prop));
+				properties.add(this.properties.get(prop));
+				dbIndex.setProperties(properties);
+				dbIndex.setStatus(SchemaStatus.ENABLED);
+				this.indexes.put(prop, dbIndex);
+			}
+		}
+		if (keys.size() > 1 || isTopLevel) {
+			DBIndex dbIndex = new DBIndex();
+			LinkedHashSet<DBProperty> properties = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+			dbIndex.setName("key-for-" + temp.getDbName());
+			if (!this.indexes.containsKey(dbIndex.getName())) {
+				boolean isUnique = false;
+				if (isTopLevel) {
+					properties.add(this.properties.get(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE));
+				}
+				for (String key : keys) {
+					properties.add(this.properties.get(key));
+	
+					if (unique.contains(key) && !isUnique) {
+						isUnique = true;
+					}
+				}
+				dbIndex.setUnique(isUnique);
+				dbIndex.setProperties(properties);
+				dbIndex.setStatus(SchemaStatus.ENABLED);
+				this.indexes.put(dbIndex.getName(), dbIndex);
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the edge labels.
+	 */
+	private void createEdgeLabels() {
+		Multimap<String, String> edgeRules = DbEdgeRules.EdgeRules;
+		for (String key : edgeRules.keySet()) {
+			Collection<String> collection = edgeRules.get(key);
+			EdgeProperty prop = new EdgeProperty();
+			//there is only ever one, they used the wrong type for EdgeRules
+			String label = "";
+			for (String item : collection) {
+				label = item.split(",")[0];
+			}
+			prop.setName(label);
+			prop.setMultiplicity(Multiplicity.MULTI);
+			this.edgeLabels.put(label, prop);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the all introspectors.
+	 *
+	 * @return the all introspectors
+	 */
+	public Set<Introspector> getAllIntrospectors() {
+		return this.allObjects;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/AuditTitan.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/AuditTitan.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..743e683e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/AuditTitan.java
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.db.schema;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.EdgeLabel;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.PropertyKey;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.TitanGraphIndex;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.TitanManagement;
+
+public class AuditTitan extends Auditor {
+
+	private final TitanGraph graph;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new audit titan.
+	 *
+	 * @param g the g
+	 */
+	public AuditTitan (TitanGraph g) {
+		this.graph = g;
+		buildSchema();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Builds the schema.
+	 */
+	private void buildSchema() {
+		populateProperties();
+		populateIndexes();
+		populateEdgeLabels();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Populate properties.
+	 */
+	private void populateProperties() {
+		TitanManagement mgmt = graph.openManagement();
+		Iterable<PropertyKey> iterable = mgmt.getRelationTypes(PropertyKey.class);
+		Iterator<PropertyKey> titanProperties = iterable.iterator();
+		PropertyKey propKey = null;
+		while (titanProperties.hasNext()) {
+			propKey = titanProperties.next();
+			DBProperty prop = new DBProperty();
+			
+			prop.setName(propKey.name());
+			prop.setCardinality(propKey.cardinality());
+			prop.setTypeClass(propKey.dataType());
+			
+			this.properties.put(prop.getName(), prop);
+		}	
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Populate indexes.
+	 */
+	private void populateIndexes() {
+		TitanManagement mgmt = graph.openManagement();
+		Iterable<TitanGraphIndex> iterable = mgmt.getGraphIndexes(Vertex.class);
+		Iterator<TitanGraphIndex> titanIndexes = iterable.iterator();
+		TitanGraphIndex titanIndex = null;
+		while (titanIndexes.hasNext()) {
+			titanIndex = titanIndexes.next();
+			if (titanIndex.isCompositeIndex()) {
+				DBIndex index = new DBIndex();
+				LinkedHashSet<DBProperty> dbProperties = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+				index.setName(titanIndex.name());
+				index.setUnique(titanIndex.isUnique());
+				PropertyKey[] keys = titanIndex.getFieldKeys();
+				for (PropertyKey key : keys) {
+					dbProperties.add(this.properties.get(key.name()));
+				}
+				index.setProperties(dbProperties);
+				index.setStatus(titanIndex.getIndexStatus(keys[0]));
+				this.indexes.put(index.getName(), index);
+			}
+		}	
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Populate edge labels.
+	 */
+	private void populateEdgeLabels() {
+		TitanManagement mgmt = graph.openManagement();
+		Iterable<EdgeLabel> iterable = mgmt.getRelationTypes(EdgeLabel.class);
+		Iterator<EdgeLabel> titanEdgeLabels = iterable.iterator();
+		EdgeLabel edgeLabel = null;
+		while (titanEdgeLabels.hasNext()) {
+			edgeLabel = titanEdgeLabels.next();
+			EdgeProperty edgeProperty = new EdgeProperty();
+			
+			edgeProperty.setName(edgeLabel.name());
+			edgeProperty.setMultiplicity(edgeLabel.multiplicity());
+			
+			this.edgeLabels.put(edgeProperty.getName(), edgeProperty);
+		}	
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/Auditor.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/Auditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91897f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/Auditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.db.schema;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+public abstract class Auditor {
+
+	protected Map<String, DBProperty> properties = new HashMap<>();
+	protected Map<String, DBIndex> indexes = new HashMap<>();
+	protected Map<String, EdgeProperty> edgeLabels = new HashMap<>();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the audit doc.
+	 *
+	 * @return the audit doc
+	 */
+	public AuditDoc getAuditDoc() {
+		AuditDoc doc = new AuditDoc();
+		List<DBProperty> propertyList = new ArrayList<>();
+		List<DBIndex> indexList = new ArrayList<>();
+		List<EdgeProperty> edgeLabelList = new ArrayList<>();
+		propertyList.addAll(this.properties.values());
+		indexList.addAll(this.indexes.values());
+		edgeLabelList.addAll(this.edgeLabels.values());
+		Collections.sort(propertyList, new CompareByName());
+		Collections.sort(indexList, new CompareByName());
+		Collections.sort(edgeLabelList, new CompareByName());
+		
+		doc.setProperties(propertyList);
+		doc.setIndexes(indexList);
+		doc.setEdgeLabels(edgeLabelList);
+		
+		return doc;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/AuditorFactory.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/AuditorFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7adc587c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/AuditorFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.db.schema;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Version;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
+
+public class AuditorFactory {
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the OXM auditor.
+	 *
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @return the OXM auditor
+	 */
+	public static Auditor getOXMAuditor (Version v) {
+		return new AuditOXM(v);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the graph auditor.
+	 *
+	 * @param g the g
+	 * @return the graph auditor
+	 */
+	public static Auditor getGraphAuditor (TitanGraph g) {
+		return new AuditTitan(g);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/CompareByName.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/CompareByName.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a979b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/CompareByName.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.db.schema;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
+public class CompareByName implements Comparator<Named>{
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public int compare(Named o1, Named o2) {
+		return o1.getName().compareTo(o2.getName());
+	}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/DBIndex.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/DBIndex.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98aab19a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/DBIndex.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.db.schema;
+
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.SchemaStatus;
+
+public class DBIndex implements Named {
+
+	private String name = null;
+	private boolean unique = false;
+	private LinkedHashSet<DBProperty> properties = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+	private SchemaStatus status = null;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the name
+	 */
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the name.
+	 *
+	 * @param name the new name
+	 */
+	public void setName(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Checks if is unique.
+	 *
+	 * @return true, if is unique
+	 */
+	public boolean isUnique() {
+		return unique;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the unique.
+	 *
+	 * @param unique the new unique
+	 */
+	public void setUnique(boolean unique) {
+		this.unique = unique;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the properties.
+	 *
+	 * @return the properties
+	 */
+	public Set<DBProperty> getProperties() {
+		return properties;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the properties.
+	 *
+	 * @param properties the new properties
+	 */
+	public void setProperties(LinkedHashSet<DBProperty> properties) {
+		this.properties = properties;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the status.
+	 *
+	 * @return the status
+	 */
+	public SchemaStatus getStatus() {
+		return status;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the status.
+	 *
+	 * @param status the new status
+	 */
+	public void setStatus(SchemaStatus status) {
+		this.status = status;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/DBProperty.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/DBProperty.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c314d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/DBProperty.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.db.schema;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.Cardinality;
+
+public class DBProperty implements Named {
+
+	
+	private String name = null;
+	private Cardinality cardinality = null;
+	private Class<?> typeClass = null;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the name
+	 */
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the name.
+	 *
+	 * @param name the new name
+	 */
+	public void setName(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the cardinality.
+	 *
+	 * @return the cardinality
+	 */
+	public Cardinality getCardinality() {
+		return cardinality;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the cardinality.
+	 *
+	 * @param cardinality the new cardinality
+	 */
+	public void setCardinality(Cardinality cardinality) {
+		this.cardinality = cardinality;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the type class.
+	 *
+	 * @return the type class
+	 */
+	public Class<?> getTypeClass() {
+		return typeClass;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the type class.
+	 *
+	 * @param type the new type class
+	 */
+	public void setTypeClass(Class<?> type) {
+		this.typeClass = type;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/EdgeProperty.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/EdgeProperty.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a63dad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/EdgeProperty.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.db.schema;
+
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.Multiplicity;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonPropertyOrder;
+
+@JsonPropertyOrder({ "label", "multiplicity" })
+public class EdgeProperty implements Named {
+
+	private String name = null;
+	private Multiplicity multiplicity = null;
+	
+    /**
+     * Gets the name
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("label")
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+    
+    /**
+     * Sets the name.
+     *
+     * @param name the new name
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("label")
+	public void setName(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the multiplicity.
+	 *
+	 * @return the multiplicity
+	 */
+	public Multiplicity getMultiplicity() {
+		return multiplicity;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the multiplicity.
+	 *
+	 * @param multiplicity the new multiplicity
+	 */
+	public void setMultiplicity(Multiplicity multiplicity) {
+		this.multiplicity = multiplicity;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/ManageTitanSchema.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/ManageTitanSchema.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..940bee38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/ManageTitanSchema.java
@@ -0,0 +1,329 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.db.schema;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Version;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.PropertyKey;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.SchemaStatus;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.TitanGraphIndex;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.TitanManagement;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.TitanManagement.IndexBuilder;
+
+public class ManageTitanSchema {
+
+	
+	private TitanManagement graphMgmt;
+	private TitanGraph graph;
+	private List<DBProperty> aaiProperties;
+	private List<DBIndex> aaiIndexes;
+	private List<EdgeProperty> aaiEdgeProperties;
+	private Auditor oxmInfo = null;
+	private Auditor graphInfo = null;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new manage titan schema.
+	 *
+	 * @param graph the graph
+	 */
+	public ManageTitanSchema(final TitanGraph graph) {
+		this.graph = graph;
+		oxmInfo = AuditorFactory.getOXMAuditor(Version.v8);
+		graphInfo = AuditorFactory.getGraphAuditor(graph);
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Builds the schema.
+	 */
+	public void buildSchema() {
+		
+		this.graphMgmt = graph.openManagement();
+		aaiProperties = new ArrayList<>();
+		aaiEdgeProperties = new ArrayList<>();
+		aaiIndexes = new ArrayList<>();
+		aaiProperties.addAll(oxmInfo.getAuditDoc().getProperties());
+		aaiIndexes.addAll(oxmInfo.getAuditDoc().getIndexes());
+		aaiEdgeProperties.addAll(oxmInfo.getAuditDoc().getEdgeLabels());
+		try {
+			createPropertyKeys();
+			createIndexes();
+			createEdgeLabels();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			graphMgmt.rollback();
+		}
+		graphMgmt.commit();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the property keys.
+	 */
+	private void createPropertyKeys() {
+		
+		
+		for (DBProperty prop : aaiProperties) {
+			
+			if (graphMgmt.containsPropertyKey(prop.getName())) {
+				PropertyKey key = graphMgmt.getPropertyKey(prop.getName());
+				boolean isChanged = false;
+				if (!prop.getCardinality().equals(key.cardinality())) {
+					isChanged = true;
+				}
+				if (!prop.getTypeClass().equals(key.dataType())) {
+					isChanged = true;
+				}
+				if (isChanged) {
+					//must modify!
+					this.replaceProperty(prop);
+				}
+			} else {
+				//create a new property key
+				System.out.println("Key: " + prop.getName() + " not found - adding");
+				graphMgmt.makePropertyKey(prop.getName()).dataType(prop.getTypeClass()).cardinality(prop.getCardinality()).make();
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the indexes.
+	 */
+	private void createIndexes() {
+		
+		for (DBIndex index : aaiIndexes) {
+			Set<DBProperty> props = index.getProperties();
+			boolean isChanged = false;
+			boolean isNew = false;
+			List<PropertyKey> keyList = new ArrayList<>();
+			for (DBProperty prop : props) {
+				keyList.add(graphMgmt.getPropertyKey(prop.getName()));
+			}
+			if (graphMgmt.containsGraphIndex(index.getName())) {
+				TitanGraphIndex titanIndex = graphMgmt.getGraphIndex(index.getName());
+				PropertyKey[] dbKeys = titanIndex.getFieldKeys();
+				if (dbKeys.length != keyList.size()) {
+					isChanged = true;
+				} else {
+					int i = 0;
+					for (PropertyKey key : keyList) {
+						if (!dbKeys[i].equals(key)) {
+							isChanged = true;
+							break;
+						}
+						i++;
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				isNew = true;
+			}
+			if (keyList.size() > 0) {
+				this.createIndex(graphMgmt, index.getName(), keyList, index.isUnique(), isNew, isChanged);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	// Use EdgeRules to make sure edgeLabels are defined in the db.  NOTE: the multiplicty used here is 
+	// always "MULTI".  This is not the same as our internal "Many2Many", "One2One", "One2Many" or "Many2One"
+	// We use the same edge-label for edges between many different types of nodes and our internal
+	// multiplicty definitions depends on which two types of nodes are being connected.
+	/**
+	 * Creates the edge labels.
+	 */
+	private void createEdgeLabels() {
+		
+		
+		for (EdgeProperty prop : aaiEdgeProperties) {
+		
+			if (graphMgmt.containsEdgeLabel(prop.getName())) {
+				// see what changed
+			} else {
+				graphMgmt.makeEdgeLabel(prop.getName()).multiplicity(prop.getMultiplicity()).make();
+			}
+			
+		}
+		
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the property.
+	 *
+	 * @param mgmt the mgmt
+	 * @param prop the prop
+	 */
+	private void createProperty(TitanManagement mgmt, DBProperty prop) {
+		if (mgmt.containsPropertyKey(prop.getName())) {
+			PropertyKey key = mgmt.getPropertyKey(prop.getName());
+			boolean isChanged = false;
+			if (!prop.getCardinality().equals(key.cardinality())) {
+				isChanged = true;
+			}
+			if (!prop.getTypeClass().equals(key.dataType())) {
+				isChanged = true;
+			}
+			if (isChanged) {
+				//must modify!
+				this.replaceProperty(prop);
+			}
+		} else {
+			//create a new property key
+			System.out.println("Key: " + prop.getName() + " not found - adding");
+			mgmt.makePropertyKey(prop.getName()).dataType(prop.getTypeClass()).cardinality(prop.getCardinality()).make();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the index.
+	 *
+	 * @param mgmt the mgmt
+	 * @param indexName the index name
+	 * @param keys the keys
+	 * @param isUnique the is unique
+	 * @param isNew the is new
+	 * @param isChanged the is changed
+	 */
+	private void createIndex(TitanManagement mgmt, String indexName, List<PropertyKey> keys, boolean isUnique, boolean isNew, boolean isChanged) {
+		
+		/*if (isChanged) {
+			System.out.println("Changing index: " + indexName);
+			TitanGraphIndex oldIndex = mgmt.getGraphIndex(indexName);
+			mgmt.updateIndex(oldIndex, SchemaAction.DISABLE_INDEX);
+			mgmt.commit();
+			//cannot remove indexes
+			//graphMgmt.updateIndex(oldIndex, SchemaAction.REMOVE_INDEX);
+		}*/
+		if (isNew || isChanged) {
+			
+			if (isNew) {
+				IndexBuilder builder = mgmt.buildIndex(indexName,Vertex.class);
+				for (PropertyKey k : keys) {
+					builder.addKey(k);
+				}
+				if (isUnique) {
+					builder.unique();
+				}
+				builder.buildCompositeIndex();
+				System.out.println("Built index for " + indexName + " with keys: " + keys);
+
+				//mgmt.commit();
+			}
+
+			//mgmt = graph.asAdmin().getManagementSystem();
+			//mgmt.updateIndex(mgmt.getGraphIndex(indexName), SchemaAction.REGISTER_INDEX);
+			//mgmt.commit();
+			
+			try {
+				//waitForCompletion(indexName);
+				//TitanIndexRepair.hbaseRepair(AAIConstants.AAI_CONFIG_FILENAME, indexName, "");
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+				graph.tx().rollback();
+				graph.close();
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+			
+			//mgmt = graph.asAdmin().getManagementSystem();
+			//mgmt.updateIndex(mgmt.getGraphIndex(indexName), SchemaAction.REINDEX);
+			
+			//mgmt.updateIndex(mgmt.getGraphIndex(indexName), SchemaAction.ENABLE_INDEX);
+			
+			//mgmt.commit();
+			
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Wait for completion.
+	 *
+	 * @param name the name
+	 * @throws InterruptedException the interrupted exception
+	 */
+	private void waitForCompletion(String name) throws InterruptedException {
+		
+		boolean registered = false;
+		long before = System.currentTimeMillis();
+		while (!registered) {
+		    Thread.sleep(500L);
+		    TitanManagement mgmt = graph.openManagement();
+		    TitanGraphIndex idx  = mgmt.getGraphIndex(name);
+		    registered = true;
+		    for (PropertyKey k : idx.getFieldKeys()) {
+		        SchemaStatus s = idx.getIndexStatus(k);  
+		        registered &= s.equals(SchemaStatus.REGISTERED);
+		    }
+		    mgmt.rollback();
+		}
+		System.out.println("Index REGISTERED in " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - before) + " ms");
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Replace property.
+	 *
+	 * @param key the key
+	 */
+	private void replaceProperty(DBProperty key) {
+		
+		
+		
+		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Update index.
+	 *
+	 * @param index the index
+	 */
+	public void updateIndex(DBIndex index) {
+
+		TitanManagement mgmt = graph.openManagement();
+		List<PropertyKey> keys = new ArrayList<>();
+		boolean isNew = false;
+		boolean isChanged = false;
+		for (DBProperty prop : index.getProperties()) {
+			createProperty(mgmt, prop);
+			keys.add(mgmt.getPropertyKey(prop.getName()));
+		}
+		if (mgmt.containsGraphIndex(index.getName())) {
+			System.out.println("index already exists");
+			isNew = false;
+			isChanged = true;
+		} else {
+			isNew = true;
+			isChanged = false;
+		}
+		this.createIndex(mgmt, index.getName(), keys, index.isUnique(), isNew, isChanged);
+
+		mgmt.commit();
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/Named.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/Named.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b0bbe37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/Named.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.db.schema;
+
+public interface Named {
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the name.
+	 *
+	 * @return the name
+	 */
+	public String getName();
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/ScriptDriver.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/ScriptDriver.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe55af68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/db/schema/ScriptDriver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.db.schema;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerationException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Version;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
+import com.beust.jcommander.JCommander;
+import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanFactory;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
+
+public class ScriptDriver {
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * The main method.
+	 *
+	 * @param args the arguments
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws JsonGenerationException the json generation exception
+	 * @throws JsonMappingException the json mapping exception
+	 * @throws IOException Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
+	 */
+	public static void main (String[] args) throws AAIException, JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+		CommandLineArgs cArgs = new CommandLineArgs();
+		
+		new JCommander(cArgs, args);
+		
+		if (cArgs.help) {
+			System.out.println("-c [path to graph configuration] -type [what you want to audit - oxm or graph]");
+		}
+		String config = cArgs.config;
+		AAIConfig.init();
+		TitanGraph graph = TitanFactory.open(config);
+		if (!(cArgs.type.equals("oxm") || cArgs.type.equals("graph"))) {
+			System.out.println("type: " + cArgs.type + " not recognized.");
+			System.exit(1);
+		}
+		
+		Auditor a = null;
+		if (cArgs.type.equals("oxm")) {
+			a = AuditorFactory.getOXMAuditor(Version.v8);
+		} else if (cArgs.type.equals("graph")) {
+			a = AuditorFactory.getGraphAuditor(graph);
+		}
+		
+		AuditDoc doc = a.getAuditDoc();
+		
+		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+		
+		String json = mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(doc);
+		System.out.println(json);
+		
+	}
+	
+}
+
+class CommandLineArgs {
+	
+	@Parameter(names = "--help", description = "Help")
+	public boolean help = false;
+	
+	@Parameter(names = "-c", description = "Configuration", required=true)
+	public String config;
+	
+	@Parameter(names = "-type", description = "Type", required=true)
+	public String type = "graph";
+	
+
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa5084b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/DataGrooming.java
@@ -0,0 +1,2223 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+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.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.dbmap.AAIGraph;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.DbMaps;
+import org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.IngestModelMoxyOxm;
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.Configuration;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanEdge;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanFactory;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanTransaction;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanVertex;
+
+
+public class DataGrooming {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(DataGrooming.class);
+	private static final String FROMAPPID = "AAI-DB";
+	private static final String TRANSID = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+	private static int dupeGrpsDeleted = 0;
+	
+	/**
+	 * The main method.
+	 *
+	 * @param args the arguments
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		
+		// Set the logging file properties to be used by EELFManager
+		Properties props = System.getProperties();
+		props.setProperty(Configuration.PROPERTY_LOGGING_FILE_NAME, AAIConstants.AAI_DATA_GROOMING_LOGBACK_PROPS);
+		props.setProperty(Configuration.PROPERTY_LOGGING_FILE_PATH, AAIConstants.AAI_HOME_ETC_APP_PROPERTIES);
+				
+		String ver = "version"; // Placeholder
+		Boolean doAutoFix = false;
+		Boolean edgesOnlyFlag = false;
+		Boolean dontFixOrphansFlag = false;
+		Boolean singleCommits = false;
+		Boolean dupeCheckOff = false;
+		Boolean dupeFixOn = false;
+		Boolean ghost2CheckOff = false;
+		Boolean ghost2FixOn = false;
+		Boolean neverUseCache = false;
+		
+		int maxRecordsToFix = AAIConstants.AAI_GROOMING_DEFAULT_MAX_FIX;
+		int sleepMinutes = AAIConstants.AAI_GROOMING_DEFAULT_SLEEP_MINUTES;
+		try {
+			String maxFixStr = AAIConfig.get("aai.grooming.default.max.fix");
+			if( maxFixStr != null &&  !maxFixStr.equals("") ){
+				maxRecordsToFix = Integer.parseInt(maxFixStr);
+			}
+			String sleepStr = AAIConfig.get("aai.grooming.default.sleep.minutes");
+			if( sleepStr != null &&  !sleepStr.equals("") ){
+				sleepMinutes = Integer.parseInt(sleepStr);
+			}
+		}
+		catch ( Exception e ){
+			// Don't worry, we'll just use the defaults that we got from AAIConstants
+			LOGGER.warn("WARNING - could not pick up aai.grooming values from aaiconfig.properties file. ");
+		}
+		
+		String prevFileName = "";
+		dupeGrpsDeleted = 0;
+		SimpleDateFormat d = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmm");
+		d.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
+		String dteStr = d.format(new Date()).toString();
+		String groomOutFileName = "dataGrooming." + dteStr + ".out";
+
+		if (args.length > 0) {
+			// They passed some arguments in that will affect processing
+			for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+				String thisArg = args[i];
+				if (thisArg.equals("-edgesOnly")) {
+					edgesOnlyFlag = true;
+				} else if (thisArg.equals("-autoFix")) {
+					doAutoFix = true;
+				} else if (thisArg.equals("-dontFixOrphans")) {
+					dontFixOrphansFlag = true;
+				} else if (thisArg.equals("-singleCommits")) {
+					singleCommits = true;
+				} else if (thisArg.equals("-dupeCheckOff")) {
+					dupeCheckOff = true;
+				} else if (thisArg.equals("-dupeFixOn")) {
+					dupeFixOn = true;
+				} else if (thisArg.equals("-ghost2CheckOff")) {
+					ghost2CheckOff = true;
+				} else if (thisArg.equals("-neverUseCache")) {
+					neverUseCache = true;
+				} else if (thisArg.equals("-ghost2FixOn")) {
+					ghost2FixOn = true;
+				} else if (thisArg.equals("-maxFix")) {
+					i++;
+					if (i >= args.length) {
+						LOGGER.error(" No value passed with -maxFix option.  ");
+						System.exit(0);
+					}
+					String nextArg = args[i];
+					try {
+						maxRecordsToFix = Integer.parseInt(nextArg);
+					} catch (Exception e) {
+						LOGGER.error("Bad value passed with -maxFix option: ["
+										+ nextArg + "]");
+						System.exit(0);
+					}
+				} else if (thisArg.equals("-sleepMinutes")) {
+					i++;
+					if (i >= args.length) {
+						LOGGER.error("No value passed with -sleepMinutes option.");
+						System.exit(0);
+					}
+					String nextArg = args[i];
+					try {
+						sleepMinutes = Integer.parseInt(nextArg);
+					} catch (Exception e) {
+						LOGGER.error("Bad value passed with -sleepMinutes option: ["
+										+ nextArg + "]");
+						System.exit(0);
+					}
+				} else if (thisArg.equals("-f")) {
+					i++;
+					if (i >= args.length) {
+						LOGGER.error(" No value passed with -f option. ");
+						System.exit(0);
+					}
+					prevFileName = args[i];
+				} else {
+					LOGGER.error(" Unrecognized argument passed to DataGrooming: ["
+									+ thisArg + "]. ");
+					LOGGER.error(" Valid values are: -f -autoFix -maxFix -edgesOnly -dupeFixOn -donFixOrphans -sleepMinutes -neverUseCache");
+					System.exit(0);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+
+		IngestModelMoxyOxm moxyMod = new IngestModelMoxyOxm();
+		try {
+			ArrayList <String> defaultVerLst = new ArrayList <> ();
+			defaultVerLst.add( AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP) );
+			moxyMod.init( defaultVerLst, false);
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex){
+			LOGGER.error("ERROR - Could not do the moxyMod.init()", ex);
+			System.exit(1);
+		}
+
+		try {
+			if (!prevFileName.equals("")) {
+				// They are trying to fix some data based on a data in a
+				// previous file.
+				LOGGER.info(" Call doTheGrooming() with a previous fileName ["
+								+ prevFileName + "] for cleanup. ");
+				Boolean finalShutdownFlag = true;
+				Boolean cacheDbOkFlag = false;
+				doTheGrooming(prevFileName, edgesOnlyFlag, dontFixOrphansFlag,
+						maxRecordsToFix, groomOutFileName, ver, singleCommits,
+						dupeCheckOff, dupeFixOn, ghost2CheckOff, ghost2FixOn, 
+						finalShutdownFlag, cacheDbOkFlag);
+			} else if (doAutoFix) {
+				// They want us to run the processing twice -- first to look for
+				// delete candidates, then after
+				// napping for a while, run it again and delete any candidates
+				// that were found by the first run.
+				// Note: we will produce a separate output file for each of the
+				// two runs.
+				LOGGER.info(" Doing an auto-fix call to Grooming. ");
+				LOGGER.info(" First, Call doTheGrooming() to look at what's out there. ");
+				Boolean finalShutdownFlag = false;
+				Boolean cacheDbOkFlag = true;
+				int fixCandCount = doTheGrooming("", edgesOnlyFlag,
+						dontFixOrphansFlag, maxRecordsToFix, groomOutFileName,
+						ver, singleCommits, dupeCheckOff, dupeFixOn, ghost2CheckOff, ghost2FixOn, 
+						finalShutdownFlag, cacheDbOkFlag);
+				if (fixCandCount == 0) {
+					LOGGER.info(" No fix-Candidates were found by the first pass, so no second/fix-pass is needed. ");
+				} else {
+					// We'll sleep a little and then run a fix-pass based on the
+					// first-run's output file.
+					try {
+						LOGGER.info("About to sleep for " + sleepMinutes
+								+ " minutes.");
+						int sleepMsec = sleepMinutes * 60 * 1000;
+						Thread.sleep(sleepMsec);
+					} catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+						LOGGER.info("\n >>> Sleep Thread has been Interrupted <<< ");
+						System.exit(0);
+					}
+
+					d = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmm");
+					d.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
+					dteStr = d.format(new Date()).toString();
+					String secondGroomOutFileName = "dataGrooming." + dteStr
+							+ ".out";
+					LOGGER.info(" Now, call doTheGrooming() a second time and pass in the name of the file "
+									+ "generated by the first pass for fixing: ["
+									+ groomOutFileName + "]");
+					finalShutdownFlag = true;
+					cacheDbOkFlag = false;
+					doTheGrooming(groomOutFileName, edgesOnlyFlag,
+							dontFixOrphansFlag, maxRecordsToFix,
+							secondGroomOutFileName, ver, singleCommits,
+							dupeCheckOff, dupeFixOn, ghost2CheckOff, ghost2FixOn, 
+							finalShutdownFlag, cacheDbOkFlag);
+				}
+			} else {
+				// Do the grooming - plain vanilla (no fix-it-file, no
+				// auto-fixing)
+				Boolean finalShutdownFlag = true;
+				LOGGER.info(" Call doTheGrooming() ");
+				Boolean cacheDbOkFlag = true;
+				if( neverUseCache ){
+					// They have forbidden us from using a cached db connection.
+					cacheDbOkFlag = false;
+				}
+				doTheGrooming("", edgesOnlyFlag, dontFixOrphansFlag,
+						maxRecordsToFix, groomOutFileName, ver, singleCommits,
+						dupeCheckOff, dupeFixOn, ghost2CheckOff, ghost2FixOn, 
+						finalShutdownFlag, cacheDbOkFlag);
+			}
+		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			LOGGER.error("Exception while grooming data", ex);
+		}
+
+		LOGGER.info(" Done! ");
+		System.exit(0);
+
+	}// End of main()
+
+	/**
+	 * Do the grooming.
+	 *
+	 * @param fileNameForFixing the file name for fixing
+	 * @param edgesOnlyFlag the edges only flag
+	 * @param dontFixOrphansFlag the dont fix orphans flag
+	 * @param maxRecordsToFix the max records to fix
+	 * @param groomOutFileName the groom out file name
+	 * @param version the version
+	 * @param singleCommits the single commits
+	 * @param dupeCheckOff the dupe check off
+	 * @param dupeFixOn the dupe fix on
+	 * @param ghost2CheckOff the ghost 2 check off
+	 * @param ghost2FixOn the ghost 2 fix on
+	 * @param finalShutdownFlag the final shutdown flag
+	 * @param cacheDbOkFlag the cacheDbOk flag
+	 * @return the int
+	 */
+	private static int doTheGrooming(String fileNameForFixing,
+			Boolean edgesOnlyFlag, Boolean dontFixOrphansFlag,
+			int maxRecordsToFix, String groomOutFileName, String version,
+			Boolean singleCommits, 
+			Boolean dupeCheckOff, Boolean dupeFixOn,
+			Boolean ghost2CheckOff, Boolean ghost2FixOn, 
+			Boolean finalShutdownFlag, Boolean cacheDbOkFlag) {
+
+		LOGGER.debug(" Entering doTheGrooming \n");
+
+		int cleanupCandidateCount = 0;
+		BufferedWriter bw = null;
+		TitanGraph graph = null;
+		TitanGraph graph2 = null;
+		int deleteCount = 0;
+		boolean executeFinalCommit = false;
+		Set<String> deleteCandidateList = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		Set<String> processedVertices = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		TitanTransaction g = null;
+		TitanTransaction g2 = null;
+		try {
+			AAIConfig.init();
+			String targetDir = AAIConstants.AAI_HOME + AAIConstants.AAI_FILESEP
+					+ "logs" + AAIConstants.AAI_FILESEP + "data"
+					+ AAIConstants.AAI_FILESEP + "dataGrooming";
+
+			// Make sure the target directory exists
+			new File(targetDir).mkdirs();
+
+			if (!fileNameForFixing.equals("")) {
+				deleteCandidateList = getDeleteList(targetDir,
+						fileNameForFixing, edgesOnlyFlag, dontFixOrphansFlag,
+						dupeFixOn);
+			}
+
+			if (deleteCandidateList.size() > maxRecordsToFix) {
+				LOGGER.warn(" >> WARNING >>  Delete candidate list size ("
+						+ deleteCandidateList.size()
+						+ ") is too big.  The maxFix we are using is: "
+						+ maxRecordsToFix
+						+ ".  No candidates will be deleted. ");
+				// Clear out the list so it won't be processed below.
+				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);
+			try {
+				groomOutFile.createNewFile();
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				String emsg = " Problem creating output file ["
+						+ fullOutputFileName + "], exception=" + e.getMessage();
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6124", emsg);
+			}
+
+			LOGGER.info(" Will write to " + fullOutputFileName );
+			FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(groomOutFile.getAbsoluteFile());
+			bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);
+			ErrorLogHelper.loadProperties();
+			
+			LOGGER.info("    ---- NOTE --- about to open graph (takes a little while)--------\n");
+
+			if( cacheDbOkFlag ){
+				// Since we're just reading (not deleting/fixing anything), we can use 
+				// a cached connection to the DB
+				graph = TitanFactory.open(AAIConstants.CACHED_DB_CONFIG);
+			}
+			else {
+				graph = TitanFactory.open(AAIConstants.REALTIME_DB_CONFIG);
+			}
+			if (graph == null) {
+				String emsg = "null graph object in DataGrooming\n";
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6101", emsg);
+			}
+		
+			LOGGER.debug(" Got the graph object. ");
+			
+			g = graph.newTransaction();
+			if (g == null) {
+				String emsg = "null graphTransaction object in DataGrooming\n";
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6101", emsg);
+			}
+
+			
+			ArrayList<String> errArr = new ArrayList<>();
+			int totalNodeCount = 0;
+			HashMap<String, String> misMatchedHash = new HashMap<String, String>();
+			HashMap<String, TitanVertex> orphanNodeHash = new HashMap<String, TitanVertex>();
+			HashMap<String, TitanVertex> missingDepNodeHash = new HashMap<String, TitanVertex>();
+			HashMap<String, Edge> oneArmedEdgeHash = new HashMap<String, Edge>();
+			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();
+			String ntList = "";
+
+			LOGGER.info("  Starting DataGrooming Processing ");
+
+			if (edgesOnlyFlag) {
+				LOGGER.info(" NOTE >> Skipping Node processing as requested.  Will only process Edges. << ");
+			} 
+			else {
+				while (nodeMapKPropsIterator.hasNext()) {
+					String nType = nodeMapKPropsIterator.next();
+					int thisNtCount = 0;
+					int thisNtDeleteCount = 0;
+					LOGGER.debug(" >  Look at : [" + nType + "] ...");
+					ntList = ntList + "," + nType;
+
+					// 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 + ")"); 
+					}
+					
+					// 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);
+					}
+					
+					// Loop through all the nodes of this Node type
+					int lastShownForNt = 0;
+					ArrayList <TitanVertex> tmpList = new ArrayList <> ();
+					Iterable <?> verts =  g.query().has("aai-node-type",nType).vertices(); 
+					Iterator<?> iterv = verts.iterator();
+					while (iterv.hasNext()) {
+						// We put the nodes into an ArrayList because the graph.query iterator can time out
+						tmpList.add((TitanVertex)iterv.next());
+					}
+					
+					Iterator <?> iter = tmpList.iterator();
+					while (iter.hasNext()) {
+						try {
+							thisNtCount++;
+							if( thisNtCount == lastShownForNt + 250 ){
+								lastShownForNt = thisNtCount;
+								LOGGER.debug("count for " + nType + " so far = " + thisNtCount );
+							}
+							TitanVertex thisVtx = (TitanVertex) iter.next();
+							String thisVid = thisVtx.id().toString();
+							if (processedVertices.contains(thisVid)) {
+								LOGGER.debug("skipping already processed vertex: " + thisVid);
+								continue;
+							}
+							totalNodeCount++;
+							List <TitanVertex> secondGetList = new ArrayList <> ();
+							// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+							// For each vertex of this nodeType, we want to:
+							//		a) make sure that it can be retrieved using it's AAI defined key
+							//   	b) make sure that it is not a duplicate
+							// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+							
+							// For this instance of this nodeType, get the key properties 
+							HashMap<String, Object> propHashWithKeys = new HashMap<>();
+							Iterator<String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
+							while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
+								String propName = keyPropI.next();
+								String propVal = "";
+								//delete an already deleted vertex
+								Object obj = thisVtx.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null);
+								if (obj != null) {
+									propVal = obj.toString();
+								}
+								propHashWithKeys.put(propName, propVal);
+							}
+							try {
+								// If this node is dependent on another for uniqueness, then do the query from that parent node
+								// Note - all of our nodes that are dependent on others for uniqueness are 
+								// 		"children" of that node.
+								boolean depNodeOk = true;
+								if( depNodeTypes.isEmpty() ){
+									// This kind of node is not dependent on any other.
+									// Make sure we can get it back using it's key properties and that we only get one.
+									secondGetList = getNodeJustUsingKeyParams( TRANSID, FROMAPPID, g, nType, 
+											propHashWithKeys, version );
+								} 
+								else {
+									// This kind of node is dependent on another for uniqueness.  
+									// Start at it's parent (the dependent vertex) and make sure we can get it
+									// back using it's key properties and that we only get one.
+									Iterable <?> verts2 = thisVtx.query().direction(Direction.IN).has("isParent",true).vertices();
+									Iterator <?> vertI2 = verts2.iterator();
+									TitanVertex parentVtx = null;
+									int pCount = 0;
+									while( vertI2 != null && vertI2.hasNext() ){
+										parentVtx = (TitanVertex) vertI2.next();
+										pCount++;
+									}
+									if( pCount <= 0 ){
+									
+									
+									//List<Vertex> vertI2 = g.traversal().V(thisVtx).union(__.outE().has("isParent-REV",true).outV(),__.inE().has("isParent",true).inV()).toList();
+									//if( vertI2.isEmpty()){
+											
+										// It's Missing it's dependent/parent node 
+										depNodeOk = false;
+										boolean zeroEdges = false;
+										try {
+											Iterator<Edge> tmpEdgeIter = thisVtx.edges(Direction.BOTH);
+											int edgeCount = 0;
+											while( tmpEdgeIter.hasNext() ){
+												edgeCount++;
+												tmpEdgeIter.next();
+											}
+											if( edgeCount == 0 ){  
+												zeroEdges = true;
+											}
+										} catch (Exception ex) {
+											LOGGER.warn("WARNING from inside the for-each-vid-loop orphan-edges-check ", ex);
+										}
+										
+										if (deleteCandidateList.contains(thisVid)) {
+											boolean okFlag = true;
+											try {
+												processedVertices.add(thisVtx.id().toString());
+												thisVtx.remove();
+												deleteCount++;
+												thisNtDeleteCount++;
+											} catch (Exception e) {
+												okFlag = false;
+												LOGGER.error("ERROR trying to delete missing-dep-node VID = " + thisVid, e);
+											}
+											if (okFlag) {
+												LOGGER.info(" DELETED missing-dep-node VID = " + thisVid);
+											}
+										} else {
+											// We count nodes missing their depNodes two ways - the first if it has
+											//    at least some edges, and the second if it has zero edges.  Either
+											//    way, they are effectively orphaned.
+											// NOTE - Only nodes that have dependent nodes are ever considered "orphaned".
+											if( zeroEdges ){
+												missingDepNodeHash.put(thisVid,	thisVtx);
+											}
+											else {
+												orphanNodeHash.put(thisVid, thisVtx);
+											}
+										}
+									}
+									else if ( pCount > 1 ){
+										// Not sure how this could happen?  Should we do something here?
+										depNodeOk = false;
+									}
+									else {
+										// We found the parent - so use it to do the second-look.
+										// NOTE --- We're just going to do the same check from the other direction - because
+										//  there could be duplicates or the pointer going the other way could be broken
+										ArrayList <TitanVertex> tmpListSec = new ArrayList <> ();
+										tmpListSec = getConnectedChildren( g, parentVtx ) ;
+										Iterator<TitanVertex> vIter = tmpListSec.iterator();
+										while (vIter.hasNext()) {
+											TitanVertex tmpV = vIter.next();
+											if( vertexHasTheseKeys(tmpV, propHashWithKeys) ){
+												secondGetList.add(tmpV);
+											}
+										}
+									}
+								}
+								
+								if( depNodeOk && (secondGetList == null || secondGetList.size() == 0) ){
+									// We could not get the node back using it's own key info. 
+									// So, it's a PHANTOM
+									if (deleteCandidateList.contains(thisVid)) {
+										boolean okFlag = true;
+										try {
+											thisVtx.remove();
+											deleteCount++;
+											thisNtDeleteCount++;
+										} catch (Exception e) {
+											okFlag = false;
+											LOGGER.error("ERROR trying to delete phantom VID = " + thisVid, e);
+										}
+										if (okFlag) {
+											LOGGER.info(" DELETED VID = " + thisVid);
+										}
+									} else {
+										ghostNodeHash.put(thisVid, thisVtx);
+									}
+								}
+								else if( (secondGetList.size() > 1) && depNodeOk && !dupeCheckOff ){
+									// Found some DUPLICATES - need to process them
+									LOGGER.info(" - now check Dupes for this guy - ");
+									List<String> tmpDupeGroups = checkAndProcessDupes(
+												TRANSID, FROMAPPID, g, version,
+												nType, secondGetList, dupeFixOn,
+												deleteCandidateList, singleCommits,	dupeGroups, dbMaps);
+									Iterator<String> dIter = tmpDupeGroups.iterator();
+									while (dIter.hasNext()) {
+										// Add in any newly found dupes to our running list
+										String tmpGrp = dIter.next();
+										LOGGER.info("Found set of dupes: [" + tmpGrp + "]");
+										dupeGroups.add(tmpGrp);
+									}
+								}
+							} 
+							catch (AAIException e1) {
+								LOGGER.warn(" For nodeType = " + nType + " Caught exception", e1);
+								errArr.add(e1.getErrorObject().toString());
+							}
+							catch (Exception e2) {
+								LOGGER.warn(" For nodeType = " + nType
+										+ " Caught exception", e2);
+								errArr.add(e2.getMessage());
+							}
+						}// try block to enclose looping of a single vertex
+						catch (Exception exx) {
+							LOGGER.warn("WARNING from inside the while-verts-loop ", exx);
+						}
+						
+					} // while loop for each record of a nodeType
+					
+					if ( (thisNtDeleteCount > 0) && singleCommits ) {
+						// NOTE - the singleCommits option is not used in normal processing
+						g.commit();
+						g = AAIGraph.getInstance().getGraph().newTransaction();
+						
+					}
+					thisNtDeleteCount = 0;
+					LOGGER.info( " Processed " + thisNtCount + " records for [" + nType + "], " + totalNodeCount + " total overall. " );
+					
+				}// While-loop for each node type
+			}// end of check to make sure we weren't only supposed to do edges
+
+		
+			// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+			// Now, we're going to look for one-armed-edges. Ie. an edge that
+			// should have
+			// been deleted (because a vertex on one side was deleted) but
+			// somehow was not deleted.
+			// So the one end of it points to a vertexId -- but that vertex is
+			// empty.
+			// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+			// To do some strange checking - we need a second graph object
+			LOGGER.debug("    ---- DEBUG --- about to open a SECOND graph (takes a little while)--------\n");
+			// Note - graph2 just reads - but we want it to use a fresh connection to 
+			//      the database, so we are NOT using the CACHED DB CONFIG here.
+			graph2 = TitanFactory.open(AAIConstants.REALTIME_DB_CONFIG);
+			if (graph2 == null) {
+				String emsg = "null graph2 object in DataGrooming\n";
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6101", emsg);
+			} else {
+				LOGGER.debug("Got the graph2 object... \n");
+			}
+			g2 = graph2.newTransaction();
+			if (g2 == null) {
+				String emsg = "null graphTransaction2 object in DataGrooming\n";
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6101", emsg);
+			}
+			
+			ArrayList<Vertex> vertList = new ArrayList<>();
+			Iterable<? extends Vertex> vIt3 = g.query().vertices();
+			Iterator<? extends Vertex> vItor3 = vIt3.iterator();
+			// Gotta hold these in a List - or else HBase times out as you cycle
+			// through these
+			while (vItor3.hasNext()) {
+				Vertex v = vItor3.next();
+				vertList.add(v);
+			}
+			int counter = 0;
+			int lastShown = 0;
+			Iterator<Vertex> vItor2 = vertList.iterator();
+			LOGGER.info(" Checking for bad edges  --- ");
+
+			while (vItor2.hasNext()) {
+				Vertex v = null;
+				try {
+					try {
+						v = vItor2.next();
+					} catch (Exception vex) {
+						LOGGER.warn(">>> WARNING trying to get next vertex on the vItor2 ");
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					counter++;
+					String thisVertId = "";
+					try {
+						thisVertId = v.id().toString();
+					} catch (Exception ev) {
+						LOGGER.warn("WARNING when doing getId() on a vertex from our vertex list.  ");
+						continue;
+					}
+					if (ghostNodeHash.containsKey(thisVertId)) {
+						// This is a phantom node, so don't try to use it
+						LOGGER.info(" >> Skipping edge check for edges from vertexId = "
+										+ thisVertId
+										+ ", since that guy is a Phantom Node");
+						continue;
+					}
+					if (counter == lastShown + 250) {
+						lastShown = counter;
+						LOGGER.info("... Checking edges for vertex # "
+								+ counter);
+					}
+					Iterator<Edge> eItor = v.edges(Direction.BOTH);
+					while (eItor.hasNext()) {
+						Edge e = null;
+						Vertex vIn = null;
+						Vertex vOut = null;
+						try {
+							e = eItor.next();
+						} catch (Exception iex) {
+							LOGGER.warn(">>> WARNING trying to get next edge on the eItor ", iex);
+							continue;
+						}
+
+						try {
+							vIn = e.inVertex();
+						} catch (Exception err) {
+							LOGGER.warn(">>> WARNING trying to get edge's In-vertex ", err);
+						}
+						String vNtI = "";
+						String vIdI = "";
+						TitanVertex ghost2 = null;
+						
+						Boolean keysMissing = true;
+						Boolean cantGetUsingVid = false;
+						if (vIn != null) {
+							try {
+								Object ob = vIn.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+								if (ob != null) {
+									vNtI = ob.toString();
+									keysMissing = anyKeyFieldsMissing(vNtI, vIn, dbMaps);
+								}
+								ob = vIn.id();
+								long vIdLong = 0L;
+								if (ob != null) {
+									vIdI = ob.toString();
+									vIdLong = Long.parseLong(vIdI);
+								}
+								
+								if( ! ghost2CheckOff ){
+									TitanVertex connectedVert = g2.getVertex(vIdLong);
+									if( connectedVert == null ) {
+										LOGGER.warn( "GHOST2 -- got NULL when doing getVertex for vid = " + vIdLong);
+										cantGetUsingVid = true;
+										
+										// If we can NOT get this ghost with the SECOND graph-object, 
+										// it is still a ghost since even though we can get data about it using the FIRST graph 
+										// object.  
+										try {
+											 ghost2 = g.getVertex(vIdLong);
+										}
+										catch( Exception ex){
+											LOGGER.warn( "GHOST2 --  Could not get the ghost info for a bad edge for vtxId = " + vIdLong, ex);
+										}
+										if( ghost2 != null ){
+											ghostNodeHash.put(vIdI, ghost2);
+										}
+									}
+								}// end of the ghost2 checking
+							} 
+							catch (Exception err) {
+								LOGGER.warn(">>> WARNING trying to get edge's In-vertex props ", err);
+							}
+						}
+						if (keysMissing || vIn == null || vNtI.equals("")
+								|| cantGetUsingVid) {
+							// this is a bad edge because it points to a vertex
+							// that isn't there anymore or is corrupted
+							String thisEid = e.id().toString();
+							if (deleteCandidateList.contains(thisEid) || deleteCandidateList.contains(vIdI)) {
+								boolean okFlag = true;
+								if (!vIdI.equals("")) {
+									// try to get rid of the corrupted vertex
+									try {
+										if( (ghost2 != null) && ghost2FixOn ){
+											ghost2.remove();
+										}
+										else {
+											vIn.remove();
+										}
+										if (singleCommits) {
+											// NOTE - the singleCommits option is not used in normal processing
+											g.commit();
+											g = AAIGraph.getInstance().getGraph().newTransaction();
+										}
+										deleteCount++;
+									} catch (Exception e1) {
+										okFlag = false;
+										LOGGER.warn("WARNING when trying to delete bad-edge-connected VERTEX VID = "
+												+ vIdI, e1);
+									}
+									if (okFlag) {
+										LOGGER.info(" DELETED vertex from bad edge = "
+														+ vIdI);
+									}
+								} else {
+									// remove the edge if we couldn't get the
+									// vertex
+									try {
+										e.remove();
+										if (singleCommits) {
+											// NOTE - the singleCommits option is not used in normal processing
+											g.commit();
+											g = AAIGraph.getInstance().getGraph().newTransaction();
+										}
+										deleteCount++;
+									} catch (Exception ex) {
+										// NOTE - often, the exception is just
+										// that this edge has already been
+										// removed
+										okFlag = false;
+										LOGGER.warn("WARNING when trying to delete edge = "
+												+ thisEid);
+									}
+									if (okFlag) {
+										LOGGER.info(" DELETED edge = " + thisEid);
+									}
+								}
+							} else {
+								oneArmedEdgeHash.put(thisEid, e);
+								if ((vIn != null) && (vIn.id() != null)) {
+									emptyVertexHash.put(thisEid, vIn.id()
+											.toString());
+								}
+							}
+						}
+
+						try {
+							vOut = e.outVertex();
+						} catch (Exception err) {
+							LOGGER.warn(">>> WARNING trying to get edge's Out-vertex ");
+						}
+						String vNtO = "";
+						String vIdO = "";
+						ghost2 = null;
+						keysMissing = true;
+						cantGetUsingVid = false;
+						if (vOut != null) {
+							try {
+								Object ob = vOut.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+								if (ob != null) {
+									vNtO = ob.toString();
+									keysMissing = anyKeyFieldsMissing(vNtO,
+											vOut, dbMaps);
+								}
+								ob = vOut.id();
+								long vIdLong = 0L;
+								if (ob != null) {
+									vIdO = ob.toString();
+									vIdLong = Long.parseLong(vIdO);
+								}
+								
+								if( ! ghost2CheckOff ){
+									TitanVertex connectedVert = g2.getVertex(vIdLong);
+									if( connectedVert == null ) {
+										cantGetUsingVid = true;
+										LOGGER.info( "GHOST2 -- got NULL when doing getVertex for vid = " + vIdLong);
+										// If we can get this ghost with the other graph-object, then get it -- it's still a ghost
+										try {
+											 ghost2 = g.getVertex(vIdLong);
+										}
+										catch( Exception ex){
+											LOGGER.warn( "GHOST2 -- Could not get the ghost info for a bad edge for vtxId = " + vIdLong, ex);
+										}
+										if( ghost2 != null ){
+											ghostNodeHash.put(vIdO, ghost2);
+										}
+									}
+								}
+							} catch (Exception err) {
+								LOGGER.warn(">>> WARNING trying to get edge's Out-vertex props ", err);
+							}
+						}
+						if (keysMissing || vOut == null || vNtO.equals("")
+								|| cantGetUsingVid) {
+							// this is a bad edge because it points to a vertex
+							// that isn't there anymore
+							String thisEid = e.id().toString();
+							if (deleteCandidateList.contains(thisEid) || deleteCandidateList.contains(vIdO)) {
+								boolean okFlag = true;
+								if (!vIdO.equals("")) {
+									// try to get rid of the corrupted vertex
+									try {
+										if( (ghost2 != null) && ghost2FixOn ){
+											ghost2.remove();
+										}
+										else {
+											vOut.remove();
+										}
+										if (singleCommits) {
+											// NOTE - the singleCommits option is not used in normal processing
+											g.commit();
+											g = AAIGraph.getInstance().getGraph().newTransaction();
+										}
+										deleteCount++;
+									} catch (Exception e1) {
+										okFlag = false;
+										LOGGER.warn("WARNING when trying to delete bad-edge-connected VID = "
+												+ vIdO, e1);
+									}
+									if (okFlag) {
+										LOGGER.info(" DELETED vertex from bad edge = "
+														+ vIdO);
+									}
+								} else {
+									// remove the edge if we couldn't get the
+									// vertex
+									try {
+										e.remove();
+										if (singleCommits) {
+											// NOTE - the singleCommits option is not used in normal processing
+											g.commit();
+											g = AAIGraph.getInstance().getGraph().newTransaction();
+										}
+										deleteCount++;
+									} catch (Exception ex) {
+										// NOTE - often, the exception is just
+										// that this edge has already been
+										// removed
+										okFlag = false;
+										LOGGER.warn("WARNING when trying to delete edge = "
+												+ thisEid, ex);
+									}
+									if (okFlag) {
+										LOGGER.info(" DELETED edge = " + thisEid);
+									}
+								}
+							} else {
+								oneArmedEdgeHash.put(thisEid, e);
+								if ((vOut != null) && (vOut.id() != null)) {
+									emptyVertexHash.put(thisEid, vOut.id()
+											.toString());
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}// End of while-edges-loop
+				} catch (Exception exx) {
+					LOGGER.warn("WARNING from in the while-verts-loop ", exx);
+				}
+			}// End of while-vertices-loop
+
+			deleteCount = deleteCount + dupeGrpsDeleted;
+			if (!singleCommits && deleteCount > 0) {
+				try {
+					LOGGER.info("About to do the commit for "
+							+ deleteCount + " removes. ");
+					executeFinalCommit = true;
+					LOGGER.info("Commit was successful ");
+				} catch (Exception excom) {
+					LOGGER.error(" >>>> ERROR <<<<   Could not commit changes. ", excom);
+					deleteCount = 0;
+				}
+			}
+
+			int ghostNodeCount = ghostNodeHash.size();
+			int orphanNodeCount = orphanNodeHash.size();
+			int missingDepNodeCount = missingDepNodeHash.size();
+			int oneArmedEdgeCount = oneArmedEdgeHash.size();
+			int dupeCount = dupeGroups.size();
+
+			deleteCount = deleteCount + dupeGrpsDeleted;
+
+			bw.write("\n\n ============ Summary ==============\n");
+			bw.write("Ran these nodeTypes: " + ntList + "\n\n");
+			bw.write("There were this many delete candidates from previous run =  "
+					+ deleteCandidateList.size() + "\n");
+			if (dontFixOrphansFlag) {
+				bw.write(" Note - we are not counting orphan nodes since the -dontFixOrphans parameter was used. \n");
+			}
+			bw.write("Deleted this many delete candidates =  " + deleteCount
+					+ "\n");
+			bw.write("Total number of nodes looked at =  " + totalNodeCount
+					+ "\n");
+			bw.write("Ghost Nodes identified = " + ghostNodeCount + "\n");
+			bw.write("Orphan Nodes identified =  " + orphanNodeCount + "\n");
+			bw.write("Bad Edges identified =  " + oneArmedEdgeCount + "\n");
+			bw.write("Missing Dependent Edge (but not orphaned) node count = "
+					+ missingDepNodeCount + "\n");
+			bw.write("Duplicate Groups count =  " + dupeCount + "\n");
+			bw.write("MisMatching Label/aai-node-type count =  "
+					+ misMatchedHash.size() + "\n");
+
+			bw.write("\n ------------- Delete Candidates ---------\n");
+			for (Map.Entry<String, TitanVertex> entry : ghostNodeHash
+					.entrySet()) {
+				String vid = entry.getKey();
+				bw.write("DeleteCandidate: Phantom Vid = [" + vid + "]\n");
+				cleanupCandidateCount++;
+			}
+			for (Map.Entry<String, TitanVertex> entry : orphanNodeHash
+					.entrySet()) {
+				String vid = entry.getKey();
+				bw.write("DeleteCandidate: OrphanDepNode Vid = [" + vid + "]\n");
+				if (!dontFixOrphansFlag) {
+					cleanupCandidateCount++;
+				}
+			}
+			for (Map.Entry<String, Edge> entry : oneArmedEdgeHash.entrySet()) {
+				String eid = entry.getKey();
+				bw.write("DeleteCandidate: Bad EDGE Edge-id = [" + eid + "]\n");
+				cleanupCandidateCount++;
+			}
+			for (Map.Entry<String, TitanVertex> entry : missingDepNodeHash
+					.entrySet()) {
+				String vid = entry.getKey();
+				bw.write("DeleteCandidate: (maybe) missingDepNode Vid = ["
+						+ vid + "]\n");
+				cleanupCandidateCount++;
+			}
+			bw.write("\n-- NOTE - To see DeleteCandidates for Duplicates, you need to look in the Duplicates Detail section below.\n");
+
+			bw.write("\n ------------- GHOST NODES - detail ");
+			for (Map.Entry<String, TitanVertex> entry : ghostNodeHash
+					.entrySet()) {
+				try {
+					String vid = entry.getKey();
+					bw.write("\n ==> Phantom Vid = " + vid + "\n");
+					ArrayList<String> retArr = showPropertiesForNode(
+							TRANSID, FROMAPPID, entry.getValue());
+					for (String info : retArr) {
+						bw.write(info + "\n");
+					}
+	
+					retArr = showAllEdgesForNode(TRANSID, FROMAPPID,
+							entry.getValue());
+					for (String info : retArr) {
+						bw.write(info + "\n");
+					}
+				} catch (Exception dex) {
+					LOGGER.error("error trying to print detail info for a ghost-node:  ", dex);
+				}
+			}
+
+			bw.write("\n ------------- Missing Dependent Edge ORPHAN NODES - detail: ");
+			for (Map.Entry<String, TitanVertex> entry : orphanNodeHash
+					.entrySet()) {
+				try {
+					String vid = entry.getKey();
+					bw.write("\n> Orphan Node Vid = " + vid + "\n");
+					ArrayList<String> retArr = showPropertiesForNode(
+							TRANSID, FROMAPPID, entry.getValue());
+					for (String info : retArr) {
+						bw.write(info + "\n");
+					}
+	
+					retArr = showAllEdgesForNode(TRANSID, FROMAPPID,
+							entry.getValue());
+					for (String info : retArr) {
+						bw.write(info + "\n");
+					}
+				} catch (Exception dex) {
+					LOGGER.error("error trying to print detail info for a Orphan Node /missing dependent edge", dex);
+				}
+			}
+
+			bw.write("\n ------------- Missing Dependent Edge (but not orphan) NODES: ");
+			for (Map.Entry<String, TitanVertex> entry : missingDepNodeHash
+					.entrySet()) {
+				try {
+					String vid = entry.getKey();
+					bw.write("\n>  Missing edge to Dependent Node (but has edges) Vid = "
+							+ vid + "\n");
+					ArrayList<String> retArr = showPropertiesForNode(
+							TRANSID, FROMAPPID, entry.getValue());
+					for (String info : retArr) {
+						bw.write(info + "\n");
+					}
+	
+					retArr = showAllEdgesForNode(TRANSID, FROMAPPID,
+							entry.getValue());
+					for (String info : retArr) {
+						bw.write(info + "\n");
+					}
+				} catch (Exception dex) {
+					LOGGER.error("error trying to print detail info for a node missing its dependent edge but not an orphan", dex);
+				}
+			}
+
+			bw.write("\n ------------- EDGES pointing to empty/bad vertices: ");
+			for (Map.Entry<String, Edge> entry : oneArmedEdgeHash.entrySet()) {
+				try {
+					String eid = entry.getKey();
+					Edge thisE = entry.getValue();
+					String badVid = emptyVertexHash.get(eid);
+					bw.write("\n>  Edge pointing to bad vertex (Vid = "
+							+ badVid + ") EdgeId = " + eid + "\n");
+					bw.write("Label: [" + thisE.label() + "]\n");
+					Iterator<Property<Object>> pI = thisE.properties();
+					while (pI.hasNext()) {
+						Property<Object> propKey = pI.next();
+						bw.write("Prop: [" + propKey + "], val = ["
+								+ propKey.value() + "]\n");
+					}
+				} catch (Exception pex) {
+					LOGGER.error("error trying to print empty/bad vertex data: ", pex);
+				}
+			}
+
+			bw.write("\n ------------- Duplicates: ");
+			Iterator<String> dupeIter = dupeGroups.iterator();
+			int dupeSetCounter = 0;
+			while (dupeIter.hasNext()) {
+				dupeSetCounter++;
+				String dset = (String) dupeIter.next();
+
+				bw.write("\n --- Duplicate Group # " + dupeSetCounter
+						+ " Detail -----------\n");
+				try {
+					// We expect each line to have at least two vid's, followed
+					// by the preferred one to KEEP
+					String[] dupeArr = dset.split("\\|");
+					ArrayList<String> idArr = new ArrayList<>();
+					int lastIndex = dupeArr.length - 1;
+					for (int i = 0; i <= lastIndex; i++) {
+						if (i < lastIndex) {
+							// This is not the last entry, it is one of the
+							// dupes, so we want to show all its info
+							bw.write("    >> Duplicate Group # "
+									+ dupeSetCounter + "  Node # " + i
+									+ " ----\n");
+							String vidString = dupeArr[i];
+							idArr.add(vidString);
+							long longVertId = Long.parseLong(vidString);
+							Iterator<Vertex> vtxIterator = g.vertices(longVertId);
+							TitanVertex vtx = null;
+							if (vtxIterator.hasNext()) {
+								vtx = (TitanVertex)vtxIterator.next();
+							}
+							ArrayList<String> retArr = showPropertiesForNode(TRANSID, FROMAPPID, vtx);
+							for (String info : retArr) {
+								bw.write(info + "\n");
+							}
+
+							retArr = showAllEdgesForNode(TRANSID,
+									FROMAPPID, vtx);
+							for (String info : retArr) {
+								bw.write(info + "\n");
+							}
+						} else {
+							// This is the last entry which should tell us if we
+							// have a preferred keeper
+							String prefString = dupeArr[i];
+							if (prefString.equals("KeepVid=UNDETERMINED")) {
+								bw.write("\n For this group of duplicates, could not tell which one to keep.\n");
+								bw.write(" >>> This group needs to be taken care of with a manual/forced-delete.\n");
+							} else {
+								// If we know which to keep, then the prefString
+								// should look like, "KeepVid=12345"
+								String[] prefArr = prefString.split("=");
+								if (prefArr.length != 2
+										|| (!prefArr[0].equals("KeepVid"))) {
+									throw new Exception("Bad format. Expecting KeepVid=999999");
+								} else {
+									String keepVidStr = prefArr[1];
+									if (idArr.contains(keepVidStr)) {
+										bw.write("\n The vertex we want to KEEP has vertexId = "
+												+ keepVidStr);
+										bw.write("\n The others become delete candidates: \n");
+										idArr.remove(keepVidStr);
+										for (int x = 0; x < idArr.size(); x++) {
+											cleanupCandidateCount++;
+											bw.write("DeleteCandidate: Duplicate Vid = ["
+													+ idArr.get(x) + "]\n");
+										}
+									} else {
+										throw new Exception("ERROR - Vertex Id to keep not found in list of dupes.  dset = ["
+												+ dset + "]");
+									}
+								}
+							}// else we know which one to keep
+						}// else last entry
+					}// for each vertex in a group
+				} catch (Exception dex) {
+					LOGGER.error("error trying to print duplicate vertex data", dex);
+				}
+
+			}// while - work on each group of dupes
+
+			bw.write("\n ------------- Mis-matched Label/aai-node-type Nodes: \n ");
+			for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : misMatchedHash.entrySet()) {
+				String msg = entry.getValue();
+				bw.write("MixedMsg = " + msg + "\n");
+			}
+
+			bw.write("\n ------------- Got these errors while processing: \n");
+			Iterator<String> errIter = errArr.iterator();
+			while (errIter.hasNext()) {
+				String line = (String) errIter.next();
+				bw.write(line + "\n");
+			}
+
+			bw.close();
+
+			LOGGER.info("\n ------------- Done doing all the checks ------------ ");
+			LOGGER.info("Output will be written to " + fullOutputFileName);
+
+			if (cleanupCandidateCount > 0) {
+				// Technically, this is not an error -- but we're throwing this
+				// error so that hopefully a
+				// monitoring system will pick it up and do something with it.
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6123", "See file: [" + fullOutputFileName
+						+ "] and investigate delete candidates. ");
+			}
+		} catch (AAIException e) {
+			LOGGER.error("Caught AAIException while grooming data", e);
+			ErrorLogHelper.logException(e);
+		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			LOGGER.error("Caught exception while grooming data", ex);
+			ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_6128", ex.getMessage() + ", resolve and rerun dataGrooming");
+		} finally {
+
+			if (bw != null) {
+				try {
+					bw.close();
+				} catch (IOException iox) {
+					LOGGER.warn("Got an IOException trying to close bufferedWriter() \n", iox);
+				}
+			}
+			
+			if (g != null && !g.isClosed()) {
+				// Any changes that worked correctly should have already done
+				// their commits.
+				try {
+					if (executeFinalCommit) {
+						g.commit();
+					}
+					g.rollback();
+				} catch (Exception ex) {
+					// Don't throw anything because Titan sometimes is just saying that the graph is already closed
+					LOGGER.warn("WARNING from final graphTransaction.rollback()", ex);
+				}
+			}
+			
+			if (g2 != null && !g2.isClosed()) {
+				// Any changes that worked correctly should have already done
+				// their commits.
+				try {
+					g2.rollback();
+				} catch (Exception ex) {
+					// Don't throw anything because Titan sometimes is just saying that the graph is already closed
+					LOGGER.warn("WARNING from final graphTransaction2.rollback()", ex);
+				}
+			}
+				
+			if( finalShutdownFlag ){
+				try {
+					if( graph != null && graph.isOpen() ){
+						graph.tx().close();
+						graph.close();
+					}
+				} catch (Exception ex) {
+					// Don't throw anything because Titan sometimes is just saying that the graph is already closed{
+					LOGGER.warn("WARNING from final graph.shutdown()", ex);
+				}
+				
+				try {
+					if( graph2 != null && graph2.isOpen() ){
+						graph2.tx().close();
+						graph2.close();
+					}
+				} catch (Exception ex) {
+					// Don't throw anything because Titan sometimes is just saying that the graph is already closed{
+					LOGGER.warn("WARNING from final graph2.shutdown()", ex);
+				}
+			}
+				
+		}
+
+		return cleanupCandidateCount;
+
+	}// end of doTheGrooming()
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Vertex has these keys.
+	 *
+	 * @param tmpV the tmp V
+	 * @param propHashWithKeys the prop hash with keys
+	 * @return the boolean
+	 */
+	private static Boolean vertexHasTheseKeys( TitanVertex tmpV, HashMap <String, Object> propHashWithKeys) {
+		Iterator <?> it = propHashWithKeys.entrySet().iterator();
+		while( it.hasNext() ){
+			String propName = "";
+			String propVal = "";
+			Map.Entry <?,?>propEntry = (Map.Entry<?,?>)it.next();
+			Object propNameObj = propEntry.getKey();
+			if( propNameObj != null ){
+				propName = propNameObj.toString();
+			}
+			Object propValObj = propEntry.getValue();
+			if( propValObj != null ){
+				propVal = propValObj.toString();
+			}
+			Object checkValObj = tmpV.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null);
+			if( checkValObj == null ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			else if( !propVal.equals(checkValObj.toString()) ){
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+	}	
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Any key fields missing.
+	 *
+	 * @param nType the n type
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @return the boolean
+	 */
+	private static Boolean anyKeyFieldsMissing(String nType, Vertex v, DbMaps dbMaps) {
+
+		try {
+			// 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 {
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6105", "Required Property name(s) not found for nodeType = " + nType + ")"); 
+			}
+			
+			Iterator<String> keyPropI = keyPropNamesColl.iterator();
+			while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
+				String propName = keyPropI.next();
+				Object ob = v.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null);
+				if (ob == null || ob.toString().equals("")) {
+					// It is missing a key property
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (AAIException e) {
+			// Something was wrong
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the delete list.
+	 *
+	 * @param targetDir the target dir
+	 * @param fileName the file name
+	 * @param edgesOnlyFlag the edges only flag
+	 * @param dontFixOrphans the dont fix orphans
+	 * @param dupeFixOn the dupe fix on
+	 * @return the delete list
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	private static Set<String> getDeleteList(String targetDir,
+			String fileName, Boolean edgesOnlyFlag, Boolean dontFixOrphans,
+			Boolean dupeFixOn) throws AAIException {
+
+		// Look in the file for lines formated like we expect - pull out any
+		// Vertex Id's to delete on this run
+		Set<String> delList = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		String fullFileName = targetDir + AAIConstants.AAI_FILESEP + fileName;
+		BufferedReader br = null;
+		
+		try {
+			br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fullFileName));
+			String line = br.readLine();
+			while (line != null) {
+				if (!line.equals("") && line.startsWith("DeleteCandidate")) {
+					if (edgesOnlyFlag && (!line.contains("Bad Edge"))) {
+						// We're not going to process edge guys
+					} else if (dontFixOrphans && line.contains("Orphan")) {
+						// We're not going to process orphans
+					} else if (!dupeFixOn && line.contains("Duplicate")) {
+						// We're not going to process Duplicates
+					} else {
+						int begIndex = line.indexOf("id = ");
+						int endIndex = line.indexOf("]");
+						String vidVal = line.substring(begIndex + 6, endIndex);
+						delList.add(vidVal);
+					}
+				}
+				line = br.readLine();
+			}
+			br.close();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_6124", e, "Could not open input-file [" + fullFileName
+					+ "], exception= " + e.getMessage());
+		}
+
+		return delList;
+
+	}// end of getDeleteList
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the preferred dupe.
+	 *
+	 * @param transId the trans id
+	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
+	 * @param g the g
+	 * @param dupeVertexList the dupe vertex list
+	 * @param ver the ver
+	 * @return TitanVertex
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public static TitanVertex getPreferredDupe(String transId,
+			String fromAppId, TitanTransaction g,
+			ArrayList<TitanVertex> dupeVertexList, String ver, DbMaps dbMaps)
+			throws AAIException {
+
+		// This method assumes that it is being passed a List of vertex objects
+		// which
+		// violate our uniqueness constraints.
+
+		TitanVertex nullVtx = null;
+
+		if (dupeVertexList == null) {
+			return nullVtx;
+		}
+		int listSize = dupeVertexList.size();
+		if (listSize == 0) {
+			return nullVtx;
+		}
+		if (listSize == 1) {
+			return ((TitanVertex) dupeVertexList.get(0));
+		}
+
+		TitanVertex vtxPreferred = null;
+		TitanVertex currentFaveVtx = (TitanVertex) dupeVertexList.get(0);
+		for (int i = 1; i < listSize; i++) {
+			TitanVertex vtxB = (TitanVertex) dupeVertexList.get(i);
+			vtxPreferred = pickOneOfTwoDupes(transId, fromAppId, g,
+					currentFaveVtx, vtxB, ver, dbMaps);
+			if (vtxPreferred == null) {
+				// We couldn't choose one
+				return nullVtx;
+			} else {
+				currentFaveVtx = vtxPreferred;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return (currentFaveVtx);
+
+	} // end of getPreferredDupe()
+
+	/**
+	 * Pick one of two dupes.
+	 *
+	 * @param transId the trans id
+	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
+	 * @param g the g
+	 * @param vtxA the vtx A
+	 * @param vtxB the vtx B
+	 * @param ver the ver
+	 * @return TitanVertex
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public static TitanVertex pickOneOfTwoDupes(String transId,
+			String fromAppId, TitanTransaction g, TitanVertex vtxA,
+			TitanVertex vtxB, String ver, DbMaps dbMaps) throws AAIException {
+
+		TitanVertex nullVtx = null;
+		TitanVertex preferredVtx = null;
+
+		Long vidA = new Long(vtxA.id().toString());
+		Long vidB = new Long(vtxB.id().toString());
+
+		String vtxANodeType = "";
+		String vtxBNodeType = "";
+		Object obj = vtxA.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+		if (obj != null) {
+			vtxANodeType = obj.toString();
+		}
+		obj = vtxB.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+		if (obj != null) {
+			vtxBNodeType = obj.toString();
+		}
+
+		if (vtxANodeType.equals("") || (!vtxANodeType.equals(vtxBNodeType))) {
+			// Either they're not really dupes or there's some bad data - so
+			// don't pick one
+			return nullVtx;
+		}
+
+		// Check that node A and B both have the same key values (or else they
+		// are not dupes)
+		// (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 {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_6105", "Required Property name(s) not found for nodeType = " + vtxANodeType + ")"); 
+		}
+		
+		Iterator<String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
+		while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
+			String propName = keyPropI.next();
+			String vtxAKeyPropVal = "";
+			obj = vtxA.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null);
+			if (obj != null) {
+				vtxAKeyPropVal = obj.toString();
+			}
+			String vtxBKeyPropVal = "";
+			obj = vtxB.<Object>property(propName).orElse(null);
+			if (obj != null) {
+				vtxBKeyPropVal = obj.toString();
+			}
+
+			if (vtxAKeyPropVal.equals("")
+					|| (!vtxAKeyPropVal.equals(vtxBKeyPropVal))) {
+				// Either they're not really dupes or they are missing some key
+				// data - so don't pick one
+				return nullVtx;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Collect the vid's and aai-node-types of the vertices that each vertex
+		// (A and B) is connected to.
+		ArrayList<String> vtxIdsConn2A = new ArrayList<>();
+		ArrayList<String> vtxIdsConn2B = new ArrayList<>();
+		HashMap<String, String> nodeTypesConn2A = new HashMap<>();
+		HashMap<String, String> nodeTypesConn2B = new HashMap<>();
+
+		ArrayList<TitanVertex> vertListA = getConnectedNodes( g, vtxA );
+		if (vertListA != null) {
+			Iterator<TitanVertex> iter = vertListA.iterator();
+			while (iter.hasNext()) {
+				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();
+				}
+				nodeTypesConn2A.put(nt, conVid);
+				vtxIdsConn2A.add(conVid);
+			}
+		}
+
+		ArrayList<TitanVertex> vertListB = getConnectedNodes( g, vtxB );
+		if (vertListB != null) {
+			Iterator<TitanVertex> iter = vertListB.iterator();
+			while (iter.hasNext()) {
+				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();
+				}
+				nodeTypesConn2B.put(nt, conVid);
+				vtxIdsConn2B.add(conVid);
+			}
+		}
+
+		// 1 - If this kind of node needs a dependent node for uniqueness, then
+		// verify that they both nodes
+		// point to the same dependent node (otherwise they're not really
+		// duplicates)
+		// Note - there are sometimes more than one dependent node type since
+		// one nodeType can be used in
+		// 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);
+		}
+				
+		if (depNodeTypes.isEmpty()) {
+			// This kind of node is not dependent on any other. That is ok.
+		} else {
+			String depNodeVtxId4A = "";
+			String depNodeVtxId4B = "";
+			Iterator<String> iter = depNodeTypes.iterator();
+			while (iter.hasNext()) {
+				String depNodeType = iter.next();
+				if (nodeTypesConn2A.containsKey(depNodeType)) {
+					// This is the dependent node type that vertex A is using
+					depNodeVtxId4A = nodeTypesConn2A.get(depNodeType);
+				}
+				if (nodeTypesConn2B.containsKey(depNodeType)) {
+					// This is the dependent node type that vertex B is using
+					depNodeVtxId4B = nodeTypesConn2B.get(depNodeType);
+				}
+			}
+			if (depNodeVtxId4A.equals("")
+					|| (!depNodeVtxId4A.equals(depNodeVtxId4B))) {
+				// Either they're not really dupes or there's some bad data - so
+				// don't pick either one
+				return nullVtx;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (vtxIdsConn2A.size() == vtxIdsConn2B.size()) {
+			// 2 - If they both have edges to all the same vertices, then return
+			// the one with the lower vertexId.
+			boolean allTheSame = true;
+			Iterator<String> iter = vtxIdsConn2A.iterator();
+			while (iter.hasNext()) {
+				String vtxIdConn2A = iter.next();
+				if (!vtxIdsConn2B.contains(vtxIdConn2A)) {
+					allTheSame = false;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (allTheSame) {
+				if (vidA < vidB) {
+					preferredVtx = vtxA;
+				} else {
+					preferredVtx = vtxB;
+				}
+			}
+		} else if (vtxIdsConn2A.size() > vtxIdsConn2B.size()) {
+			// 3 - VertexA is connected to more things than vtxB.
+			// We'll pick VtxA if its edges are a superset of vtxB's edges.
+			boolean missingOne = false;
+			Iterator<String> iter = vtxIdsConn2B.iterator();
+			while (iter.hasNext()) {
+				String vtxIdConn2B = iter.next();
+				if (!vtxIdsConn2A.contains(vtxIdConn2B)) {
+					missingOne = true;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if (!missingOne) {
+				preferredVtx = vtxA;
+			}
+		} else if (vtxIdsConn2B.size() > vtxIdsConn2A.size()) {
+			// 4 - VertexB is connected to more things than vtxA.
+			// We'll pick VtxB if its edges are a superset of vtxA's edges.
+			boolean missingOne = false;
+			Iterator<String> iter = vtxIdsConn2A.iterator();
+			while (iter.hasNext()) {
+				String vtxIdConn2A = iter.next();
+				if (!vtxIdsConn2B.contains(vtxIdConn2A)) {
+					missingOne = true;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if (!missingOne) {
+				preferredVtx = vtxB;
+			}
+		} else {
+			preferredVtx = nullVtx;
+		}
+
+		return (preferredVtx);
+
+	} // end of pickOneOfTwoDupes()
+
+	/**
+	 * Check and process dupes.
+	 *
+	 * @param transId the trans id
+	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
+	 * @param g the g
+	 * @param version the version
+	 * @param nType the n type
+	 * @param passedVertList the passed vert list
+	 * @param dupeFixOn the dupe fix on
+	 * @param deleteCandidateList the delete candidate list
+	 * @param singleCommits the single commits
+	 * @param alreadyFoundDupeGroups the already found dupe groups
+	 * @param dbMaps the db maps
+	 * @return the array list
+	 */
+	private static List<String> checkAndProcessDupes(String transId,
+			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> returnList = new ArrayList<>();
+		ArrayList<TitanVertex> checkVertList = new ArrayList<>();
+		ArrayList<String> alreadyFoundDupeVidArr = new ArrayList<>();
+		Boolean noFilterList = true;
+		Iterator<String> afItr = alreadyFoundDupeGroups.iterator();
+		while (afItr.hasNext()) {
+			String dupeGrpStr = afItr.next();
+			String[] dupeArr = dupeGrpStr.split("\\|");
+			int lastIndex = dupeArr.length - 1;
+			for (int i = 0; i < lastIndex; i++) {
+				// Note: we don't want the last one...
+				String vidString = dupeArr[i];
+				alreadyFoundDupeVidArr.add(vidString);
+				noFilterList = false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// For a given set of Nodes that were found with a set of KEY
+		// Parameters, (nodeType + key data) we will
+		// see if we find any duplicate nodes that need to be cleaned up. Note -
+		// it's legit to have more than one
+		// node with the same key data if the nodes depend on a parent for
+		// uniqueness -- as long as the two nodes
+		// don't hang off the same Parent.
+		// If we find duplicates, and we can figure out which of each set of
+		// duplicates is the one that we
+		// think should be preserved, we will record that. Whether we can tell
+		// which one should be
+		// preserved or not, we will return info about any sets of duplicates
+		// found.
+		//
+		// Each element in the returned arrayList might look like this:
+		// "1234|5678|keepVid=UNDETERMINED" (if there were 2 dupes, and we
+		// couldn't figure out which one to keep)
+		// or, "100017|200027|30037|keepVid=30037" (if there were 3 dupes and we
+		// thought the third one was the one that should survive)
+
+		// Because of the way the calling code loops over stuff, we can get the
+		// same data multiple times - so we should
+		// not process any vertices that we've already seen.
+
+		try {
+			Iterator<TitanVertex> pItr = passedVertList.iterator();
+			while (pItr.hasNext()) {
+				TitanVertex tvx = (TitanVertex) pItr.next();
+				String passedId = tvx.id().toString();
+				if (noFilterList || !alreadyFoundDupeVidArr.contains(passedId)) {
+					// We haven't seen this one before - so we should check it.
+					checkVertList.add(tvx);
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (checkVertList.size() < 2) {
+				// Nothing new to check.
+				return returnList;
+			}
+
+			if (!dbMaps.NodeDependencies.containsKey(nType)) {
+				// 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
+				// vertices as duplicates.
+				String dupesStr = "";
+				for (int i = 0; i < checkVertList.size(); i++) {
+					dupesStr = dupesStr
+							+ ((TitanVertex) (checkVertList.get(i))).id()
+									.toString() + "|";
+				}
+				if (dupesStr != "") {
+					TitanVertex prefV = getPreferredDupe(transId, fromAppId,
+							g, checkVertList, version, dbMaps);
+					if (prefV == null) {
+						// We could not determine which duplicate to keep
+						dupesStr = dupesStr + "KeepVid=UNDETERMINED";
+						returnList.add(dupesStr);
+					} else {
+						dupesStr = dupesStr + "KeepVid=" + prefV.id();
+						Boolean didRemove = false;
+						if (dupeFixOn) {
+							didRemove = deleteNonKeepersIfAppropriate(g,
+									dupesStr, prefV.id().toString(),
+									deleteCandidateList, singleCommits);
+						}
+						if (didRemove) {
+							dupeGrpsDeleted++;
+						} else {
+							// keep them on our list
+							returnList.add(dupesStr);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				// More than one node have the same key fields since they may
+				// depend on a parent node for
+				// uniqueness. Since we're finding more than one, we want to
+				// check to see if any of the
+				// vertices that have this set of keys are also pointing at the
+				// same 'parent' node.
+				// Note: for a given set of key data, it is possible that there
+				// could be more than one set of
+				// duplicates.
+				HashMap<String, ArrayList<TitanVertex>> vertsGroupedByParentHash = groupVertsByDepNodes(
+						transId, fromAppId, g, version, nType,
+						checkVertList, dbMaps);
+				for (Map.Entry<String, ArrayList<TitanVertex>> entry : vertsGroupedByParentHash
+						.entrySet()) {
+					ArrayList<TitanVertex> thisParentsVertList = entry
+							.getValue();
+					if (thisParentsVertList.size() > 1) {
+						// More than one vertex found with the same key info
+						// hanging off the same parent/dependent node
+						String dupesStr = "";
+						for (int i = 0; i < thisParentsVertList.size(); i++) {
+							dupesStr = dupesStr
+									+ ((TitanVertex) (thisParentsVertList
+											.get(i))).id() + "|";
+						}
+						if (dupesStr != "") {
+							TitanVertex prefV = getPreferredDupe(transId,
+									fromAppId, g, thisParentsVertList,
+									version, dbMaps);
+
+							if (prefV == null) {
+								// We could not determine which duplicate to
+								// keep
+								dupesStr = dupesStr + "KeepVid=UNDETERMINED";
+								returnList.add(dupesStr);
+							} else {
+								Boolean didRemove = false;
+								dupesStr = dupesStr + "KeepVid="
+										+ prefV.id().toString();
+								if (dupeFixOn) {
+									didRemove = deleteNonKeepersIfAppropriate(
+											g, dupesStr, prefV.id()
+													.toString(),
+											deleteCandidateList, singleCommits);
+								}
+								if (didRemove) {
+									dupeGrpsDeleted++;
+								} else {
+									// keep them on our list
+									returnList.add(dupesStr);
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			LOGGER.warn(" >>> Threw an error in checkAndProcessDupes - just absorb this error and move on. ", e);
+		}
+
+		return returnList;
+
+	}// End of checkAndProcessDupes()
+
+	/**
+	 * Group verts by dep nodes.
+	 *
+	 * @param transId the trans id
+	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
+	 * @param g the g
+	 * @param version the version
+	 * @param nType the n type
+	 * @param passedVertList the passed vert list
+	 * @param dbMaps the db maps
+	 * @return the hash map
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	private static HashMap<String, ArrayList<TitanVertex>> groupVertsByDepNodes(
+			String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction g, String version,
+			String nType, ArrayList<TitanVertex> passedVertList, DbMaps dbMaps)
+			throws AAIException {
+		// Given a list of Titan Vertices, group them together by dependent
+		// nodes. Ie. if given a list of
+		// ip address nodes (assumed to all have the same key info) they might
+		// sit under several different parent vertices.
+		// Under Normal conditions, there would only be one per parent -- but
+		// we're trying to find duplicates - so we
+		// 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)) {
+			// 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
+			// hash.
+			return retHash;
+		}
+
+		// 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);
+		Iterator<String> ntItr = depNTColl.iterator();
+		while (ntItr.hasNext()) {
+			depNodeTypeL.add(ntItr.next());
+		}
+		// For each vertex, we want find its dependent vertex and add it to
+		// other vertexes that are dependent on that same guy.
+		if (passedVertList != null) {
+			Iterator<TitanVertex> iter = passedVertList.iterator();
+			while (iter.hasNext()) {
+				TitanVertex thisVert = iter.next();
+				ArrayList<TitanVertex> connectedVList = getConnectedNodes( g, thisVert );
+				Iterator<TitanVertex> connIter = connectedVList.iterator();
+				while (connIter.hasNext()) {
+					TitanVertex tvCon = connIter.next();
+					String conNt = "";
+					Object obj = tvCon.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+					if (obj != null) {
+						conNt = obj.toString();
+					}
+					if (depNTColl.contains(conNt)) {
+						// This must be the parent/dependent node
+						String parentVid = tvCon.id().toString();
+						if (retHash.containsKey(parentVid)) {
+							// add this vert to the list for this parent key
+							retHash.get(parentVid).add(thisVert);
+						} else {
+							// This is the first one we found on this parent
+							ArrayList<TitanVertex> vList = new ArrayList<>();
+							vList.add(thisVert);
+							retHash.put(parentVid, vList);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return retHash;
+
+	}// end of groupVertsByDepNodes()
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete non keepers if appropriate.
+	 *
+	 * @param g the g
+	 * @param dupeInfoString the dupe info string
+	 * @param vidToKeep the vid to keep
+	 * @param deleteCandidateList the delete candidate list
+	 * @param singleCommits the single commits
+	 * @return the boolean
+	 */
+	private static Boolean deleteNonKeepersIfAppropriate(TitanTransaction g,
+			String dupeInfoString, String vidToKeep,
+			Set<String> deleteCandidateList, Boolean singleCommits) {
+
+		Boolean deletedSomething = false;
+		// This assumes that the dupeInfoString is in the format of
+		// pipe-delimited vid's followed by
+		// ie. "3456|9880|keepVid=3456"
+		if (deleteCandidateList == null || deleteCandidateList.size() == 0) {
+			// No vid's on the candidate list -- so no deleting will happen on
+			// this run
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		String[] dupeArr = dupeInfoString.split("\\|");
+		ArrayList<String> idArr = new ArrayList<>();
+		int lastIndex = dupeArr.length - 1;
+		for (int i = 0; i <= lastIndex; i++) {
+			if (i < lastIndex) {
+				// This is not the last entry, it is one of the dupes,
+				String vidString = dupeArr[i];
+				idArr.add(vidString);
+			} else {
+				// This is the last entry which should tell us if we have a
+				// preferred keeper
+				String prefString = dupeArr[i];
+				if (prefString.equals("KeepVid=UNDETERMINED")) {
+					// They sent us a bad string -- nothing should be deleted if
+					// no dupe could be tagged as preferred
+					return false;
+				} else {
+					// If we know which to keep, then the prefString should look
+					// like, "KeepVid=12345"
+					String[] prefArr = prefString.split("=");
+					if (prefArr.length != 2 || (!prefArr[0].equals("KeepVid"))) {
+						LOGGER.error("Bad format. Expecting KeepVid=999999");
+						return false;
+					} else {
+						String keepVidStr = prefArr[1];
+						if (idArr.contains(keepVidStr)) {
+							idArr.remove(keepVidStr);
+
+							// So now, the idArr should just contain the vid's
+							// that we want to remove.
+							for (int x = 0; x < idArr.size(); x++) {
+								boolean okFlag = true;
+								String thisVid = idArr.get(x);
+								if (deleteCandidateList.contains(thisVid)) {
+									// This vid is a valid delete candidate from
+									// a prev. run, so we can remove it.
+									try {
+										long longVertId = Long
+												.parseLong(thisVid);
+										TitanVertex vtx = g
+												.getVertex(longVertId);
+										vtx.remove();
+										if (singleCommits) {
+											// NOTE - the singleCommits option is not used in normal processing
+											g.commit();
+											g = AAIGraph.getInstance().getGraph().newTransaction();
+										}
+									} catch (Exception e) {
+										okFlag = false;
+										LOGGER.error("ERROR trying to delete VID = " + thisVid, e);
+									}
+									if (okFlag) {
+										LOGGER.info(" DELETED VID = " + thisVid);
+										deletedSomething = true;
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						} else {
+							LOGGER.error("ERROR - Vertex Id to keep not found in list of dupes.  dupeInfoString = ["
+									+ dupeInfoString + "]");
+							return false;
+						}
+					}
+				}// else we know which one to keep
+			}// else last entry
+		}// for each vertex in a group
+
+		return deletedSomething;
+
+	}// end of deleteNonKeepersIfAppropriate()
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the node just using key params.
+	 *
+	 * @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 apiVersion the api version
+	 * @return the node just using key params
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public static List <TitanVertex> getNodeJustUsingKeyParams( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, String nodeType,
+			HashMap<String,Object> keyPropsHash, String apiVersion ) 	 throws AAIException{
+		
+		List <TitanVertex> retVertList = new ArrayList <> ();
+		
+		// We assume that all NodeTypes have at least one key-property defined.  
+		// Note - instead of key-properties (the primary key properties), a user could pass
+		//        alternate-key values if they are defined for the nodeType.
+		List<String> kName = new ArrayList<>();
+		List<Object> kVal = new ArrayList<>();
+		if( keyPropsHash == null || keyPropsHash.isEmpty() ) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", " NO key properties passed for this getNodeJustUsingKeyParams() request.  NodeType = [" + nodeType + "]. "); 
+		}
+		
+		int i = -1;
+		for( Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : keyPropsHash.entrySet() ){
+			i++;
+			kName.add(i, entry.getKey());
+			kVal.add(i, entry.getValue());
+		}
+		int topPropIndex = i;
+		TitanVertex tiV = null;
+		String propsAndValuesForMsg = "";
+		Iterable <?> verts = null;
+
+		try { 
+			if( topPropIndex == 0 ){
+				propsAndValuesForMsg = " (" + kName.get(0) + " = " + kVal.get(0) + ") ";
+				verts= graph.query().has(kName.get(0),kVal.get(0)).has("aai-node-type",nodeType).vertices();	
+			}	
+			else if( topPropIndex == 1 ){
+				propsAndValuesForMsg = " (" + kName.get(0) + " = " + kVal.get(0) + ", " 
+						+ kName.get(1) + " = " + kVal.get(1) + ") ";
+				verts =  graph.query().has(kName.get(0),kVal.get(0)).has(kName.get(1),kVal.get(1)).has("aai-node-type",nodeType).vertices();	
+			}	 		
+			else if( topPropIndex == 2 ){
+				propsAndValuesForMsg = " (" + kName.get(0) + " = " + kVal.get(0) + ", " 
+						+ kName.get(1) + " = " + kVal.get(1) + ", " 
+						+ kName.get(2) + " = " + kVal.get(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();			
+			}	
+			else if( topPropIndex == 3 ){
+				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) +  ") ";
+				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();			
+			}	 		
+			else {
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6114", " We only support 4 keys per nodeType for now \n"); 
+			}
+		}
+		catch( Exception ex ){
+			LOGGER.error( " ERROR trying to get node for: [" + propsAndValuesForMsg + "]", ex);
+		}
+
+		if( verts != null ){
+			Iterator <?> vertI = verts.iterator();
+			while( vertI.hasNext() ){
+				tiV = (TitanVertex) vertI.next();
+				retVertList.add(tiV);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if( retVertList.size() == 0 ){
+			LOGGER.debug("DEBUG No node found for nodeType = [" + nodeType +
+					"], propsAndVal = " + propsAndValuesForMsg );
+		}
+		
+		return retVertList;
+		
+	}// End of getNodeJustUsingKeyParams() 
+	
+	/**
+	 * 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
+	 */
+	private static ArrayList <String> showAllEdgesForNode( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanVertex tVert ){ 
+
+		ArrayList <String> retArr = new ArrayList <> ();
+		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 );
+				
+			}
+		}
+		
+		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 );
+			}
+		}
+		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
+	 */
+	private static ArrayList <String> showPropertiesForNode( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanVertex tVert ){ 
+
+		ArrayList <String> retArr = new ArrayList <> ();
+		if( tVert == null ){
+			retArr.add("null Node object passed to showPropertiesForNode()\n");
+		}
+		else {
+			String nodeType = "";
+			Object ob = tVert.<Object>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+			if( ob == null ){
+				nodeType = "null";
+			}
+			else{
+				nodeType = ob.toString();
+			}
+			
+			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.key() + "], val = [" + val + "] ");
+			}
+		}
+		return retArr;
+	}
+
+	
+	private static ArrayList <TitanVertex> getConnectedNodes(TitanTransaction g, TitanVertex startVtx ) 
+			throws AAIException {
+	
+		ArrayList <TitanVertex> retArr = new ArrayList <> ();
+		if( startVtx == null ){
+			return retArr;
+		}
+		else {
+			 GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> modPipe = null;
+			 modPipe = g.traversal().V(startVtx).both();
+			 if( modPipe != null && modPipe.hasNext() ){
+				while( modPipe.hasNext() ){
+					TitanVertex conVert = (TitanVertex) modPipe.next();
+					retArr.add(conVert);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return retArr;
+		
+	}// End of getConnectedNodes()
+	
+
+	private static ArrayList <TitanVertex> getConnectedChildren( TitanTransaction graph, 
+			TitanVertex startVtx ) throws AAIException{
+		
+		ArrayList <TitanVertex> childList = new ArrayList <> ();
+		
+		Iterable <?> verts = startVtx.query().direction(Direction.OUT).has("isParent",true).vertices();
+		Iterator <?> vertI = verts.iterator();
+		TitanVertex tmpVtx = null;
+		while( vertI != null && vertI.hasNext() ){
+			tmpVtx = (TitanVertex) vertI.next();
+			childList.add(tmpVtx);
+		}
+		
+		return childList;		
+
+	}// End of getConnectedChildren()
+
+	
+	
+	
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db33e4dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/DbMeth.java
@@ -0,0 +1,3643 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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/dbgen/GenTester.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/GenTester.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43f8f76b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/GenTester.java
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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 com.att.eelf.configuration.Configuration;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.TitanManagement;
+import org.openecomp.aai.dbmap.AAIGraph;
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+
+public class GenTester {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(GenTester.class);
+	
+	/**
+	 * The main method.
+	 *
+	 * @param args the arguments
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+	   
+		TitanGraph graph = null;
+		
+		// Set the logging file properties to be used by EELFManager
+		Properties props = System.getProperties();
+		props.setProperty(Configuration.PROPERTY_LOGGING_FILE_NAME, AAIConstants.AAI_CREATE_DB_SCHEMA_LOGBACK_PROPS);
+		props.setProperty(Configuration.PROPERTY_LOGGING_FILE_PATH, AAIConstants.AAI_HOME_ETC_APP_PROPERTIES);
+		boolean addDefaultCR = true;
+		
+		try {   
+			AAIConfig.init();
+	    	if (args != null && args.length > 0 ){
+	    		if( "genDbRulesOnly".equals(args[0]) ){
+	    			ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_3100",
+	    					" This option is no longer supported. What was in DbRules is now derived from the OXM files. ");
+	    			return;
+	    		}
+	    		else if ( "GEN_DB_WITH_NO_SCHEMA".equals(args[0]) ){
+		    		// Note this is done to create an empty DB with no Schema so that
+					// an HBase copyTable can be used to set up a copy of the db.
+					LOGGER.info("    ---- NOTE --- about to load a graph without doing any schema processing (takes a little while) --------   ");
+					graph = AAIGraph.getInstance().getGraph();
+			    	
+			       if( graph == null ){
+					   ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_5102", "Error creating Titan graph.");
+			           return;
+			       }
+			       else {
+			    	   LOGGER.auditEvent("Successfully loaded a Titan graph without doing any schema work.  ");
+			           return;
+			       }
+	    		} else if ("GEN_DB_WITH_NO_DEFAULT_CR".equals(args[0])) {
+	    			addDefaultCR = false;
+	    		}
+	    		else {
+	    			ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_3000", "Unrecognized argument passed to GenTester.java: [" + args[0] + "]. ");
+	    			LOGGER.error("Unrecognized argument passed to GenTester.java: [" + args[0] + "]. ");
+	    			LOGGER.error("Either pass no argument for normal processing, or use 'GEN_DB_WITH_NO_SCHEMA'.");
+	    			return;
+	    		}
+	    	}
+	    	
+			//AAIConfig.init();
+			ErrorLogHelper.loadProperties();
+			LOGGER.info("    ---- NOTE --- about to open graph (takes a little while)--------;");
+			graph = AAIGraph.getInstance().getGraph();
+	    	
+			if( graph == null ){
+				ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_5102", "Error creating Titan graph. ");
+				return;
+			}
+
+	       // Load the propertyKeys, indexes and edge-Labels into the DB
+	       TitanManagement graphMgt = graph.openManagement();
+
+	       LOGGER.info("-- Loading new schema elements into Titan --");
+	       SchemaGenerator.loadSchemaIntoTitan( graph, graphMgt, addDefaultCR );
+
+	    } catch(Exception ex) {
+	    	ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_4000", ex.getMessage());
+	    }
+	    
+
+	    if( graph != null ){
+		    LOGGER.info("-- graph commit");
+	        graph.tx().commit();
+
+		   	LOGGER.info("-- graph shutdown ");
+	        graph.close();
+	    }
+	    
+	    LOGGER.auditEvent("-- all done, if program does not exit, please kill.");
+	    System.exit(0);
+    }
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/PropertyLimitDesc.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/PropertyLimitDesc.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aad519e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/PropertyLimitDesc.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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;
+
+public enum PropertyLimitDesc {
+	SHOW_NONE,
+	SHOW_ALL,
+	SHOW_NAME_AND_KEYS_ONLY
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/SchemaGenerator.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/SchemaGenerator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb8e8977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgen/SchemaGenerator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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 com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.*;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.TitanManagement;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+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.ModelType;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeRule;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeRules;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+
+public class SchemaGenerator {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(SchemaGenerator.class);
+	private static boolean addDefaultCR = true;
+	
+	
+	 /**
+ 	 * Load schema into titan.
+ 	 *
+ 	 * @param graph the graph
+ 	 * @param graphMgmt the graph mgmt
+ 	 * @param addDefaultCloudRegion the add default cloud region
+ 	 */
+ 	public static void loadSchemaIntoTitan(final TitanGraph graph, final TitanManagement graphMgmt, boolean addDefaultCloudRegion) {
+		 addDefaultCR = addDefaultCloudRegion;
+		 loadSchemaIntoTitan(graph, graphMgmt);
+	 }
+	
+    /**
+     * Load schema into titan.
+     *
+     * @param graph the graph
+     * @param graphMgmt the graph mgmt
+     */
+    public static void loadSchemaIntoTitan(final TitanGraph graph, final TitanManagement graphMgmt) {
+
+    	try {
+    		AAIConfig.init();
+    	}
+    	catch (Exception ex){
+			LOGGER.error(" ERROR - Could not run AAIConfig.init(). ", ex);
+			System.exit(1);
+		}
+    	
+        // NOTE - Titan 0.5.3 doesn't keep a list of legal node Labels.  
+    	//   They are only used when a vertex is actually being created.  Titan 1.1 will keep track (we think).
+        	
+
+		// Use EdgeRules to make sure edgeLabels are defined in the db.  NOTE: the multiplicty used here is 
+    	// always "MULTI".  This is not the same as our internal "Many2Many", "One2One", "One2Many" or "Many2One"
+    	// We use the same edge-label for edges between many different types of nodes and our internal
+    	// multiplicty definitions depends on which two types of nodes are being connected.
+
+		Multimap<String, EdgeRule> edges = null;
+		Set<String> labels = new HashSet<>();
+		try {
+			edges = EdgeRules.getInstance().getAllRules();
+			for (EdgeRule rule : edges.values()) {
+				labels.add(rule.getLabel());
+			}
+		} catch (AAIException e) {
+			LOGGER.error("could not get edge rules", e);
+			System.exit(1);
+		}
+		for( String label: labels){
+			if( graphMgmt.containsRelationType(label) ) {
+            	LOGGER.debug(" EdgeLabel  [" + label + "] already existed. ");
+            } else {
+            	LOGGER.debug("Making EdgeLabel: [" + label + "]");
+            	graphMgmt.makeEdgeLabel(label).multiplicity(Multiplicity.valueOf("MULTI")).make();
+            }
+        }     
+
+		Loader loader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(ModelType.MOXY, AAIProperties.LATEST);
+		Map<String, Introspector> objs = loader.getAllObjects();
+		Map<String, PropertyKey> seenProps = new HashMap<>();
+		
+		for (Introspector obj : objs.values()) {
+			for (String propName : obj.getProperties()) {
+				String dbPropName = propName;
+				Optional<String> alias = obj.getPropertyMetadata(propName, PropertyMetadata.DB_ALIAS);
+				if (alias.isPresent()) {
+					dbPropName = alias.get();
+				}
+				if( graphMgmt.containsRelationType(propName) ){
+	            	LOGGER.debug(" PropertyKey  [" + propName + "] already existed in the DB. ");
+	            } else {
+	            	Class<?> type = obj.getClass(propName);
+	            	Cardinality cardinality = Cardinality.SINGLE;
+	            	boolean process = false;
+	            	if (obj.isListType(propName) && obj.isSimpleGenericType(propName)) {
+	            		cardinality = Cardinality.SET;
+	            		type = obj.getGenericTypeClass(propName);
+	            		process = true;
+	            	} else if (obj.isSimpleType(propName)) {
+	            		process = true;
+	            	}
+
+	            	if (process) {
+
+		            	LOGGER.info("Creating PropertyKey: [" + dbPropName + "], ["+ type.getSimpleName() + "], [" + cardinality + "]");
+		            	PropertyKey propK;
+		            	if (!seenProps.containsKey(dbPropName)) {
+		            		propK = graphMgmt.makePropertyKey(dbPropName).dataType(type).cardinality(cardinality).make();
+		            		seenProps.put(dbPropName, propK);
+		            	} else {
+		            		propK = seenProps.get(dbPropName);
+		            	}
+		            	if (graphMgmt.containsGraphIndex(dbPropName)) {
+			            	LOGGER.debug(" Index  [" + dbPropName + "] already existed in the DB. ");
+		            	} else {
+		            		if( obj.getIndexedProperties().contains(propName) ){
+			                 	if( obj.getUniqueProperties().contains(propName) ){
+			 						LOGGER.info("Add Unique index for PropertyKey: [" + dbPropName + "]");
+			                         graphMgmt.buildIndex(dbPropName,Vertex.class).addKey(propK).unique().buildCompositeIndex();
+			                     } else {
+			                     	LOGGER.info("Add index for PropertyKey: [" + dbPropName + "]");
+			                         graphMgmt.buildIndex(dbPropName,Vertex.class).addKey(propK).buildCompositeIndex();
+			                     }
+			                 } else {
+			                 	LOGGER.info("No index added for PropertyKey: [" + dbPropName + "]");
+			                 }
+		            	}
+	            	}
+	            }
+			}
+		}
+        
+        LOGGER.info("-- About to call graphMgmt commit");
+        graphMgmt.commit();
+    }// End of loadSchemaIntoTitan()
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/DbSearchWithTags.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/DbSearchWithTags.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cceb950b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/DbSearchWithTags.java
@@ -0,0 +1,366 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.dbgraphgen;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversal;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversalSource;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.__;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.step.util.Tree;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Element;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.DBSerializer;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Database-level Search-Utility class that uses edge-tags to help it navigate the graph.   
+ */
+public class DbSearchWithTags{
+
+	private EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(DbSearchWithTags.class);
+
+	private TransactionalGraphEngine engine;
+	
+	protected DbSearchWithTags() {
+		
+	}
+	public DbSearchWithTags(Loader loader, TransactionalGraphEngine engine, DBSerializer serializer) {
+		this.engine = engine;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Run edge tag query.
+	 *
+	 * @param transId the trans id
+	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
+	 * @param edgeTag the edge tag
+	 * @param searchRootType - root collection point when doing the search
+	 * @param displayRootType - if they want more data than would be included using the searchRootType, this
+	 *                            lets them specify it.
+	 * @param searchDirectionStr the search direction str
+	 * @param initialFilterHash the initial filter hash
+	 * @param secondaryFilterHash the secondary filter hash
+	 * @param pruneLevel   either "none", "searchLevel" or "displayLevel".
+	 * @param retNodeType    could be either "all" for the full map, or a single nodeType
+	 * @param trimList     list of nodes to "stop" at when collecting data
+	 * @return List<resultSet>
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	  public Tree<Vertex> runEdgeTagQuery( String transId, String fromAppId,
+			String edgeTag, 
+			String searchRootType, 
+			Map<String,Object> initialFilterHash, 
+			Map<String,Object> secondaryFilterHash) 
+			    throws AAIException{
+		
+		final String tag = edgeTag;
+		final String reverseTag = edgeTag + "-REV";
+		//max levels is not used at this time, but may be used again
+		int maxLevels = 50; // default value
+		String maxString = AAIConfig.get("aai.edgeTag.proc.max.levels");
+		if( maxString != null &&  !maxString.equals("") ){
+			try {
+				int maxVal = Integer.parseInt(maxString);
+				maxLevels = maxVal;
+			}
+			catch ( Exception nfe ){
+				// Don't worry, we will leave "maxLevels" set to the default value it was initialized with 
+			}
+		}
+	  
+		// First, we need to use the intialFilter plus the edgeTag to identify a set of search-root-nodes
+		HashMap <String, Vertex> searchRootHash = identifyTopNodeSet( transId, fromAppId,
+				edgeTag, searchRootType, initialFilterHash, maxLevels );
+		
+		
+		Set<String> keySet = searchRootHash.keySet();
+		Iterator<String> itr = keySet.iterator();
+		String[] arrayOfVertices = new String[keySet.size()];
+		int i = 0;
+		while (itr.hasNext()) {
+			arrayOfVertices[i] = itr.next();
+			i++;
+		}
+		//start from all vertices provided
+		//repeat checking the out edge for the tag and the in edge for reverse tag
+		//emit all vertices not already seen and start again
+		//return a tree structure of the vertices and edges touched by this traversal
+		Tree<Element> resultTree = this.engine.asAdmin().getReadOnlyTraversalSource().V(arrayOfVertices)
+				.emit().repeat(__.union(__.outE().has(tag, true), __.inE().has(reverseTag, true)).otherV()).tree().next();
+		
+		//the resulting tree includes the edges because of our query, we'll need to remove them
+		Tree<Vertex> sanitizedTree = removeUnwantedItems(resultTree);
+
+		//if we have secondary filters then check each tree returned for matches
+		if (!secondaryFilterHash.isEmpty()) {
+			filterOutResultTrees(sanitizedTree, secondaryFilterHash);
+	  	}
+		return sanitizedTree;
+		
+	  }// End of runEdgeTagQuery()
+	
+	/**
+	 * Identify top node set.
+	 *
+	 * @param transId the trans id
+	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
+	 * @param edgeTag the edge tag
+	 * @param topNodeType the top node type
+	 * @param initialFilterHash the initial filter hash
+	 * @param maxLevels the max levels
+	 * @return List<titanVertex>
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	  public HashMap<String, Vertex> identifyTopNodeSet( String transId, String fromAppId,
+			  String edgeTag, String topNodeType, Map<String,Object> initialFilterHash, int maxLevels )   
+					  throws AAIException {
+		  
+		  final String tag = edgeTag;
+		  final String reverseTag = edgeTag + "-REV";
+		  HashMap <String, Vertex> topVertHash = new HashMap <>();
+		  
+		  // Given the filter, we want to select all the nodes of the type the filter tells us that have the
+		  // 	property they gave us.
+		  // Then looping through those start points, we will look "up" and then "down" to find the set of target/top nodes.
+		 
+		  if( initialFilterHash == null || initialFilterHash.isEmpty() ){
+			  throw new AAIException("AAI_6118", " initialFilterHash is required for identifyInitialNodeSet() call. \n"); 
+		  }
+
+		  // NOTE: we're expecting the filter to have a format like this: "nodeType.parameterName:parameterValue"
+		  Iterator <?> it = initialFilterHash.entrySet().iterator();
+		  // -- DEBUG -- for now we only deal with ONE initial filter parameter
+		  //     it would be easy enough to deal with multiple parameters if they all
+		  //     applied to the same nodeType.
+		  String propNodeTypeDotName = "";
+		  String initNodeType = "";
+		  String initPropName = "";
+	 
+		  String extraChecks = "";
+		  
+		  String propVal = "";
+		  if( it.hasNext() ){
+			  Map.Entry<?,?> propEntry = (Map.Entry<?,?>) it.next();
+			  propNodeTypeDotName = (propEntry.getKey()).toString();
+			  propVal = (propEntry.getValue()).toString();
+		  }
+		  
+		  GraphTraversalSource source = this.engine.asAdmin().getReadOnlyTraversalSource();
+		  GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> g;
+		 		  
+		  int periodLoc = propNodeTypeDotName.indexOf(".");
+		  if( periodLoc <= 0 ){
+			  throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Bad filter param key passed in: [" + propNodeTypeDotName + "].  Expected format = [nodeName.paramName]\n"); 
+		  }
+		  else {
+			  initNodeType = propNodeTypeDotName.substring(0,periodLoc);
+			  initPropName = propNodeTypeDotName.substring(periodLoc + 1);
+			  
+			  //there used to be logic here that would do something special for generic-vnf.vnf-name and vserver.vserver-name
+			  //it would attempt a search as they sent it, if nothing came back, try as all upper, try as all lower, then fail
+			  //here it checks whether something comes back or not, if not change the case and try again
+			  if( (initNodeType.equals("generic-vnf") && initPropName.equals("vnf-name"))
+					  || (initNodeType.equals("vserver") && initPropName.equals("vserver-name")) ){
+				  if (!this.checkKludgeCase(initNodeType, initPropName, propVal)) {
+					  if (this.checkKludgeCase(initNodeType, initPropName, propVal.toUpperCase())) {
+						  propVal = propVal.toUpperCase();
+					  } else {
+						  if (this.checkKludgeCase(initNodeType, initPropName, propVal)) {
+							  propVal = propVal.toLowerCase();
+						  }
+					  }
+				  }
+			  }	
+			  g = source.V().has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, initNodeType).has(initPropName, propVal);
+			  
+			  //search all around bounded by our edge tag for start nodes that match our topNodeType
+			  if (!topNodeType.equals(initNodeType)) {
+				
+				g.union(__.<Vertex>start().until(__.has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, topNodeType))
+						 .repeat(__.union(__.inE().has(reverseTag, true), __.outE().has(tag, true)).otherV()),
+						 __.<Vertex>start().until(__.has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, topNodeType))
+						 .repeat(__.union(__.inE().has(tag, true), __.outE().has(reverseTag, true)).otherV())).dedup();
+			  }
+			  
+			  List<Vertex> results = g.toList();
+			  
+			  results.forEach(v -> {
+				  topVertHash.put(v.id().toString(), v);
+			  });
+		  }
+		  if( topVertHash.isEmpty() ){
+				// No Vertex was found  - throw a not-found exception
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6114", "No Node of type " + topNodeType + " found for properties: " + initialFilterHash.toString() + extraChecks);
+		  }
+		  else {
+			  return topVertHash;
+		  }
+		  
+	  }// End identifyInitialNodeSet()
+  	  
+	  /**
+	   * This is a carryover from the previous version.
+	   * We may be able to remove this.
+	   * 
+	   * @param nodeType
+	   * @param propName
+	   * @param propValue
+	   * @return
+	   */
+	  private boolean checkKludgeCase(String nodeType, String propName, String propValue) {
+		  return this.engine.getQueryBuilder().getVerticesByIndexedProperty(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, nodeType).getVerticesByProperty(propName, propValue).hasNext();
+	  }
+	  
+	/**
+	 * This method starts from the top of the tree object and checks each nested tree.
+	 * If that tree does not contain a node (or nodes) that match the filterHash, remove it
+	 * 
+	 * @param tree
+	 * @param filterHash
+	 * @throws AAIException
+	 */
+  	private void filterOutResultTrees(Tree<Vertex> tree, Map<String,Object> filterHash) throws AAIException {
+  		Set<Vertex> topLevelKeys = new LinkedHashSet<>(tree.keySet());
+  		for (Vertex topLevel : topLevelKeys) {
+			if (!this.checkVertexWithFilters(topLevel, filterHash)) {
+				if (!filterOutResultTreesHelper(tree.get(topLevel), filterHash)) {
+					//if we never found anything to satisfy our filter, remove the entire result tree
+					tree.remove(topLevel);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+  	}
+  	
+  	/**
+  	 * Checks all vertices of a tree with the provided filterHash
+  	 * 
+  	 * @param tree
+  	 * @param filterHash
+  	 * @return
+  	 * @throws AAIException
+  	 */
+  	private boolean filterOutResultTreesHelper(Tree<Vertex> tree, Map<String,Object> filterHash) throws AAIException {
+  		
+  		Set<Vertex> keys = tree.keySet();
+
+  		for (Vertex v : keys) {
+  			if (checkVertexWithFilters(v, filterHash)) {
+  				return true;
+  			} else {
+  				if (filterOutResultTreesHelper(tree.get(v), filterHash)) {
+  	  				return true;
+  	  			}
+  			}
+  		}
+  		
+  		return false;
+  	}
+  	/**
+  	 * Checks whether a vertex matches the filterHash provided
+  	 * 
+  	 * @param v
+  	 * @param filterHash
+  	 * @return
+  	 * @throws AAIException
+  	 */
+  	private boolean checkVertexWithFilters(Vertex v, Map<String,Object> filterHash) throws AAIException {
+		Iterator <?> it = filterHash.entrySet().iterator();
+
+  		while( it.hasNext() ){
+			  Map.Entry<?,?> filtEntry = (Map.Entry<?,?>) it.next();
+			  String propNodeTypeDotName = (filtEntry.getKey()).toString();
+			  String value = (filtEntry.getValue()).toString();
+			  
+			  int periodLoc = propNodeTypeDotName.indexOf(".");
+			  if( periodLoc <= 0 ){
+				  throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Bad filter param key passed in: [" + propNodeTypeDotName + "].  Expected format = [nodeName.paramName]\n"); 
+			  }
+			  else {
+				  String nodeType = propNodeTypeDotName.substring(0,periodLoc);
+				  String propertyName = propNodeTypeDotName.substring(periodLoc + 1);
+				  String nt = v.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+				  if( nt.equals( nodeType ) ){
+					  if( propertyName.equals("vertex-id") ){
+						  // vertex-id can't be gotten the same way as other properties
+						  String thisVtxId = v.id().toString();
+						  if( thisVtxId.equals(value) ){
+							  return true;
+						  }
+					  }
+					  else {
+						  Object thisValObj = v.property(propertyName).orElse(null);
+						  if( thisValObj != null ){
+							  String thisVal = thisValObj.toString();
+							  if( thisVal.equals(value) ){
+								  return true;
+							  }
+						  }
+					  }
+				  }				  
+			  }
+		  }
+  		
+		 return false;
+  	}
+  	
+  	/**
+  	 * Removes every other tree from the originalTree provided.
+  	 * It is designed to specifically handle removing unwanted edges from the originalTree
+  	 * @param originalTree
+  	 * @return
+  	 */
+  	private Tree<Vertex> removeUnwantedItems(Tree<Element> originalTree) {
+  		
+  		Tree<Vertex> newTree = new Tree<>();
+  		Set<Element> keys = originalTree.keySet();
+  		for (Element element : keys) {
+  			newTree.put((Vertex)element, removeUnwantedItemsHelper(originalTree.get(element).getTreesAtDepth(2)));
+  		}
+
+  		return newTree;
+  		
+  		
+  	}
+  	
+  	private Tree<Vertex> removeUnwantedItemsHelper(List<Tree<Element>> originalTrees) {
+  		Tree<Vertex> newTree = new Tree<>();
+  		for (Tree<Element> tree : originalTrees) {
+  			newTree.addTree(removeUnwantedItems(tree));
+  		}
+  		
+  		return newTree;
+  	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmap/AAIGraph.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmap/AAIGraph.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4be1a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmap/AAIGraph.java
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.dbmap;
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.exception.ExceptionUtils;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.io.IoCore;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.dbgen.SchemaGenerator;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanFactory;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanTransaction;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.TitanManagement;
+
+/**
+ * Database Mapping class which acts as the middle man between the REST
+ * interface objects and Titan DB objects. This class provides methods to commit
+ * the objects received on the REST interface into the Titan graph database as
+ * vertices and edges. Transactions are also managed here by using a TitanGraph
+ * object to load, commit/rollback and shutdown for each request. The data model
+ * rules such as keys/required properties are handled by calling DBMeth methods
+ * which are driven by a specification file in json.
+ * 
+ 
+ */
+public class AAIGraph {
+
+	protected Map<String, TitanGraph> graphs = new HashMap<>();
+	protected static final String COMPONENT = "aaidbmap";
+	private final String REALTIME_DB = "realtime";
+	private final String CACHED_DB = "cached";
+	private final EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(this.getClass().getSimpleName());
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI graph.
+	 */
+	private AAIGraph() {
+		try {
+			String rtConfig = System.getProperty("realtime.db.config");
+			String cachedConfig = System.getProperty("cached.db.config");
+			if (rtConfig == null) {
+				rtConfig = AAIConstants.REALTIME_DB_CONFIG;
+			}
+			if (cachedConfig == null) {
+				cachedConfig = AAIConstants.CACHED_DB_CONFIG;
+			}
+			this.loadGraph(REALTIME_DB, rtConfig);
+			this.loadGraph(CACHED_DB, cachedConfig);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Failed to instantiate graphs", e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private static class Helper {
+		private static final AAIGraph INSTANCE = new AAIGraph();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the single instance of AAIGraph.
+	 *
+	 * @return single instance of AAIGraph
+	 */
+	public static AAIGraph getInstance() {
+		return Helper.INSTANCE;
+	}
+	
+	private void loadGraph(String name, String configPath) throws AAIException {
+		try {
+			final TitanGraph graph = TitanFactory.open(configPath);
+			InputStream is = new FileInputStream(configPath);
+	        Properties graphProps = new Properties();
+	        graphProps.load(is);
+	        
+			if (graphProps.get("storage.backend").equals("inmemory")) { 
+				// Load the propertyKeys, indexes and edge-Labels into the DB
+				loadSchema(graph);
+				if (graphProps.containsKey("load.snapshot.file")) {
+					String value = graphProps.getProperty("load.snapshot.file");
+					if ("true".equals(value)) {
+						try {
+							String location = System.getProperty("snapshot.location");
+							logAndPrint(logger, "Loading snapshot to inmemory graph.");
+							TitanTransaction transaction = graph.newTransaction();
+							transaction.io(IoCore.graphson()).readGraph(location);
+							transaction.commit();
+							logAndPrint(logger, "Snapshot loaded to inmemory graph.");
+						} catch (IOException e) {
+							graph.close();
+							logAndPrint(logger, "ERROR: Could not load datasnapshot to in memory graph. \n" + ExceptionUtils.getFullStackTrace(e));
+							System.exit(0);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			
+			if (graph == null) {
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_5102");
+			}
+			
+			graphs.put(name, graph);
+		} catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_4001");
+	    } catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_4002");
+
+	    }
+	}
+	
+	private void loadSchema(TitanGraph graph) {
+		// Load the propertyKeys, indexes and edge-Labels into the DB
+		TitanManagement graphMgt = graph.openManagement();
+		
+		System.out.println("-- loading schema into Titan");
+		SchemaGenerator.loadSchemaIntoTitan( graph, graphMgt );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Graph shutdown.
+	 */
+	public void graphShutdown() {
+		graphs.get(REALTIME_DB).close();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the graph.
+	 *
+	 * @return the graph
+	 */
+	public TitanGraph getGraph() {
+		return graphs.get(REALTIME_DB);
+	}
+	
+	public void graphShutdown(DBConnectionType connectionType) {
+		
+		graphs.get(this.getGraphName(connectionType)).close();
+	}
+	
+	public TitanGraph getGraph(DBConnectionType connectionType) {
+		return graphs.get(this.getGraphName(connectionType));
+	}
+	
+	private String getGraphName(DBConnectionType connectionType) {
+		String graphName = "";
+		if (DBConnectionType.CACHED.equals(connectionType)) {
+			graphName = this.CACHED_DB;
+		} else if (DBConnectionType.REALTIME.equals(connectionType)) {
+			graphName = this.REALTIME_DB;
+		}
+		
+		return graphName;
+	}
+	
+	private void logAndPrint(EELFLogger logger, String msg) {
+		System.out.println(msg);
+		logger.info(msg);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmap/DBConnectionType.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmap/DBConnectionType.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2c01e21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmap/DBConnectionType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.dbmap;
+
+public enum DBConnectionType {
+	REALTIME,
+	CACHED
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmodel/DbEdgeRules.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmodel/DbEdgeRules.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a56fc69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmodel/DbEdgeRules.java
@@ -0,0 +1,472 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.dbmodel;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSetMultimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+
+public class DbEdgeRules {
+
+	/*
+	 * The EdgeRules data is set up as a key (fromNodeTypeA|toNodeTypeB) mapped
+	 * to a string which holds the info we need to build an edge from nodeTypeA
+	 * to nodeTypeB. Note -- the MultiMap will let us define more than one type
+	 * of edge between a given pair of nodeTypes, but for now we never define
+	 * more than one.
+	 * 
+	 * The edgeInfo part is comma separated and looks like this:
+	 * "edgeLabel,direction,multiplicityRule,isParent,usesResource,hasDelTarget,SVC-INFRA" This
+	 * format is encoded into the EdgeInfoMap below. 
+	 * MultiplicityRule can be either "Many2Many", "Many2One", "One2Many" or "One2One"
+	 * The values for the things after multiplicityRule can be either "true", "false" or "reverse". "reverse" is
+	 * really saying that this tag does apply, but the edge will be traversed
+	 * the opposite way from the same tag that just has "true".
+	 */
+	public static final Map<Integer, String> EdgeInfoMap;
+	static {
+		EdgeInfoMap = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(0, "edgeLabel");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(1, "direction");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(2, "multiplicityRule");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(3, "isParent");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(4, "usesResource");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(5, "hasDelTarget");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(6, "SVC-INFRA");
+	}
+	
+	public static Integer firstTagIndex = 3;
+
+	public static final Multimap<String, String> EdgeRules = new ImmutableSetMultimap.Builder<String, String>()
+			.putAll("availability-zone|complex",
+					"groupsResourcesIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("availability-zone|service-capability",
+					"supportsServiceCapability,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|complex",
+					"locatedIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|l3-network",
+					"uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|tenant",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|image",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|flavor",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|availability-zone",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|oam-network",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|dvs-switch",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|volume-group",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,true,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|group-assignment",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|snapshot",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|zone",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("complex|ctag-pool",
+					"hasCtagPool,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("complex|l3-network",
+					"usesL3Network,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("ctag-pool|availability-zone",
+					"supportsAvailabilityZone,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("customer|service-subscription",
+					"subscribesTo,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("dvs-switch|availability-zone",
+					"existsIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|availability-zone",
+					"hasAvailabilityZone,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|lag-interface",
+					"hasLAGInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|l3-network",
+					"usesL3Network,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|pserver",
+					"runsOnPserver,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|vnf-image",
+					"usesVnfImage,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|vserver",
+					"runsOnVserver,OUT,One2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|service-instance",
+					"hasInstance,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|site-pair-set",
+					"hasSitePairSet,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|network-profile",
+					"hasNetworkProfile,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("group-assignment|tenant",
+					"has,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("group-assignment|pserver",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("image|metadata", "hasMetaData,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("image|metadatum",
+					"hasMetaDatum,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l-interface|instance-group",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")			
+			.putAll("l-interface|l3-interface-ipv4-address-list",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l-interface|l3-interface-ipv6-address-list",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l-interface|l-interface",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l-interface|logical-link",
+					"usesLogicalLink,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,true,true")
+			.putAll("lag-interface|logical-link",
+					"uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,true,true")
+			.putAll("l-interface|vlan","hasVlan,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l-interface|sriov-vf","has,OUT,One2One,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv4-address-list|instance-group",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv6-address-list|instance-group",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv4-address-list|l3-network",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv6-address-list|l3-network",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv4-address-list|subnet",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv6-address-list|subnet",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-network|vpn-binding",
+					"usesVpnBinding,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l3-network|subnet",
+					"hasSubnet,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("l3-network|service-instance",
+					"hasInstance,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("l3-network|ctag-assignment",
+					"hasCtagAssignment,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-network|network-policy",
+					"uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-network|segmentation-assignment",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l3-network|route-table-reference",
+					"uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("lag-interface|lag-link",
+					"usesLAGLink,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,true,true")
+			.putAll("lag-interface|p-interface",
+					"usesPInterface,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("lag-interface|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")		
+			.putAll("logical-link|lag-link",
+					"usesLAGLink,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")	
+			.putAll("logical-link|pnf",
+					"bridgedTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")	
+			.putAll("logical-link|logical-link",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,true")	
+			.putAll("model|model-ver",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-ver|model-element",
+					"startsWith,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-element|model-ver",
+					"isA,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-ver|metadatum",
+					"hasMetaData,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-element|model-element",
+					"connectsTo,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-element|model-constraint",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-element|constrained-element-set",
+					"connectsTo,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-constraint|constrained-element-set",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("constrained-element-set|element-choice-set",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("element-choice-set|model-element",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query|model",
+					"relatedTo,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query|named-query-element",
+					"startsWith,OUT,One2One,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query-element|named-query-element",
+					"connectsTo,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query-element|model",
+					"isA,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query-element|property-constraint",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query-element|related-lookup",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("instance-group|model",
+					"targets,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("newvce|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("oam-network|complex",
+					"definedFor,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("oam-network|service-capability",
+					"supportsServiceCapability,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("p-interface|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("p-interface|physical-link",
+					"usesPhysicalLink,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,true,false")
+			.putAll("p-interface|logical-link",
+                    "usesLogicalLink,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")		
+			.putAll("port-group|cvlan-tag", "hasCTag,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|complex", "locatedIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|cloud-region","locatedIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|availability-zone","existsIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|lag-interface",
+					"hasLAGInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|p-interface",
+					"hasPinterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|zone",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")	
+			.putAll("pnf|p-interface",
+					"hasPinterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("pnf|lag-interface",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pnf|complex",
+					"locatedIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")	
+			.putAll("pnf|instance-group",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")	
+			.putAll("pnf|zone",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")	
+			.putAll("service-instance|cvlan-tag",
+					"hasIPAGFacingVLAN,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,false")			
+			.putAll("service-instance|pnf",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,false,true,false,false")	
+			.putAll("service-subscription|service-instance",
+					"hasInstance,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("site-pair-set|routing-instance",
+					"hasRoutingInstance,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("routing-instance|site-pair",
+					"hasSitePair,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")					
+			.putAll("site-pair|class-of-service",
+					"hasClassOfService,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("tenant|l3-network",
+					"usesL3Network,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("tenant|service-subscription",
+					"relatedTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("tenant|vserver", "owns,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("vce|availability-zone",
+					"hasAvailabilityZone,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vce|complex", "locatedIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vce|port-group", "hasPortGroup,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vce|vserver", "runsOnVserver,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vce|service-instance",
+					"hasServiceInstance,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("virtual-data-center|generic-vnf",
+					"hasVNF,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("vlan|l3-interface-ipv4-address-list",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vlan|l3-interface-ipv6-address-list",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vpe|complex", "locatedIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpe|ctag-pool", "usesCtagPool,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpe|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpe|lag-interface",
+					"hasLAGInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpe|vserver", "runsOnVserver,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpls-pe|complex", "locatedIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpls-pe|ctag-pool",
+					"usesCtagPool,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpls-pe|p-interface",
+					"hasPinterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpls-pe|lag-interface",
+					"hasLAGinterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vserver|flavor", "hasFlavor,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|image", "hasImage,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|ipaddress",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,false")
+			.putAll("vserver|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|pserver",
+					"runsOnPserver,OUT,Many2One,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|volume", "hasVolume,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|vnfc", "hosts,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|snapshot", "uses,OUT,One2One,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("service-instance|connector", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("service-instance|metadatum", "hasMetaData,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("service-instance|logical-link", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,true,false")
+			.putAll("service-instance|vlan", "dependsOn,OUT,One2Many,false,true,false,false")
+			.putAll("service-instance|service-instance", "dependsOn,OUT,One2Many,false,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("connector|virtual-data-center", "contains,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("connector|metadatum", "hasMetaData,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("virtual-data-center|logical-link", "contains,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("logical-link|generic-vnf", "bridgedTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("logical-link|pserver", "bridgedTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("vlan|multicast-configuration", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("volume-group|complex", "existsIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("volume-group|tenant", "belongsTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("ipsec-configuration|vig-server", "hasVigServer,OUT,One2Many,true,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|ipsec-configuration", "uses,OUT,Many2One,false,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("vf-module|volume-group", "uses,OUT,One2One,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("vserver|vf-module", "isPartOf,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("vf-module|l3-network", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("vf-module|vnfc", "uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,true,true")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|vf-module", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|volume-group", "uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|vnfc", "uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,true,true")
+            .putAll("vlan|logical-link", "usesLogicalLink,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,true,true")
+            .putAll("vpn-binding|route-target", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("service-instance|ctag-assignment","uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            // The next edge is needed in 1702 but will be worked in user story AAI-6848
+            //.putAll("service-instance|allotted-resource", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("allotted-resource|generic-vnf", "isPartOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("allotted-resource|l3-network", "isPartOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("allotted-resource|instance-group", "isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("allotted-resource|network-policy", "uses,OUT,One2One,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("allotted-resource|vlan", "isPartOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|instance-group", "isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("service-instance|instance-group", "isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")      
+            .putAll("allotted-resource|tunnel-xconnect", "has,OUT,One2One,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("logical-link|cloud-region", "existsIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("logical-link|vpn-binding", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|entitlement", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|license", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("vce|entitlement", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("vce|license", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("vpe|entitlement", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("vpe|license", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("zone|complex", "existsIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("service-instance|allotted-resource", "has,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("service-instance|allotted-resource", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.build();
+
+	public static final Multimap<String, String> DefaultDeleteScope = new ImmutableSetMultimap.Builder<String, String>()
+			.putAll("customer", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("cloud-region", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("service-subscription", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("service-instance", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vce", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("port-group", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("cvlan-tag", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("tenant", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("vserver", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("volume", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("ipaddress", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("image", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("pserver", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("availability-zone", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("oam-network", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("dvs-switch", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("service-capability", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("complex", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("flavor", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("metadata", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("metadatum", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("model", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("model-ver", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("model-element", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("model-constraint", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("property-constraint", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("related-lookup", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("constrained-element-set", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("element-choice-set", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("named-query", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("named-query-element", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("network-policy", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("collect-lookup", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("service", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("newvce", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vpe", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vpls-pe", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("l-interface", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vlan", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("p-interface", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv6-address-list", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv4-address-list", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("logical-link", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("physical-link", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("lag-link", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("lag-interface", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("virtual-data-center", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("l3-network", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("ctag-pool", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("subnet", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("sriov-vf", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("vpn-binding", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("vnf-image", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("site-pair-set", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("routing-instance", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("site-pair", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("class-of-service", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("connector", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vnfc", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("multicast-configuration", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("volume-group", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("ctag-assignment", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("pnf", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("ipsec-configuration", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vig-server", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("vf-module", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("snapshot", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("group-assignment", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("segmentation-assignment", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("route-table-reference", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("network-profile", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("allotted-resource", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("tunnel-xconnect", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("instance-group","THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("entitlement","THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("license","THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("zone", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("route-target", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN").build();
+
+	// NOTE -- Sorry, this is ugly, but we are mapping the nodeTypeCategory two
+	// ways just to
+	// make the code a little less bulky. But that means that we need to ensure
+	// that
+	// nodeTypeCategory and nodeTypeCatMap are kept in synch.
+
+	// NodeTypeCategory: key is: nodeTypeCategory, value is:
+	// "nodeTypes,keyProperties,AltKeyProps,depNode4UniquenessFlag"
+	public static final Multimap<String, String> NodeTypeCategory = new ImmutableSetMultimap.Builder<String, String>()
+			.putAll("vnf", "vce|vpe|generic-vnf,vnf-id,,true").build();
+
+	// NodeTypeCatMap: key is nodeType; value is: "nodeTypeCategory"
+	// So -- we're assuming that a nodeType can only be in one nodeTypeCategory.
+	public static final Map<String, String> NodeTypeCatMap;
+	static {
+		NodeTypeCatMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		NodeTypeCatMap.put("vpe", "vnf");
+		NodeTypeCatMap.put("vce", "vnf");
+		NodeTypeCatMap.put("generic-vnf", "vnf");
+	}
+
+	// ReservedPropNames: keys are property names of (node) properties that are
+	// common to all nodes and
+	// should not be removed if not passed in on an UPDATE request.
+	public static final Map<String, String> ReservedPropNames;
+	static {
+		ReservedPropNames = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		ReservedPropNames.put("source-of-truth", "");
+		ReservedPropNames.put("last-mod-source-of-truth", "");
+		ReservedPropNames.put("aai-created-ts", "");
+		ReservedPropNames.put("aai-last-mod-ts", "");
+	}
+	
+	// This just lists which node types can be connected to themselves recursively.
+	// It's temporary - since DbEdgeRules is going to be overhauled in 16-10, this will
+	// get generated automatically.   But for 1607, it can work like this.
+	public static final Map<String, String> CanBeRecursiveNT;
+	static {
+		CanBeRecursiveNT = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		CanBeRecursiveNT.put("model-element", "");
+		CanBeRecursiveNT.put("service-instance", "");
+		CanBeRecursiveNT.put("named-query-element", "");
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmodel/v8/gen/DbEdgeRules.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmodel/v8/gen/DbEdgeRules.java
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmodel/v8/gen/DbEdgeRules.java
@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.dbmodel.v8.gen;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSetMultimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+
+public class DbEdgeRules {
+
+	/*
+	 * The EdgeRules data is set up as a key (fromNodeTypeA|toNodeTypeB) mapped
+	 * to a string which holds the info we need to build an edge from nodeTypeA
+	 * to nodeTypeB. Note -- the MultiMap will let us define more than one type
+	 * of edge between a given pair of nodeTypes, but for now we never define
+	 * more than one.
+	 * 
+	 * The edgeInfo part is comma separated and looks like this:
+	 * "edgeLabel,direction,multiplicityRule,isParent,usesResource,hasDelTarget,SVC-INFRA" This
+	 * format is encoded into the EdgeInfoMap below. 
+	 * MultiplicityRule can be either "Many2Many", "Many2One", "One2Many" or "One2One"
+	 * The values for the things after multiplicityRule can be either "true", "false" or "reverse". "reverse" is
+	 * really saying that this tag does apply, but the edge will be traversed
+	 * the opposite way from the same tag that just has "true".
+	 */
+	public static final Map<Integer, String> EdgeInfoMap;
+	static {
+		EdgeInfoMap = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(0, "edgeLabel");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(1, "direction");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(2, "multiplicityRule");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(3, "isParent");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(4, "usesResource");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(5, "hasDelTarget");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(6, "SVC-INFRA");
+	}
+	
+	public static Integer firstTagIndex = 3;
+
+	public static final Multimap<String, String> EdgeRules = new ImmutableSetMultimap.Builder<String, String>()
+			.putAll("cloud-region|l3-network",
+					"uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|tenant",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|image",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|flavor",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|availability-zone",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|volume-group",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,true,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|group-assignment",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|snapshot",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("customer|service-subscription",
+					"subscribesTo,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|availability-zone",
+					"hasAvailabilityZone,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|lag-interface",
+					"hasLAGInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|l3-network",
+					"usesL3Network,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|pserver",
+					"runsOnPserver,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|vserver",
+					"runsOnVserver,OUT,One2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|service-instance",
+					"hasInstance,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("group-assignment|tenant",
+					"has,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("group-assignment|pserver",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("image|metadata", "hasMetaData,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("image|metadatum",
+					"hasMetaDatum,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l-interface|l3-interface-ipv4-address-list",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l-interface|l3-interface-ipv6-address-list",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l-interface|logical-link",
+					"usesLogicalLink,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,true,true")
+			.putAll("l-interface|vlan","hasVlan,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv4-address-list|l3-network",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv6-address-list|l3-network",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv4-address-list|subnet",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv6-address-list|subnet",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-network|subnet",
+					"hasSubnet,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("l3-network|service-instance",
+					"hasInstance,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("l3-network|ctag-assignment",
+					"hasCtagAssignment,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-network|segmentation-assignment",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("lag-interface|p-interface",
+					"usesPInterface,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("lag-interface|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")		
+			.putAll("logical-link|pnf",
+					"bridgedTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")	
+			.putAll("logical-link|logical-link",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,true")	
+			.putAll("model|model-element",
+					"startsWith,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-element|model",
+					"isA,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model|metadatum",
+					"hasMetaData,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-element|model-element",
+					"connectsTo,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-element|model-constraint",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-element|constrained-element-set",
+					"connectsTo,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-constraint|constrained-element-set",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("constrained-element-set|element-choice-set",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("element-choice-set|model-element",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query|model",
+					"relatedTo,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query|named-query-element",
+					"startsWith,OUT,One2One,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query-element|named-query-element",
+					"connectsTo,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query-element|model",
+					"isA,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query-element|property-constraint",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query-element|related-lookup",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("p-interface|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("p-interface|physical-link",
+					"usesPhysicalLink,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,true,false")
+			.putAll("p-interface|logical-link",
+                    "usesLogicalLink,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")		
+			.putAll("pserver|cloud-region","locatedIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|availability-zone","existsIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|lag-interface",
+					"hasLAGInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|p-interface",
+					"hasPinterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("pnf|p-interface",
+					"hasPinterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("pnf|lag-interface",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("service-instance|pnf",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,false,true,false,false")	
+			.putAll("service-subscription|service-instance",
+					"hasInstance,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("tenant|l3-network",
+					"usesL3Network,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("tenant|service-subscription",
+					"relatedTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("tenant|vserver", "owns,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("vlan|l3-interface-ipv4-address-list",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vlan|l3-interface-ipv6-address-list",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|flavor", "hasFlavor,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|image", "hasImage,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|ipaddress",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,false")
+			.putAll("vserver|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|pserver",
+					"runsOnPserver,OUT,Many2One,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|volume", "hasVolume,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|vnfc", "hosts,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|snapshot", "uses,OUT,One2One,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("service-instance|metadatum", "hasMetaData,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("service-instance|logical-link", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,true,false")
+			.putAll("service-instance|vlan", "dependsOn,OUT,One2Many,false,true,false,false")
+			.putAll("service-instance|service-instance", "dependsOn,OUT,One2Many,false,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("logical-link|generic-vnf", "bridgedTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("logical-link|pserver", "bridgedTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("volume-group|tenant", "belongsTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("vf-module|volume-group", "uses,OUT,One2One,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("vserver|vf-module", "isPartOf,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("vf-module|l3-network", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("vf-module|vnfc", "uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,true,true")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|vf-module", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|volume-group", "uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|vnfc", "uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,true,true")
+            .putAll("vlan|logical-link", "usesLogicalLink,OUT,One2One,false,false,true,true")
+			.build();
+
+	public static final Multimap<String, String> DefaultDeleteScope = new ImmutableSetMultimap.Builder<String, String>()
+			.putAll("customer", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("cloud-region", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("service-subscription", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("service-instance", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("tenant", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vserver", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("volume", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("ipaddress", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("image", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("pserver", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("availability-zone", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("flavor", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("metadata", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("metadatum", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("model", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("model-element", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("named-query", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("named-query-element", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("collect-lookup", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("service", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("l-interface", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vlan", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("p-interface", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv6-address-list", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv4-address-list", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("logical-link", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("physical-link", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("lag-interface", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("l3-network", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("subnet", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("vnfc", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("volume-group", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("ctag-assignment", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("pnf", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vf-module", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("snapshot", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("group-assignment", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("segmentation-assignment", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN").build();
+
+	// NOTE -- Sorry, this is ugly, but we are mapping the nodeTypeCategory two
+	// ways just to
+	// make the code a little less bulky. But that means that we need to ensure
+	// that
+	// nodeTypeCategory and nodeTypeCatMap are kept in synch.
+
+	// NodeTypeCategory: key is: nodeTypeCategory, value is:
+	// "nodeTypes,keyProperties,AltKeyProps,depNode4UniquenessFlag"
+	public static final Multimap<String, String> NodeTypeCategory = new ImmutableSetMultimap.Builder<String, String>()
+			.putAll("vnf", "generic-vnf,vnf-id,,true").build();
+
+	// NodeTypeCatMap: key is nodeType; value is: "nodeTypeCategory"
+	// So -- we're assuming that a nodeType can only be in one nodeTypeCategory.
+	public static final Map<String, String> NodeTypeCatMap;
+	static {
+		NodeTypeCatMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		NodeTypeCatMap.put("generic-vnf", "vnf");
+	}
+
+	// ReservedPropNames: keys are property names of (node) properties that are
+	// common to all nodes and
+	// should not be removed if not passed in on an UPDATE request.
+	public static final Map<String, String> ReservedPropNames;
+	static {
+		ReservedPropNames = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		ReservedPropNames.put("source-of-truth", "");
+		ReservedPropNames.put("last-mod-source-of-truth", "");
+		ReservedPropNames.put("aai-created-ts", "");
+		ReservedPropNames.put("aai-last-mod-ts", "");
+	}
+	
+	// This just lists which node types can be connected to themselves recursively.
+	// It's temporary - since DbEdgeRules is going to be overhauled in 16-10, this will
+	// get generated automatically.   But for 1607, it can work like this.
+	public static final Map<String, String> CanBeRecursiveNT;
+	static {
+		CanBeRecursiveNT = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		CanBeRecursiveNT.put("model-element", "");
+		CanBeRecursiveNT.put("named-query-element", "");
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmodel/v9/gen/DbEdgeRules.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmodel/v9/gen/DbEdgeRules.java
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbmodel/v9/gen/DbEdgeRules.java
@@ -0,0 +1,459 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.dbmodel.v9.gen;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSetMultimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+
+public class DbEdgeRules {
+
+	/*
+	 * The EdgeRules data is set up as a key (fromNodeTypeA|toNodeTypeB) mapped
+	 * to a string which holds the info we need to build an edge from nodeTypeA
+	 * to nodeTypeB. Note -- the MultiMap will let us define more than one type
+	 * of edge between a given pair of nodeTypes, but for now we never define
+	 * more than one.
+	 * 
+	 * The edgeInfo part is comma separated and looks like this:
+	 * "edgeLabel,direction,multiplicityRule,isParent,usesResource,hasDelTarget,SVC-INFRA" This
+	 * format is encoded into the EdgeInfoMap below. 
+	 * MultiplicityRule can be either "Many2Many", "Many2One", "One2Many" or "One2One"
+	 * The values for the things after multiplicityRule can be either "true", "false" or "reverse". "reverse" is
+	 * really saying that this tag does apply, but the edge will be traversed
+	 * the opposite way from the same tag that just has "true".
+	 */
+	public static final Map<Integer, String> EdgeInfoMap;
+	static {
+		EdgeInfoMap = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(0, "edgeLabel");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(1, "direction");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(2, "multiplicityRule");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(3, "isParent");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(4, "usesResource");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(5, "hasDelTarget");
+		EdgeInfoMap.put(6, "SVC-INFRA");
+	}
+	
+	public static Integer firstTagIndex = 3;
+
+	public static final Multimap<String, String> EdgeRules = new ImmutableSetMultimap.Builder<String, String>()
+			.putAll("availability-zone|complex",
+					"groupsResourcesIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("availability-zone|service-capability",
+					"supportsServiceCapability,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|complex",
+					"locatedIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|l3-network",
+					"uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|tenant",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|image",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|flavor",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|availability-zone",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|oam-network",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|dvs-switch",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|volume-group",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,true,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|group-assignment",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|snapshot",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("cloud-region|zone",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("complex|ctag-pool",
+					"hasCtagPool,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("complex|l3-network",
+					"usesL3Network,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("ctag-pool|availability-zone",
+					"supportsAvailabilityZone,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("customer|service-subscription",
+					"subscribesTo,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("dvs-switch|availability-zone",
+					"existsIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|availability-zone",
+					"hasAvailabilityZone,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|lag-interface",
+					"hasLAGInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|l3-network",
+					"usesL3Network,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|pserver",
+					"runsOnPserver,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|vnf-image",
+					"usesVnfImage,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|vserver",
+					"runsOnVserver,OUT,One2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|service-instance",
+					"hasInstance,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|site-pair-set",
+					"hasSitePairSet,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf|network-profile",
+					"hasNetworkProfile,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("group-assignment|tenant",
+					"has,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("group-assignment|pserver",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("image|metadata", "hasMetaData,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("image|metadatum",
+					"hasMetaDatum,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l-interface|l3-interface-ipv4-address-list",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l-interface|l3-interface-ipv6-address-list",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l-interface|logical-link",
+					"usesLogicalLink,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,true,true")
+			.putAll("l-interface|vlan","hasVlan,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l-interface|sriov-vf","has,OUT,One2One,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv4-address-list|l3-network",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv6-address-list|l3-network",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv4-address-list|subnet",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv6-address-list|subnet",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-network|vpn-binding",
+					"usesVpnBinding,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l3-network|subnet",
+					"hasSubnet,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("l3-network|service-instance",
+					"hasInstance,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("l3-network|ctag-assignment",
+					"hasCtagAssignment,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-network|network-policy",
+					"uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("l3-network|segmentation-assignment",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("l3-network|route-table-reference",
+					"uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("lag-interface|lag-link",
+					"usesLAGLink,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,true,true")
+			.putAll("lag-interface|p-interface",
+					"usesPInterface,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("lag-interface|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")		
+			.putAll("logical-link|lag-link",
+					"usesLAGLink,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")	
+			.putAll("logical-link|pnf",
+					"bridgedTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")	
+			.putAll("logical-link|logical-link",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,true")	
+			.putAll("model|model-ver",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-ver|model-element",
+					"startsWith,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-element|model-ver",
+					"isA,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-ver|metadatum",
+					"hasMetaData,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-element|model-element",
+					"connectsTo,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-element|model-constraint",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-element|constrained-element-set",
+					"connectsTo,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("model-constraint|constrained-element-set",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("constrained-element-set|element-choice-set",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("element-choice-set|model-element",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query|model",
+					"relatedTo,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query|named-query-element",
+					"startsWith,OUT,One2One,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query-element|named-query-element",
+					"connectsTo,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query-element|model",
+					"isA,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query-element|property-constraint",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("named-query-element|related-lookup",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("instance-group|model",
+					"targets,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("newvce|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("oam-network|complex",
+					"definedFor,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("oam-network|service-capability",
+					"supportsServiceCapability,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("p-interface|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("p-interface|physical-link",
+					"usesPhysicalLink,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,true,false")
+			.putAll("p-interface|logical-link",
+                    "usesLogicalLink,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")		
+			.putAll("port-group|cvlan-tag", "hasCTag,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|complex", "locatedIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|cloud-region","locatedIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|availability-zone","existsIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|lag-interface",
+					"hasLAGInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|p-interface",
+					"hasPinterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("pserver|zone",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")	
+			.putAll("pnf|p-interface",
+					"hasPinterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("pnf|lag-interface",
+					"has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("pnf|complex",
+					"locatedIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")	
+			.putAll("pnf|instance-group",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")	
+			.putAll("pnf|zone",
+					"isMemberOf,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")	
+			.putAll("service-instance|cvlan-tag",
+					"hasIPAGFacingVLAN,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,false")			
+			.putAll("service-instance|pnf",
+					"uses,OUT,One2Many,false,true,false,false")	
+			.putAll("service-subscription|service-instance",
+					"hasInstance,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("site-pair-set|routing-instance",
+					"hasRoutingInstance,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("routing-instance|site-pair",
+					"hasSitePair,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")					
+			.putAll("site-pair|class-of-service",
+					"hasClassOfService,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("tenant|l3-network",
+					"usesL3Network,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("tenant|service-subscription",
+					"relatedTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("tenant|vserver", "owns,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("vce|availability-zone",
+					"hasAvailabilityZone,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vce|complex", "locatedIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vce|port-group", "hasPortGroup,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vce|vserver", "runsOnVserver,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vce|service-instance",
+					"hasServiceInstance,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("virtual-data-center|generic-vnf",
+					"hasVNF,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,reverse")
+			.putAll("vlan|l3-interface-ipv4-address-list",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vlan|l3-interface-ipv6-address-list",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vpe|complex", "locatedIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpe|ctag-pool", "usesCtagPool,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpe|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpe|lag-interface",
+					"hasLAGInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpe|vserver", "runsOnVserver,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpls-pe|complex", "locatedIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpls-pe|ctag-pool",
+					"usesCtagPool,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpls-pe|p-interface",
+					"hasPinterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vpls-pe|lag-interface",
+					"hasLAGinterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+			.putAll("vserver|flavor", "hasFlavor,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|image", "hasImage,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|ipaddress",
+					"hasIpAddress,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,false")
+			.putAll("vserver|l-interface",
+					"hasLInterface,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|pserver",
+					"runsOnPserver,OUT,Many2One,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|volume", "hasVolume,OUT,Many2Many,true,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|vnfc", "hosts,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,true")
+			.putAll("vserver|snapshot", "uses,OUT,One2One,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("service-instance|connector", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("service-instance|metadatum", "hasMetaData,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("service-instance|logical-link", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,true,false")
+			.putAll("service-instance|vlan", "dependsOn,OUT,One2Many,false,true,false,false")
+			.putAll("service-instance|service-instance", "dependsOn,OUT,One2Many,false,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("connector|virtual-data-center", "contains,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("connector|metadatum", "hasMetaData,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("virtual-data-center|logical-link", "contains,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("logical-link|generic-vnf", "bridgedTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("logical-link|pserver", "bridgedTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("vlan|multicast-configuration", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("volume-group|complex", "existsIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("volume-group|tenant", "belongsTo,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("ipsec-configuration|vig-server", "hasVigServer,OUT,One2Many,true,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|ipsec-configuration", "uses,OUT,Many2One,false,true,false,false")
+            .putAll("vf-module|volume-group", "uses,OUT,One2One,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("vserver|vf-module", "isPartOf,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("vf-module|l3-network", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("vf-module|vnfc", "uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,true,true")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|vf-module", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|volume-group", "uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,true")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|vnfc", "uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,true,true")
+            .putAll("vlan|logical-link", "usesLogicalLink,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,true,true")
+            .putAll("service-instance|ctag-assignment","uses,OUT,One2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            // The next edge is needed in 1702 but will be worked in user story AAI-6848
+            //.putAll("service-instance|allotted-resource", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("allotted-resource|generic-vnf", "isPartOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("allotted-resource|l3-network", "isPartOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("allotted-resource|instance-group", "isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("allotted-resource|vlan", "isPartOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|instance-group", "isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("service-instance|instance-group", "isMemberOf,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")      
+            .putAll("allotted-resource|tunnel-xconnect", "has,OUT,One2One,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("logical-link|cloud-region", "existsIn,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("logical-link|vpn-binding", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|entitlement", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("generic-vnf|license", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("vce|entitlement", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("vce|license", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("vpe|entitlement", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("vpe|license", "has,OUT,One2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("zone|complex", "existsIn,OUT,Many2One,false,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("service-instance|allotted-resource", "has,OUT,Many2Many,true,false,false,false")
+            .putAll("service-instance|allotted-resource", "uses,OUT,Many2Many,false,false,false,false")
+			.build();
+
+	public static final Multimap<String, String> DefaultDeleteScope = new ImmutableSetMultimap.Builder<String, String>()
+			.putAll("customer", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("cloud-region", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("service-subscription", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("service-instance", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vce", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("port-group", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("cvlan-tag", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("tenant", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("vserver", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("volume", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("ipaddress", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("image", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("pserver", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("availability-zone", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("oam-network", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("dvs-switch", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("service-capability", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("complex", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("flavor", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("metadata", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("metadatum", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("model", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("model-ver", "ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE")
+			.putAll("model-element", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("model-constraint", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("property-constraint", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("related-lookup", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("constrained-element-set", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("element-choice-set", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("named-query", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("named-query-element", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("network-policy", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("collect-lookup", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("service", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("newvce", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vpe", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vpls-pe", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("l-interface", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vlan", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("p-interface", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv6-address-list", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("l3-interface-ipv4-address-list", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("logical-link", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("physical-link", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("lag-link", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("lag-interface", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("virtual-data-center", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("generic-vnf", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("l3-network", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("ctag-pool", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("subnet", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("sriov-vf", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("vpn-binding", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("vnf-image", "ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES")
+			.putAll("site-pair-set", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("routing-instance", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("site-pair", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("class-of-service", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("connector", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vnfc", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("multicast-configuration", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("volume-group", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("ctag-assignment", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("pnf", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("ipsec-configuration", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("vig-server", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("vf-module", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("snapshot", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("group-assignment", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("segmentation-assignment", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("route-table-reference", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("network-profile", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("allotted-resource", "CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN")
+			.putAll("tunnel-xconnect", "THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("instance-group","THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("entitlement","THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("license","THIS_NODE_ONLY")
+			.putAll("zone", "THIS_NODE_ONLY").build();
+
+	// NOTE -- Sorry, this is ugly, but we are mapping the nodeTypeCategory two
+	// ways just to
+	// make the code a little less bulky. But that means that we need to ensure
+	// that
+	// nodeTypeCategory and nodeTypeCatMap are kept in synch.
+
+	// NodeTypeCategory: key is: nodeTypeCategory, value is:
+	// "nodeTypes,keyProperties,AltKeyProps,depNode4UniquenessFlag"
+	public static final Multimap<String, String> NodeTypeCategory = new ImmutableSetMultimap.Builder<String, String>()
+			.putAll("vnf", "vce|vpe|generic-vnf,vnf-id,,true").build();
+
+	// NodeTypeCatMap: key is nodeType; value is: "nodeTypeCategory"
+	// So -- we're assuming that a nodeType can only be in one nodeTypeCategory.
+	public static final Map<String, String> NodeTypeCatMap;
+	static {
+		NodeTypeCatMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		NodeTypeCatMap.put("vpe", "vnf");
+		NodeTypeCatMap.put("vce", "vnf");
+		NodeTypeCatMap.put("generic-vnf", "vnf");
+	}
+
+	// ReservedPropNames: keys are property names of (node) properties that are
+	// common to all nodes and
+	// should not be removed if not passed in on an UPDATE request.
+	public static final Map<String, String> ReservedPropNames;
+	static {
+		ReservedPropNames = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		ReservedPropNames.put("source-of-truth", "");
+		ReservedPropNames.put("last-mod-source-of-truth", "");
+		ReservedPropNames.put("aai-created-ts", "");
+		ReservedPropNames.put("aai-last-mod-ts", "");
+	}
+	
+	// This just lists which node types can be connected to themselves recursively.
+	// It's temporary - since DbEdgeRules is going to be overhauled in 16-10, this will
+	// get generated automatically.   But for 1607, it can work like this.
+	public static final Map<String, String> CanBeRecursiveNT;
+	static {
+		CanBeRecursiveNT = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		CanBeRecursiveNT.put("model-element", "");
+		CanBeRecursiveNT.put("service-instance", "");
+		CanBeRecursiveNT.put("named-query-element", "");
+	}
+
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fc1f7a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,675 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5129992b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResourceKey.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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/AAIResourceKeys.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResourceKeys.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2aa752c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResourceKeys.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.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;
+	}
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6aff26e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/model/AAIResources.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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/domain/notificationEvent/NotificationEvent.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/notificationEvent/NotificationEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18585518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/notificationEvent/NotificationEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,564 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+//
+// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2 
+// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
+// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
+// Generated on: 2016.01.06 at 05:38:00 PM EST 
+//
+
+
+package org.openecomp.aai.domain.notificationEvent;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAnyElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+
+/**
+ * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+ * 
+ * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+ * 
+ * <pre>
+ * &lt;complexType>
+ *   &lt;complexContent>
+ *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *       &lt;sequence>
+ *         &lt;element name="cambria.partition" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *         &lt;element name="event-header" minOccurs="0">
+ *           &lt;complexType>
+ *             &lt;complexContent>
+ *               &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                 &lt;sequence>
+ *                   &lt;element name="id" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="timestamp" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="source-name" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="domain" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="sequence-number" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="severity" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="event-type" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="version" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="action" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="entity-type" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="top-entity-type" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="entity-link" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="status" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                 &lt;/sequence>
+ *               &lt;/restriction>
+ *             &lt;/complexContent>
+ *           &lt;/complexType>
+ *         &lt;/element>
+ *         &lt;any processContents='lax' namespace='##other' minOccurs="0"/>
+ *       &lt;/sequence>
+ *     &lt;/restriction>
+ *   &lt;/complexContent>
+ * &lt;/complexType>
+ * </pre>
+ * 
+ * 
+ */
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+	"cambriaPartition",
+    "eventHeader",
+    "entity"
+})
+@XmlRootElement(name = "NotificationEvent")
+public class NotificationEvent {
+
+	@XmlElement(name = "cambria.partition")
+	protected String cambriaPartition;
+    @XmlElement(name = "event-header")
+    protected NotificationEvent.EventHeader eventHeader;
+    @XmlAnyElement(lax = true)
+    protected Object entity;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the value of the eventHeader property.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     possible object is
+     *     {@link NotificationEvent.EventHeader }
+     *     
+     */
+    public NotificationEvent.EventHeader getEventHeader() {
+        return eventHeader;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value of the eventHeader property.
+     * 
+     * @param value
+     *     allowed object is
+     *     {@link NotificationEvent.EventHeader }
+     *     
+     */
+    public void setEventHeader(NotificationEvent.EventHeader value) {
+        this.eventHeader = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the value of the any property.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     possible object is
+     *     {@link Object }
+     *     {@link Element }
+     *     
+     */
+    public Object getEntity() {
+        return entity;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value of the any property.
+     * 
+     * @param value
+     *     allowed object is
+     *     {@link Object }
+     *     {@link Element }
+     *     
+     */
+    public void setEntity(Object value) {
+        this.entity = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the value of the cambriaPartition property.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     possible object is
+     *     {@link String }
+     *     
+     */
+    public String getCambriaPartition() {
+        return cambriaPartition;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value of the cambriaPartition property.
+     * 
+     * @param value
+     *     allowed object is
+     *     {@link String }
+     *     
+     */
+    public void setCambriaPartition(String value) {
+        this.cambriaPartition = value;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+     * 
+     * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+     * 
+     * <pre>
+     * &lt;complexType>
+     *   &lt;complexContent>
+     *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+     *       &lt;sequence>
+     *         &lt;element name="id" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *         &lt;element name="timestamp" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *         &lt;element name="source-name" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *         &lt;element name="domain" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *         &lt;element name="sequence-number" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *         &lt;element name="severity" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *         &lt;element name="event-type" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *         &lt;element name="version" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *         &lt;element name="action" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *         &lt;element name="entity-type" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *         &lt;element name="top-entity-type" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *         &lt;element name="entity-link" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *         &lt;element name="status" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *       &lt;/sequence>
+     *     &lt;/restriction>
+     *   &lt;/complexContent>
+     * &lt;/complexType>
+     * </pre>
+     * 
+     * 
+     */
+    @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+    @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+        "id",
+        "timestamp",
+        "sourceName",
+        "domain",
+        "sequenceNumber",
+        "severity",
+        "eventType",
+        "version",
+        "action",
+        "entityType",
+        "topEntityType",
+        "entityLink",
+        "status"
+    })
+    public static class EventHeader {
+
+        @XmlElement(required = true)
+        protected String id;
+        @XmlElement(required = true)
+        protected String timestamp;
+        @XmlElement(name = "source-name", required = true)
+        protected String sourceName;
+        @XmlElement(required = true)
+        protected String domain;
+        @XmlElement(name = "sequence-number", required = true)
+        protected String sequenceNumber;
+        @XmlElement(required = true)
+        protected String severity;
+        @XmlElement(name = "event-type", required = true)
+        protected String eventType;
+        @XmlElement(required = true)
+        protected String version;
+        @XmlElement(required = true)
+        protected String action;
+        @XmlElement(name = "entity-type", required = true)
+        protected String entityType;
+        @XmlElement(name = "top-entity-type", required = true)
+        protected String topEntityType;
+        @XmlElement(name = "entity-link", required = true)
+        protected String entityLink;
+        @XmlElement(required = true)
+        protected String status;
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the id property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the id property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setId(String value) {
+            this.id = value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the timestamp property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getTimestamp() {
+            return timestamp;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the timestamp property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setTimestamp(String value) {
+            this.timestamp = value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the sourceName property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getSourceName() {
+            return sourceName;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the sourceName property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setSourceName(String value) {
+            this.sourceName = value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the domain property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getDomain() {
+            return domain;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the domain property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setDomain(String value) {
+            this.domain = value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the sequenceNumber property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getSequenceNumber() {
+            return sequenceNumber;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the sequenceNumber property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setSequenceNumber(String value) {
+            this.sequenceNumber = value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the severity property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getSeverity() {
+            return severity;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the severity property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setSeverity(String value) {
+            this.severity = value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the eventType property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getEventType() {
+            return eventType;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the eventType property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setEventType(String value) {
+            this.eventType = value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the version property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getVersion() {
+            return version;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the version property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setVersion(String value) {
+            this.version = value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the action property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getAction() {
+            return action;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the action property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setAction(String value) {
+            this.action = value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the entityType property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getEntityType() {
+            return entityType;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the entityType property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setEntityType(String value) {
+            this.entityType = value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the topEntityType property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getTopEntityType() {
+            return topEntityType;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the topEntityType property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setTopEntityType(String value) {
+            this.topEntityType = value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the entityLink property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getEntityLink() {
+            return entityLink;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the entityLink property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setEntityLink(String value) {
+            this.entityLink = value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the status property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public String getStatus() {
+            return status;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the status property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link String }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setStatus(String value) {
+            this.status = value;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/notificationEvent/ObjectFactory.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/notificationEvent/ObjectFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8bfab89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/notificationEvent/ObjectFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+//
+// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2 
+// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
+// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
+// Generated on: 2016.01.06 at 05:38:00 PM EST 
+//
+
+
+package org.openecomp.aai.domain.notificationEvent;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRegistry;
+
+
+/**
+ * This object contains factory methods for each 
+ * Java content interface and Java element interface 
+ * generated in the org.openecomp.aai.domain.notificationEvent package. 
+ * <p>An ObjectFactory allows you to programatically 
+ * construct new instances of the Java representation 
+ * for XML content. The Java representation of XML 
+ * content can consist of schema derived interfaces 
+ * and classes representing the binding of schema 
+ * type definitions, element declarations and model 
+ * groups.  Factory methods for each of these are 
+ * provided in this class.
+ * 
+ */
+@XmlRegistry
+public class ObjectFactory {
+
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new ObjectFactory that can be used to create new instances of schema derived classes for package: org.openecomp.aai.domain.notificationEvent
+     * 
+     */
+    public ObjectFactory() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link NotificationEvent }.
+     *
+     * @return the notification event
+     */
+    public NotificationEvent createNotificationEvent() {
+        return new NotificationEvent();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link NotificationEvent.EventHeader }
+     *
+     * @return the event header
+     */
+    public NotificationEvent.EventHeader createNotificationEventEventHeader() {
+        return new NotificationEvent.EventHeader();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/AAIResponseMessage.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/AAIResponseMessage.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5cbe3167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/AAIResponseMessage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.responseMessage;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+    "aaiResponseMessageCode",
+    "aaiResponseMessageResourceType",
+    "aaiResponseMessageDescription",
+    "aaiResponseMessageData",
+})
+@XmlRootElement(name = "aai-response-message", namespace = "http://org.openecomp.aai.inventory")
+public class AAIResponseMessage {
+
+    @XmlElement(name = "aai-response-message-code", required = true)
+    protected String aaiResponseMessageCode;
+    @XmlElement(name = "aai-response-message-resource-type")
+    protected String aaiResponseMessageResourceType;
+    @XmlElement(name = "aai-response-message-description")
+    protected String aaiResponseMessageDescription;
+    @XmlElement(name = "aai-response-message-data")
+    protected AAIResponseMessageData aaiResponseMessageData;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the aai response message code.
+	 *
+	 * @return the aai response message code
+	 */
+	public String getAaiResponseMessageCode() {
+		return aaiResponseMessageCode;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the aai response message code.
+	 *
+	 * @param aaiResponseMessageCode the new aai response message code
+	 */
+	public void setAaiResponseMessageCode(String aaiResponseMessageCode) {
+		this.aaiResponseMessageCode = aaiResponseMessageCode;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the aai response message resource type.
+	 *
+	 * @return the aai response message resource type
+	 */
+	public String getAaiResponseMessageResourceType() {
+		return aaiResponseMessageResourceType;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the aai response message resource type.
+	 *
+	 * @param aaiResponseMessageResourceType the new aai response message resource type
+	 */
+	public void setAaiResponseMessageResourceType(
+			String aaiResponseMessageResourceType) {
+		this.aaiResponseMessageResourceType = aaiResponseMessageResourceType;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the aai response message description.
+	 *
+	 * @return the aai response message description
+	 */
+	public String getAaiResponseMessageDescription() {
+		return aaiResponseMessageDescription;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the aai response message description.
+	 *
+	 * @param aaiResponseMessageDescription the new aai response message description
+	 */
+	public void setAaiResponseMessageDescription(
+			String aaiResponseMessageDescription) {
+		this.aaiResponseMessageDescription = aaiResponseMessageDescription;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the aai response message data.
+	 *
+	 * @return the aai response message data
+	 */
+	public AAIResponseMessageData getAaiResponseMessageData() {
+		if (aaiResponseMessageData == null) { 
+			aaiResponseMessageData = new AAIResponseMessageData();
+		}
+	   return aaiResponseMessageData;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the AAI response message data.
+	 *
+	 * @param aaiResponseMessageData the new AAI response message data
+	 */
+	public void setAAIResponseMessageData(
+			AAIResponseMessageData aaiResponseMessageData) {
+		this.aaiResponseMessageData = aaiResponseMessageData;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/AAIResponseMessageData.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/AAIResponseMessageData.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f16b98a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/AAIResponseMessageData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.responseMessage;
+
+
+//
+//This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2 
+//See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
+//Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
+//Generated on: 2015.09.11 at 11:53:27 AM EDT 
+//
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAnyElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+		"aaiResponseMessageDatum",
+		"any"
+})
+@XmlRootElement(name = "aai-response-message-data", namespace = "http://org.openecomp.aai.inventory")
+public class AAIResponseMessageData {
+
+	@XmlElement(name = "aai-response-message-datum")
+	protected List<AAIResponseMessageDatum> aaiResponseMessageDatum;
+	@XmlAnyElement(lax = true)
+	protected List<Object> any;
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the AAI response message datum.
+	 *
+	 * @return the AAI response message datum
+	 */
+	public List<AAIResponseMessageDatum> getAAIResponseMessageDatum() {
+		if (aaiResponseMessageDatum == null) {
+			aaiResponseMessageDatum = new ArrayList<AAIResponseMessageDatum>();
+		}
+		return this.aaiResponseMessageDatum;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the any.
+	 *
+	 * @return the any
+	 */
+	public List<Object> getAny() {
+		if (any == null) {
+			any = new ArrayList<Object>();
+		}
+		return this.any;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/AAIResponseMessageDatum.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/AAIResponseMessageDatum.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e56333d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/AAIResponseMessageDatum.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.responseMessage;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+    "aaiResponseMessageDatumKey",
+    "aaiResponseMessageDatumValue",
+
+})
+
+@XmlRootElement(name = "aai-response-message-datum", namespace = "http://org.openecomp.aai.inventory")
+public class AAIResponseMessageDatum {
+
+    @XmlElement(name = "aai-response-message-datum-key", required = true)
+    protected String aaiResponseMessageDatumKey;
+    @XmlElement(name = "aai-response-message-datum-value", required = true)
+    protected String aaiResponseMessageDatumValue;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the aai response message datum key.
+	 *
+	 * @return the aai response message datum key
+	 */
+	public String getAaiResponseMessageDatumKey() {
+		return aaiResponseMessageDatumKey;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the aai response message datum key.
+	 *
+	 * @param aaiResponseMessageDatumKey the new aai response message datum key
+	 */
+	public void setAaiResponseMessageDatumKey(String aaiResponseMessageDatumKey) {
+		this.aaiResponseMessageDatumKey = aaiResponseMessageDatumKey;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the aai response message datum value.
+	 *
+	 * @return the aai response message datum value
+	 */
+	public String getAaiResponseMessageDatumValue() {
+		return aaiResponseMessageDatumValue;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the aai response message datum value.
+	 *
+	 * @param aaiResponseMessageDatumValue the new aai response message datum value
+	 */
+	public void setAaiResponseMessageDatumValue(String aaiResponseMessageDatumValue) {
+		this.aaiResponseMessageDatumValue = aaiResponseMessageDatumValue;
+	}
+    
+    
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/AAIResponseMessages.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/AAIResponseMessages.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec6d645d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/AAIResponseMessages.java
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.responseMessage;
+
+
+//
+//This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2 
+//See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
+//Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
+//Generated on: 2015.09.11 at 11:53:27 AM EDT 
+//
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAnyElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+
+/**
+ * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+ * 
+ * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+ * 
+ * <pre>
+ * &lt;complexType>
+ *   &lt;complexContent>
+ *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *       &lt;sequence>
+ *         &lt;element name="flavor" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0">
+ *           &lt;complexType>
+ *             &lt;complexContent>
+ *               &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                 &lt;sequence>
+ *                   &lt;element name="flavor-id" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="flavor-name" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="flavor-vcpus" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}short" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="flavor-ram" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}short" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="flavor-disk" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}short" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="flavor-ephemeral" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}short" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="flavor-swap" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="flavor-is-public" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="flavor-selflink" type="{urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-inet-types}uri" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="flavor-disabled" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                   &lt;any processContents='lax' namespace='##other' maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                   &lt;element ref="{http://org.openecomp.aai.inventory/v3}relationship-list" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                 &lt;/sequence>
+ *               &lt;/restriction>
+ *             &lt;/complexContent>
+ *           &lt;/complexType>
+ *         &lt;/element>
+ *         &lt;any processContents='lax' namespace='##other' maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *       &lt;/sequence>
+ *     &lt;/restriction>
+ *   &lt;/complexContent>
+ * &lt;/complexType>
+ * </pre>
+ * 
+ * 
+ */
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+		"aaiResponseMessage",
+		"any"
+})
+@XmlRootElement(name = "aai-response-messages", namespace = "http://org.openecomp.aai.inventory")
+public class AAIResponseMessages {
+	@XmlElement(name = "aai-response-message")
+	protected List<AAIResponseMessage> aaiResponseMessage;
+	@XmlAnyElement(lax = true)
+	protected List<Object> any;
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the AAI response message.
+	 *
+	 * @return the AAI response message
+	 */
+	public List<AAIResponseMessage> getAAIResponseMessage() {
+		if (aaiResponseMessage == null) {
+			aaiResponseMessage = new ArrayList<AAIResponseMessage>();
+		}
+		return this.aaiResponseMessage;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the any.
+	 *
+	 * @return the any
+	 */
+	public List<Object> getAny() {
+		if (any == null) {
+			any = new ArrayList<Object>();
+		}
+		return this.any;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/package-info.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c024ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/responseMessage/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+//
+// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2 
+// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
+// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
+// Generated on: 2015.06.15 at 03:03:58 PM EDT 
+//
+
+@javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema(
+		namespace = "http://org.openecomp.aai.inventory", 
+		elementFormDefault = javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlNsForm.QUALIFIED)
+package org.openecomp.aai.domain.responseMessage;
+
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/Fault.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/Fault.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68281cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/Fault.java
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+//
+// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2 
+// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
+// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
+// Generated on: 2015.02.11 at 04:54:39 PM EST 
+//
+
+
+package org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+
+
+/**
+ * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+ * 
+ * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+ * 
+ * <pre>
+ * &lt;complexType>
+ *   &lt;complexContent>
+ *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *       &lt;sequence>
+ *         &lt;element name="requestError">
+ *           &lt;complexType>
+ *             &lt;complexContent>
+ *               &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                 &lt;sequence>
+ *                   &lt;element name="policyException">
+ *                     &lt;complexType>
+ *                       &lt;complexContent>
+ *                         &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                           &lt;sequence>
+ *                             &lt;element name="messageId" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                             &lt;element name="text" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                             &lt;element name="variables">
+ *                               &lt;complexType>
+ *                                 &lt;complexContent>
+ *                                   &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                                     &lt;sequence>
+ *                                       &lt;element name="variable" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                                     &lt;/sequence>
+ *                                   &lt;/restriction>
+ *                                 &lt;/complexContent>
+ *                               &lt;/complexType>
+ *                             &lt;/element>
+ *                           &lt;/sequence>
+ *                         &lt;/restriction>
+ *                       &lt;/complexContent>
+ *                     &lt;/complexType>
+ *                   &lt;/element>
+ *                 &lt;/sequence>
+ *               &lt;/restriction>
+ *             &lt;/complexContent>
+ *           &lt;/complexType>
+ *         &lt;/element>
+ *       &lt;/sequence>
+ *     &lt;/restriction>
+ *   &lt;/complexContent>
+ * &lt;/complexType>
+ * </pre>
+ * 
+ * 
+ */
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+    "requestError"
+})
+@XmlRootElement(name = "Fault")
+public class Fault {
+
+    @XmlElement(required = true)
+    protected Fault.RequestError requestError;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the value of the requestError property.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     possible object is
+     *     {@link Fault.RequestError }
+     *     
+     */
+    public Fault.RequestError getRequestError() {
+        return requestError;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value of the requestError property.
+     * 
+     * @param value
+     *     allowed object is
+     *     {@link Fault.RequestError }
+     *     
+     */
+    public void setRequestError(Fault.RequestError value) {
+        this.requestError = value;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+     * 
+     * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+     * 
+     * <pre>
+     * &lt;complexType>
+     *   &lt;complexContent>
+     *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+     *       &lt;sequence>
+     *         &lt;element name="policyException">
+     *           &lt;complexType>
+     *             &lt;complexContent>
+     *               &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+     *                 &lt;sequence>
+     *                   &lt;element name="messageId" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *                   &lt;element name="text" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *                   &lt;element name="variables">
+     *                     &lt;complexType>
+     *                       &lt;complexContent>
+     *                         &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+     *                           &lt;sequence>
+     *                             &lt;element name="variable" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+     *                           &lt;/sequence>
+     *                         &lt;/restriction>
+     *                       &lt;/complexContent>
+     *                     &lt;/complexType>
+     *                   &lt;/element>
+     *                 &lt;/sequence>
+     *               &lt;/restriction>
+     *             &lt;/complexContent>
+     *           &lt;/complexType>
+     *         &lt;/element>
+     *       &lt;/sequence>
+     *     &lt;/restriction>
+     *   &lt;/complexContent>
+     * &lt;/complexType>
+     * </pre>
+     * 
+     * 
+     */
+    @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+    @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+        "policyException"
+    })
+    public static class RequestError {
+
+        @XmlElement(required = true)
+        protected Fault.RequestError.PolicyException policyException;
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the policyException property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link Fault.RequestError.PolicyException }
+         *     
+         */
+        public Fault.RequestError.PolicyException getPolicyException() {
+            return policyException;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the policyException property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link Fault.RequestError.PolicyException }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setPolicyException(Fault.RequestError.PolicyException value) {
+            this.policyException = value;
+        }
+
+
+        /**
+         * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+         * 
+         * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+         * 
+         * <pre>
+         * &lt;complexType>
+         *   &lt;complexContent>
+         *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+         *       &lt;sequence>
+         *         &lt;element name="messageId" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+         *         &lt;element name="text" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+         *         &lt;element name="variables">
+         *           &lt;complexType>
+         *             &lt;complexContent>
+         *               &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+         *                 &lt;sequence>
+         *                   &lt;element name="variable" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+         *                 &lt;/sequence>
+         *               &lt;/restriction>
+         *             &lt;/complexContent>
+         *           &lt;/complexType>
+         *         &lt;/element>
+         *       &lt;/sequence>
+         *     &lt;/restriction>
+         *   &lt;/complexContent>
+         * &lt;/complexType>
+         * </pre>
+         * 
+         * 
+         */
+        @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+        @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+            "messageId",
+            "text",
+            "variables"
+        })
+        public static class PolicyException {
+
+            @XmlElement(required = true)
+            protected String messageId;
+            @XmlElement(required = true)
+            protected String text;
+            @XmlElement(required = true)
+            protected Fault.RequestError.PolicyException.Variables variables;
+
+            /**
+             * Gets the value of the messageId property.
+             * 
+             * @return
+             *     possible object is
+             *     {@link String }
+             *     
+             */
+            public String getMessageId() {
+                return messageId;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Sets the value of the messageId property.
+             * 
+             * @param value
+             *     allowed object is
+             *     {@link String }
+             *     
+             */
+            public void setMessageId(String value) {
+                this.messageId = value;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Gets the value of the text property.
+             * 
+             * @return
+             *     possible object is
+             *     {@link String }
+             *     
+             */
+            public String getText() {
+                return text;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Sets the value of the text property.
+             * 
+             * @param value
+             *     allowed object is
+             *     {@link String }
+             *     
+             */
+            public void setText(String value) {
+                this.text = value;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Gets the value of the variables property.
+             * 
+             * @return
+             *     possible object is
+             *     {@link Fault.RequestError.PolicyException.Variables }
+             *     
+             */
+            public Fault.RequestError.PolicyException.Variables getVariables() {
+                return variables;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Sets the value of the variables property.
+             * 
+             * @param value
+             *     allowed object is
+             *     {@link Fault.RequestError.PolicyException.Variables }
+             *     
+             */
+            public void setVariables(Fault.RequestError.PolicyException.Variables value) {
+                this.variables = value;
+            }
+
+
+            /**
+             * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+             * 
+             * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+             * 
+             * <pre>
+             * &lt;complexType>
+             *   &lt;complexContent>
+             *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+             *       &lt;sequence>
+             *         &lt;element name="variable" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+             *       &lt;/sequence>
+             *     &lt;/restriction>
+             *   &lt;/complexContent>
+             * &lt;/complexType>
+             * </pre>
+             * 
+             * 
+             */
+            @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+            @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+                "variable"
+            })
+            public static class Variables {
+
+                protected List<String> variable;
+
+                /**
+                 * Gets the value of the variable property.
+                 * 
+                 * <p>
+                 * This accessor method returns a reference to the live list,
+                 * not a snapshot. Therefore any modification you make to the
+                 * returned list will be present inside the JAXB object.
+                 * This is why there is not a <CODE>set</CODE> method for the variable property.
+                 * 
+                 * <p>
+                 * For example, to add a new item, do as follows:
+                 * <pre>
+                 *    getVariable().add(newItem);
+                 * </pre>
+                 * 
+                 * 
+                 * <p>
+                 * Objects of the following type(s) are allowed in the list
+                 * {@link String }
+                 *
+                 * @return the variable
+                 */
+                public List<String> getVariable() {
+                    if (variable == null) {
+                        variable = new ArrayList<String>();
+                    }
+                    return this.variable;
+                }
+
+            }
+
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/ObjectFactory.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/ObjectFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d3cffe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/ObjectFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+//
+// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2 
+// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
+// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
+// Generated on: 2015.02.11 at 04:54:39 PM EST 
+//
+
+
+package org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRegistry;
+
+
+/**
+ * This object contains factory methods for each 
+ * Java content interface and Java element interface 
+ * generated in the org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException package. 
+ * <p>An ObjectFactory allows you to programatically 
+ * construct new instances of the Java representation 
+ * for XML content. The Java representation of XML 
+ * content can consist of schema derived interfaces 
+ * and classes representing the binding of schema 
+ * type definitions, element declarations and model 
+ * groups.  Factory methods for each of these are 
+ * provided in this class.
+ * 
+ */
+@XmlRegistry
+public class ObjectFactory {
+
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new ObjectFactory that can be used to create new instances of schema derived classes for package: org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException
+     * 
+     */
+    public ObjectFactory() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link Fault }.
+     *
+     * @return the fault
+     */
+    public Fault createFault() {
+        return new Fault();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link Fault.RequestError }
+     *
+     * @return the request error
+     */
+    public Fault.RequestError createFaultRequestError() {
+        return new Fault.RequestError();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link Fault.RequestError.PolicyException }
+     *
+     * @return the policy exception
+     */
+    public Fault.RequestError.PolicyException createFaultRequestErrorPolicyException() {
+        return new Fault.RequestError.PolicyException();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link Fault.RequestError.PolicyException.Variables }
+     *
+     * @return the variables
+     */
+    public Fault.RequestError.PolicyException.Variables createFaultRequestErrorPolicyExceptionVariables() {
+        return new Fault.RequestError.PolicyException.Variables();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/PolicyException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/PolicyException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0e427bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/PolicyException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restPolicyException;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Generated;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+
+@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+@Generated("org.jsonschema2pojo")
+@JsonPropertyOrder({
+    "messageId",
+    "text",
+    "variables"
+})
+public class PolicyException {
+
+    @JsonProperty("messageId")
+    private String messageId;
+    @JsonProperty("text")
+    private String text;
+    @JsonProperty("variables")
+    private List<String> variables = new ArrayList<String>();
+    @JsonIgnore
+    private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the message id.
+     *
+     * @return     The messageId
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("messageId")
+    public String getMessageId() {
+        return messageId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the message id.
+     *
+     * @param messageId     The messageId
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("messageId")
+    public void setMessageId(String messageId) {
+        this.messageId = messageId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the text.
+     *
+     * @return     The text
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("text")
+    public String getText() {
+        return text;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the text.
+     *
+     * @param text     The text
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("text")
+    public void setText(String text) {
+        this.text = text;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the variables.
+     *
+     * @return     The variables
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("variables")
+    public List<String> getVariables() {
+        return variables;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the variables.
+     *
+     * @param variables     The variables
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("variables")
+    public void setVariables(List<String> variables) {
+        this.variables = variables;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the additional properties.
+     *
+     * @return the additional properties
+     */
+    @JsonAnyGetter
+    public Map<String, Object> getAdditionalProperties() {
+        return this.additionalProperties;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the additional property.
+     *
+     * @param name the name
+     * @param value the value
+     */
+    @JsonAnySetter
+    public void setAdditionalProperty(String name, Object value) {
+        this.additionalProperties.put(name, value);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/RESTResponse.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/RESTResponse.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf929e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/RESTResponse.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restPolicyException;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Generated;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+
+@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+@Generated("org.jsonschema2pojo")
+@JsonPropertyOrder({
+    "requestError"
+})
+public class RESTResponse {
+
+    @JsonProperty("requestError")
+    private RequestError requestError;
+    @JsonIgnore
+    private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the request error.
+     *
+     * @return     The requestError
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("requestError")
+    public RequestError getRequestError() {
+        return requestError;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the request error.
+     *
+     * @param requestError     The requestError
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("requestError")
+    public void setRequestError(RequestError requestError) {
+        this.requestError = requestError;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the additional properties.
+     *
+     * @return the additional properties
+     */
+    @JsonAnyGetter
+    public Map<String, Object> getAdditionalProperties() {
+        return this.additionalProperties;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the additional property.
+     *
+     * @param name the name
+     * @param value the value
+     */
+    @JsonAnySetter
+    public void setAdditionalProperty(String name, Object value) {
+        this.additionalProperties.put(name, value);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/RequestError.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/RequestError.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebbb8984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restPolicyException/RequestError.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restPolicyException;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Generated;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+
+@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+@Generated("org.jsonschema2pojo")
+@JsonPropertyOrder({
+    "policyException"
+})
+public class RequestError {
+
+    @JsonProperty("policyException")
+    private PolicyException policyException;
+    @JsonIgnore
+    private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the policy exception.
+     *
+     * @return     The policyException
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("policyException")
+    public PolicyException getPolicyException() {
+        return policyException;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the policy exception.
+     *
+     * @param policyException     The policyException
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("policyException")
+    public void setPolicyException(PolicyException policyException) {
+        this.policyException = policyException;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the additional properties.
+     *
+     * @return the additional properties
+     */
+    @JsonAnyGetter
+    public Map<String, Object> getAdditionalProperties() {
+        return this.additionalProperties;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the additional property.
+     *
+     * @param name the name
+     * @param value the value
+     */
+    @JsonAnySetter
+    public void setAdditionalProperty(String name, Object value) {
+        this.additionalProperties.put(name, value);
+    }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restResponseInfo/Info.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restResponseInfo/Info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a91fdb5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restResponseInfo/Info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,385 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+//
+// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2 
+// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
+// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
+// Generated on: 2015.10.28 at 05:53:17 PM EDT 
+//
+
+
+package org.openecomp.aai.domain.restResponseInfo;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+
+
+/**
+ * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+ * 
+ * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+ * 
+ * <pre>
+ * &lt;complexType>
+ *   &lt;complexContent>
+ *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *       &lt;sequence>
+ *         &lt;element name="responseMessages" minOccurs="0">
+ *           &lt;complexType>
+ *             &lt;complexContent>
+ *               &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                 &lt;sequence>
+ *                   &lt;element name="responseMessage" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0">
+ *                     &lt;complexType>
+ *                       &lt;complexContent>
+ *                         &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                           &lt;sequence>
+ *                             &lt;element name="messageId" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                             &lt;element name="text" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                             &lt;element name="variables">
+ *                               &lt;complexType>
+ *                                 &lt;complexContent>
+ *                                   &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                                     &lt;sequence>
+ *                                       &lt;element name="variable" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                                     &lt;/sequence>
+ *                                   &lt;/restriction>
+ *                                 &lt;/complexContent>
+ *                               &lt;/complexType>
+ *                             &lt;/element>
+ *                           &lt;/sequence>
+ *                         &lt;/restriction>
+ *                       &lt;/complexContent>
+ *                     &lt;/complexType>
+ *                   &lt;/element>
+ *                 &lt;/sequence>
+ *               &lt;/restriction>
+ *             &lt;/complexContent>
+ *           &lt;/complexType>
+ *         &lt;/element>
+ *       &lt;/sequence>
+ *     &lt;/restriction>
+ *   &lt;/complexContent>
+ * &lt;/complexType>
+ * </pre>
+ * 
+ * 
+ */
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+    "responseMessages"
+})
+@XmlRootElement(name = "Info")
+public class Info {
+
+    protected Info.ResponseMessages responseMessages;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the value of the responseMessages property.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     possible object is
+     *     {@link Info.ResponseMessages }
+     *     
+     */
+    public Info.ResponseMessages getResponseMessages() {
+        return responseMessages;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value of the responseMessages property.
+     * 
+     * @param value
+     *     allowed object is
+     *     {@link Info.ResponseMessages }
+     *     
+     */
+    public void setResponseMessages(Info.ResponseMessages value) {
+        this.responseMessages = value;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+     * 
+     * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+     * 
+     * <pre>
+     * &lt;complexType>
+     *   &lt;complexContent>
+     *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+     *       &lt;sequence>
+     *         &lt;element name="responseMessage" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0">
+     *           &lt;complexType>
+     *             &lt;complexContent>
+     *               &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+     *                 &lt;sequence>
+     *                   &lt;element name="messageId" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *                   &lt;element name="text" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *                   &lt;element name="variables">
+     *                     &lt;complexType>
+     *                       &lt;complexContent>
+     *                         &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+     *                           &lt;sequence>
+     *                             &lt;element name="variable" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+     *                           &lt;/sequence>
+     *                         &lt;/restriction>
+     *                       &lt;/complexContent>
+     *                     &lt;/complexType>
+     *                   &lt;/element>
+     *                 &lt;/sequence>
+     *               &lt;/restriction>
+     *             &lt;/complexContent>
+     *           &lt;/complexType>
+     *         &lt;/element>
+     *       &lt;/sequence>
+     *     &lt;/restriction>
+     *   &lt;/complexContent>
+     * &lt;/complexType>
+     * </pre>
+     * 
+     * 
+     */
+    @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+    @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+        "responseMessage"
+    })
+    public static class ResponseMessages {
+
+        protected List<Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage> responseMessage;
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the responseMessage property.
+         * 
+         * <p>
+         * This accessor method returns a reference to the live list,
+         * not a snapshot. Therefore any modification you make to the
+         * returned list will be present inside the JAXB object.
+         * This is why there is not a <CODE>set</CODE> method for the responseMessage property.
+         * 
+         * <p>
+         * For example, to add a new item, do as follows:
+         * <pre>
+         *    getResponseMessage().add(newItem);
+         * </pre>
+         * 
+         * 
+         * <p>
+         * Objects of the following type(s) are allowed in the list
+         * {@link Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage }
+         *
+         * @return the response message
+         */
+        public List<Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage> getResponseMessage() {
+            if (responseMessage == null) {
+                responseMessage = new ArrayList<Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage>();
+            }
+            return this.responseMessage;
+        }
+
+
+        /**
+         * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+         * 
+         * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+         * 
+         * <pre>
+         * &lt;complexType>
+         *   &lt;complexContent>
+         *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+         *       &lt;sequence>
+         *         &lt;element name="messageId" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+         *         &lt;element name="text" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+         *         &lt;element name="variables">
+         *           &lt;complexType>
+         *             &lt;complexContent>
+         *               &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+         *                 &lt;sequence>
+         *                   &lt;element name="variable" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+         *                 &lt;/sequence>
+         *               &lt;/restriction>
+         *             &lt;/complexContent>
+         *           &lt;/complexType>
+         *         &lt;/element>
+         *       &lt;/sequence>
+         *     &lt;/restriction>
+         *   &lt;/complexContent>
+         * &lt;/complexType>
+         * </pre>
+         * 
+         * 
+         */
+        @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+        @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+            "messageId",
+            "text",
+            "variables"
+        })
+        public static class ResponseMessage {
+
+            @XmlElement(required = true)
+            protected String messageId;
+            @XmlElement(required = true)
+            protected String text;
+            @XmlElement(required = true)
+            protected Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage.Variables variables;
+
+            /**
+             * Gets the value of the messageId property.
+             * 
+             * @return
+             *     possible object is
+             *     {@link String }
+             *     
+             */
+            public String getMessageId() {
+                return messageId;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Sets the value of the messageId property.
+             * 
+             * @param value
+             *     allowed object is
+             *     {@link String }
+             *     
+             */
+            public void setMessageId(String value) {
+                this.messageId = value;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Gets the value of the text property.
+             * 
+             * @return
+             *     possible object is
+             *     {@link String }
+             *     
+             */
+            public String getText() {
+                return text;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Sets the value of the text property.
+             * 
+             * @param value
+             *     allowed object is
+             *     {@link String }
+             *     
+             */
+            public void setText(String value) {
+                this.text = value;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Gets the value of the variables property.
+             * 
+             * @return
+             *     possible object is
+             *     {@link Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage.Variables }
+             *     
+             */
+            public Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage.Variables getVariables() {
+                return variables;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Sets the value of the variables property.
+             * 
+             * @param value
+             *     allowed object is
+             *     {@link Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage.Variables }
+             *     
+             */
+            public void setVariables(Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage.Variables value) {
+                this.variables = value;
+            }
+
+
+            /**
+             * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+             * 
+             * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+             * 
+             * <pre>
+             * &lt;complexType>
+             *   &lt;complexContent>
+             *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+             *       &lt;sequence>
+             *         &lt;element name="variable" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+             *       &lt;/sequence>
+             *     &lt;/restriction>
+             *   &lt;/complexContent>
+             * &lt;/complexType>
+             * </pre>
+             * 
+             * 
+             */
+            @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+            @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+                "variable"
+            })
+            public static class Variables {
+
+                protected List<String> variable;
+
+                /**
+                 * Gets the value of the variable property.
+                 * 
+                 * <p>
+                 * This accessor method returns a reference to the live list,
+                 * not a snapshot. Therefore any modification you make to the
+                 * returned list will be present inside the JAXB object.
+                 * This is why there is not a <CODE>set</CODE> method for the variable property.
+                 * 
+                 * <p>
+                 * For example, to add a new item, do as follows:
+                 * <pre>
+                 *    getVariable().add(newItem);
+                 * </pre>
+                 * 
+                 * 
+                 * <p>
+                 * Objects of the following type(s) are allowed in the list
+                 * {@link String }
+                 *
+                 * @return the variable
+                 */
+                public List<String> getVariable() {
+                    if (variable == null) {
+                        variable = new ArrayList<String>();
+                    }
+                    return this.variable;
+                }
+
+            }
+
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restResponseInfo/ObjectFactory.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restResponseInfo/ObjectFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c964cd59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restResponseInfo/ObjectFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+//
+// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2 
+// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
+// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
+// Generated on: 2015.10.28 at 05:53:17 PM EDT 
+//
+
+
+package org.openecomp.aai.domain.restResponseInfo;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRegistry;
+
+
+/**
+ * This object contains factory methods for each 
+ * Java content interface and Java element interface 
+ * generated in the org.openecomp.aai.domain.restResponseInfo package. 
+ * <p>An ObjectFactory allows you to programatically 
+ * construct new instances of the Java representation 
+ * for XML content. The Java representation of XML 
+ * content can consist of schema derived interfaces 
+ * and classes representing the binding of schema 
+ * type definitions, element declarations and model 
+ * groups.  Factory methods for each of these are 
+ * provided in this class.
+ * 
+ */
+@XmlRegistry
+public class ObjectFactory {
+
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new ObjectFactory that can be used to create new instances of schema derived classes for package: org.openecomp.aai.domain.restResponseInfo
+     * 
+     */
+    public ObjectFactory() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link Info }.
+     *
+     * @return the info
+     */
+    public Info createInfo() {
+        return new Info();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link Info.ResponseMessages }
+     *
+     * @return the response messages
+     */
+    public Info.ResponseMessages createInfoResponseMessages() {
+        return new Info.ResponseMessages();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage }
+     *
+     * @return the response message
+     */
+    public Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage createInfoResponseMessagesResponseMessage() {
+        return new Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage.Variables }
+     *
+     * @return the variables
+     */
+    public Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage.Variables createInfoResponseMessagesResponseMessageVariables() {
+        return new Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage.Variables();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/Fault.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/Fault.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..639a5cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/Fault.java
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+//
+// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2 
+// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
+// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
+// Generated on: 2015.02.11 at 04:54:29 PM EST 
+//
+
+
+package org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+
+
+/**
+ * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+ * 
+ * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+ * 
+ * <pre>
+ * &lt;complexType>
+ *   &lt;complexContent>
+ *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *       &lt;sequence>
+ *         &lt;element name="requestError">
+ *           &lt;complexType>
+ *             &lt;complexContent>
+ *               &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                 &lt;sequence>
+ *                   &lt;element name="serviceException">
+ *                     &lt;complexType>
+ *                       &lt;complexContent>
+ *                         &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                           &lt;sequence>
+ *                             &lt;element name="messageId" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                             &lt;element name="text" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                             &lt;element name="variables">
+ *                               &lt;complexType>
+ *                                 &lt;complexContent>
+ *                                   &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                                     &lt;sequence>
+ *                                       &lt;element name="variable" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                                     &lt;/sequence>
+ *                                   &lt;/restriction>
+ *                                 &lt;/complexContent>
+ *                               &lt;/complexType>
+ *                             &lt;/element>
+ *                           &lt;/sequence>
+ *                         &lt;/restriction>
+ *                       &lt;/complexContent>
+ *                     &lt;/complexType>
+ *                   &lt;/element>
+ *                 &lt;/sequence>
+ *               &lt;/restriction>
+ *             &lt;/complexContent>
+ *           &lt;/complexType>
+ *         &lt;/element>
+ *       &lt;/sequence>
+ *     &lt;/restriction>
+ *   &lt;/complexContent>
+ * &lt;/complexType>
+ * </pre>
+ * 
+ * 
+ */
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+    "requestError"
+})
+@XmlRootElement(name = "Fault")
+public class Fault {
+
+    @XmlElement(required = true)
+    protected Fault.RequestError requestError;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the value of the requestError property.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     possible object is
+     *     {@link Fault.RequestError }
+     *     
+     */
+    public Fault.RequestError getRequestError() {
+        return requestError;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value of the requestError property.
+     * 
+     * @param value
+     *     allowed object is
+     *     {@link Fault.RequestError }
+     *     
+     */
+    public void setRequestError(Fault.RequestError value) {
+        this.requestError = value;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+     * 
+     * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+     * 
+     * <pre>
+     * &lt;complexType>
+     *   &lt;complexContent>
+     *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+     *       &lt;sequence>
+     *         &lt;element name="serviceException">
+     *           &lt;complexType>
+     *             &lt;complexContent>
+     *               &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+     *                 &lt;sequence>
+     *                   &lt;element name="messageId" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *                   &lt;element name="text" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+     *                   &lt;element name="variables">
+     *                     &lt;complexType>
+     *                       &lt;complexContent>
+     *                         &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+     *                           &lt;sequence>
+     *                             &lt;element name="variable" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+     *                           &lt;/sequence>
+     *                         &lt;/restriction>
+     *                       &lt;/complexContent>
+     *                     &lt;/complexType>
+     *                   &lt;/element>
+     *                 &lt;/sequence>
+     *               &lt;/restriction>
+     *             &lt;/complexContent>
+     *           &lt;/complexType>
+     *         &lt;/element>
+     *       &lt;/sequence>
+     *     &lt;/restriction>
+     *   &lt;/complexContent>
+     * &lt;/complexType>
+     * </pre>
+     * 
+     * 
+     */
+    @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+    @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+        "serviceException"
+    })
+    public static class RequestError {
+
+        @XmlElement(required = true)
+        protected Fault.RequestError.ServiceException serviceException;
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the value of the serviceException property.
+         * 
+         * @return
+         *     possible object is
+         *     {@link Fault.RequestError.ServiceException }
+         *     
+         */
+        public Fault.RequestError.ServiceException getServiceException() {
+            return serviceException;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of the serviceException property.
+         * 
+         * @param value
+         *     allowed object is
+         *     {@link Fault.RequestError.ServiceException }
+         *     
+         */
+        public void setServiceException(Fault.RequestError.ServiceException value) {
+            this.serviceException = value;
+        }
+
+
+        /**
+         * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+         * 
+         * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+         * 
+         * <pre>
+         * &lt;complexType>
+         *   &lt;complexContent>
+         *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+         *       &lt;sequence>
+         *         &lt;element name="messageId" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+         *         &lt;element name="text" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+         *         &lt;element name="variables">
+         *           &lt;complexType>
+         *             &lt;complexContent>
+         *               &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+         *                 &lt;sequence>
+         *                   &lt;element name="variable" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+         *                 &lt;/sequence>
+         *               &lt;/restriction>
+         *             &lt;/complexContent>
+         *           &lt;/complexType>
+         *         &lt;/element>
+         *       &lt;/sequence>
+         *     &lt;/restriction>
+         *   &lt;/complexContent>
+         * &lt;/complexType>
+         * </pre>
+         * 
+         * 
+         */
+        @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+        @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+            "messageId",
+            "text",
+            "variables"
+        })
+        public static class ServiceException {
+
+            @XmlElement(required = true)
+            protected String messageId;
+            @XmlElement(required = true)
+            protected String text;
+            @XmlElement(required = true)
+            protected Fault.RequestError.ServiceException.Variables variables;
+
+            /**
+             * Gets the value of the messageId property.
+             * 
+             * @return
+             *     possible object is
+             *     {@link String }
+             *     
+             */
+            public String getMessageId() {
+                return messageId;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Sets the value of the messageId property.
+             * 
+             * @param value
+             *     allowed object is
+             *     {@link String }
+             *     
+             */
+            public void setMessageId(String value) {
+                this.messageId = value;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Gets the value of the text property.
+             * 
+             * @return
+             *     possible object is
+             *     {@link String }
+             *     
+             */
+            public String getText() {
+                return text;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Sets the value of the text property.
+             * 
+             * @param value
+             *     allowed object is
+             *     {@link String }
+             *     
+             */
+            public void setText(String value) {
+                this.text = value;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Gets the value of the variables property.
+             * 
+             * @return
+             *     possible object is
+             *     {@link Fault.RequestError.ServiceException.Variables }
+             *     
+             */
+            public Fault.RequestError.ServiceException.Variables getVariables() {
+                return variables;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Sets the value of the variables property.
+             * 
+             * @param value
+             *     allowed object is
+             *     {@link Fault.RequestError.ServiceException.Variables }
+             *     
+             */
+            public void setVariables(Fault.RequestError.ServiceException.Variables value) {
+                this.variables = value;
+            }
+
+
+            /**
+             * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+             * 
+             * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+             * 
+             * <pre>
+             * &lt;complexType>
+             *   &lt;complexContent>
+             *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+             *       &lt;sequence>
+             *         &lt;element name="variable" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+             *       &lt;/sequence>
+             *     &lt;/restriction>
+             *   &lt;/complexContent>
+             * &lt;/complexType>
+             * </pre>
+             * 
+             * 
+             */
+            @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+            @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+                "variable"
+            })
+            public static class Variables {
+
+                protected List<String> variable;
+
+                /**
+                 * Gets the value of the variable property.
+                 * 
+                 * <p>
+                 * This accessor method returns a reference to the live list,
+                 * not a snapshot. Therefore any modification you make to the
+                 * returned list will be present inside the JAXB object.
+                 * This is why there is not a <CODE>set</CODE> method for the variable property.
+                 * 
+                 * <p>
+                 * For example, to add a new item, do as follows:
+                 * <pre>
+                 *    getVariable().add(newItem);
+                 * </pre>
+                 * 
+                 * 
+                 * <p>
+                 * Objects of the following type(s) are allowed in the list
+                 * {@link String }
+                 *
+                 * @return the variable
+                 */
+                public List<String> getVariable() {
+                    if (variable == null) {
+                        variable = new ArrayList<String>();
+                    }
+                    return this.variable;
+                }
+
+            }
+
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/ObjectFactory.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/ObjectFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6c06766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/ObjectFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+//
+// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2 
+// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
+// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
+// Generated on: 2015.02.11 at 04:54:29 PM EST 
+//
+
+
+package org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRegistry;
+
+
+/**
+ * This object contains factory methods for each 
+ * Java content interface and Java element interface 
+ * generated in the org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException package. 
+ * <p>An ObjectFactory allows you to programatically 
+ * construct new instances of the Java representation 
+ * for XML content. The Java representation of XML 
+ * content can consist of schema derived interfaces 
+ * and classes representing the binding of schema 
+ * type definitions, element declarations and model 
+ * groups.  Factory methods for each of these are 
+ * provided in this class.
+ * 
+ */
+@XmlRegistry
+public class ObjectFactory {
+
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new ObjectFactory that can be used to create new instances of schema derived classes for package: org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException
+     * 
+     */
+    public ObjectFactory() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link Fault }.
+     *
+     * @return the fault
+     */
+    public Fault createFault() {
+        return new Fault();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link Fault.RequestError }
+     *
+     * @return the request error
+     */
+    public Fault.RequestError createFaultRequestError() {
+        return new Fault.RequestError();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link Fault.RequestError.ServiceException }
+     *
+     * @return the service exception
+     */
+    public Fault.RequestError.ServiceException createFaultRequestErrorServiceException() {
+        return new Fault.RequestError.ServiceException();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link Fault.RequestError.ServiceException.Variables }
+     *
+     * @return the variables
+     */
+    public Fault.RequestError.ServiceException.Variables createFaultRequestErrorServiceExceptionVariables() {
+        return new Fault.RequestError.ServiceException.Variables();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/RESTResponse.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/RESTResponse.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bef20f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/RESTResponse.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restServiceException;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Generated;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+
+@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+@Generated("org.jsonschema2pojo")
+@JsonPropertyOrder({
+    "requestError"
+})
+public class RESTResponse {
+
+    @JsonProperty("requestError")
+    private RequestError requestError;
+    @JsonIgnore
+    private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the request error.
+     *
+     * @return     The requestError
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("requestError")
+    public RequestError getRequestError() {
+        return requestError;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the request error.
+     *
+     * @param requestError     The requestError
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("requestError")
+    public void setRequestError(RequestError requestError) {
+        this.requestError = requestError;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the additional properties.
+     *
+     * @return the additional properties
+     */
+    @JsonAnyGetter
+    public Map<String, Object> getAdditionalProperties() {
+        return this.additionalProperties;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the additional property.
+     *
+     * @param name the name
+     * @param value the value
+     */
+    @JsonAnySetter
+    public void setAdditionalProperty(String name, Object value) {
+        this.additionalProperties.put(name, value);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/RequestError.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/RequestError.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a076908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/RequestError.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restServiceException;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Generated;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+
+@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+@Generated("org.jsonschema2pojo")
+@JsonPropertyOrder({
+    "serviceException"
+})
+public class RequestError {
+
+    @JsonProperty("serviceException")
+    private ServiceException serviceException;
+    @JsonIgnore
+    private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the service exception.
+     *
+     * @return     The serviceException
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("serviceException")
+    public ServiceException getServiceException() {
+        return serviceException;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the service exception.
+     *
+     * @param serviceException     The serviceException
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("serviceException")
+    public void setServiceException(ServiceException serviceException) {
+        this.serviceException = serviceException;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the additional properties.
+     *
+     * @return the additional properties
+     */
+    @JsonAnyGetter
+    public Map<String, Object> getAdditionalProperties() {
+        return this.additionalProperties;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the additional property.
+     *
+     * @param name the name
+     * @param value the value
+     */
+    @JsonAnySetter
+    public void setAdditionalProperty(String name, Object value) {
+        this.additionalProperties.put(name, value);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/ServiceException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/ServiceException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86b21de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/restServiceException/ServiceException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restServiceException;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Generated;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+
+@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+@Generated("org.jsonschema2pojo")
+@JsonPropertyOrder({
+    "messageId",
+    "text",
+    "variables"
+})
+public class ServiceException {
+
+    @JsonProperty("messageId")
+    private String messageId;
+    @JsonProperty("text")
+    private String text;
+    @JsonProperty("variables")
+    private List<String> variables = new ArrayList<String>();
+    @JsonIgnore
+    private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the message id.
+     *
+     * @return     The messageId
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("messageId")
+    public String getMessageId() {
+        return messageId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the message id.
+     *
+     * @param messageId     The messageId
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("messageId")
+    public void setMessageId(String messageId) {
+        this.messageId = messageId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the text.
+     *
+     * @return     The text
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("text")
+    public String getText() {
+        return text;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the text.
+     *
+     * @param text     The text
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("text")
+    public void setText(String text) {
+        this.text = text;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the variables.
+     *
+     * @return     The variables
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("variables")
+    public List<String> getVariables() {
+        return variables;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the variables.
+     *
+     * @param variables     The variables
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("variables")
+    public void setVariables(List<String> variables) {
+        this.variables = variables;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the additional properties.
+     *
+     * @return the additional properties
+     */
+    @JsonAnyGetter
+    public Map<String, Object> getAdditionalProperties() {
+        return this.additionalProperties;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the additional property.
+     *
+     * @param name the name
+     * @param value the value
+     */
+    @JsonAnySetter
+    public void setAdditionalProperty(String name, Object value) {
+        this.additionalProperties.put(name, value);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/translog/TransactionLogEntries.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/translog/TransactionLogEntries.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0497da42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/translog/TransactionLogEntries.java
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+//
+// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2 
+// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
+// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
+// Generated on: 2015.03.20 at 09:46:47 AM CDT 
+//
+
+
+package org.openecomp.aai.domain.translog;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+
+
+/**
+ * <p>Java class for anonymous complex type.
+ * 
+ * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+ * 
+ * <pre>
+ * &lt;complexType>
+ *   &lt;complexContent>
+ *     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *       &lt;sequence>
+ *         &lt;element name="update" minOccurs="0">
+ *           &lt;complexType>
+ *             &lt;complexContent>
+ *               &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                 &lt;sequence>
+ *                   &lt;element name="update-node-type" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                   &lt;element name="update-node-key" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0">
+ *                     &lt;complexType>
+ *                       &lt;complexContent>
+ *                         &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                           &lt;sequence>
+ *                             &lt;element name="key-name" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                             &lt;element name="key-value" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                             &lt;any processContents='lax' namespace='##other' maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                           &lt;/sequence>
+ *                         &lt;/restriction>
+ *                       &lt;/complexContent>
+ *                     &lt;/complexType>
+ *                   &lt;/element>
+ *                   &lt;element name="action" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0">
+ *                     &lt;complexType>
+ *                       &lt;complexContent>
+ *                         &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                           &lt;sequence>
+ *                             &lt;element name="action-type" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                             &lt;element name="action-data" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0">
+ *                               &lt;complexType>
+ *                                 &lt;complexContent>
+ *                                   &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
+ *                                     &lt;sequence>
+ *                                       &lt;element name="property-name" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                                       &lt;element name="property-value" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
+ *                                       &lt;any processContents='lax' namespace='##other' maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                                     &lt;/sequence>
+ *                                   &lt;/restriction>
+ *                                 &lt;/complexContent>
+ *                               &lt;/complexType>
+ *                             &lt;/element>
+ *                             &lt;any processContents='lax' namespace='##other' maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                           &lt;/sequence>
+ *                         &lt;/restriction>
+ *                       &lt;/complexContent>
+ *                     &lt;/complexType>
+ *                   &lt;/element>
+ *                   &lt;any processContents='lax' namespace='##other' maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *                 &lt;/sequence>
+ *               &lt;/restriction>
+ *             &lt;/complexContent>
+ *           &lt;/complexType>
+ *         &lt;/element>
+ *         &lt;any processContents='lax' namespace='##other' maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
+ *       &lt;/sequence>
+ *     &lt;/restriction>
+ *   &lt;/complexContent>
+ * &lt;/complexType>
+ * </pre>
+ * 
+ * 
+ */
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+    "transactionLogEntries"
+})
+@XmlRootElement(name = "transaction-log-entries", namespace = "http://org.openecomp.aai.inventory")
+public class TransactionLogEntries {
+
+    protected List<TransactionLogEntry> transactionLogEntries;
+   
+    /**
+     * Gets the transaction log entries.
+     *
+     * @return the transaction log entries
+     */
+    public List<TransactionLogEntry> getTransactionLogEntries() {
+        if (transactionLogEntries == null) {
+            transactionLogEntries = new ArrayList<TransactionLogEntry>();
+        }
+        return this.transactionLogEntries;
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/translog/TransactionLogEntry.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/translog/TransactionLogEntry.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c2f815b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/domain/translog/TransactionLogEntry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,438 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.translog;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+
+import com.sun.xml.txw2.annotation.XmlCDATA;
+
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
+		"transactionLogEntryId",
+		"status",
+		"rqstDate",
+		"respDate",
+		"sourceId",
+		"resourceId",
+		"resourceType",
+		"rqstBuf",
+		"respBuf",
+		"notificationPayload",
+		"notificationId",
+		"notificationStatus",
+		"notificationTopic",
+		"notificationEntityLink",
+		"notificationAction"
+})
+@XmlRootElement(name = "transaction-log-entry", namespace = "http://org.openecomp.aai.inventory")
+public class TransactionLogEntry {
+
+	@XmlElement(name = "transaction-log-entry-id", required = true)
+	protected String transactionLogEntryId;
+	@XmlElement(name = "status")
+	protected String status;
+	@XmlElement(name = "rqst-date")
+	protected String rqstDate;
+	@XmlElement(name = "resp-date")
+	protected String respDate;
+	@XmlElement(name = "source-id")
+	protected String sourceId;
+	@XmlElement(name = "resource-id")
+	protected String resourceId;
+	@XmlElement(name = "resource-type")
+	protected String resourceType;
+	@XmlElement(name = "rqst-buf")
+	protected String rqstBuf;
+	@XmlElement(name = "resp-buf")
+	protected String respBuf;
+	@XmlElement(name = "notification-payload")
+	protected String notificationPayload;
+	@XmlElement(name = "notification-id")
+	protected String notificationId;
+	@XmlElement(name = "notification-status")
+	protected String notificationStatus;
+	@XmlElement(name = "notification-topic")
+	private String notificationTopic;
+	@XmlElement(name = "notification-entity-link")
+	private String notificationEntityLink;
+	@XmlElement(name = "notification-action")
+	private String notificationAction;
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the transcationLogEntryId property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public String getTransactionLogEntryId() {
+		return transactionLogEntryId;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the transactionLogEntryId property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 *     allowed object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public void setTransactionLogEntryId(String value) {
+		this.transactionLogEntryId = value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the status property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public String getStatus() {
+		return status;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the status property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 *     allowed object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public void setStatus(String value) {
+		this.status = value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the rqstDate property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+
+	public String getRqstDate() {
+		return rqstDate;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the rqstDate property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 *     allowed object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public void setRqstDate(String value) {
+		this.rqstDate = value;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the respDate property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+
+	public String getRespDate() {
+		return respDate;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the respDate property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 *     allowed object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public void setRespDate(String value) {
+		this.respDate = value;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the sourceId property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public String getSourceId() {
+		return sourceId;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the sourceId property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 *     allowed object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public void setSourceId(String value) {
+		this.sourceId = value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the resourceId property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public String getResourceId() {
+		return resourceId;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the resourceId property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 *     allowed object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public void setResourceId(String value) {
+		this.resourceId = value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the resourceType property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public String getResourceType() {
+		return resourceType;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the resourceType property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 *     allowed object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public void setResourceType(String value) {
+		this.resourceType = value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the rqstBuf property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public String getRqstBuf() {
+		return rqstBuf;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the rqstBuf property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 *     allowed object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	@XmlCDATA
+	public void setRqstBuf(String value) {
+		this.rqstBuf = value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the respBuf property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public String getrespBuf() {
+		return respBuf;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the respBuf property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 *     allowed object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	@XmlCDATA
+	public void setrespBuf(String value) {
+		this.respBuf = value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the notificationPayload property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public String getNotificationPayload() {
+		return notificationPayload;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the notificationPayload property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 *     allowed object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	@XmlCDATA
+	public void setNotificationPayload(String value) {
+		this.notificationPayload = value;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the notificationId property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public String getNotificationId() {
+		return notificationId;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the notificationId property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 *     allowed object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public void setNotificationId(String value) {
+		this.notificationId = value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the notificationId property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public String getNotificationStatus() {
+		return notificationStatus;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the notificationId property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 *     allowed object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public void setNotificationStatus(String value) {
+		this.notificationStatus = value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the notificationTopic property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public String getNotificationTopic() {
+		return notificationTopic;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the notificationTopic property.
+	 *
+	 * @param topic the new notification topic
+	 */
+	public void setNotificationTopic(String topic) {
+		this.notificationTopic = topic;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the notificationEntityLink property.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 *     possible object is
+	 *     {@link String }
+	 *     
+	 */
+	public String getNotificationEntityLink() {
+		return notificationEntityLink;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the notificationEntityLink property.
+	 *
+	 * @param entityLink the new notification entity link
+	 */
+	public void setNotificationEntityLink(String entityLink) {
+		this.notificationEntityLink = entityLink;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the notificationAction property.
+	 *
+	 * @return the notification action
+	 */
+	public String getNotificationAction() {
+		return notificationAction;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the value of the notificationAction property.
+	 *
+	 * @param action the new notification action
+	 */
+	public void setNotificationAction(String action) {
+		this.notificationAction = action;
+	}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/exceptions/AAIException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/exceptions/AAIException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75ee12f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/exceptions/AAIException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.exceptions;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorObject;
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorObjectNotFoundException;
+
+public class AAIException extends Exception {
+
+	public static final String DEFAULT_EXCEPTION_CODE = "AAI_4000";
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+	private final String code;
+	private final ErrorObject errorObject;
+	private final Collection<String> templateVars;
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI exception.
+	 */
+	public AAIException() {
+		super();
+		this.code = DEFAULT_EXCEPTION_CODE;
+		this.templateVars = new LinkedList<String> ();
+
+		try {
+			this.errorObject = ErrorLogHelper.getErrorObject(getCode());
+		} catch (ErrorObjectNotFoundException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Failed to instantiate AAIException with code=" + getCode()
+										 + " - update error.properties before using this exception code");
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI exception.
+	 *
+	 * @param code the code
+	 */
+	public AAIException(String code) {
+		super();
+
+		this.code = code;
+		this.templateVars = new LinkedList<String> ();
+
+		try {
+			this.errorObject = ErrorLogHelper.getErrorObject(getCode());
+		} catch (ErrorObjectNotFoundException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Failed to instantiate AAIException with code=" + getCode()
+										 + " - update error.properties before using this exception code");
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI exception.
+	 *
+	 * @param code the code
+	 * @param details the details
+	 */
+	public AAIException(String code, String details) {
+		super(details);
+
+		this.code = code;
+		this.templateVars = new LinkedList<String> ();
+
+		try {
+			this.errorObject = ErrorLogHelper.getErrorObject(getCode());
+		} catch (ErrorObjectNotFoundException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Failed to instantiate AAIException with code=" + getCode()
+										 + " - update error.properties before using this exception code");
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI exception.
+	 *
+	 * @param code the code
+	 * @param cause the cause
+	 */
+	public AAIException(String code, Throwable cause) {
+		super(cause);
+
+		this.code = code;
+		this.templateVars = new LinkedList<String> ();
+
+		try {
+			this.errorObject = ErrorLogHelper.getErrorObject(getCode());
+		} catch (ErrorObjectNotFoundException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Failed to instantiate AAIException with code=" + getCode()
+										 + " - update error.properties before using this exception code");
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI exception.
+	 *
+	 * @param code the code
+	 * @param cause the cause
+	 * @param details the details
+	 */
+	public AAIException(String code, Throwable cause, String details) {
+		super(details, cause);
+
+		this.code = code;
+		this.templateVars = new LinkedList<String> ();
+
+		try {
+			this.errorObject = ErrorLogHelper.getErrorObject(getCode());
+		} catch (ErrorObjectNotFoundException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Failed to instantiate AAIException with code=" + getCode()
+										 + " - update error.properties before using this exception code");
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public String getCode() {
+		return code;
+	}
+
+	public ErrorObject getErrorObject() {
+		return errorObject;
+	}
+
+	public Collection<String> getTemplateVars() {
+		return templateVars;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/exceptions/AAIExceptionWithInfo.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/exceptions/AAIExceptionWithInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5065612e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/exceptions/AAIExceptionWithInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.exceptions;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+public class AAIExceptionWithInfo extends AAIException {
+
+	HashMap<String, Object> infoHash;
+	String info;
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI exception with info.
+	 *
+	 * @param infoHash the info hash
+	 * @param info the info
+	 */
+	public AAIExceptionWithInfo(HashMap<String, Object> infoHash, String info) {
+		super();
+		setInfoHash(infoHash);
+		setInfo(info);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI exception with info.
+	 *
+	 * @param code the code
+	 * @param infoHash the info hash
+	 * @param info the info
+	 */
+	public AAIExceptionWithInfo(String code, HashMap<String, Object> infoHash, String info) {
+		super(code);
+		setInfoHash(infoHash);
+		setInfo(info);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI exception with info.
+	 *
+	 * @param code the code
+	 * @param details the details
+	 * @param infoHash the info hash
+	 * @param info the info
+	 */
+	public AAIExceptionWithInfo(String code, String details, HashMap<String, Object> infoHash, String info) {
+		super(code, details);
+		setInfoHash(infoHash);
+		setInfo(info);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI exception with info.
+	 *
+	 * @param code the code
+	 * @param cause the cause
+	 * @param infoHash the info hash
+	 * @param info the info
+	 */
+	public AAIExceptionWithInfo(String code, Throwable cause, HashMap<String, Object> infoHash, String info) {
+		super(code, cause);
+		setInfoHash(infoHash);
+		setInfo(info);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI exception with info.
+	 *
+	 * @param code the code
+	 * @param cause the cause
+	 * @param details the details
+	 * @param infoHash the info hash
+	 * @param info the info
+	 */
+	public AAIExceptionWithInfo(String code, Throwable cause, String details, HashMap<String, Object> infoHash, String info) {
+		super(code, cause, details);
+		setInfoHash(infoHash);
+		setInfo(info);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the info hash.
+	 *
+	 * @return the info hash
+	 */
+	public HashMap<String, Object> getInfoHash() {
+		return infoHash;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the info hash.
+	 *
+	 * @param infoHash the info hash
+	 */
+	public void setInfoHash(HashMap<String, Object> infoHash) {
+		this.infoHash = infoHash;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the info.
+	 *
+	 * @return the info
+	 */
+	public String getInfo() {
+		return info;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the info.
+	 *
+	 * @param info the new info
+	 */
+	public void setInfo(String info) {
+		this.info = info;
+	}
+	
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1af2df31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/ConvertXmlToJsonMoxyOxm.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..549bff00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/CreateWidgetModels.java
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Map;
+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.util.AAIConfig;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
+import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
+
+/**
+ * The Class CreateWidgetModels.
+ */
+public class CreateWidgetModels
+{
+	/**
+	 * 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 widgetJsonDir = null;
+		String modelVersion = null;
+		if (args.length > 0) { 
+			if (args[0] != null) {
+				_apiVersion = args[0];
+			}
+			if (args[1] != null) { 
+				widgetJsonDir = args[1];
+			}
+			if (args[2] != null) { 
+				modelVersion = args[2];
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (widgetJsonDir == null) { 
+			System.err.println("You must specify a directory for widgetModelJson");
+			System.exit(0);
+		}
+		if (modelVersion == null) { 
+			System.err.println("You must specify a modelVersion");
+			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();
+
+		// 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");
+			// no need for a ModelVers DynamicEntity
+
+			AAIResource aaiRes = aaiResEnt.getValue();
+
+			if (aaiRes.getResourceType().equals("node")) {
+				String resource = aaiRes.getSimpleName();
+
+				if (processedWidgets.contains(resource)) {
+					continue;
+				}
+				processedWidgets.add(resource);
+
+				String widgetName = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, resource);
+				String filePathString = widgetJsonDir + "/" + widgetName + "-" + modelVersion + ".json";
+				File f = new File(filePathString);
+
+				String filePathString2 = widgetJsonDir + "/../widget-model-json-old/" + widgetName + "-" + modelVersion + ".json";
+				File f2 = new File(filePathString2);
+
+				if(!f.exists() && !f.isDirectory()) { 
+
+					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();
+						// override, some of them are wrong
+						meObject.set("modelVersion", 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);
+						// make a list of dynamic Entities
+						ArrayList<DynamicEntity> mevsList = new ArrayList<DynamicEntity>();
+						// add this one, it will be the only one in the list in this case
+						mevsList.add(mevObject);
+						mevsObject.set("modelVer", 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);
+					}
+
+					// 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.close();
+
+				} else { 
+					System.out.println("File already exists for " + resource + ".  Skipping.");
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		System.exit(0);
+	}
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d7fa4dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/DbMaps.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..914e5a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/IngestModelListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1fa11c1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/ingestModel/IngestModelMoxyOxm.java
@@ -0,0 +1,862 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a62d5aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Introspector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,616 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+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;
+
+public abstract class Introspector implements Cloneable {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(Introspector.class);
+
+	protected String className;
+	protected String uriChain = "";
+	protected Loader loader;
+	protected final NamingExceptions namingException = NamingExceptions.getInstance();
+	private Set<String> uniqueProperties = null;
+	private Set<String> indexedProperties = null;
+	private Set<String> allKeys = null;
+	protected Introspector(Object obj) {
+	}
+
+	public abstract boolean hasProperty(String name);
+
+	protected String convertPropertyName (String name) {
+		return CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL, name);
+	}
+	
+	protected abstract Object get(String name);
+	protected abstract void set(String name, Object value);
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param name the property name you'd like to retrieve the value for
+	 * @return the value of the property
+	 */
+	public <T> T getValue(String name) {
+		String convertedName = convertPropertyName(name);
+		Object result = null;
+		
+		if (this.hasProperty(name)) {
+			result = this.get(convertedName);
+		} else {
+			/* property not found - slightly ambiguous */
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		Class<?> clazz = this.getClass(name);
+		if (this.isListType(name) && result == null) {
+			try {
+				this.set(convertedName, clazz.newInstance());
+				result = this.get(convertedName);
+			} catch (DynamicException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+				
+			}
+		}
+
+		return (T)result;
+	}
+	
+	public Introspector getWrappedValue(String name) {
+		String convertedName = convertPropertyName(name);
+		Object value = null;
+		
+		if (this.hasProperty(name)) {
+			value = this.get(convertedName);
+		} else {
+			/* property not found - slightly ambiguous */
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		Class<?> clazz = this.getClass(name);
+		if (this.isListType(name) && value == null) {
+			try {
+				this.set(convertedName, clazz.newInstance());
+				value = this.get(convertedName);
+			} catch (DynamicException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+				
+			}
+		}
+		if (value != null) {
+			return IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(this.getModelType(), value);
+		} else {
+			//no value
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	public List<Introspector> getWrappedListValue(String name) {
+		String convertedName = convertPropertyName(name);
+		Object value = null;
+		List<Introspector> resultList = new ArrayList<>();
+		if (this.hasProperty(name)) {
+			value = this.get(convertedName);
+		} else {
+			/* property not found - slightly ambiguous */
+			return null;
+		}
+		boolean isListType = this.isListType(name);
+		if (!this.isListType(name)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		Class<?> clazz = this.getClass(name);
+		if (isListType && value == null) {
+			try {
+				this.set(convertedName, clazz.newInstance());
+				value = this.get(convertedName);
+			} catch (DynamicException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+				
+			}
+		}
+		
+		List<Object> valueList = (List<Object>)value;
+		
+		for (Object item : valueList) {
+			resultList.add(IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(this.getModelType(), item));
+		}
+		
+		return resultList;
+		
+	}
+	
+	public Object castValueAccordingToSchema(String name, Object obj) {
+		Object result = obj;
+		Class<?> nameClass = this.getClass(name);
+		if (nameClass == null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("property: " + name + " does not exist on " + this.getDbName());
+		}
+		if (obj != null) {
+	
+			try {
+				if (!obj.getClass().getName().equals(nameClass.getName())) {
+					if (nameClass.isPrimitive()) {
+						nameClass = ClassUtils.primitiveToWrapper(nameClass);	
+						result = nameClass.getConstructor(String.class).newInstance(obj.toString());
+					}
+					if (obj.getClass().getName().equals("java.lang.String")) {
+						result = nameClass.getConstructor(String.class).newInstance(obj);
+					} else if (!this.isListType(name) && !this.isComplexType(name)){
+						//box = obj.toString();
+						result = nameClass.getConstructor(String.class).newInstance(obj.toString());
+					}
+				}
+			} catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException
+					| InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
+				ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_4017", e.getMessage());
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	public List<Object> castValueAccordingToSchema(String name, List<?> objs) {
+		List<Object> result = new ArrayList<>();
+		
+		for (Object item : objs) {
+			result.add(this.castValueAccordingToSchema(name, item));
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+		
+	}
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param name the property name you'd like to set the value of
+	 * @param obj the value to be set
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public void setValue(String name, Object obj) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		Object box = this.castValueAccordingToSchema(name, obj);
+		
+		name = convertPropertyName(name);
+		this.set(name, box);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return a list of all the properties available on the object
+	 */
+	public abstract Set<String> getProperties();
+	
+	public Set<String> getProperties(PropertyPredicate<Introspector, String> p) {
+		final Set<String> temp = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		this.getProperties().stream().filter(item -> {
+			return p.test(this, item);
+		}).forEach(item -> {
+			temp.add(item);
+		});
+		final Set<String> result = Collections.unmodifiableSet(temp);
+		
+		return result;
+		
+	}
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return a list of the required properties on the object
+	 */
+	public abstract Set<String> getRequiredProperties();
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return a list of the properties that can be used to query the object in the db
+	 */
+	public abstract Set<String> getKeys();
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return a list of the all key properties for this object
+	 */
+	public Set<String> getAllKeys() {
+		Set<String> result = null;
+		if (this.allKeys == null) {
+			Set<String> keys = this.getKeys();
+			result = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+			result.addAll(keys);
+			String altKeys = this.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.ALTERNATE_KEYS_1);
+			if (altKeys != null) {
+				String[] altKeysArray = altKeys.split(",");
+				for (String altKey : altKeysArray) {
+					result.add(altKey);
+				}
+			}
+			result = Collections.unmodifiableSet(result);
+			this.allKeys = result;
+		}
+		result = this.allKeys;
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	public Set<String> getIndexedProperties() {
+		Set<String> result = null;
+
+		if (this.indexedProperties == null) {
+			result = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+			Set<String> keys = this.getKeys();
+			result.addAll(keys);
+			String altKeys = this.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.INDEXED_PROPS);
+			if (altKeys != null) {
+				String[] altKeysArray = altKeys.split(",");
+				for (String altKey : altKeysArray) {
+					result.add(altKey);
+				}
+			}
+			this.indexedProperties = Collections.unmodifiableSet(result);
+		}
+		result = this.indexedProperties;
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	public Set<String> getUniqueProperties() {
+		Set<String> result = null;
+		if (this.uniqueProperties == null) {
+			String altKeys = this.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.UNIQUE_PROPS);
+			result = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+			if (altKeys != null) {
+				String[] altKeysArray = altKeys.split(",");
+				for (String altKey : altKeysArray) {
+					result.add(altKey);
+				}
+			}
+			this.uniqueProperties = Collections.unmodifiableSet(result);
+
+		}
+		result = this.uniqueProperties;
+		return result;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param name
+	 * @return the string name of the java class of the named property
+	 */
+	public String getType(String name) {
+		Class<?> resultClass = this.getClass(name);
+		String result = "";
+		
+		if (resultClass != null) {
+			result = resultClass.getName();
+			if (result.equals("java.util.ArrayList")) {
+				result = "java.util.List";
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * This will returned the generic parameterized type of the underlying
+	 * object if it exists
+	 * @param name
+	 * @return the generic type of the java class of the underlying object
+	 */
+	public String getGenericType(String name) {
+		Class<?> resultClass = this.getGenericTypeClass(name);
+		String result = "";
+		
+		if (resultClass != null) {
+			result = resultClass.getName();
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return the string name of the java class of the underlying object
+	 */
+	public abstract String getJavaClassName();
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param name the property name
+	 * @return the Class object
+	 */
+	public abstract Class<?> getClass(String name);
+	
+	public abstract Class<?> getGenericTypeClass(String name);
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param name the property name
+	 * @return a new instance of the underlying type of this property
+	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException 
+	 */
+	public Object newInstanceOfProperty(String name) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
+		String type = this.getType(name);
+		return loader.objectFromName(type);
+	}
+
+	public Object newInstanceOfNestedProperty(String name) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
+		String type = this.getGenericType(name);
+		return loader.objectFromName(type);
+	}
+	
+	
+	public Introspector newIntrospectorInstanceOfProperty(String name) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
+	
+		Introspector result = IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(this.getModelType(), this.newInstanceOfProperty(name));
+		
+		return result;
+		
+	}
+	
+	public Introspector newIntrospectorInstanceOfNestedProperty(String name) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
+	
+		Introspector result = IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(this.getModelType(), this.newInstanceOfNestedProperty(name));
+		
+		return result;
+		
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Is this type not a Java String or primitive
+	 * @param name
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public boolean isComplexType(String name) {
+		String result = this.getType(name);
+		
+		if (result.contains("aai") || result.equals("java.lang.Object")) {
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isComplexGenericType(String name) {
+		String result = this.getGenericType(name);
+		
+		if (result.contains("aai")) {
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isSimpleType(String name) {
+		return !(this.isComplexType(name) || this.isListType(name));
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isSimpleGenericType(String name) {
+		return !this.isComplexGenericType(name);
+	}
+
+	public boolean isListType(String name) {
+		String result = this.getType(name);
+		
+		if (result.contains("java.util.List")) {
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isContainer() {
+		Set<String> props = this.getProperties();
+		boolean result = false;
+		if (props.size() == 1 && this.isListType(props.iterator().next())) {
+			result = true;
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	public abstract String getChildName();
+	public String getChildDBName() {
+		String result = this.getChildName();
+		
+		result = namingException.getDBName(result);
+		return result;
+	}
+	public abstract String getName();
+
+	public String getDbName() {
+		String lowerHyphen = this.getName();
+
+		lowerHyphen = namingException.getDBName(lowerHyphen);
+		
+		return lowerHyphen;
+	}
+		
+	public abstract ModelType getModelType();
+
+	public boolean hasChild(Introspector child) {
+		boolean result = false;
+		//check all inheriting types for this child
+		if ("true".equals(this.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.ABSTRACT))) {
+			String[] inheritors = this.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.INHERITORS).split(",");
+			for (String inheritor : inheritors) {
+				try {
+					Introspector temp = this.loader.introspectorFromName(inheritor);
+					result = temp.hasProperty(child.getName());
+					if (result) {
+						break;
+					}
+				} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+					LOGGER.warn("Skipping inheritor " + inheritor + " (Unknown Object)", e);
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			result = this.hasProperty(child.getName());
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	public void setURIChain(String uri) {
+		this.uriChain = uri;
+	}
+	public abstract String getObjectId() throws UnsupportedEncodingException;
+
+	public String getURI() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		//String result = this.uriChain;
+		String result = "";
+		String namespace = this.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.NAMESPACE);
+		String container = this.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.CONTAINER);
+		if (this.isContainer()) {
+			 result += "/" + this.getName();
+		} else {
+			
+			if (container != null) {
+				result += "/" + container;
+			}
+			result += "/" + this.getDbName() + "/" + this.findKey();
+			
+			if (namespace != null && !namespace.equals("")) {
+				result = "/" + namespace + result;
+			}
+		}
+		
+
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	public String getGenericURI() {
+		String result = "";
+		if (this.isContainer()) {
+			 result += "/" + this.getName();
+		} else {
+			result += "/" + this.getDbName();
+			for (String key : this.getKeys()) {
+				result += "/{" + this.getDbName() + "-" + key + "}";
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	public String getFullGenericURI() {
+		String result = "";
+		String namespace = this.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.NAMESPACE);
+		String container = this.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.CONTAINER);
+		if (this.isContainer()) {
+			 result += "/" + this.getName();
+		} else {
+
+
+			if (container != null) {
+				result += "/" + container;
+			}
+			result += "/" + this.getDbName();
+
+			for (String key : this.getKeys()) {
+				result += "/{" + this.getDbName() + "-" + key + "}";
+			}
+			if (namespace != null && !namespace.equals("")) {
+				result = "/" + namespace + result;
+			}
+			
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	public abstract String preProcessKey(String key);
+	
+	protected abstract String findKey() throws UnsupportedEncodingException;
+	
+	public abstract String marshal(MarshallerProperties properties);
+	
+	public abstract Object clone();
+
+	public abstract Object getUnderlyingObject();
+	
+	public String marshal(boolean formatted) {
+		MarshallerProperties properties =
+				new MarshallerProperties.Builder(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE).formatted(formatted).build();
+		
+		return marshal(properties);
+	}
+	public String makeSingular(String word) {
+		
+		String result = word;
+		result = result.replaceAll("(?:([ho])es|s)$", "");
+		
+		if (result.equals("ClassesOfService")) {
+			result = "ClassOfService";
+		} else if (result.equals("CvlanTag")) {
+			result = "CvlanTagEntry";
+		} else if (result.equals("Metadata")) {
+			result = "Metadatum";
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	protected String makePlural(String word) {
+		String result = word;
+		
+		if (result.equals("cvlan-tag-entry")) {
+			return "cvlan-tags";
+		} else if (result.equals("class-of-service")) {
+			return "classes-of-service";
+		} else if (result.equals("metadatum")) {
+			return "metadata";
+		}
+		result = result.replaceAll("([a-z])$", "$1s");
+		result = result.replaceAll("([hox])s$", "$1es");
+		/*
+		if (result.equals("classes-of-services")) {
+			result = "classes-of-service";
+		}*/
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	public abstract String getMetadata(ObjectMetadata metadataName);
+	public abstract Map<PropertyMetadata, String> getPropertyMetadata(String propName);
+	public Optional<String> getPropertyMetadata(String propName, PropertyMetadata metadataName) {
+		final String resultValue = this.getPropertyMetadata(propName).getOrDefault(metadataName, "");
+		Optional<String> result = Optional.empty();
+		
+		if (!resultValue.isEmpty()) {
+			result = Optional.of(resultValue);
+		}
+		return result;
+		
+	}
+
+	public abstract Version getVersion();
+	public Loader getLoader() {
+		return this.loader;
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isTopLevel() {
+		
+		return this.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.NAMESPACE) != null;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/IntrospectorFactory.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/IntrospectorFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..016e089f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/IntrospectorFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+public class IntrospectorFactory {
+
+	/**
+	 * New instance.
+	 *
+	 * @param type the type
+	 * @param o the o
+	 * @param llBuilder the ll builder
+	 * @return the introspector
+	 */
+	public static Introspector newInstance(ModelType type, Object o) {
+		
+		if (type.equals(ModelType.MOXY)) {
+			return new MoxyStrategy(o);
+		} else if (type.equals(ModelType.POJO)) {
+			return new PojoStrategy(o);
+		} else if (type.equals(ModelType.JSON)) {
+			return new JSONStrategy(o);
+		} else {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown class type: " + type); 
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * New instance.
+	 *
+	 * @param type the type
+	 * @param o the o
+	 * @param namedType the named type
+	 * @param llBuilder the ll builder
+	 * @return the introspector
+	 */
+	public static Introspector newInstance(ModelType type, Object o, String namedType) {
+		
+		if (type.equals(ModelType.JSON)) {
+			return new JSONStrategy(o, namedType);
+		} else {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown class type: " + type); 
+		}
+		
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/IntrospectorWalker.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/IntrospectorWalker.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12d545d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/IntrospectorWalker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
+public class IntrospectorWalker {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(IntrospectorWalker.class);
+
+	private Wanderer w = null;
+	private Set<String> blacklist = null;
+	private boolean preventCycles = false;
+	private final PropertyPredicate<Introspector, String> propVisibility;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new introspector walker.
+	 *
+	 * @param w the w
+	 * @param llBuilder the ll builder
+	 */
+	public IntrospectorWalker(Wanderer w) {
+		this.w = w;
+		this.blacklist = new HashSet<>();
+		this.propVisibility = null;
+	}
+	
+	public IntrospectorWalker(Wanderer w, PropertyPredicate<Introspector, String> p) {
+		this.w = w;
+		this.blacklist = new HashSet<>();
+		this.propVisibility = p;
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the blacklist.
+	 *
+	 * @param list the new blacklist
+	 */
+	public void setBlacklist(List<String> list) {
+		blacklist.addAll(list);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Prevent cycles.
+	 *
+	 * @param prevent the prevent
+	 */
+	public void preventCycles(boolean prevent) {
+		this.preventCycles = prevent;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Walk.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 */
+	public void walk(Introspector obj) throws AAIException {
+		Set<String> visited = new HashSet<>();
+
+		walk(obj, null, visited);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Walk.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param parent the parent
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 */
+	private void walk(Introspector obj, Introspector parent, Set<String> visited) throws AAIException {
+		boolean stopRecursion = false;
+		Set<String> localVisited = new HashSet<>();
+		localVisited.addAll(visited);
+		if (preventCycles) {
+			if (visited.contains(obj.getName())) {
+				stopRecursion = true;
+			}
+			if (!obj.isContainer()) {
+				localVisited.add(obj.getName()); //so we don't recurse while walking its children
+			}
+		}
+		Set<String> props;
+		//props must duplicate the result from getProperties because
+		//it is unmodifiable
+		if (this.propVisibility == null) {
+			props = new LinkedHashSet<>(obj.getProperties());
+		} else {
+			props = new LinkedHashSet<>(obj.getProperties(this.propVisibility));
+		}
+
+		w.processComplexObj(obj);
+		props.removeAll(blacklist);
+		if (!obj.isContainer()) {
+			parent = obj;
+		}
+		for (String prop : props) {
+			
+			if (obj.isSimpleType(prop)) {
+				
+				w.processPrimitive(prop, obj);
+			} else if (obj.isListType(prop) && !stopRecursion) {
+				
+				List<Object> listReference = obj.getValue(prop);
+				boolean isComplexType = obj.isComplexGenericType(prop);
+				if (isComplexType) {
+					List<Introspector> list = obj.getWrappedListValue(prop);
+					try {
+						Introspector child = obj.newIntrospectorInstanceOfNestedProperty(prop);
+						w.modifyComplexList(list, listReference, parent, child);
+						for (Object item : listReference) {
+							child = IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(obj.getModelType(), item);
+							walk(child, parent, localVisited);
+						}
+					} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+						LOGGER.warn("Skipping property " + prop + " (Unknown Object)", e);
+					}
+				} else {
+					w.processPrimitiveList(prop, obj);
+				}
+				if (listReference.size() == 0) {
+					if (isComplexType) {
+						try {
+							Introspector child = obj.newIntrospectorInstanceOfNestedProperty(prop);
+							int size = w.createComplexListSize(parent, child);
+							for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+								child = obj.newIntrospectorInstanceOfNestedProperty(prop);
+								walk(child, parent, localVisited);
+								listReference.add(child.getUnderlyingObject());
+							}
+
+							obj.setValue(prop, listReference);
+						} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+							LOGGER.warn("Skipping property " + prop + " (Unknown Object)", e);
+						}
+					} else if (!isComplexType){
+						w.processPrimitiveList(prop, obj);
+					}
+				}
+			
+			} else if (obj.isComplexType(prop) && !stopRecursion) {
+				Introspector child = null;
+				if (obj.getValue(prop) != null) {
+					child = IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(obj.getModelType(), obj.getValue(prop));
+				} else {
+					if (w.createComplexObjIfNull()) {
+						try {
+							child = obj.newIntrospectorInstanceOfProperty(prop);
+							obj.setValue(prop, child.getUnderlyingObject());
+						} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+							LOGGER.warn("Skipping property " + prop + " (Unknown Object)", e);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				if (child != null) {
+					walk(child, obj, localVisited);
+				}
+			}
+			
+		}
+		/*
+		if (preventCycles && !obj.isContainer()) {
+			visited.remove(obj.getName()); //so we can see it down another path that isn't in danger of recursing over it
+		}*/
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/JSONStrategy.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/JSONStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45ffaad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/JSONStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,360 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.ObjectMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+
+public class JSONStrategy extends Introspector {
+
+	private JSONObject json = null;
+	private String namedType = "";
+	protected JSONStrategy(Object o) {
+		super(o);
+		json = (JSONObject)o;
+		//Assumes you provide a wrapper
+		Set<String> keySet = json.keySet();
+		if (keySet.size() == 1) {
+			namedType = keySet.iterator().next();
+			json = (JSONObject)json.get(namedType);
+		} else {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("This object has no named type.");
+		}
+	}
+	
+	protected JSONStrategy(Object o, String namedType) {
+		super(o);
+		json = (JSONObject)o;
+		this.namedType = namedType;
+		
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean hasProperty(String name) {
+		//TODO 
+		return true;
+	}
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(String name) {
+		Object result = "";
+		result = json.get(name);
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setValue(String name, Object obj) {
+		json.put(name, obj);
+		
+	}
+	@Override
+	public Object getUnderlyingObject() {
+		return this.json;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getProperties() {
+		Set<String> result = json.keySet();
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getRequiredProperties() {
+		//unknowable
+		
+		return this.getProperties();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getKeys() {
+		//unknowable
+		return this.getProperties();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getAllKeys() {
+		//unknowable
+		return this.getProperties();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getType(String name) {
+		String result = "";
+		Class<?> resultClass = this.getClass(name);
+		if (resultClass != null) {
+			result = resultClass.getName();
+		}
+		
+		if (result.equals("org.json.simple.JSONArray")) {
+			result = "java.util.List";
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getGenericType(String name) {
+		String result = "";
+		Class<?> resultClass = this.getGenericTypeClass(name);
+		if (resultClass != null) {
+			result = resultClass.getName();
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getJavaClassName() {
+		return json.getClass().getName();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Class<?> getClass(String name) {
+		Class<?> result = null;
+		result = json.get(name).getClass();
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Class<?> getGenericTypeClass(String name) {
+		Object resultObject = null;
+		Class<?> resultClass = null;
+		resultObject = this.getValue(name);
+		if (resultObject.getClass().getName().equals("org.json.simple.JSONArray")) {
+			resultClass = ((List)resultObject).get(0).getClass();
+		}
+		
+		return resultClass;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object newInstanceOfProperty(String name) {
+		try {
+			return this.getClass(name).newInstance();
+		} catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object newInstanceOfNestedProperty(String name) {
+		try {
+			return this.getGenericTypeClass(name).newInstance();
+		} catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean isComplexType(String name) {
+		String result = this.getType(name);
+		
+		if (result.contains("JSONObject")) {
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean isComplexGenericType(String name) {
+		String result = this.getGenericType(name);
+		
+		if (result.contains("JSONObject")) {
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean isListType(String name) {
+		String result = this.getType(name);
+		
+		if (result.contains("java.util.List")) {
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean isContainer() {
+		Set<String> props = this.getProperties();
+		boolean result = false;
+		if (props.size() == 1 && this.isListType(props.iterator().next())) {
+			result = true;
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	@Override
+	protected String findKey() {
+		return "";
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getName() {
+		return this.namedType;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getDbName() {
+		return this.getName();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getURI() {
+		
+		// use a UUID for now 
+		return UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getGenericURI() {
+		
+		//there is none defined for this
+		return "";
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String preProcessKey (String key) {
+		
+		// don't do anything with it
+		return key;
+		
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String marshal(MarshallerProperties properties) {
+		//TODO
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Object clone() {
+		//TODO
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	/*@Override
+	public String findEdgeName(String parent, String child) {
+		
+		// Always has for now
+		return "has";
+		
+	}*/
+	
+	@Override
+	public ModelType getModelType() {
+		return ModelType.JSON;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getIndexedProperties() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getChildName() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean hasChild(Introspector child) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isSimpleType(String name) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isSimpleGenericType(String name) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Map<PropertyMetadata, String> getPropertyMetadata(String prop) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getMetadata(ObjectMetadata metadataName) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getChildDBName() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getFullGenericURI() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected Object get(String name) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void set(String name, Object value) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getObjectId() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Version getVersion() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Loader.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Loader.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76f00390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Loader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnmarshallingException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.restcore.MediaType;
+
+public abstract class Loader {
+
+	private final Version version;
+	private final ModelType modelType;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new loader.
+	 *
+	 * @param version the version
+	 * @param modelType the model type
+	 * @param llBuilder the ll builder
+	 */
+	public Loader (Version version, ModelType modelType) {
+		this.version = version;
+		this.modelType = modelType;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Process.
+	 *
+	 * @param version the version
+	 */
+	protected abstract void process(Version version);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Object from name.
+	 *
+	 * @param name the name
+	 * @return the object
+	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException 
+	 */
+	public abstract Object objectFromName(String name) throws AAIUnknownObjectException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Introspector from name.
+	 *
+	 * @param name the name
+	 * @return the introspector
+	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException 
+	 */
+	public abstract Introspector introspectorFromName(String name) throws AAIUnknownObjectException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Unmarshal.
+	 *
+	 * @param type the type
+	 * @param json the json
+	 * @param mediaType the media type
+	 * @return the introspector
+	 */
+	public abstract Introspector unmarshal(String type, String json, MediaType mediaType) throws AAIUnmarshallingException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Unmarshal.
+	 *
+	 * @param type the type
+	 * @param json the json
+	 * @return the introspector
+	 */
+	public Introspector unmarshal(String type, String json) throws AAIUnmarshallingException {
+		return unmarshal(type, json, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE);
+	}
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the model type.
+	 *
+	 * @return the model type
+	 */
+	public ModelType getModelType() {
+		return this.modelType;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the version.
+	 *
+	 * @return the version
+	 */
+	public Version getVersion() {
+		return this.version;
+	}
+	
+	public abstract Map<String, Introspector> getAllObjects();
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/LoaderFactory.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/LoaderFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04cc00df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/LoaderFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+public class LoaderFactory {
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new Loader object.
+	 *
+	 * @param type the type
+	 * @param version the version
+	 * @param llBuilder the ll builder
+	 * @return the loader
+	 */
+	public static Loader createLoaderForVersion(ModelType type, Version version) {
+		
+		if (type.equals(ModelType.MOXY)) {
+			return new MoxyLoader(version);
+		} else if (type.equals(ModelType.POJO)) {
+			return new PojoLoader(version);
+		}
+		
+		return null;
+		
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/MarshallerProperties.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/MarshallerProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25156c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/MarshallerProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.restcore.MediaType;
+
+public class MarshallerProperties {
+
+	private final MediaType type;
+	private final boolean includeRoot;
+	private final boolean wrapperAsArrayName;
+	private final boolean formatted;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new marshaller properties.
+	 *
+	 * @param builder the builder
+	 */
+	private MarshallerProperties(Builder builder) {
+		
+		this.type = builder.type;
+		this.includeRoot = builder.includeRoot;
+		this.wrapperAsArrayName = builder.wrapperAsArrayName;
+		this.formatted = builder.formatted;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the media type.
+	 *
+	 * @return the media type
+	 */
+	public MediaType getMediaType() {
+		return this.type;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the include root.
+	 *
+	 * @return the include root
+	 */
+	public boolean getIncludeRoot() {
+		return this.includeRoot;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the wrapper as array name.
+	 *
+	 * @return the wrapper as array name
+	 */
+	public boolean getWrapperAsArrayName() {
+		return this.wrapperAsArrayName;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the formatted.
+	 *
+	 * @return the formatted
+	 */
+	public boolean getFormatted() {
+		return this.formatted;
+	}
+	
+	public static class Builder {
+		
+		private final MediaType type;
+		private boolean includeRoot = false;
+		private boolean wrapperAsArrayName = true;
+		private boolean formatted = false;
+		
+		/**
+		 * Instantiates a new builder.
+		 *
+		 * @param type the type
+		 */
+		public Builder(MediaType type) {
+			this.type = type;
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Include root.
+		 *
+		 * @param includeRoot the include root
+		 * @return the builder
+		 */
+		public Builder includeRoot (boolean includeRoot) {
+			this.includeRoot = includeRoot;
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Wrapper as array name.
+		 *
+		 * @param wrapperAsArrayName the wrapper as array name
+		 * @return the builder
+		 */
+		public Builder wrapperAsArrayName (boolean wrapperAsArrayName) {
+			this.wrapperAsArrayName = wrapperAsArrayName;
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Formatted.
+		 *
+		 * @param formatted the formatted
+		 * @return the builder
+		 */
+		public Builder formatted (boolean formatted) {
+			this.formatted = formatted;
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Builds the properties.
+		 *
+		 * @return the marshaller properties
+		 */
+		public MarshallerProperties build() {
+			return new MarshallerProperties(this);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/ModelInjestor.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/ModelInjestor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..651b28d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/ModelInjestor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
+
+import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicType;
+import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextProperties;
+import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContext;
+import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContextFactory;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
+
+
+public class ModelInjestor {
+	
+	private Map<Version, DynamicJAXBContext> versionContextMap = new HashMap<>();
+	private static final Pattern classNamePattern = Pattern.compile("\\.(v\\d+)\\.");
+	private static final Pattern uriPattern = 	Pattern.compile("(v\\d+)\\/");
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new model injestor.
+	 */
+	private ModelInjestor() {
+		try {
+			injestModels();
+		} catch (FileNotFoundException | JAXBException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private static class Helper {
+		private static final ModelInjestor INSTANCE = new ModelInjestor();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the single instance of ModelInjestor.
+	 *
+	 * @return single instance of ModelInjestor
+	 */
+	public synchronized static ModelInjestor getInstance() {
+		return Helper.INSTANCE;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Injest models.
+	 *
+	 * @throws FileNotFoundException the file not found exception
+	 * @throws JAXBException the JAXB exception
+	 */
+	private void injestModels() throws FileNotFoundException, JAXBException {
+		
+		for (Version version : Version.values()) {
+			this.injestModel(version);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Injest model.
+	 *
+	 * @param version the version
+	 * @throws JAXBException the JAXB exception
+	 * @throws FileNotFoundException the file not found exception
+	 */
+	private void injestModel (Version version) throws JAXBException, FileNotFoundException {
+		String fileName = this.getOXMFileName(version);
+		InputStream iStream = new FileInputStream(new File(fileName));
+		Map<String, Object> properties = new HashMap<String, Object>(); 
+		properties.put(JAXBContextProperties.OXM_METADATA_SOURCE, iStream);
+		final DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext = DynamicJAXBContextFactory.createContextFromOXM(this.getClass().getClassLoader(), properties);
+		versionContextMap.put(version, jaxbContext);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the version from class name.
+	 *
+	 * @param classname the classname
+	 * @return the version from class name
+	 */
+	public Version getVersionFromClassName (String classname) {
+		Matcher m = classNamePattern.matcher(classname);
+		String version = "v2"; //for the OXM, only the v2 ones don't include a model name, hence this default
+		if (m.find()) {
+			version = m.group(1);
+		}
+		
+		return Version.valueOf(version);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the context for URI.
+	 *
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @return the context for URI
+	 */
+	public DynamicJAXBContext getContextForURI(String uri) {
+		DynamicJAXBContext result = null;
+		Matcher m = uriPattern.matcher(uri);
+		Version version = null;
+		if (m.find()) {
+			version = Version.valueOf(m.group(1));
+			result = versionContextMap.get(version);
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the context for version.
+	 *
+	 * @param version the version
+	 * @return the context for version
+	 */
+	public DynamicJAXBContext getContextForVersion(Version version) {
+		DynamicJAXBContext result = null;
+		
+		result = versionContextMap.get(version);
+		
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the dynamic type for class name.
+	 *
+	 * @param classname the classname
+	 * @return the dynamic type for class name
+	 */
+	public DynamicType getDynamicTypeForClassName(String classname) {
+		DynamicType result = null;
+		DynamicJAXBContext context = null;
+
+		Version version = this.getVersionFromClassName(classname);
+
+		context = versionContextMap.get(version);
+		
+		if (context != null) {
+			result = context.getDynamicType(classname);
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	public String getOXMFileName(Version v) {
+		return 	AAIConstants.AAI_HOME_ETC_OXM + "aai_oxm_" + v.toString() + ".xml";
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/ModelType.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/ModelType.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eddc9405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/ModelType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+public enum ModelType {
+	MOXY, POJO, JSON
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60fb47d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/MoxyLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
+import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
+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 com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+
+public class MoxyLoader extends Loader {
+
+	private DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext = null;
+	private EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(MoxyLoader.class);
+	private Map<String, Introspector> allObjs = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new moxy loader.
+	 *
+	 * @param version the version
+	 * @param llBuilder the ll builder
+	 */
+	protected MoxyLoader(Version version) {
+		super(version, ModelType.MOXY);
+		process(version);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException 
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Introspector introspectorFromName(String name) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
+
+		return IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(ModelType.MOXY, objectFromName(name));
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Object objectFromName(String name) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
+
+		final String sanitizedName = NamingExceptions.getInstance().getObjectName(name);
+		final String upperCamel;
+
+		//Contains any uppercase, then assume it's upper camel
+		if (name.matches(".*[A-Z].*")) {
+			upperCamel = sanitizedName;
+		} else {
+			upperCamel = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, sanitizedName);
+		}
+		
+		try {
+			final DynamicEntity result = jaxbContext.newDynamicEntity(upperCamel);
+
+			if (result == null) throw new AAIUnknownObjectException("Unrecognized AAI object " + name);
+
+			return result;
+		} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+			//entity does not exist
+			throw new AAIUnknownObjectException("Unrecognized AAI object " + name, e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected void process(Version version) {
+		ModelInjestor injestor = ModelInjestor.getInstance();
+		jaxbContext = injestor.getContextForVersion(version);
+		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Introspector unmarshal(String type, String json, MediaType mediaType) throws AAIUnmarshallingException {		
+		try {
+			final Object clazz = objectFromName(type);
+			final Unmarshaller unmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
+
+			if (mediaType.equals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE)) {
+				unmarshaller.setProperty(UnmarshallerProperties.MEDIA_TYPE, "application/json");
+				unmarshaller.setProperty(UnmarshallerProperties.JSON_INCLUDE_ROOT, false);
+				unmarshaller.setProperty(UnmarshallerProperties.JSON_WRAPPER_AS_ARRAY_NAME, true);
+			}
+
+			final DynamicEntity entity = (DynamicEntity) unmarshaller.unmarshal(new StreamSource(new StringReader(json)), clazz.getClass()).getValue();
+			return IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(ModelType.MOXY, entity);
+		} catch (JAXBException e) {
+			AAIException ex = new AAIException("AAI_4007", e);
+			ErrorLogHelper.logException(ex);
+			throw new AAIUnmarshallingException("Could not unmarshall: " + e.getMessage(), ex);
+		} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+			throw new AAIUnmarshallingException("Could not unmarshall: " + e.getMessage(), e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Map<String, Introspector> getAllObjects() {
+		if (this.allObjs != null) {
+			return allObjs;
+		} else {
+			ImmutableMap.Builder<String, Introspector> map = new ImmutableMap.Builder<String, Introspector>();
+			Set<String> objs = objectsInVersion();
+			for (String objName : objs) {
+				try {
+					Introspector introspector = this.introspectorFromName(objName);
+					map.put(introspector.getDbName(), introspector);
+				} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+					LOGGER.warn("Unexpected AAIUnknownObjectException while running getAllObjects()", e);
+				}
+			}
+			allObjs = map.build();
+			return allObjs;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private Set<String> objectsInVersion() {
+		final Set<String> result = new HashSet<>();
+
+		try {
+			final DocumentBuilderFactory docFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+			final String fileName = ModelInjestor.getInstance().getOXMFileName(getVersion());
+
+			docFactory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
+
+			final DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
+			final Document doc = docBuilder.parse(fileName);
+			final NodeList list = doc.getElementsByTagName("java-type");
+
+			for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
+				result.add(list.item(i).getAttributes().getNamedItem("name").getNodeValue());
+			}
+		} catch (ParserConfigurationException | SAXException | IOException e) {
+			LOGGER.warn("Exception while enumerating objects for API version " + getVersion() + " (returning partial results)", e);
+		}
+
+		result.remove("EdgePropNames");
+		return result;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/MoxyStrategy.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/MoxyStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebebf251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/MoxyStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,394 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
+import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
+import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
+
+import org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.ClassDescriptor;
+import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicEntity;
+import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicType;
+import org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.DynamicException;
+import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.UnmarshallerProperties;
+import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContext;
+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.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.restcore.MediaType;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.ObjectMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+
+public class MoxyStrategy extends Introspector {
+	
+	private DynamicEntity internalObject = null;
+	private DynamicType internalType = null;
+	private DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext = null;
+	private ClassDescriptor cd = null;
+	private Marshaller marshaller = null;
+	private Unmarshaller unmarshaller = null;
+	private Version version = null;
+	private Set<String> properties = null;
+	private Set<String> keys = null;
+	private Set<String> requiredProperties = null;
+
+	private boolean isInitialized = false;
+	
+	protected MoxyStrategy(Object obj) {
+		super(obj);
+		/* must look up the correct jaxbcontext for this object */
+		className = MoxyStrategy.class.getSimpleName();
+		internalObject = (DynamicEntity)obj;
+		ModelInjestor injestor = ModelInjestor.getInstance();
+		version = injestor.getVersionFromClassName(internalObject.getClass().getName());
+		jaxbContext = injestor.getContextForVersion(version);
+		super.loader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(getModelType(), version);
+		String simpleName = internalObject.getClass().getName();
+		internalType = jaxbContext.getDynamicType(simpleName);
+		cd = internalType.getDescriptor();
+		try {
+			marshaller = jaxbContext.createMarshaller();
+			unmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
+		} catch (JAXBException e) {
+
+		}
+
+	}
+	
+	private void init() {
+		isInitialized = true;
+
+		Set<String> props = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		for (String s : internalType.getPropertiesNames()) {
+			props.add(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, s));
+
+		}
+		props = Collections.unmodifiableSet(props);
+		this.properties = props;
+		
+		Set<String> requiredProps = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		requiredProps = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		for (DatabaseMapping dm : cd.getMappings()) {
+			if (dm.getField() instanceof XMLField) { 
+				XMLField x = (XMLField)dm.getField();
+				if (x != null) { 
+					if (x.isRequired()) {
+						requiredProps.add(this.removeXPathDescriptor(x.getName()));
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		requiredProps = Collections.unmodifiableSet(requiredProps);
+		this.requiredProperties = requiredProps;
+	
+		Set<String> keys = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		
+		for (String name : internalType.getDescriptor().getPrimaryKeyFieldNames()) {
+			keys.add(this.removeXPathDescriptor(name));
+		}
+		keys = Collections.unmodifiableSet(keys);
+		this.keys = keys;
+		
+		
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean hasProperty(String name) {
+		String convertedName = convertPropertyName(name);
+
+		return internalType.containsProperty(convertedName);	
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Object get(String name) {
+		return internalObject.get(name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void set(String name, Object obj) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		
+		internalObject.set(name, obj);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getProperties() {
+
+		if(!isInitialized){
+			init();
+		}
+
+		return this.properties;
+		
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getRequiredProperties() {
+
+		if(!isInitialized){
+			init();
+		}
+
+		return this.requiredProperties;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getKeys() {
+
+		if(!isInitialized){
+			init();
+		}
+
+		return this.keys;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Map<PropertyMetadata, String> getPropertyMetadata(String prop) {
+		String propName = this.convertPropertyName(prop);
+		DatabaseMapping mapping = cd.getMappingForAttributeName(propName);
+		Map<PropertyMetadata, String> result = new HashMap<>();
+		if (mapping != null) {
+			Set<Entry> entrySet = mapping.getProperties().entrySet();
+			for (Entry<?,?> entry : entrySet) {
+				result.put(
+						PropertyMetadata.valueOf(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_UNDERSCORE, (String)entry.getKey())), (String)entry.getValue());
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getJavaClassName() {
+		return internalObject.getClass().getName();
+	}
+	
+	
+
+	@Override
+	public Class<?> getClass(String name) {
+		name = convertPropertyName(name);
+		Class<?> resultClass = null;
+		try {
+			if (internalType.getPropertyType(name) == null) {
+				if (cd.getMappingForAttributeName(name) instanceof XMLCompositeDirectCollectionMapping) {
+					resultClass = cd.getMappingForAttributeName(name).getContainerPolicy().getContainerClass();
+	
+				} else if (cd.getMappingForAttributeName(name) instanceof XMLCompositeCollectionMapping) {
+					resultClass = cd.getMappingForAttributeName(name).getContainerPolicy().getContainerClass();
+				} else {
+					ClassDescriptor referenceDiscriptor = cd.getMappingForAttributeName(name).getReferenceDescriptor();
+					if (referenceDiscriptor != null) {
+						resultClass = referenceDiscriptor.getJavaClass();
+					} else {
+						resultClass = Object.class;
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				resultClass = internalType.getPropertyType(name);
+			}
+		} catch (DynamicException e) {
+			//property doesn't exist
+		}
+		return resultClass;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Class<?> getGenericTypeClass(String name) {
+		name = convertPropertyName(name);
+		Class<?> resultClass = null;
+		if (internalType.getPropertyType(name) == null) {
+			if (cd.getMappingForAttributeName(name) instanceof XMLCompositeDirectCollectionMapping) {
+				resultClass = cd.getMappingForAttributeName(name).getFields().get(0).getType();
+
+			} else if (cd.getMappingForAttributeName(name) instanceof XMLCompositeCollectionMapping) {
+				resultClass = cd.getMappingForAttributeName(name).getReferenceDescriptor().getJavaClass();
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return resultClass;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getUnderlyingObject() {
+		return this.internalObject;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getChildName() {
+		
+		String className = internalObject.getClass().getSimpleName();
+		String lowerHyphen = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, className);
+		
+		if (this.isContainer()) {
+			lowerHyphen = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,this.getGenericTypeClass(this.getProperties().iterator().next()).getSimpleName());
+		}
+		
+		return lowerHyphen;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getName() {
+		String className = internalObject.getClass().getSimpleName();
+		String lowerHyphen = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, className);
+		/*
+		if (this.isContainer()) {
+			lowerHyphen = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,this.getGenericTypeClass(this.getProperties().get(0)).getSimpleName());
+		}*/
+		
+
+		return lowerHyphen;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getObjectId() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		String result = "";
+		String container = this.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.CONTAINER);
+		if (this.isContainer()) {
+			 result += "/" + this.getName();
+		} else {
+			
+			if (container != null) {
+				result += "/" + container;
+			}
+			result += "/" + this.getDbName() + "/" + this.findKey();
+			
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected String findKey() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		Set<String> keys = null;
+		keys = this.getKeys();
+		List<String> results = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (String key : keys) {
+			if (this.getType(key).toLowerCase().contains("long")) {
+				key = ((Long)this.getValue(key)).toString();
+			} else {
+				key = (String)this.getValue(key);
+			}
+			key = UriUtils.encode(key, "UTF-8");
+
+			results.add(key);
+		}
+		
+		return Joiner.on("/").join(results);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String preProcessKey (String key) {
+		String result = "";
+		//String trimmedRestURI = restURI.replaceAll("/[\\w\\-]+?/[\\w\\-]+?$", "");
+		String[] split = key.split("/");
+		int i = 0;
+		for (i = split.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
+			
+			if (jaxbContext.getDynamicType(split[i]) != null) {
+				break;
+				
+			}
+			
+		}
+		result = Joiner.on("/").join(Arrays.copyOfRange(split, 0, i));
+		
+		return result;
+		
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String marshal(MarshallerProperties properties) {
+		StringWriter result = new StringWriter();
+        try {
+        	if (properties.getMediaType().equals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE)) {
+				marshaller.setProperty(org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.MarshallerProperties.MEDIA_TYPE, "application/json");
+		        marshaller.setProperty(org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.MarshallerProperties.JSON_INCLUDE_ROOT, properties.getIncludeRoot());
+		        marshaller.setProperty(org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.MarshallerProperties.JSON_WRAPPER_AS_ARRAY_NAME, properties.getWrapperAsArrayName());
+		        marshaller.setProperty(org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.MarshallerProperties.JSON_MARSHAL_EMPTY_COLLECTIONS, false);
+        	}
+	        marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, properties.getFormatted());
+	        marshaller.marshal(this.internalObject, result);
+		} catch (JAXBException e) {
+			//e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+
+        return result.toString();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Object clone() {
+		Object result = null;
+		 try {
+				unmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
+
+		        unmarshaller.setProperty(UnmarshallerProperties.MEDIA_TYPE, "application/json");
+		        unmarshaller.setProperty(UnmarshallerProperties.JSON_INCLUDE_ROOT, false);
+				unmarshaller.setProperty(UnmarshallerProperties.JSON_WRAPPER_AS_ARRAY_NAME, true);
+				
+				result = unmarshaller.unmarshal(new StreamSource(new StringReader(this.marshal(true))), this.internalObject.getClass()).getValue();
+			 } catch (JAXBException e) {
+					// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+					//e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+		 result = IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(getModelType(), result);
+		 return result;
+	}
+	@Override
+	public ModelType getModelType() {
+		return ModelType.MOXY;
+	}
+	
+	private String removeXPathDescriptor(String name) {
+		
+		return name.replaceAll("/text\\(\\)", "");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getMetadata(ObjectMetadata name) {
+		
+		return (String)cd.getProperty(name.toString());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Version getVersion() {
+		
+		return this.version;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PojoInjestor.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PojoInjestor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..116cb787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PojoInjestor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
+
+import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextFactory;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+
+public class PojoInjestor {
+	
+	private String POJO_CLASSPATH = "org.openecomp.aai.domain.yang";
+	private final Pattern classNamePattern = Pattern.compile("\\.(v\\d+)\\.");
+
+	public PojoInjestor() {
+	}
+	
+	public JAXBContext getContextForVersion(Version v) {
+		JAXBContext context = null;
+		try {
+			if (!v.equals(AAIProperties.LATEST)) {
+				POJO_CLASSPATH += "." + v; 
+			}
+			context = JAXBContextFactory.createContext(POJO_CLASSPATH, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
+		} catch (JAXBException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		
+		return context;
+	}
+	public Version getVersion (String classname) {
+		Matcher m = classNamePattern.matcher(classname);
+		String version;
+		if (m.find()) {
+			version = m.group(1);
+		} else {
+			//only POJOs of old versions have the version number in their classnames
+			//so if we can't find a version, default to the latest
+			version = AAIProperties.LATEST.toString();
+		}
+		
+		return Version.valueOf(version);
+	}
+	
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac63e981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PojoLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
+import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
+
+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 {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(PojoLoader.class);
+	private static final String POJO_BASE_PACKAGE_NAME = "org.openecomp.aai.domain.yang";
+
+	protected JAXBContext context;
+	private final String pojoPackageName;
+
+	protected PojoLoader(Version version) {
+		super(version, ModelType.POJO);
+
+		if (!version.equals(AAIProperties.LATEST)) {
+			pojoPackageName = POJO_BASE_PACKAGE_NAME + "." + version;
+		} else {
+			pojoPackageName = POJO_BASE_PACKAGE_NAME;
+		}
+
+		try {
+			context = JAXBContextFactory.createContext(pojoPackageName, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
+		} catch (JAXBException e) {
+			LOGGER.error("JAXBException while instantiation contect for PojoLoader", e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Introspector introspectorFromName(String name) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
+		return IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(ModelType.POJO, objectFromName(name));
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Object objectFromName(String name) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
+
+		final String sanitizedName = NamingExceptions.getInstance().getObjectName(name);
+		final String upperCamel;
+
+		//Contains any uppercase, then assume it's upper camel
+		if (sanitizedName.matches(".*[A-Z].*")) {
+			upperCamel = sanitizedName;
+		} else {
+			upperCamel = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, sanitizedName);
+		}
+
+		final String objectClassName;
+		
+		if (!upperCamel.contains(pojoPackageName)) {
+			objectClassName = pojoPackageName + "." + upperCamel;
+		} else {
+			objectClassName = upperCamel;
+		}
+
+		try {
+			return Class.forName(objectClassName).newInstance();
+		} catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | ClassNotFoundException e) {
+			throw new AAIUnknownObjectException("Unrecognized AAI object " + name);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void process(Version version) {
+		LOGGER.warn("PojoLoader.process(Version) has not been implemented");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Introspector unmarshal(String type, String json, MediaType mediaType) throws AAIUnmarshallingException {
+
+		 try {
+			final Unmarshaller unmarshaller = context.createUnmarshaller();
+
+			if (mediaType.equals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE)) {
+		        unmarshaller.setProperty(UnmarshallerProperties.MEDIA_TYPE, "application/json");
+		        unmarshaller.setProperty(UnmarshallerProperties.JSON_INCLUDE_ROOT, false);
+				unmarshaller.setProperty(UnmarshallerProperties.JSON_WRAPPER_AS_ARRAY_NAME, true);
+			}
+
+			final Object clazz = objectFromName(type);
+			final Object obj = unmarshaller.unmarshal(new StreamSource(new StringReader(json)), clazz.getClass()).getValue();
+
+			return IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(ModelType.POJO, obj);
+		 } catch (JAXBException e) {
+			ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_4007", "Could not unmarshall: " + e.getMessage());
+			throw new AAIUnmarshallingException("Could not unmarshall: " + e.getMessage());
+		} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+			throw new AAIUnmarshallingException("Could not unmarshall: " + e.getMessage(), e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Map<String, Introspector> getAllObjects() {
+		//TODO
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PojoStrategy.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PojoStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5632ddf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PojoStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,389 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
+import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
+import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
+
+import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.UnmarshallerProperties;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.annotations.Metadata;
+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 com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+
+public class PojoStrategy extends Introspector {
+
+	private Object internalObject = null;
+	private PojoInjestor injestor = null;
+	private Multimap<String, String> keyProps = null;
+	private Metadata classLevelMetadata = null;
+	private Version version;
+	private JAXBContext jaxbContext;
+	private Marshaller marshaller;
+	private Unmarshaller unmarshaller;
+	private Set<String> properties = null;
+	private Set<String> keys = null;
+	private Set<String> requiredProperties = null;
+
+	private boolean isInitialized = false;
+	
+	protected PojoStrategy(Object obj) {
+		super(obj);
+		className = PojoStrategy.class.getSimpleName();
+		this.internalObject = obj;
+		injestor = new PojoInjestor();
+		classLevelMetadata = obj.getClass().getAnnotation(Metadata.class);
+
+		version = injestor.getVersion(obj.getClass().getName());
+		jaxbContext = injestor.getContextForVersion(version);
+		super.loader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(getModelType(), version);
+		try {
+			marshaller = jaxbContext.createMarshaller();
+			unmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
+		} catch (JAXBException e) {
+
+		}
+		
+	}
+
+	private void init() {
+
+		isInitialized = true;
+
+		Set<String> properties = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		Set<String> keys = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		Set<String> required = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+
+		Field[] fields = this.internalObject.getClass().getDeclaredFields();
+		
+		for (Field field : fields) {
+			if (!field.getName().equals("any")) {
+				properties.add(covertFieldToOutputFormat(field.getName()));
+				Metadata annotation = field.getAnnotation(Metadata.class);
+				XmlElement xmlAnnotation = field.getAnnotation(XmlElement.class);
+				if (annotation != null) {
+					if (annotation.isKey()) {
+						keys.add(covertFieldToOutputFormat(field.getName()));
+					}
+				}
+				if (xmlAnnotation != null) {
+					if (xmlAnnotation.required()) {
+						required.add(covertFieldToOutputFormat(field.getName()));
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		properties = Collections.unmodifiableSet(properties);
+		this.properties = properties;
+		
+		keys = Collections.unmodifiableSet(keys);
+		this.keys = keys;
+		
+		required = Collections.unmodifiableSet(required);
+		this.requiredProperties = required;
+		
+	}
+	private String covertFieldToOutputFormat(String propName) {
+		return CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, propName);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean hasProperty(String name) {
+		//TODO 
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the property via reflection
+	 */
+	public Object get(String name) {
+		String getMethodName = "get" + CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, name);
+		try {
+			return this.internalObject.getClass().getDeclaredMethod(getMethodName).invoke(this.internalObject);			
+		} catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void set(String name, Object value) {
+		String setMethodName = "set" + CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, name);
+		try {
+			this.internalObject.getClass().getDeclaredMethod(setMethodName, value.getClass()).invoke(this.internalObject, value);
+		} catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
+			ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_4017", "Error setting name/value pair on POJO: " + e.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getProperties() {
+
+		if(!isInitialized){
+			this.init();
+		}
+		return this.properties;
+	}
+
+	
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getRequiredProperties() {
+
+		if(!isInitialized) {
+			this.init();
+		}
+		return this.requiredProperties;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getKeys() {
+
+		if(!isInitialized){
+			this.init();
+		}
+		return this.keys;
+	}
+
+	public Class<?> getClass(String name) {
+
+		Field field = null;
+		try {
+			field = this.internalObject.getClass().getDeclaredField(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL, name));
+		} catch (NoSuchFieldException | SecurityException e) {
+			
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		return field.getType();
+	}
+	
+	public Class<?> getGenericTypeClass(String name) {
+		
+		try {
+			String getMethodName = "get" + CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, name);
+			Method method = internalObject.getClass().getDeclaredMethod(getMethodName);
+			Type t = method.getGenericReturnType();
+			if(t instanceof ParameterizedType) {
+				ParameterizedType pt = (ParameterizedType)t;
+				return ((Class<?>)pt.getActualTypeArguments()[0]);
+			} else {
+				return null;
+			}
+			
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getJavaClassName() {
+		return internalObject.getClass().getName();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Object getUnderlyingObject() {
+		return this.internalObject;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getName() {
+		String className = internalObject.getClass().getSimpleName();
+		
+		return CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, className);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected String findKey() {
+		Set<String> keys = null;
+		keys = this.getKeys();
+		List<String> results = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (String key : keys) {
+			if (this.getType(key).toLowerCase().contains("long")) {
+				key = ((Long)this.getValue(key)).toString();
+			} else {
+				key = (String)this.getValue(key);
+			}
+			results.add(key);
+		}
+		
+		return Joiner.on("/").join(results);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String marshal(MarshallerProperties properties) {
+		StringWriter result = new StringWriter();
+        try {
+        	if (properties.getMediaType().equals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE)) {
+				marshaller.setProperty(org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.MarshallerProperties.MEDIA_TYPE, "application/json");
+		        marshaller.setProperty(org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.MarshallerProperties.JSON_INCLUDE_ROOT, properties.getIncludeRoot());
+		        marshaller.setProperty(org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.MarshallerProperties.JSON_WRAPPER_AS_ARRAY_NAME, properties.getWrapperAsArrayName());
+        	}
+	        marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, properties.getFormatted());
+	        marshaller.marshal(this.internalObject, result);
+		} catch (JAXBException e) {
+			//e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+
+        return result.toString();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Object clone() {
+		Object result = null;
+		 try {
+				unmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
+
+		        unmarshaller.setProperty(UnmarshallerProperties.MEDIA_TYPE, "application/json");
+		        unmarshaller.setProperty(UnmarshallerProperties.JSON_INCLUDE_ROOT, false);
+				unmarshaller.setProperty(UnmarshallerProperties.JSON_WRAPPER_AS_ARRAY_NAME, true);
+				
+				result = unmarshaller.unmarshal(new StreamSource(new StringReader(this.marshal(true))), this.internalObject.getClass()).getValue();
+			 } catch (JAXBException e) {
+					// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+					//e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+		 result = IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(getModelType(), result);
+		 return result;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String preProcessKey (String key) {
+		String result = "";
+		//String trimmedRestURI = restURI.replaceAll("/[\\w\\-]+?/[\\w\\-]+?$", "");
+		String[] split = key.split("/");
+		int i = 0;
+		for (i = split.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
+			
+			if (keyProps.containsKey(split[i])) {
+				break;
+				
+			}
+			
+		}
+		result = Joiner.on("/").join(Arrays.copyOfRange(split, 0, i));
+		
+		return result;
+		
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public ModelType getModelType() {
+		return ModelType.POJO;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getChildName() {
+		String className = internalObject.getClass().getSimpleName();
+		String lowerHyphen = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, className);
+		
+		if (this.isContainer()) {
+			lowerHyphen = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN,this.getGenericTypeClass(this.getProperties().iterator().next()).getSimpleName());
+		}
+		
+		return lowerHyphen;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Map<PropertyMetadata, String> getPropertyMetadata(String prop) {
+		Field f;
+		Map<PropertyMetadata, String> result = new HashMap<>();
+		try {
+			f = internalObject.getClass().getField(prop);
+			Metadata m = f.getAnnotation(Metadata.class);
+			if (m != null) {
+				Field[] fields = m.getClass().getFields();
+				String fieldName;
+				for (Field field : fields) {
+					fieldName = field.getName();
+					if (fieldName.equals("isAbstract")) {
+						fieldName = "abstract";
+					} else if (fieldName.equals("extendsFrom")) {
+						fieldName = "extends";
+					}
+					fieldName = CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_UNDERSCORE, fieldName);
+					result.put(PropertyMetadata.valueOf(fieldName), (String)field.get(m));
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (NoSuchFieldException | SecurityException | IllegalArgumentException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getObjectId() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getMetadata(ObjectMetadata metadataName) {
+		String value = null;
+		String methodName;
+		if (ObjectMetadata.ABSTRACT.equals(metadataName)) {
+			methodName = "isAbstract";
+		} else if (ObjectMetadata.EXTENDS.equals(metadataName)) {
+			methodName = "extendsFrom";
+		} else {
+			methodName = metadataName.toString();
+		}
+		
+		try {
+			value = (String)this.classLevelMetadata.getClass().getMethod(methodName).invoke(classLevelMetadata);
+		} catch (IllegalArgumentException | IllegalAccessException | SecurityException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
+			//TODO
+		}
+		
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Version getVersion() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PropertyPredicate.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PropertyPredicate.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d23aa60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PropertyPredicate.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.util.function.BiPredicate;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+public interface PropertyPredicate<T, U> extends BiPredicate<T, U> {
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PropertyPredicates.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PropertyPredicates.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eeca0864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/PropertyPredicates.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+
+public final class PropertyPredicates {
+
+	private PropertyPredicates() {
+		
+	}
+	
+	public static PropertyPredicate<Introspector, String> includeInTestGeneration() {
+		return (obj, prop) -> {
+			final Map<PropertyMetadata, String> map = obj.getPropertyMetadata(prop);
+			if (map.containsKey(PropertyMetadata.VISIBILITY)) {
+				return !(Visibility.internal.equals(Visibility.valueOf(map.get(PropertyMetadata.VISIBILITY))) 
+						|| Visibility.deployment.equals(Visibility.valueOf(map.get(PropertyMetadata.VISIBILITY))));
+			}
+			if (map.containsKey("dataLocation")) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			return true;
+		};
+	}
+	 
+	public static PropertyPredicate<Introspector, String> isVisible() {
+		return (obj, prop) -> {
+			final Map<PropertyMetadata, String> map = obj.getPropertyMetadata(prop);
+			if (map.containsKey(PropertyMetadata.VISIBILITY)) {
+				return !Visibility.internal.equals(Visibility.valueOf(map.get(PropertyMetadata.VISIBILITY)));
+			}
+			return true;
+		};
+	}
+	
+	public static PropertyPredicate<Introspector, String> includeInExamples() {
+		return (obj, prop) -> {
+			final Map<PropertyMetadata, String> map = obj.getPropertyMetadata(prop);
+			if (map.containsKey(PropertyMetadata.VISIBILITY)) {
+				return !Visibility.internal.equals(Visibility.valueOf(map.get(PropertyMetadata.VISIBILITY)));
+			}
+			if (map.containsKey("dataLocation")) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			return true;
+		};
+	}
+	
+	public static PropertyPredicate<Introspector, String> isIndexed() {
+		return (obj, prop) -> {
+			Set<String> indexed = obj.getIndexedProperties();
+			return indexed.contains(prop);
+		};
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Version.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Version.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdb7a91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Version.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+public enum Version {
+	v8,
+	v9,
+	v10;
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Visibility.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Visibility.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9126c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Visibility.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+public enum Visibility {
+
+	internal,
+	external,
+	deployment,
+	all
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Wanderer.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Wanderer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..217366d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/Wanderer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+public interface Wanderer {
+
+	/**
+	 * Process primitive.
+	 *
+	 * @param propName the prop name
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 */
+	public void processPrimitive(String propName, Introspector obj);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Process primitive list.
+	 *
+	 * @param propName the prop name
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 */
+	public void processPrimitiveList(String propName, Introspector obj);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Process complex obj.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 */
+	public void processComplexObj(Introspector obj) throws AAIException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Modify complex list.
+	 *
+	 * @param list the list
+	 * @param listReference TODO
+	 * @param parent the parent
+	 * @param child the child
+	 */
+	public void modifyComplexList(List<Introspector> list, List<Object> listReference, Introspector parent, Introspector child);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the complex obj if null.
+	 *
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 */
+	public default boolean createComplexObjIfNull() {
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the complex list size.
+	 *
+	 * @param parent the parent
+	 * @param child the child
+	 * @return the int
+	 */
+	public default int createComplexListSize(Introspector parent, Introspector child) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/exceptions/AAIUnknownObjectException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/exceptions/AAIUnknownObjectException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed0b3207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/exceptions/AAIUnknownObjectException.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.introspection.exceptions;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+public class AAIUnknownObjectException extends AAIException {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -504200228742133774L;
+
+	public AAIUnknownObjectException() {}
+
+	public AAIUnknownObjectException(String message) {
+		super("AAI_3000", message);
+	}
+
+	public AAIUnknownObjectException(Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_3000", cause);
+	}
+
+	public AAIUnknownObjectException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_3000", cause, message);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/exceptions/AAIUnmarshallingException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/exceptions/AAIUnmarshallingException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edc06b3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/exceptions/AAIUnmarshallingException.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.introspection.exceptions;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+public class AAIUnmarshallingException extends AAIException {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -5615651557821878103L;
+
+	public AAIUnmarshallingException() {}
+
+	public AAIUnmarshallingException(String message) {
+		super("AAI_3000", message);
+	}
+
+	public AAIUnmarshallingException(Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_3000",cause);
+	}
+
+	public AAIUnmarshallingException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_3000", cause, message);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/generator/CreateExample.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/generator/CreateExample.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fba4525e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/generator/CreateExample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.generator;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.IntrospectorWalker;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.PropertyPredicates;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Wanderer;
+
+public class CreateExample implements Wanderer {
+
+	private Random rand = new Random();
+	private final long range = 100000000L;
+	private Loader loader = null;
+	private Introspector result = null;
+	private String objectName = null;
+	private List<String> blacklist = null;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new creates the example.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param objectName the object name
+	 */
+	public CreateExample(Loader loader, String objectName) {
+
+		this.loader = loader;
+		this.objectName = objectName;
+		this.blacklist = new ArrayList<>();
+		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the example object.
+	 *
+	 * @return the example object
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 */
+	public Introspector getExampleObject() throws AAIException {
+		result = loader.introspectorFromName(objectName);
+		blacklist = new ArrayList<>();
+		blacklist.add("any");
+		blacklist.add("relationship-list");
+		if (!result.isContainer()) {
+			blacklist.add("resource-version");
+		}
+		IntrospectorWalker walker = new IntrospectorWalker(this, PropertyPredicates.includeInExamples());
+		
+		walker.preventCycles(true);
+		walker.setBlacklist(blacklist);
+		walker.walk(result);
+		//this.getExampleObject(result);
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value.
+	 *
+	 * @param property the property
+	 * @param type the type
+	 * @param suffix the suffix
+	 * @return the value
+	 */
+	private Object getValue(String property, String type, String suffix) {
+		long randLong = (long)(rand.nextDouble()*range);
+		Integer randInt = rand.nextInt(100000);
+		Integer randShrt = rand.nextInt(20000);
+		short randShort = randShrt.shortValue();
+	
+		Object newObj = null;
+		if (type.contains("java.lang.String")) {
+			newObj = "example-" + property + "-val-" + randInt + suffix;
+		} else if ( type.toLowerCase().equals("long") ||type.contains("java.lang.Long")) {
+			newObj = randLong;
+		} else if(type.toLowerCase().equals("boolean") || type.contains("java.lang.Boolean")){
+			newObj = Boolean.TRUE;
+		} else if ( type.toLowerCase().equals("int") || type.contains("java.lang.Integer")){
+			newObj = randInt;
+		}  else if ( type.toLowerCase().equals("short") || type.contains("java.lang.Short")){
+			newObj = randShort;
+		}
+		
+		return newObj;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processPrimitive(String propName, Introspector obj) {
+		String 	propType = obj.getType(propName);
+
+		Object val = this.getValue(propName, propType, "");
+		obj.setValue(propName, val);		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processPrimitiveList(String propName, Introspector obj) {
+		int listSize = 2;
+		String propType = "";
+		List<Object> list = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < listSize; i++) {
+			propType = obj.getGenericType(propName);
+			Object val = this.getValue(propName, propType, "-" + (i + 1));
+			list.add(val);
+		}
+		obj.setValue(propName, list);		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processComplexObj(Introspector obj) {
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void modifyComplexList(List<Introspector> list, List<Object> listReference, Introspector parent, Introspector child) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean createComplexObjIfNull() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public int createComplexListSize(Introspector parent, Introspector child) {
+		return 1;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/DataCopy.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/DataCopy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98ff219c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/DataCopy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.sideeffect;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.sideeffect.exceptions.AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.sideeffect.exceptions.AAIMultiplePropertiesException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.QueryParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.restcore.util.URITools;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.DBSerializer;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
+
+
+public class DataCopy extends SideEffect {
+
+	
+	public DataCopy(Introspector obj, Vertex self, TransactionalGraphEngine dbEngine, DBSerializer serializer) {
+		super(obj, self, dbEngine, serializer);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void processURI(Optional<String> completeUri, Entry<String, String> entry) throws URISyntaxException, UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		if (completeUri.isPresent()) {
+			URI uri = new URI(completeUri.get());
+			MultivaluedMap<String, String> map = URITools.getQueryMap(uri);
+			QueryParser uriQuery = dbEngine.getQueryBuilder(this.latestLoader).createQueryFromURI(uri, map);
+			List<Vertex> results = uriQuery.getQueryBuilder().toList();
+			Introspector resultObj = this.latestLoader.introspectorFromName(uriQuery.getResultType());
+			if (results.size() == 1) {
+				serializer.dbToObject(Collections.singletonList(results.get(0)), resultObj, 0, true, "false");
+				try {
+					obj.setValue(entry.getKey(), Objects.requireNonNull(resultObj.getValue(uri.getFragment()), uri.getFragment() + " was null"));
+				} catch (NullPointerException e) {
+					throw new AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException("property " + uri.getFragment() + " not found at " + uri);
+				}
+ 			} else {
+				if (results.isEmpty()) {
+					throw new AAIException("AAI_6114", "object located at " + uri + " not found");
+				} else if (results.size() > 1) {
+					throw new AAIMultiplePropertiesException("multiple values of " + entry.getKey() + " found when searching " + uri);
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			//skip processing because no required properties were specified
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected PropertyMetadata getPropertyMetadata() {
+		return PropertyMetadata.DATA_COPY;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean replaceWithWildcard() {
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/DataLinkReader.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/DataLinkReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81562f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/DataLinkReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.sideeffect;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.sideeffect.exceptions.AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.QueryParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.restcore.util.URITools;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.DBSerializer;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+
+public class DataLinkReader extends SideEffect {
+	
+	public DataLinkReader(Introspector obj, Vertex self, TransactionalGraphEngine dbEngine, DBSerializer serializer) {
+		super(obj, self, dbEngine, serializer);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected boolean replaceWithWildcard() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected PropertyMetadata getPropertyMetadata() {
+		return PropertyMetadata.DATA_LINK;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void processURI(Optional<String> completeUri, Entry<String, String> entry)
+			throws URISyntaxException, UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+
+		if (completeUri.isPresent()) {
+			URI uri = new URI(completeUri.get());
+			MultivaluedMap<String, String> map = URITools.getQueryMap(uri);
+			QueryParser uriQuery = dbEngine.getQueryBuilder(this.latestLoader).createQueryFromURI(uri, map);
+			List<Vertex> results = uriQuery.getQueryBuilder().getVerticesByProperty(AAIProperties.LINKED, true).toList();
+			if (results.size() == 1) {
+				if (results.get(0).<Boolean>property(AAIProperties.LINKED).orElse(false) && obj.getValue(entry.getKey()) == null) {
+					obj.setValue(entry.getKey(), results.get(0).property(entry.getKey()).orElse(null));
+				}
+			} else {
+			//log something about not being able to return any values because there was more than one
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * always fuzzy search on reads
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected Map<String, String> findProperties(Introspector obj, String uriString) throws AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException {
+		
+		final Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<>();
+		Matcher m = template.matcher(uriString);
+		while (m.find()) {
+			String propName = m.group(1);
+			if (replaceWithWildcard()) {
+				result.put(propName, "*");
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/DataLinkWriter.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/DataLinkWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09a1ce18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/DataLinkWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.sideeffect;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.sideeffect.exceptions.AAIMultiplePropertiesException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.QueryParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.uri.URIToObject;
+import org.openecomp.aai.restcore.util.URITools;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.DBSerializer;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
+
+public class DataLinkWriter extends SideEffect {
+
+	public DataLinkWriter(Introspector obj, Vertex self, TransactionalGraphEngine dbEngine, DBSerializer serializer) {
+		super(obj, self, dbEngine, serializer);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected PropertyMetadata getPropertyMetadata() {
+		return PropertyMetadata.DATA_LINK;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void processURI(Optional<String> completeUri, Entry<String, String> entry)
+			throws URISyntaxException, UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		if (completeUri.isPresent()) {
+			URI uri = new URI(completeUri.get());
+			MultivaluedMap<String, String> map = URITools.getQueryMap(uri);
+			QueryParser uriQuery = dbEngine.getQueryBuilder(this.latestLoader).createQueryFromURI(uri, map);
+			List<Vertex> results = uriQuery.getQueryBuilder().toList();
+			if (results.size() == 1) {
+				if (results.get(0).<Boolean>property(AAIProperties.LINKED).orElse(false) && obj.getValue(entry.getKey()) == null) {
+					//delete vertex because property was removed
+					serializer.delete(results.get(0), "", false);
+				} else {
+					//link vertex that already exists
+					this.addLinkedProperty(results.get(0));
+				}
+ 			} else {
+				if (results.isEmpty()) {
+					//locate previously linked vertex
+					List<Vertex> linkedVertices = uriQuery.getQueryBuilder().getContainerQuery().getVerticesByProperty(AAIProperties.LINKED, true).toList();
+					if (!linkedVertices.isEmpty()) {
+						if (linkedVertices.size() > 1) {
+							throw new AAIMultiplePropertiesException("multiple vertices found for single cardinality propery found when searching " + uri);
+						} else {
+							//found one, remove the linked property because it didn't match the uri
+							linkedVertices.get(0).property(AAIProperties.LINKED).remove();
+						}
+					}
+					if (obj.getValue(entry.getKey()) != null) {
+						//add new vertex to database if we have values
+						URIToObject parser = new URIToObject(this.latestLoader, uri);
+						Introspector resultObj = parser.getEntity();
+						Vertex newV = serializer.createNewVertex(resultObj);
+						serializer.serializeToDb(resultObj, newV, uriQuery, completeUri.get(), this.latestLoader.getVersion().toString());
+						this.addLinkedProperty(newV);
+					}
+				} else if (results.size() > 1) {
+					throw new AAIMultiplePropertiesException("multiple values of " + entry.getKey() + " found when searching " + uri);
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			//skip processing because no required properties were specified
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected boolean replaceWithWildcard() {
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	private void addLinkedProperty(Vertex v) {
+		v.property(AAIProperties.LINKED, true);
+	}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/SideEffect.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/SideEffect.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3691651c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/SideEffect.java
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.sideeffect;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+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.ModelType;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.sideeffect.exceptions.AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.DBSerializer;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
+
+public abstract class SideEffect {
+
+	protected static final Pattern template = Pattern.compile("\\{(.*?)\\}");
+	protected final Introspector obj;
+	protected final TransactionalGraphEngine dbEngine;
+	protected final DBSerializer serializer;
+	protected final Loader latestLoader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(ModelType.MOXY, AAIProperties.LATEST);
+	protected final Vertex self;
+	public SideEffect (Introspector obj, Vertex self, TransactionalGraphEngine dbEngine, DBSerializer serializer) {
+		this.obj = obj;
+		this.dbEngine = dbEngine;
+		this.serializer = serializer;
+		this.self = self;
+	}
+
+	protected void execute() throws UnsupportedEncodingException, URISyntaxException, AAIException {
+		final Map<String, String> properties = this.findPopertiesWithMetadata(obj, this.getPropertyMetadata());
+		for (Entry<String, String> entry : properties.entrySet()) {
+			Optional<String> populatedUri = this.replaceTemplates(obj, entry.getValue());
+			Optional<String> completeUri = this.resolveRelativePath(populatedUri);
+			this.processURI(completeUri, entry);
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected Map<String, String> findPopertiesWithMetadata(Introspector obj, PropertyMetadata metadata) {
+		final Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<>();
+		for (String prop : obj.getProperties()) {
+			final Map<PropertyMetadata, String> map = obj.getPropertyMetadata(prop);
+			if (map.containsKey(metadata)) {
+				result.put(prop, map.get(metadata));
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	protected Map<String, String> findProperties(Introspector obj, String uriString) throws AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException {
+		
+		final Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<>();
+		final Set<String> missing = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		Matcher m = template.matcher(uriString);
+		int properties = 0;
+		while (m.find()) {
+			String propName = m.group(1);
+			String value = obj.getValue(propName);
+			properties++;
+			if (value != null) {
+				result.put(propName, value);
+			} else {
+				if (replaceWithWildcard()) {
+					result.put(propName, "*");
+				}
+				missing.add(propName);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if (!missing.isEmpty() && (properties != missing.size())) {
+			throw new AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException("Cannot complete " + this.getPropertyMetadata().toString() + " uri. Missing properties " + missing);
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	private Optional<String> replaceTemplates(Introspector obj, String uriString) throws AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException {
+		String result = uriString;
+		final Map<String, String> propMap = this.findProperties(obj, uriString);
+		if (propMap.isEmpty()) {
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
+		for (Entry<String, String> entry : propMap.entrySet()) {
+			result = result.replaceAll("\\{" + entry.getKey() + "\\}", entry.getValue());
+		}
+		//drop out wildcards if they exist
+		result = result.replaceFirst("/[^/]+?(?:/\\*)+", "");
+		return Optional.of(result);
+	}
+	
+	private Optional<String> resolveRelativePath(Optional<String> populatedUri) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		if (!populatedUri.isPresent()) {
+			return Optional.empty();
+		} else {
+			return Optional.of(populatedUri.get().replaceFirst("\\./", this.serializer.getURIForVertex(self) + "/"));
+		}
+	}
+	
+	protected abstract boolean replaceWithWildcard();
+	protected abstract PropertyMetadata getPropertyMetadata();
+	protected abstract void processURI(Optional<String> completeUri, Entry<String, String> entry) throws URISyntaxException, UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException;
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/SideEffectRunner.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/SideEffectRunner.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17127da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/SideEffectRunner.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.sideeffect;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.DBSerializer;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class SideEffectRunner {
+
+	protected final TransactionalGraphEngine dbEngine;
+	protected final DBSerializer serializer;
+	protected final Set<Class<? extends SideEffect>> sideEffects;
+	protected SideEffectRunner(Builder builder) {
+		this.dbEngine = builder.getDbEngine();
+		this.serializer = builder.getSerializer();
+		this.sideEffects = builder.getSideEffects();
+	}
+	
+	public void execute(Introspector obj, Vertex self) throws AAIException {
+		
+		for (Class<? extends SideEffect> se : sideEffects) {
+			try {
+				se.getConstructor(Introspector.class, Vertex.class, TransactionalGraphEngine.class, DBSerializer.class)
+				.newInstance(obj, self, dbEngine, serializer).execute();
+			} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException
+					| IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException
+					| URISyntaxException e) {
+				throw new AAIException("strange exception", e);
+			}
+		}		
+	}
+
+	public static class Builder {
+		
+		private final TransactionalGraphEngine dbEngine;
+		private final DBSerializer serializer;
+		private final Set<Class<? extends SideEffect>> sideEffects;
+		
+		public Builder(final TransactionalGraphEngine dbEngine, final DBSerializer serializer) {
+			this.dbEngine = dbEngine;
+			this.serializer = serializer;
+			this.sideEffects = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		}
+		
+		public Builder addSideEffect(Class<? extends SideEffect> se) {
+			sideEffects.add(se);
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		public Builder addSideEffects(Class<? extends SideEffect>... sideEffects) {
+			for (Class<? extends SideEffect> se : sideEffects) {
+				this.addSideEffect(se);
+			}
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		public SideEffectRunner build() {
+			return new SideEffectRunner(this);
+		}
+		protected TransactionalGraphEngine getDbEngine() {
+			return dbEngine;
+		}
+
+		protected DBSerializer getSerializer() {
+			return serializer;
+		}
+
+		protected Set<Class<? extends SideEffect>> getSideEffects() {
+			return sideEffects;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/SideEffectRunnerHelper.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/SideEffectRunnerHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d214623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/SideEffectRunnerHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.sideeffect;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Wanderer;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.DBSerializer;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+class SideEffectRunnerHelper implements Wanderer {
+
+	
+	protected final TransactionalGraphEngine dbEngine;
+	protected final DBSerializer serializer;
+	protected final Set<Class<? extends SideEffect>> sideEffects;
+	protected SideEffectRunnerHelper(final TransactionalGraphEngine dbEngine, final DBSerializer serializer, final Set<Class<? extends SideEffect>> sideEffects) {
+		this.dbEngine = dbEngine;
+		this.serializer = serializer;
+		this.sideEffects = sideEffects;
+	}
+	
+	private void runSideEffects(Introspector obj) throws AAIException {
+		for (Class<? extends SideEffect> se : sideEffects) {
+			try {
+				se.getConstructor(Introspector.class, TransactionalGraphEngine.class, DBSerializer.class)
+				.newInstance(obj, dbEngine, serializer).execute();
+			} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException
+					| IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException
+					| URISyntaxException e) {
+				throw new AAIException("strange exception", e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	@Override
+	public void processPrimitive(String propName, Introspector obj) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void processPrimitiveList(String propName, Introspector obj) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void processComplexObj(Introspector obj) throws AAIException {
+		
+		runSideEffects(obj);
+	
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void modifyComplexList(List<Introspector> list, List<Object> listReference, Introspector parent,
+                                  Introspector child) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/exceptions/AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/exceptions/AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9131f249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/exceptions/AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.sideeffect.exceptions;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+public class AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException extends AAIException {
+
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -8907079650472014019L;
+
+	public AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException() {}
+
+	public AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException(String message) {
+		super("AAI_5107", message);
+	}
+
+	public AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException(Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_5107",cause);
+	}
+
+	public AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_5107", cause, message);
+	}
+	
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/exceptions/AAIMultiplePropertiesException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/exceptions/AAIMultiplePropertiesException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0525b1b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/sideeffect/exceptions/AAIMultiplePropertiesException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.sideeffect.exceptions;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+public class AAIMultiplePropertiesException extends AAIException {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 2098371383166008345L;
+
+	public AAIMultiplePropertiesException() {}
+
+	public AAIMultiplePropertiesException(String message) {
+		super("AAI_6136", message);
+	}
+
+	public AAIMultiplePropertiesException(Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_6136",cause);
+	}
+
+	public AAIMultiplePropertiesException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_6136", cause, message);
+	}
+	
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/CreateUUID.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/CreateUUID.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8932da2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/CreateUUID.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.tools;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+
+public class CreateUUID implements IssueResolver {
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean resolveIssue(Issue issue) {
+
+		Introspector obj = issue.getIntrospector();
+		if (issue.getType().equals(IssueType.MISSING_KEY_PROP)) {
+			Map<PropertyMetadata, String> metadata = obj.getPropertyMetadata(issue.getPropName());
+			if (metadata.containsKey(PropertyMetadata.AUTO_GENERATE_UUID) && metadata.get(PropertyMetadata.AUTO_GENERATE_UUID).equals("true")) {
+				obj.setValue(issue.getPropName(), UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/DefaultFields.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/DefaultFields.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a1143f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/DefaultFields.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.tools;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+
+public class DefaultFields implements IssueResolver {
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean resolveIssue(Issue issue) {
+
+		Introspector obj = issue.getIntrospector();
+		if (issue.getType().equals(IssueType.MISSING_REQUIRED_PROP)) {
+			Map<PropertyMetadata, String> metadata = obj.getPropertyMetadata(issue.getPropName());
+			if (metadata.containsKey(PropertyMetadata.DEFAULT_VALUE)) {
+				obj.setValue(issue.getPropName(), metadata.get(PropertyMetadata.DEFAULT_VALUE));
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/InjectKeysFromURI.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/InjectKeysFromURI.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23855363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/InjectKeysFromURI.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.tools;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.uri.URIToObject;
+
+public class InjectKeysFromURI  implements IssueResolver {
+
+	private URI uri = null;
+	private Loader loader = null;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new inject keys from URI.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 */
+	public InjectKeysFromURI(Loader loader, URI uri) {
+		this.loader = loader;
+		this.uri = uri;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean resolveIssue(Issue issue) {
+		boolean result = false;
+		Introspector obj = issue.getIntrospector();
+		if (issue.getType().equals(IssueType.MISSING_KEY_PROP)) {
+			try {
+				URIToObject toObject = new URIToObject(loader, uri);
+				Introspector minimumObj = toObject.getEntity();
+				if (toObject.getEntityName().equals(obj.getDbName())) {
+					obj.setValue(issue.getPropName(), minimumObj.getValue(issue.getPropName()));
+					result = true;
+				}
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				//log something probably
+				result = false;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/IntrospectorValidator.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/IntrospectorValidator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e5b4bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/IntrospectorValidator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.tools;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.IntrospectorWalker;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Visibility;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Wanderer;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+
+public class IntrospectorValidator implements Wanderer {
+
+	
+	private List<Issue> issues = null;
+	private List<IssueResolver> issueResolvers = null; 
+	private boolean validateRequired = true;
+	private final int maximumDepth;
+	private int currentDepth = 0;
+	
+	private final Set<String> relationshipChain;
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new introspector validator.
+	 *
+	 * @param builder the builder
+	 */
+	private IntrospectorValidator(IntrospectorValidator.Builder builder) {
+		this.validateRequired = builder.getValidateRequired();
+		this.issueResolvers = builder.getResolvers();
+		this.maximumDepth = builder.getMaximumDepth();
+		issues = new ArrayList<>();
+		
+		relationshipChain = new HashSet<>();
+		
+		relationshipChain.add("relationship-list");
+		relationshipChain.add("relationship");
+		relationshipChain.add("relationship-data");
+		relationshipChain.add("related-to-property");
+
+
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Validate.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 */
+	public boolean validate(Introspector obj) throws AAIException {
+		IntrospectorWalker walker = new IntrospectorWalker(this);
+		this.currentDepth = 0;
+		walker.walk(obj);
+		
+		for (Issue m : issues) {
+			if (!m.getSeverity().equals(Severity.WARNING)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the issues.
+	 *
+	 * @return the issues
+	 */
+	public List<Issue> getIssues() {
+		return this.issues;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the issue resolvers.
+	 *
+	 * @param resolvers the new issue resolvers
+	 */
+	public void setIssueResolvers(List<IssueResolver> resolvers) {
+		issueResolvers = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (IssueResolver resolver : resolvers) {
+			issueResolvers.add(resolver);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Resolve issues.
+	 *
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 */
+	public boolean resolveIssues() {
+		boolean result = true;
+		for (Issue issue : issues) {
+			for (IssueResolver resolver : issueResolvers) {
+				if (resolver.resolveIssue(issue)) {
+					issue.setResolved(true);
+				}
+			}
+			if (!issue.isResolved()) {
+				result = false;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processComplexObj(Introspector obj) {
+				
+		if (this.currentDepth > this.maximumDepth && !relationshipChain.contains(obj.getDbName())) {
+			Issue message = 
+					this.buildMessage(Severity.CRITICAL, IssueType.EXCEEDED_ALLOWED_DEPTH, "Maximum allowed depth of this object has been exceeded on: " + obj.getDbName());
+			message.setIntrospector(obj);
+			issues.add(message);
+		}
+		Set<String> requiredProps = obj.getRequiredProperties();
+		Set<String> keys = obj.getKeys();
+		Set<String> props = obj.getProperties();
+		
+		for (String prop : props) {
+			Object value = obj.getValue(prop);
+			if (keys.contains(prop)) {
+				if (value == null) {
+					Issue message = 
+							this.buildMessage(Severity.CRITICAL, IssueType.MISSING_KEY_PROP, "Missing key property: " + prop);
+					message.setIntrospector(obj);
+					message.setPropName(prop);
+					issues.add(message);
+				}
+			} else if (requiredProps.contains(prop)) {
+				if (value == null && validateRequired) {
+					Issue message = 
+							this.buildMessage(Severity.CRITICAL, IssueType.MISSING_REQUIRED_PROP, "Missing required property: " + prop);
+					message.setIntrospector(obj);
+					message.setPropName(prop);
+					issues.add(message);
+				}
+			}
+			
+			final Optional<String> visibility = obj.getPropertyMetadata(prop, PropertyMetadata.VISIBILITY);
+			if(visibility.isPresent() && Visibility.internal.equals(Visibility.valueOf(visibility.get()))) {
+				Issue message =
+						this.buildMessage(Severity.ERROR, IssueType.PROPERTY_NOT_VISIBLE, "client attemptted to set property not visible: " + prop);
+				message.setIntrospector(obj);
+				message.setPropName(prop);
+				issues.add(message);
+				
+			}			
+		}
+		
+		if (!relationshipChain.contains(obj.getDbName())) {
+			this.currentDepth++;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processPrimitive(String propName, Introspector obj) {
+		//NO OP
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processPrimitiveList(String propName, Introspector obj) {
+		//NO OP
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void modifyComplexList(List<Introspector> list, List<Object> listReference, Introspector parent, Introspector child) {
+		//NO OP
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Builds the message.
+	 *
+	 * @param severity the severity
+	 * @param error the error
+	 * @param detail the detail
+	 * @return the issue
+	 */
+	private Issue buildMessage(Severity severity, IssueType error, String detail) {
+		Issue message = new Issue();
+		message.setSeverity(severity);
+		message.setType(error);
+		message.setDetail(detail);
+		
+		return message;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean createComplexObjIfNull() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public int createComplexListSize(Introspector parent, Introspector child) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	public static class Builder {
+		
+		private boolean validateRequired = true;
+		private List<IssueResolver> issueResolvers = null;
+		private int maximumDepth = AAIProperties.MAXIMUM_DEPTH;
+		/**
+		 * Instantiates a new builder.
+		 *
+		 * @param llBuilder the ll builder
+		 */
+		public Builder() {
+			issueResolvers = new ArrayList<IssueResolver>();
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Validate required.
+		 *
+		 * @param validateRequired the validate required
+		 * @return the builder
+		 */
+		public Builder validateRequired(boolean validateRequired) {
+			this.validateRequired = validateRequired;
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		public Builder restrictDepth(int depth) {
+			this.maximumDepth = depth; 
+			return this;
+		}
+		/**
+		 * Adds the resolver.
+		 *
+		 * @param resolver the resolver
+		 * @return the builder
+		 */
+		public Builder addResolver(IssueResolver resolver) {
+			issueResolvers.add(resolver);
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Builds the.
+		 *
+		 * @return the introspector validator
+		 */
+		public IntrospectorValidator build() {
+			return new IntrospectorValidator(this);
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Gets the validate required.
+		 *
+		 * @return the validate required
+		 */
+		public boolean getValidateRequired() {
+			return this.validateRequired;
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Gets the resolvers.
+		 *
+		 * @return the resolvers
+		 */
+		public List<IssueResolver> getResolvers() {
+			return this.issueResolvers;
+		}
+		
+		public int getMaximumDepth() {
+			return this.maximumDepth;
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/Issue.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/Issue.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b95643c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/Issue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.tools;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+
+public class Issue {
+
+	private Severity severity;
+	private IssueType error;
+	private String detail;
+	private Introspector obj;
+	private String propName;
+	private boolean resolved = false;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the severity.
+	 *
+	 * @param severity the new severity
+	 */
+	public void setSeverity(Severity severity) {
+
+		this.severity = severity;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the error.
+	 *
+	 * @param error the new error
+	 */
+	public void setType(IssueType error) {
+		this.error = error;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the detail.
+	 *
+	 * @param detail the new detail
+	 */
+	public void setDetail(String detail) {
+		this.detail = detail;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the severity.
+	 *
+	 * @return the severity
+	 */
+	public Object getSeverity() {
+		return this.severity;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the introspector.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the new introspector
+	 */
+	public void setIntrospector(Introspector obj) {
+		this.obj = obj;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the introspector.
+	 *
+	 * @return the introspector
+	 */
+	public Introspector getIntrospector() {
+		return this.obj;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the detail.
+	 *
+	 * @return the detail
+	 */
+	public String getDetail() {
+		return this.detail;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the error.
+	 *
+	 * @return the error
+	 */
+	public IssueType getType() {
+		return this.error;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the prop name.
+	 *
+	 * @param prop the new prop name
+	 */
+	public void setPropName(String prop) {
+		this.propName= prop;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the prop name.
+	 *
+	 * @return the prop name
+	 */
+	public String getPropName() {
+		return this.propName;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if is resolved.
+	 *
+	 * @return true, if is resolved
+	 */
+	public boolean isResolved() {
+		return resolved;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the resolved.
+	 *
+	 * @param resolved the new resolved
+	 */
+	public void setResolved(boolean resolved) {
+		this.resolved = resolved;
+	}
+	
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/IssueResolver.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/IssueResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..409a1c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/IssueResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.tools;
+
+public interface IssueResolver {
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Resolve issue.
+	 *
+	 * @param issue the issue
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 */
+	public boolean resolveIssue(Issue issue);
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/IssueType.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/IssueType.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fad06d9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/IssueType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.tools;
+
+public enum IssueType {
+	MISSING_REQUIRED_PROP, MISSING_KEY_PROP, EXCEEDED_ALLOWED_DEPTH, PROPERTY_NOT_VISIBLE
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/RemoveNonVisibleProperty.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/RemoveNonVisibleProperty.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2bf6afcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/RemoveNonVisibleProperty.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.tools;
+
+public class RemoveNonVisibleProperty implements IssueResolver {
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean resolveIssue(Issue issue) {
+
+		if (IssueType.PROPERTY_NOT_VISIBLE.equals(issue.getType())) {
+			//remove property value
+			issue.getIntrospector().setValue(issue.getPropName(), null);
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/Severity.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/Severity.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17663f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/introspection/tools/Severity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.introspection.tools;
+
+public enum Severity {
+	WARNING,
+	ERROR,
+	CRITICAL
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/CNName.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/CNName.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28afd56a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/CNName.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import ch.qos.logback.access.pattern.AccessConverter;
+import ch.qos.logback.access.spi.IAccessEvent;
+
+import javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+
+import static java.util.Base64.getDecoder;
+
+public class CNName extends AccessConverter {
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts access events to String response codes
+	 * 
+	 * @param accessEvent the IAccessEvent
+	 */
+	public String convert(IAccessEvent accessEvent) {
+		if (!isStarted()) {
+			return "INACTIVE_HEADER_CONV";
+		}
+
+		String cipherSuite = (String) accessEvent.getRequest().getAttribute("javax.servlet.request.cipher_suite");
+		String authUser = null;
+		if (cipherSuite != null) {
+			try {
+                X509Certificate certChain[] = (X509Certificate[]) accessEvent.getRequest()
+                        .getAttribute("javax.servlet.request.X509Certificate");
+				if(certChain == null || certChain.length == 0){
+
+					HttpServletRequest request = accessEvent.getRequest();
+
+					String authorization = request.getHeader("Authorization");
+
+                    // Set the auth user to "-" so if the authorization header is not found
+					// Or if the decoded basic auth credentials are not found in the format required
+					// it should return "-"
+					// If the decoded string is in the right format, find the index of ":"
+                    // Then get the substring of the starting point to the colon not including the colon
+
+                    authUser = "-";
+
+					if(authorization != null && authorization.startsWith("Basic ")){
+						String credentials = authorization.replace("Basic ", "");
+                        byte[] userCredentials = getDecoder().decode(credentials.getBytes("utf-8"));
+                        credentials = new String(userCredentials);
+
+						int codePoint = credentials.indexOf(':');
+
+						if(codePoint != -1){
+                            authUser = credentials.substring(0, codePoint);
+						}
+
+					}
+
+					return authUser;
+
+				} else {
+					X509Certificate clientCert = certChain[0];
+					X500Principal subjectDN = clientCert.getSubjectX500Principal();
+					authUser = subjectDN.toString();
+					return authUser;
+				}
+			} catch(Exception ex){
+				return "-";
+			}
+		} else {
+			return "-";
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/CustomLogPatternLayout.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/CustomLogPatternLayout.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b2df03b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/CustomLogPatternLayout.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+public class CustomLogPatternLayout extends ch.qos.logback.access.PatternLayout {
+	static {
+		defaultConverterMap.put("z", CNName.class.getName());
+		defaultConverterMap.put("y", DME2RestFlag.class.getName());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/CustomLogPatternLayoutEncoder.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/CustomLogPatternLayoutEncoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b335109b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/CustomLogPatternLayoutEncoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import ch.qos.logback.access.PatternLayout;
+
+public class CustomLogPatternLayoutEncoder extends ch.qos.logback.access.PatternLayoutEncoder {
+
+/**
+ * @{inheritDoc}
+ */
+	@Override
+	public void start(){
+		PatternLayout patternLayout = new CustomLogPatternLayout();
+		patternLayout.setContext(context);
+		patternLayout.setPattern(getPattern());
+		patternLayout.start();
+		this.layout = patternLayout;
+		super.start();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/DME2RestFlag.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/DME2RestFlag.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5426452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/DME2RestFlag.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import ch.qos.logback.access.pattern.AccessConverter;
+import ch.qos.logback.access.spi.IAccessEvent;
+
+public class DME2RestFlag extends AccessConverter {
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String convert(IAccessEvent accessEvent) {
+		if (!isStarted()) {
+			return "INACTIVE_HEADER_CONV";
+		}
+
+		String flag = "-";
+
+		if (accessEvent.getRequestParameter("envContext").length > 0
+				&& !accessEvent.getRequestParameter("envContext")[0].isEmpty()
+				&& !accessEvent.getRequestParameter("envContext")[0].equals("-")
+				&& accessEvent.getRequestParameter("routeOffer").length > 0
+				&& !accessEvent.getRequestParameter("routeOffer")[0].isEmpty()
+				&& !accessEvent.getRequestParameter("routeOffer")[0].equals("-")
+				&& accessEvent.getRequestParameter("version").length > 0
+				&& !accessEvent.getRequestParameter("version")[0].isEmpty()
+				&& !accessEvent.getRequestParameter("version")[0].equals("-")) {
+			flag = "DME2";
+		} else {
+			flag = "REST";
+		}
+
+		return flag;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EcompElapsedTime.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EcompElapsedTime.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1593e856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EcompElapsedTime.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.pattern.ClassicConverter;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent;
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.LoggingContext.LoggingField;
+
+public class EcompElapsedTime extends ClassicConverter {
+
+	private static final String DEFAULT_ELAPSED_TIME_FORMAT = "%d";
+
+	private String ELAPSED_TIME_FORMAT;
+
+	@Override
+	public void start() {
+		ELAPSED_TIME_FORMAT = getFirstOption();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String convert(ILoggingEvent event) {
+		final long end = event.getTimeStamp();
+
+		if (!event.getMDCPropertyMap().containsKey(LoggingField.START_TIME.toString())) {
+			return format(0);
+		} else if (event.getMDCPropertyMap().containsKey(LoggingField.ELAPSED_TIME.toString())) {
+			return format(
+						Integer.parseInt(event.getMDCPropertyMap().get(LoggingField.ELAPSED_TIME.toString()))
+					);
+		}
+
+		final long start = LogFormatTools.toTimestamp(event.getMDCPropertyMap().get(LoggingField.START_TIME.toString()));
+
+		return format(end - start);
+	}
+
+	private String format(long elapsedTime) {
+		if (ELAPSED_TIME_FORMAT == null) {
+			return format(DEFAULT_ELAPSED_TIME_FORMAT, elapsedTime);
+		}
+
+		return format (ELAPSED_TIME_FORMAT, elapsedTime);
+	}
+
+	private String format(String format, long elapsedTime) {
+		return String.format(format, elapsedTime);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EcompEncoder.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EcompEncoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..daaa90de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EcompEncoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder;
+
+public class EcompEncoder extends PatternLayoutEncoder {
+
+    @Override
+    public void start() {
+        PatternLayout patternLayout = new EcompPatternLayout();
+        patternLayout.setContext(context);
+        patternLayout.setPattern(getPattern());
+        patternLayout.setOutputPatternAsHeader(outputPatternAsHeader);
+        patternLayout.start();
+        this.layout = patternLayout;
+        super.start();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EcompPatternLayout.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EcompPatternLayout.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..296e3b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EcompPatternLayout.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout;
+
+public class EcompPatternLayout extends PatternLayout {
+	static {
+		PatternLayout.defaultConverterMap.put("ecompStartTime", EcompStartTime.class.getName());
+		PatternLayout.defaultConverterMap.put("ecompElapsedTime", EcompElapsedTime.class.getName());
+		PatternLayout.defaultConverterMap.put("eelfClassOfCaller", EelfClassOfCaller.class.getName());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EcompStartTime.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EcompStartTime.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89cd81d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EcompStartTime.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.pattern.ClassicConverter;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent;
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.LoggingContext.LoggingField;
+
+public class EcompStartTime extends ClassicConverter {
+
+	@Override
+	public String convert(ILoggingEvent event) {
+
+		if (!event.getMDCPropertyMap().containsKey(LoggingField.START_TIME.toString())) {
+			return LogFormatTools.toDate(event.getTimeStamp());
+		}
+
+		return event.getMDCPropertyMap().get(LoggingField.START_TIME.toString());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EelfClassOfCaller.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EelfClassOfCaller.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a90fcc8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/EelfClassOfCaller.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.pattern.NamedConverter;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.CallerData;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent;
+
+public class EelfClassOfCaller extends NamedConverter {
+    protected String getFullyQualifiedName(ILoggingEvent event) {
+
+        StackTraceElement[] cda = event.getCallerData();
+
+		//If using the EELFLogger, it "hides" the calling class because it wraps the logging calls
+		//Without this, you'd only ever see "com.att.eelf.configuration.SLF4jWrapper" when using the
+		// %C pattern converter
+        if (cda != null && cda.length > 2) {
+            return cda[2].getClassName();
+        } else if (cda != null && cda.length > 0) {
+        	return cda[0].getClassName();
+        } else {
+            return CallerData.NA;
+        }
+    }
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dae30220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorLogHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,587 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.LoggingContext.StatusCode;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.MapperUtil;
+import org.slf4j.MDC;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
+import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * This classes loads the application error properties file
+ * and provides a method that returns an ErrorObject 
+ * 
+ */
+
+public class ErrorLogHelper {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(ErrorLogHelper.class);
+	private static final HashMap<String, ErrorObject> ERROR_OBJECTS = new HashMap<String, ErrorObject> ();
+
+	static {
+		try {
+			loadProperties();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load error.properties file", e);
+		} catch (ErrorObjectFormatException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Failed to parse error.properties file", e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Load properties.
+	 * @throws ErrorObjectFormatException
+	 * @throws Exception the exception
+	 */
+	public static void loadProperties() throws IOException, ErrorObjectFormatException {
+		final String filePath = AAIConstants.AAI_HOME_ETC_APP_PROPERTIES + "error.properties";
+		final InputStream is = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(filePath);
+		final Properties properties = new Properties();
+		
+		if (is != null) {
+			properties.load(is);
+		} else {
+			try (final FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(filePath)) {
+				properties.load(fis);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		for (Entry<Object, Object> entry : properties.entrySet()) {
+			final String key = (String) entry.getKey();
+			final String value = (String) entry.getValue();
+			final String[] errorProperties = value.split(":");
+
+			if (errorProperties.length != 7) throw new ErrorObjectFormatException();
+			
+			final ErrorObject errorObject = new ErrorObject();
+		
+			errorObject.setDisposition(errorProperties[0].trim());
+			errorObject.setCategory(errorProperties[1].trim());
+			errorObject.setSeverity(errorProperties[2].trim());
+			errorObject.setErrorCode(errorProperties[3].trim());
+			errorObject.setHTTPResponseCode(errorProperties[4].trim());
+			errorObject.setRESTErrorCode(errorProperties[5].trim());
+			errorObject.setErrorText(errorProperties[6].trim());
+			
+			ERROR_OBJECTS.put(key, errorObject);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Logs a known A&AI exception (i.e. one that can be found in error.properties)
+	 *
+	 * @param key The key for the error in the error.properties file
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 * @throws ErrorObjectNotFoundException
+	 * @throws ErrorObjectFormatException
+	 */
+	public static ErrorObject getErrorObject(String code) throws ErrorObjectNotFoundException {
+		
+		if (code == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Key cannot be null");
+		
+		final ErrorObject errorObject = ERROR_OBJECTS.get(code);
+		
+		if (errorObject == null) {
+			LOGGER.warn("Unknown AAIException with code=" + code + ".  Using default AAIException");
+			return ERROR_OBJECTS.get(AAIException.DEFAULT_EXCEPTION_CODE);
+		}
+		
+		return errorObject;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determines whether category is policy or not.  If policy (1), this is a POL error, else it's a SVC error.
+	 * The AAIRESTException may contain a different ErrorObject than that created with the REST error key.
+	 * This allows lower level exception detail to be returned to the client to help troubleshoot the problem.
+	 * If no error object is embedded in the AAIException, one will be created using the error object from the AAIException.
+	 * @param are must have a restError value whose numeric value must match what should be returned in the REST API
+	 * @param variables optional list of variables to flesh out text in error string
+	 * @return appropriately formatted JSON response per the REST API spec.
+	 * @throws ErrorObjectFormatException
+	 * @throws ErrorObjectNotFoundException
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 * @deprecated
+	 */
+	public static String getRESTAPIErrorResponse(AAIException are, ArrayList<String> variables) {
+		List<MediaType> acceptHeaders = new ArrayList<MediaType>();
+		acceptHeaders.add(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE);
+
+		return getRESTAPIErrorResponse(acceptHeaders, are, variables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determines whether category is policy or not.  If policy (1), this is a POL error, else it's a SVC error.
+	 * The AAIRESTException may contain a different ErrorObject than that created with the REST error key.
+	 * This allows lower level exception detail to be returned to the client to help troubleshoot the problem.
+	 * If no error object is embedded in the AAIException, one will be created using the error object from the AAIException.
+	 *
+	 * @param acceptHeadersOrig the accept headers orig
+	 * @param are must have a restError value whose numeric value must match what should be returned in the REST API
+	 * @param variables optional list of variables to flesh out text in error string
+	 * @return appropriately formatted JSON response per the REST API spec.
+	 * @throws ErrorObjectFormatException
+	 * @throws ErrorObjectNotFoundException
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 */
+	public static String getRESTAPIErrorResponse(List<MediaType> acceptHeadersOrig, AAIException are, ArrayList<String> variables) {
+
+
+		StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
+		String response = null;
+		
+		List<MediaType> acceptHeaders = new ArrayList<MediaType>();
+		// we might have an exception but no accept header, so we'll set default to JSON
+		boolean foundValidAcceptHeader = false;
+		for (MediaType mt : acceptHeadersOrig) {
+			if (MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE.isCompatible(mt) ||
+					MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE.isCompatible(mt)) {
+				acceptHeaders.add(mt);
+				foundValidAcceptHeader = true;
+			}
+		}
+		if (foundValidAcceptHeader == false) { 
+			// override the exception, client needs to set an appropriate Accept header
+			are = new AAIException("AAI_4014");
+			acceptHeaders.add(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE);
+		}
+
+		final ErrorObject eo = are.getErrorObject();
+		
+		int restErrorCode = Integer.parseInt(eo.getRESTErrorCode());
+		
+		ErrorObject restErrorObject;
+		
+		try {
+			restErrorObject = ErrorLogHelper.getErrorObject("AAI_"+restErrorCode);
+		} catch (ErrorObjectNotFoundException e) {
+			LOGGER.warn("Failed to find related error object AAI_" + restErrorCode + " for error object " + eo.getErrorCode() + "; using AAI_" + restErrorCode);
+			restErrorObject = eo;
+		}
+
+		text.append(restErrorObject.getErrorText());
+		
+		// We want to always append the (msg=%n) (ec=%n+1) to the text, but have to find value of n
+		// This assumes that the variables in the ArrayList, which might be more than are needed to flesh out the
+		// error, are ordered based on the error string.
+		int localDataIndex = StringUtils.countMatches(restErrorObject.getErrorText(), "%");
+		text.append(" (msg=%").append(localDataIndex+1).append(") (ec=%").append(localDataIndex+2).append(")");
+
+		if (variables == null) 
+		{
+			variables = new ArrayList<String>();
+		}
+	
+		if (variables.size() < localDataIndex) {
+			ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_4011", "data missing for rest error");
+			while (variables.size() < localDataIndex) {
+				variables.add("null");
+			}
+		}
+		
+		// This will put the error code and error text into the right positions
+		if (are.getMessage() == null || are.getMessage().length() == 0) {
+			variables.add(localDataIndex++, eo.getErrorText());
+		}
+		else {
+			variables.add(localDataIndex++, eo.getErrorText() + ":" + are.getMessage());
+		}
+		variables.add(localDataIndex, eo.getErrorCodeString());
+		
+		for (MediaType mediaType : acceptHeaders) {
+		if (MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE.isCompatible(mediaType)) {
+				JAXBContext context = null;
+				try {
+					if(eo.getCategory().equals("1")) {
+						
+						context = JAXBContext.newInstance(org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.Fault.class);
+						Marshaller m = context.createMarshaller();
+						m.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
+						m.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_ENCODING, "UTF-8");
+						
+						org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.ObjectFactory factory = new org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.ObjectFactory();
+						org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.Fault fault = factory.createFault();
+						org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.Fault.RequestError requestError = factory.createFaultRequestError();
+						org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.Fault.RequestError.PolicyException policyException = factory.createFaultRequestErrorPolicyException();
+						org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.Fault.RequestError.PolicyException.Variables polvariables = factory.createFaultRequestErrorPolicyExceptionVariables();
+						
+						policyException.setMessageId("POL" + eo.getRESTErrorCode());
+						policyException.setText(text.toString());
+						for (int i=0;i<variables.size();i++)
+						{
+							polvariables.getVariable().add(variables.get(i));
+						}
+						policyException.setVariables(polvariables);
+						requestError.setPolicyException(policyException);
+						fault.setRequestError(requestError);
+						
+						StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+						m.marshal(fault, sw);
+
+						response = sw.toString();
+
+					} else {
+						
+						context = JAXBContext.newInstance(org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.Fault.class);
+						Marshaller m = context.createMarshaller();
+						m.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
+						m.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_ENCODING, "UTF-8");
+						
+						org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.ObjectFactory factory = new org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.ObjectFactory();
+						org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.Fault fault = factory.createFault();
+						org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.Fault.RequestError requestError = factory.createFaultRequestError();
+						org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.Fault.RequestError.ServiceException serviceException = factory.createFaultRequestErrorServiceException();
+						org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.Fault.RequestError.ServiceException.Variables svcvariables = factory.createFaultRequestErrorServiceExceptionVariables();
+						serviceException.setMessageId("SVC" + eo.getRESTErrorCode());
+						serviceException.setText(text.toString());
+						for (int i=0;i<variables.size();i++)
+						{
+							svcvariables.getVariable().add(variables.get(i));
+						}
+						serviceException.setVariables(svcvariables);
+						requestError.setServiceException(serviceException);
+						fault.setRequestError(requestError);
+
+						StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+						m.marshal(fault, sw);
+
+						response = sw.toString();
+
+					}
+				} catch (Exception ex) {
+					LOGGER.error("We were unable to create a rest exception to return on an API because of a parsing error", ex);
+				}
+			}
+		else  {		
+			try {
+				if(eo.getCategory().equals("1")) {
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.RESTResponse restresp = new org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.RESTResponse();
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.RequestError reqerr = new org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.RequestError();
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.PolicyException polexc = new org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.PolicyException();
+					polexc.setMessageId("POL" + eo.getRESTErrorCode());
+					polexc.setText(text.toString());
+					polexc.setVariables(variables);
+					reqerr.setPolicyException(polexc);
+					restresp.setRequestError(reqerr);
+					response = (MapperUtil.writeAsJSONString((Object) restresp));
+	
+				} else {
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.RESTResponse restresp = new org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.RESTResponse();
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.RequestError reqerr = new org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.RequestError();
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.ServiceException svcexc = new org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.ServiceException();
+					svcexc.setMessageId("SVC" + eo.getRESTErrorCode());
+					svcexc.setText(text.toString());
+					svcexc.setVariables(variables);
+					reqerr.setServiceException(svcexc);
+					restresp.setRequestError(reqerr);
+					response = (MapperUtil.writeAsJSONString((Object) restresp));
+				}
+			} catch (AAIException ex) {
+				LOGGER.error("We were unable to create a rest exception to return on an API because of a parsing error", ex);
+			}
+		}
+		}
+
+
+		return response;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the RESTAPI error response with logging.
+	 *
+	 * @param acceptHeadersOrig the accept headers orig
+	 * @param are the are
+	 * @param variables the variables
+	 * @param logline the logline
+	 * @return the RESTAPI error response with logging
+	 * @throws ErrorObjectFormatException
+	 * @throws ErrorObjectNotFoundException
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 */
+	public static String getRESTAPIErrorResponseWithLogging(List<MediaType> acceptHeadersOrig, AAIException are, ArrayList<String> variables) {
+		String response = ErrorLogHelper.getRESTAPIErrorResponse(acceptHeadersOrig, are, variables);
+		
+		LOGGER.error(are.getMessage(), are);
+		
+		return response;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the RESTAPI info response.
+	 *
+	 * @param acceptHeaders the accept headers
+	 * @param areList the are list
+	 * @return the RESTAPI info response
+	 * @throws ErrorObjectFormatException
+	 * @throws ErrorObjectNotFoundException
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 */
+	public static Object getRESTAPIInfoResponse(List<MediaType> acceptHeaders, HashMap<AAIException,ArrayList<String>> areList) {
+		
+		Object respObj = null;
+
+		org.openecomp.aai.domain.restResponseInfo.ObjectFactory factory = new org.openecomp.aai.domain.restResponseInfo.ObjectFactory();
+		org.openecomp.aai.domain.restResponseInfo.Info info = factory.createInfo();
+		org.openecomp.aai.domain.restResponseInfo.Info.ResponseMessages responseMessages = factory.createInfoResponseMessages();
+		Iterator<Entry<AAIException, ArrayList<String>>> it = areList.entrySet().iterator();
+
+		while (it.hasNext()) {
+			Entry<AAIException,ArrayList<String>> pair = (Entry<AAIException, ArrayList<String>>)it.next();
+			AAIException are = pair.getKey();
+			ArrayList<String> variables = pair.getValue();
+
+			StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
+
+			ErrorObject eo = are.getErrorObject();
+			
+			int restErrorCode = Integer.parseInt(eo.getRESTErrorCode());
+			ErrorObject restErrorObject;
+			try {
+				restErrorObject = ErrorLogHelper.getErrorObject("AAI_"+String.format("%04d", restErrorCode));
+			} catch (ErrorObjectNotFoundException e) {
+				restErrorObject = eo;
+			}
+			text.append(restErrorObject.getErrorText());
+
+			// We want to always append the (msg=%n) (ec=%n+1) to the text, but have to find value of n
+			// This assumes that the variables in the ArrayList, which might be more than are needed to flesh out the
+			// error, are ordered based on the error string.
+			int localDataIndex = StringUtils.countMatches(restErrorObject.getErrorText(), "%");
+			text.append(" (msg=%").append(localDataIndex+1).append(") (rc=%").append(localDataIndex+2).append(")");
+
+			if (variables == null) 
+			{
+				variables = new ArrayList<String>();
+			}
+
+			if (variables.size() < localDataIndex) {
+				ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_4011", "data missing for rest error");
+				while (variables.size() < localDataIndex) {
+					variables.add("null");
+				}
+			}
+
+			// This will put the error code and error text into the right positions
+			if (are.getMessage() == null) {
+				variables.add(localDataIndex++, eo.getErrorText());
+			}
+			else {
+				variables.add(localDataIndex++, eo.getErrorText() + ":" + are.getMessage());
+			}
+			variables.add(localDataIndex, eo.getErrorCodeString());
+		
+			try { 
+				org.openecomp.aai.domain.restResponseInfo.Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage responseMessage = factory.createInfoResponseMessagesResponseMessage();
+				org.openecomp.aai.domain.restResponseInfo.Info.ResponseMessages.ResponseMessage.Variables infovariables = factory.createInfoResponseMessagesResponseMessageVariables();
+
+				responseMessage.setMessageId("INF" + eo.getRESTErrorCode());
+				responseMessage.setText(text.toString());
+				for (int i=0;i<variables.size();i++)
+				{
+					infovariables.getVariable().add(variables.get(i));
+				}
+
+				responseMessage.setVariables(infovariables);
+				responseMessages.getResponseMessage().add(responseMessage);
+
+			} catch (Exception ex) {
+				LOGGER.error("We were unable to create a rest exception to return on an API because of a parsing error", ex);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		info.setResponseMessages(responseMessages);
+		respObj = (Object) info;
+
+		return respObj;
+	}
+
+
+		/**
+		 * Determines whether category is policy or not.  If policy (1), this is a POL error, else it's a SVC error.
+		 * The AAIRESTException may contain a different ErrorObject than that created with the REST error key.
+		 * This allows lower level exception detail to be returned to the client to help troubleshoot the problem.
+		 * If no error object is embedded in the AAIException, one will be created using the error object from the AAIException.
+		 * @param are must have a restError value whose numeric value must match what should be returned in the REST API
+		 * @param variables optional list of variables to flesh out text in error string
+		 * @return appropriately formatted JSON response per the REST API spec.
+		 * @throws ErrorObjectFormatException
+		 * @throws ErrorObjectNotFoundException
+		 * @throws IOException 
+		 */
+		public static String getRESTAPIPolicyErrorResponseXML(AAIException are, ArrayList<String> variables) {
+
+			StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
+			String response = null;
+			JAXBContext context = null;
+			
+			ErrorObject eo = are.getErrorObject();
+
+			int restErrorCode = Integer.parseInt(eo.getRESTErrorCode());
+			ErrorObject restErrorObject;
+			try {
+				restErrorObject = ErrorLogHelper.getErrorObject("AAI_"+restErrorCode);
+			} catch (ErrorObjectNotFoundException e) {
+				restErrorObject = eo;
+			}
+			
+			text.append(restErrorObject.getErrorText());
+
+			// We want to always append the (msg=%n) (ec=%n+1) to the text, but have to find value of n
+			// This assumes that the variables in the ArrayList, which might be more than are needed to flesh out the
+			// error, are ordered based on the error string.
+			int localDataIndex = StringUtils.countMatches(restErrorObject.getErrorText(), "%");
+			text.append(" (msg=%").append(localDataIndex+1).append(") (ec=%").append(localDataIndex+2).append(")");
+
+			if (variables == null) 
+			{
+				variables = new ArrayList<String>();
+			}
+
+			if (variables.size() < localDataIndex) {
+				ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_4011", "data missing for rest error");
+				while (variables.size() < localDataIndex) {
+					variables.add("null");
+				}
+			}
+
+			// This will put the error code and error text into the right positions
+			if (are.getMessage() == null) {
+				variables.add(localDataIndex++, eo.getErrorText());
+			}
+			else {
+				variables.add(localDataIndex++, eo.getErrorText() + ":" + are.getMessage());
+			}
+			variables.add(localDataIndex, eo.getErrorCodeString());
+
+			try {
+				if(eo.getCategory().equals("1")) {
+
+					context = JAXBContext.newInstance(org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.Fault.class);
+					Marshaller m = context.createMarshaller();
+					m.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
+					m.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_ENCODING, "UTF-8");
+
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.ObjectFactory factory = new org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.ObjectFactory();
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.Fault fault = factory.createFault();
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.Fault.RequestError requestError = factory.createFaultRequestError();
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.Fault.RequestError.PolicyException policyException = factory.createFaultRequestErrorPolicyException();
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restPolicyException.Fault.RequestError.PolicyException.Variables polvariables = factory.createFaultRequestErrorPolicyExceptionVariables();
+
+					policyException.setMessageId("POL" + eo.getRESTErrorCode());
+					policyException.setText(text.toString());
+					for (int i=0;i<variables.size();i++)
+					{
+						polvariables.getVariable().add(variables.get(i));
+					}
+					policyException.setVariables(polvariables);
+					requestError.setPolicyException(policyException);
+					fault.setRequestError(requestError);
+
+					StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+					m.marshal(fault, sw);
+
+					response = sw.toString();
+
+				} else {
+
+					context = JAXBContext.newInstance(org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.Fault.class);
+					Marshaller m = context.createMarshaller();
+					m.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
+					m.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_ENCODING, "UTF-8");
+
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.ObjectFactory factory = new org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.ObjectFactory();
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.Fault fault = factory.createFault();
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.Fault.RequestError requestError = factory.createFaultRequestError();
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.Fault.RequestError.ServiceException serviceException = factory.createFaultRequestErrorServiceException();
+					org.openecomp.aai.domain.restServiceException.Fault.RequestError.ServiceException.Variables svcvariables = factory.createFaultRequestErrorServiceExceptionVariables();
+					serviceException.setMessageId("POL" + eo.getRESTErrorCode());
+					serviceException.setText(text.toString());
+					for (int i=0;i<variables.size();i++)
+					{
+						svcvariables.getVariable().add(variables.get(i));
+					}
+					serviceException.setVariables(svcvariables);
+					requestError.setServiceException(serviceException);
+					fault.setRequestError(requestError);
+
+					StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+					m.marshal(fault, sw);
+
+					response = sw.toString();
+
+				}
+			} catch (Exception ex) {
+				LOGGER.error("We were unable to create a rest exception to return on an API because of a parsing error", ex);
+			}
+			return response;
+		}
+
+	public static void logException(AAIException e) {
+		final ErrorObject errorObject = e.getErrorObject();
+
+		MDC.put("severity", errorObject.getSeverity()); //TODO Use LoggingContext.severity(int severity)
+		
+		final String errorMessage = new StringBuilder()
+											.append(errorObject.getErrorText())
+											.append(":")
+											.append(errorObject.getRESTErrorCode())
+											.append(":")
+											.append(errorObject.getHTTPResponseCode())
+											.append(":")
+											.append(e.getMessage())
+											.toString();
+
+		LoggingContext.responseCode(errorObject.getErrorCodeString());
+		LoggingContext.responseDescription(errorMessage);
+		LoggingContext.statusCode(StatusCode.ERROR);
+
+		if (errorObject.getSeverity().equalsIgnoreCase("WARN"))
+			LOGGER.warn(errorMessage, e);
+		else if (errorObject.getSeverity().equalsIgnoreCase("ERROR"))
+			LOGGER.error(errorMessage, e);
+		else if (errorObject.getSeverity().equalsIgnoreCase("FATAL"))
+			LOGGER.error(errorMessage, e);
+		else if (errorObject.getSeverity().equals("INFO"))
+			LOGGER.info(errorMessage + ", " + e.getMessage());
+	}
+
+	public static void logError(String code) {
+		logError(code, "");
+	}
+	
+	public static void logError(String code, String message) {
+		logException(new AAIException(code, message));
+	}
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc355cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * Contains the definition of all error message fields to be mapped from the Error
+ * properties file
+ *  
+ */
+public class ErrorObject {
+	
+	private String disposition;
+	private String category;
+	private String severity;
+	private Status httpResponseCode = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR; // default
+	private String restErrorCode = "3002";
+	private String errorCode;
+	private String errorText;
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new error object.
+	 */
+	public ErrorObject() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates an error object with the default HTTP Error Code (Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
+	 *
+	 * @param disposition the disposition
+	 * @param category the category
+	 * @param severity the severity
+	 * @param httpResponseCode the http response code
+	 * @param restErrorCode the rest error code
+	 * @param errorCode the error code
+	 * @param errorText the error text
+	 */
+	public ErrorObject(String disposition, String category, String severity, Integer httpResponseCode, String restErrorCode, String errorCode, String errorText) {
+		super();
+		this.setDisposition(disposition);
+		this.setCategory(category);
+		this.severity = severity;
+		this.setHTTPResponseCode(httpResponseCode);
+		this.setRESTErrorCode(restErrorCode);
+		this.setErrorCode(errorCode);
+		this.setErrorText(errorText);
+	}
+
+	// OLD STARTS HERE
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new error object.
+	 *
+	 * @param severity the severity
+	 * @param errorCode the error code
+	 * @param errorText the error text
+	 * @param disposition the disposition
+	 * @param category the category
+	 */
+	public ErrorObject(String severity, String errorCode, String errorText, String disposition, String category) {
+		this(severity, Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, errorCode, errorText, disposition, category);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new error object.
+	 *
+	 * @param severity the severity
+	 * @param httpResponseCode the http response code
+	 * @param errorCode the error code
+	 * @param errorText the error text
+	 * @param disposition the disposition
+	 * @param category the category
+	 */
+	public ErrorObject(String severity, Integer httpResponseCode, String errorCode, String errorText, String disposition, String category) {
+		super();
+		this.severity = severity;
+		this.setHTTPResponseCode(httpResponseCode);
+		this.setErrorCode(errorCode);
+		this.setErrorText(errorText);
+		this.setDisposition(disposition);
+		this.setCategory(category);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new error object.
+	 *
+	 * @param severity the severity
+	 * @param httpResponseCode the http response code
+	 * @param errorCode the error code
+	 * @param errorText the error text
+	 * @param disposition the disposition
+	 * @param category the category
+	 */
+	public ErrorObject(String severity, Status httpResponseCode, String errorCode, String errorText, String disposition, String category) {
+		super();
+		this.severity = severity;
+		this.setHTTPResponseCode(httpResponseCode);
+		this.setErrorCode(errorCode);
+		this.setErrorText(errorText);
+		this.setDisposition(disposition);
+		this.setCategory(category);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the disposition.
+	 *
+	 * @return the disposition
+	 */
+	public String getDisposition() {
+		return disposition;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the disposition.
+	 *
+	 * @param disposition the new disposition
+	 */
+	public void setDisposition(String disposition) {
+		this.disposition = disposition;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the category.
+	 *
+	 * @return the category
+	 */
+	public String getCategory() {
+		return category;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the category.
+	 *
+	 * @param category the new category
+	 */
+	public void setCategory(String category) {
+		this.category = category;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the severity.
+	 *
+	 * @return the severity
+	 */
+	public String getSeverity() {
+		return severity;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the severity.
+	 *
+	 * @param severity the new severity
+	 */
+	public void setSeverity(String severity) {
+		this.severity = severity;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the error code.
+	 *
+	 * @return the error code
+	 */
+	public String getErrorCode() {
+		return errorCode;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the error code.
+	 *
+	 * @param errorCode the new error code
+	 */
+	public void setErrorCode(String errorCode) {
+		this.errorCode = errorCode;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the HTTP response code.
+	 *
+	 * @return the HTTP response code
+	 */
+	public Status getHTTPResponseCode() {
+		return httpResponseCode;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the HTTP response code.
+	 *
+	 * @param httpResponseCode the new HTTP response code
+	 */
+	public void setHTTPResponseCode(Integer httpResponseCode) {
+		this.httpResponseCode = Status.fromStatusCode(httpResponseCode);
+		if (this.httpResponseCode == null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("setHTTPResponseCode was passed an invalid Integer value, fix error.properties or your code "+httpResponseCode);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the HTTP response code.
+	 *
+	 * @param httpResponseCode the new HTTP response code
+	 */
+	public void setHTTPResponseCode(String httpResponseCode) {
+		this.httpResponseCode = Status.fromStatusCode(Integer.valueOf(httpResponseCode));
+		if (this.httpResponseCode == null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("setHTTPResponseCode was passed an invalid String value, fix error.properties or your code "+httpResponseCode);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the REST error code.
+	 *
+	 * @param restErrorCode the new REST error code
+	 */
+	public void setRESTErrorCode(String restErrorCode) {
+		this.restErrorCode = restErrorCode;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the REST error code.
+	 *
+	 * @return the REST error code
+	 */
+	public String getRESTErrorCode() {
+		return this.restErrorCode;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the HTTP response code.
+	 *
+	 * @param httpResponseCode the new HTTP response code
+	 */
+	public void setHTTPResponseCode(Status httpResponseCode) {
+		this.httpResponseCode = httpResponseCode;
+		if (this.httpResponseCode == null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("setHTTPResponseCode was passed an invalid String value, fix error.properties or your code "+httpResponseCode);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the error text.
+	 *
+	 * @return the error text
+	 */
+	public String getErrorText() {
+		return errorText;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the error text.
+	 *
+	 * @param errorText the new error text
+	 */
+	public void setErrorText(String errorText) {
+		this.errorText = errorText;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the error code string.  This is also the string
+	 * configured in Nagios to alert on
+	 *
+	 * @return the error code string
+	 */
+	// Get the X.Y.Z representation of the error code
+	public String getErrorCodeString() {
+		String prefix = null;
+		switch (disposition) {
+		default:
+			prefix = "";
+			break;
+		case "5":
+			prefix = "ERR.";
+			break;
+		}
+		return prefix + disposition + "." + category + "." + errorCode;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "ErrorObject [errorCode="+ errorCode + ", errorText=" + errorText
+				+ ", restErrorCode=" + restErrorCode + ", httpResponseCode="+ httpResponseCode
+				+ ", severity=" + severity + ", disposition=" + disposition + ", category=" + category +"]";
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorObjectFormatException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorObjectFormatException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bedfca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorObjectFormatException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+public class ErrorObjectFormatException extends Exception {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 3732705544448553685L;
+
+	public ErrorObjectFormatException() {
+		super();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorObjectNotFoundException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorObjectNotFoundException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28290542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/ErrorObjectNotFoundException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+public class ErrorObjectNotFoundException extends Exception {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 4115316781400786740L;
+
+	public ErrorObjectNotFoundException() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+	
+	public ErrorObjectNotFoundException(String message) {
+		super(message);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+	
+	public ErrorObjectNotFoundException(Throwable cause) {
+		super(cause);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+	
+	public ErrorObjectNotFoundException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super(message, cause);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+	
+	public ErrorObjectNotFoundException(String message, Throwable cause, boolean enableSuppression,
+			boolean writableStackTrace) {
+		super(message, cause, enableSuppression, writableStackTrace);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/LogFormatTools.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/LogFormatTools.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78ade267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/LogFormatTools.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+
+public class LogFormatTools {
+
+	private static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ";
+	private static final DateTimeFormatter DTF = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(DATE_FORMAT)
+																	.withZone(ZoneOffset.UTC);
+
+	public static String getCurrentDateTime() {
+		return DTF.format(ZonedDateTime.now());
+	}
+
+	public static String toDate(long timestamp) {
+		return DTF.format(Instant.ofEpochMilli(timestamp));
+	}
+
+	public static long toTimestamp(String date) {
+		return ZonedDateTime.parse(date, DTF).toInstant().toEpochMilli();
+	}
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17d94e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/LoggingContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.MDC;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+public class LoggingContext {
+
+	public enum StatusCode {
+		COMPLETE,
+		ERROR
+	}
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(LoggingContext.class);
+
+	private static final String PREVIOUS_CONTEXT_KEY = "_PREVIOUS_CONTEXT";
+
+	//ECOMP Specific Log Event Fields
+	public static enum LoggingField {
+		START_TIME("startTime"),
+		REQUEST_ID("requestId"),
+		SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID("serviceInstanceId"),
+		SERVER_NAME("serverName"),
+		SERVICE_NAME("serviceName"),
+		PARTNER_NAME("partnerName"),
+		STATUS_CODE("statusCode"),
+		RESPONSE_CODE("responseCode"),
+		RESPONSE_DESCRIPTION("responseDescription"),
+		INSTANCE_UUID("instanceUUID"),
+		SEVERITY("severity"),
+		SERVER_IP_ADDRESS("serverIpAddress"),
+		ELAPSED_TIME("elapsedTime"),
+		SERVER("server"),
+		CLIENT_IP_ADDRESS("clientIpAddress"),
+		UNUSED("unused"),
+		PROCESS_KEY("processKey"),
+		CUSTOM_FIELD_1("customField1"),
+		CUSTOM_FIELD_2("customField2"),
+		CUSTOM_FIELD_3("customField3"),
+		CUSTOM_FIELD_4("customField4"),
+		
+		//ECOMP Specific Metric Log Event Fields
+		TARGET_ENTITY("targetEntity"),
+
+		//A&AI Specific Log Event Fields
+		COMPONENT("component"),
+		STOP_WATCH_START("stopWatchStart");
+
+		private final String text;
+
+		private LoggingField(final String text) {
+			this.text = text;
+		}
+
+		public String toString() {
+			return text;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	public static void init() {
+		LoggingContext.clear();
+		LoggingContext.startTime();
+		LoggingContext.server();
+		LoggingContext.serverIpAddress();
+	}
+
+	private static void startTime() {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.START_TIME.toString(), LogFormatTools.getCurrentDateTime());
+	}
+
+	public static void requestId(UUID requestId) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.REQUEST_ID.toString(), requestId.toString());
+	}
+
+	public static void requestId(String requestId) {
+		try {
+			MDC.put(LoggingField.REQUEST_ID.toString(), UUID.fromString(requestId).toString());
+		} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+			final UUID generatedRequestUuid = UUID.randomUUID();
+			MDC.put(LoggingField.REQUEST_ID.toString(), generatedRequestUuid.toString());
+			LOGGER.warn("Unable to use UUID " + requestId + " (Not formatted properly). Using generated UUID=" + generatedRequestUuid);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static void serviceInstanceId(String serviceInstanceId) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID.toString(), serviceInstanceId);
+	}
+
+	public static void serverName(String serverName) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.SERVER_NAME.toString(), serverName);
+	}
+
+	public static void serviceName(String serviceName) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.SERVICE_NAME.toString(), serviceName);
+	}
+
+	public static void partnerName(String partnerName) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.PARTNER_NAME.toString(), partnerName);
+	}
+
+	public static void statusCode(LoggingContext.StatusCode statusCode) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.STATUS_CODE.toString(), statusCode.toString());
+	}
+
+	public static String responseCode() {
+		return (String) MDC.get(LoggingField.RESPONSE_CODE.toString());
+	}
+
+	public static void responseCode(String responseCode) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.RESPONSE_CODE.toString(), responseCode);
+	}
+
+	public static void responseDescription(String responseDescription) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.RESPONSE_DESCRIPTION.toString(), responseDescription);
+	}
+
+	public static void instanceUuid(UUID instanceUuid) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.INSTANCE_UUID.toString(), instanceUuid.toString());
+	}
+
+	public static void severity(int severity) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.SEVERITY.toString(), String.valueOf(severity));
+	}
+
+	private static void serverIpAddress() {
+		try {
+			MDC.put(LoggingField.SERVER_IP_ADDRESS.toString(), InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress());
+		} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+			LOGGER.warn("Unable to resolve server IP address - will not be displayed in logged events");
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static void elapsedTime(long elapsedTime, TimeUnit timeUnit) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.ELAPSED_TIME.toString(), String.valueOf(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(elapsedTime, timeUnit)));
+	}
+
+	private static void server() {
+		try {
+			MDC.put(LoggingField.SERVER.toString(),  InetAddress.getLocalHost().getCanonicalHostName());
+		} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+			LOGGER.warn("Unable to resolve server IP address - hostname will not be displayed in logged events");
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static void clientIpAddress(InetAddress clientIpAddress) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.CLIENT_IP_ADDRESS.toString(), clientIpAddress.getHostAddress());
+	}
+
+	public static void clientIpAddress(String clientIpAddress) {
+		try {
+			MDC.put(LoggingField.CLIENT_IP_ADDRESS.toString(), InetAddress.getByName(clientIpAddress).getHostAddress());
+		} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+			//Ignore, will not be thrown since InetAddress.getByName(String) only
+			//checks the validity of the passed in string
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static void unused(String unused) {
+		LOGGER.warn("Using field '" + LoggingField.UNUSED + "' (seems like this should go unused...)");
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.UNUSED.toString(), unused);
+	}
+
+	public static void processKey(String processKey) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.PROCESS_KEY.toString(), processKey);
+	}
+
+	public static void customField1(String customField1) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.CUSTOM_FIELD_1.toString(), customField1);
+	}
+
+	public static void customField2(String customField2) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.CUSTOM_FIELD_2.toString(), customField2);
+	}
+
+	public static void customField3(String customField3) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.CUSTOM_FIELD_3.toString(), customField3);
+	}
+
+	public static void customField4(String customField4) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.CUSTOM_FIELD_4.toString(), customField4);
+	}
+
+	public static void component(String component) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.COMPONENT.toString(), component);
+	}
+
+	public static void targetEntity(String targetEntity) {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.TARGET_ENTITY.toString(), targetEntity);
+	}
+
+	public static void stopWatchStart() {
+		MDC.put(LoggingField.STOP_WATCH_START.toString(), String.valueOf(System.nanoTime()));
+	}
+
+	public static double stopWatchStop() {
+		final long stopWatchEnd = System.nanoTime();
+		final Long stopWatchStart = Long.valueOf(MDC.get(LoggingField.STOP_WATCH_START.toString()));
+
+		if (stopWatchStart == null) throw new StopWatchNotStartedException();
+
+		MDC.remove(LoggingField.STOP_WATCH_START.toString());
+
+		final double elapsedTimeMillis = (stopWatchEnd - stopWatchStart) / 1000.0 / 1000.0;
+
+		LoggingContext.elapsedTime((long) elapsedTimeMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+
+		return elapsedTimeMillis;
+	}
+
+	public static void put(String key, String value) {
+		MDC.put(key, value);
+	}
+
+	public static void clear() {
+		MDC.clear();
+	}
+
+	public static void remove(String key) {
+		MDC.remove(key);
+	}
+
+	public static void save() {
+		final JSONObject context = new JSONObject();
+
+		for (LoggingField field : LoggingField.values()) {
+			if (field == LoggingField.ELAPSED_TIME) continue;
+
+			try {
+				context.put(field.toString(), MDC.get(field.toString()));
+			} catch (JSONException e) {
+				//Ignore - only occurs when the key is null (which can't happen)
+				//			or the value is invalid (everything is converted to a string
+				//			before it get put() to the MDC)
+			}
+		}
+
+		MDC.put("_PREVIOUS_CONTEXT", context.toString());
+	}
+
+	public static void restore() {
+		
+		final String rawPreviousContext = MDC.get(PREVIOUS_CONTEXT_KEY);
+	
+		if (rawPreviousContext == null) {
+			throw new LoggingContextNotExistsException();
+		}
+
+		try {
+			final JSONObject previousContext = new JSONObject(rawPreviousContext);
+
+			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+			final Iterator<String> keys = previousContext.keys();
+	
+			while (keys.hasNext()) {
+				final String key = keys.next();
+
+				try {
+					MDC.put(key, previousContext.getString(key));
+				} catch (JSONException e) {
+					//Ignore, only occurs when the key is null (cannot happen)
+					//			or the value is invalid (they are all strings)
+				}
+			}
+	
+			MDC.remove(PREVIOUS_CONTEXT_KEY);
+		} catch (JSONException e) {
+			//Ignore, the previousContext is serialized from a JSONObject
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/LoggingContextNotExistsException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/LoggingContextNotExistsException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..caba1df3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/LoggingContextNotExistsException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+public class LoggingContextNotExistsException extends RuntimeException {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -4965807709525739623L;
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/StopWatch.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/StopWatch.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0812698c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/StopWatch.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.logging;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.LoggingContext.LoggingField;
+
+public final class StopWatch {
+
+	private StopWatch() {}
+
+	public static void start() {
+		LoggingContext.stopWatchStart();
+	}
+
+	public static double stop() {
+		return LoggingContext.stopWatchStop();
+	}
+
+	public static void clear() {
+		LoggingContext.remove(LoggingField.STOP_WATCH_START.toString());
+		LoggingContext.remove(LoggingField.ELAPSED_TIME.toString());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/StopWatchNotStartedException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/StopWatchNotStartedException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30a90e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/logging/StopWatchNotStartedException.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.logging;
+
+public class StopWatchNotStartedException extends RuntimeException {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -4540164295822859408L;
+
+	public StopWatchNotStartedException() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	public StopWatchNotStartedException(String message) {
+		super(message);
+	}
+
+	public StopWatchNotStartedException(Throwable cause) {
+		super(cause);
+	}
+
+	public StopWatchNotStartedException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super(message, cause);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/exceptions/AAIIdentityMapParseException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/exceptions/AAIIdentityMapParseException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75ff6c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/exceptions/AAIIdentityMapParseException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.exceptions;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+public class AAIIdentityMapParseException extends AAIException {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -888876613879411865L;
+	
+	public AAIIdentityMapParseException(String message) {
+		super("AAI_3000", message);
+	}
+
+	public AAIIdentityMapParseException(Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_3000",cause);
+	}
+
+	public AAIIdentityMapParseException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_3000", cause, message);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/exceptions/AmbiguousMapAAIException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/exceptions/AmbiguousMapAAIException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f2354c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/exceptions/AmbiguousMapAAIException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.exceptions;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+public class AmbiguousMapAAIException extends AAIException {
+	
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -878581771971431246L;
+	
+	public AmbiguousMapAAIException(String message) {
+		super("AAI_6146", message);
+	}
+
+	public AmbiguousMapAAIException(Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_6146",cause);
+	}
+
+	public AmbiguousMapAAIException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_6146", cause, message);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/LegacyQueryParser.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/LegacyQueryParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8da382f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/LegacyQueryParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.query;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.uri.Parsable;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.uri.URIParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.uri.URIToObject;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+import org.openecomp.aai.restcore.util.URITools;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeType;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
+/**
+ * The Class LegacyQueryParser.
+ */
+public class LegacyQueryParser extends QueryParser implements Parsable {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(LegacyQueryParser.class);
+
+	private Introspector previous = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new legacy query parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param queryBuilder the query builder
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public LegacyQueryParser(Loader loader, QueryBuilder queryBuilder, URI uri) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		super(loader, queryBuilder, uri);
+		URIParser parser = new URIParser(loader, uri);
+		parser.parse(this);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new legacy query parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param queryBuilder the query builder
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @param queryParams the query params
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public LegacyQueryParser(Loader loader, QueryBuilder queryBuilder, URI uri, MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		super(loader, queryBuilder, uri);
+		URIParser parser = new URIParser(loader, uri, queryParams);
+		parser.parse(this);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new legacy query parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param queryBuilder the query builder
+	 */
+	public LegacyQueryParser(Loader loader, QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
+		super(loader, queryBuilder);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processObject(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys) throws AAIException {
+		if (previous != null) {
+			this.parentResourceType = previous.getDbName();
+			queryBuilder.createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType.TREE, previous, obj);
+		}
+		if (previous == null) {
+			queryBuilder.createDBQuery(obj);
+			this.handleUriKeys(obj, uriKeys);
+		} else {
+			queryBuilder.createKeyQuery(obj);
+			this.handleUriKeys(obj, uriKeys);
+		}
+		previous = obj;
+		this.resultResource = obj.getDbName();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processContainer(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys, boolean isFinalContainer) throws AAIException {
+		if (isFinalContainer) {
+			if (previous != null) {
+				this.parentResourceType = previous.getDbName();
+				queryBuilder.createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType.TREE, previous, obj);
+			}
+			
+			if (previous == null) {
+				queryBuilder.createContainerQuery(obj);
+				queryBuilder.markParentBoundary();
+			}
+			if (!uriKeys.isEmpty()) {
+
+				try {
+					Introspector child = obj.newIntrospectorInstanceOfNestedProperty(obj.getChildName());
+					this.handleUriKeys(child, uriKeys);
+				} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+					LOGGER.warn("Skipping container child " + obj.getChildName() + " (Unknown Object)", e);
+				}
+			}
+			
+			this.resultResource = obj.getChildDBName();
+			this.containerResource = obj.getName();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private void handleUriKeys(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys) throws AAIException {
+		for (String key : uriKeys.keySet()) {
+			//to validate whether this property exists
+			if (!obj.hasProperty(key)) {
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_3000", "property: " + key + " not found on " + obj.getDbName());
+			}
+
+			List<String> values = uriKeys.get(key);
+			String dbPropertyName = key;
+			Map<String, String> linkedProperties = new HashMap<>();
+			final Map<PropertyMetadata, String> metadata = obj.getPropertyMetadata(key);
+			if (metadata.containsKey(PropertyMetadata.DATA_LINK)) {
+				linkedProperties.put(key, metadata.get(PropertyMetadata.DATA_LINK));
+			}
+			if (metadata.containsKey(PropertyMetadata.DB_ALIAS)) {
+				dbPropertyName = metadata.get(PropertyMetadata.DB_ALIAS);
+			}
+			
+			if (!linkedProperties.containsKey(key)) {
+				if (values.size() > 1) {
+					queryBuilder.getVerticesByIndexedProperty(dbPropertyName, obj.castValueAccordingToSchema(key, values));
+				} else {
+					queryBuilder.getVerticesByIndexedProperty(dbPropertyName, obj.castValueAccordingToSchema(key, values.get(0)));
+				}
+			}
+			handleLinkedProperties(obj, uriKeys, linkedProperties);
+		}
+	}
+	private void handleLinkedProperties(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys, Map<String, String> linkedProperties) throws AAIException {
+		
+		QueryBuilder[] builders = new QueryBuilder[linkedProperties.keySet().size()];
+		Set<Entry<String, String>> entrySet = linkedProperties.entrySet();
+		int i = 0;
+		Iterator<Entry<String, String>> itr = entrySet.iterator();
+		
+		while (itr.hasNext()) {
+			Entry<String, String> entry = itr.next();
+			Introspector child;
+			try {
+				child = new URIToObject(this.latestLoader, new URI(URITools.replaceTemplates(obj, entry.getValue(), PropertyMetadata.DATA_LINK, true).orElse(""))).getEntity();
+			} catch (IllegalArgumentException | UnsupportedEncodingException | URISyntaxException e) {
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_4000", e);
+			} 
+			List<String> values = uriKeys.get(entry.getKey());
+			QueryBuilder builder = queryBuilder.newInstance();
+			builder.createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType.TREE, obj, child);
+			if (values.size() > 1) {
+				builder.getVerticesByIndexedProperty(entry.getKey(), obj.castValueAccordingToSchema(entry.getKey(), values));
+			} else {
+				builder.getVerticesByIndexedProperty(entry.getKey(), obj.castValueAccordingToSchema(entry.getKey(), values.get(0)));
+			}
+			
+			builders[i] = builder;
+			i++;
+		}
+		
+		queryBuilder.where(builders);
+		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processNamespace(Introspector obj) {
+	
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getCloudRegionTransform() {
+		return "add";
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean useOriginalLoader() {
+		return false;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/ObjectNameQueryParser.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/ObjectNameQueryParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ea38893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/ObjectNameQueryParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.query;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+
+public class ObjectNameQueryParser extends QueryParser {
+	
+	public ObjectNameQueryParser(Loader loader, QueryBuilder queryBuilder, String objName) {
+		super(loader, queryBuilder);
+		this.resultResource = objName;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/QueryParser.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/QueryParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fd6c230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/QueryParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.query;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.LoaderFactory;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * The Class QueryParser.
+ */
+public abstract class QueryParser {
+
+	protected Loader loader = null;
+	protected Loader latestLoader = null;
+	protected QueryBuilder queryBuilder = null;
+	
+	protected QueryBuilder parentQueryBuilder = null;
+	
+	protected URI uri = null;
+	
+	protected String resultResource = "";
+	
+	protected String parentResourceType = "";
+	
+	protected String containerResource = "";
+		
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new query parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param queryBuilder the query builder
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 */
+	protected QueryParser(Loader loader, QueryBuilder queryBuilder, URI uri) {
+		this.uri = uri;
+		this.queryBuilder = queryBuilder;
+		this.loader = loader;
+		this.latestLoader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(loader.getModelType(), AAIProperties.LATEST);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new query parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param queryBuilder the query builder
+	 */
+	protected QueryParser(Loader loader, QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
+		this.queryBuilder = queryBuilder;
+		this.loader = loader;
+		this.latestLoader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(loader.getModelType(), AAIProperties.LATEST);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the container type.
+	 *
+	 * @return the container type
+	 */
+	public String getContainerType() {
+		
+		return this.containerResource;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the parent result type.
+	 *
+	 * @return the parent result type
+	 */
+	public String getParentResultType() {
+		return this.parentResourceType;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the result type.
+	 *
+	 * @return the result type
+	 */
+	public String getResultType() {
+		return this.resultResource;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the query builder.
+	 *
+	 * @return the query builder
+	 */
+	public QueryBuilder getQueryBuilder() {
+		return this.queryBuilder;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the uri.
+	 *
+	 * @return the uri
+	 */
+	public URI getUri() {
+		return this.uri;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the parent query builder.
+	 *
+	 * @return the parent query builder
+	 */
+	public QueryBuilder getParentQueryBuilder() {
+		if (this.parentQueryBuilder != null) {
+			return this.parentQueryBuilder;
+		} else {
+			return this.queryBuilder;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Checks if is dependent.
+	 *
+	 * @return true, if is dependent
+	 */
+	public boolean isDependent() {
+		return !this.queryBuilder.getQuery().toString().equals(this.queryBuilder.getParentQuery().getQuery().toString());
+	}
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/QueryParserStrategy.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/QueryParserStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea875f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/QueryParserStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.query;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * The Class QueryParserStrategy.
+ */
+public abstract class QueryParserStrategy {
+
+	protected Loader loader = null;
+	
+	protected QueryBuilder builder = null;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new query parser strategy.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param builder the builder
+	 */
+	public QueryParserStrategy(Loader loader, QueryBuilder builder) {
+		
+		this.loader = loader;
+		this.builder = builder;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Builds the URI parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @return the query parser
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryParser buildURIParser(URI uri) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Builds the URI parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @param queryParams the query params
+	 * @return the query parser
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryParser buildURIParser(URI uri,MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Builds the relationship parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @return the query parser
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryParser buildRelationshipParser(Introspector obj) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Builds an ObjectNameQueryParser. 
+	 * 
+	 * @param objName - the name of the object type as used in the database
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryParser buildObjectNameParser(String objName);
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/RelationshipQueryParser.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/RelationshipQueryParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7904f756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/RelationshipQueryParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.query;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.IntrospectorFactory;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.ModelType;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.relationship.RelationshipToURI;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.uri.URIParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeRules;
+import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
+
+/**
+ * The Class RelationshipQueryParser.
+ */
+public class RelationshipQueryParser extends LegacyQueryParser {
+
+	private Introspector relationship = null;
+	
+	private ModelType modelType = null;
+	
+	private EdgeRules edgeRules = null;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new relationship query parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param queryBuilder the query builder
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public RelationshipQueryParser(Loader loader, QueryBuilder queryBuilder, Introspector obj) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		super(loader, queryBuilder);
+		this.relationship = obj;
+		this.modelType = obj.getModelType();
+		this.edgeRules = EdgeRules.getInstance();
+		RelationshipToURI rToUri = new RelationshipToURI(loader, obj);
+		this.uri = rToUri.getUri();
+		URIParser parser = new URIParser(loader, uri);
+		parser.parse(this);
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/TraversalStrategy.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/TraversalStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..664a3274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/TraversalStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.query;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * The Class TraversalStrategy.
+ */
+public class TraversalStrategy extends QueryParserStrategy {
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new traversal strategy.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param builder the builder
+	 */
+	public TraversalStrategy(Loader loader, QueryBuilder builder) {
+		super(loader, builder);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser buildURIParser(URI uri) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return new LegacyQueryParser(loader, builder, uri);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser buildRelationshipParser(Introspector obj) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return new RelationshipQueryParser(loader, builder, obj);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser buildURIParser(URI uri, MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams)
+			throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return new LegacyQueryParser(loader, builder, uri, queryParams);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser buildObjectNameParser(String objName) {
+		return new ObjectNameQueryParser(loader, builder, objName);
+	}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/UniqueRelationshipQueryParser.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/UniqueRelationshipQueryParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1502c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/UniqueRelationshipQueryParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.query;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.relationship.RelationshipToURI;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * The Class UniqueRelationshipQueryParser.
+ */
+public class UniqueRelationshipQueryParser extends UniqueURIQueryParser {
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new unique relationship query parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param queryBuilder the query builder
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public UniqueRelationshipQueryParser(Loader loader, QueryBuilder queryBuilder, Introspector obj) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, IllegalArgumentException, AAIException {
+		super(loader, queryBuilder);
+		RelationshipToURI rToUri = new RelationshipToURI(loader, obj);
+		UniqueURIQueryParser parser = new UniqueURIQueryParser(loader, queryBuilder, rToUri.getUri());
+		this.containerResource = parser.getContainerType();
+		this.resultResource = parser.getResultType();
+		this.queryBuilder = parser.getQueryBuilder();
+		this.parentQueryBuilder = parser.getParentQueryBuilder();
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/UniqueStrategy.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/UniqueStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d594778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/UniqueStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.query;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * The Class UniqueStrategy.
+ */
+public class UniqueStrategy extends QueryParserStrategy {
+
+	
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new unique strategy.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param builder the builder
+	 */
+	public UniqueStrategy(Loader loader, QueryBuilder builder) {
+		super(loader, builder);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser buildURIParser(URI uri) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, IllegalArgumentException, AAIException {
+		return new UniqueURIQueryParser(loader, builder, uri);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser buildRelationshipParser(Introspector obj) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return new UniqueRelationshipQueryParser(loader, builder, obj);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser buildURIParser(URI uri, MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams)
+			throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return new LegacyQueryParser(loader, builder, uri, queryParams);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser buildObjectNameParser(String objName) {
+		return new ObjectNameQueryParser(loader, builder, objName);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/UniqueURIQueryParser.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/UniqueURIQueryParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c62d0469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/query/UniqueURIQueryParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.query;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.uri.Parsable;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.uri.URIParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.uri.URIToDBKey;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeType;
+
+
+/**
+ * The Class UniqueURIQueryParser.
+ */
+public class UniqueURIQueryParser extends QueryParser implements Parsable {
+
+	
+	private URIToDBKey dbKeyParser = null;
+	
+	private Introspector previous = null;
+	
+	private boolean endsInContainer = false;
+	
+	private Introspector finalContainer = null;
+	
+	private String parentName = "";
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new unique URI query parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param queryBuilder the query builder
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public UniqueURIQueryParser(Loader loader, QueryBuilder queryBuilder, URI uri) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, IllegalArgumentException, AAIException {
+		super(loader, queryBuilder, uri);
+		URIParser parser = new URIParser(loader, uri);
+		parser.parse(this);
+		
+		if (!endsInContainer) {
+			this.dbKeyParser = new URIToDBKey(loader, uri);
+			String dbKey = (String)dbKeyParser.getResult();
+			queryBuilder.getVerticesByIndexedProperty("aai-unique-key", dbKey);
+			queryBuilder.markParentBoundary();
+			
+			if (!(parentName.equals("") || parentName.equals(this.resultResource))) {
+				URI parentUri = UriBuilder.fromPath(uri.getRawPath().substring(0, uri.getRawPath().indexOf(containerResource))).build();
+				this.dbKeyParser = new URIToDBKey(loader, parentUri);
+				this.parentQueryBuilder = queryBuilder.newInstance().getVerticesByIndexedProperty("aai-unique-key", (String)dbKeyParser.getResult());
+				this.parentResourceType = parentName;
+			} 
+			this.containerResource = "";
+		} else {
+			URI parentUri = UriBuilder.fromPath(uri.getRawPath().substring(0, uri.getRawPath().indexOf(this.finalContainer.getDbName()))).build();
+			this.dbKeyParser = new URIToDBKey(loader, parentUri);
+			String dbKey = (String)dbKeyParser.getResult();
+			this.parentResourceType = parentName;
+
+			if (!dbKey.equals("")) {
+				queryBuilder.getVerticesByIndexedProperty("aai-unique-key", dbKey);
+				queryBuilder.markParentBoundary();
+				queryBuilder.createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType.TREE, previous, finalContainer);
+
+			} 
+			
+			queryBuilder.createContainerQuery(finalContainer);
+				
+			
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new unique URI query parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param queryBuilder the query builder
+	 */
+	public UniqueURIQueryParser(Loader loader, QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
+		super(loader, queryBuilder);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processObject(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys) {
+		this.resultResource = obj.getDbName();
+		if (previous != null) {
+			this.parentName = previous.getDbName();
+		}
+		this.previous  = obj;
+		
+		
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processContainer(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys, boolean isFinalContainer) {
+		this.containerResource = obj.getName();
+		if (previous != null) {
+			this.parentName = previous.getDbName();
+		}
+		if (isFinalContainer) {
+			this.endsInContainer = true;
+			this.resultResource = obj.getChildDBName();
+			
+			this.finalContainer = obj;
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processNamespace(Introspector obj) {
+	
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getCloudRegionTransform() {
+		return "add";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean useOriginalLoader() {
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6d09fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/relationship/RelationshipToURI.java
@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.relationship;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+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;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.ModelType;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Version;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.exceptions.AAIIdentityMapParseException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.exceptions.AmbiguousMapAAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.uri.URIParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.ObjectMetadata;
+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;
+
+/**
+ * The Class RelationshipToURI.
+ */
+public class RelationshipToURI {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(RelationshipToURI.class);
+		
+	private Introspector relationship = null;
+	
+	private Loader loader = null;
+	
+	private ModelType modelType = null;
+	
+	private EdgeRules edgeRules = null;
+	
+	private URI uri = null;
+	
+	private LegacyURITransformer urlTransform = null;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new relationship to URI.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param relationship the relationship
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public RelationshipToURI(Loader loader, Introspector relationship) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		this.relationship = relationship;
+		this.modelType = relationship.getModelType();
+		this.edgeRules = EdgeRules.getInstance();
+		this.loader = loader;
+		this.urlTransform   = LegacyURITransformer.getInstance();
+
+		this.parse();
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Parses the.
+	 * @throws  
+	 *
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	protected void parse() throws AAIException {
+		String relatedLink = (String)relationship.getValue("related-link");
+		Optional<URI> result;
+		try {
+			if (loader.getVersion().compareTo(Version.v10) >= 0) {
+				result = processRelatedLink(relatedLink);
+				if (!result.isPresent()) {
+					result = processRelationshipData();
+				}
+			} else {
+				result = processRelationshipData();
+				if (!result.isPresent()) {
+					result = processRelatedLink(relatedLink);
+				}
+			}
+			if (result.isPresent()) {
+				this.uri = result.get();
+			} else {
+				throw new AAIIdentityMapParseException("nothing to parse");
+			}
+		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException | URISyntaxException e) {
+			throw new AAIIdentityMapParseException("Could not parse relationship-list object: " + e.getMessage(), e);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private Optional<URI> processRelationshipData() throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		Optional<URI> result = Optional.empty();
+		StringBuilder uriBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+		List<Object> data = (List<Object>)relationship.getValue("relationship-data");
+		Introspector wrapper;
+		String key;
+		String value;
+		String objectType;
+		String propertyName;
+		String topLevelType = null;
+		String[] split;
+		HashMap<String, Introspector> map = new HashMap<>();
+		for (Object datum : data) {
+			wrapper = IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(modelType, datum);
+			key = (String)wrapper.getValue("relationship-key");
+			value = (String)wrapper.getValue("relationship-value");
+			split = key.split("\\.");
+			if (split == null || split.length != 2) {
+				throw new AAIIdentityMapParseException("incorrect format for key must be of the form {node-type}.{property-name}");
+			}
+			//check node name ok
+			//check prop name ok
+			objectType = split[0];
+			propertyName = split[1];
+
+			try {
+				Introspector wrappedObj = loader.introspectorFromName(objectType);
+
+				if (!wrappedObj.hasProperty(propertyName)) {
+					throw new AAIIdentityMapParseException("invalid property name in map: " + propertyName);
+				}
+				if (map.containsKey(objectType)) {
+					wrappedObj = map.get(objectType);
+				} else {
+					map.put(objectType, wrappedObj);
+				}
+				if (wrappedObj.getValue(propertyName) == null) {
+					wrappedObj.setValue(propertyName, value);
+				} else {
+					throw new AmbiguousMapAAIException("cannot determine where key/value goes: " + propertyName + "/" + value);
+				}
+				
+				if (wrappedObj.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.NAMESPACE) != null) {
+					if (topLevelType == null) {
+						topLevelType = objectType;
+					} else if (!topLevelType.equals(objectType)){
+						throw new AmbiguousMapAAIException("found two top level nodes of different types: " + topLevelType + " and " + objectType);
+					}
+				}
+			} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+				throw new AAIIdentityMapParseException("invalid object name in map: " + objectType, e);
+			}
+			
+		}
+		if (!map.isEmpty()) {
+			String startType = (String)relationship.getValue("related-to");
+			List<String> nodeTypes = new ArrayList<>();
+			nodeTypes.addAll(map.keySet());
+			
+			String displacedType;
+			for (int i = 0; i < nodeTypes.size(); i++) {
+				if (nodeTypes.get(i).equals(startType)) {
+					displacedType = nodeTypes.set(nodeTypes.size() - 1, startType);
+					nodeTypes.set(i, displacedType);
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			sortRelationships(nodeTypes, startType, 1);
+			int startTypeIndex = nodeTypes.indexOf(startType);
+			int topLevelIndex = 0;
+			if (topLevelType != null) {
+				topLevelIndex = nodeTypes.indexOf(topLevelType);
+			}
+			//remove additional types not needed if they are there
+			List<String> nodeTypesSubList = nodeTypes;
+			if (topLevelIndex != 0) {
+				nodeTypesSubList = nodeTypes.subList(topLevelIndex, startTypeIndex+1);
+			}
+			for (String type : nodeTypesSubList) {
+				uriBuilder.append(map.get(type).getURI());
+			}
+			if (!nodeTypesSubList.isEmpty()) {
+				result = Optional.of(UriBuilder.fromPath(uriBuilder.toString()).build());
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	private Optional<URI> processRelatedLink(String relatedLink) throws URISyntaxException, UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIIdentityMapParseException  {
+		Optional<URI> result = Optional.empty();
+		if (relatedLink != null) {
+			URI resultUri = new URI(relatedLink);
+			String path = resultUri.toString();
+			resultUri = UriBuilder.fromPath(resultUri.getRawPath()).build();
+			URIParser uriParser = new URIParser(this.loader, resultUri);
+			try {
+				uriParser.validate();
+			} catch (AAIException e) {
+				throw new AAIIdentityMapParseException("related link is invalid: " + relatedLink, e);
+			}
+			result = Optional.of(resultUri);
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sort relationships.
+	 *
+	 * @param data the data
+	 * @param startType the start type
+	 * @param i the i
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 */
+	private boolean sortRelationships(List<String> data, String startType, int i) throws AAIException {
+	
+		if (i == data.size()) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		int j;
+		String objectType;
+		String displacedObject;
+		EdgeRule rule;
+		Direction direction;
+		for (j = (data.size() - i) - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
+			objectType = data.get(j);
+			try {
+				rule = edgeRules.getEdgeRule(EdgeType.TREE, startType, objectType);
+				direction = rule.getDirection();
+				if (direction != null) {
+					if ((rule.getIsParent().equals("true") && direction.equals(Direction.IN)) || (rule.getIsParent().equals("reverse") && direction.equals(Direction.OUT))) {
+						displacedObject = data.set((data.size() - i) - 1, data.get(j));
+						data.set(j, displacedObject);
+						if (sortRelationships(data, objectType, i+1)) {
+							return true;
+						} else {
+							//continue to process
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			} catch (AAIException e) {
+				//ignore exceptions generated
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+		
+
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the uri.
+	 *
+	 * @return the uri
+	 */
+	public URI getUri() {
+		return uri;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/Parsable.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/Parsable.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d24b7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/Parsable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.uri;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+
+/**
+ * The Interface Parsable.
+ */
+public interface Parsable {
+
+	/**
+	 * Process object.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param uriKeys the uri keys
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 */
+	public void processObject(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys) throws AAIException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Process container.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param uriKeys the uri keys
+	 * @param isFinalContainer the is final container
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public void processContainer(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys, boolean isFinalContainer) throws AAIException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Process namespace.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 */
+	public void processNamespace(Introspector obj);
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the cloud region transform.
+	 *
+	 * @return the cloud region transform
+	 */
+	public String getCloudRegionTransform();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Use original loader.
+	 *
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 */
+	public boolean useOriginalLoader();
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87439774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.uri;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+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.schema.enums.ObjectMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
+
+
+/**
+ * The Class URIParser.
+ */
+public class URIParser {
+	
+	private URI uri = null;
+	
+	protected Loader loader = null;
+	
+	protected Loader originalLoader = null;
+	
+	private URI originalURI = null;
+	
+	private MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams = null;
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new URI parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 */
+	public URIParser(Loader loader, URI uri) {
+		this.uri = uri;
+
+		String currentVersion = "v7";
+		this.originalLoader = loader;
+		try {
+			currentVersion = AAIConfig.get("aai.default.api.version");
+		} catch (AAIException e) {
+			ErrorLogHelper.logException(e);
+		}
+		
+		//Load the latest version because we need it for cloud region
+		
+		this.loader = loader;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new URI parser.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @param queryParams the query params
+	 */
+	public URIParser(Loader loader, URI uri, MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams) {
+		this(loader, uri);
+		this.queryParams = queryParams;
+	}
+
+	public Loader getLoader() {
+		
+		return this.loader;
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the original URI.
+	 *
+	 * @return the original URI
+	 */
+	public URI getOriginalURI() {
+		return this.originalURI;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Parses the.
+	 *
+	 * @param p the p
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public void parse(Parsable p) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		try {
+			boolean isRelative = false;
+			uri = this.trimURI(uri);
+			uri = handleCloudRegion(p.getCloudRegionTransform(), uri);
+			if (p.useOriginalLoader()) {
+				this.loader = this.originalLoader;
+			}
+			this.originalURI  = UriBuilder.fromPath(uri.getRawPath()).build();
+			if (uri.getRawPath().startsWith("./")) {
+				uri = new URI(uri.getRawPath().replaceFirst("\\./", ""));
+				isRelative = true;
+			}
+			String[] parts = uri.getRawPath().split("/");
+			Introspector validNamespaces = loader.introspectorFromName("inventory");
+			Set<String> keys = null;
+			String part = "";
+			Introspector previousObj = null;
+
+			for (int i = 0; i < parts.length;) {
+				part = parts[i];
+				Introspector introspector = null;
+				introspector = loader.introspectorFromName(part);
+				if (introspector != null) {
+					
+					//previous has current as property
+					if (previousObj != null && !previousObj.hasChild(introspector) && !previousObj.getDbName().equals("nodes")) {
+						throw new AAIException("AAI_3001", uri + " not a valid path. " + part + " not valid");
+					} else if (previousObj == null) {
+						String abstractType = introspector.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.ABSTRACT);
+						if (abstractType == null) {
+							abstractType = "";
+						}
+						//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");
+						}
+					}
+					
+					keys = introspector.getKeys();
+					if (keys.size() > 0) {
+						MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys = new MultivaluedHashMap<>();
+						i++;
+						if (i == parts.length && queryParams != null) {
+							Set<String> queryKeys = queryParams.keySet();
+							for (String key : queryKeys) {
+								uriKeys.put(key, queryParams.get(key));
+							}
+						} else {
+							for (String key : keys) {
+								part =  UriUtils.decode(parts[i], "UTF-8");
+								
+								introspector.setValue(key, part);
+								
+								//skip this for further processing
+								i++;
+							}
+						}
+						
+						p.processObject(introspector, uriKeys);
+	
+					} else if (introspector.isContainer()) {
+						boolean isFinalContainer = i == parts.length-1;
+						MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys = new MultivaluedHashMap<>();
+						
+						if (isFinalContainer && queryParams != null) {
+							Set<String> queryKeys = queryParams.keySet();
+							for (String key : queryKeys) {
+								uriKeys.put(key, queryParams.get(key));
+								
+							}
+						}
+						p.processContainer(introspector, uriKeys, isFinalContainer);
+						
+						i++; 
+					} else {
+						p.processNamespace(introspector);
+						//namespace case
+						i++;
+					}
+					previousObj = introspector;
+				} else {
+					//invalid item found should log
+					//original said bad path
+					throw new AAIException("AAI_3001", "invalid item found in path: " + part);
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (AAIException e) {
+			throw e;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_3001", e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public boolean validate() throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		this.parse(new URIValidate());
+		return true;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Handle cloud region.
+	 *
+	 * @param action the action
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @return the uri
+	 */
+	protected URI handleCloudRegion(String action, URI uri) {
+		
+		return uri;
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Trim URI.
+	 *
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @return the uri
+	 */
+	protected URI trimURI(URI uri) {
+		
+		String result = uri.getRawPath();
+		if (result.startsWith("/")) {
+			result = result.substring(1, result.length());
+		}
+		
+		if (result.endsWith("/")) {
+			result = result.substring(0, result.length() - 1);
+		}
+		
+		result = result.replaceFirst("aai/v\\d+/", "");
+		
+		return UriBuilder.fromPath(result).build();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToDBKey.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToDBKey.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e286a532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToDBKey.java
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.uri;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a Unique database key from a URI
+ * 
+ * The key is of the form node-type/key(s).
+ */
+public class URIToDBKey implements Parsable {
+
+	
+	private List<String> dbKeys = new ArrayList<>();
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new URI to DB key.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 */
+	public URIToDBKey(Loader loader, URI uri) throws IllegalArgumentException, AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		
+		URIParser parser = new URIParser(loader, uri);
+		parser.parse(this);
+	}
+	/*
+	public URIToDBKey(Version version, String uri) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		
+		super(version, uri);
+		try {
+			context = ModelInjestor.getInstance().getContextForVersion(version);
+			if (context == null) {
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("could not find a context for version: " + version);
+			}
+			this.parse();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("uri not valid against our model: " + uri);
+		}
+	}*/
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processObject (Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys) {
+		
+		dbKeys.add(obj.getDbName());
+
+		for (String key : uriKeys.keySet()) {
+			dbKeys.add(uriKeys.getFirst(key).toString());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processContainer (Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys, boolean isFinalContainer) {
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processNamespace(Introspector obj) {
+	
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getCloudRegionTransform() {
+		return "add";
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the result.
+	 *
+	 * @return the result
+	 */
+	public Object getResult() {
+		return Joiner.on("/").join(this.dbKeys);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean useOriginalLoader() {
+		return false;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToExtensionInformation.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToExtensionInformation.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26cf4a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToExtensionInformation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.uri;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.restcore.HttpMethod;
+import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+
+/**
+ * The Class URIToExtensionInformation.
+ */
+public class URIToExtensionInformation implements Parsable {
+
+	private String namespace = "";
+	
+	private String methodName = "";
+	
+	private String topObject = "";
+	
+	private List<String> pieces = null;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new URI to extension information.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 */
+	public URIToExtensionInformation(Loader loader, URI uri) throws IllegalArgumentException, AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		pieces = new ArrayList<>();
+		URIParser parser = new URIParser(loader, uri);
+		parser.parse(this);
+		
+		this.methodName = Joiner.on("").join(this.pieces);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processObject(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys) {
+		String upperCamel = toUpperCamel(obj.getDbName());
+		if (topObject.equals("")) {
+			topObject = upperCamel;
+		}
+		pieces.add(upperCamel);
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processContainer(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys, boolean isFinalContainer) {
+		pieces.add(toUpperCamel(obj.getName()));
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processNamespace(Introspector obj) {
+		this.namespace = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL, obj.getDbName());
+		pieces.add(toUpperCamel(obj.getDbName()));
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getCloudRegionTransform() {
+		return "remove";
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean useOriginalLoader() {
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the namespace.
+	 *
+	 * @return the namespace
+	 */
+	public String getNamespace() {
+		return this.namespace;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the top object.
+	 *
+	 * @return the top object
+	 */
+	public String getTopObject() {
+		return this.topObject;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the method name.
+	 *
+	 * @param httpMethod the http method
+	 * @param isPreprocess the is preprocess
+	 * @return the method name
+	 */
+	public String getMethodName(HttpMethod httpMethod, boolean isPreprocess) {
+		String result = "Dynamic";
+		if (httpMethod.equals(HttpMethod.PUT)) {
+			result += "Add";
+		} else if (httpMethod.equals(HttpMethod.DELETE)) {
+			result += "Del";
+		} else {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("http method not supported: " + httpMethod);
+		}
+		result += this.methodName;
+		
+		if (isPreprocess) {
+			result += "PreProc";
+		} else {
+			result += "PostProc";
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * To upper camel.
+	 *
+	 * @param name the name
+	 * @return the string
+	 */
+	private String toUpperCamel(String name) {
+		String result = "";
+		result = CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, name);
+		return result;
+	}
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3242adb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.uri;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Version;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.ObjectMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Given a URI this class returns an object, or series of nested objects
+ * with their keys populated based off the values in the URI.
+ * 
+ * It populates the keys in the order they are listed in the model.
+ * 
+ 
+ *
+ */
+public class URIToObject implements Parsable {
+
+	
+	private Introspector topEntity = null;
+	
+	private String topEntityName = null;
+	
+	private String entityName = null;
+	
+	private Introspector entity = null;
+	
+	private Introspector previous = null;
+	
+	private List<Object> parentList = null;
+	
+	private Version version = null;
+	private Loader loader = null;
+	private final HashMap<String, Introspector> relatedObjects;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new URI to object.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 */
+	public URIToObject(Loader loader, URI uri) throws IllegalArgumentException, AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		
+		URIParser parser = new URIParser(loader, uri);
+		this.relatedObjects = new HashMap<>();
+		
+		parser.parse(this);
+		this.loader = parser.getLoader();
+		this.version = loader.getVersion();
+	}
+	public URIToObject(Loader loader, URI uri, HashMap<String, Introspector> relatedObjects) throws IllegalArgumentException, AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		
+		URIParser parser = new URIParser(loader, uri);
+		this.relatedObjects = relatedObjects;
+
+		parser.parse(this);
+		this.loader = parser.getLoader();
+		this.version = loader.getVersion();
+
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processObject(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys) {
+		
+		if (this.entityName == null) {
+			this.topEntityName = obj.getDbName();
+			this.topEntity = obj;
+		}
+		this.entityName = obj.getDbName();
+		this.entity = obj;
+		this.parentList = (List<Object>)this.previous.getValue(obj.getName());
+		this.parentList.add(entity.getUnderlyingObject());
+		
+		for (String key : uriKeys.keySet()) {
+			entity.setValue(key, uriKeys.getFirst(key));
+		}
+		try {
+			if (relatedObjects.containsKey(entity.getObjectId())) {
+				Introspector relatedObject = relatedObjects.get(entity.getObjectId());
+				String nameProp = relatedObject.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.NAME_PROPS);
+				if (nameProp == null) {
+					nameProp = "";
+				}
+				if (nameProp != null && !nameProp.equals("")) {
+					String[] nameProps = nameProp.split(",");
+					for (String prop : nameProps) {
+						entity.setValue(prop, relatedObject.getValue(prop));
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+		}
+		this.previous = entity;
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processContainer(Introspector  obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys, boolean isFinalContainer) {
+		
+		this.previous = obj;
+
+		if (this.entity != null) {
+			this.entity.setValue(obj.getName(), obj.getUnderlyingObject());
+		} else {
+			this.entity = obj;
+			this.topEntity = obj;
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processNamespace(Introspector obj) {
+	
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getCloudRegionTransform() {
+		return "add";
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean useOriginalLoader() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the top entity.
+	 *
+	 * @return the top entity
+	 */
+	public Introspector getTopEntity() {
+		return this.topEntity;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the entity.
+	 *
+	 * @return the entity
+	 */
+	public Introspector getEntity() {
+		return this.entity;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the parent list.
+	 *
+	 * @return the parent list
+	 */
+	public List<Object> getParentList() {
+		return this.parentList;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the entity name.
+	 *
+	 * @return the entity name
+	 */
+	public String getEntityName() {
+		return this.entityName;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the top entity name.
+	 *
+	 * @return the top entity name
+	 */
+	public String getTopEntityName() {
+		return this.topEntityName;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the object version.
+	 *
+	 * @return the object version
+	 */
+	public Version getObjectVersion() {
+		return this.loader.getVersion();
+	}
+	public Loader getLoader() {
+		return this.loader;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToRelationshipObject.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToRelationshipObject.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6888dec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIToRelationshipObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.uri;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Version;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIApiServerURLBase;
+import org.openecomp.aai.workarounds.LegacyURITransformer;
+
+/**
+ * Given a URI a Relationship Object is returned.
+ * 
+ * The relationship-data objects are created from the keys in the model.
+ * The keys are processed in the order they appear in the model.
+ 
+ *
+ */
+public class URIToRelationshipObject implements Parsable {
+	
+	private Introspector result = null;
+			
+	private LegacyURITransformer uriTransformer = null;
+	
+	private Version originalVersion = null;
+	
+	private Introspector relationship = null;
+	
+	private Loader loader = null;
+	
+	private String baseURL; 
+	
+	private final URI uri;
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new URI to relationship object.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws MalformedURLException the malformed URL exception
+	 */
+	public URIToRelationshipObject(Loader loader, URI uri) throws AAIException {
+		
+		this.loader = loader;
+		uriTransformer = LegacyURITransformer.getInstance();
+		originalVersion = loader.getVersion();
+
+		try {
+			relationship = loader.introspectorFromName("relationship");
+		} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e1) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Fatal error - could not load relationship object!", e1);
+		}
+
+		this.baseURL = AAIApiServerURLBase.get(originalVersion);
+		this.uri = uri;
+		
+		}
+		
+	public URIToRelationshipObject(Loader loader, URI uri, String baseURL) throws AAIException {
+		this(loader, uri);
+		
+		if (baseURL != null) {
+			this.baseURL = baseURL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getCloudRegionTransform(){
+		return "remove";
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processObject(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys) {
+		
+
+		for (String key : obj.getKeys()) {
+			try {
+				Introspector data = loader.introspectorFromName("relationship-data");
+				data.setValue("relationship-key", obj.getDbName() + "." + key);
+				data.setValue("relationship-value", obj.getValue(key));
+				
+				((List<Object>)relationship.getValue("relationship-data")).add(data.getUnderlyingObject());
+			} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("Fatal error - relationship-data object not found!");
+			}
+		}
+		relationship.setValue("related-to", obj.getDbName());
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processContainer(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys, boolean isFinalContainer) {
+		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void processNamespace(Introspector obj) {
+	
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean useOriginalLoader() {
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the result.
+	 *
+	 * @return the result
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException 
+	 * @throws URISyntaxException 
+	 */
+	public Introspector getResult() throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException, URISyntaxException {
+		URIParser parser = new URIParser(this.loader, this.uri);
+		parser.parse(this);
+		URI originalUri = parser.getOriginalURI();
+		
+		URI relatedLink = new URI(this.baseURL + this.originalVersion + "/" + originalUri);
+		this.relationship.setValue("related-link", relatedLink);
+		
+		
+		this.result = relationship;
+		return this.result;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIValidate.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIValidate.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a7ac0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/parsers/uri/URIValidate.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.parsers.uri;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+
+class URIValidate implements Parsable {
+
+	@Override
+	public void processObject(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys) throws AAIException {
+		//NO-OP
+		//just want to make sure this URI has valid tokens
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void processContainer(Introspector obj, MultivaluedMap<String, String> uriKeys, boolean isFinalContainer)
+			throws AAIException {
+		//NO-OP
+		//just want to make sure this URI has valid tokens
+
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void processNamespace(Introspector obj) {
+		//NO-OP
+		//just want to make sure this URI has valid tokens
+
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getCloudRegionTransform() {
+		return "none";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean useOriginalLoader() {
+		
+		return true;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GraphTraversalBuilder.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GraphTraversalBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..336114f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GraphTraversalBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,491 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.query.builder;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.P;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.Traversal;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.Traversal.Admin;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversal;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversalSource;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.__;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.util.TraversalHelper;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.ObjectMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+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.serialization.db.exceptions.NoEdgeRuleFoundException;
+
+/**
+ * The Class GraphTraversalBuilder.
+ */
+public abstract class GraphTraversalBuilder extends QueryBuilder {
+
+	protected GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> traversal = null;
+	protected Admin<Vertex, Vertex> completeTraversal = null;
+	private EdgeRules edgeRules = EdgeRules.getInstance();
+	
+	protected int parentStepIndex = 0;
+	protected int containerStepIndex = 0;
+	protected int stepIndex = 0;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new graph traversal builder.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 */
+	public GraphTraversalBuilder(Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source) {
+		super(loader, source);
+		
+		traversal = __.start();
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new graph traversal builder.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param start the start
+	 */
+	public GraphTraversalBuilder(Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source, Vertex start) {
+		super(loader, source, start);
+		
+		traversal = __.start();
+		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getVerticesByIndexedProperty(String key, Object value) {
+	
+		return this.getVerticesByProperty(key, value);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getVerticesByIndexedProperty(String key, List<?> values) {
+		return this.getVerticesByProperty(key, values);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getVerticesByProperty(String key, Object value) {
+		
+		//this is because the index is registered as an Integer
+		value = this.correctObjectType(value);
+		
+		traversal.has(key, value);
+		
+		stepIndex++;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getVerticesByProperty(final String key, final List<?> values) {
+		
+		//this is because the index is registered as an Integer
+		List<Object> correctedValues = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (Object item : values) {
+			correctedValues.add(this.correctObjectType(item));
+		}
+		
+		traversal.has(key, P.within(correctedValues));
+		
+		stepIndex++;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getChildVerticesFromParent(String parentKey, String parentValue, String childType) {
+		traversal.has(parentKey, parentValue).has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, childType);
+		stepIndex++;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getTypedVerticesByMap(String type, LinkedHashMap<String, String> map) {
+		
+		for (String key : map.keySet()) {
+			traversal.has(key, map.get(key));
+			stepIndex++;
+		}
+		traversal.has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, type);
+		stepIndex++;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createDBQuery(Introspector obj) {
+		this.createKeyQuery(obj);
+		this.createContainerQuery(obj);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createKeyQuery(Introspector obj) {
+		Set<String> keys = obj.getKeys();
+		Object val;
+		for (String key : keys) {
+			val = obj.getValue(key);
+			Optional<String> metadata = obj.getPropertyMetadata(key, PropertyMetadata.DB_ALIAS);
+			if (metadata.isPresent()) {
+				//use the db name for the field rather than the object model
+				key = metadata.get();
+			}
+			if (val != null) {
+				//this is because the index is registered as an Integer
+				if (val.getClass().equals(Long.class)) {
+					traversal.has(key,new Integer(val.toString()));
+				} else {
+					traversal.has(key, val);
+				}
+				stepIndex++;
+			}
+		}
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder exactMatchQuery(Introspector obj) {
+		this.createKeyQuery(obj);
+		allPropertiesQuery(obj);
+		this.createContainerQuery(obj);
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	private void allPropertiesQuery(Introspector obj) {
+		Set<String> props = obj.getProperties();
+		Set<String> keys = obj.getKeys();
+		Object val;
+		for (String prop : props) {
+			if (obj.isSimpleType(prop) && !keys.contains(prop)) {
+				val = obj.getValue(prop);
+				if (val != null) {
+					Optional<String> metadata = obj.getPropertyMetadata(prop, PropertyMetadata.DB_ALIAS);
+					if (metadata.isPresent()) {
+						//use the db name for the field rather than the object model
+						prop = metadata.get();
+					}
+					//this is because the index is registered as an Integer
+					if (val != null && val.getClass().equals(Long.class)) {
+						traversal.has(prop,new Integer(val.toString()));
+					} else {
+						traversal.has(prop, val);
+					}
+					stepIndex++;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	
+	public QueryBuilder createContainerQuery(Introspector obj) {
+		String type = obj.getChildDBName();
+		String abstractType = obj.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.ABSTRACT);
+		if (abstractType != null) {
+			String[] inheritors = obj.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.INHERITORS).split(",");
+			traversal.has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, P.within(inheritors));
+		} else {
+			traversal.has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, type);
+		}
+		stepIndex++;
+		markContainer();
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException 
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType type, Introspector parent, Introspector child) throws AAIException, NoEdgeRuleFoundException {
+		String isAbstractType = parent.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.ABSTRACT);
+		if ("true".equals(isAbstractType)) {
+			markParentBoundary();
+			traversal.union(handleAbstractEdge(type, parent, child));
+			stepIndex += 1;
+		} else {
+			this.edgeQuery(type, parent, child);
+		}
+		return this;
+			
+	}
+	
+	private Traversal<Vertex, Vertex>[] handleAbstractEdge(EdgeType type, Introspector abstractParent, Introspector child) throws AAIException, NoEdgeRuleFoundException {
+		String childName = child.getDbName();
+		String inheritorMetadata = abstractParent.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.INHERITORS);
+		String[] inheritors = inheritorMetadata.split(",");
+		Traversal<Vertex, Vertex>[] unionTraversals = new Traversal[inheritors.length];
+		int traversalIndex = 0;
+		for (int i = 0; i < inheritors.length; i++) {
+			String inheritor = inheritors[i];
+			if (edgeRules.hasEdgeRule(inheritor, childName) || edgeRules.hasEdgeRule(childName, inheritor)) {
+				EdgeRule rule = edgeRules.getEdgeRule(type, inheritor, childName);
+				GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> innerTraversal = __.start();
+				if (rule.getDirection().equals(Direction.OUT)) {
+					innerTraversal.out(rule.getLabel());
+				} else {
+					innerTraversal.in(rule.getLabel());
+				}
+				innerTraversal.has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, childName);
+				unionTraversals[traversalIndex] = innerTraversal;
+				traversalIndex++;
+			}
+		}
+		if (traversalIndex < inheritors.length) {
+			Traversal<Vertex, Vertex>[] temp = Arrays.copyOfRange(unionTraversals, 0, traversalIndex);
+			unionTraversals = temp;
+		}
+		return unionTraversals;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * @throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException 
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType type, Vertex parent, Introspector child) throws AAIException, NoEdgeRuleFoundException {
+		
+		String nodeType = parent.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+		Introspector parentObj = loader.introspectorFromName(nodeType);
+		this.edgeQuery(type, parentObj, child);
+		return this;
+			
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder union(QueryBuilder... builder) {
+		GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex>[] traversals = new GraphTraversal[builder.length];
+		for (int i = 0; i < builder.length; i++) {
+			traversals[i] = (GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex>)builder[i].getQuery();
+		}
+		this.traversal.union(traversals);
+		stepIndex++;
+		
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder where(QueryBuilder... builder) {
+		GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex>[] traversals = new GraphTraversal[builder.length];
+		for (int i = 0; i < builder.length; i++) {
+			this.traversal.where((GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex>)builder[i].getQuery());
+			stepIndex++;
+		}
+		
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Edge query.
+	 *
+	 * @param outType the out type
+	 * @param inType the in type
+	 * @throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException 
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 */
+	private void edgeQuery(EdgeType type, Introspector outObj, Introspector inObj) throws AAIException, NoEdgeRuleFoundException {
+		String outType = outObj.getDbName();
+		String inType = inObj.getDbName();
+		
+		if (outObj.isContainer()) {
+			outType = outObj.getChildDBName();
+		}
+		if (inObj.isContainer()) {
+			inType = inObj.getChildDBName();
+		}
+		markParentBoundary();
+		EdgeRule rule = edgeRules.getEdgeRule(type, outType, inType);
+		if (rule.getDirection().equals(Direction.OUT)) {
+			traversal.out(rule.getLabel());
+		} else {
+			traversal.in(rule.getLabel());
+		}
+		stepIndex++;
+		this.createContainerQuery(inObj);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder limit(long amount) {
+		traversal.limit(amount);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public <T> T getQuery() {
+		return (T)this.traversal;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getParentQuery() {
+
+		return cloneQueryAtStep(parentStepIndex);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getContainerQuery() {
+		
+		if (this.parentStepIndex == 0) {
+			return removeQueryStepsBetween(0, containerStepIndex);
+		} else {
+			return cloneQueryAtStep(containerStepIndex);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void markParentBoundary() {
+		parentStepIndex = stepIndex;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void markContainer() {
+		containerStepIndex = stepIndex;
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Vertex getStart() {
+		return this.start;
+	}
+
+	protected int getParentStepIndex() {
+		return parentStepIndex;
+	}
+
+	protected int getContainerStepIndex() {
+		return containerStepIndex;
+	}
+
+	protected int getStepIndex() {
+		return stepIndex;
+	}
+
+	protected abstract QueryBuilder cloneQueryAtStep(int index);
+	/**
+	 * end is exclusive
+	 * 
+	 * @param start
+	 * @param end
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected abstract QueryBuilder removeQueryStepsBetween(int start, int end);
+	
+	private void executeQuery() {
+		
+		Admin<Vertex, Vertex> admin;
+		if (start != null) {
+			admin = source.V(start).asAdmin();
+		} else {
+			admin = source.V().asAdmin();
+
+		}
+		
+		TraversalHelper.insertTraversal(admin.getEndStep(), traversal.asAdmin(), admin);
+		
+		this.completeTraversal = admin;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean hasNext() {
+		if (this.completeTraversal == null) {
+			executeQuery();
+		}
+		
+		return this.completeTraversal.hasNext();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Vertex next() {
+		if (this.completeTraversal == null) {
+			executeQuery();
+		}
+		
+		return this.completeTraversal.next();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> toList() {
+		if (this.completeTraversal == null) {
+			executeQuery();
+		}
+		
+		return this.completeTraversal.toList();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinPipelineBuilder.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinPipelineBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d06e1e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinPipelineBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.query.builder;
+
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeRule;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeRules;
+
+public abstract class GremlinPipelineBuilder extends QueryBuilder {
+
+	private GremlinPipeline pipeline = null;
+	private EdgeRules edgeRules = EdgeRules.getInstance();
+	private int parentStepIndex = 0;
+	private int stepIndex = 0;
+	
+	public GremlinPipelineBuilder(Loader loader) {
+		super(loader);
+		
+		pipeline = new GremlinPipeline(new IdentityPipe()).V();
+		
+	}
+	
+	public GremlinPipelineBuilder(Loader loader, Vertex start) {
+		super(loader, start);
+		
+		pipeline = new GremlinPipeline(start);
+		
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getVerticesByIndexedProperty(String key, Object value) {
+	
+		return this.getVerticesByProperty(key, value);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getVerticesByProperty(String key, Object value) {
+		
+		//this is because the index is registered as an Integer
+		if (value != null && value.getClass().equals(Long.class)) {
+			pipeline.has(key,new Integer(value.toString()));
+		} else {
+			pipeline.has(key, value);
+		}
+		stepIndex++;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getChildVerticesFromParent(String parentKey, String parentValue, String childType) {
+		pipeline.has(parentKey, parentValue).has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, childType);
+		stepIndex++;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getTypedVerticesByMap(String type, LinkedHashMap<String, String> map) {
+		
+		for (String key : map.keySet()) {
+			pipeline.has(key, map.get(key));
+			stepIndex++;
+		}
+		pipeline.has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, type);
+		stepIndex++;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createDBQuery(Introspector obj) {
+		this.createKeyQuery(obj);
+		this.createContainerQuery(obj);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createKeyQuery(Introspector obj) {
+		List<String> keys = obj.getKeys();
+		Object val = null;
+		for (String key : keys) {
+			val = obj.getValue(key);
+			//this is because the index is registered as an Integer
+			if (val != null && val.getClass().equals(Long.class)) {
+				pipeline.has(key,new Integer(val.toString()));
+			} else {
+				pipeline.has(key, val);
+			}
+			stepIndex++;
+		}
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	
+	public QueryBuilder createContainerQuery(Introspector obj) {
+		String type = obj.getChildDBName();
+		String abstractType = obj.getMetadata("abstract");
+		if (abstractType != null) {
+			String[] inheritors = obj.getMetadata("inheritors").split(",");
+			GremlinPipeline[] pipes = new GremlinPipeline[inheritors.length];
+			for (int i = 0; i < inheritors.length; i++) {
+				pipes[i] = new GremlinPipeline(new IdentityPipe()).has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, inheritors[i]);
+			}
+			pipeline.or(pipes);
+		} else {
+			pipeline.has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, type);
+		}
+		stepIndex++;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createEdgeTraversal(Introspector parent, Introspector child) {
+		String parentName = parent.getDbName();
+		String childName = child.getDbName();
+		String isAbstractType = parent.getMetadata("abstract");
+		if ("true".equals(isAbstractType)) {
+			formBoundary();
+			pipeline.outE().has("isParent", true).inV();
+		} else {
+			if (parent.isContainer()) {
+				parentName = parent.getChildDBName();
+			}
+			if (child.isContainer()) {
+				childName = child.getChildDBName();
+			}
+			this.edgeQuery(parentName, childName);
+		}
+		return this;
+			
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createEdgeTraversal(Vertex parent, Introspector child) {
+		
+		String nodeType = parent.getProperty(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE);
+		this.edgeQuery(nodeType, child.getDbName());
+		return this;
+			
+	}
+	
+	private void edgeQuery(String outType, String inType) {
+		formBoundary();
+		EdgeRule rule;
+		String label = "";
+		try {
+			rule = edgeRules.getEdgeRule(outType, inType);
+			label = rule.getLabel();
+		} catch (AAIException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+		}
+		pipeline = pipeline.out(label);
+		stepIndex++;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getQuery() {
+		return this.pipeline;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Object getParentQuery() {
+		GremlinPipeline parent = new GremlinPipeline();
+		if (parentStepIndex == 0) {
+			parentStepIndex = stepIndex;
+		}
+		List<Pipe> pipes = this.pipeline.getPipes();
+		//add two for the garbage identity pipes
+		for (int i = 0; i < parentStepIndex + 2; i++) {
+			parent.add(pipes.get(i));
+		}
+
+		return parent;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void formBoundary() {
+		parentStepIndex = stepIndex;
+	}
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public Vertex getStart() {
+		return this.start;
+	}
+	
+}
+*/
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinPipelineTraversal.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinPipelineTraversal.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8147ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinPipelineTraversal.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.query.builder;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.QueryParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.TraversalStrategy;
+
+public class GremlinPipelineTraversal extends GremlinPipelineBuilder {
+
+	public GremlinPipelineTraversal(Loader loader) {
+		super(loader);
+		this.factory = new TraversalStrategy(this.loader, this);
+	}
+	
+	public GremlinPipelineTraversal(Loader loader, Vertex start) {
+		super(loader, start);
+		this.factory = new TraversalStrategy(this.loader, this);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromURI(URI uri) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return factory.buildURIParser(uri);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromRelationship(Introspector relationship) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return factory.buildRelationshipParser(relationship);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromURI(URI uri, MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams)
+			throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return factory.buildURIParser(uri, queryParams);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder newInstance(Vertex start) {
+		return new GremlinPipelineTraversal(loader, start);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder newInstance() {
+		return new GremlinPipelineTraversal(loader);
+	}
+
+}
+*/
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinQueryBuilder.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinQueryBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c313ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinQueryBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.query.builder;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversal;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversalSource;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.restcore.search.GremlinGroovyShellSingleton;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.ObjectMetadata;
+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.serialization.db.exceptions.NoEdgeRuleFoundException;
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+
+/**
+ * The Class GremlinQueryBuilder.
+ */
+public abstract class GremlinQueryBuilder extends QueryBuilder {
+	
+	private EdgeRules edgeRules = EdgeRules.getInstance();
+	private GremlinGroovyShellSingleton gremlinGroovy = GremlinGroovyShellSingleton.getInstance();
+	private GraphTraversal<?, ?> completeTraversal = null;
+	protected List<String> list = null;
+	
+	protected int parentStepIndex = 0;
+	protected int containerStepIndex = 0;
+	protected int stepIndex = 0;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new gremlin query builder.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 */
+	public GremlinQueryBuilder(Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source) {
+		super(loader, source);
+		list = new ArrayList<String>();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new gremlin query builder.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param start the start
+	 */
+	public GremlinQueryBuilder(Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source, Vertex start) {
+		super(loader, source, start);
+		list = new ArrayList<String>();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createDBQuery(Introspector obj) {
+		this.createKeyQuery(obj);
+		this.createContainerQuery(obj);
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder exactMatchQuery(Introspector obj) {
+		// TODO not implemented because this is implementation is no longer used
+		this.createKeyQuery(obj);
+		//allPropertiesQuery(obj);
+		this.createContainerQuery(obj);
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getVerticesByIndexedProperty(String key, Object value) {
+		return this.getVerticesByProperty(key, value);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getVerticesByIndexedProperty(String key, List<?> values) {
+		return this.getVerticesByProperty(key, values);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getVerticesByProperty(String key, Object value) {
+
+		String term = "";
+		if (value != null && !value.getClass().getName().equals("java.lang.String")) {
+			term = value.toString();
+		} else {
+			term = "'" + value + "'";
+		}
+		list.add(".has('" + key + "', " + term + ")");
+		stepIndex++;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getVerticesByProperty(String key, List<?> values) {
+
+		String term = "";
+		String predicate = "P.within(#!#argument#!#)";
+		List<String> arguments = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (Object item : values) {
+			if (item != null && !item.getClass().getName().equals("java.lang.String")) {
+				arguments.add(item.toString());
+			} else {
+				arguments.add("'" + item + "'");
+			}
+		}
+		String argument = Joiner.on(",").join(arguments);
+		predicate = predicate.replace("#!#argument#!#", argument);
+		list.add(".has('" + key + "', " + predicate + ")");
+		stepIndex++;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getChildVerticesFromParent(String parentKey, String parentValue, String childType) {
+		/*
+		String query = ".has('aai-node-type', '" + childType + "')";
+		
+		return this.processGremlinQuery(parentKey, parentValue, query);
+		*/
+		//TODO
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getTypedVerticesByMap(String type, LinkedHashMap<String, String> map) {
+		
+		for (String key : map.keySet()) {
+			list.add(".has('" + key + "', '" + map.get(key) + "')");
+			stepIndex++;
+		}
+		list.add(".has('aai-node-type', '" + type + "')");
+		stepIndex++;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createKeyQuery(Introspector obj) {
+		Set<String> keys = obj.getKeys();
+
+		for (String key : keys) {
+			
+			this.getVerticesByProperty(key, obj.<Object>getValue(key));
+			
+		}		
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException 
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType type, Introspector parent, Introspector child) throws AAIException, NoEdgeRuleFoundException {
+		String parentName = parent.getDbName();
+		String childName = child.getDbName();
+		if (parent.isContainer()) {
+			parentName = parent.getChildDBName();
+		}
+		if (child.isContainer()) {
+			childName = child.getChildDBName();
+		}
+		this.edgeQuery(type, parentName, childName);
+		return this;
+			
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException 
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType type, Vertex parent, Introspector child) throws AAIException, NoEdgeRuleFoundException {
+		String nodeType = parent.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+		this.edgeQuery(type, nodeType, child.getDbName());
+		
+		return this;
+			
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Edge query.
+	 *
+	 * @param outType the out type
+	 * @param inType the in type
+	 * @throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException 
+	 * @throws AAIException 
+	 */
+	private void edgeQuery(EdgeType type, String outType, String inType) throws AAIException, NoEdgeRuleFoundException {
+		markParentBoundary();
+		EdgeRule rule = edgeRules.getEdgeRule(type, outType, inType);
+		if (rule.getDirection().equals(Direction.OUT)) {
+			list.add(".out('" + rule.getLabel() + "')");
+		} else {
+			list.add(".in('" + rule.getLabel() + "')");
+		}
+		list.add(".has('" + AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE + "', '" + inType + "')");
+		stepIndex += 2;
+	}
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder limit(long amount) {
+		list.add(".limit(" + amount + ")");
+		return this;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder createContainerQuery(Introspector obj) {
+		String type = obj.getChildDBName();
+		String abstractType = obj.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.ABSTRACT);
+		if (abstractType != null) {
+			String[] inheritors = obj.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.INHERITORS).split(",");
+			String[] wrapped = new String[inheritors.length];
+			StringBuilder command = new StringBuilder();
+			command.append("P.within(");
+			for (int i = 0; i < inheritors.length; i++) {
+				wrapped[i] = "'" + inheritors[i] + "'";
+			}
+			command.append(Joiner.on(",").join(wrapped));
+			command.append(")");
+			list.add(".has('aai-node-type', " + command + ")");
+			
+		} else {
+			list.add(".has('aai-node-type', '" + type + "')");
+		}
+		stepIndex++;
+		this.markContainer();
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder union(QueryBuilder... builder) {
+		markParentBoundary();
+		String[] traversals = new String[builder.length];
+		StringBuilder command = new StringBuilder();
+		for (int i = 0; i < builder.length; i++) {
+			traversals[i] = "__" + (String)builder[i].getQuery();
+		}
+		command.append(".union(");
+		command.append(Joiner.on(",").join(traversals));
+		command.append(")");
+		list.add(command.toString());
+		stepIndex++;
+		
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder where(QueryBuilder... builder) {
+		markParentBoundary();
+		List<String> traversals = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < builder.length; i++) {
+			traversals.add(".where(__" + (String)builder[i].getQuery() + ")");
+			stepIndex++;
+		}
+		list.addAll(traversals);
+		
+		
+		return this;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getParentQuery() {
+		return cloneQueryAtStep(parentStepIndex);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder getContainerQuery() {
+		return cloneQueryAtStep(containerStepIndex);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public <T> T getQuery() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		
+		for (String piece : this.list) {
+			sb.append(piece);
+		}
+		
+		return (T)sb.toString();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void markParentBoundary() {
+		parentStepIndex = stepIndex;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void markContainer() {
+		this.containerStepIndex = stepIndex;
+	}
+	
+	protected abstract QueryBuilder cloneQueryAtStep(int index);
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Vertex getStart() {
+		return this.start;
+	}
+
+	protected int getParentStepIndex() {
+		return parentStepIndex;
+	}
+
+	protected int getContainerStepIndex() {
+		return containerStepIndex;
+	}
+
+	protected int getStepIndex() {
+		return stepIndex;
+	}
+	
+	private void executeQuery() {
+		String queryString = "g" + Joiner.on("").join(list);
+		Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<>();
+		if (this.start == null) {
+			params.put("g", source.V());
+		} else {
+			params.put("g", source.V(this.start));
+		}
+		this.completeTraversal = this.gremlinGroovy.executeTraversal(queryString, params);
+	}
+	@Override
+	public boolean hasNext() {
+		if (this.completeTraversal == null) {
+			executeQuery();
+		}
+		
+		return this.completeTraversal.hasNext();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Vertex next() {
+		if (this.completeTraversal == null) {
+			executeQuery();
+		}
+		
+		return (Vertex)this.completeTraversal.next();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> toList() {
+		if (this.completeTraversal == null) {
+			executeQuery();
+		}
+		
+		return (List<Vertex>)this.completeTraversal.toList();
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinTraversal.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinTraversal.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b70d43d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinTraversal.java
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.query.builder;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversalSource;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.QueryParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.TraversalStrategy;
+
+/**
+ * The Class GremlinTraversal.
+ */
+public class GremlinTraversal extends GremlinQueryBuilder {
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new gremlin traversal.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 */
+	public GremlinTraversal(Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source) {
+		super(loader, source);
+		this.factory = new TraversalStrategy(this.loader, this);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new gremlin traversal.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param start the start
+	 */
+	public GremlinTraversal(Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source, Vertex start) {
+		super(loader, source, start);
+		this.factory = new TraversalStrategy(this.loader, this);
+	}
+
+	protected GremlinTraversal(List<String> traversal, Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source, GremlinQueryBuilder gtb) {
+		super(loader, source);
+		this.list = traversal;
+		this.stepIndex = gtb.getStepIndex();
+		this.parentStepIndex = gtb.getParentStepIndex();
+		this.containerStepIndex = gtb.getContainerStepIndex();
+		this.factory = new TraversalStrategy(this.loader, this);
+		this.start = gtb.getStart();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromURI(URI uri) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return factory.buildURIParser(uri);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromRelationship(Introspector relationship) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return factory.buildRelationshipParser(relationship);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromURI(URI uri, MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams)
+			throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return factory.buildURIParser(uri, queryParams);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromObjectName(String objName) {
+		return factory.buildObjectNameParser(objName);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder newInstance(Vertex start) {
+		return new GremlinTraversal(loader, source, start);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder newInstance() {
+		return new GremlinTraversal(loader, source);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected QueryBuilder cloneQueryAtStep(int index) {
+		if (index == 0) {
+			index = stepIndex;
+		}
+		List<String> newList = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < index; i++) {
+			newList.add(this.list.get(i));
+		}
+		
+		return new GremlinTraversal(newList, loader, source, this);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinUnique.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinUnique.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9fb06b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/GremlinUnique.java
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.query.builder;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversalSource;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.QueryParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.TraversalStrategy;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.UniqueStrategy;
+
+/**
+ * The Class GremlinUnique.
+ */
+public class GremlinUnique extends GremlinQueryBuilder {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new gremlin unique.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 */
+	public GremlinUnique(Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source) {
+		super(loader, source);
+		this.factory = new UniqueStrategy(this.loader, this);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new gremlin unique.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param start the start
+	 */
+	public GremlinUnique(Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source, Vertex start) {
+		super(loader, source, start);
+		this.factory = new UniqueStrategy(this.loader, this);
+	}
+	
+	protected GremlinUnique(List<String> traversal, Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source, GremlinQueryBuilder gtb) {
+		super(loader, source);
+		this.list = traversal;
+		this.stepIndex = gtb.getStepIndex();
+		this.parentStepIndex = gtb.getParentStepIndex();
+		this.containerStepIndex = gtb.getContainerStepIndex();
+		this.factory = new TraversalStrategy(this.loader, this);
+		this.start = gtb.getStart();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromURI(URI uri) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return factory.buildURIParser(uri);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromRelationship(Introspector relationship) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return factory.buildRelationshipParser(relationship);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromURI(URI uri, MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams)
+			throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return factory.buildURIParser(uri, queryParams);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromObjectName(String objName) {
+		return factory.buildObjectNameParser(objName);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder newInstance() {
+		return new GremlinUnique(loader, source);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder newInstance(Vertex start) {
+		return new GremlinUnique(loader, source, start);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected QueryBuilder cloneQueryAtStep(int index) {
+		if (index == 0) {
+			index = stepIndex;
+		}
+		List<String> newList = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < index; i++) {
+			newList.add(this.list.get(i));
+		}
+		
+		return new GremlinUnique(newList, loader, source, this);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/QueryBuilder.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/QueryBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad9f3082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/QueryBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.query.builder;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversalSource;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.QueryParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.QueryParserStrategy;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeType;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.exceptions.NoEdgeRuleFoundException;
+
+/**
+ * The Class QueryBuilder.
+ */
+public abstract class QueryBuilder implements Iterator<Vertex> {
+
+	protected QueryParserStrategy factory = null;
+	
+	protected Loader loader = null;
+	
+	protected boolean optimize = false;
+	
+	protected Vertex start = null;
+	protected final GraphTraversalSource source;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new query builder.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 */
+	public QueryBuilder(Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source) {
+		this.loader = loader;
+		this.source = source;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new query builder.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param start the start
+	 */
+	public QueryBuilder(Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source, Vertex start) {
+		this.loader = loader;
+		this.start = start;
+		this.source = source;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the vertices by indexed property.
+	 *
+	 * @param key the key
+	 * @param value the value
+	 * @return the vertices by indexed property
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder getVerticesByIndexedProperty(String key, Object value);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the vertices by property.
+	 *
+	 * @param key the key
+	 * @param value the value
+	 * @return the vertices by property
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder getVerticesByProperty(String key, Object value);
+	
+	/**
+	 * filters by all the values for this property
+	 * @param key
+	 * @param values
+	 * @return vertices that match these values
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder getVerticesByIndexedProperty(String key, List<?> values);
+
+	/**
+	 * filters by all the values for this property
+	 * @param key
+	 * @param values
+	 * @return vertices that match these values
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder getVerticesByProperty(String key, List<?> values);
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the child vertices from parent.
+	 *
+	 * @param parentKey the parent key
+	 * @param parentValue the parent value
+	 * @param childType the child type
+	 * @return the child vertices from parent
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder getChildVerticesFromParent(String parentKey, String parentValue, String childType);
+		
+	/**
+	 * Gets the typed vertices by map.
+	 *
+	 * @param type the type
+	 * @param map the map
+	 * @return the typed vertices by map
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder getTypedVerticesByMap(String type, LinkedHashMap<String, String> map);
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates the DB query.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @return the query builder
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder createDBQuery(Introspector obj);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the key query.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @return the query builder
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder createKeyQuery(Introspector obj);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the container query.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @return the query builder
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder createContainerQuery(Introspector obj);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the edge traversal.
+	 *
+	 * @param parent the parent
+	 * @param child the child
+	 * @return the query builder
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType type, Introspector parent, Introspector child) throws AAIException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the edge traversal.
+	 *
+	 * @param parent the parent
+	 * @param child the child
+	 * @return the query builder
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType type, Vertex parent, Introspector child) throws AAIException;
+
+	public QueryBuilder createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType type, String outNodeType, String inNodeType) throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException, AAIException {
+		Introspector out = loader.introspectorFromName(outNodeType);
+		Introspector in = loader.introspectorFromName(inNodeType);
+		
+		return createEdgeTraversal(type, out, in);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates the query from URI.
+	 *
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @return the query parser
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryParser createQueryFromURI(URI uri) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the query from URI.
+	 *
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @param queryParams the query params
+	 * @return the query parser
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryParser createQueryFromURI(URI uri, MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a queryparser from a given object name.
+	 * 
+	 * @param objName - name of the object type as it appears in the database
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryParser createQueryFromObjectName(String objName);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the query from relationship.
+	 *
+	 * @param relationship the relationship
+	 * @return the query parser
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryParser createQueryFromRelationship(Introspector relationship) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the parent query.
+	 *
+	 * @return the parent query
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder getParentQuery();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the query.
+	 *
+	 * @return the query
+	 */
+	public abstract <T> T getQuery();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Form boundary.
+	 */
+	public abstract void markParentBoundary();
+	
+	public abstract QueryBuilder limit(long amount);
+	/**
+	 * New instance.
+	 *
+	 * @param start the start
+	 * @return the query builder
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder newInstance(Vertex start);
+	
+	/**
+	 * New instance.
+	 *
+	 * @return the query builder
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder newInstance();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the start.
+	 *
+	 * @return the start
+	 */
+	public abstract Vertex getStart();
+
+	protected Object correctObjectType(Object obj) {
+		
+		if (obj != null && obj.getClass().equals(Long.class)) {
+			return new Integer(obj.toString());
+		}
+		
+		return obj;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * uses all fields in the introspector to create a query
+	 * 
+	 * @param obj
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder exactMatchQuery(Introspector obj);
+
+	/**
+	 * lets you join any number of QueryBuilders
+	 * <b>be careful about starting with a union it will not use indexes</b>
+	 * @param builder
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public abstract QueryBuilder union(QueryBuilder[] builder);
+	
+	public abstract QueryBuilder where(QueryBuilder[] builder);
+	public abstract void markContainer();
+
+	public abstract QueryBuilder getContainerQuery();
+
+	public abstract List<Vertex> toList();
+	
+		
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/TraversalQuery.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/TraversalQuery.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84e72860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/query/builder/TraversalQuery.java
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.query.builder;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.Step;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversal;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversalSource;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.QueryParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.TraversalStrategy;
+
+/**
+ * The Class TraversalQuery.
+ */
+public class TraversalQuery extends GraphTraversalBuilder {
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new traversal query.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 */
+	public TraversalQuery(Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source) {
+		super(loader, source);
+		this.factory = new TraversalStrategy(this.loader, this);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new traversal query.
+	 *
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param start the start
+	 */
+	public TraversalQuery(Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source, Vertex start) {
+		super(loader, source, start);
+		this.factory = new TraversalStrategy(this.loader, this);
+	}
+	
+	protected TraversalQuery(GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> traversal, Loader loader, GraphTraversalSource source, GraphTraversalBuilder gtb) {
+		super(loader, source);
+		this.traversal = traversal;
+		this.stepIndex = gtb.getStepIndex();
+		this.parentStepIndex = gtb.getParentStepIndex();
+		this.containerStepIndex = gtb.getContainerStepIndex();
+		this.factory = new TraversalStrategy(this.loader, this);
+		this.start = gtb.getStart();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromURI(URI uri) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return factory.buildURIParser(uri);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromRelationship(Introspector relationship) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return factory.buildRelationshipParser(relationship);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromURI(URI uri, MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams)
+			throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		return factory.buildURIParser(uri, queryParams);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryParser createQueryFromObjectName(String objName) {
+		return factory.buildObjectNameParser(objName);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder newInstance(Vertex start) {
+		return new TraversalQuery(loader, source, start);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public QueryBuilder newInstance() {
+		return new TraversalQuery(loader, source);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected QueryBuilder cloneQueryAtStep(int index) {
+		if (index == 0) {
+			index = stepIndex;
+		}
+		GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> clone = this.traversal.asAdmin().clone();
+		GraphTraversal.Admin<Vertex, Vertex> cloneAdmin = clone.asAdmin();
+		List<Step> steps = cloneAdmin.getSteps();
+
+		for (int i = steps.size()-1; i >= index; i--) {
+			cloneAdmin.removeStep(i);
+		}
+		return new TraversalQuery(cloneAdmin, loader, source, this);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected QueryBuilder removeQueryStepsBetween(int start, int end) {
+		GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> clone = this.traversal.asAdmin().clone();
+		GraphTraversal.Admin<Vertex, Vertex> cloneAdmin = clone.asAdmin();
+
+		for (int i = end-2; i >= start; i--) {
+			cloneAdmin.removeStep(i);
+		}
+		return new TraversalQuery(cloneAdmin, loader, source, this);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/CustomJacksonJaxBJsonProvider.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/CustomJacksonJaxBJsonProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7360b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/CustomJacksonJaxBJsonProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restcore;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.json.JacksonJaxbJsonProvider;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jaxb.JaxbAnnotationModule;
+
+/**
+ * The Class CustomJacksonJaxBJsonProvider.
+ */
+@Provider
+public class CustomJacksonJaxBJsonProvider extends JacksonJaxbJsonProvider {
+
+    	private static ObjectMapper commonMapper = null;
+
+	    /**
+    	 * Instantiates a new custom jackson jax B json provider.
+    	 */
+    	public CustomJacksonJaxBJsonProvider() {
+	        if (commonMapper == null) {
+	            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+	            mapper.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL);
+	            
+	            mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);
+	            mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT, false);
+	            mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRAP_ROOT_VALUE, false);
+
+	            mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
+	            mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_VALUE, false);
+
+	            mapper.registerModule(new JaxbAnnotationModule());
+
+	            commonMapper = mapper;
+	        }
+	        super.setMapper(commonMapper);
+	    }
+	    
+	    /**
+    	 * Gets the mapper.
+    	 *
+    	 * @return the mapper
+    	 */
+    	public ObjectMapper getMapper() {
+	    	return commonMapper;
+	    }
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/HttpMethod.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/HttpMethod.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0acaf35f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/HttpMethod.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restcore;
+
+/**
+ * The Enum HttpMethod.
+ */
+public enum HttpMethod {
+	PUT,
+	MERGE_PATCH,
+	DELETE,
+	PUT_EDGE,
+	DELETE_EDGE,
+	GET;
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/JettyObfuscationConversionCommandLineUtil.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/JettyObfuscationConversionCommandLineUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a81ee44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/JettyObfuscationConversionCommandLineUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restcore;
+
+import org.apache.commons.cli.BasicParser;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLineParser;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.security.Password;
+
+/*
+ * The purpose of this class is to be a tool for
+ * manually applying jetty obfuscation/deobfuscation
+ * so that one can obfuscate the various passwords/secrets
+ * in aaiconfig.properties.
+ * 
+ * Originally, they were being encrypted by a similar
+ * command line utility, however the encryption key
+ * was being hardcoded in the src package
+ * which is a security violation.
+ * Since this ultimately just moved the problem of how
+ * to hide secrets to a different secret in a different file, 
+ * and since that encryption was really just being done to
+ * obfuscate those values in case someone needed to look at
+ * properties with others looking at their screen,
+ * we decided that jetty obfuscation would be adequate
+ * for that task as well as
+ * removing the "turtles all the way down" secret-to-hide-
+ * the-secret-to-hide-the-secret problem.
+ */
+public class JettyObfuscationConversionCommandLineUtil {
+	
+	/**
+	 * The main method.
+	 *
+	 * @param args the arguments
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args){
+		Options options = new Options();
+		options.addOption("e", true, "obfuscate the given string");
+		options.addOption("d", true, "deobfuscate the given string");
+		
+		CommandLineParser parser = new BasicParser();
+		
+		try {
+			CommandLine cmd = parser.parse(options, args);
+			String toProcess = null;
+			
+			if (cmd.hasOption("e")){
+				toProcess = cmd.getOptionValue("e");
+				String encoded = Password.obfuscate(toProcess);
+				System.out.println(encoded);
+			} else if (cmd.hasOption("d")) {
+				toProcess = cmd.getOptionValue("d");
+				String decoded_str = Password.deobfuscate(toProcess);
+				System.out.println(decoded_str);
+			} else {
+				usage();
+			}
+		} catch (ParseException e) {
+			System.out.println("failed to parse input");
+			System.out.println(e.toString());
+			usage();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			System.out.println("exception:" + e.toString());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Usage.
+	 */
+	private static void usage(){
+		System.out.println("usage:");;
+		System.out.println("-e [string] to obfuscate");
+		System.out.println("-d [string] to deobfuscate");
+		System.out.println("-h help");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/MediaType.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/MediaType.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73cb0f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/MediaType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restcore;
+
+/**
+ * The Enum MediaType.
+ */
+public enum MediaType {
+	APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE("application/json"),
+	APPLICATION_XML_TYPE("application/xml");
+	
+	private final String text;
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new media type.
+     *
+     * @param text the text
+     */
+    private MediaType(final String text) {
+        this.text = text;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the enum.
+     *
+     * @param value the value
+     * @return the enum
+     */
+    public static MediaType getEnum(String value) {
+    	
+    	for(MediaType v : values()) {
+            if(v.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(value)) {
+            	return v;
+            } 
+    	}
+    	
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("bad value: " + value);
+ 
+    }
+    
+    /**
+	 * @{inheritDoc}
+	 */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return text;
+    }
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59d35ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/RESTAPI.java
@@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restcore;
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.dbmap.DBConnectionType;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.tools.*;
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAITxnLog;
+
+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 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;
+
+
+/**
+ * Base class for AAI REST API classes.
+ * Provides method to validate header information
+ * TODO should authenticate caller and authorize them for the API they are calling
+ * TODO should store the transaction
+ 
+ *
+ */
+public class RESTAPI {
+	
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(RESTAPI.class);
+
+	protected final String COMPONENT = "aairest";
+
+	/**
+	 * The Enum Action.
+	 */
+	public enum Action {
+		GET, PUT, POST, DELETE
+	};
+
+	
+	public AAITxnLog txn = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the from app id.
+	 *
+	 * @param headers the headers
+	 * @param logline the logline
+	 * @return the from app id
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	protected String getFromAppId(HttpHeaders headers) throws AAIException {
+		String fromAppId = null;
+		if (headers != null) {
+			List<String> fromAppIdHeader = headers.getRequestHeader("X-FromAppId");
+			if (fromAppIdHeader != null) {
+				for (String fromAppIdValue : fromAppIdHeader) {
+					fromAppId = fromAppIdValue;
+				}
+			} 
+		}
+
+		if (fromAppId == null) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_4009");
+		}
+		
+		return fromAppId;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the trans id.
+	 *
+	 * @param headers the headers
+	 * @param logline the logline
+	 * @return the trans id
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	protected String getTransId(HttpHeaders headers) throws AAIException {
+		String transId = null;
+		if (headers != null) {
+			List<String> transIdHeader = headers.getRequestHeader("X-TransactionId");
+			if (transIdHeader != null) {
+				for (String transIdValue : transIdHeader) {
+					transId = transIdValue;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (transId == null) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_4010");
+		}
+		
+		return transId;
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gen date.
+	 *
+	 * @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);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the media type.
+	 *
+	 * @param mediaTypeList the media type list
+	 * @return the media type
+	 */
+	protected String getMediaType(List <MediaType> mediaTypeList) {
+		String mediaType = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON;  // json is the default    
+		for (MediaType mt : mediaTypeList) {
+			if (MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE.isCompatible(mt)) {
+				mediaType = MediaType.APPLICATION_XML;
+			} 
+		}
+		return mediaType;
+	}
+	
+
+	/**
+	 * Log transaction.
+	 *
+	 * @param appId the app id
+	 * @param tId the t id
+	 * @param action the action
+	 * @param input the input
+	 * @param rqstTm the rqst tm
+	 * @param respTm the resp tm
+	 * @param request the request
+	 * @param response the response
+	 */
+	/*  ---------------- Log Transaction into HBase --------------------- */
+	public void logTransaction(	String appId, String tId, String action, 
+			String input, String rqstTm, String respTm, String request, Response response) {	
+		String respBuf = "";
+		int status = 0;
+
+		if (response != null && response.getEntity() != null) {		
+			respBuf = response.getEntity().toString();
+			status = response.getStatus();
+		}
+		logTransaction(appId, tId, action, input, rqstTm, respTm, request, respBuf, String.valueOf(status));
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Log transaction.
+	 *
+	 * @param appId the app id
+	 * @param tId the t id
+	 * @param action the action
+	 * @param input the input
+	 * @param rqstTm the rqst tm
+	 * @param respTm the resp tm
+	 * @param request the request
+	 * @param respBuf the resp buf
+	 * @param status the status
+	 * @param logline the logline
+	 */
+	public void logTransaction(	String appId, String tId, String action, 
+			String input, String rqstTm, String respTm, String request, String respBuf, String status) {	
+		try {
+			// we only run this way if we're not doing it in the CXF interceptor
+			if (!AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_LOGGING_HBASE_INTERCEPTOR).equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
+				if (AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_LOGGING_HBASE_ENABLED).equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
+					txn = new AAITxnLog(tId, appId);
+					// tid, status, rqstTm, respTm, srcId, rsrcId, rsrcType, rqstBuf, respBuf		
+					String hbtid = txn.put(tId, status, 
+							rqstTm, respTm, appId, input, action, request, respBuf);
+
+					LOGGER.debug("HbTransId={}",hbtid);
+					LOGGER.debug("action={}",  action);
+					LOGGER.debug("urlin={}", input);
+				}
+
+			}
+		} catch (AAIException e) {
+			// i think we do nothing
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/* ----------helpers for common consumer actions ----------- */
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the depth.
+	 *
+	 * @param depthParam the depth param
+	 * @return the int
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	protected int setDepth(String depthParam) throws AAIException {
+		int depth = AAIProperties.MAXIMUM_DEPTH; //default
+		if (depthParam != null && depthParam.length() > 0 && !depthParam.equals("all")){
+			try {
+				depth = Integer.valueOf(depthParam);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_4016");
+			}
+		}
+		return depth;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Consumer exception response generator.
+	 *
+	 * @param headers the headers
+	 * @param info the info
+	 * @param templateAction the template action
+	 * @param e the e
+	 * @return the response
+	 */
+	protected Response consumerExceptionResponseGenerator(HttpHeaders headers, UriInfo info, HttpMethod templateAction, AAIException e) {
+		ArrayList<String> templateVars = new ArrayList<String>();
+		templateVars.add(templateAction.toString()); //GET, PUT, etc
+		templateVars.add(info.getPath().toString());
+		templateVars.addAll(e.getTemplateVars());
+
+		return Response
+				.status(e.getErrorObject().getHTTPResponseCode())
+				.entity(ErrorLogHelper.getRESTAPIErrorResponseWithLogging(headers.getAcceptableMediaTypes(), e, templateVars))
+				.build();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Validate introspector.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @param validateRequired the validate required
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 */
+	protected void validateIntrospector(Introspector obj, Loader loader, URI uri, HttpMethod method) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		
+		int maximumDepth = AAIProperties.MAXIMUM_DEPTH;
+		boolean validateRequired = true;
+		if (method.equals(HttpMethod.MERGE_PATCH)) {
+			validateRequired = false;
+			maximumDepth = 0;
+		}
+		IntrospectorValidator validator = new IntrospectorValidator.Builder()
+				.validateRequired(validateRequired)
+				.restrictDepth(maximumDepth)
+				.addResolver(new RemoveNonVisibleProperty())
+				.addResolver(new CreateUUID())
+				.addResolver(new DefaultFields())
+				.addResolver(new InjectKeysFromURI(loader, uri))
+				.build();
+		boolean result = validator.validate(obj);
+		if (!result) {
+			result = validator.resolveIssues();
+		}
+		if (!result) {
+			List<String> messages = new ArrayList<>();
+			for (Issue issue : validator.getIssues()) {
+				if (!issue.isResolved()) {
+					messages.add(issue.getDetail());
+				}
+			}
+			String errors = Joiner.on(",").join(messages);
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_3000", errors);
+		}
+		//check that key in payload and key in request uri are the same
+        String objURI = obj.getURI();
+        //if requested object is a parent objURI will have a leading slash the input uri will lack
+        //this adds that leading slash for the comparison
+        String testURI = "/" + uri.getRawPath();
+        if (!testURI.endsWith(objURI)) {
+        	throw new AAIException("AAI_3000", "uri and payload keys don't match");
+        }
+	}
+	
+	protected DBConnectionType determineConnectionType(String fromAppId, String realTime) {
+		DBConnectionType type = DBConnectionType.REALTIME;
+		boolean isRealTimeClient = AAIConfig.get("aai.realtime.clients", "").contains(fromAppId);
+		if (isRealTimeClient || realTime != null) {
+			type = DBConnectionType.REALTIME;
+		} else {
+			type = DBConnectionType.CACHED;
+		}
+		
+		return type;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the input media type.
+	 *
+	 * @param mediaType the media type
+	 * @return the input media type
+	 */
+	protected String getInputMediaType(MediaType mediaType) {
+		String result = mediaType.getType() + "/" + mediaType.getSubtype();
+		
+		return result;
+		
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/search/GremlinGroovyShellSingleton.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/search/GremlinGroovyShellSingleton.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b80884b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/search/GremlinGroovyShellSingleton.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restcore.search;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversal;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassHelper;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.ClassExpression;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.PropertyExpression;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilerConfiguration;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.control.customizers.ASTTransformationCustomizer;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.control.customizers.ImportCustomizer;
+
+import groovy.lang.Binding;
+import groovy.lang.GroovyShell;
+import groovy.lang.Script;
+import groovy.transform.TimedInterrupt;
+
+/**
+ * Creates and returns a groovy shell with the
+ * configuration to statically import graph classes
+ *
+ */
+public class GremlinGroovyShellSingleton {
+
+	private final GroovyShell shell;
+	private GremlinGroovyShellSingleton() {
+		Map<String, Object> parameters = new HashMap<>();
+		parameters.put("value", 30000);
+		parameters.put("unit", new PropertyExpression(new ClassExpression(ClassHelper.make(TimeUnit.class)),"MILLISECONDS"));
+
+		ASTTransformationCustomizer custom = new ASTTransformationCustomizer(parameters, TimedInterrupt.class);
+		ImportCustomizer imports = new ImportCustomizer();
+		imports.addStaticStars(
+            "org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.P"
+		);
+		imports.addImports(
+				"org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.__",
+				"org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.T",
+				"org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.P");
+		CompilerConfiguration config = new CompilerConfiguration();
+		config.addCompilationCustomizers(custom, imports);
+
+		this.shell = new GroovyShell(config);
+	}
+	
+	 private static class Helper {
+		 private static final GremlinGroovyShellSingleton INSTANCE = new GremlinGroovyShellSingleton();
+	 }
+
+	 public static GremlinGroovyShellSingleton getInstance() {
+		 
+		 return Helper.INSTANCE;
+	 }
+
+	/** 
+	 * @param traversal
+	 * @param params
+	 * @return result of graph traversal
+	 */
+	public GraphTraversal<?, ?> executeTraversal (String traversal, Map<String, Object> params) {
+		Binding binding = new Binding(params);
+		Script script = shell.parse(traversal);
+		script.setBinding(binding);
+		return (GraphTraversal<?, ?>) script.run();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/util/GenerateEdgeRules.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/util/GenerateEdgeRules.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bbe7dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/util/GenerateEdgeRules.java
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restcore.util;
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import freemarker.template.Configuration;
+import freemarker.template.Template;
+import freemarker.template.TemplateException;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class GenerateEdgeRules {
+
+    private static final EELFLogger LOG = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(GenerateEdgeRules.class);
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, TemplateException {
+
+        String filename = "/AAI8032.csv";
+        InputStream inputStream = GenerateEdgeRules.class.getResourceAsStream(filename);
+        Map<String, Integer> headers = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<String, Object> edgeRulesMap = new TreeMap<String, Object>();
+        List<Map<String, String>> edgeRules = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream))) {
+
+            String line = null;
+
+            int rowNum = 0;
+
+            // Retrieve the header line to map the indexes to their column names
+
+            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+
+                if (rowNum == 0) {
+                    headers = retrieveHeaderMap(line);
+                } else {
+                    String[] columns = line.split(",");
+
+                    String originalNode = columns[headers.get("Orig NodeA|NodeB")];
+                    String finalNode = columns[headers.get("Final NodeA|NodeB")];
+                    String originalEdge = columns[headers.get("Orig EdgeLabel")];
+                    String finalEdge = columns[headers.get("Final EdgeLabel")];
+
+                    String lineage = columns[headers.get("Final Lineage")];
+                    String originalParent = columns[headers.get("Orig ParentOf")];
+                    String usesResource = columns[headers.get("Revised UsesResource")];
+                    String hasDelTarget = columns[headers.get("Revised hasDelTarget")];
+                    String svcInfra = columns[headers.get("Final SVC-INFRA")];
+                    String svcInfraRev = "";
+
+                    if(usesResource.equals("T"))
+                        usesResource = "true";
+                    else if(usesResource.equals("F"))
+                        usesResource = "false";
+
+                    if (hasDelTarget.equals("T") || hasDelTarget.equals("AB")) {
+                        hasDelTarget = "true";
+                    } else if (hasDelTarget.equals("F")) {
+                        hasDelTarget = "false";
+                    }
+
+                    if (svcInfra.equals("T")) {
+                        svcInfra = "true";
+                    } else if (svcInfra.equals("F")) {
+                        svcInfra = "false";
+                    } else if (svcInfra.equals("R")) {
+                        svcInfra = "reverse";
+                    }
+
+                    if (originalParent.equals("T")) {
+                        if (lineage.trim().equalsIgnoreCase("CHILD")) {
+                            lineage = "true";
+                        } else if (lineage.trim().equalsIgnoreCase("PARENT")) {
+                            lineage = "reverse";
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        lineage = "false";
+                    }
+
+                    Map<String, String> edgeMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
+
+                    edgeMap.put("lineage", lineage);
+                    edgeMap.put("usesResource", usesResource);
+                    edgeMap.put("hasDelTarget", hasDelTarget);
+                    edgeMap.put("SVC-INFRA", svcInfra);
+                    edgeMap.put("SVC-INFRA-REV", svcInfraRev);
+                    edgeMap.put("nodes", finalNode);
+                    edgeMap.put("edge", finalEdge);
+                    edgeMap.put("direction", columns[headers.get("Orig Direction")]);
+                    edgeMap.put("multiplicity", columns[headers.get("Revised Multiplicity")]);
+
+                    edgeRules.add(edgeMap);
+
+                }
+                ++rowNum;
+            }
+        } catch(Exception ex){
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        edgeRulesMap.put("edgeRules", edgeRules);
+
+        Collections.sort(edgeRules, new Comparator<Map<String, String>>() {
+            @Override
+            public int compare(Map<String, String> o1, Map<String, String> o2) {
+                return o1.get("nodes").compareTo(o2.get("nodes"));
+            }
+        });
+
+        Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
+        Template template = configuration.getTemplate("ajsc-aai/src/main/resources/EdgeRules.ftl");
+        Writer file = new FileWriter(new File("ajsc-aai/src/main/resources" + "/" + "EdgeRules.txt"));
+        template.process(edgeRulesMap, file);
+    }
+
+    private static Map<String, Integer> retrieveHeaderMap(String line){
+
+        if(line == null)
+            throw new NullPointerException();
+
+        String[] columnNames = line.split(",");
+
+        Map<String, Integer> map = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
+
+        int index = 0;
+
+        for(String columnName : columnNames){
+            map.put(columnName, index++);
+        }
+
+        return map;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/util/URITools.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/util/URITools.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2683240a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/restcore/util/URITools.java
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.restcore.util;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedHashMap;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.sideeffect.exceptions.AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+
+public class URITools {
+
+	protected static final Pattern template = Pattern.compile("\\{(.*?)\\}");
+
+	public static MultivaluedMap<String, String> getQueryMap(URI uri) {
+		MultivaluedMap<String, String> result = new MultivaluedHashMap<>();
+		String queryParams = uri.getRawQuery();
+		if (queryParams != null) {
+			try {
+				String[] sections = queryParams.split("&");
+				String[] query = null;
+				String key, value = "";
+				for (String section : sections) {
+					query = section.split("=");
+					key = UriUtils.decode(query[0], "UTF-8");
+					value = UriUtils.decode(query[1], "UTF-8");
+					if (result.containsKey(key)) {
+						result.add(key, value);
+					} else {
+						result.putSingle(key, value);
+					}
+				}
+			} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e ) {
+				
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+		
+	}
+	
+	public static Optional<String> replaceTemplates(Introspector obj, String uriString, PropertyMetadata metadata, boolean replaceWithWildcard) throws AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException {
+		String result = uriString;
+		final Map<String, String> propMap = URITools.findProperties(obj, uriString, metadata, replaceWithWildcard);
+		if (propMap.isEmpty()) {
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
+		for (Entry<String, String> entry : propMap.entrySet()) {
+			result = result.replaceAll("\\{" + entry.getKey() + "\\}", entry.getValue());
+		}
+		//drop out wildcards if they exist
+		result = result.replaceFirst("/[^/]+?(?:/\\*)+", "");
+		return Optional.of(result);
+	}
+	
+	private static Map<String, String> findProperties(Introspector obj, String uriString, PropertyMetadata metadata, boolean replaceWithWildcard) throws AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException {
+		
+		final Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<>();
+		final Set<String> missing = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		Matcher m = template.matcher(uriString);
+		int properties = 0;
+		while (m.find()) {
+			String propName = m.group(1);
+			String value = obj.getValue(propName);
+			properties++;
+			if (value != null) {
+				result.put(propName, value);
+			} else {
+				if (replaceWithWildcard) {
+					result.put(propName, "*");
+				}
+				missing.add(propName);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if (!missing.isEmpty() && (properties != missing.size())) {
+			throw new AAIMissingRequiredPropertyException("Cannot complete " + metadata.toString() + " uri. Missing properties " + missing);
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/DBSerializer.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/DBSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb3300e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/DBSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,1484 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.db;
+
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.SchemaViolationException;
+import org.apache.commons.collections.IteratorUtils;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversal;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.__;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.step.util.Tree;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.*;
+import org.javatuples.Pair;
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.*;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.sideeffect.DataCopy;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.sideeffect.DataLinkReader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.sideeffect.DataLinkWriter;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.sideeffect.SideEffectRunner;
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.query.QueryParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.uri.URIParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.uri.URIToRelationshipObject;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.ObjectMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.exceptions.NoEdgeRuleFoundException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.tinkerpop.TreeBackedVertex;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIApiServerURLBase;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
+import org.openecomp.aai.workarounds.NamingExceptions;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+
+public class DBSerializer {
+	
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(DBSerializer.class);
+	
+	private final TransactionalGraphEngine engine;
+	private final String sourceOfTruth;
+	private final ModelType introspectionType;
+	private final Version version;
+	private final Loader latestLoader;
+	private final EdgeRules edgeRules = EdgeRules.getInstance();
+	private final Loader loader;
+	private final String baseURL;
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new DB serializer.
+	 *
+	 * @param version the version
+	 * @param engine the engine
+	 * @param g the g
+	 * @param introspectionType the introspection type
+	 * @param sourceOfTruth the source of truth
+	 * @param llBuilder the ll builder
+	 * @throws AAIException
+	 */
+	public DBSerializer(Version version, TransactionalGraphEngine engine, ModelType introspectionType, String sourceOfTruth) throws AAIException {
+		this.engine = engine;
+		this.sourceOfTruth = sourceOfTruth;
+		this.introspectionType = introspectionType;
+		this.latestLoader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(introspectionType, AAIProperties.LATEST);
+		this.version = version;
+		this.loader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(introspectionType, version);
+		this.baseURL = AAIApiServerURLBase.get(version);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Touch standard vertex properties.
+	 *
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @param isNewVertex the is new vertex
+	 */
+	/*
+	 * to be defined and expanded later
+	 */
+	public void touchStandardVertexProperties(Vertex v, boolean isNewVertex) {
+		
+		long unixTimeNow = System.currentTimeMillis();
+		String timeNowInSec = "" + unixTimeNow;
+		if (isNewVertex) {
+			v.property(AAIProperties.SOURCE_OF_TRUTH, this.sourceOfTruth);
+			v.property(AAIProperties.CREATED_TS, timeNowInSec);
+		}
+		v.property(AAIProperties.RESOURCE_VERSION, timeNowInSec );
+		v.property(AAIProperties.LAST_MOD_TS, timeNowInSec);
+		v.property(AAIProperties.LAST_MOD_SOURCE_OF_TRUTH, this.sourceOfTruth);
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the new vertex.
+	 *
+	 * @param wrappedObject the wrapped object
+	 * @return the vertex
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public Vertex createNewVertex(Introspector wrappedObject) {
+
+		
+		Vertex v = this.engine.tx().addVertex();
+		v.property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, wrappedObject.getDbName());
+		touchStandardVertexProperties(v, true);
+		
+		return v;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Trim class name.
+	 *
+	 * @param className the class name
+	 * @return the string
+	 */
+	/*
+	 * Removes the classpath from a class name
+	 */
+	public String trimClassName (String className) {
+		String returnValue = "";
+		
+		if (className.lastIndexOf('.') == -1) {
+			return className;
+		}
+		returnValue = className.substring(className.lastIndexOf('.') + 1, className.length());
+		
+		return returnValue;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Serialize to db.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @param uriQuery the uri query
+	 * @param identifier the identifier
+	 * @throws SecurityException the security exception
+	 * @throws IllegalAccessException the illegal access exception
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	 * @throws InvocationTargetException the invocation target exception
+	 * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
+	 * @throws InterruptedException the interrupted exception
+	 * @throws NoSuchMethodException the no such method exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException
+	 */
+	public void serializeToDb(Introspector obj, Vertex v, QueryParser uriQuery, String identifier, String requestContext) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+
+		try {
+			if (uriQuery.isDependent()) {
+				//try to find the parent
+				List<Vertex> vertices = uriQuery.getQueryBuilder().getParentQuery().toList();
+				if (!vertices.isEmpty()) {
+					Vertex parent = vertices.get(0);
+					this.reflectDependentVertex(parent, v, obj, requestContext);
+				} else {
+					throw new AAIException("AAI_6114", "No parent Node of type " + uriQuery.getParentResultType() + " for " + identifier);
+				}
+			} else {
+				serializeSingleVertex(v, obj, requestContext);
+			}
+
+		} catch (SchemaViolationException e) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_6117", e);
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	public void serializeSingleVertex(Vertex v, Introspector obj, String requestContext) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		try {
+			boolean isTopLevel = obj.isTopLevel();
+			if (isTopLevel) {
+				v.property(AAIProperties.AAI_URI, obj.getURI());
+			}
+			processObject(obj, v, requestContext);
+			if (!isTopLevel) {
+				URI uri = this.getURIForVertex(v);
+				URIParser parser = new URIParser(this.loader, uri);
+				if (parser.validate()) {
+					VertexProperty<String> uriProp = v.property(AAIProperties.AAI_URI);
+					if (!uriProp.isPresent() || uriProp.isPresent() && !uriProp.value().equals(uri.toString())) {
+						v.property(AAIProperties.AAI_URI, uri.toString());
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (SchemaViolationException e) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_6117", e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Process object.
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> the generic type
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @return the list
+	 * @throws IllegalAccessException the illegal access exception
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	 * @throws InvocationTargetException the invocation target exception
+	 * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
+	 * @throws NoSuchMethodException the no such method exception
+	 * @throws SecurityException the security exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException
+	 */
+	/*
+	 * Helper method for reflectToDb
+	 * Handles all the property setting
+	 */
+	private <T> List<Vertex> processObject (Introspector obj, Vertex v, String requestContext) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		Set<String> properties = new LinkedHashSet<>(obj.getProperties());
+		properties.remove(AAIProperties.RESOURCE_VERSION);
+		List<Vertex> dependentVertexes = new ArrayList<>();
+		List<Vertex> processedVertexes = new ArrayList<>();
+		boolean isComplexType = false;
+		boolean isListType = false;
+		this.executePreSideEffects(obj, v);
+		for (String property : properties) {
+			Object value = null;
+			final String propertyType;
+			propertyType = obj.getType(property);
+			isComplexType = obj.isComplexType(property);
+			isListType = obj.isListType(property);
+			value = obj.getValue(property);
+
+			if (!(isComplexType || isListType)) {
+				boolean canModify = this.canModify(obj, property, requestContext);
+				
+				if (canModify) {
+					final Map<PropertyMetadata, String> metadata = obj.getPropertyMetadata(property);
+					String dbProperty = property;
+					if (metadata.containsKey(PropertyMetadata.DB_ALIAS)) {
+						dbProperty = metadata.get(PropertyMetadata.DB_ALIAS);
+					}
+					if (metadata.containsKey(PropertyMetadata.DATA_LINK)) {
+						//data linked properties are ephemeral
+						//they are populated dynamically on GETs
+						continue;
+					}
+					if (value != null) {
+						if (propertyType.toLowerCase().contains(".long")) {
+							v.property(dbProperty, new Integer(((Long)value).toString()));
+						} else {
+							v.property(dbProperty, value);
+						}
+					} else {
+						v.property(dbProperty).remove();
+					}
+				}
+			} else if (isListType) {
+				List<Object> list = (List<Object>)value;
+				if (obj.isComplexGenericType(property)) {
+					if (list != null) {
+						for (Object o : list) {
+							Introspector child = IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(this.introspectionType, o);
+							child.setURIChain(obj.getURI());
+							processedVertexes.add(reflectDependentVertex(v, child, requestContext));
+						}
+					}
+				} else {
+					//simple list case
+					engine.setListProperty(v, property, list);
+				}
+			} else {
+				//method.getReturnType() is not 'simple' then create a vertex and edge recursively returning an edge back to this method
+				if (value != null) { //effectively ignore complex properties not included in the object we're processing
+					if (value.getClass().isArray()) {
+						
+						int length = Array.getLength(value);
+					    for (int i = 0; i < length; i ++) {
+					        Object arrayElement = Array.get(value, i);
+					        Introspector child = IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(this.introspectionType, arrayElement);
+							child.setURIChain(obj.getURI());
+							processedVertexes.add(reflectDependentVertex(v, child, requestContext));
+
+					    }
+					} else if (!property.equals("relationship-list")) {
+						// container case
+						Introspector introspector = IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(this.introspectionType, value);
+						if (introspector.isContainer()) {
+							dependentVertexes.addAll(this.engine.getQueryEngine().findChildrenOfType(v, introspector.getChildDBName()));
+							introspector.setURIChain(obj.getURI());
+							
+							processedVertexes.addAll(processObject(introspector, v, requestContext));
+
+						} else {
+							dependentVertexes.addAll(this.engine.getQueryEngine().findChildrenOfType(v, introspector.getDbName()));
+							processedVertexes.add(reflectDependentVertex(v, introspector, requestContext));
+
+						}
+					} else if (property.equals("relationship-list")) {
+						handleRelationships(obj, v);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		this.writeThroughDefaults(v, obj);
+		/* handle those vertexes not touched */
+		for (Vertex toBeRemoved : processedVertexes) {
+			dependentVertexes.remove(toBeRemoved);
+		}
+		this.deleteItemsWithTraversal(dependentVertexes);
+		
+		this.executePostSideEffects(obj, v);
+		return processedVertexes;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Handle relationships.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param vertex the vertex
+	 * @throws SecurityException the security exception
+	 * @throws IllegalAccessException the illegal access exception
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	 * @throws InvocationTargetException the invocation target exception
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	/*
+	 * Handles the explicit relationships defined for an obj
+	 */
+	private void handleRelationships(Introspector obj, Vertex vertex) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		
+	
+	
+		Introspector wrappedRl = obj.getWrappedValue("relationship-list");
+		processRelationshipList(wrappedRl, vertex);
+		
+	
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Process relationship list.
+	 *
+	 * @param wrapped the wrapped
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	private void processRelationshipList(Introspector wrapped, Vertex v) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+				
+		List<Object> relationships = (List<Object>)wrapped.getValue("relationship");
+		
+		List<Pair<Vertex, Vertex>> addEdges = new ArrayList<>();
+		List<Edge> existingEdges = this.engine.getQueryEngine().findEdgesForVersion(v, wrapped.getLoader());
+		
+		for (Object relationship : relationships) {
+			Edge e = null;
+			Vertex cousinVertex = null;
+			Introspector wrappedRel = IntrospectorFactory.newInstance(this.introspectionType, relationship);
+			QueryParser parser = engine.getQueryBuilder().createQueryFromRelationship(wrappedRel);
+			
+			List<Vertex> results = parser.getQueryBuilder().toList();
+			if (results.isEmpty()) {
+				final AAIException ex = new AAIException("AAI_6129", "Node of type " + parser.getResultType() + ". Could not find object at: " + parser.getUri());
+				ex.getTemplateVars().add(parser.getResultType());
+				ex.getTemplateVars().add(parser.getUri().toString());
+				throw ex;
+			} else { 
+				//still an issue if there's more than one
+				cousinVertex = results.get(0);
+			}
+			
+			if (cousinVertex != null) {
+				try {
+					e = this.getEdgeBetween(EdgeType.COUSIN, v, cousinVertex);
+
+					if (e == null) {
+						addEdges.add(new Pair<>(v, cousinVertex));
+					} else { 
+						existingEdges.remove(e);
+					}
+				} catch (NoEdgeRuleFoundException e1) {
+					throw new AAIException("AAI_6145");
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		for (Edge edge : existingEdges) {
+			edge.remove();
+		}
+		for (Pair<Vertex, Vertex> pair : addEdges) {
+			 try {
+				edgeRules.addEdge(this.engine.asAdmin().getTraversalSource(), pair.getValue0(), pair.getValue1());
+			} catch (NoEdgeRuleFoundException e) {
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6129", e);
+			}			
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Write through defaults.
+	 *
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException
+	 */
+	private void writeThroughDefaults(Vertex v, Introspector obj) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
+		Introspector latest = this.latestLoader.introspectorFromName(obj.getName());
+		if (latest != null) {
+			Set<String> required  = latest.getRequiredProperties();
+			
+			for (String field : required) {
+				String defaultValue = null;
+				Object vertexProp = null;
+				defaultValue = latest.getPropertyMetadata(field).get(PropertyMetadata.DEFAULT_VALUE);
+				if (defaultValue != null) {
+					vertexProp = v.<Object>property(field).orElse(null);
+					if (vertexProp == null) {
+						v.property(field, defaultValue);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
+
+	
+ 	/**
+	  * Reflect dependent vertex.
+	  *
+	  * @param v the v
+	  * @param dependentObj the dependent obj
+	  * @return the vertex
+	  * @throws IllegalAccessException the illegal access exception
+	  * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	  * @throws InvocationTargetException the invocation target exception
+	  * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
+	  * @throws NoSuchMethodException the no such method exception
+	  * @throws SecurityException the security exception
+	  * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	  * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+ 	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException
+	  */
+	 private Vertex reflectDependentVertex(Vertex v, Introspector dependentObj, String requestContext) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		
+ 		//QueryParser p = this.engine.getQueryBuilder().createQueryFromURI(obj.getURI());
+ 		//List<Vertex> items = p.getQuery().toList();
+ 		QueryBuilder query = this.engine.getQueryBuilder(v);
+ 		query.createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType.TREE, v, dependentObj);
+ 		query.createKeyQuery(dependentObj);
+ 		
+ 		List<Vertex> items = query.toList();
+ 		
+ 		Vertex dependentVertex = null;
+ 		if (items.size() == 1) {
+ 			dependentVertex = items.get(0);
+			this.verifyResourceVersion("update", dependentObj.getDbName(), dependentVertex.<String>property(AAIProperties.RESOURCE_VERSION).orElse(null), (String)dependentObj.getValue(AAIProperties.RESOURCE_VERSION), (String)dependentObj.getURI());
+ 		} else {
+			this.verifyResourceVersion("create", dependentObj.getDbName(), "", (String)dependentObj.getValue(AAIProperties.RESOURCE_VERSION), (String)dependentObj.getURI());
+ 			dependentVertex = createNewVertex(dependentObj);
+ 		}
+
+ 		return reflectDependentVertex(v, dependentVertex, dependentObj, requestContext);
+				
+	}
+ 	
+ 	/**
+	  * Reflect dependent vertex.
+	  *
+	  * @param parent the parent
+	  * @param child the child
+	  * @param obj the obj
+	  * @return the vertex
+	  * @throws IllegalAccessException the illegal access exception
+	  * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	  * @throws InvocationTargetException the invocation target exception
+	  * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
+	  * @throws NoSuchMethodException the no such method exception
+	  * @throws SecurityException the security exception
+	  * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	  * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+ 	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException
+	  */
+	 private Vertex reflectDependentVertex(Vertex parent, Vertex child, Introspector obj, String requestContext) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		
+		String parentUri = parent.<String>property(AAIProperties.AAI_URI).orElse(null);
+		if (parentUri != null) {
+			child.property(AAIProperties.AAI_URI, parentUri + obj.getURI());
+		}
+		processObject(obj, child, requestContext);
+		
+		Edge e;
+		e = this.getEdgeBetween(EdgeType.TREE, parent, child);
+		if (e == null) {
+			String canBeLinked = obj.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.CAN_BE_LINKED);
+			if (canBeLinked != null && canBeLinked.equals("true")) {
+				boolean isFirst = !this.engine.getQueryBuilder(parent).createEdgeTraversal(EdgeType.TREE, parent, obj).hasNext();
+				if (isFirst) {
+					child.property(AAIProperties.LINKED, true);
+				}
+			}
+			edgeRules.addTreeEdge(this.engine.asAdmin().getTraversalSource(), parent, child);
+		}
+		return child;
+		
+	}
+ 	 
+ 	/**
+	  * Db to object.
+	  *
+	  * @param vertices the vertices
+	  * @param obj the obj
+	  * @param depth the depth
+	  * @param cleanUp the clean up
+	  * @return the introspector
+	  * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	  * @throws IllegalAccessException the illegal access exception
+	  * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	  * @throws InvocationTargetException the invocation target exception
+	  * @throws SecurityException the security exception
+	  * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
+	  * @throws NoSuchMethodException the no such method exception
+	  * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	  * @throws MalformedURLException the malformed URL exception
+ 	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException
+ 	 * @throws URISyntaxException 
+	  */
+	 public Introspector dbToObject(List<Vertex> vertices, final Introspector obj, int depth, boolean nodeOnly, String cleanUp) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		
+		final int internalDepth;
+		if (depth == Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+			internalDepth = depth--;
+		} else {
+			internalDepth = depth;
+		}
+		if (vertices.size() > 1 && !obj.isContainer()) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_6136", "query object mismatch: this object cannot hold multiple items." + obj.getDbName());
+		} else if (obj.isContainer()) {
+			final List getList;
+			String listProperty = null;
+			for (String property : obj.getProperties()) {
+				if (obj.isListType(property) && obj.isComplexGenericType(property)) {
+					listProperty = property;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			final String propertyName = listProperty;
+			getList = (List)obj.getValue(listProperty);
+			
+			/* This is an experimental multithreading experiment
+			 * on get alls. 
+			 */
+			ExecutorService pool = GetAllPool.getInstance().getPool();
+			
+			List<Future<Object>> futures = new ArrayList<>();
+			for (Vertex v : vertices) {
+				Callable<Object> task = () -> {
+					Set<Vertex> seen = new HashSet<>();
+					Introspector childObject = obj.newIntrospectorInstanceOfNestedProperty(propertyName);
+					Tree<Element> tree = this.engine.getQueryEngine().findSubGraph(v, internalDepth, nodeOnly);
+					TreeBackedVertex treeVertex = new TreeBackedVertex(v, tree);
+					dbToObject(childObject, treeVertex, seen, internalDepth, nodeOnly, cleanUp);
+					return childObject.getUnderlyingObject();
+					//getList.add(childObject.getUnderlyingObject());
+				};
+				futures.add(pool.submit(task));
+			}
+			
+			for (Future<Object> future : futures) {
+				try {
+					getList.add(future.get());
+				} catch (ExecutionException e) {
+					throw new AAIException("AAI_4000", e);
+				} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+					throw new AAIException("AAI_4000", e);
+				}
+			}
+		} else if (vertices.size() == 1) {
+			Set<Vertex> seen = new HashSet<>();
+			Tree<Element> tree = this.engine.getQueryEngine().findSubGraph(vertices.get(0), depth, nodeOnly);
+			TreeBackedVertex treeVertex = new TreeBackedVertex(vertices.get(0), tree);
+			dbToObject(obj, treeVertex, seen, depth, nodeOnly, cleanUp);
+		} else {
+			//obj = null;
+		}
+		
+
+		return obj;
+ 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Db to object.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @param seen the seen
+	 * @param depth the depth
+	 * @param cleanUp the clean up
+	 * @return the introspector
+	 * @throws IllegalAccessException the illegal access exception
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	 * @throws InvocationTargetException the invocation target exception
+	 * @throws SecurityException the security exception
+	 * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
+	 * @throws NoSuchMethodException the no such method exception
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws MalformedURLException the malformed URL exception
+	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException
+	 * @throws URISyntaxException 
+	 */
+	private Introspector dbToObject(Introspector obj, Vertex v, Set<Vertex> seen, int depth, boolean nodeOnly, String cleanUp) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		
+		if (depth < 0) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		depth--;
+		seen.add(v);
+		
+		boolean modified = false;
+		for (String property : obj.getProperties(PropertyPredicates.isVisible())) {
+			List<Object> getList = null;
+			Vertex[] vertices = null;
+
+			if (!(obj.isComplexType(property) || obj.isListType(property))) {
+				this.copySimpleProperty(property, obj, v);
+				modified = true;
+			} else {
+				if (obj.isComplexType(property)) {
+				/* container case */
+	
+					if (!property.equals("relationship-list") && depth >= 0) {
+						Introspector argumentObject = obj.newIntrospectorInstanceOfProperty(property);
+						Object result  = dbToObject(argumentObject, v, seen, depth+1, nodeOnly, cleanUp);
+						if (result != null) {
+							obj.setValue(property, argumentObject.getUnderlyingObject());
+							modified = true;
+						}
+					} else if (property.equals("relationship-list") && !nodeOnly){
+						/* relationships need to be handled correctly */
+						Introspector relationshipList = obj.newIntrospectorInstanceOfProperty(property);
+						relationshipList = createRelationshipList(v, relationshipList, cleanUp);
+						if (relationshipList != null) {
+							modified = true;
+							obj.setValue(property, relationshipList.getUnderlyingObject());
+							modified = true;
+						}
+						
+					}
+				} else if (obj.isListType(property)) {
+					
+					if (property.equals("any")) {
+						continue;
+					}
+					String genericType = obj.getGenericTypeClass(property).getSimpleName();
+					if (obj.isComplexGenericType(property) && depth >= 0) {
+						final String childDbName = convertFromCamelCase(genericType);
+						String vType = v.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+						EdgeRule rule;
+						
+						rule = edgeRules.getEdgeRule(EdgeType.TREE, vType, childDbName);
+						if (rule.getIsParent().equals("true") || rule.getIsParent().equals("reverse")) {
+							//vertices = this.queryEngine.findRelatedVertices(v, Direction.OUT, rule.getLabel(), childDbName);
+							Direction ruleDirection = rule.getDirection();
+							Iterator<Vertex> itr = v.vertices(ruleDirection, rule.getLabel());
+							List<Vertex> verticesList = (List<Vertex>) IteratorUtils.toList(itr);
+							itr = verticesList.stream().filter(item -> {
+								return item.property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse("").equals(childDbName);
+							}).iterator();
+							if (itr.hasNext()) {
+								getList = (List<Object>)obj.getValue(property);
+							}
+							int processed = 0;
+							int removed = 0;
+							while (itr.hasNext()) {
+								Vertex childVertex = itr.next();
+								if (!seen.contains(childVertex)) {
+									Introspector argumentObject = obj.newIntrospectorInstanceOfNestedProperty(property);
+									
+									Object result = dbToObject(argumentObject, childVertex, seen, depth, nodeOnly, cleanUp);
+									if (result != null) { 
+										getList.add(argumentObject.getUnderlyingObject());
+									}
+									
+									processed++;
+								} else {
+									removed++;
+									LOGGER.warn("Cycle found while serializing vertex id={}", childVertex.id().toString());
+								}
+							}
+							if (processed == 0) {
+								//vertices were all seen, reset the list
+								getList = null;
+							}
+							if (processed > 0) {
+								modified = true;
+							}
+						}
+					} else if (obj.isSimpleGenericType(property)) {
+						List<Object> temp = this.engine.getListProperty(v, property);
+						if (temp != null) {
+							getList = (List<Object>)obj.getValue(property);
+							getList.addAll(temp);
+							modified = true;
+						}
+
+					}
+
+				}
+
+			}
+		}
+		
+		//no changes were made to this obj, discard the instance
+		if (!modified) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		this.enrichData(obj, v);
+		return obj;
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	public Introspector getVertexProperties(Vertex v) throws AAIException, IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException, SecurityException, InstantiationException, NoSuchMethodException, UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIUnknownObjectException, URISyntaxException {
+		String nodeType = v.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+		if (nodeType == null) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_6143");
+		}
+		Introspector obj = this.latestLoader.introspectorFromName(nodeType);
+		Set<Vertex> seen = new HashSet<>();
+		int depth = 0;
+		String cleanUp = "false";
+		boolean nodeOnly = true;
+		this.dbToObject(obj, v, seen, depth, nodeOnly, cleanUp);
+		
+		return obj;
+		
+	}
+	public Introspector getLatestVersionView(Vertex v) throws AAIException, IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException, SecurityException, InstantiationException, NoSuchMethodException, UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIUnknownObjectException, URISyntaxException {
+		String nodeType = v.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+		if (nodeType == null) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_6143");
+		}
+		Introspector obj = this.latestLoader.introspectorFromName(nodeType);
+		Set<Vertex> seen = new HashSet<>();
+		int depth = AAIProperties.MAXIMUM_DEPTH;
+		String cleanUp = "false";
+		boolean nodeOnly = false;
+		Tree<Element> tree = this.engine.getQueryEngine().findSubGraph(v, depth, nodeOnly);
+		TreeBackedVertex treeVertex = new TreeBackedVertex(v, tree);
+		this.dbToObject(obj, treeVertex, seen, depth, nodeOnly, cleanUp);
+		
+		return obj;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Copy simple property.
+	 *
+	 * @param property the property
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
+	 * @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
+	 */
+	private void copySimpleProperty(String property, Introspector obj, Vertex v) {
+		final Map<PropertyMetadata, String> metadata = obj.getPropertyMetadata(property);
+		String dbPropertyName = property;
+		if (metadata.containsKey(PropertyMetadata.DB_ALIAS)) {
+			dbPropertyName = metadata.get(PropertyMetadata.DB_ALIAS);
+		}
+		final Object temp = v.<Object>property(dbPropertyName).orElse(null);
+		if (temp != null) {
+			
+			obj.setValue(property, temp);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Simple db to object.
+	 *
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
+	 * @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
+	 */
+	private void simpleDbToObject (Introspector obj, Vertex v) {
+		for (String property : obj.getProperties()) {
+			
+
+			if (!(obj.isComplexType(property) || obj.isListType(property))) {
+				this.copySimpleProperty(property, obj, v);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the relationship list.
+	 *
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @param cleanUp the clean up
+	 * @return the object
+	 * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
+	 * @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 UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws MalformedURLException the malformed URL exception
+	 * @throws URISyntaxException 
+	 */
+	private Introspector createRelationshipList(Vertex v, Introspector obj, String cleanUp) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		
+
+		List<Vertex> cousins = this.engine.getQueryEngine().findCousinVertices(v);
+
+		List<Object> relationshipObjList = obj.getValue("relationship");
+		
+		for (Vertex cousin : cousins) {
+		
+				Introspector relationshipObj = obj.newIntrospectorInstanceOfNestedProperty("relationship");
+			Object result = processEdgeRelationship(relationshipObj, cousin, cleanUp);
+				if (result != null) {
+					relationshipObjList.add(result);
+				}
+		
+		}
+		
+		if (relationshipObjList.isEmpty()) {
+			return null;
+		} else {
+			return obj;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Process edge relationship.
+	 *
+	 * @param relationshipObj the relationship obj
+	 * @param edge the edge
+	 * @param direction the direction
+	 * @param cleanUp the clean up
+	 * @return the object
+	 * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
+	 * @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 UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws MalformedURLException the malformed URL exception
+	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException
+	 * @throws URISyntaxException 
+	 */
+		private Object processEdgeRelationship(Introspector relationshipObj, Vertex cousin, String cleanUp) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIUnknownObjectException {
+
+
+		//we must look up all parents in this case because we need to compute name-properties
+		//we cannot used the cached aaiUri to perform this action currently
+		Pair<Vertex, List<Introspector>> tuple = this.getParents(relationshipObj.getLoader(), cousin, "true".equals(cleanUp));
+		//damaged vertex found, ignore
+		if (tuple == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		List<Introspector> list = tuple.getValue1();
+		URI uri = this.getURIFromList(list);
+		
+		URIToRelationshipObject uriParser = null;
+		Introspector result = null;
+		try {
+			uriParser = new URIToRelationshipObject(relationshipObj.getLoader(), uri, this.baseURL);
+			result = uriParser.getResult();
+		} catch (AAIException | URISyntaxException e) {
+			LOGGER.error("Error while processing edge relationship in version " + relationshipObj.getVersion() + " (bad vertex ID=" + tuple.getValue0().id().toString() + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
+			if ("true".equals(cleanUp)) {
+				this.deleteWithTraversal(tuple.getValue0());
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
+		return result.getUnderlyingObject();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the URI for vertex.
+	 *
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @return the URI for vertex
+	 * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
+	 * @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 UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException
+	 */
+	public URI getURIForVertex(Vertex v) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		
+		return getURIForVertex(v, false); 
+	}
+	
+	public URI getURIForVertex(Vertex v, boolean overwrite) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		URI uri = null;
+		
+		String aaiUri = v.<String>property(AAIProperties.AAI_URI).orElse(null);
+		
+		if (aaiUri != null && !overwrite) {
+			uri = UriBuilder.fromPath(aaiUri).build();
+		} else {
+			Pair<Vertex, List<Introspector>> tuple = this.getParents(this.loader, v, false);
+			List<Introspector> list = tuple.getValue1();
+			uri = this.getURIFromList(list);
+		}
+		return uri; 
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Gets the URI from list.
+	 *
+	 * @param list the list
+	 * @return the URI from list
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 */
+	private URI getURIFromList(List<Introspector> list) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		String uri = "";
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		for (Introspector i : list) {
+			sb.insert(0, i.getURI());
+		}
+		
+		uri = sb.toString();
+		URI result = UriBuilder.fromPath(uri).build();
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the parents.
+	 *
+	 * @param start the start
+	 * @param removeDamaged the remove damaged
+	 * @return the parents
+	 * @throws InstantiationException the instantiation exception
+	 * @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 AAIUnknownObjectException
+	 */
+	private Pair<Vertex, List<Introspector>> getParents(Loader loader, Vertex start, boolean removeDamaged) {
+		
+		List<Vertex> results = this.engine.getQueryEngine().findParents(start);
+		List<Introspector> objs = new ArrayList<>();
+		boolean shortCircuit = false;
+		for (Vertex v : results) {
+			String nodeType = v.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+			Introspector obj = null;
+			//vertex on the other end of this edge is bad
+			if (nodeType == null) {
+				//log something here about what was found and that it was removed
+				ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI-6143", "Found a damaged parent vertex " + v.id().toString());
+				if (removeDamaged) {
+					this.deleteWithTraversal(v);
+				}
+				shortCircuit = true;
+			} else {
+				try {
+					obj = loader.introspectorFromName(nodeType);
+				} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+					LOGGER.info("attempted to create node type " + nodeType + " but we do not understand it for version: " + loader.getVersion());
+					obj = null;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			if (obj == null) {
+				//can't make a valid path because we don't understand this object
+				// don't include it
+			} else {
+				this.simpleDbToObject(obj, v);
+				objs.add(obj);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		//stop processing and don't return anything for this bad vertex
+		if (shortCircuit) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		return new Pair<>(results.get(results.size()-1), objs);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Takes a list of vertices and a list of objs and assumes they are in
+	 * the order you want the URIs to be nested.
+	 * [A,B,C] creates uris [A, AB, ABC]
+	 * @param vertices
+	 * @param objs
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
+	 * @throws URISyntaxException
+	 */
+	public void setCachedURIs(List<Vertex> vertices, List<Introspector> objs) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, URISyntaxException {
+		
+		String uriChain = "";
+		for (int i = 0; i < vertices.size(); i++) {
+			String aaiUri = "";
+			Vertex v = null;
+			v = vertices.get(i);
+			aaiUri = v.<String>property(AAIProperties.AAI_URI).orElse(null);
+			if (aaiUri != null) {
+				uriChain += aaiUri;
+			} else {
+				URI uri = UriBuilder.fromPath(objs.get(i).getURI()).build();
+				aaiUri = uri.toString();
+				uriChain += aaiUri;
+				v.property(AAIProperties.AAI_URI, uriChain);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Adds the r
+	 * @throws AAIUnknownObjectException
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException elated to property.
+	 *
+	 * @param relationship the relationship
+	 * @param child the throws IllegalArgumentException, AAIUnknownObjectException child
+	 */
+	public void addRelatedToProperty(Introspector relationship, Introspector child) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
+		String nameProps = child.getMetadata(ObjectMetadata.NAME_PROPS);
+		List<Introspector> relatedToProperties = new ArrayList<>();
+		
+		if (nameProps != null) {
+			String[] props = nameProps.split(",");
+			for (String prop : props) {
+				Introspector relatedTo = relationship.newIntrospectorInstanceOfNestedProperty("related-to-property");
+				relatedTo.setValue("property-key", child.getDbName() + "." + prop);
+				relatedTo.setValue("property-value", child.getValue(prop));
+				relatedToProperties.add(relatedTo);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if (relatedToProperties.size() > 0) {
+			List relatedToList = (List)relationship.getValue("related-to-property");
+			for (Introspector obj : relatedToProperties) {
+				relatedToList.add(obj.getUnderlyingObject());
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the edge.
+	 *
+	 * @param relationship the relationship
+	 * @param inputVertex the input vertex
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public boolean createEdge(Introspector relationship, Vertex inputVertex) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		
+		Vertex relatedVertex = null;
+		
+		QueryParser parser = engine.getQueryBuilder().createQueryFromRelationship(relationship);
+		
+		List<Vertex> results = parser.getQueryBuilder().toList();
+		if (results.size() == 0) {
+			AAIException e = new AAIException("AAI_6129", "Node of type " + parser.getResultType() + ". Could not find object at: " + parser.getUri());
+			e.getTemplateVars().add(parser.getResultType());
+			e.getTemplateVars().add(parser.getUri().toString());
+			throw e;
+		} else { 
+			//still an issue if there's more than one
+			relatedVertex = results.get(0);
+		}
+
+		if (relatedVertex != null) {
+
+			Edge e;
+			try {
+				e = this.getEdgeBetween(EdgeType.COUSIN, inputVertex, relatedVertex);
+				if (e == null) {				
+					edgeRules.addEdge(this.engine.asAdmin().getTraversalSource(), inputVertex, relatedVertex);
+					
+				} else {
+					//attempted to link two vertexes already linked
+				}
+			} catch (NoEdgeRuleFoundException e1) {
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6129", e1);
+			}
+			
+			
+			
+
+		}
+		
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the edges between.
+	 *
+	 * @param aVertex the out vertex
+	 * @param bVertex the in vertex
+	 * @return the edges between
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException
+	 */
+	private List<Edge> getEdgesBetween(EdgeType type, Vertex aVertex, Vertex bVertex) throws AAIException, NoEdgeRuleFoundException {
+		
+		List<Edge> result = new ArrayList<>();
+		
+		if (bVertex != null) {
+				EdgeRule rule = edgeRules.getEdgeRule(type, aVertex, bVertex);
+				GraphTraversal<Vertex, Edge> findEdgesBetween = null;
+				findEdgesBetween = this.engine.asAdmin().getTraversalSource().V(aVertex).bothE(rule.getLabel()).filter(__.otherV().hasId(bVertex.id()));
+				List<Edge> edges = findEdgesBetween.toList();
+				for (Edge edge : edges) {
+					if (edge.label().equals(rule.getLabel())) {
+						result.add(edge);
+					}
+				}
+
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the edge between.
+	 *
+	 * @param aVertex the out vertex
+	 * @param bVertex the in vertex
+	 * @return the edge between
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException
+	 */
+	private Edge getEdgeBetween(EdgeType type, Vertex aVertex, Vertex bVertex) throws AAIException {
+		
+		
+		
+		if (bVertex != null) {
+
+				List<Edge> edges = this.getEdgesBetween(type, aVertex, bVertex);
+				
+				if (edges.size() > 0) {
+					return edges.get(0);
+				}
+
+		}
+		
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete edge.
+	 *
+	 * @param relationship the relationship
+	 * @param inputVertex the input vertex
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public boolean deleteEdge(Introspector relationship, Vertex inputVertex) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {
+		
+		Vertex relatedVertex = null;
+
+		QueryParser parser = engine.getQueryBuilder().createQueryFromRelationship(relationship);
+		
+		List<Vertex> results = parser.getQueryBuilder().toList();
+
+		if (results.size() == 0) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		relatedVertex = results.get(0);
+		Edge edge;
+		try {
+			edge = this.getEdgeBetween(EdgeType.COUSIN, inputVertex, relatedVertex);
+		} catch (NoEdgeRuleFoundException e) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_6129", e);
+		}
+		if (edge != null) {
+			edge.remove();
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Delete items with traversal.
+	 *
+	 * @param vertexes the vertexes
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException the illegal state exception
+	 */
+	public void deleteItemsWithTraversal(List<Vertex> vertexes) throws IllegalStateException {
+		for (Vertex v : vertexes) {
+			LOGGER.debug("About to delete the vertex with id: " + v.id());
+			deleteWithTraversal(v);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Delete with traversal.
+	 *
+	 * @param startVertex the start vertex
+	 */
+	public void deleteWithTraversal(Vertex startVertex) {
+		
+		List<Vertex> results = this.engine.getQueryEngine().findDeletable(startVertex);
+		
+		for (Vertex v : results) {
+			LOGGER.warn("Removing vertex " + v.id().toString());
+
+			v.remove();
+		}
+		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete.
+	 *
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @param resourceVersion the resource version
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException the illegal argument exception
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws InterruptedException the interrupted exception
+	 */
+	public void delete(Vertex v, String resourceVersion, boolean enableResourceVersion) throws IllegalArgumentException, AAIException {
+	
+		boolean result = verifyDeleteSemantics(v, resourceVersion, enableResourceVersion);
+		if (result) {
+			try {
+				deleteWithTraversal(v);
+			} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_6110", e);
+			}
+
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify delete semantics.
+	 *
+	 * @param vertex the vertex
+	 * @param resourceVersion the resource version
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	private boolean verifyDeleteSemantics(Vertex vertex, String resourceVersion, boolean enableResourceVersion) throws AAIException {
+		boolean result = false;
+		String nodeType = "";
+		DeleteSemantic semantic = null;
+		List<Edge> inEdges = null;
+		List<Edge> outEdges = null;
+		String errorDetail = " unknown delete semantic found";
+		String aaiExceptionCode = "";
+		nodeType = vertex.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+		if (enableResourceVersion && !this.verifyResourceVersion("delete", nodeType, vertex.<String>property(AAIProperties.RESOURCE_VERSION).orElse(null), resourceVersion, nodeType)) {
+		}
+		semantic = edgeRules.getDeleteSemantic(nodeType);
+		inEdges = (List<Edge>) IteratorUtils.toList(vertex.edges(Direction.IN));
+		outEdges = (List<Edge>) IteratorUtils.toList(vertex.edges(Direction.OUT));
+		if (semantic.equals(DeleteSemantic.CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN)) {
+			result = true;
+		} else if (semantic.equals(DeleteSemantic.ERROR_IF_ANY_EDGES)) {
+			if (inEdges.isEmpty() && outEdges.isEmpty()) {
+				result = true;
+			} else {
+				errorDetail = " Node cannot be deleted because it still has Edges and the " + semantic + " scope was used.\n";
+				aaiExceptionCode = "AAI_6110";
+			}
+		} else if (semantic.equals(DeleteSemantic.ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES) || semantic.equals(DeleteSemantic.ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE)) {
+			
+			if (inEdges.isEmpty()) {
+				result = true;
+			} else {
+				//are there any cousin edges?
+				long children = 0;
+				for (Edge e : inEdges) {
+					if (e.<Boolean>property("isParent").orElse(false)) {
+						children++;
+					}
+				}
+				
+				result = children == inEdges.size();
+			}
+			
+			if (!result) {
+				errorDetail = " Node cannot be deleted because it still has Edges and the " + semantic + " scope was used.\n";
+				aaiExceptionCode = "AAI_6110";
+			}
+		} else if (semantic.equals(DeleteSemantic.THIS_NODE_ONLY)) {
+			if (outEdges.isEmpty() && inEdges.isEmpty()) {
+				result = true;
+			} else {
+				result = true;
+				for (Edge edge : outEdges) {
+					Object property = edge.<Boolean>property("isParent").orElse(null);
+					if (property != null && property.equals(Boolean.TRUE)) {
+						Vertex v = edge.inVertex();
+						String vType = v.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+						errorDetail = " Node cannot be deleted using scope = " + semantic + 
+								" another node (type = " + vType + ") depends on it for uniqueness.";
+						aaiExceptionCode = "AAI_6110";
+						result = false;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				
+				for (Edge edge : inEdges) {
+					Object property = edge.<Boolean>property("isParent-REV").orElse(null);
+					if (property != null && property.equals(Boolean.TRUE)) {
+						Vertex v = edge.outVertex();
+						String vType = v.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+						errorDetail = " Node cannot be deleted using scope = " + semantic + 
+								" another node (type = " + vType + ") depends on it for uniqueness.";
+						aaiExceptionCode = "AAI_6110";
+						result = false;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		
+		if (!result) {
+			throw new AAIException(aaiExceptionCode, errorDetail);
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify resource version.
+	 *
+	 * @param action the action
+	 * @param nodeType the node type
+	 * @param currentResourceVersion the current resource version
+	 * @param resourceVersion the resource version
+	 * @param uri the uri
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public boolean verifyResourceVersion(String action, String nodeType, String currentResourceVersion, String resourceVersion, String uri) throws AAIException {
+		String enabled = "";
+		String errorDetail = "";
+		String aaiExceptionCode = "";
+		if (currentResourceVersion == null) {
+			currentResourceVersion = "";
+		}
+		
+		if (resourceVersion == null) {
+			resourceVersion = "";
+		}
+		try {
+			enabled = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_RESVERSION_ENABLEFLAG);
+		} catch (AAIException e) {
+			ErrorLogHelper.logException(e);
+		}
+		// We're only doing the resource version checks for v5 and later
+		if (enabled.equals("true") && this.version.compareTo(Version.v8) > 0) {
+			if (!currentResourceVersion.equals(resourceVersion)) {
+				if (action.equals("create") && !resourceVersion.equals("")) {
+					errorDetail = "resource-version passed for " + action + " of " + uri;
+					aaiExceptionCode = "AAI_6135";
+				} else if (resourceVersion.equals("")) {
+					errorDetail = "resource-version not passed for " + action + " of " + uri;
+					aaiExceptionCode = "AAI_6130";
+				} else {
+					errorDetail = "resource-version MISMATCH for " + action + " of " + uri;
+					aaiExceptionCode = "AAI_6131";
+				}
+				
+				throw new AAIException(aaiExceptionCode, errorDetail);
+				
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Convert from camel case.
+	 *
+	 * @param name the name
+	 * @return the string
+	 */
+	private String convertFromCamelCase (String name) {
+		String result = "";
+		result = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, name);
+		
+		NamingExceptions exceptions = NamingExceptions.getInstance();
+		result = exceptions.getDBName(result);
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	private boolean canModify(Introspector obj, String propName, String requestContext) {
+		final String readOnly = obj.getPropertyMetadata(propName).get(PropertyMetadata.READ_ONLY);
+		if (readOnly != null) {
+			final String[] items = readOnly.split(",");
+			for (String item : items) {
+				if (requestContext.equals(item)) {
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	private void executePreSideEffects(Introspector obj, Vertex self) throws AAIException {
+		
+		SideEffectRunner runner = new SideEffectRunner
+				.Builder(this.engine, this).addSideEffect(DataCopy.class).build();
+		
+		runner.execute(obj, self);
+	}
+	
+	private void executePostSideEffects(Introspector obj, Vertex self) throws AAIException {
+		
+		SideEffectRunner runner = new SideEffectRunner
+				.Builder(this.engine, this).addSideEffect(DataLinkWriter.class).build();
+		
+		runner.execute(obj, self);
+	}
+	
+	private void enrichData(Introspector obj, Vertex self) throws AAIException {
+		
+		SideEffectRunner runner = new SideEffectRunner
+				.Builder(this.engine, this).addSideEffect(DataLinkReader.class).build();
+		
+		runner.execute(obj, self);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/DeleteSemantic.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/DeleteSemantic.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65a39497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/DeleteSemantic.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.db;
+
+
+/**
+	 *  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!
+ */
+public enum DeleteSemantic {
+	USE_DEFAULT,
+	THIS_NODE_ONLY,
+	CASCADE_TO_CHILDREN,
+	ERROR_4_IN_EDGES_OR_CASCADE, 
+	ERROR_IF_ANY_IN_EDGES, 
+	ERROR_IF_ANY_EDGES, 
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/EdgeRule.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/EdgeRule.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7abfdc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/EdgeRule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.db;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
+
+public class EdgeRule {
+
+	private String label = "";
+	private MultiplicityRule multiplicityRule = null;
+	private Direction direction = null;
+	private Map<String, String> edgeProperties = null;
+	private final String IS_PARENT = "isParent";
+	private final String USES_RESOURCE  = "usesResource";
+	private final String HAS_DEL_TARGET = "hasDelTarget";
+	private final String SVC_INFRA = "SVC-INFRA";
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new edge rule.
+	 */
+	public EdgeRule() {
+		edgeProperties = new HashMap<>();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the label.
+	 *
+	 * @return the label
+	 */
+	public String getLabel() {
+		return label;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the label.
+	 *
+	 * @param label the new label
+	 */
+	public void setLabel(String label) {
+		this.label = label;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the multiplicity rule.
+	 *
+	 * @return the multiplicity rule
+	 */
+	public MultiplicityRule getMultiplicityRule() {
+		return multiplicityRule;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the multiplicity rule.
+	 *
+	 * @param multiplicityRule the new multiplicity rule
+	 */
+	public void setMultiplicityRule(MultiplicityRule multiplicityRule) {
+		this.multiplicityRule = multiplicityRule;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the direction.
+	 *
+	 * @return the direction
+	 */
+	public Direction getDirection() {
+		return direction;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the direction.
+	 *
+	 * @param direction the new direction
+	 */
+	public void setDirection(Direction direction) {
+		this.direction = direction;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the checks if is parent.
+	 *
+	 * @return the checks if is parent
+	 */
+	public String getIsParent() {
+		return this.getProp(this.IS_PARENT);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the checks if is parent.
+	 *
+	 * @param isParent the new checks if is parent
+	 */
+	public void setIsParent(String isParent) {
+		this.setProp(this.IS_PARENT, isParent);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the uses resource.
+	 *
+	 * @return the uses resource
+	 */
+	public String getUsesResource() {
+		return this.getProp(this.USES_RESOURCE);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the uses resource.
+	 *
+	 * @param usesResource the new uses resource
+	 */
+	public void setUsesResource(String usesResource) {
+		this.setProp(this.USES_RESOURCE, usesResource);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the checks for del target.
+	 *
+	 * @return the checks for del target
+	 */
+	public String getHasDelTarget() {
+		return this.getProp(this.HAS_DEL_TARGET);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the checks for del target.
+	 *
+	 * @param hasDelTarget the new checks for del target
+	 */
+	public void setHasDelTarget(String hasDelTarget) {
+		this.setProp(this.HAS_DEL_TARGET, hasDelTarget);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the service infrastructure.
+	 *
+	 * @return the service infrastructure
+	 */
+	public String getServiceInfrastructure() {
+		return this.getProp(this.SVC_INFRA);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the service infrastructure.
+	 *
+	 * @param serviceInfrastructure the new service infrastructure
+	 */
+	public void setServiceInfrastructure(String serviceInfrastructure) {
+		this.setProp(this.SVC_INFRA, serviceInfrastructure);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the edge properties.
+	 *
+	 * @return the edge properties
+	 */
+	public Map<String, String> getEdgeProperties() {
+		return this.edgeProperties;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the prop.
+	 *
+	 * @param key the key
+	 * @param value the value
+	 */
+	private void setProp(String key, String value) {
+		this.edgeProperties.put(key, value);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the prop.
+	 *
+	 * @param key the key
+	 * @return the prop
+	 */
+	private String getProp(String key) {
+		return this.edgeProperties.get(key);
+	}
+	
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/EdgeRules.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/EdgeRules.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06dfe564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/EdgeRules.java
@@ -0,0 +1,379 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.db;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversalSource;
+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.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.dbmodel.DbEdgeRules;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.exceptions.NoEdgeRuleFoundException;
+import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+
+public class EdgeRules {
+
+	private Multimap<String, String> rules = DbEdgeRules.EdgeRules;
+	private Multimap<String, String> deleteScope = 	DbEdgeRules.DefaultDeleteScope;
+	private final int EDGE_NAME = 0;
+	private final int DIRECTION = 1;
+	private final int MULTIPLICITY_RULE = 2;
+	private final int IS_PARENT = 3;
+	private final int USES_RESOURCE = 4;
+	private final int HAS_DEL_TARGET = 5;
+	private final int SVC_INFRA = 6;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new edge rules.
+	 */
+	private EdgeRules() {
+	
+	}
+	private static class Helper {
+		private static final EdgeRules INSTANCE = new EdgeRules();
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the single instance of EdgeRules.
+	 *
+	 * @return single instance of EdgeRules
+	 */
+	public static EdgeRules getInstance() {
+		return Helper.INSTANCE;
+
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Adds the tree edge.
+	 *
+	 * @param aVertex the out vertex
+	 * @param bVertex the in vertex
+	 * @return the edge
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException 
+	 */
+	public Edge addTreeEdge(GraphTraversalSource traversalSource, Vertex aVertex, Vertex bVertex) throws AAIException {
+		return this.addEdge(EdgeType.TREE, traversalSource, aVertex, bVertex);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Adds the edge.
+	 *
+	 * @param aVertex the out vertex
+	 * @param bVertex the in vertex
+	 * @return the edge
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException 
+	 */
+	public Edge addEdge(GraphTraversalSource traversalSource, Vertex aVertex, Vertex bVertex) throws AAIException {
+		return this.addEdge(EdgeType.COUSIN, traversalSource, aVertex, bVertex);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Adds the edge.
+	 *
+	 * @param type the type
+	 * @param aVertex the out vertex
+	 * @param bVertex the in vertex
+	 * @return the edge
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException 
+	 */
+	private Edge addEdge(EdgeType type, GraphTraversalSource traversalSource, Vertex aVertex, Vertex bVertex) throws AAIException, NoEdgeRuleFoundException {
+
+		EdgeRule rule = this.getEdgeRule(type, aVertex, bVertex);
+
+		Edge e = null;
+		if (this.validateMultiplicity(rule, traversalSource, aVertex, bVertex)) {
+			if (rule.getDirection().equals(Direction.OUT)) {
+				e = aVertex.addEdge(rule.getLabel(), bVertex);
+			} else if (rule.getDirection().equals(Direction.IN)) {
+				e = bVertex.addEdge(rule.getLabel(), aVertex);
+			}
+			
+			this.addProperties(e, rule);
+		}
+		return e;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds the properties.
+	 *
+	 * @param edge the edge
+	 * @param rule the rule
+	 */
+	public void addProperties(Edge edge, EdgeRule rule) {
+		
+		// In DbEdgeRules.EdgeRules -- What we have as "edgeRule" 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
+		Map<String, String> propMap = rule.getEdgeProperties();
+		
+		for (String key : propMap.keySet()) {
+			String revKeyname = key + "-REV";
+			String triple = propMap.get(key);
+			if(triple.equals("true")){
+				edge.property(key, true);
+				edge.property(revKeyname,false);
+			} else if (triple.equals("false")) {
+				edge.property(key, false);
+				edge.property(revKeyname,false);
+			} else if (triple.equals("reverse")) {
+				edge.property(key, false);
+				edge.property(revKeyname,true);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Checks for edge rule.
+	 *
+	 * @param outType the out type
+	 * @param inType the in type
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 */
+	public boolean hasEdgeRule(String outType, String inType) {
+		
+		Collection<String> collection = rules.get(outType + "|" + inType);
+
+		return !collection.isEmpty();
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Checks for edge rule.
+	 *
+	 * @param aVertex the out vertex
+	 * @param bVertex the in vertex
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 */
+	public boolean hasEdgeRule(Vertex aVertex, Vertex bVertex) {
+		String outType = (String)aVertex.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+		String inType = (String)bVertex.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+		
+		return this.hasEdgeRule(outType, inType);
+		
+	}
+	
+	public Map<String, EdgeRule> getEdgeRules(String outType, String inType) throws AAIException {
+		Map<String, EdgeRule> result = new HashMap<>();
+		EdgeRule rule = null;
+		for (EdgeType type : EdgeType.values()) {
+			try {
+				rule = this.getEdgeRule(type, outType, inType);
+				result.put(rule.getLabel(), rule);
+			} catch (NoEdgeRuleFoundException e) {
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Gets the edge rule.
+	 *
+	 * @param outType the out type
+	 * @param inType the in type
+	 * @return the edge rule
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public EdgeRule getEdgeRule(EdgeType type, String outType, String inType) throws AAIException {
+		EdgeRule rule = new EdgeRule();
+		Collection<String> collection = null;
+		boolean isFlipped = false;
+		if (this.hasEdgeRule(outType, inType) || this.hasEdgeRule(inType, outType)) {
+		} else {
+			String detail = "No EdgeRule found for passed nodeTypes: " + outType + ", " + inType + ".";
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", detail); 
+		}
+		String key = outType + "|" + inType;
+		collection = rules.get(key);
+
+		String[] info = null;
+		Iterator<String> iterator = collection.iterator();
+		info = this.findRuleForContext(type, key, iterator);
+		if (info == null) { //didn't find anything in that order, look again
+			key = inType + "|" + outType;
+			collection = rules.get(key);
+			iterator = collection.iterator();
+			info = this.findRuleForContext(type, key, iterator);
+			isFlipped = true;
+		}
+		if (info == null) {
+			throw new NoEdgeRuleFoundException("No EdgeRule found for EdgeType: " + type + " and node types: " + outType + " " + inType);
+		}
+		rule.setLabel(info[this.EDGE_NAME]);
+		rule.setMultiplicityRule(MultiplicityRule.valueOf(info[this.MULTIPLICITY_RULE].toUpperCase()));
+		rule.setHasDelTarget(info[this.HAS_DEL_TARGET]);
+		rule.setUsesResource(info[this.USES_RESOURCE]);
+		rule.setIsParent(info[this.IS_PARENT]);
+		rule.setServiceInfrastructure(info[this.SVC_INFRA]);
+		Direction direction = Direction.valueOf(info[this.DIRECTION]);
+		if (isFlipped && direction.equals(Direction.OUT)) {
+			rule.setDirection(Direction.IN);
+		} else if (isFlipped && direction.equals(Direction.IN)){
+			rule.setDirection(Direction.OUT);
+		} else {
+			rule.setDirection(direction);
+		}
+
+		return rule;
+	}
+	
+	private String[] findRuleForContext (EdgeType type, String key, Iterator<String> itr) {
+		String[] result = null;
+		String s = "";
+		String isParent = "";
+		String[] info = new String[10];
+		while (itr.hasNext()) {
+			s = itr.next();
+			info = s.split(",");
+			isParent = info[this.IS_PARENT];
+			//lazily stop iterating if we find a match
+			//should there be a mismatch between type and isParent,
+			//the caller will receive something.
+			//this operates on the assumption that there are at most two rules
+			//for a given vertex pair
+			if (type.equals(EdgeType.TREE) && (isParent.equals("true") || isParent.equals("reverse"))) {
+				result = info;
+				break;
+			} else if (type.equals(EdgeType.COUSIN) && isParent.equals("false")) {
+				result = info;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Gets the edge rule.
+	 *
+	 * @param aVertex the out vertex
+	 * @param bVertex the in vertex
+	 * @return the edge rule
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 * @throws NoEdgeRuleFoundException 
+	 */
+	public EdgeRule getEdgeRule(EdgeType type, Vertex aVertex, Vertex bVertex) throws AAIException, NoEdgeRuleFoundException {
+		String outType = (String)aVertex.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+		String inType = (String)bVertex.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+		
+		return this.getEdgeRule(type, outType, inType);
+
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the delete semantic.
+	 *
+	 * @param nodeType the node type
+	 * @return the delete semantic
+	 */
+	public DeleteSemantic getDeleteSemantic(String nodeType) {
+		Collection<String> semanticCollection = deleteScope.get(nodeType);
+		String semantic = semanticCollection.iterator().next();
+		
+		return DeleteSemantic.valueOf(semantic);
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Validate multiplicity.
+	 *
+	 * @param rule the rule
+	 * @param aVertex the out vertex
+	 * @param bVertex the in vertex
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	private boolean validateMultiplicity(EdgeRule rule, GraphTraversalSource traversalSource, Vertex aVertex, Vertex bVertex) throws AAIException {
+
+		if (rule.getDirection().equals(Direction.OUT)) {
+			
+		} else if (rule.getDirection().equals(Direction.IN)) {
+			Vertex tempV = bVertex;
+			bVertex = aVertex;
+			aVertex = tempV;
+		}
+				
+		String aVertexType = aVertex.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+		String bVertexType =  bVertex.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
+		String label = rule.getLabel();
+		MultiplicityRule multiplicityRule = rule.getMultiplicityRule();
+		List<Edge> outEdges = traversalSource.V(aVertex).outE(label).where(__.inV().has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, bVertexType)).toList();
+		List<Edge> inEdges = traversalSource.V(bVertex).inE(label).where(__.outV().has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, aVertexType)).toList();
+		String detail = "";
+		if (multiplicityRule.equals(MultiplicityRule.ONE2ONE)) {
+			if (inEdges.size() >= 1 || outEdges.size() >= 1 ) {
+				detail = "multiplicity rule violated: only one edge can exist with label: " + label + " between " + aVertexType + " and " + bVertexType;
+			}
+		} else if (multiplicityRule.equals(MultiplicityRule.ONE2MANY)) {
+			if (inEdges.size() >= 1) {
+				detail = "multiplicity rule violated: only one edge can exist with label: " + label + " between " + aVertexType + " and " + bVertexType;
+			}
+		} else if (multiplicityRule.equals(MultiplicityRule.MANY2ONE)) {
+			if (outEdges.size() >= 1) {
+				detail = "multiplicity rule violated: only one edge can exist with label: " + label + " between " + aVertexType + " and " + bVertexType;
+			}
+		} else {
+			
+		}
+		
+		if (!detail.equals("")) {
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_6140", detail);
+		}
+		
+		return true;
+		
+	}
+	
+	public Multimap<String, EdgeRule> getAllRules() throws AAIException {
+		
+		Multimap<String, EdgeRule> result = ArrayListMultimap.create();
+		
+		for (String key : this.rules.keySet()) {
+			String outType = "";
+			String inType = "";
+			String[] split = key.split("\\|");
+			outType = split[0];
+			inType = split[1];
+			result.putAll(key,this.getEdgeRules(outType, inType).values());
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/EdgeType.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/EdgeType.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aabd74fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/EdgeType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.db;
+
+public enum EdgeType {
+	COUSIN,
+	TREE;
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/GetAllPool.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/GetAllPool.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..356f70ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/GetAllPool.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.db;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+public class GetAllPool {
+
+	private ExecutorService pool;
+	
+	private GetAllPool() {
+		pool = Executors.newWorkStealingPool(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors());
+	}
+	
+	private static class Helper {
+		private static final GetAllPool INSTANCE = new GetAllPool();
+	}
+
+	public static GetAllPool getInstance() {
+		return Helper.INSTANCE;
+	}
+	
+	public ExecutorService getPool() {
+		
+		return this.pool;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/GraphSingleton.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/GraphSingleton.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f226dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/GraphSingleton.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.db;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.dbmap.AAIGraph;
+import org.openecomp.aai.dbmap.DBConnectionType;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
+
+/* This class simply calls AAIGraph under the covers for now */
+public class GraphSingleton {
+
+	protected AtomicInteger totalCount = new AtomicInteger();
+	
+	private static class Helper {
+		private static final GraphSingleton INSTANCE = new GraphSingleton();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the single instance of GraphSingleton.
+	 *
+	 * @return single instance of GraphSingleton
+	 */
+	public static GraphSingleton getInstance() {
+		return Helper.INSTANCE;
+
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the count.
+	 *
+	 * @return the count
+	 */
+	public AtomicInteger getCount() {
+		return totalCount;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the tx graph.
+	 *
+	 * @return the tx graph
+	 */
+	public TitanGraph getTxGraph() {
+		return AAIGraph.getInstance().getGraph();
+	}
+	
+	public TitanGraph getTxGraph(DBConnectionType connectionType) {
+		return AAIGraph.getInstance().getGraph(connectionType);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/LegacyDBSerializer.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/LegacyDBSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..841b1b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/LegacyDBSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.db;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.ModelType;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Version;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Graph;
+
+public class LegacyDBSerializer extends DBSerializer {
+
+    public LegacyDBSerializer(Version version, TransactionalGraphEngine engine, ModelType introspectionType, String sourceOfTruth) throws AAIException {
+        super(version, engine, introspectionType, sourceOfTruth);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/MultiplicityRule.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/MultiplicityRule.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..734a44bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/MultiplicityRule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.db;
+
+public enum MultiplicityRule {
+	MANY2ONE,
+	ONE2MANY,
+	ONE2ONE,
+	MANY2MANY
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/TitanGraphSingleton.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/TitanGraphSingleton.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bca2d70c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/TitanGraphSingleton.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.db;
+
+/* This is class is just a wrapper of its parent */
+public class TitanGraphSingleton extends GraphSingleton {
+
+	private static class Helper {
+		private static final TitanGraphSingleton INSTANCE = new TitanGraphSingleton();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the single instance of TitanGraphSingleton.
+	 *
+	 * @return single instance of TitanGraphSingleton
+	 */
+	public static TitanGraphSingleton getInstance() {
+		return Helper.INSTANCE;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/exceptions/NoEdgeRuleFoundException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/exceptions/NoEdgeRuleFoundException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6647f4d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/db/exceptions/NoEdgeRuleFoundException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.db.exceptions;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+public class NoEdgeRuleFoundException extends AAIException {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -906843868234976763L;
+	
+	public NoEdgeRuleFoundException(String message) {
+		super("AAI_6129", message);
+	}
+
+	public NoEdgeRuleFoundException(Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_6129",cause);
+	}
+
+	public NoEdgeRuleFoundException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super("AAI_6129", cause, message);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/QueryStyle.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/QueryStyle.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acec8dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/QueryStyle.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.engines;
+
+public enum QueryStyle {
+	GREMLIN_TRAVERSAL, GREMLIN_UNIQUE, GREMLINPIPELINE_TRAVERSAL, TRAVERSAL
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/TitanDBEngine.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/TitanDBEngine.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3e0e857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/TitanDBEngine.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.engines;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.VertexProperty;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.dbmap.DBConnectionType;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.TitanGraphSingleton;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanVertex;
+
+public class TitanDBEngine extends TransactionalGraphEngine {
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new titan DB engine.
+	 *
+	 * @param style the style
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 */
+	public TitanDBEngine(QueryStyle style, DBConnectionType connectionType, Loader loader) {
+		super(style, loader, connectionType, TitanGraphSingleton.getInstance());
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new titan DB engine.
+	 *
+	 * @param style the style
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 * @param connect the connect
+	 */
+	public TitanDBEngine(QueryStyle style, Loader loader, boolean connect) {
+		super(style, loader);
+		if (connect) {
+			this.singleton = TitanGraphSingleton.getInstance();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc} 
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean setListProperty(Vertex v, String name, List<?> objs) {
+
+		//clear out list full replace style
+		
+		Iterator<VertexProperty<Object>> iterator = v.properties(name);
+		while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+			iterator.next().remove();
+		}
+		if (objs != null) {
+			for (Object obj : objs) {
+				v.property(name, obj);
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc} 
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public List<Object> getListProperty(Vertex v, String name) {
+
+		List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
+		
+		Iterator<VertexProperty<Object>> iterator = v.properties(name);
+		
+		while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+			result.add(iterator.next().value());
+		}
+		
+		if (result.size() == 0) {
+			result = null;
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/TransactionalGraphEngine.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/TransactionalGraphEngine.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f63c055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/TransactionalGraphEngine.java
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.engines;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversalSource;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.strategy.verification.ReadOnlyStrategy;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.dbmap.DBConnectionType;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.GremlinTraversal;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.GremlinUnique;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.TraversalQuery;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.GraphSingleton;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.query.GraphTraversalQueryEngine;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.query.QueryEngine;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanTransaction;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.TitanManagement;
+
+public abstract class TransactionalGraphEngine {
+	
+	protected GraphSingleton singleton = null;
+	protected QueryEngine queryEngine = null;
+	protected QueryBuilder queryBuilder = null;
+	protected QueryStyle style = null;
+	protected final DBConnectionType connectionType;
+	protected final Loader loader;
+	protected TitanTransaction currentTx = null;
+	protected GraphTraversalSource currentTraversal = null;
+	protected GraphTraversalSource readOnlyTraversal = null;
+	private final Admin admin;
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new transactional graph engine.
+	 *
+	 * @param style the style
+	 * @param loader the loader
+	 */
+	public TransactionalGraphEngine (QueryStyle style, Loader loader, DBConnectionType connectionType, GraphSingleton singleton) {
+		this.loader = loader;
+		this.style = style;
+		this.singleton = singleton;
+		this.connectionType = connectionType;
+		admin = new Admin();
+		
+	}
+	
+	public TransactionalGraphEngine (QueryStyle style, Loader loader) {
+		this.loader = loader;
+		this.style = style;
+		this.connectionType = DBConnectionType.REALTIME;
+		admin = new Admin();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the list property.
+	 *
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @param name the name
+	 * @param obj the obj
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 */
+	public abstract boolean setListProperty(Vertex v, String name, List<?> obj);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the list property.
+	 *
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @param name the name
+	 * @return the list property
+	 */
+	public abstract List<Object> getListProperty(Vertex v, String name);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the graph.
+	 *
+	 * @return the graph
+	 */
+	private TitanGraph getGraph() {
+		return singleton.getTxGraph(this.connectionType);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the count.
+	 *
+	 * @return the count
+	 */
+	public AtomicInteger getCount() {
+		return singleton.getCount();
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the query engine.
+	 *
+	 * @return the query engine
+	 */
+	public QueryEngine getQueryEngine() {
+		QueryEngine engine = null;
+		if (style.equals(QueryStyle.GREMLIN_TRAVERSAL)) {
+			//this.queryEngine = new GremlinQueryEngine(this);
+		} else if (style.equals(QueryStyle.GREMLIN_UNIQUE)) {
+			//this.queryEngine = new GremlinQueryEngine(this);
+		} else if (style.equals(QueryStyle.GREMLINPIPELINE_TRAVERSAL)) {
+			//this.queryEngine = new GremlinPipelineQueryEngine(this);
+		} else if (style.equals(QueryStyle.TRAVERSAL)) {
+			
+			return new GraphTraversalQueryEngine(this.asAdmin().getTraversalSource());
+			
+		} else {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Query Engine type not recognized");
+		}
+		
+		return engine;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the query builder.
+	 *
+	 * @return the query builder
+	 */
+	public QueryBuilder getQueryBuilder() {
+		return getQueryBuilder(this.loader);
+	}
+	
+	public QueryBuilder getQueryBuilder(Loader loader) {
+		if (style.equals(QueryStyle.GREMLIN_TRAVERSAL)) {
+			return new GremlinTraversal(loader, this.asAdmin().getTraversalSource());
+		} else if (style.equals(QueryStyle.GREMLIN_UNIQUE)) {
+			return new GremlinUnique(loader, this.asAdmin().getTraversalSource());
+		} else if (style.equals(QueryStyle.GREMLINPIPELINE_TRAVERSAL)) {
+			//return new GremlinPipelineTraversal(loader);
+		} else if (style.equals(QueryStyle.TRAVERSAL)) {
+			return new TraversalQuery(loader, this.asAdmin().getTraversalSource());
+		}  else {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Query Builder type not recognized");
+		}
+		return queryBuilder;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Gets the query builder.
+	 *
+	 * @param start the start
+	 * @return the query builder
+	 */
+	public QueryBuilder getQueryBuilder(Vertex start) {
+		return getQueryBuilder(this.loader, start);
+	}
+	
+	public QueryBuilder getQueryBuilder(Loader loader, Vertex start) {
+		if (style.equals(QueryStyle.GREMLIN_TRAVERSAL)) {
+			return new GremlinTraversal(loader, this.asAdmin().getTraversalSource(), start);
+		} else if (style.equals(QueryStyle.GREMLIN_UNIQUE)) {
+			return new GremlinUnique(loader, this.asAdmin().getTraversalSource(), start);
+		} else if (style.equals(QueryStyle.GREMLINPIPELINE_TRAVERSAL)) {
+			//return new GremlinPipelineTraversal(loader,start);
+		} else if (style.equals(QueryStyle.TRAVERSAL)) {
+			return new TraversalQuery(loader, this.asAdmin().getTraversalSource(), start);
+		} else {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Query Builder type not recognized");
+		}
+		return queryBuilder;
+	}
+	
+	public TitanTransaction startTransaction() {
+		if (this.tx() == null) {
+			this.currentTx = this.getGraph().newTransaction();
+			this.currentTraversal = this.tx().traversal();
+			this.readOnlyTraversal = this.tx().traversal(GraphTraversalSource.build().with(ReadOnlyStrategy.instance()));
+		}
+		return currentTx;
+	}
+	
+	public void rollback() {
+		if (this.tx() != null) {
+			this.tx().rollback();
+			this.currentTx = null;
+			this.currentTraversal = null;
+			this.readOnlyTraversal = null;
+		}
+	}
+	public void commit() {
+		if (this.tx() != null) {
+			this.tx().commit();
+			this.currentTx = null;
+			this.currentTraversal = null;
+			this.readOnlyTraversal = null;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public TitanTransaction tx() {
+		return this.currentTx;
+	}
+	
+	public Admin asAdmin() {
+		return admin;
+	}
+	
+	public class Admin {
+		
+		public GraphTraversalSource getTraversalSource() {
+			return currentTraversal;
+		}
+		public GraphTraversalSource getReadOnlyTraversalSource() {
+			return readOnlyTraversal;
+		}
+		
+		public TitanManagement getManagementSystem() {
+			return getGraph().openManagement();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/query/GraphTraversalQueryEngine.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/query/GraphTraversalQueryEngine.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f485b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/query/GraphTraversalQueryEngine.java
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.engines.query;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.P;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversal;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversalSource;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.__;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.step.util.Tree;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Edge;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Element;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+
+/*
+ * This class needs some big explanation despite its compact size.
+ * This controls all the queries performed by the CRUD API in A&AI. 
+ * findParents, findChildren, and findDeletable require special attention
+ *   These methods use 'repeat'. You cannot use 'emit' with repeat currently
+ *   as it is extremely buggy as of tinkerpop-3.0.1-incubating. The way around
+ *   it (for now) is to sideEffect all the vertices we traverse into an ArrayList.
+ * 
+ */
+public class GraphTraversalQueryEngine extends QueryEngine {
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new graph traversal query engine.
+	 *
+	 * @param graphEngine the graph engine
+	 */
+	public GraphTraversalQueryEngine(GraphTraversalSource g) {
+		super(g);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> findParents(Vertex start) {
+		
+		final GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> pipe = this.g.V(start).emit(v -> true).repeat(__.inE().has("isParent", true).outV());
+		return pipe.toList();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> findAllChildren(Vertex start) {
+		
+		GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> pipe =  this.g
+				.V(start).emit(v -> true).repeat(__.outE().has("isParent", true).inV());
+		
+
+		return pipe.toList();
+		
+	}
+
+	public List<Vertex> findChildrenOfType(Vertex start, String type) {
+		GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> pipe =  this.g.V(start).union(
+					__.outE().has("isParent", true).inV(),
+					__.inE().has("isParent-REV", true).outV()
+				).has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, type).dedup();
+ 
+		return pipe.toList();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> findDeletable(Vertex start) {
+		GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> pipe = this.g
+				.V(start).emit(v -> true).repeat(__.outE().or(
+						__.has("isParent", true),
+						__.has("hasDelTarget", true)).inV());
+		
+		return pipe.toList();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> findRelatedVertices(Vertex start, Direction direction, String label, String nodeType) {
+		GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> pipe = this.g.V(start);
+		switch (direction) {
+			case OUT:
+				pipe.out(label);
+				break;
+			case IN:
+				pipe.in(label);
+				break;
+			case BOTH:
+				pipe.both(label);
+				break;
+			 default:
+				break;
+		}
+		
+		pipe.has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, nodeType).dedup();
+		return pipe.toList();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Tree<Element> findSubGraph(Vertex start, int iterations, boolean nodeOnly) {
+		final GraphTraversal<Vertex, ?> t = this.g.V(start).emit(v -> true).times(iterations).repeat(
+				__.outE().has("isParent", true).inV());
+			
+		if (!nodeOnly) {
+			t.union(
+					__.identity(),
+					__.bothE().has("isParent", false).dedup().otherV()
+			);
+		}
+		t.tree();
+		if (t.hasNext()) {
+			return (Tree)t.next();
+		} else {
+			return new Tree();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<Edge> findEdgesForVersion(Vertex start, Loader loader) {
+		final Set<String> objects = loader.getAllObjects().keySet();
+		GraphTraversal<Vertex, Edge> pipeline = this.g.V(start).union(
+				__.inE().has("isParent", false).has("isParent-REV", false).where(__.outV().has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, P.within(objects))),
+				__.outE().has("isParent", false).has("isParent-REV", false).where(__.inV().has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, P.within(objects)))
+			).dedup();
+		
+		return pipeline.toList();
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> findCousinVertices(Vertex start) {
+		GraphTraversal<Vertex, Vertex> pipeline = this.g.V(start).union(
+				__.inE().has("isParent", false).has("isParent-REV", false),
+				__.outE().has("isParent", false).has("isParent-REV", false)).otherV().dedup();
+				
+		return pipeline.toList();
+	}
+	
+}
+
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/query/GremlinPipelineQueryEngine.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/query/GremlinPipelineQueryEngine.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..adf5d405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/query/GremlinPipelineQueryEngine.java
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.engines.query;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
+import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.Direction;
+import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.TransactionalGraph;
+import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.Vertex;
+import com.tinkerpop.gremlin.java.GremlinPipeline;
+import com.tinkerpop.pipes.IdentityPipe;
+import com.tinkerpop.pipes.PipeFunction;
+import com.tinkerpop.pipes.branch.LoopPipe;
+
+public class GremlinPipelineQueryEngine extends QueryEngine {
+
+	public GremlinPipelineQueryEngine(TransactionalGraphEngine graphEngine) {
+		super(graphEngine);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> executeQuery(TransactionalGraph g, QueryBuilder query) {
+		List<Vertex> results = null;
+		Vertex start = query.getStart();
+		if (start != null) {
+			results = ((GremlinPipeline)query.getQuery()).cast(Vertex.class).toList();
+		} else {
+			GremlinPipeline pipe = new GremlinPipeline(g);
+			results = process(pipe, (GremlinPipeline)query.getQuery());
+
+		}
+		return results;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> executeParentQuery(TransactionalGraph g, QueryBuilder query) {
+		List<Vertex> results = null;
+		Vertex start = query.getStart();
+		if (start != null) {
+			results = ((GremlinPipeline)query.getParentQuery()).cast(Vertex.class).toList();
+		} else {
+			GremlinPipeline pipe = new GremlinPipeline(g);
+			results = process(pipe, (GremlinPipeline)query.getParentQuery());
+
+		}
+		return results;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> findParents(Vertex start) {
+		GremlinPipeline<Vertex, Vertex> pipe = new GremlinPipeline(start).as("x").inE()
+				.has("isParent", true).outV().loop("x", new PipeFunction<LoopPipe.LoopBundle<Vertex>, Boolean>() {
+
+					@Override
+					public Boolean compute(LoopPipe.LoopBundle<Vertex> argument) {
+						GremlinPipeline<Vertex, Long> pipe = new GremlinPipeline<>(argument.getObject());
+						return pipe.inE().has("isParent", true).count() == 1 || argument.getLoops() < 100;
+					}
+					
+				}, new PipeFunction<LoopPipe.LoopBundle<Vertex>, Boolean>() {
+
+					@Override
+					public Boolean compute(LoopPipe.LoopBundle<Vertex> argument) {
+						return true;
+					}
+					
+				});
+		
+		List<Vertex> results = pipe.toList();
+		results.add(0, start);
+		return results;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> findChildren(Vertex start) {
+		Set<Vertex> seen = new HashSet<>();
+		seen.add(start);
+		GremlinPipeline<Vertex, Vertex> pipe = new GremlinPipeline(start).as("x").outE().has("isParent", true).inV()
+				.except(seen).store(seen).loop("x", new PipeFunction<LoopPipe.LoopBundle<Vertex>, Boolean>() {
+
+					@Override
+					public Boolean compute(LoopPipe.LoopBundle<Vertex> argument) {
+						GremlinPipeline<Vertex, Long> pipe = new GremlinPipeline<>(argument.getObject());
+						return pipe.outE().has("isParent", true).count() >= 1 || argument.getLoops() < 100;
+					}
+					
+				}, new PipeFunction<LoopPipe.LoopBundle<Vertex>, Boolean>() {
+
+					@Override
+					public Boolean compute(LoopPipe.LoopBundle<Vertex> argument) {
+						return true;
+					}
+					
+				});
+		
+		List<Vertex> results = pipe.toList();
+		results.add(0, start);
+		return results;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> findDeletable(Vertex start) {
+		Set<Vertex> seen = new HashSet<>();
+		seen.add(start);
+		GremlinPipeline<Vertex, Vertex> pipe = new GremlinPipeline<Vertex, Vertex>(start).as("x").outE().or(
+				new GremlinPipeline(new IdentityPipe()).has("isParent", true),
+				new GremlinPipeline(new IdentityPipe()).has("hasDelTarget", true)).inV()
+				.except(seen).store(seen).loop("x", new PipeFunction<LoopPipe.LoopBundle<Vertex>, Boolean>() {
+
+					@Override
+					public Boolean compute(LoopPipe.LoopBundle<Vertex> argument) {
+						GremlinPipeline<Vertex, Long> pipe = new GremlinPipeline<>(argument.getObject());
+						return pipe.outE().or(
+								new GremlinPipeline(new IdentityPipe()).has("isParent", true),
+								new GremlinPipeline(new IdentityPipe()).has("hasDelTarget", true)).count() >= 1 || argument.getLoops() < 100;
+					}
+					
+				}, new PipeFunction<LoopPipe.LoopBundle<Vertex>, Boolean>() {
+
+					@Override
+					public Boolean compute(LoopPipe.LoopBundle<Vertex> argument) {
+						return true;
+					}
+					
+				});
+		List<Vertex> results = pipe.toList();
+		results.add(0, start);
+		
+		return results;
+	}
+	
+	private List<Vertex> process(GremlinPipeline start, GremlinPipeline pipe) {
+		
+		
+		return start.add(pipe).cast(Vertex.class).toList();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<Vertex> findRelatedVertices(Vertex start, Direction direction, String label, String nodeType) {
+		GremlinPipeline<Vertex, Vertex> pipe = new GremlinPipeline<Vertex, Vertex>(start);
+		switch (direction) {
+			case OUT:
+				pipe.out(label);
+				break;
+			case IN:
+				pipe.in(label);
+				break;
+			case BOTH:
+				pipe.both(label);
+				break;
+			 default:
+				break;
+		}
+		
+		pipe.has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, nodeType).dedup();
+		List<Vertex> result = pipe.toList();
+		return result;
+	}
+
+}
+*/
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/query/QueryEngine.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/query/QueryEngine.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bff6f082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/engines/query/QueryEngine.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.engines.query;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversalSource;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.step.util.Tree;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Edge;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Element;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+
+public abstract class QueryEngine {
+
+	final protected GraphTraversalSource g;
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new query engine.
+	 *
+	 * @param graphEngine the graph engine
+	 */
+	public QueryEngine (GraphTraversalSource g) {
+		this.g = g;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Find parents.
+	 *
+	 * @param start the start
+	 * @return the list
+	 */
+	public abstract List<Vertex> findParents(Vertex start);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Find children.
+	 *
+	 * @param start the start
+	 * @return the list
+	 */
+	public abstract List<Vertex> findAllChildren(Vertex start);
+	
+	public abstract List<Vertex> findChildrenOfType(Vertex start, String type);
+	/**
+	 * Find deletable.
+	 *
+	 * @param start the start
+	 * @return the list
+	 */
+	public abstract List<Vertex> findDeletable(Vertex start);
+	
+	public Tree<Element> findSubGraph(Vertex start) {
+		return findSubGraph(start, AAIProperties.MAXIMUM_DEPTH, false);
+	}
+	public abstract Tree<Element> findSubGraph(Vertex start, int iterations, boolean nodeOnly);
+	/**
+	 * Find related vertices.
+	 *
+	 * @param start the start
+	 * @param direction the direction
+	 * @param label the label
+	 * @param nodeType the node type
+	 * @return the list
+	 */
+	public abstract List<Vertex> findRelatedVertices(Vertex start, Direction direction, String label, String nodeType);
+
+	public abstract List<Edge> findEdgesForVersion(Vertex start, Loader loader);
+	
+	public abstract List<Vertex> findCousinVertices(Vertex start);
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/Console.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/Console.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7aaf02c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/Console.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.serialization.queryformats;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.exceptions.AAIFormatVertexException;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+
+public class Console implements FormatMapper {
+
+	@Override
+	public JsonObject formatObject(Object v) throws AAIFormatVertexException {
+		
+		JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
+		json.addProperty("result", v.toString());
+		
+		return json;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int parallelThreshold() {
+		return 100;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/Format.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/Format.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3618917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/Format.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.queryformats;
+
+public enum Format {
+	graphson,
+	pathed, id, resource,
+	simple,
+	resource_and_url,
+	console
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/FormatFactory.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/FormatFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d00b5cda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/FormatFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.queryformats;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.DBSerializer;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.utils.UrlBuilder;
+
+public class FormatFactory {
+
+	private final Loader loader;
+	private final DBSerializer serializer;
+	private final UrlBuilder urlBuilder;
+	public FormatFactory (Loader loader, DBSerializer serializer) throws AAIException {
+		this.loader = loader;
+		this.serializer = serializer;
+		this.urlBuilder = new UrlBuilder(loader.getVersion(), serializer);
+	}
+	
+	public Formatter get(Format format) throws AAIException {
+		
+		Formatter formattter = null;
+
+		switch (format) {
+			case graphson :
+				formattter = new Formatter(new GraphSON());
+				break;
+			case pathed :
+				formattter = new Formatter(new PathedURL(loader, urlBuilder));
+				break;
+			case id :
+				formattter = new Formatter(new IdURL(loader, urlBuilder));
+				break;
+			case resource :
+				formattter = new Formatter(new Resource.Builder(loader, serializer, urlBuilder).build());
+				break;
+			case resource_and_url :
+				formattter = new Formatter(new Resource.Builder(loader, serializer, urlBuilder).includeUrl().build());
+				break;
+			case simple :
+				formattter = new Formatter(new SimpleFormat(urlBuilder));
+				break;
+			case console :
+				formattter = new Formatter(new Console());
+				break;
+			default :
+				break;
+		}
+		
+		return formattter;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/FormatMapper.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/FormatMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..def68e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/FormatMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.queryformats;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.exceptions.AAIFormatVertexException;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+
+public interface FormatMapper {
+
+	public JsonObject formatObject(Object v) throws AAIFormatVertexException;
+	
+	public int parallelThreshold();
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/Formatter.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/Formatter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2bafe24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/Formatter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.queryformats;
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.exceptions.AAIFormatVertexException;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+public class Formatter {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(Formatter.class);
+
+	protected JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
+	protected final FormatMapper format;
+	public Formatter(FormatMapper format) {
+		this.format = format;
+	}
+	
+	public JsonObject output(List<Object> vertices) {
+		Stream<Object> stream = null;
+		JsonObject result = new JsonObject();
+		JsonArray body = new JsonArray();
+		if (vertices.size() >= format.parallelThreshold()) {
+			stream = vertices.parallelStream();
+		} else {
+			stream = vertices.stream();
+		}
+		
+		stream.map(v -> {
+			try {
+				return Optional.<JsonObject>of(format.formatObject(v));
+			} catch (AAIFormatVertexException e) {
+				LOGGER.warn("Failed to format vertex, returning a partial list", e);
+			}
+
+			return Optional.<JsonObject>empty();
+		}).forEach(obj -> {
+			if (obj.isPresent()) {
+				synchronized (body) {
+					body.add(obj.get());
+				}
+			}
+		});
+		
+		result.add("results", body);
+		
+		return result.getAsJsonObject();
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/GraphSON.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/GraphSON.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69bd1b24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/GraphSON.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.queryformats;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.io.graphson.GraphSONMapper;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.io.graphson.GraphSONWriter;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.graphdb.tinkerpop.TitanIoRegistry;
+
+public class GraphSON implements FormatMapper {
+
+	private final GraphSONMapper mapper = GraphSONMapper.build().addRegistry(TitanIoRegistry.INSTANCE).create();
+	private final GraphSONWriter writer = GraphSONWriter.build().mapper(mapper).create();
+	protected JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
+	
+	@Override
+	public JsonObject formatObject(Object v) {
+		OutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		String result = "";
+		try {
+			writer.writeVertex(os, (Vertex)v, Direction.BOTH);
+			
+			result = os.toString();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		
+		return parser.parse(result).getAsJsonObject();
+		
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int parallelThreshold() {
+		return 50;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/IdURL.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/IdURL.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7d641dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/IdURL.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.queryformats;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.exceptions.AAIFormatVertexException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.utils.UrlBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+
+public class IdURL implements FormatMapper {
+
+	private final UrlBuilder urlBuilder;
+	private final JsonParser parser;
+	private final Loader loader;
+
+	public IdURL (Loader loader, UrlBuilder urlBuilder) throws AAIException {
+		this.urlBuilder = urlBuilder;
+		this.parser = new JsonParser();
+		this.loader = loader;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int parallelThreshold() {
+		return 2500;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public JsonObject formatObject(Object input) throws AAIFormatVertexException {
+		Vertex v = (Vertex)input;
+		try {
+			final Introspector searchResult = this.loader.introspectorFromName("result-data");
+
+			searchResult.setValue("resource-type", v.value(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE));
+			searchResult.setValue("resource-link", this.urlBuilder.id(v));
+
+			final String json = searchResult.marshal(false);
+
+			return parser.parse(json).getAsJsonObject();
+			
+		} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Fatal error - result-data object does not exist!");
+		}
+			
+		
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/PathedURL.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/PathedURL.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dda9f4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/PathedURL.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.queryformats;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.exceptions.AAIFormatVertexException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.utils.UrlBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+
+public final class PathedURL implements FormatMapper {
+
+	private final UrlBuilder urlBuilder;
+	private final JsonParser parser;
+	private final Loader loader;
+	
+	public PathedURL (Loader loader, UrlBuilder urlBuilder) throws AAIException {
+		this.urlBuilder = urlBuilder;
+		this.parser = new JsonParser();
+		this.loader = loader;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int parallelThreshold() {
+		return 20;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public JsonObject formatObject(Object input) throws AAIFormatVertexException {
+		Vertex v = (Vertex)input;
+		try {
+			final Introspector searchResult = this.loader.introspectorFromName("result-data");
+
+			searchResult.setValue("resource-type", v.value(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE));
+
+			searchResult.setValue("resource-link", this.urlBuilder.pathed(v));
+			final String json = searchResult.marshal(false);
+			return this.parser.parse(json).getAsJsonObject();
+
+		} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Fatal error - result-data does not exist!", e);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/Resource.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/Resource.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7859719e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/Resource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.queryformats;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.DBSerializer;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.exceptions.AAIFormatVertexException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.utils.UrlBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+
+public class Resource implements FormatMapper {
+
+	private final Loader loader;
+	private final DBSerializer serializer;
+	private final JsonParser parser;
+	private final UrlBuilder urlBuilder;
+	private final boolean includeUrl;
+	
+	private Resource (Builder builder) {
+		this.parser = new JsonParser();
+		this.loader = builder.getLoader();
+		this.serializer = builder.getSerializer();
+		this.urlBuilder = builder.getUrlBuilder();
+		this.includeUrl = builder.isIncludeUrl();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public JsonObject formatObject(Object input) throws AAIFormatVertexException {
+		Vertex v = (Vertex)input;
+		JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
+		
+		if (this.includeUrl) {
+			json.addProperty("url", this.urlBuilder.pathed(v));
+		}
+		json.add(v.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE)
+											.orElse(null), this.vertexToJsonObject(v));
+		
+		return json;
+	}
+
+	protected JsonObject vertexToJsonObject(Vertex v) throws AAIFormatVertexException {
+		try {
+			final Introspector obj = getLoader().introspectorFromName(
+										v.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE)
+											.orElse(null)
+									 );
+
+			final List<Vertex> wrapper = new ArrayList<>();
+
+			wrapper.add(v);
+
+			try {
+				getSerializer().dbToObject(wrapper, obj, 1, false, "false");
+			} catch (AAIException | UnsupportedEncodingException  e) {
+				throw new AAIFormatVertexException("Failed to format vertex - error while serializing: " + e.getMessage(), e);
+			}
+
+			final String json = obj.marshal(false);
+
+			return getParser().parse(json).getAsJsonObject();
+		} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
+			throw new AAIFormatVertexException("Failed to format vertex - unknown object", e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int parallelThreshold() {
+		return 20;
+	}
+
+	private Loader getLoader() { return loader; }
+	private DBSerializer getSerializer() { return serializer; }
+	private JsonParser getParser() { return parser; }
+	
+	public static class Builder {
+		
+		private final Loader loader;
+		private final DBSerializer serializer;
+		private final UrlBuilder urlBuilder;
+		private boolean includeUrl = false;
+		
+		public Builder(Loader loader, DBSerializer serializer, UrlBuilder urlBuilder) {
+			this.loader = loader;
+			this.serializer = serializer;
+			this.urlBuilder = urlBuilder;
+		}
+		
+		protected Loader getLoader() {
+			return this.loader;
+		}
+
+		protected DBSerializer getSerializer() {
+			return this.serializer;
+		}
+
+		protected UrlBuilder getUrlBuilder() {
+			return this.urlBuilder;
+		}
+		
+		public Builder includeUrl() {
+			this.includeUrl = true;
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		protected boolean isIncludeUrl() {
+			return this.includeUrl;
+		}
+		
+		public Resource build() {
+			return new Resource(this);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/SimpleFormat.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/SimpleFormat.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..222b0922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/SimpleFormat.java
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.queryformats;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
+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.serialization.queryformats.exceptions.AAIFormatVertexException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.utils.UrlBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+
+public class SimpleFormat implements FormatMapper {
+
+	private final UrlBuilder urlBuilder;
+	private final Set<String> blacklist;
+	private final Collection<String> props = Arrays.asList(AAIProperties.AAI_URI, AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE);
+	public SimpleFormat(UrlBuilder urlBuilder) {
+		this.urlBuilder = urlBuilder;
+		this.blacklist = new HashSet<>();
+		blacklist.addAll(props);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public JsonObject formatObject(Object input) throws AAIFormatVertexException {
+		Vertex v = (Vertex)input;
+		JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
+		json.addProperty("id", v.id().toString());
+		json.addProperty("node-type", v.<String>value(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE));
+		json.addProperty("url", this.urlBuilder.pathed(v));
+		json.add("properties", this.createPropertiesObject(v));
+		json.add("related-to", this.createRelationshipObject(v));
+		
+		return json;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int parallelThreshold() {
+		return 100;
+	}
+	
+	private JsonObject createPropertiesObject(Vertex v) {
+		JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
+		Iterator<VertexProperty<Object>> iter = v.properties();
+		
+		while (iter.hasNext()) {
+			VertexProperty<Object> prop = iter.next();
+			if (!blacklist.contains(prop.key())) {
+				if (prop.value() instanceof String) {
+					json.addProperty(prop.key(), (String)prop.value());
+				} else if (prop.value() instanceof Boolean) {
+					json.addProperty(prop.key(), (Boolean)prop.value());
+				} else if (prop.value() instanceof Number) {
+					json.addProperty(prop.key(), (Number)prop.value());
+				} else if (prop.value() instanceof List) {
+					Gson gson = new Gson();
+					String list = gson.toJson(prop.value());
+					
+					json.addProperty(prop.key(), list);
+				} else {
+					//throw exception?
+					return null;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return json;
+	}
+	
+	private JsonArray createRelationshipObject(Vertex v) throws AAIFormatVertexException {
+		JsonArray jarray = new JsonArray();
+		Iterator<Vertex> iter = v.vertices(Direction.BOTH);
+		
+		while (iter.hasNext()) {
+			Vertex related = iter.next();
+			
+			JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
+			json.addProperty("id", related.id().toString());
+			json.addProperty("node-type", related.<String>value(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE));
+			json.addProperty("url", this.urlBuilder.pathed(related));
+			jarray.add(json);
+		}
+		
+		return jarray;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/SubGraphStyle.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/SubGraphStyle.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fa30431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/SubGraphStyle.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.queryformats;
+
+public enum SubGraphStyle {
+	star,
+	prune,
+	no_op
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/exceptions/AAIFormatVertexException.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/exceptions/AAIFormatVertexException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..692f4f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/exceptions/AAIFormatVertexException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.queryformats.exceptions;
+
+public class AAIFormatVertexException extends Exception {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -5814240841844624097L;
+
+	public AAIFormatVertexException() {}
+
+	public AAIFormatVertexException(String message) {
+		super(message);
+	}
+
+	public AAIFormatVertexException(Throwable cause) {
+		super(cause);
+	}
+
+	public AAIFormatVertexException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super(message, cause);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/utils/UrlBuilder.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/utils/UrlBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c79d24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/queryformats/utils/UrlBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.queryformats.utils;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Version;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.DBSerializer;
+import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.exceptions.AAIFormatVertexException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIApiServerURLBase;
+import org.openecomp.aai.workarounds.LegacyURITransformer;
+
+public class UrlBuilder {
+
+	private final DBSerializer serializer;
+	private final Version version;
+	private final String serverBase;
+
+	public UrlBuilder (Version version, DBSerializer serializer) throws AAIException {
+		this.serializer = serializer;
+		this.version = version;
+		this.serverBase = AAIApiServerURLBase.get(AAIProperties.LATEST);
+	}
+	
+	public String pathed(Vertex v) throws AAIFormatVertexException {
+
+		try {
+			final StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+			final URI uri = this.serializer.getURIForVertex(v);
+	
+			result.append(this.serverBase);
+			result.append(this.version);
+			result.append(uri.getRawPath());
+	
+			return result.toString();
+		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException | IllegalArgumentException | SecurityException e) {
+			throw new AAIFormatVertexException(e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public String id(Vertex v) {
+		final StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+
+		result.append("/resources/id/" + v.id());
+		result.insert(0, this.version);
+		result.insert(0, this.serverBase);
+
+		return result.toString();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/tinkerpop/TreeBackedEdge.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/tinkerpop/TreeBackedEdge.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36fb6a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/tinkerpop/TreeBackedEdge.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.tinkerpop;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Edge;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Graph;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.util.detached.DetachedEdge;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.util.iterator.IteratorUtils;
+
+
+/**
+ * Represents a {@link Edge} that is disconnected from a {@link Graph} however, 
+ * traversals are supported as they are backed by a Tree with saturated {@link Vertex} and {@link Edge} objects.
+ * These objects are not mutable and can only be used to read information out.
+ *
+ */
+public class TreeBackedEdge extends DetachedEdge implements Edge {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 5419650145562077538L;
+	private TreeBackedVertex inVertex;
+	private TreeBackedVertex outVertex;
+	public TreeBackedEdge(Edge edge, TreeBackedVertex inVertex, TreeBackedVertex outVertex) {
+		super(edge, true);
+		this.inVertex = inVertex;
+		this.outVertex = outVertex;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Vertex inVertex() {
+		return this.inVertex;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Vertex outVertex() {
+		return this.outVertex;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Iterator<Vertex> bothVertices() {
+		return this.vertices(Direction.BOTH);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Iterator<Vertex> vertices(Direction direction) {
+		 switch (direction) {
+         case OUT:
+             return IteratorUtils.of(this.outVertex);
+         case IN:
+             return IteratorUtils.of(this.inVertex);
+         default:
+             return IteratorUtils.of(this.outVertex, this.inVertex);
+     }
+	}
+
+
+	
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/tinkerpop/TreeBackedVertex.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/tinkerpop/TreeBackedVertex.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92655803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/serialization/tinkerpop/TreeBackedVertex.java
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.serialization.tinkerpop;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.step.util.Tree;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Edge;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Element;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Graph;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.util.detached.DetachedVertex;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a {@link Vertex} that is disconnected from a {@link Graph} however, 
+ * traversals are supported as they are backed by a Tree with saturated {@link Vertex} and {@link Edge} objects.
+ * These objects are not mutable and can only be used to read information out.
+ *
+ */
+
+public class TreeBackedVertex extends DetachedVertex implements Vertex {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -976854460992756953L;
+	private final Tree<Element> tree;
+	private final Vertex self;
+	public TreeBackedVertex (Vertex v, Tree<Element> tree) {
+		super(v, true);
+		this.self = v;
+		this.tree = tree;
+	}
+	
+	 @Override
+    public Iterator<Edge> edges(final Direction direction, final String... edgeLabels) {
+		final List<Element> edges = tree.getObjectsAtDepth(2);
+		final List<Tree<Element>> trees = tree.getTreesAtDepth(2);
+		final List<Tree<Element>> vTrees = tree.getTreesAtDepth(3);
+        return edges.stream().map( ele -> (Edge)ele).filter(e -> {
+			if (Direction.IN.equals(direction)) {
+				return e.inVertex().equals(self);
+			} else if (Direction.OUT.equals(direction)) {
+				return e.outVertex().equals(self);
+			} else {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}).filter(e -> {
+			boolean result = false;
+			if (edgeLabels.length == 0) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			for (String label : edgeLabels) {
+				if (label.equals(e.label())) {
+					result = true;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			return result;
+		}).map(e -> {
+			Tree<Element> eTree = new Tree<>();
+			for (Tree<Element> tree : trees) {
+				if (tree.keySet().contains(e)) {
+					eTree = tree;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			TreeBackedVertex in = null;
+			TreeBackedVertex out = null;
+			if (e.inVertex().equals(self)) {
+				in = this;
+				out = this.createForVertex(e.outVertex(), vTrees);
+			} else if (e.outVertex().equals(self)) {
+				out = this;
+				in = this.createForVertex(e.inVertex(), vTrees);
+			}
+			return (Edge)new TreeBackedEdge(e, in, out);
+		}).iterator();
+
+    }
+	 
+	private TreeBackedVertex createForVertex(Vertex v, List<Tree<Element>> trees) {
+		Tree<Element> vTree = new Tree<>();
+		for (Tree<Element> tree : trees) {
+			if (tree.keySet().contains(v)) {
+				vTree = tree;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return new TreeBackedVertex((Vertex)vTree.keySet().iterator().next(), vTree);
+	}
+    @Override
+    public Iterator<Vertex> vertices(final Direction direction, final String... labels) {
+    	final List<Tree<Element>> vertexElements = tree.getTreesAtDepth(3);
+		final List<Element> edgeElements = tree.getObjectsAtDepth(2);
+		return edgeElements.stream().map( ele -> (Edge)ele).filter(e -> {
+			boolean result = false;
+			if (labels.length == 0) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			for (String label : labels) {
+				if (label.equals(e.label())) {
+					result = true;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			return result;
+		}).filter(e -> {
+			if (Direction.IN.equals(direction) && e.inVertex().equals(self)) {
+				return true;
+			} else if (Direction.OUT.equals(direction) && e.outVertex().equals(self)) {
+				return true;
+			} else if (Direction.BOTH.equals(direction)){
+				return true;
+			} else {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}).map(e -> {
+			final List<Vertex> list;
+			if (Direction.IN.equals(direction)) {
+				list = Collections.singletonList(e.outVertex());
+			} else if (Direction.OUT.equals(direction)){
+				list = Collections.singletonList(e.inVertex());
+			} else {
+				list = new ArrayList<>();
+				Iterator<Vertex> itr = e.bothVertices();
+				while (itr.hasNext()) {
+    				list.add(itr.next());
+				}
+			}
+			return list;
+			
+		}).flatMap(list -> list.stream()).map(v -> {
+			Tree<Element> vTree = new Tree<Element>();
+			for (Tree<Element> tree : vertexElements) {
+				if (tree.keySet().contains(v)) {
+					vTree = tree;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			return (Vertex)new TreeBackedVertex(v, vTree);
+		}).iterator();
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/tasks/ScheduledTasks.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/tasks/ScheduledTasks.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7cb17cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/tasks/ScheduledTasks.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.tasks;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.comparator.LastModifiedFileComparator;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.LoggingContext;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
+@Component
+public class ScheduledTasks {
+
+	private static EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(ScheduledTasks.class);
+
+	private static final String COMPONENT = "Scheduler";
+	private static final String FROM_APP_ID = "CronApp";
+	private static final long PROPERTY_READ_INTERVAL = 60000; // every minute
+
+	private String GlobalPropFileName = AAIConstants.AAI_CONFIG_FILENAME;
+
+	// for read and possibly reloading aaiconfig.properties and other
+	/**
+	 * Load AAI properties.
+	 */
+	// configuration properties files
+	@Scheduled(fixedRate = PROPERTY_READ_INTERVAL)
+	public void loadAAIProperties() {
+		final UUID transId = UUID.randomUUID();
+
+		LoggingContext.requestId(transId);
+		LoggingContext.partnerName(FROM_APP_ID);
+		LoggingContext.component(COMPONENT);
+
+		String dir = FilenameUtils.getFullPathNoEndSeparator(GlobalPropFileName);
+		if (dir == null || dir.length() < 3) {
+			dir = "/opt/aai/etc";
+		}
+
+		File pdir = new File(dir);
+		File[] files = pdir.listFiles();
+		Arrays.sort(files, LastModifiedFileComparator.LASTMODIFIED_REVERSE);
+		String fn;
+
+		// leave this loop here since we may want to check other configurable
+		// property files in the SAME directory
+		for (File file : files) {
+			fn = file.getName();
+			if (fn.equals("aaiconfig.properties")) {
+				Date lastMod = new Date(file.lastModified());
+				long lastModTm = lastMod.getTime();
+				Date curTS = new Date();
+				long curTSTm = curTS.getTime();
+				if (curTSTm - lastModTm < PROPERTY_READ_INTERVAL + 1000) {
+					AAIConfig.reloadConfig();
+					LOGGER.info("reloaded from aaiconfig.properties");
+				}
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIApiServerURLBase.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIApiServerURLBase.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da3bb11e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIApiServerURLBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.cxf.helpers.CastUtils;
+import org.apache.cxf.message.Message;
+import org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Version;
+
+public class AAIApiServerURLBase {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the.
+	 *
+	 * @return the string
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public static String get() throws AAIException {
+		
+		String hostName = null;
+		try {
+			Message message = PhaseInterceptorChain.getCurrentMessage();
+			Map<String, List<String>> headers = CastUtils.cast((Map) message.get(Message.PROTOCOL_HEADERS));
+			List sa = null;
+			    if (headers != null) {
+			            sa = headers.get("host");
+			        }
+
+			        if (sa != null && sa.size() == 1) {
+			            hostName = "https://"+ sa.get(0).toString() + "/aai/";
+			        }
+		} catch (Exception e) { 
+			// TODO: we may want to log an error here
+		}
+		// TODO: should this check the value a little closer and look for a pattern?
+		if (hostName == null) { 
+			hostName = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_SERVER_URL_BASE);
+			//AAIConstants.AAI_SERVER_URL_BASE;
+		}
+		return hostName;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the.
+	 *
+	 * @param v the v
+	 * @return the string
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public static String get(Version v) throws AAIException {
+		String hostName = null;
+		hostName = AAIApiServerURLBase.get();
+
+		return hostName;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIApiVersion.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIApiVersion.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56687244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIApiVersion.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import org.apache.cxf.message.Message;
+import org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+public class AAIApiVersion {
+	
+	private static final Pattern versionPattern = Pattern.compile("(^|\\/)(v\\d+)\\/");
+	
+	private static final Pattern latestVersionPattern = Pattern.compile("(^|\\/)(latest)\\/");
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the.
+	 *
+	 * @return the string
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public static String get() throws AAIException {
+		
+		String apiVersion = null;
+		try {
+			Message message = PhaseInterceptorChain.getCurrentMessage();
+			String requestURI = (String) message.get(Message.REQUEST_URI);
+			
+			if (requestURI != null) {
+				Matcher matcher = versionPattern.matcher(requestURI);
+				if (matcher.find() && matcher.groupCount() >= 2) {
+					apiVersion = matcher.group(2);
+		        }
+				if (apiVersion == null) { 
+					Matcher latestMatcher = latestVersionPattern.matcher(requestURI);
+					if (latestMatcher.find() && latestMatcher.groupCount() >= 2) {
+						apiVersion = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP, AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION);
+					}
+				}
+				
+			}
+			
+		} catch (Exception e) { 
+			// TODO: we may want to log an error here
+		}
+		// TODO: should this check the value a little closer and look for a pattern?
+		if (apiVersion == null || !apiVersion.startsWith("v")) { 
+			apiVersion = AAIConfig.get (AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP, AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION);
+			//apiVersion = AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION;
+		}
+		return apiVersion;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAICSVWriter.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAICSVWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63383194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAICSVWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+import com.opencsv.CSVWriter;
+
+/**
+ * had to overwrite the separate character to separate string
+ * Based on the public - A very simple CSV writer released under a commercial-friendly license.
+ *
+ 
+ */
+public class AAICSVWriter extends CSVWriter {
+
+	private String separatorStr;
+	private char overridequotechar;
+	private String overridelineEnd;
+	private Writer rawWriter;
+	private PrintWriter pw;
+	   
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAICSV writer.
+	 *
+	 * @param writer the writer
+	 */
+	public AAICSVWriter(Writer writer) {
+		super(writer);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+	 /**
+ 	 * Constructs AAICSVWriter with supplied separator string and quote char.
+ 	 *
+ 	 * @param writer    the writer to an underlying CSV source.
+ 	 * @param overrideseparator the overrideseparator
+ 	 * @param quotechar the character to use for quoted elements
+ 	 * @param lineEnd   the line feed terminator to use
+ 	 */
+	   public AAICSVWriter(Writer writer, String overrideseparator, char quotechar, String lineEnd) {
+	      super(writer, CSVWriter.DEFAULT_SEPARATOR, quotechar, DEFAULT_ESCAPE_CHARACTER, lineEnd);
+	      separatorStr = overrideseparator;
+	      overridequotechar = quotechar;
+	      overridelineEnd = lineEnd;
+	      this.rawWriter = writer;
+	      this.pw = new PrintWriter(writer);
+	   }
+	   
+	   /**
+   	 * String contains special characters.
+   	 *
+   	 * @param line the line
+   	 * @return true, if successful
+   	 */
+   	private boolean stringContainsSpecialCharacters(String line) {
+		      return line.indexOf(overridequotechar) != -1 || line.indexOf(DEFAULT_ESCAPE_CHARACTER) != -1 || line.indexOf(separatorStr) != -1 || line.contains("\n") || line.contains("\r");
+		   }
+	   
+	   /**
+	    * Close the underlying stream writer flushing any buffered content.
+	    *
+	    * @throws IOException if bad things happen
+	    */
+	   public void close() throws IOException {
+	      flush();
+	      pw.close();
+	      rawWriter.close();
+	   }
+	   
+	/**
+	    * Writes the next line to the file.
+	    *
+	    * @param nextLine         a string array with each comma-separated element as a separate
+	    *                         entry.
+	    * @param applyQuotesToAll true if all values are to be quoted.  false applies quotes only
+	    *                         to values which contain the separator, escape, quote or new line characters.
+	    */
+	   public void writeNext(String[] nextLine, boolean applyQuotesToAll) {
+
+	      if (nextLine == null)
+	         return;
+
+	      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(INITIAL_STRING_SIZE);
+	      for (int i = 0; i < nextLine.length; i++) {
+
+	         if (i != 0) {
+	            sb.append(separatorStr);
+	         }
+
+	         String nextElement = nextLine[i];
+
+	         if (nextElement == null)
+	            continue;
+
+	         Boolean stringContainsSpecialCharacters = stringContainsSpecialCharacters(nextElement);
+
+	         if ((applyQuotesToAll || stringContainsSpecialCharacters) && overridequotechar != NO_QUOTE_CHARACTER)
+	            sb.append(overridequotechar);
+
+	         if (stringContainsSpecialCharacters) {
+	            sb.append(processLine(nextElement));
+	         } else {
+	            sb.append(nextElement);
+	         }
+
+	         if ((applyQuotesToAll || stringContainsSpecialCharacters) && overridequotechar != NO_QUOTE_CHARACTER)
+	            sb.append(overridequotechar);
+	      }
+
+	      sb.append(overridelineEnd);
+	      pw.write(sb.toString());
+	   }
+
+	   
+	   /**
+   	 * Writes the next line to the file ignoring all exceptions.
+   	 *
+   	 * @param nextLine         a string array with each comma-separated element as a separate
+   	 *                         entry.
+   	 */
+	   public void writeColumn(String[] nextLine) {
+
+	      if (nextLine == null)
+	         return;
+
+	      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(INITIAL_STRING_SIZE);
+	      for (int i = 0; i < nextLine.length; i++) {
+
+
+	         String nextElement = nextLine[i];
+
+	         if (nextElement == null)
+	            continue;
+
+             sb.append(nextElement);
+	         
+
+	      }
+
+	      sb.append(overridelineEnd);
+	      pw.write(sb.toString());
+	   }
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIConfig.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eaea46e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.security.Password;
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Timer;
+
+
+public class AAIConfig {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(AAIConfig.class);
+	private static final String GLOBAL_PROP_FILE_NAME = AAIConstants.AAI_CONFIG_FILENAME;
+	private static Properties serverProps;
+    private static boolean propsInitialized = false;
+    
+    // this (probably) won't change between releases, put it in the config if it gets annoying...
+    private static HashMap<String,ArrayList<String>> defaultBools = new HashMap<String,ArrayList<String>>();
+    private static Timer timer = new Timer();
+    
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new AAI config.
+     */
+    // Don't instantiate
+    private AAIConfig() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Inits the.
+     *
+     * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+     */
+    public synchronized static void init() throws AAIException {
+		LOGGER.info("Initializing AAIConfig");
+		
+		ArrayList<String> genericVnfBools = new ArrayList<String>();
+		ArrayList<String> l3NetworkBools = new ArrayList<String>();
+		ArrayList<String> pserverBools = new ArrayList<String>();
+		ArrayList<String> subnetBools = new ArrayList<String>();
+		ArrayList<String> vserverBools = new ArrayList<String>();
+		ArrayList<String> vnfcBools = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+		genericVnfBools.add("in-maint");
+		genericVnfBools.add("is-closed-loop-disabled");
+		l3NetworkBools.add("is-bound-to-vpn");
+		pserverBools.add("in-maint");
+		subnetBools.add("dhcp-enabled");
+		vserverBools.add("in-maint");
+		vserverBools.add("is-closed-loop-disabled");
+		vnfcBools.add("in-maint");
+		vnfcBools.add("is-closed-loop-disabled");
+
+		defaultBools.put("generic-vnf", genericVnfBools);
+		defaultBools.put("l3-network",  l3NetworkBools);
+		defaultBools.put("pserver", pserverBools);
+		defaultBools.put("subnet", subnetBools);
+		defaultBools.put("vserver", vserverBools);
+		defaultBools.put("vnfc", vnfcBools);
+		
+        AAIConfig.getConfigFile();
+        AAIConfig.reloadConfig();
+        
+        if (AAIConstants.AAI_NODENAME == null || AAIConstants.AAI_NODENAME == "") {
+            ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_4005", " AAI_NODENAME is not defined");
+        } else {
+            LOGGER.info("A&AI Server Node Name = " + AAIConstants.AAI_NODENAME);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the default bools.
+     *
+     * @return the default bools
+     */
+    public static HashMap<String,ArrayList<String>> getDefaultBools() { 
+    	return defaultBools;
+    }
+        
+    /**
+     * Cleanup.
+     */
+    public static void cleanup() {
+		timer.cancel();
+	}
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the config file.
+     *
+     * @return the config file
+     */
+    public static String getConfigFile() {
+//        if (GlobalPropFileName == null) {
+//        	String nc = System.getProperty("aaiconfig");
+//			if (nc == null) nc = "/home/aaiadmin/etc/aaiconfig.props";
+//		    logger.info( "aaiconfig = " + nc==null?"null":nc);
+//			GlobalPropFileName = nc;
+//        }
+        return GLOBAL_PROP_FILE_NAME;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reload config.
+     */
+    public synchronized static void reloadConfig() {
+
+        String propFileName = GLOBAL_PROP_FILE_NAME;
+        Properties newServerProps = null;
+        
+        LOGGER.info("Reloading config from " + propFileName);
+        
+        try {
+            InputStream is = new FileInputStream(propFileName);
+            newServerProps = new Properties();
+            newServerProps.load(is);
+            propsInitialized = true;
+
+            serverProps = newServerProps;
+            newServerProps = null;
+        	
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
+        	ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_4001", " " + propFileName + ". Exception: "+fnfe.getMessage());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+        	ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_4002", " " + propFileName + ". IOException: "+e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the.
+     *
+     * @param key the key
+     * @param defaultValue the default value
+     * @return the string
+     */
+    public static String get(String key, String defaultValue) {
+    	String result = defaultValue;
+    	try {
+    			result = get (key);
+    	}
+    	catch ( AAIException a ) {
+    		
+    	}
+    	return ( result );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the.
+     *
+     * @param key the key
+     * @return the string
+     * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+     */
+    public static String get(String key) throws AAIException {
+    	String response = null;
+    	
+    	if (key.equals(AAIConstants.AAI_NODENAME)) {
+    		// Get this from InetAddress rather than the properties file
+    		String nodeName = getNodeName();
+    		if (nodeName != null) {
+    			return nodeName;
+    		}
+    		// else get from property file
+    	}
+    	
+    	if (!propsInitialized || (serverProps == null)) {
+    		reloadConfig();
+    	}
+    	
+    	if ((key.endsWith("password") || key.endsWith("passwd") || key.endsWith("apisecret")) && serverProps.containsKey(key+".x")) {
+    		String valx = serverProps.getProperty(key+".x");
+    		return Password.deobfuscate(valx);
+    	}
+    	
+    	if (!serverProps.containsKey(key)) {
+    		throw new AAIException("AAI_4005", "Property key "+key+" cannot be found");
+    	} else {
+    		response = serverProps.getProperty(key);
+    		if (response == null || response.isEmpty()) {
+    			throw new AAIException("AAI_4005", "Property key "+key+" is null or empty");
+    		}
+    	}
+    	return response;
+	}
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the int.
+     *
+     * @param key the key
+     * @return the int
+     * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+     */
+    public static int getInt(String key) throws AAIException {
+    	return Integer.valueOf(AAIConfig.get(key));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the server props.
+	 *
+	 * @return the server props
+	 */
+	public static Properties getServerProps() {
+		return serverProps;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the node name.
+	 *
+	 * @return the node name
+	 */
+	public static String getNodeName() {
+		try {
+            InetAddress ip = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
+            if (ip != null) {
+                   String hostname = ip.getHostName();
+                   if (hostname != null) {
+                	   return hostname;
+                   }
+            }
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Check if a null or an Empty string is passed in.
+	 *
+	 * @param s the s
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public static boolean isEmpty(String s)
+	{
+		return (s == null || s.length() == 0);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIConfigCommandLinePropGetter.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIConfigCommandLinePropGetter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8844e824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIConfigCommandLinePropGetter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+/*
+ * The script deobfuscatePW.sh needs to retrieve pws from the AAIConfig file.
+ * As AAIConfig has no main to be callable on the command line, this class helps
+ * by providing one for accessing AAIConfig that way.
+ * (AAIConfig deobfuscates pws itself, so we just need to call its .get() on the desired pw.)
+ * 
+ * This could be used to get any property from AAIConfig via the command line,
+ * not just the pws, even though it was made for pw-related needs.
+ */
+public class AAIConfigCommandLinePropGetter {
+
+	/**
+	 * The main method.
+	 *
+	 * @param args the arguments
+	 */
+	/*
+	 * usage:
+	 * AAIConfigCommandLinePropGetter propertyname
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		if (args.length != 1) {
+			System.out.println("only one property may be requested at a time");
+			System.out.println("usage: AAIConfigCommandLinePropGetter propertyname");
+		}
+		try {
+			AAIConfig.init();
+			String value = AAIConfig.get(args[0]);
+			if (value != null) {
+				System.out.println(value); //bc this utility used by a shell script so it needs the result sent to stdout
+			} else {
+				System.out.println("requested property could not be found");
+			}
+		} catch(AAIException e) {
+			System.out.println("exception:" + e.toString()); //TODO is this reasonable?
+		} finally {
+			System.exit(0);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIConstants.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIConstants.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..825a5eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIConstants.java
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+public final class AAIConstants {
+	
+	//
+	//
+	/** Default to unix file separator if system property file.separator is null */
+	public static final String AAI_FILESEP = (System.getProperty("file.separator") == null) ? "/" : System.getProperty("file.separator");
+	//
+	/** Default to opt aai if system property aai.home is null, using file.separator */
+	public static final String AAI_HOME = (System.getProperty("AJSC_HOME") == null) ? AAI_FILESEP + "opt" + AAI_FILESEP + "app" + AAI_FILESEP +"aai" : System.getProperty("AJSC_HOME"); 
+	public static final String AAI_BUNDLECONFIG_NAME = (System.getProperty("BUNDLECONFIG_DIR") == null) ? "bundleconfig" : System.getProperty("BUNDLECONFIG_DIR");
+	public static final String AAI_HOME_BUNDLECONFIG = (System.getProperty("AJSC_HOME") == null) ? AAI_FILESEP + "opt" + AAI_FILESEP + "app" + AAI_FILESEP + "aai" + AAI_FILESEP + AAI_BUNDLECONFIG_NAME : System.getProperty("AJSC_HOME")+ AAI_FILESEP + AAI_BUNDLECONFIG_NAME; 
+
+	/** etc directory, relative to AAI_HOME */
+	public static final String AAI_HOME_ETC = AAI_HOME_BUNDLECONFIG + AAI_FILESEP + "etc" + AAI_FILESEP;
+	public static final String AAI_HOME_ETC_APP_PROPERTIES = AAI_HOME_ETC + "appprops" + AAI_FILESEP;
+	public static final String AAI_V2_OUTPUT_TRANSFORMS = AAIConstants.AAI_HOME_ETC_APP_PROPERTIES + AAIConstants.AAI_FILESEP + "output" + AAIConstants.AAI_FILESEP;
+	public static final String AAI_HOME_ETC_AUTH = AAI_HOME_ETC + "auth" + AAI_FILESEP;
+	public static final String AAI_CONFIG_FILENAME = AAI_HOME_ETC_APP_PROPERTIES + "aaiconfig.properties";
+	public static final String AAI_AUTH_CONFIG_FILENAME = AAI_HOME_ETC_AUTH + "aai_policy.json";
+	public static final String AAI_MECHID_CONFIG_FILENAME = AAI_HOME_ETC_APP_PROPERTIES + "mechIds.json";
+	public static final String AAI_HOME_ETC_QUERY = AAI_HOME_ETC + "query" + AAI_FILESEP + "stored-queries.properties";
+	public static final String REALTIME_DB_CONFIG = AAI_HOME_ETC_APP_PROPERTIES + "titan-realtime.properties";
+	public static final String CACHED_DB_CONFIG = AAI_HOME_ETC_APP_PROPERTIES + "titan-cached.properties";
+	public static final String AAI_HOME_ETC_OXM = AAI_HOME_ETC + "oxm" + AAI_FILESEP;
+	public static final String AAI_EVENT_DMAAP_PROPS = AAI_HOME_ETC_APP_PROPERTIES + "aaiEventDMaaPPublisher.properties";
+
+	public static final String AAI_PROV_LOGBACK_PROPS = "prov-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_GETRES_LOGBACK_PROPS = "getres-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_DELTOOL_LOGBACK_PROPS = "deltool-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_UPDTOOL_LOGBACK_PROPS = "updtool-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_PUTTOOL_LOGBACK_PROPS = "puttool-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_POSTTOOL_LOGBACK_PROPS = "posttool-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_NOTIFYSDNCTOOL_LOGBACK_PROPS = "notifysdnctool-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_RSHIPTOOL_LOGBACK_PROPS = "rshiptool-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_LOGBACK_PROPS = "logback.xml";
+	
+
+	public static final String AAI_CREATE_DB_SCHEMA_LOGBACK_PROPS = "createDBSchema-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_PULL_INV_DATA_LOGBACK_PROPS = "pullInvData-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_DATA_GROOMING_LOGBACK_PROPS = "dataGrooming-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_DATA_SNAPSHOT_LOGBACK_PROPS = "dataSnapshot-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_SCHEMA_MOD_LOGBACK_PROPS = "schemaMod-logback.xml";
+	public static final String AAI_FORCE_DELETE_LOGBACK_PROPS = "forceDelete-logback.xml";
+
+	public static final String AAI_LOAD_DATA_DHV_LOGBACK_PROPS = "loadDataForDHV-logback.xml";
+
+	public static final String AVPN_INTERIM_LAG_INTERFACE = "aai.avpn.interim.laginterface"; 
+	
+	public static final String AAI_TRUSTSTORE_FILENAME = "aai.truststore.filename";
+	public static final String AAI_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWD = "aai.truststore.passwd";
+	public static final String AAI_KEYSTORE_FILENAME = "aai.keystore.filename";
+	public static final String AAI_KEYSTORE_PASSWD = "aai.keystore.passwd";
+	
+	public static final String AAI_OLDSERVER_URL_BASE = "aai.oldserver.url.base";
+	public static final String AAI_SERVER_URL_BASE = "aai.server.url.base";
+	public static final String AAI_SERVER_URL = "aai.server.url";
+	public static final String AAI_OLDSERVER_URL = "aai.oldserver.url";
+	public static final String AAI_GLOBAL_CALLBACK_URL = "aai.global.callback.url";
+	
+	public static final String AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION = "v7";
+	public static final String AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP = "aai.default.api.version";
+	public static final String AAI_NOTIFICATION_CURRENT_VERSION = "aai.notification.current.version";
+	
+    public static final String AAI_NODENAME = "aai.config.nodename";
+
+    public static final String AAI_LOGGING_HBASE_INTERCEPTOR = "aai.logging.hbase.interceptor";
+    public static final String AAI_LOGGING_HBASE_ENABLED = "aai.logging.hbase.enabled";
+    public static final String AAI_LOGGING_HBASE_LOGREQUEST = "aai.logging.hbase.logrequest";
+    public static final String AAI_LOGGING_HBASE_LOGRESPONSE = "aai.logging.hbase.logresponse";
+    
+    public static final String AAI_LOGGING_TRACE_ENABLED = "aai.logging.trace.enabled";
+    public static final String AAI_LOGGING_TRACE_LOGREQUEST = "aai.logging.trace.logrequest";
+    public static final String AAI_LOGGING_TRACE_LOGRESPONSE = "aai.logging.trace.logresponse";
+    
+    public static final String AAI_CONFIG_CHECKINGTIME = "aai.config.checktime";
+    public static final String AAI_DBMODEL_FILENAME = "aai.dbmodel.filename";
+    public static final String AAI_RESVERSION_ENABLEFLAG = "aai.resourceversion.enableflag";
+
+    public static final String ECM_OPENSTACK_TENANTID = "ecm.openstack.tenantid";
+
+	public static final String HBASE_TABLE_NAME = "hbase.table.name";
+	public static final String HBASE_NOTIFICATION_TABLE_NAME = "hbase.notificationTable.name";
+	public static final String HBASE_TABLE_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = "hbase.table.timestamp.format";
+	public static final String HBASE_CONFIGURATION_ZOOKEEPER_QUORUM = "hbase.zookeeper.quorum";
+	public static final String HBASE_CONFIGURATION_ZOOKEEPER_CLIENTPORT = "hbase.zookeeper.property.clientPort";
+	public static final String HBASE_ZOOKEEPER_ZNODE_PARENT = "hbase.zookeeper.znode.parent";
+	public static final String ZOOKEEPER_ZNODE_PARENT = "zookeeper.znode.parent";
+	
+	public static final int AAI_MAX_TRANS_RETRIES = 5;
+	public static final long AAI_TRANS_RETRY_SLEEP_MSEC = 500;
+	
+	public static final int AAI_GROOMING_DEFAULT_MAX_FIX = 150;
+	public static final int AAI_GROOMING_DEFAULT_SLEEP_MINUTES = 7;
+	
+	public static final int AAI_DUPETOOL_DEFAULT_MAX_FIX = 25;
+	public static final int AAI_DUPETOOL_DEFAULT_SLEEP_MINUTES = 7;
+	
+	public static final String LOGGING_MAX_STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES = "aai.logging.maxStackTraceEntries";
+	
+	/** Default to skipping real-time grooming unless system property aai.skiprealtime.grooming is set to "false" */
+	public static final String AAI_SKIPREALTIME_GROOMING = (System.getProperty("aai.skiprealtime.grooming") == null) ? "true" : System.getProperty("aai.skiprealtime.grooming");
+	
+	
+	/*** UEB ***/	
+	public static final String UEB_PUB_PARTITION_AAI = "AAI";
+	public static final String UEB_PUB_AAI_VCE_INTERFACE_DATA_TOPIC = "ueb.pub.aai.vce.interface.data.topic";
+
+	
+	/** Service description for Hosted Communications */
+	public static final String AAI_SERVICEDESCRIPTION_HOSTEDCOMM = "aai.servicedescription.hostedcomm";
+
+	/** Service description for Mobility */
+	public static final String AAI_SERVICEDESCRIPTION_MOBILITY = "aai.servicedescription.mobility";
+
+	/** Service description for Mobility */
+	public static final String AAI_SERVICEDESCRIPTION_VUSP = "aai.servicedescription.vusp";
+	
+	/** Service description for Vvig */
+	public static final String AAI_SERVICEDESCRIPTION_VVIG = "aai.servicedescription.vvig";
+	
+	/** Service description for LRSI */
+	public static final String AAI_SERVICEDESCRIPTION_LRSI = "aai.servicedescription.lrsi";
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI constants.
+	 */
+	private AAIConstants() {
+		// prevent instantiation
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIMechIdConfig.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIMechIdConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d0cd74a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIMechIdConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
+import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
+public class AAIMechIdConfig {
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(AAIMechIdConfig.class);
+	private static final String mechIdConfigFileName = AAIConstants.AAI_HOME_ETC_APP_PROPERTIES + "mechid-config.json";
+	
+	public static final String SYSTEM_GFP_IP = "GFP";
+	public static final String SYSTEM_GCP = "GCP";
+	public static final String SYSTEM_DCAE = "DCAE";
+	public static final String SYSTEM_RUBY = "RUBY";
+	public static final String SYSTEM_ACTION = "ACTION";
+	public static final String SYSTEM_INSTAR = "INSTAR-LPP-AMS";
+	public static final String FILE_CLASS_GFP_IP = "GFP-IP";
+	public static final String FILE_CLASS_INSTAR = "INSTAR-LPP-AMS";
+	
+	public static HashMap<String, String> mechIdtoSystem = new HashMap<String, String>();
+	public static HashMap<String, ArrayList<String>> fileClassToMechId = new HashMap<String, ArrayList<String>>();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Inits the.
+	 *
+	 * @param tId the t id
+	 * @param appId the app id
+	 * @param logger the logger
+	 */
+	public static void init() {
+		LOGGER.debug("Initializing AAIMechIdConfig");
+		Boolean enable;
+		String systemMechId = "";
+		JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
+		
+		try {
+			Object obj = parser.parse(new FileReader(mechIdConfigFileName));
+			JSONObject jsonObject = (JSONObject) obj;
+			JSONObject mechIds = (JSONObject) jsonObject.get("mech-ids");
+			
+			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+			Set<String> systemSet = mechIds.keySet();
+			for (String system : systemSet) {
+				JSONObject systemJsonObj = (JSONObject) mechIds.get(system);
+				systemMechId = (String) systemJsonObj.get("mechid");
+				enable = (Boolean) systemJsonObj.get("enable");
+				if (systemMechId != null && !systemMechId.isEmpty() && enable != null && enable == true) {
+					mechIdtoSystem.put(systemMechId, system);
+					JSONArray fileClasses = (JSONArray) systemJsonObj.get("file-classes");
+					if (fileClasses != null ) {
+						String fileClass = "";
+						for (Object fileClassObj : fileClasses) {
+							fileClass = (String) fileClassObj;
+						
+							if (!fileClassToMechId.containsKey(fileClass)) {
+								fileClassToMechId.put(fileClass, new ArrayList<String>());
+								fileClassToMechId.get(fileClass).add(systemMechId);
+							} else {
+								if(!fileClassToMechId.get(fileClass).contains(systemMechId)){
+									fileClassToMechId.get(fileClass).add(systemMechId);
+								
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			
+		} catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
+			ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_4001", 
+					" " + mechIdConfigFileName + ". Exception: " + fnfe.getMessage());
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			ErrorLogHelper.logError("AAI_4004", 
+					" " + mechIdConfigFileName + ". Exception: " + e.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Transform mech id to pickup dir.
+	 *
+	 * @param systemMechId the system mech id
+	 * @return the string
+	 */
+	public static String transformMechIdToPickupDir(String systemMechId) {
+		String pickupDir = "";
+		if (systemMechId != null && !systemMechId.isEmpty()) {
+			pickupDir = "/opt/aaihome/" + systemMechId + "/pickup";
+			
+			if (pickupDir != null && !pickupDir.isEmpty() && new File(pickupDir).isDirectory()) {
+				return pickupDir;
+			}
+			
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIRSyncUtility.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIRSyncUtility.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b32e8882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIRSyncUtility.java
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
+
+public class AAIRSyncUtility {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(AAIRSyncUtility.class);	
+	private final String DEFAULT_CHECK = new String("aai.primary.filetransfer.");
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAIR sync utility.
+	 */
+	public AAIRSyncUtility() {
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Do command.
+	 *
+	 * @param command the command
+	 * @return the int
+	 * @throws Exception the exception
+	 */
+	public int doCommand(List<String> command)  
+			  throws Exception 
+	{ 
+		String s = null; 
+			      
+		ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(command); 
+		Process process = pb.start(); 
+			  
+		BufferedReader stdInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
+		BufferedReader stdError = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getErrorStream())); 
+			  
+		LOGGER.debug("Here is the standard output of the command:\n"); 
+		while ((s = stdInput.readLine()) != null) 
+		{ 
+			LOGGER.debug(s);
+		} 
+			  
+		LOGGER.debug("Here is the standard error of the command (if any):\n"); 
+		while ((s = stdError.readLine()) != null) 
+		{ 
+			LOGGER.debug(s);
+		} 
+		return process.waitFor();
+	} 
+			    
+
+	/**
+	 * Method sendRsyncCommand.
+	 *
+	 * @param transId the trans id
+	 * @param fileName the file name
+	 */
+	public void sendRsyncCommand(String transId, String fileName) 
+	{
+		String aaiServerList = null;
+		String rsyncOptionsList = null;
+		
+		try {
+			aaiServerList = AAIConfig.get(DEFAULT_CHECK + "serverlist");
+			rsyncOptionsList = AAIConfig.get("aai.rsync.options.list");
+			String enableRsync = AAIConfig.get("aai.rsync.enabled");
+			
+			if (!AAIConfig.isEmpty(enableRsync) && "n".equalsIgnoreCase(enableRsync)){
+	    		LOGGER.info("rsync not invoked for " + fileName + ": rsync is not enabled in aaiconfig.properties");
+				return;
+			}
+		} catch ( Exception e ) {
+    		LOGGER.warn( "rsync not invoked: missing aaiconfig.properties entries for rsync" );
+		}
+		
+		LOGGER.info("rsync to copy files started....");
+		
+    	ArrayList<String> remoteHostList = new ArrayList<String>();
+    	StringTokenizer serverList = new StringTokenizer( aaiServerList, "|" );
+    	String host = null;
+		try {
+			host = getHost();
+			String remoteConnString = null;
+			 
+			remoteHostList = getRemoteHostList(serverList, host);
+			LOGGER.debug("This host:" + host);
+	    	String pickUpDirectory = AAIConfig.get("instar.pickup.dir");
+	    	String user = AAIConfig.get("aai.rsync.remote.user"); 
+	    	String rsyncCmd = AAIConfig.get("aai.rsync.command");
+	    	
+	    	//Push: rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [USER@]HOST:DEST
+	    	
+	    	java.util.Iterator<String> remoteHostItr = remoteHostList.iterator();
+	    	while (!remoteHostList.isEmpty() && remoteHostItr.hasNext()) {
+	    		String remoteHost = remoteHostItr.next();
+	    		remoteConnString =user+"@"+remoteHost+":"+pickUpDirectory;
+				   
+				List<String> commands = new ArrayList<String>(); 
+			    commands.add(rsyncCmd); 
+			    StringTokenizer optionTks = new StringTokenizer( rsyncOptionsList, "|" );
+			    while (optionTks.hasMoreTokens()){
+			    	commands.add(optionTks.nextToken());
+			    }
+			    commands.add(fileName); // src directory/fileName
+			    commands.add(remoteConnString); // target username/host/path
+			    LOGGER.debug("Commands: " + commands.toString());
+			    int rsyncResult = doCommand(commands);
+			    if ( rsyncResult == 0 ) {
+			    	LOGGER.info("rsync completed for "+remoteHost);
+			    }else {
+					LOGGER.error("rsync failed for "+ remoteHost+ " with response code "+rsyncResult );
+				}
+			} 
+    	} catch ( Exception e) {
+    		LOGGER.error("no server found processing serverList for host " + host + ": " + e.getMessage() + " (AAI_4000)");
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the remote host list.
+	 *
+	 * @param serverList the server list
+	 * @param host the host
+	 * @return the remote host list
+	 */
+	private ArrayList<String> getRemoteHostList(StringTokenizer serverList, String host) {
+		ArrayList<String> remoteHostList = new ArrayList<String>();
+		String remoteHost = null;
+		while ( serverList.hasMoreTokens() ) {
+    		remoteHost = serverList.nextToken();
+    		if (!host.equalsIgnoreCase(remoteHost)){
+    			remoteHostList.add(remoteHost);
+    		}
+		}
+		return remoteHostList;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the host.
+	 *
+	 * @return the host
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	private String getHost() throws AAIException {
+		String aaiServerList = AAIConfig.get(DEFAULT_CHECK + "serverlist");
+		String hostname = null;
+		try {
+			InetAddress ip = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
+        	if ( ip != null ) {
+        		hostname = ip.getHostName();
+        		if ( hostname != null ) {
+        			if  ( !( aaiServerList.contains(hostname) ) )
+        				LOGGER.warn("Host name not found in server list " + hostname);
+        		} else
+        			LOGGER.warn("InetAddress returned null hostname");
+        	} 
+        	 
+		} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+			LOGGER.warn("InetAddress getLocalHost exception " + e.getMessage());
+    	}
+    	
+		return hostname;
+	}
+	
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98a78478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAITxnLog.java
@@ -0,0 +1,501 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.*;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.CompareFilter.CompareOp;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.Filter;
+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 java.io.IOException;
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class AAITxnLog {
+
+	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(AAITxnLog.class);
+
+	private final org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration config;
+	private HTable table = null;
+	private String tm = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new AAI txn log.
+	 *
+	 * @param transId the trans id
+	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
+	 */
+	public AAITxnLog(String transId, String fromAppId) {
+		/* When you create a HBaseConfiguration, it reads in whatever you've set
+  		into your hbase-site.xml and in hbase-default.xml, as long as these can
+  		be found on the CLASSPATH */
+
+		config = HBaseConfiguration.create();
+		
+		try {
+			config.set(AAIConstants.ZOOKEEPER_ZNODE_PARENT, AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_ZOOKEEPER_ZNODE_PARENT));
+			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);
+		} catch (AAIException e) {
+			LOGGER.warn("Missing configuration in AAIConfig: " + e.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Put.
+	 *
+	 * @param status the status
+	 * @param srcId the src id
+	 * @param rsrcId the rsrc id
+	 * @param rsrcType the rsrc type
+	 * @param rqstBuf the rqst buf
+	 * @param respBuf the resp buf
+	 * @return the string
+	 */
+	public String put(
+			String status,
+			String srcId,
+			String rsrcId,
+			String rsrcType,
+			String rqstBuf,
+			String respBuf
+			) {
+		return put ("",status,"","",srcId,rsrcId,rsrcType,rqstBuf,respBuf,false,new NotificationEvent());
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Put.
+	 *
+	 * @param tid the tid
+	 * @param status the status
+	 * @param srcId the src id
+	 * @param rsrcId the rsrc id
+	 * @param rsrcType the rsrc type
+	 * @param rqstBuf the rqst buf
+	 * @param respBuf the resp buf
+	 * @return the string
+	 */
+	public String put(
+			String tid,
+			String status,
+			String srcId,
+			String rsrcId,
+			String rsrcType,
+			String rqstBuf,
+			String respBuf
+			) {
+		return put (tid,status,"","",srcId,rsrcId,rsrcType,rqstBuf,respBuf,false,new NotificationEvent());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Put.
+	 *
+	 * @param tid the tid
+	 * @param status the status
+	 * @param rqstTm the rqst tm
+	 * @param respTm the resp tm
+	 * @param srcId the src id
+	 * @param rsrcId the rsrc id
+	 * @param rsrcType the rsrc type
+	 * @param rqstBuf the rqst buf
+	 * @param respBuf the resp buf
+	 * @return the string
+	 */
+	public String put(
+			String tid,
+			String status,
+			String rqstTm,
+			String respTm,
+			String srcId,
+			String rsrcId,
+			String rsrcType,
+			String rqstBuf,
+			String respBuf
+			) { 
+			return put (tid,status,"","",srcId,rsrcId,rsrcType,rqstBuf,respBuf,false,new NotificationEvent());
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Put.
+	 *
+	 * @param tid the tid
+	 * @param status the status
+	 * @param rqstTm the rqst tm
+	 * @param respTm the resp tm
+	 * @param srcId the src id
+	 * @param rsrcId the rsrc id
+	 * @param rsrcType the rsrc type
+	 * @param rqstBuf the rqst buf
+	 * @param respBuf the resp buf
+	 * @param hasNotificationEvent the has notification event
+	 * @param ne the ne
+	 * @return the string
+	 */
+	public String put(
+			String tid,
+			String status,
+			String rqstTm,
+			String respTm,
+			String srcId,
+			String rsrcId,
+			String rsrcType,
+			String rqstBuf,
+			String respBuf, 
+			boolean hasNotificationEvent,
+			NotificationEvent ne
+			) {
+
+		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);
+			tid = tm + "-";
+		} 
+		String htid = tid;
+		
+		//need to add a prefix for better hbase logging server balancing
+		htid = HbaseSaltPrefixer.getInstance().prependSalt(htid);
+		
+		if (rqstTm == null || "".equals(rqstTm)) {
+			rqstTm = tm;
+		}
+
+		if (respTm == null || "".equals(respTm)) {
+			respTm = tm;
+		}
+
+		try {
+			table = new HTable(config, AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_NAME));
+
+			Put p = new Put(Bytes.toBytes(htid));
+
+			p.add(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("tid"),Bytes.toBytes(tid));
+			p.add(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("status"),Bytes.toBytes(status));
+			p.add(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("rqstDate"),Bytes.toBytes(rqstTm));
+			p.add(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("respDate"),Bytes.toBytes(respTm));
+			p.add(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("sourceId"),Bytes.toBytes(srcId));
+
+			p.add(Bytes.toBytes("resource"),Bytes.toBytes("resourceId"),Bytes.toBytes(rsrcId));
+			p.add(Bytes.toBytes("resource"),Bytes.toBytes("resourceType"),Bytes.toBytes(rsrcType));
+
+			p.add(Bytes.toBytes("payload"),Bytes.toBytes("rqstBuf"),Bytes.toBytes(rqstBuf));
+			p.add(Bytes.toBytes("payload"),Bytes.toBytes("respBuf"),Bytes.toBytes(respBuf));
+
+			if (hasNotificationEvent == true) { 
+				String eventType = ne.getEventHeader().getEventType();
+				String eventStatus = ne.getEventHeader().getStatus();
+				
+				if (eventStatus == null) { 
+					eventStatus = AAIConfig.get("aai.notificationEvent.default.status", "UNPROCESSED");
+				}
+				if (eventType == null) { 
+					eventType = AAIConfig.get("aai.notificationEvent.default.eventType", "AAI-EVENT");
+				}
+							
+				if (ne.getEntity() != null) { 
+					PojoUtils pu = new PojoUtils();
+					p.add(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationPayload"),Bytes.toBytes(pu.getJsonFromObject(ne)));
+				}
+				if (ne.getEventHeader().getId() != null) { 
+					p.add(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationId"),Bytes.toBytes(ne.getEventHeader().getId()));
+				}	
+				
+				p.add(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationStatus"),Bytes.toBytes(eventStatus));
+				p.add(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationTopic"),Bytes.toBytes(eventType));
+			
+				if (ne.getEventHeader().getEntityLink() != null) { 
+					p.add(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationEntityLink"),Bytes.toBytes(ne.getEventHeader().getEntityLink()));
+				}
+				if (ne.getEventHeader().getAction() != null) {
+					p.add(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationAction"),Bytes.toBytes(ne.getEventHeader().getAction())	);
+				}
+			}
+			/* Once you've adorned your Put instance with all the updates you want to
+	    	make, to commit it do the following */
+			table.put(p);
+			table.flushCommits();
+			table.close();
+			return htid;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			LOGGER.warn("AAITxnLog: put: Exception", e);
+			return htid;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the.
+	 *
+	 * @param htid the htid
+	 * @return the transaction log entry
+	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+	 */
+	public TransactionLogEntry get(String htid) throws AAIException {
+
+		LOGGER.debug("In get: searching hbase config file...");
+		String tidStr = "";
+		TransactionLogEntry txObj = new TransactionLogEntry();
+
+		try {
+			table = new HTable(config, AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_NAME));
+
+			Get g = new Get(Bytes.toBytes(htid));
+
+			Result r = table.get(g);
+			byte [] tid = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("tid"));
+			byte [] status = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("status"));
+			byte [] rqstDate = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("rqstDate"));
+			byte [] respDate = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("respDate"));
+			byte [] sourceId = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("sourceId"));
+
+			byte [] resourceId = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("resource"),Bytes.toBytes("resourceId"));
+			byte [] resourceType = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("resource"),Bytes.toBytes("resourceType"));
+
+			byte [] rqstBuf = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("payload"),Bytes.toBytes("rqstBuf"));
+			byte [] respBuf = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("payload"),Bytes.toBytes("respBuf"));
+
+			byte [] notificationPayload = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationPayload"));
+			byte [] notificationStatus = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationStatus"));
+			byte [] notificationId = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationId"));
+			byte [] notificationTopic = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationTopic"));
+			byte [] notificationEntityLink = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationEntityLink"));
+			byte [] notificationAction = r.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationAction"));
+
+			table.close();
+			
+			tidStr = Bytes.toString(tid);
+			txObj.setTransactionLogEntryId(tidStr);
+			txObj.setStatus(Bytes.toString(status));
+			txObj.setRqstDate(Bytes.toString(rqstDate));
+			txObj.setRespDate(Bytes.toString(respDate));
+			txObj.setSourceId(Bytes.toString(sourceId));
+			txObj.setResourceId(Bytes.toString(resourceId));
+			txObj.setResourceType(Bytes.toString(resourceType));
+			txObj.setRqstBuf(Bytes.toString(rqstBuf));
+			txObj.setrespBuf(Bytes.toString(respBuf));
+			txObj.setNotificationPayload(Bytes.toString(notificationPayload));
+			txObj.setNotificationStatus(Bytes.toString(notificationStatus));
+			txObj.setNotificationId(Bytes.toString(notificationId));
+			txObj.setNotificationTopic(Bytes.toString(notificationTopic));
+			txObj.setNotificationEntityLink(Bytes.toString(notificationEntityLink));
+			txObj.setNotificationAction(Bytes.toString(notificationAction));
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			LOGGER.error("IOException on hbase call", e);
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_4000");
+		}
+		
+		return txObj;
+	}
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Scan filtered.
+	 *
+	 * @param startMillis the start millis
+	 * @param endMillis the end millis
+	 * @param methodList the method list
+	 * @param putFilter the put filter
+	 * @param getFilter the get filter
+	 * @param resourceFilter the resource filter
+	 * @param fromAppIdFilter the from app id filter
+	 * @return the transaction log entries
+	 */
+	public TransactionLogEntries scanFiltered(long startMillis, long endMillis, List<String> methodList,
+                                              String putFilter, String getFilter, String resourceFilter, String fromAppIdFilter) {
+
+		LOGGER.debug("Starting scanFiltered()");
+		
+		//		we should have the config ready from the constructor
+		
+		TransactionLogEntries txs = new TransactionLogEntries();
+			
+		if (config == null) {
+			LOGGER.debug("in scan: can't create HBase configuration");
+			return txs;
+		}
+		
+		try {
+			table = new HTable(config, AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_NAME));
+			Scan s = new Scan();
+			FilterList flMaster = new FilterList(FilterList.Operator.MUST_PASS_ALL);
+			FilterList methodflMaster = new FilterList(FilterList.Operator.MUST_PASS_ONE);
+			if (methodList != null) { 
+				for (String method : methodList) { 
+					Filter filt = new SingleColumnValueFilter(Bytes.toBytes("resource"),
+							Bytes.toBytes("resourceType"), CompareOp.EQUAL, Bytes.toBytes(method));
+					methodflMaster.addFilter(filt);
+				}
+				flMaster.addFilter(methodflMaster);
+			}
+			
+			if (getFilter != null) { 
+				Filter filt = new SingleColumnValueFilter(Bytes.toBytes("payload"),
+						Bytes.toBytes("respBuf"), CompareOp.EQUAL, new RegexStringComparator(getFilter));
+				flMaster.addFilter(filt);
+			}
+			if (putFilter != null) { 
+				Filter filt = new SingleColumnValueFilter(Bytes.toBytes("payload"),
+						Bytes.toBytes("rqstBuf"), CompareOp.EQUAL, new RegexStringComparator(putFilter));
+				flMaster.addFilter(filt);
+			}
+			if (resourceFilter != null) { 
+				Filter filt = new SingleColumnValueFilter(Bytes.toBytes("resource"),
+						Bytes.toBytes("resourceId"), CompareOp.EQUAL, new RegexStringComparator(resourceFilter));
+				flMaster.addFilter(filt);
+			}
+			if (fromAppIdFilter != null) { 
+				Filter filt = new SingleColumnValueFilter(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),
+						Bytes.toBytes("sourceId"), CompareOp.EQUAL, new RegexStringComparator("^" + fromAppIdFilter));
+				flMaster.addFilter(filt);
+			}
+			
+			if (flMaster.hasFilterRow()) { 
+				s.setFilter(flMaster);
+			}
+			
+			s.setTimeRange(startMillis, endMillis);
+			ResultScanner scanner = table.getScanner(s);
+
+			try {		
+				for (Result rr = scanner.next(); rr != null; rr = scanner.next()) {
+					
+					byte [] tid = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("tid"));
+					byte [] status = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("status"));
+					byte [] rqstDate = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("rqstDate"));
+					byte [] respDate = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("respDate"));
+					byte [] sourceId = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("transaction"),Bytes.toBytes("sourceId"));
+
+					byte [] resourceId = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("resource"),Bytes.toBytes("resourceId"));
+					byte [] resourceType = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("resource"),Bytes.toBytes("resourceType"));
+
+					byte [] rqstBuf = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("payload"),Bytes.toBytes("rqstBuf"));
+					byte [] respBuf = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("payload"),Bytes.toBytes("respBuf"));
+					
+					byte [] notificationPayload = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationPayload"));
+					byte [] notificationStatus = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationStatus"));
+					byte [] notificationId = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationId"));
+					byte [] notificationTopic = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationTopic"));
+					byte [] notificationEntityLink = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationEntityLink"));
+					byte [] notificationAction = rr.getValue(Bytes.toBytes("notification"),Bytes.toBytes("notificationAction"));
+					TransactionLogEntry txObj = new TransactionLogEntry();
+					String tidStr = Bytes.toString(tid);
+					txObj.setTransactionLogEntryId(tidStr);
+					txObj.setStatus(Bytes.toString(status));
+					txObj.setRqstDate(Bytes.toString(rqstDate));
+					txObj.setRespDate(Bytes.toString(respDate));
+					txObj.setSourceId(Bytes.toString(sourceId));
+					txObj.setResourceId(Bytes.toString(resourceId));
+					txObj.setResourceType(Bytes.toString(resourceType));
+					txObj.setRqstBuf(Bytes.toString(rqstBuf));
+					txObj.setrespBuf(Bytes.toString(respBuf));
+					txObj.setNotificationPayload(Bytes.toString(notificationPayload));
+					txObj.setNotificationStatus(Bytes.toString(notificationStatus));
+					txObj.setNotificationId(Bytes.toString(notificationId));
+					txObj.setNotificationTopic(Bytes.toString(notificationTopic));
+					txObj.setNotificationEntityLink(Bytes.toString(notificationEntityLink));
+					txObj.setNotificationAction(Bytes.toString(notificationAction));
+					txs.getTransactionLogEntries().add(txObj);
+				}
+			} finally {
+				// Make sure you close your scanners when you are done!
+				scanner.close();
+			}
+			table.close();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			LOGGER.warn("AAITxnLog: scan: Exception=" + e.toString());
+		}
+		
+		return txs;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Scan.
+	 *
+	 * @param htid the htid
+	 * @return the list
+	 */
+	public List<String> scan(String htid) {
+
+		List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
+		LOGGER.debug("In scan: searching hbase config file...");
+		//		we should have the config ready from the constructor
+		if (config == null) {
+			LOGGER.debug("in scan: can't create HBase configuration");
+			return list;
+		}
+
+		try {
+			table = new HTable(config, AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_NAME));
+			Scan s = new Scan(Bytes.toBytes(htid));
+			ResultScanner scanner = table.getScanner(s);
+
+			try {		
+				for (Result rr = scanner.next(); rr != null; rr = scanner.next()) {
+					list.add(rr.toString());
+					LOGGER.debug("in scan: Found row : " + rr);
+
+				}
+			} finally {
+				// Make sure you close your scanners when you are done!
+				scanner.close();
+			}
+			table.close();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+
+			LOGGER.debug("AAITxnLog: scan: Exception=" + e.toString());
+		}
+		return list;
+	}
+
+}
+
+/*
+Need to implement HBase Connection Pooling in the future.
+This is to reduce the 1 second delay during the first open of HConnection, and HTable instantiation. 
+Hbase provides the Hconnection class and the HConnectionManager class. 
+Both provifde the functionaltity similar to jdbc connection pooling 
+to share pre-existing opened connections.
+Here we should be able to use the getTable() method to get a 
+reference to an HTable instance. 
+
+ */
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIUtils.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ea39b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/AAIUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+public class AAIUtils {
+
+	/**
+	 * 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;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 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);
+	}	
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/Entity.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/Entity.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..865fe8b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/Entity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Generated;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.EqualsBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringBuilder;
+
+@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+@Generated("org.jsonschema2pojo")
+@JsonPropertyOrder({
+    "equipment-role",
+    "action",
+    "key-value-list",
+    "self-link"
+})
+public class Entity {
+
+    @JsonProperty("equipment-role")
+    private String equipmentRole;
+    @JsonProperty("action")
+    private String action;
+    @JsonProperty("key-value-list")
+    private List<KeyValueList> keyValueList = new ArrayList<KeyValueList>();
+    @JsonProperty("self-link")
+    private String selfLink;
+    @JsonIgnore
+    private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     The equipmentRole
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("equipment-role")
+    public String getEquipmentRole() {
+        return equipmentRole;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param equipmentRole
+     *     The equipment-role
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("equipment-role")
+    public void setEquipmentRole(String equipmentRole) {
+        this.equipmentRole = equipmentRole;
+    }
+
+    public Entity withEquipmentRole(String equipmentRole) {
+        this.equipmentRole = equipmentRole;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     The action
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("action")
+    public String getAction() {
+        return action;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param action
+     *     The action
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("action")
+    public void setAction(String action) {
+        this.action = action;
+    }
+
+    public Entity withAction(String action) {
+        this.action = action;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     The keyValueList
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("key-value-list")
+    public List<KeyValueList> getKeyValueList() {
+        return keyValueList;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param keyValueList
+     *     The key-value-list
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("key-value-list")
+    public void setKeyValueList(List<KeyValueList> keyValueList) {
+        this.keyValueList = keyValueList;
+    }
+
+    public Entity withKeyValueList(List<KeyValueList> keyValueList) {
+        this.keyValueList = keyValueList;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     The selfLink
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("self-link")
+    public String getSelfLink() {
+        return selfLink;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param selfLink
+     *     The self-link
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("self-link")
+    public void setSelfLink(String selfLink) {
+        this.selfLink = selfLink;
+    }
+
+    public Entity withSelfLink(String selfLink) {
+        this.selfLink = selfLink;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(this);
+    }
+
+    @JsonAnyGetter
+    public Map<String, Object> getAdditionalProperties() {
+        return this.additionalProperties;
+    }
+
+    @JsonAnySetter
+    public void setAdditionalProperty(String name, Object value) {
+        this.additionalProperties.put(name, value);
+    }
+
+    public Entity withAdditionalProperty(String name, Object value) {
+        this.additionalProperties.put(name, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return new HashCodeBuilder().append(equipmentRole).append(action).append(keyValueList).append(selfLink).append(additionalProperties).toHashCode();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (other == this) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if ((other instanceof Entity) == false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        Entity rhs = ((Entity) other);
+        return new EqualsBuilder().append(equipmentRole, rhs.equipmentRole).append(action, rhs.action).append(keyValueList, rhs.keyValueList).append(selfLink, rhs.selfLink).append(additionalProperties, rhs.additionalProperties).isEquals();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/EntityList.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/EntityList.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db685dbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/EntityList.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Generated;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.EqualsBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringBuilder;
+
+@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+@Generated("org.jsonschema2pojo")
+@JsonPropertyOrder({
+    "entity"
+})
+public class EntityList {
+
+    @JsonProperty("entity")
+    private List<Entity> entity = new ArrayList<Entity>();
+    @JsonIgnore
+    private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     The entity
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("entity")
+    public List<Entity> getEntity() {
+        return entity;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param entity
+     *     The entity
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("entity")
+    public void setEntity(List<Entity> entity) {
+        this.entity = entity;
+    }
+
+    public EntityList withEntity(List<Entity> entity) {
+        this.entity = entity;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(this);
+    }
+
+    @JsonAnyGetter
+    public Map<String, Object> getAdditionalProperties() {
+        return this.additionalProperties;
+    }
+
+    @JsonAnySetter
+    public void setAdditionalProperty(String name, Object value) {
+        this.additionalProperties.put(name, value);
+    }
+
+    public EntityList withAdditionalProperty(String name, Object value) {
+        this.additionalProperties.put(name, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return new HashCodeBuilder().append(entity).append(additionalProperties).toHashCode();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (other == this) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if ((other instanceof EntityList) == false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        EntityList rhs = ((EntityList) other);
+        return new EqualsBuilder().append(entity, rhs.entity).append(additionalProperties, rhs.additionalProperties).isEquals();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/FileWatcher.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/FileWatcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6db89ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/FileWatcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import java.io.*;
+
+public abstract class FileWatcher extends TimerTask {
+  private long timeStamp;
+  private File file;
+
+  /**
+   * Instantiates a new file watcher.
+   *
+   * @param file the file
+   */
+  public FileWatcher( File file ) {
+    this.file = file;
+    this.timeStamp = file.lastModified();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * runs a timer task
+   * @see java.util.TimerTask.run
+   */
+  public final void run() {
+    long timeStamp = file.lastModified();
+
+    if( (timeStamp - this.timeStamp) > 500 ) {
+      this.timeStamp = timeStamp;
+      onChange(file);
+    }
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * On change.
+   *
+   * @param file the file
+   */
+  protected abstract void onChange( File file );
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/GenerateXsd.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/GenerateXsd.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1668886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/GenerateXsd.java
@@ -0,0 +1,1672 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+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.StringTokenizer;
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
+import javax.xml.bind.SchemaOutputResolver;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import javax.xml.transform.Result;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression;
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException;
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.dbmodel.DbEdgeRules;
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+
+
+public class GenerateXsd {
+	static String apiVersion = null;
+	static String apiVersionFmt = null;
+	static String responsesUrl = null;
+	static String responsesLabel = null;
+	static Map<String, String> generatedJavaType = new HashMap<String, String>();
+	static Map<String, String> appliedPaths = new HashMap<String, String>();
+	static NodeList javaTypeNodes;
+	static Class<?> versionedClass;
+
+	
+	public static final int VALUE_NONE = 0;
+	public static final int VALUE_DESCRIPTION = 1;
+	public static final int VALUE_INDEXED_PROPS = 2;
+	
+	private static XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
+	
+
+	private enum LineageType {
+		PARENT, CHILD, UNRELATED;
+	}
+	private class EdgeDescription {
+		
+		private String ruleKey;
+		private LineageType type = LineageType.UNRELATED;
+		private String direction;
+		private String multiplicity;
+		private boolean hasDelTarget = false;
+
+		public String getRuleKey() {
+			return ruleKey;
+		}
+		public String getMultiplicity() {
+			return multiplicity;
+		}
+		public String getDirection() {
+			return direction;
+		}
+		public void setRuleKey(String val) {
+			this.ruleKey=val;
+		}
+		public void setType(LineageType val) {
+			this.type=val;
+		}
+		public void setDirection(String val) {
+			this.direction = val;
+		}
+		public void setMultiplicity(String val) {
+			this.multiplicity=val;
+		}
+		public void setHasDelTarget(String val) {
+			hasDelTarget = Boolean.parseBoolean(val);
+		}
+
+		public String getRelationshipDescription(String fromTo, String otherNodeName) {
+			
+			String result = "";		
+
+			if ("FROM".equals(fromTo)) {
+				if ("OUT".equals(direction)) {
+					if (LineageType.PARENT == type) {
+						result = " (is composed of "+otherNodeName;
+					} 
+				} 
+				else {
+					if (LineageType.CHILD == type) {
+						result = " (comprises "+otherNodeName;
+					} 
+					else if (LineageType.PARENT == type) {
+						result = " (comprises "+otherNodeName;
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				if ("OUT".equals(direction)) {
+					if (LineageType.PARENT == type) {
+						result = " (comprises "+otherNodeName;
+					} 
+				} else {
+					if (LineageType.PARENT == type) {
+						result = " (is composed of "+otherNodeName;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+//			if (type != null) {
+//				if (LineageType.PARENT.equals(type) && "FROM".equals(fromTo)) {
+//					if ("OUT".equals(direction)) {
+//						result = " (is composed of "+otherNodeName;
+//					} else {
+//						result = " (comprises "+otherNodeName;
+//					}
+//				} else {
+//					result = " (comprises " + otherNodeName;
+//					//					if (!(multiplicity.startsWith("One"))) {
+//					//						System.err.println("Surprised to find multiplicity "+multiplicity+" with comprises for "+ruleKey);
+//					//					}
+//				}
+//			}
+			if ("TO".equals(fromTo)) {
+				if (result.length() == 0) result = result + " (";
+				else result = result + ", ";
+
+				result = result + mapMultiplicity(fromTo);
+				if (hasDelTarget) result = result + ", will delete target node";
+			}
+
+			if (result.length() > 0) result = result + ")";
+			
+			return result;
+		}
+
+		private String mapMultiplicity(String fromTo) {
+			String result = multiplicity;
+// Below logic works if an IN switches multiplicity, which it doesn't today.
+//			if ("TO".equals(fromTo)) {
+//				if (direction.equals("OUT")) {
+//					result = multiplicity;
+//				} else {
+//					result = switchMultiplicity(multiplicity);
+//				}
+//			} else {
+//				if (direction.equals("OUT")) {
+//					result = multiplicity;
+//				} else {
+//					result = switchMultiplicity(multiplicity);
+//				}
+//			} 
+			return result;
+		}
+
+//		private String switchMultiplicity(String val) throws IllegalArgumentException
+//		{
+//			String result = null;
+//			switch (val) {
+//			case "Many2Many":
+//			case "One2One":
+//				result = val;
+//				break;
+//			case "Many2One":
+//				result = "One2Many";
+//				break;
+//			case "One2Many":
+//				result = "Many2One";
+//				break;
+//			default:
+//				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Multiplicity cannot be "+val);
+//			}
+//			System.out.println("Switched Multiplicity from "+val+" to "+result);
+//			return result;
+//		}
+	}
+	
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+	
+		if (args.length > 0) { 
+			if (args[0] != null) {
+				apiVersion = args[0];
+			}
+		}
+		boolean genDoc = false;
+		if ( args.length > 1 ) {
+			genDoc = true;
+			int index = args[1].indexOf("|");
+			if ( index > 0 ) {
+				responsesUrl = args[1].substring(0, index);
+				responsesLabel = args[1].substring(index+1);
+				//System.out.println( "response URL " + responsesUrl);
+				//System.out.println( "response label " + responsesLabel);
+				responsesUrl = "description: "+ responsesLabel + "(" +
+						responsesUrl + ").\n";
+				//System.out.println( "operation described with " + responsesUrl);
+			} else { // default
+				responsesUrl = "";
+			}
+		}
+		String oxmPath = null;
+		if ( apiVersion == null ) { 
+			// to run from eclipse, set these env, e.g. v7, \sources\aai\aaimastergit\bundleconfig-local\etc\oxm\
+			String envRev= System.getenv("OXM_REV");
+			if ( envRev != null )
+				apiVersion = envRev;
+			
+		}
+		oxmPath = System.getenv("OXM_PATH");	
+		String outfileName;
+		if ( genDoc ) {
+			outfileName = "c:\\temp\\aai.yaml";
+		} else
+			outfileName = "c:\\temp\\aai_schema.xsd";
+		if ( apiVersion != null ) { // generate from oxm
+			apiVersionFmt = "." + apiVersion + ".";
+			if ( oxmPath == null ) {
+				oxmPath = AAIConstants.AAI_HOME_ETC_OXM + AAIConstants.AAI_FILESEP;
+				//oxmPath = "\\sources\\aai\\aaimastergit\\bundleconfig-local\\etc\\oxm\\";
+			}
+				
+			File oxm_file = new File(oxmPath + "aai_oxm_" + apiVersion + ".xml");
+			String xsd;
+			File outfile;
+			if ( genDoc ) {
+				xsd = generateSwaggerFromOxmFile( oxm_file);
+				outfile =new File(outfileName);				
+			} else {
+				xsd = processOxmFile( oxm_file);
+				outfile =new File(outfileName);
+			}
+			
+			
+		    try {
+		        outfile.createNewFile();
+		    } catch (IOException e) {
+	        	System.out.println( "Exception creating output file " + outfileName);
+	        	e.printStackTrace();
+		    }
+	        try {
+	        	FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(outfile.getAbsoluteFile());
+	        	BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);
+	        	bw.write(xsd);
+	        	bw.close();
+
+	        } catch ( IOException e) {
+	        	System.out.println( "Exception writing output file " + outfileName);
+	        	e.printStackTrace();
+	        }
+			System.out.println( "GeneratedXSD successful, saved in " + outfileName);
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		JAXBContext jaxbContext = null;
+		try {
+			jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(org.openecomp.aai.domain.yang.Vce.class);
+		} catch (JAXBException e) {
+
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		SchemaOutputResolver sor = new MySchemaOutputResolver();
+		jaxbContext.generateSchema(sor);
+		
+	}
+
+	public static class MySchemaOutputResolver extends SchemaOutputResolver {
+
+		public Result createOutput(String namespaceURI, String suggestedFileName) throws IOException {
+			File file = new File("c:\\temp\\aai_schema.xsd");
+			StreamResult result = new StreamResult(file);
+			result.setSystemId(file.toURI().toURL().toString());
+			return result;
+		}
+
+	}
+	
+	public static String processJavaTypeElement( String javaTypeName, Element javaTypeElement) {
+		
+		String xmlRootElementName = null;
+
+		NodeList parentNodes = javaTypeElement.getElementsByTagName("java-attributes");
+		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+		if ( parentNodes.getLength() == 0 ) {
+			System.out.println( "no java-attributes for java-type " + javaTypeName);
+			return "";
+
+		}
+		
+		NamedNodeMap attributes;
+		
+		NodeList valNodes = javaTypeElement.getElementsByTagName("xml-root-element");
+		Element valElement = (Element) valNodes.item(0);
+		attributes = valElement.getAttributes();
+		for ( int i = 0; i < attributes.getLength(); ++i ) {
+            Attr attr = (Attr) attributes.item(i);
+            String attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+
+            String attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+            //System.out.println("Found xml-root-element attribute: " + attrName + " with value: " + attrValue);
+            if ( attrName.equals("name"))
+            	xmlRootElementName = attrValue;
+		}
+		/*
+		if ( javaTypeName.equals("RelationshipList")) {
+			System.out.println( "Skipping " + javaTypeName);
+			generatedJavaType.put(javaTypeName, null);
+			return "";
+		}
+		*/
+		
+		Element parentElement = (Element)parentNodes.item(0);
+		NodeList xmlElementNodes = parentElement.getElementsByTagName("xml-element");
+		NodeList childNodes;
+		Element childElement;
+		String xmlElementWrapper;
+
+		Element xmlElementElement;
+		String addType;
+		String elementName, elementType, elementIsKey, elementIsRequired, elementContainerType;
+		StringBuffer sb1 = new StringBuffer();
+		if ( xmlElementNodes.getLength() > 0 ) {
+			sb1.append("  <xs:element name=\"" + xmlRootElementName + "\">\n");
+			sb1.append("    <xs:complexType>\n");
+			NodeList properties = GenerateXsd.locateXmlProperties(javaTypeElement);
+			if (properties != null) {
+				System.out.println("properties found for: " + xmlRootElementName);
+				sb1.append("      <xs:annotation>\r\n");
+				insertAnnotation(properties, false, "class", sb1, "      ");
+				
+				sb1.append("      </xs:annotation>\r\n");
+			} else {
+				System.out.println("no properties found for: " + xmlRootElementName);
+			}
+			sb1.append("      <xs:sequence>\n");
+			for ( int i = 0; i < xmlElementNodes.getLength(); ++i ) {
+				
+				xmlElementElement = (Element)xmlElementNodes.item(i);
+				childNodes = xmlElementElement.getElementsByTagName("xml-element-wrapper");
+				
+				xmlElementWrapper = null;
+				if ( childNodes.getLength() > 0 ) {
+					childElement = (Element)childNodes.item(0);
+					// get name
+					attributes = childElement.getAttributes();
+					for ( int k = 0; k < attributes.getLength(); ++k ) {
+						Attr attr = (Attr) attributes.item(k);
+						String attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+						String attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+						if ( attrName.equals("name")) {
+							xmlElementWrapper = attrValue;
+							//System.out.println("found xml-element-wrapper " + xmlElementWrapper);
+						}
+					}
+
+				}
+				attributes = xmlElementElement.getAttributes();
+				addType = null;
+	
+	 
+				elementName = elementType = elementIsKey = elementIsRequired = elementContainerType = null;
+				for ( int j = 0; j < attributes.getLength(); ++j ) {
+		            Attr attr = (Attr) attributes.item(j);
+		            String attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+	
+		            String attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+		            //System.out.println("For " + xmlRootElementName + " Found xml-element attribute: " + attrName + " with value: " + attrValue);
+		            if ( attrName.equals("name")) {
+		            	elementName = attrValue;
+		            }
+		            if ( attrName.equals("type")) {
+		            	elementType = attrValue;
+		            	if ( attrValue.contains(apiVersionFmt) ) {
+		            		addType = attrValue.substring(attrValue.lastIndexOf('.')+1);
+		            		if ( !generatedJavaType.containsKey(addType) ) {
+		            			generatedJavaType.put(addType, attrValue);
+		            			sb.append(processJavaTypeElement( addType, getJavaTypeElement(addType) ));	
+		            		}
+		            	}
+		            		
+		            }
+
+		            if ( attrName.equals("xml-key")) {
+		            	elementIsKey = attrValue;
+		            }
+		            if ( attrName.equals("required")) {
+		            	elementIsRequired = attrValue;
+		            }
+		            if ( attrName.equals("container-type")) {
+		            	elementContainerType = attrValue;
+		            }	
+				}
+	
+				if ( xmlElementWrapper != null ) {
+					sb1.append("        <xs:element name=\"" + xmlElementWrapper +"\"");
+					if ( elementIsRequired == null || !elementIsRequired.equals("true")||addType != null) {	
+						sb1.append(" minOccurs=\"0\"");	
+					} 
+					sb1.append(">\n");
+					sb1.append("          <xs:complexType>\n");
+					properties = GenerateXsd.locateXmlProperties(javaTypeElement);
+					if (properties != null) {
+						sb1.append("            <xs:annotation>\r\n");
+						insertAnnotation(properties, false, "class", sb1, "            ");
+						sb1.append("            </xs:annotation>\r\n");
+					} else {
+						System.out.println("no properties found for: " + xmlElementWrapper);
+					}
+					sb1.append("            <xs:sequence>\n");
+					sb1.append("      ");
+				}
+            	if ("Nodes".equals(addType)) {
+            		System.out.println ("Skipping nodes, temporary testing");
+            		continue;
+            	}
+				if ( addType != null ) {
+					//sb1.append("        <xs:element ref=\"tns:" + elementName +"\"");
+					sb1.append("        <xs:element ref=\"tns:" + getXmlRootElementName(addType) +"\"");
+				} else {
+					sb1.append("        <xs:element name=\"" + elementName +"\"");
+				}
+				if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.String"))
+					sb1.append(" type=\"xs:string\"");
+				//if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.String"))
+					//sb1.append(" type=\"xs:string\"");
+				if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.Long"))
+					sb1.append(" type=\"xs:unsignedInt\"");
+				if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.Integer"))
+					sb1.append(" type=\"xs:int\"");
+				if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.Boolean"))
+					sb1.append(" type=\"xs:boolean\"");
+				//if ( elementIsRequired != null && elementIsRequired.equals("true")||addType != null) {
+				if ( elementIsRequired == null || !elementIsRequired.equals("true")||addType != null) {	
+					sb1.append(" minOccurs=\"0\"");
+				} 
+				if ( elementContainerType != null && elementContainerType.equals("java.util.ArrayList")) {
+					sb1.append(" maxOccurs=\"unbounded\"");
+				}
+				properties = GenerateXsd.locateXmlProperties(xmlElementElement);
+				if (properties != null || elementIsKey != null) {
+					sb1.append(">\n");
+					sb1.append("          <xs:annotation>\r\n");
+					insertAnnotation(properties, elementIsKey != null, "field", sb1, "          ");
+					sb1.append("          </xs:annotation>\r\n");
+
+					if (xmlElementWrapper== null) {
+						sb1.append("        </xs:element>\n");
+					}
+				} else {
+					sb1.append("/>\n");
+				}
+				if ( xmlElementWrapper != null ) {
+					sb1.append("            </xs:sequence>\n");
+					sb1.append("          </xs:complexType>\n");
+					sb1.append("        </xs:element>\n");
+				}
+			}
+			/*
+		if (  xmlRootElementName.equals("notify") ||
+			xmlRootElementName.equals("relationship") ||
+			xmlRootElementName.equals("relationship-data") ||
+			xmlRootElementName.equals("related-to-property") )
+			
+			sb1.append("        <xs:any namespace=\"##other\" processContents=\"lax\" minOccurs=\"0\" maxOccurs=\"unbounded\"/>\n");
+		*/	
+		sb1.append("      </xs:sequence>\n");
+		sb1.append("    </xs:complexType>\n");
+		sb1.append("  </xs:element>\n");
+		}
+		/*
+		NodeList valNodes = javaTypeElement.getElementsByTagName("xml-root-element");
+		Element valElement = (Element) valNodes.item(0);
+		attributes = valElement.getAttributes();
+		for ( int i = 0; i < attributes.getLength(); ++i ) {
+            Attr attr = (Attr) attributes.item(i);
+            String attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+
+            String attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+            System.out.println("Found xml-root-element attribute: " + attrName + " with value: " + attrValue);
+            if ( attrValue.equals("name"))
+            	xmlRootElementName = attrValue;
+		}
+		*/
+		
+		if ( xmlElementNodes.getLength() < 1 ) {
+			sb.append("  <xs:element name=\"" + xmlRootElementName + "\">\n");
+			sb.append("    <xs:complexType>\n");
+			sb.append("      <xs:sequence/>\n");
+			sb.append("    </xs:complexType>\n");
+			sb.append("  </xs:element>\n");
+			generatedJavaType.put(javaTypeName, null);
+			return sb.toString();			
+		}
+		
+		sb.append( sb1 );
+
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+	
+	private static void insertAnnotation(NodeList items, boolean isKey, String target, StringBuffer sb1, String indentation) {
+		if (items != null || isKey) {
+			List<String> metadata = new ArrayList<>();
+			
+			String name = "";
+			String value = "";
+			Element item = null;
+			if (isKey) {
+				metadata.add("isKey=true");
+			}
+			if (items != null) {
+				for (int i = 0; i < items.getLength(); i++) {
+					item = (Element)items.item(i);
+					name = item.getAttribute("name");
+					value = item.getAttribute("value");
+					if (name.equals("abstract")) {
+						name = "isAbstract";
+					} else if (name.equals("extends")) {
+						name = "extendsFrom";
+					}
+					metadata.add(name + "=\"" + value.replaceAll("&",  "&amp;") + "\"");
+					System.out.println("property name: " + name);
+	
+				}
+			}
+			sb1.append(
+					indentation + "  <xs:appinfo>\r\n" + 
+							indentation + "    <annox:annotate target=\""+target+"\">@org.openecomp.aai.annotations.Metadata(" + Joiner.on(",").join(metadata) + ")</annox:annotate>\r\n" + 
+							indentation + "  </xs:appinfo>\r\n");
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private static Element getJavaTypeElement( String javaTypeName )
+	{
+		
+		String attrName, attrValue;
+		Attr attr;
+		Element javaTypeElement;
+		for ( int i = 0; i < javaTypeNodes.getLength(); ++ i ) {
+			javaTypeElement = (Element) javaTypeNodes.item(i);
+			NamedNodeMap attributes = javaTypeElement.getAttributes();
+			for ( int j = 0; j < attributes.getLength(); ++j ) {
+	            attr = (Attr) attributes.item(j);
+	            attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+	            attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+	            if ( attrName.equals("name") && attrValue.equals(javaTypeName))
+	            	return javaTypeElement;
+			}
+		}
+		System.out.println( "oxm file format error, missing java-type " + javaTypeName);
+		return (Element) null;
+	}
+	
+	private static Element getJavaTypeElementSwagger( String javaTypeName )
+	{
+		
+		String attrName, attrValue;
+		Attr attr;
+		Element javaTypeElement;
+		for ( int i = 0; i < javaTypeNodes.getLength(); ++ i ) {
+			javaTypeElement = (Element) javaTypeNodes.item(i);
+			NamedNodeMap attributes = javaTypeElement.getAttributes();
+			for ( int j = 0; j < attributes.getLength(); ++j ) {
+	            attr = (Attr) attributes.item(j);
+	            attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+	            attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+	            if ( attrName.equals("name") && attrValue.equals(javaTypeName))
+	            	return javaTypeElement;
+			}
+		}
+		System.out.println( "oxm file format error, missing java-type " + javaTypeName);
+		return (Element) null;
+	}
+	private static String getXmlRootElementName( String javaTypeName )
+	{
+		
+		String attrName, attrValue;
+		Attr attr;
+		Element javaTypeElement;
+		for ( int i = 0; i < javaTypeNodes.getLength(); ++ i ) {
+			javaTypeElement = (Element) javaTypeNodes.item(i);
+			NamedNodeMap attributes = javaTypeElement.getAttributes();
+			for ( int j = 0; j < attributes.getLength(); ++j ) {
+	            attr = (Attr) attributes.item(j);
+	            attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+	            attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+	            if ( attrName.equals("name") && attrValue.equals(javaTypeName)) {
+	        		NodeList valNodes = javaTypeElement.getElementsByTagName("xml-root-element");
+	        		Element valElement = (Element) valNodes.item(0);
+	        		attributes = valElement.getAttributes();
+	        		for ( int k = 0; k < attributes.getLength(); ++k ) {
+	                    attr = (Attr) attributes.item(k);
+	                    attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+
+	                    attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+	                    //System.out.println("Found xml-root-element attribute: " + attrName + " with value: " + attrValue);
+	                    if ( attrName.equals("name"))
+	                    	return (attrValue);
+	        		}
+	            }
+			}
+		}
+		System.out.println( "oxm file format error, missing java-type " + javaTypeName);
+		return null;
+	}	
+	
+	
+	public static String processOxmFile( File oxmFile )
+	{
+		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+		sb.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n");
+		String namespace = "org.openecomp";
+		sb.append("<xs:schema elementFormDefault=\"qualified\" version=\"1.0\" targetNamespace=\"http://" + namespace + ".aai.inventory/" 
+				+ apiVersion + "\" xmlns:tns=\"http://" + namespace + ".aai.inventory/" + apiVersion + "\" xmlns:xs=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\""
+						+ "\n"
+						+ "xmlns:jaxb=\"http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb\"\r\n" + 
+						"    jaxb:version=\"2.1\" \r\n" + 
+						"    xmlns:annox=\"http://annox.dev.java.net\" \r\n" + 
+						"    jaxb:extensionBindingPrefixes=\"annox\">\n\n");
+
+		try {
+		    
+		    DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+		    dbFactory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
+		    DocumentBuilder dBuilder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
+		    Document doc = dBuilder.parse(oxmFile);
+
+		    NodeList bindingsNodes = doc.getElementsByTagName("xml-bindings");
+			Element bindingElement;
+			NodeList javaTypesNodes;
+			Element javaTypesElement;
+			
+			Element javaTypeElement;
+
+			
+			if ( bindingsNodes == null || bindingsNodes.getLength() == 0 ) {
+				System.out.println( "missing <binding-nodes> in " + oxmFile );
+				return null;
+			}	    
+			
+			bindingElement = (Element) bindingsNodes.item(0);
+			javaTypesNodes = bindingElement.getElementsByTagName("java-types");
+			if ( javaTypesNodes.getLength() < 1 ) {
+				System.out.println( "missing <binding-nodes><java-types> in " + oxmFile );
+				return null;
+			}
+			javaTypesElement = (Element) javaTypesNodes.item(0);
+			javaTypeNodes = javaTypesElement.getElementsByTagName("java-type");
+			if ( javaTypeNodes.getLength() < 1 ) {
+				System.out.println( "missing <binding-nodes><java-types><java-type> in " + oxmFile );
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			String javaTypeName;
+			String attrName, attrValue;
+			Attr attr;
+			for ( int i = 0; i < javaTypeNodes.getLength(); ++ i ) {
+				javaTypeElement = (Element) javaTypeNodes.item(i);
+				NamedNodeMap attributes = javaTypeElement.getAttributes();
+				javaTypeName = null;
+				for ( int j = 0; j < attributes.getLength(); ++j ) {
+		            attr = (Attr) attributes.item(j);
+		            attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+		            attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+		            if ( attrName.equals("name"))
+		            	javaTypeName = attrValue;
+				}
+				if ( javaTypeName == null ) {
+					System.out.println( "<java-type> has no name attribute in " + oxmFile );
+					return null;
+				}
+				if ("Nodes".equals(javaTypeName)) {
+					System.out.println("skipping Nodes entry (temporary feature)");
+					continue;
+				}
+				if ( !generatedJavaType.containsKey(javaTypeName) ) {
+					generatedJavaType.put(javaTypeName, null);
+					sb.append(processJavaTypeElement( javaTypeName, javaTypeElement ));
+				}
+			}
+				
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return null;
+		}
+		sb.append("</xs:schema>\n");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isStandardType( String elementType )
+	{
+		switch ( elementType ) {
+		case "java.lang.String":
+		case "java.lang.Long":
+		case "java.lang.Integer":
+		case"java.lang.Boolean":
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	private static Vector<String> getIndexedProps( String attrValue )
+	{
+		if ( attrValue == null )
+			return null;
+		StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer( attrValue, ",");
+		if ( st.countTokens() ==  0 )
+			return null;
+		Vector<String> result = new Vector<String>();
+		while ( st.hasMoreTokens()) {
+			result.add(st.nextToken());
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	private static Class<?> getEdgeRulesClass() throws ClassNotFoundException {
+		Class<?> result = null;
+		
+		// If a class matching the apiVersion exists, we are generating documentation for a prior release
+		// Otherwise, we're generated documentation for the current release.
+		try {
+			result = Class.forName("org.openecomp.aai.dbmodel." + apiVersion +".gen.DbEdgeRules");
+		} catch (ClassNotFoundException  ex) {
+			result = Class.forName("org.openecomp.aai.dbmodel.DbEdgeRules");
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Guaranteed to at least return non null but empty collection of edge descriptions
+	 * @param nodeName name of the vertex whose edge relationships to return
+	 * @return collection of node neighbors based on DbEdgeRules
+	 */
+	private static Collection<EdgeDescription> getEdgeRules( String nodeName ) 
+	{
+
+		ArrayList<EdgeDescription> result = new ArrayList<>();
+		Iterator<String> edgeRulesIterator;
+
+		try {
+
+			Field mapfield = versionedClass.getField("EdgeRules");
+			Object map = mapfield.get(null);
+			if (map instanceof Multimap<?,?>) {
+				edgeRulesIterator = ((Multimap<String,String>) map).keySet().iterator();
+			} else {
+				throw new NoSuchFieldException ("Didn't get back the multimap field expected");
+			}
+			GenerateXsd x = new GenerateXsd();
+
+			while( edgeRulesIterator.hasNext() ){
+				String ruleKey = edgeRulesIterator.next();
+				if ( ruleKey.startsWith(nodeName + "|" ) ||
+						ruleKey.endsWith("|" + nodeName)) {
+					Collection <String> edRuleColl = DbEdgeRules.EdgeRules.get(ruleKey);
+					Iterator <String> ruleItr = edRuleColl.iterator();
+					while( ruleItr.hasNext() ){		
+						EdgeDescription edgeDes = x.new EdgeDescription();
+						edgeDes.setRuleKey(ruleKey);
+						String fullRuleString = ruleItr.next();
+						String[] toks = fullRuleString.split(",");
+						if (toks != null) {
+							if (toks.length > 1) {
+								edgeDes.setDirection(toks[1]);
+							}
+							if (toks.length > 2) {
+								edgeDes.setMultiplicity(toks[2]);
+							}
+							if (toks.length > 3) {
+								if (toks[3].equals("true")) 
+									edgeDes.setType(LineageType.PARENT);
+								else if (toks[3].equals("parent")) 
+									edgeDes.setType(LineageType.PARENT);
+								else if (toks[3].equals("child")) 
+									edgeDes.setType(LineageType.CHILD);
+								else 
+									edgeDes.setType(LineageType.UNRELATED);
+							}
+							if (toks.length > 5) {
+								edgeDes.setHasDelTarget(toks[5]);;
+							}
+						}
+
+						//System.out.println( "nodeName " + nodeName + " ruleKey "  + ruleKey + " ruleString " + fullRuleString);
+						//result.add(ruleKey + "-" + fullRuleString);
+						result.add(edgeDes);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			ex.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Finds the default delete scope from DBEdgeRules
+	 * @param nodeName name of vertex whose delete scope to return
+	 * @return default delete scope of the input nodeName, null if none.
+	 */
+	private static String getDeleteRules( String nodeName )
+	{
+		String result = null;
+		Iterator<String> delRulesIterator;
+
+		try {
+
+			Field mapfield = versionedClass.getField("DefaultDeleteScope");
+			Object map = mapfield.get(null);
+			if (map instanceof Multimap<?,?>) {
+				delRulesIterator = ((Multimap<String,String>) map).keySet().iterator();
+			} else {
+				throw new NoSuchFieldException ("Didn't get back the multimap field expected");
+			}
+
+			while( delRulesIterator.hasNext() ){
+				String ruleKey = delRulesIterator.next();
+				if ( ruleKey.equals(nodeName)) {
+					Collection <String> deRuleColl = DbEdgeRules.DefaultDeleteScope.get(ruleKey);
+					Iterator <String> ruleItr = deRuleColl.iterator();
+					if( ruleItr.hasNext() ){		
+						result = ruleItr.next();
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			ex.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	public static String processJavaTypeElementSwagger( String javaTypeName, Element javaTypeElement, 
+			StringBuffer pathSb, StringBuffer definitionsSb, String path, String tag, String opId,
+			String getItemName, StringBuffer pathParams, String queryParams, String validEdges) {
+		
+		String xmlRootElementName = null;
+
+		//Map<String, String> addJavaType = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		String useTag = null;
+		String useOpId = null;
+		
+		if ( tag != null ) {
+			switch ( tag ) {
+			case "Network":
+			case "ServiceDesignAndCreation":
+			case "Business":
+			case "CloudInfrastructure":
+				break;
+			default:
+				return null;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ( !javaTypeName.equals("Inventory") ) {
+			if ( javaTypeName.equals("AaiInternal"))
+				return null;
+			if ( opId == null )
+				useOpId = javaTypeName;
+			else
+				useOpId = opId + javaTypeName;
+			if ( tag == null )
+				useTag = javaTypeName;
+		}
+		
+		NodeList parentNodes = javaTypeElement.getElementsByTagName("java-attributes");
+
+		if ( parentNodes.getLength() == 0 ) {
+			System.out.println( "no java-attributes for java-type " + javaTypeName);
+			return "";
+
+		}
+		
+		NamedNodeMap attributes;
+		
+		NodeList valNodes = javaTypeElement.getElementsByTagName("xml-root-element");
+		Element valElement = (Element) valNodes.item(0);
+		attributes = valElement.getAttributes();
+		for ( int i = 0; i < attributes.getLength(); ++i ) {
+            Attr attr = (Attr) attributes.item(i);
+            String attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+
+            String attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+            //System.out.println("Found xml-root-element attribute: " + attrName + " with value: " + attrValue);
+            if ( attrName.equals("name"))
+            	xmlRootElementName = attrValue;
+		}
+		/*
+		if ( xmlRootElementName.equals("oam-networks"))
+			System.out.println( "xmlRootElement oam-networks with getItemData [" + getItemName + "]");
+		*/
+		//already processed
+		/*
+		if ( generatedJavaType.containsKey(xmlRootElementName) ) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		*/
+		NodeList childNodes;
+		Element childElement;
+		NodeList xmlPropNodes = javaTypeElement.getElementsByTagName("xml-properties");
+		Element xmlPropElement;
+		String pathDescriptionProperty = null;
+		
+		
+		Vector<String> indexedProps = null;
+		
+		/*System.out.println( "javaTypeName " + javaTypeName + " has xml-properties length " + xmlPropNodes.getLength());
+		if ( path != null && path.equals("/network/generic-vnfs"))
+			System.out.println("path is " + "/network/generic-vnfs with getItemName " + getItemName);
+		*/
+		if ( xmlPropNodes.getLength() > 0 ) {
+
+			for ( int i = 0; i < xmlPropNodes.getLength(); ++i ) {
+				xmlPropElement = (Element)xmlPropNodes.item(i);
+				if ( !xmlPropElement.getParentNode().isSameNode(javaTypeElement))
+					continue;
+				childNodes = xmlPropElement.getElementsByTagName("xml-property");
+				
+				if ( childNodes.getLength() > 0 ) {
+					for ( int j = 0; j < childNodes.getLength(); ++j ) {
+						childElement = (Element)childNodes.item(j);
+						// get name
+						int useValue = VALUE_NONE;
+						attributes = childElement.getAttributes();
+						for ( int k = 0; k < attributes.getLength(); ++k ) {
+							Attr attr = (Attr) attributes.item(k);
+							String attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+							String attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+							if ( attrName == null || attrValue == null )
+								continue;
+							if ( attrName.equals("name") && attrValue.equals("description")) {
+								useValue = VALUE_DESCRIPTION;
+							}
+							if ( useValue == VALUE_DESCRIPTION && attrName.equals("value")) {
+								pathDescriptionProperty = attrValue;
+								//break;
+								//System.out.println("found xml-element-wrapper " + xmlElementWrapper);
+							}
+							if ( attrValue.equals("indexedProps")) {
+								useValue = VALUE_INDEXED_PROPS;
+							}
+							if ( useValue == VALUE_INDEXED_PROPS && attrName.equals("value")) {
+								indexedProps = getIndexedProps( attrValue );
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		//System.out.println("javaTypeName " + javaTypeName + " description " + pathDescriptionProperty);
+
+		/*
+		if ( javaTypeName.equals("RelationshipList")) {
+			System.out.println( "Skipping " + javaTypeName);
+			generatedJavaType.put(javaTypeName, null);
+			return "";
+		}
+		*/
+		
+		Element parentElement = (Element)parentNodes.item(0);
+		NodeList xmlElementNodes = parentElement.getElementsByTagName("xml-element");
+
+	
+		String attrDescription = null;
+
+		Element xmlElementElement;
+		String addType = null;
+		String elementType = null, elementIsKey = null, elementIsRequired, elementContainerType = null;
+		String elementName = null;
+		StringBuffer sbParameters = new StringBuffer();
+
+		StringBuffer sbRequired = new StringBuffer();
+		int requiredCnt = 0;
+		int propertyCnt = 0;
+		StringBuffer sbProperties = new StringBuffer();
+		StringBuffer sbIndexedParams = new StringBuffer();
+
+		
+		StringTokenizer st;
+		if ( xmlRootElementName.equals("inventory"))
+			path = "";
+		else if ( path == null )
+			//path = "/aai/" + apiVersion;
+			path = "/" + xmlRootElementName;
+		else
+			path += "/" + xmlRootElementName;
+		st = new StringTokenizer(path, "/");
+		/*
+		if ( path.equals("/business/customers/customer/{global-customer-id}/service-subscriptions/service-subscription"))
+			System.out.println("processing path /business/customers/customer/{global-customer-id}/service-subscriptions with tag " + tag);
+		*/
+		boolean genPath = false;
+		/*
+		if ( path != null && path.equals("/network/generic-vnfs/generic-vnf"))
+			System.out.println("path is " + "/network/generic-vnfs/generic-vnf");
+		*/
+		if ( st.countTokens() > 1 && getItemName == null ) {
+			if ( appliedPaths.containsKey(path)) 
+				return null;
+			appliedPaths.put(path, null);
+			genPath = true;
+			if ( path.contains("/relationship/") ) { // filter paths with relationship-list
+				genPath = false;
+			}
+			if ( path.endsWith("/relationship-list")) {
+				genPath = false;
+			}
+					
+		}
+		
+		Vector<String> addTypeV = null;
+		if (  xmlElementNodes.getLength() > 0 ) {
+			
+			for ( int i = 0; i < xmlElementNodes.getLength(); ++i ) {
+				xmlElementElement = (Element)xmlElementNodes.item(i);
+				if ( !xmlElementElement.getParentNode().isSameNode(parentElement))
+					continue;
+				/*childNodes = xmlElementElement.getElementsByTagName("xml-element-wrapper");
+				if ( childNodes.getLength() > 0 ) {
+					childElement = (Element)childNodes.item(0);
+					// get name
+					attributes = childElement.getAttributes();
+					for ( int k = 0; k < attributes.getLength(); ++k ) {
+						Attr attr = (Attr) attributes.item(k);
+						String attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+						String attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+						if ( attrName.equals("name")) {
+							xmlElementWrapper = attrValue;
+							//System.out.println("found xml-element-wrapper " + xmlElementWrapper);
+						}
+					}
+
+				}
+				*/
+				valNodes = xmlElementElement.getElementsByTagName("xml-properties");
+				attrDescription = null;
+				if ( valNodes.getLength() > 0 ) {
+					for ( int j = 0; j < valNodes.getLength(); ++j ) {
+						valElement = (Element)valNodes.item(j);
+						if ( !valElement.getParentNode().isSameNode(xmlElementElement))
+							continue;
+						childNodes = valElement.getElementsByTagName("xml-property");
+						if ( childNodes.getLength() > 0 ) {
+							childElement = (Element)childNodes.item(0);
+							// get name
+							attributes = childElement.getAttributes();
+							attrDescription = null;
+							boolean useValue = false;
+							for ( int k = 0; k < attributes.getLength(); ++k ) {
+								Attr attr = (Attr) attributes.item(k);
+								String attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+								String attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+								if ( attrName.equals("name") && attrValue.equals("description")) {
+									useValue = true;
+								}
+								if ( useValue && attrName.equals("value")) {
+									attrDescription = attrValue;
+									//System.out.println("found xml-element-wrapper " + xmlElementWrapper);
+								}
+							}
+
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				
+				attributes = xmlElementElement.getAttributes();
+				addTypeV = null; // vector of 1
+				addType = null;
+				
+				elementName = elementType = elementIsKey = elementIsRequired = elementContainerType = null;
+				for ( int j = 0; j < attributes.getLength(); ++j ) {
+		            Attr attr = (Attr) attributes.item(j);
+		            String attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+	
+		            String attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+		            //System.out.println("For " + xmlRootElementName + " Found xml-element attribute: " + attrName + " with value: " + attrValue);
+		            if ( attrName.equals("name")) {
+		            	elementName = attrValue;
+
+		            }
+		            if ( attrName.equals("type") && getItemName == null ) {
+		            	elementType = attrValue;
+		            	if ( attrValue.contains(apiVersionFmt) ) {
+		            		addType = attrValue.substring(attrValue.lastIndexOf('.')+1);
+		            		if ( addTypeV == null ) 
+		            			addTypeV = new Vector<String>();
+		            		addTypeV.add(addType);
+		            	}
+		            		
+		            }
+		            if ( attrName.equals("xml-key")) {
+		            	elementIsKey = attrValue;
+		            	path += "/{" + elementName + "}";
+		            }
+		            if ( attrName.equals("required")) {
+		            	elementIsRequired = attrValue;
+		            }
+		            if ( attrName.equals("container-type")) {
+		            	elementContainerType = attrValue;
+		            }	
+				}
+            	if ( getItemName != null ) {
+            		if ( getItemName.equals("array") ) {
+            			if ( elementContainerType != null && elementContainerType.equals("java.util.ArrayList")) {
+            				//System.out.println( " returning array " + elementName );
+            				return elementName;
+            			}
+            			
+            		} else { // not an array check
+            			if ( elementContainerType == null || !elementContainerType.equals("java.util.ArrayList")) {
+            				//System.out.println( " returning object " + elementName );
+            				return elementName;
+            			}
+            			
+            		}
+            		//System.out.println( " returning null" );
+            		return null;
+            	}
+				if ( elementIsRequired != null ) {
+					if ( requiredCnt == 0 )
+						sbRequired.append("    required:\n");
+					++requiredCnt;
+					if ( addTypeV != null ) {
+						for ( int k = 0; k < addTypeV.size(); ++i ) {
+							sbRequired.append("    - " + getXmlRootElementName(addTypeV.elementAt(k)) + ":\n");
+						}
+					} else 
+						sbRequired.append("    - " + elementName + "\n");
+
+				}
+
+				if (  elementIsKey != null )  {
+										sbParameters.append(("        - name: " + elementName + "\n"));
+					sbParameters.append(("          in: path\n"));
+					if ( attrDescription != null && attrDescription.length() > 0 )
+						sbParameters.append(("          description: " + attrDescription + "\n"));
+					sbParameters.append(("          required: true\n"));
+					if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.String"))
+						sbParameters.append("          type: string\n");
+					if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.Long")) {
+						sbParameters.append("          type: integer\n");
+						sbParameters.append("          format: int64\n");
+					}
+					if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.Integer")) {
+						sbParameters.append("          type: integer\n");
+						sbParameters.append("          format: int32\n");
+					}
+					if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.Boolean"))
+						sbParameters.append("          type: boolean\n");
+
+
+				} else if (  indexedProps != null
+						&& indexedProps.contains(elementName ) ) {
+					sbIndexedParams.append(("        - name: " + elementName + "\n"));
+					sbIndexedParams.append(("          in: query\n"));
+					if ( attrDescription != null && attrDescription.length() > 0 )
+						sbIndexedParams.append(("          description: " + attrDescription + "\n"));
+					sbIndexedParams.append(("          required: false\n"));
+					if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.String"))
+						sbIndexedParams.append("          type: string\n");
+					if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.Long")) {
+						sbIndexedParams.append("          type: integer\n");
+						sbIndexedParams.append("          format: int64\n");
+					}
+					if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.Integer")) {
+						sbIndexedParams.append("          type: integer\n");
+						sbIndexedParams.append("          format: int32\n");
+					}
+					if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.Boolean"))
+						sbIndexedParams.append("          type: boolean\n");
+				}
+
+			/*
+			if ( elementName != null && elementName.equals("inventory-item"))
+				System.out.println( "processing inventory-item elementName");
+			*/
+		
+			if ( isStandardType(elementType)) {
+				sbProperties.append("      " + elementName + ":\n");
+				++propertyCnt;
+				sbProperties.append("        type: ");
+
+				if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.String"))
+					sbProperties.append("string\n");
+				else if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.Long")) {
+					sbProperties.append("integer\n");
+					sbProperties.append("        format: int64\n");
+				}
+				else if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.Integer")){
+					sbProperties.append("integer\n");
+					sbProperties.append("        format: int32\n");
+				}
+				else if ( elementType.equals("java.lang.Boolean"))
+					sbProperties.append("boolean\n");
+				if ( attrDescription != null && attrDescription.length() > 0 )
+					sbProperties.append("        description: " + attrDescription + "\n");
+			}
+
+			//if ( addType != null && elementContainerType != null && elementContainerType.equals("java.util.ArrayList") ) {
+
+	        if ( addTypeV !=  null ) {
+	    		StringBuffer newPathParams = null;
+	    		if ( pathParams != null  ) {
+	    			newPathParams = new StringBuffer();
+	    			newPathParams.append(pathParams);
+	    		}
+	            if ( sbParameters.toString().length() > 0 ) {
+					if ( newPathParams == null )
+						newPathParams = new StringBuffer();
+					newPathParams.append(sbParameters);
+	            }
+	            String newQueryParams = null;
+	            if ( sbIndexedParams.toString().length() > 0 ) {
+	            	if ( queryParams == null )
+	            		newQueryParams = sbIndexedParams.toString();
+	            	else
+	            		newQueryParams = queryParams + sbIndexedParams.toString();
+	            } else {
+	            	newQueryParams = queryParams;
+	            }
+	        	for ( int k = 0; k < addTypeV.size(); ++k ) {
+	        		addType = addTypeV.elementAt(k);
+	        
+	        		if ( opId == null || !opId.contains(addType)) {
+	        			processJavaTypeElementSwagger( addType, getJavaTypeElementSwagger(addType), 
+	    					pathSb, definitionsSb, path,  tag == null ? useTag : tag, useOpId, null,
+	    					newPathParams, newQueryParams, validEdges);
+	        		}
+	        		// need item name of array
+					String itemName = processJavaTypeElementSwagger( addType, getJavaTypeElementSwagger(addType), 
+	    					pathSb, definitionsSb, path,  tag == null ? useTag : tag, useOpId, 
+	    							"array", null, null, null );
+					
+					if ( itemName != null ) {
+						if ( addType.equals("AaiInternal") ) {
+							//System.out.println( "addType AaiInternal, skip properties");
+							
+						} else if ( getItemName == null) {
+							++propertyCnt;
+							sbProperties.append("      " + getXmlRootElementName(addType) + ":\n");
+							sbProperties.append("        type: array\n        items:\n");
+							sbProperties.append("          $ref: \"#/definitions/" + itemName + "\"\n");
+							if ( attrDescription != null && attrDescription.length() > 0 )
+								sbProperties.append("        description: " + attrDescription + "\n");
+						}
+					} else {
+						/*itemName = processJavaTypeElementSwagger( addType, getJavaTypeElementSwagger(addType), 
+	        					pathSb, definitionsSb, path,  tag == null ? useTag : tag, useOpId, "other" );
+						if ( itemName != null ) {
+						*/
+						if ( elementContainerType != null && elementContainerType.equals("java.util.ArrayList")) {
+							// need properties for getXmlRootElementName(addType)
+				    		newPathParams = null;
+				    		if ( pathParams != null  ) {
+				    			newPathParams = new StringBuffer();
+				    			newPathParams.append(pathParams);
+				    		}
+				            if ( sbParameters.toString().length() > 0 ) {
+								if ( newPathParams == null )
+									newPathParams = new StringBuffer();
+								newPathParams.append(sbParameters);
+				            }
+				            newQueryParams = null;
+				            if ( sbIndexedParams.toString().length() > 0 ) {
+				            	if ( queryParams == null )
+				            		newQueryParams = sbIndexedParams.toString();
+				            	else
+				            		newQueryParams = queryParams + sbIndexedParams.toString();
+				            } else {
+				            	newQueryParams = queryParams;
+				            }
+							processJavaTypeElementSwagger( addType, getJavaTypeElementSwagger(addType), 
+		        					pathSb, definitionsSb, path,  tag == null ? useTag : tag, useOpId, 
+		        							null, newPathParams, newQueryParams, validEdges );
+							sbProperties.append("      " + getXmlRootElementName(addType) + ":\n");
+							sbProperties.append("        type: array\n        items:          \n");
+							sbProperties.append("          $ref: \"#/definitions/" + getXmlRootElementName(addType) + "\"\n");
+						} else {
+							sbProperties.append("      " + getXmlRootElementName(addType) + ":\n");
+							sbProperties.append("        type: object\n");
+							sbProperties.append("        $ref: \"#/definitions/" + getXmlRootElementName(addType) + "\"\n");
+						}
+						if ( attrDescription != null && attrDescription.length() > 0 )
+							sbProperties.append("        description: " + attrDescription + "\n");
+						++propertyCnt;
+						/*}
+						else {
+							System.out.println(" unable to define swagger object for " + addType);
+						}
+						*/
+					}
+					//if ( getItemName == null) looking for missing properties
+						//generatedJavaType.put(addType, null);
+	        	}
+	        }
+		}
+	}	
+		if ( genPath ) {
+			/*
+			if ( useOpId.equals("CloudInfrastructureComplexesComplexCtagPools"))
+				System.out.println( "adding path CloudInfrastructureComplexesComplexCtagPools");
+			*/
+
+			if ( !path.endsWith("/relationship") ) {
+				pathSb.append("  " + path + ":\n" );
+				pathSb.append("    get:\n");
+				pathSb.append("      tags:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - " + tag + "\n");
+				pathSb.append("      summary: returns " + xmlRootElementName + "\n");
+	
+				pathSb.append("      description: returns " + xmlRootElementName + "\n");
+				pathSb.append("      operationId: get" + useOpId + "\n");
+				pathSb.append("      produces:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - application/json\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - application/xml\n");
+				
+				pathSb.append("      responses:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        \"200\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: successful operation\n");
+				pathSb.append("          schema:\n");
+				pathSb.append("              $ref: \"#/definitions/" + xmlRootElementName + "\"\n");
+				pathSb.append("        \"default\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          " + responsesUrl);
+				/*
+				pathSb.append("        \"200\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: successful operation\n");
+				pathSb.append("          schema:\n");
+				pathSb.append("              $ref: \"#/definitions/" + xmlRootElementName + "\"\n");
+				pathSb.append("        \"404\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: resource was not found\n");
+				pathSb.append("        \"400\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: bad request\n");
+				*/
+				if ( path.indexOf('{') > 0 ) {
+		    		
+		            if ( sbParameters.toString().length() > 0 ) {
+						if ( pathParams == null )
+							pathParams = new StringBuffer();
+						pathParams.append(sbParameters);
+		            }
+					if ( pathParams != null) {
+						pathSb.append("      parameters:\n");
+						pathSb.append(pathParams);
+					} else
+						System.out.println( "null pathParams for " + useOpId);
+					if ( sbIndexedParams.toString().length() > 0 ) {
+						if ( queryParams == null )
+							queryParams = sbIndexedParams.toString();
+						else
+							queryParams = queryParams + sbIndexedParams.toString();
+					}
+					if ( queryParams != null ) {
+						if ( pathParams == null ) {
+							pathSb.append("      parameters:\n");
+						}
+						pathSb.append(queryParams);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			boolean skipPutDelete = false; // no put or delete for "all" 
+			if ( !path.endsWith("/relationship") ) {				
+				if ( !path.endsWith("}") ){
+						skipPutDelete = true;
+				}
+					
+			}
+			if ( path.indexOf('{') > 0 && !opId.startsWith("Search") &&!skipPutDelete) {
+				// add PUT
+				if ( path.endsWith("/relationship") ) {
+					pathSb.append("  " + path + ":\n" );
+				} 
+				pathSb.append("    put:\n");
+				pathSb.append("      tags:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - " + tag + "\n");
+
+				if ( path.endsWith("/relationship") ) {
+					pathSb.append("      summary: see node definition for valid relationships\n");
+				} else {
+					pathSb.append("      summary: create or update an existing " + xmlRootElementName + "\n");
+					pathSb.append("      description: create or update an existing " + xmlRootElementName + "\n");
+				}
+				pathSb.append("      operationId: createOrUpdate" + useOpId + "\n");
+				pathSb.append("      consumes:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - application/json\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - application/xml\n");					
+				pathSb.append("      produces:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - application/json\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - application/xml\n");
+				pathSb.append("      responses:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        \"default\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          " + responsesUrl);
+				/*
+				pathSb.append("      responses:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        \"200\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: existing resource has been modified and there is a response buffer\n");					
+				pathSb.append("        \"201\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: new resource is created\n");	
+				pathSb.append("        \"202\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: action requested but may have taken other actions as well, which are returned in the response payload\n");				
+				pathSb.append("        \"204\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: existing resource has been modified and there is no response buffer\n");				
+				pathSb.append("        \"400\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: Bad Request will be returned if headers are missing\n");
+				pathSb.append("        \"404\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: Not Found will be returned if an unknown URL is used\n");
+				*/						
+				pathSb.append("      parameters:\n");
+				//pathSb.append("        - in: path\n");
+				pathSb.append(pathParams); // for nesting
+				pathSb.append("        - name: body\n");
+				pathSb.append("          in: body\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: " + xmlRootElementName + " object that needs to be created or updated\n");
+				pathSb.append("          required: true\n");
+				pathSb.append("          schema:\n");
+				pathSb.append("            $ref: \"#/definitions/" + xmlRootElementName + "\"\n");
+				/*
+				if ( queryParams != null ) {
+					pathSb.append(queryParams);
+				}
+				*/
+				// add DELETE
+				pathSb.append("    delete:\n");
+				pathSb.append("      tags:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - " + tag + "\n");
+				pathSb.append("      summary: delete an existing " + xmlRootElementName + "\n");
+				
+				pathSb.append("      description: delete an existing " + xmlRootElementName + "\n");
+				
+				pathSb.append("      operationId: delete" + useOpId + "\n");
+				pathSb.append("      consumes:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - application/json\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - application/xml\n");					
+				pathSb.append("      produces:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - application/json\n");
+				pathSb.append("        - application/xml\n");
+				pathSb.append("      responses:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        \"default\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          " + responsesUrl);
+				/*
+				pathSb.append("      responses:\n");
+				pathSb.append("        \"200\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: successful, the response includes an entity describing the status\n");
+				pathSb.append("        \"204\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: successful, action has been enacted but the response does not include an entity\n");
+				pathSb.append("        \"400\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: Bad Request will be returned if headers are missing\n");
+				pathSb.append("        \"404\":\n");
+				pathSb.append("          description: Not Found will be returned if an unknown URL is used\n");
+				*/				
+				pathSb.append("      parameters:\n");
+				//pathSb.append("        - in: path\n");
+				pathSb.append(pathParams); // for nesting
+				if ( !path.endsWith("/relationship") ) {
+					pathSb.append("        - name: resource-version\n");
+	
+					pathSb.append("          in: query\n");
+					pathSb.append("          description: resource-version for concurrency\n");
+					pathSb.append("          required: true\n");
+					pathSb.append("          type: string\n");
+				}
+				/*
+				if ( queryParams != null ) {
+					pathSb.append(queryParams);
+				}
+				*/
+			}
+			
+		}
+		if ( generatedJavaType.containsKey(xmlRootElementName) ) {
+			return null;
+		}
+	
+		definitionsSb.append("  " + xmlRootElementName + ":\n");
+		Collection<EdgeDescription> edges = getEdgeRules(xmlRootElementName );
+		if ( edges.size() > 0 ) {
+			StringBuffer sbEdge = new StringBuffer();
+			sbEdge.append("      ###### Related Nodes\n");
+			for (EdgeDescription ed : edges) { 
+				if ( ed.getRuleKey().startsWith(xmlRootElementName)) {
+				    sbEdge.append("      - TO ").append(ed.getRuleKey().substring(ed.getRuleKey().indexOf("|")+1));
+				    sbEdge.append(ed.getRelationshipDescription("TO", xmlRootElementName));
+				    sbEdge.append("\n");
+				}
+			}
+			for (EdgeDescription ed : edges) { 
+				if ( ed.getRuleKey().endsWith(xmlRootElementName)) {
+				    sbEdge.append("      - FROM ").append(ed.getRuleKey().substring(0, ed.getRuleKey().indexOf("|")));
+				    sbEdge.append(ed.getRelationshipDescription("FROM", xmlRootElementName));
+				    sbEdge.append("\n");
+				}
+			}
+			validEdges = sbEdge.toString();
+		}
+
+		String deleteRule = getDeleteRules(xmlRootElementName);
+		// Handle description property.  Might have a description OR valid edges OR both OR neither.
+		// Only put a description: tag if there is at least one.
+		if (pathDescriptionProperty != null || deleteRule != null || validEdges != null) {
+			definitionsSb.append("    description: |\n");      
+
+			if ( pathDescriptionProperty != null ) 
+				definitionsSb.append("      " + pathDescriptionProperty	+ "\n" );
+			if (deleteRule != null) 
+				definitionsSb.append("      ###### Default Delete Scope\n      ").append(deleteRule).append("\n");
+			if (validEdges != null) 
+				definitionsSb.append(validEdges);
+		}
+		
+		if ( requiredCnt > 0 )
+			definitionsSb.append(sbRequired);
+		if ( propertyCnt > 0 ) {
+			definitionsSb.append("    properties:\n");
+			definitionsSb.append(sbProperties);
+		}
+		generatedJavaType.put(xmlRootElementName, null);
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	public static String generateSwaggerFromOxmFile( File oxmFile )
+	{
+
+		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+		sb.append("swagger: \"2.0\"\ninfo:\n  description:\n    A&AI REST API\n  version: \"" + apiVersion +"\"\n");
+		sb.append("  title: Active and Available Inventory REST API\n");
+		sb.append("  license:\n    name: Apache 2.0\n    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html\n");
+		sb.append("schemes:\n  - https\npaths:\n");
+		/*
+		sb.append("responses:\n");
+		sb.append("  \"200\":\n");
+		sb.append("    description: successful operation\n");
+		sb.append("  \"404\":\n");
+		sb.append("    description: resource was not found\n");
+		sb.append("  \"400\":\n");
+		sb.append("    description: bad request\n");
+		*/
+		try {
+			
+			versionedClass = getEdgeRulesClass();
+		    
+		    DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+		    dbFactory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
+		    DocumentBuilder dBuilder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
+		    Document doc = dBuilder.parse(oxmFile);
+
+		    NodeList bindingsNodes = doc.getElementsByTagName("xml-bindings");
+			Element bindingElement;
+			NodeList javaTypesNodes;
+			Element javaTypesElement;
+			
+			Element javaTypeElement;
+
+			
+			if ( bindingsNodes == null || bindingsNodes.getLength() == 0 ) {
+				System.out.println( "missing <binding-nodes> in " + oxmFile );
+				return null;
+			}	    
+			
+			bindingElement = (Element) bindingsNodes.item(0);
+			javaTypesNodes = bindingElement.getElementsByTagName("java-types");
+			if ( javaTypesNodes.getLength() < 1 ) {
+				System.out.println( "missing <binding-nodes><java-types> in " + oxmFile );
+				return null;
+			}
+			javaTypesElement = (Element) javaTypesNodes.item(0);
+
+			javaTypeNodes = javaTypesElement.getElementsByTagName("java-type");
+			if ( javaTypeNodes.getLength() < 1 ) {
+				System.out.println( "missing <binding-nodes><java-types><java-type> in " + oxmFile );
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			String javaTypeName;
+			String attrName, attrValue;
+			Attr attr;
+			StringBuffer pathSb = new StringBuffer();
+			
+			StringBuffer definitionsSb = new StringBuffer("definitions:\n");
+			
+			for ( int i = 0; i < javaTypeNodes.getLength(); ++ i ) {
+				javaTypeElement = (Element) javaTypeNodes.item(i);
+				NamedNodeMap attributes = javaTypeElement.getAttributes();
+				javaTypeName = null;
+				for ( int j = 0; j < attributes.getLength(); ++j ) {
+		            attr = (Attr) attributes.item(j);
+		            attrName = attr.getNodeName();
+		            attrValue = attr.getNodeValue();
+		            if ( attrName.equals("name"))
+		            	javaTypeName = attrValue;
+				}
+				if ( javaTypeName == null ) {
+					System.out.println( "<java-type> has no name attribute in " + oxmFile );
+					return null;
+				}
+				if ( !generatedJavaType.containsKey(getXmlRootElementName(javaTypeName)) ) {
+					
+					//generatedJavaType.put(javaTypeName, null);
+					//if ( javaTypeName.equals("search")||javaTypeName.equals("actions"))
+
+					processJavaTypeElementSwagger( javaTypeName, javaTypeElement, pathSb,
+							definitionsSb, null, null, null, null, null, null, null);
+				}
+			}
+			sb.append(pathSb);
+			//System.out.println( "definitions block\n" + definitionsSb.toString());
+			sb.append(definitionsSb.toString());
+			//sb.append(definitionsSb);
+				
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return null;
+		}
+		//System.out.println("generated " + sb.toString());
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+	
+	private static NodeList locateXmlProperties(Element element) {
+		XPathExpression expr;
+		NodeList result = null;
+		try {
+			expr = xpath.compile("xml-properties");
+			if (expr != null) {
+				Object nodeset = expr.evaluate(element, XPathConstants.NODESET);
+				if (nodeset != null) {
+					NodeList nodes = (NodeList) nodeset;
+					if (nodes != null && nodes.getLength() > 0) {
+						Element xmlProperty = (Element)nodes.item(0);
+						result = xmlProperty.getElementsByTagName("xml-property");
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (XPathExpressionException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		return result;
+		
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/HbaseSaltPrefixer.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/HbaseSaltPrefixer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29373858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/HbaseSaltPrefixer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+/*
+ * logging to hbase encountered hotspotting issues, so per
+ * http://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/cdh/5/hbase-0.98.6-cdh5.3.8/book/rowkey.design.html
+ * we decided to salt the rowkeys
+ * as these keys are generated in a couple places, I made a class to contain that logic
+ */
+public class HbaseSaltPrefixer {
+	private int NUM_REGION_BUCKETS = 3; //the number of hbase region servers per cluster
+
+	private static class SingletonHolder{
+		private static final HbaseSaltPrefixer INSTANCE = new HbaseSaltPrefixer();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new hbase salt prefixer.
+	 */
+	private HbaseSaltPrefixer(){}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the single instance of HbaseSaltPrefixer.
+	 *
+	 * @return single instance of HbaseSaltPrefixer
+	 */
+	public static HbaseSaltPrefixer getInstance() {
+		return SingletonHolder.INSTANCE;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Prepend salt.
+	 *
+	 * @param key the key
+	 * @return the string
+	 */
+	public String prependSalt(String key) {
+		int salt = Math.abs(key.hashCode()) % NUM_REGION_BUCKETS;
+		return salt + "-" + key;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/KeyValueList.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/KeyValueList.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95f09d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/KeyValueList.java
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Generated;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.EqualsBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringBuilder;
+
+@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+@Generated("org.jsonschema2pojo")
+@JsonPropertyOrder({
+    "key",
+    "value"
+})
+public class KeyValueList {
+
+    @JsonProperty("key")
+    private String key;
+    @JsonProperty("value")
+    private String value;
+    @JsonIgnore
+    private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     The key
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("key")
+    public String getKey() {
+        return key;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param key
+     *     The key
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("key")
+    public void setKey(String key) {
+        this.key = key;
+    }
+
+    public KeyValueList withKey(String key) {
+        this.key = key;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     The value
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("value")
+    public String getValue() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param value
+     *     The value
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("value")
+    public void setValue(String value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    public KeyValueList withValue(String value) {
+        this.value = value;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(this);
+    }
+
+    @JsonAnyGetter
+    public Map<String, Object> getAdditionalProperties() {
+        return this.additionalProperties;
+    }
+
+    @JsonAnySetter
+    public void setAdditionalProperty(String name, Object value) {
+        this.additionalProperties.put(name, value);
+    }
+
+    public KeyValueList withAdditionalProperty(String name, Object value) {
+        this.additionalProperties.put(name, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return new HashCodeBuilder().append(key).append(value).append(additionalProperties).toHashCode();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (other == this) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if ((other instanceof KeyValueList) == false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        KeyValueList rhs = ((KeyValueList) other);
+        return new EqualsBuilder().append(key, rhs.key).append(value, rhs.value).append(additionalProperties, rhs.additionalProperties).isEquals();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/MapperUtil.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/MapperUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54f239b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/MapperUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jaxb.JaxbAnnotationModule;
+
+public class MapperUtil {
+
+
+  /**
+   * Read as object of.
+   *
+   * @param <T> the generic type
+   * @param clazz the clazz
+   * @param value the value
+   * @return the t
+   * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+   */
+  public static <T> T readAsObjectOf(Class<T> clazz, String value) throws AAIException {
+	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+    try {        
+    	return MAPPER.readValue(value, clazz);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+    	throw new AAIException("AAI_4007", e);
+    }
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Read with dashes as object of.
+   *
+   * @param <T> the generic type
+   * @param clazz the clazz
+   * @param value the value
+   * @return the t
+   * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+   */
+  public static <T> T readWithDashesAsObjectOf(Class<T> clazz, String value) throws AAIException {
+	  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+	    try {
+	        MAPPER.registerModule(new JaxbAnnotationModule());
+	        MAPPER.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
+	        MAPPER.configure(DeserializationFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_VALUE, false);
+	        
+	    	return MAPPER.readValue(value, clazz);
+	    } catch (Exception e) {
+	    	throw new AAIException("AAI_4007", e);
+	    }
+	  }
+
+  /**
+   * Write as JSON string.
+   *
+   * @param obj the obj
+   * @return the string
+   * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+   */
+  public static String writeAsJSONString(Object obj) throws AAIException  {
+	  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+	    try {
+	     String s =  MAPPER.writeValueAsString(obj);
+	     return s;		 
+	    		 //readValue(value, clazz);
+	    } catch (Exception e) {
+	    	throw new AAIException("AAI_4008", e);
+	    }
+	  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Write as JSON string with dashes.
+   *
+   * @param obj the obj
+   * @return the string
+   * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
+   */
+  public static String writeAsJSONStringWithDashes(Object obj) throws AAIException  {
+	  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+	    try {
+	    	MAPPER.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL);
+            
+            MAPPER.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);
+            MAPPER.configure(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT, false);
+            MAPPER.configure(SerializationFeature.WRAP_ROOT_VALUE, false);
+
+            MAPPER.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
+            MAPPER.configure(DeserializationFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_VALUE, false);
+
+            MAPPER.registerModule(new JaxbAnnotationModule());
+            String s =  MAPPER.writeValueAsString(obj);
+            return s;		 
+	    } catch (Exception e) {
+	    	throw new AAIException("AAI_4008", e);
+	    }
+	  }
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd4d771f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/PojoUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,738 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerationException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+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.
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> the generic type
+	 * @param clazz the clazz
+	 * @return the json from object
+	 * @throws JsonGenerationException the json generation exception
+	 * @throws JsonMappingException the json mapping exception
+	 * @throws IOException Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
+	 */
+	public <T> String getJsonFromObject(T clazz) throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+		return getJsonFromObject(clazz, false, true);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the json from object.
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> the generic type
+	 * @param clazz the clazz
+	 * @param wrapRoot the wrap root
+	 * @param indent the indent
+	 * @return the json from object
+	 * @throws JsonGenerationException the json generation exception
+	 * @throws JsonMappingException the json mapping exception
+	 * @throws IOException Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
+	 */
+	public <T> String getJsonFromObject(T clazz, boolean wrapRoot, boolean indent) throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        mapper.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL);
+        
+        mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);
+        mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT, indent);
+        mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRAP_ROOT_VALUE, wrapRoot);
+
+        mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
+        mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_VALUE, wrapRoot);
+
+        mapper.registerModule(new JaxbAnnotationModule());
+        
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        
+        mapper.writeValue(baos, clazz);
+    
+        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/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/Request.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/Request.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc812f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/Request.java
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+
+public class Request<T> {
+
+	public static final String V2 = "v2";
+	public static final String V3 = "v3";
+	public static final String V4 = "v4";
+	public static final String V5 = "v5";
+	public final String fromAppId;
+	public final String transactionId;
+	public final String path;
+	public final RestObject<T> restObj;
+	public final boolean oldServer;
+	public final String apiVersion;
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new request.
+	 *
+	 * @param builder the builder
+	 */
+	public Request(RequestBuilder<T> builder) {
+		
+		fromAppId = builder.fromAppId;
+		transactionId = builder.transactionId;
+		restObj = builder.restObj;
+		oldServer = builder.oldServer;
+		apiVersion = builder.apiVersion;
+		
+		if (!oldServer) {
+			path = apiVersion + "/" + builder.path;
+		} else {
+			path = builder.path;
+		}
+		
+		
+	}
+	
+	public static class RequestBuilder<T> {
+		private String fromAppId;
+		private String transactionId;
+		private String path;
+		private RestObject<T> restObj;
+		private boolean oldServer;
+		private String apiVersion = Request.V4;
+		
+
+		/**
+		 * Sets the from app id.
+		 *
+		 * @param fromAppId the from app id
+		 * @return the request builder
+		 */
+		public RequestBuilder<T> setFromAppId(String fromAppId) {
+			this.fromAppId = fromAppId;
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Sets the transaction id.
+		 *
+		 * @param transactionId the transaction id
+		 * @return the request builder
+		 */
+		public RequestBuilder<T> setTransactionId(String transactionId) {
+			this.transactionId = transactionId;
+			return this;
+
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Sets the path.
+		 *
+		 * @param path the path
+		 * @return the request builder
+		 */
+		public RequestBuilder<T> setPath(String path) {
+			
+			this.path = path;
+			return this;
+
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Sets the restcore obj.
+		 *
+		 * @param restObj the restcore obj
+		 * @return the request builder
+		 */
+		public RequestBuilder<T> setRestObj(RestObject<T> restObj) {
+			this.restObj = restObj;
+			return this;
+
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Sets the old server.
+		 *
+		 * @param oldServer the old server
+		 * @return the request builder
+		 */
+		public RequestBuilder<T> setOldServer(boolean oldServer) {
+			this.oldServer = oldServer;
+			return this;
+
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Sets the api version.
+		 *
+		 * @param apiVersion the api version
+		 * @return the request builder
+		 */
+		public RequestBuilder<T> setApiVersion(String apiVersion) {
+			this.apiVersion = apiVersion;
+			return this;
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Builds the.
+		 *
+		 * @return the request
+		 */
+		public Request<T> build() {
+			return new Request<T>(this);
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/RestObject.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/RestObject.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8b78d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/RestObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+public class RestObject<T> {
+
+	/**
+	 * Generic version of the RestObject class.
+	 * @param <T> the type of the value being called for the Rest object interface
+	 */
+    // T stands for "Type"
+    private T t;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the.
+     *
+     * @param t the t
+     */
+    public void set(T t) { this.t = t; }
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the.
+     *
+     * @return the t
+     */
+    public T get() { return t; }
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/RestURLEncoder.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/RestURLEncoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d75fe27b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/RestURLEncoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
+
+
+public class RestURLEncoder {
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Encode URL.
+	 *
+	 * @param nodeKey the node key
+	 * @return the string
+	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
+	 */
+	public static final String encodeURL (String nodeKey) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		return UriUtils.encode(nodeKey, "UTF-8").replaceAll("\\+", "%20");
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/UniquePropertyCheck.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/UniquePropertyCheck.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58eb41a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/UniquePropertyCheck.java
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Edge;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.VertexProperty;
+import org.slf4j.MDC;
+
+import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.Configuration;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanEdge;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanFactory;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanTransaction;
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanVertex;
+
+
+
+public class UniquePropertyCheck {
+
+
+	private static 	final  String    FROMAPPID = "AAI-UTILS";
+	private static 	final  String    TRANSID   = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+	private static 	final  String    COMPONENT = "UniquePropertyCheck";
+	
+	/**
+	 * The main method.
+	 *
+	 * @param args the arguments
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		
+		
+		Properties props = System.getProperties();
+		props.setProperty(Configuration.PROPERTY_LOGGING_FILE_NAME, "uniquePropertyCheck-logback.xml");
+		props.setProperty(Configuration.PROPERTY_LOGGING_FILE_PATH, AAIConstants.AAI_HOME_ETC_APP_PROPERTIES);
+		EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(UniquePropertyCheck.class.getSimpleName());
+		MDC.put("logFilenameAppender", UniquePropertyCheck.class.getSimpleName());
+		
+		if( args == null || args.length != 1 ){
+				String msg = "usage:  UniquePropertyCheck propertyName \n";
+				System.out.println(msg);
+				logAndPrint(logger, msg );
+				System.exit(1);
+		}
+	  	String propertyName = args[0];
+	  	TitanTransaction graph = null;
+		
+		try {   
+    		AAIConfig.init();
+    		System.out.println("    ---- NOTE --- about to open graph (takes a little while)--------\n");
+    		TitanGraph tGraph = TitanFactory.open(AAIConstants.REALTIME_DB_CONFIG);
+    		
+    		if( tGraph == null ) {
+    			logAndPrint(logger, " Error:  Could not get TitanGraph ");
+    			System.exit(1);
+    		}
+    		
+    		graph = tGraph.newTransaction();
+    		if( graph == null ){
+    			logAndPrint(logger, "could not get graph object in UniquePropertyCheck() \n");
+    	 		System.exit(0);
+    		}
+    	}
+	    catch (AAIException e1) {
+			String msg =  "Threw Exception: [" + e1.toString() + "]";
+			logAndPrint(logger, msg);
+			System.exit(0);
+        }
+        catch (Exception e2) {
+	 		String msg =  "Threw Exception: [" + e2.toString() + "]";
+			logAndPrint(logger, msg);
+	 		System.exit(0);
+        }
+		
+		runTheCheckForUniqueness( TRANSID, FROMAPPID, graph, propertyName, logger );
+		System.exit(0);
+		
+	}// End main()
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Run the check for uniqueness.
+	 *
+	 * @param transId the trans id
+	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
+	 * @param graph the graph
+	 * @param propertyName the property name
+	 * @param logger the logger
+	 * @return the boolean
+	 */
+	public static Boolean runTheCheckForUniqueness( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanTransaction graph, 
+			String propertyName, EELFLogger logger ){
+		
+		// Note - property can be found in more than one nodetype 
+		//    our uniqueness constraints are always across the entire db - so this 
+		//   tool looks across all nodeTypes that the property is found in.
+		Boolean foundDupesFlag = false;
+		
+		HashMap <String,String> valuesAndVidHash = new HashMap <String, String> ();
+		HashMap <String,String> dupeHash = new HashMap <String, String> ();
+	
+		int propCount = 0;
+		int dupeCount = 0;
+		Iterable <?> vertItr = graph.query().has(propertyName).vertices();
+		Iterator <?> vertItor = vertItr.iterator();
+       	while( vertItor.hasNext() ){
+       		propCount++;
+    		TitanVertex v = (TitanVertex)vertItor.next();
+    		String thisVid = v.id().toString();
+    		Object val = (v.<Object>property(propertyName)).orElse(null);
+    		if( valuesAndVidHash.containsKey(val) ){
+    			// We've seen this one before- track it in our  dupe hash
+    			dupeCount++;
+    			if( dupeHash.containsKey(val) ){
+    				// This is not the first one being added to the dupe hash for this value
+    				String updatedDupeList = dupeHash.get(val) + "|" + thisVid;
+    				dupeHash.put(val.toString(), updatedDupeList);
+    			}
+    			else {
+    				// This is the first time we see this value repeating
+    				String firstTwoVids =  valuesAndVidHash.get(val) + "|" + thisVid;
+    				dupeHash.put(val.toString(), firstTwoVids);
+    			}
+    		}
+    		else {
+    			valuesAndVidHash.put(val.toString(), thisVid);
+    		}  		
+       	}
+    		
+    	
+    	String info = "\n Found this property [" + propertyName + "] " + propCount + " times in our db.";
+    	logAndPrint(logger, info);
+    	info = " Found " + dupeCount + " cases of duplicate values for this property.\n\n";
+    	logAndPrint(logger, info);
+
+    	try {
+	    	if( ! dupeHash.isEmpty() ){
+	    		Iterator <?> dupeItr = dupeHash.entrySet().iterator();
+	    		while( dupeItr.hasNext() ){
+	    			Map.Entry pair = (Map.Entry) dupeItr.next();
+	    			String dupeValue = pair.getKey().toString();;
+	    			    			String vidsStr = pair.getValue().toString();
+	    			String[] vidArr = vidsStr.split("\\|");
+	    			logAndPrint(logger, "\n\n -------------- Found " + vidArr.length 
+	    					+ " nodes with " + propertyName + " of this value: [" + dupeValue + "].  Node details: ");
+	    			
+	    			for( int i = 0; i < vidArr.length; i++ ){
+	    				String vidString = vidArr[i];
+	    				Long idLong = Long.valueOf(vidString);
+	    				TitanVertex tvx = (TitanVertex)graph.getVertex(idLong);
+	    				showPropertiesAndEdges( TRANSID, FROMAPPID, tvx, logger );
+	    			}
+	    		}
+	    	}
+    	}
+    	catch( Exception e2 ){
+	 		logAndPrint(logger, "Threw Exception: [" + e2.toString() + "]");
+    	} 
+    	finally {
+	    	if( graph != null ){
+	    		graph.rollback();
+	    	}
+    	}
+    	
+    	return foundDupesFlag;
+    	
+	}// end of runTheCheckForUniqueness()
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Show properties and edges.
+	 *
+	 * @param transId the trans id
+	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
+	 * @param tVert the t vert
+	 * @param logger the logger
+	 */
+	private static void showPropertiesAndEdges( String transId, String fromAppId, TitanVertex tVert,
+			EELFLogger logger ){ 
+
+		if( tVert == null ){
+			logAndPrint(logger, "Null node passed to showPropertiesAndEdges.");
+		}
+		else {
+			String nodeType = "";
+			Object ob = tVert.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
+			if( ob == null ){
+				nodeType = "null";
+			}
+			else{
+				nodeType = ob.toString();
+			}
+			
+			logAndPrint(logger, " AAINodeType/VtxID for this Node = [" + nodeType + "/" + tVert.id() + "]");
+			logAndPrint(logger, " Property Detail: ");
+			Iterator<VertexProperty<Object>> pI = tVert.properties();
+			while( pI.hasNext() ){
+				VertexProperty<Object> tp = pI.next();
+				Object val = tp.value();
+				logAndPrint(logger, "Prop: [" + tp.key() + "], val = [" + val + "] ");		
+			}
+			
+			Iterator <Edge> eI = tVert.edges(Direction.BOTH);
+			if( ! eI.hasNext() ){
+				logAndPrint(logger, "No 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 ){
+					logAndPrint(logger, " >>> 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();
+					logAndPrint(logger, "Found an edge (" + lab + ") from this vertex to a [" + nType + "] node with VtxId = " + vid);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	} // End of showPropertiesAndEdges()
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Log and print.
+	 *
+	 * @param logger the logger
+	 * @param msg the msg
+	 */
+	protected static void logAndPrint(EELFLogger logger, String msg) {
+		System.out.println(msg);
+		logger.info(msg);
+	}
+	
+}
+
+
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/workarounds/LegacyURITransformer.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/workarounds/LegacyURITransformer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..896243cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/workarounds/LegacyURITransformer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.workarounds;
+
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public class LegacyURITransformer {
+
+	private final Pattern legacyUriPattern = Pattern.compile("/aai/servers/(?<version>v[23])/(?<tenantKey>.*?)/vservers/(?<vserverKey>[^/]*?$)");
+	private final Pattern currentUriPattern = Pattern.compile("/aai/(?<version>v\\d+)/cloud-infrastructure/tenants/tenant/(?<tenantKey>.*?)/vservers/vserver/(?<vserverKey>[^/]*?$)");
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new legacy URL transformer.
+	 */
+	private LegacyURITransformer() {
+		
+	}
+	
+	private static class Helper {
+		private static final LegacyURITransformer INSTANCE = new LegacyURITransformer();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the single instance of LegacyURLTransformer.
+	 *
+	 * @return single instance of LegacyURLTransformer
+	 */
+	public static LegacyURITransformer getInstance() {
+		return Helper.INSTANCE;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the legacy URL.
+	 *
+	 * @param url the url
+	 * @return the legacy URL
+	 * @throws URISyntaxException 
+	 * @throws MalformedURLException the malformed URL exception
+	 */
+	public URI getLegacyURI(URI url) throws URISyntaxException  {
+		String replacement = "/aai/servers/${version}/${tenantKey}/vservers/${vserverKey}";
+		String result = url.toString();
+		Matcher m = currentUriPattern.matcher(result);
+		if (m.find()) {
+			result = m.replaceFirst(replacement);
+
+		}
+		
+		return new URI(result);
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the current URL.
+	 *
+	 * @param url the url
+	 * @return the current URL
+	 * @throws URISyntaxException 
+	 * @throws MalformedURLException the malformed URL exception
+	 */
+	public URI getCurrentURI(URI url) throws URISyntaxException  {
+		String replacement = "/aai/${version}/cloud-infrastructure/tenants/tenant/${tenantKey}/vservers/vserver/${vserverKey}";
+		String result = url.toString();
+		Matcher m = legacyUriPattern.matcher(result);
+		if (m.find()) {
+			result = m.replaceFirst(replacement);
+
+		}
+		
+		return new URI(result);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/workarounds/NamingExceptions.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/workarounds/NamingExceptions.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac1d2cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/workarounds/NamingExceptions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.workarounds;
+
+public class NamingExceptions {
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a new naming exceptions.
+	 */
+	private NamingExceptions() {
+		
+	}
+	
+	private static class Helper {
+		private static final NamingExceptions INSTANCE = new NamingExceptions();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the single instance of NamingExceptions.
+	 *
+	 * @return single instance of NamingExceptions
+	 */
+	public static NamingExceptions getInstance() {
+		return Helper.INSTANCE;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the object name.
+	 *
+	 * @param name the name
+	 * @return the object name
+	 */
+	public String getObjectName(String name) {
+		
+		String result = name;
+	
+		if (name.equals("cvlan-tag")) {
+			result = "cvlan-tag-entry";
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets the DB name.
+	 *
+	 * @param name the name
+	 * @return the DB name
+	 */
+	public String getDBName(String name) {
+		
+		String result = name;
+		
+		if (name.equals("cvlan-tag-entry")) {
+			result = "cvlan-tag";
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+		
+	}
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/workarounds/RemoveDME2QueryParams.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/workarounds/RemoveDME2QueryParams.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8713de63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/workarounds/RemoveDME2QueryParams.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.workarounds;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+public class RemoveDME2QueryParams {
+
+	private final String[] blacklist = {"version", "envContext", "routeOffer"};
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Should remove query params.
+	 *
+	 * @param params the params
+	 * @return true, if successful
+	 */
+	public boolean shouldRemoveQueryParams(MultivaluedMap<String, String> params) {
+		boolean remove = true;
+		
+		for (String param : blacklist) {
+			if (!params.containsKey(param)) {
+				remove = false;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return remove;
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Removes the query params.
+	 *
+	 * @param params the params
+	 */
+	public void removeQueryParams(MultivaluedMap<String, String> params) {
+		
+
+		for (String param : blacklist) {
+			params.remove(param);
+		}
+		
+		
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/resources/EdgeRules.ftl b/aai-core/src/main/resources/EdgeRules.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1601ab27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/resources/EdgeRules.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<#--
+ ============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=========================================================
+-->
+
+public static final Multimap<String, String> EdgeRules = new ImmutableSetMultimap.Builder<String, String>()
+<#list edgeRules as edgeRule>
+        .putAll("${edgeRule["nodes"]}",
+                "${edgeRule["edge"]},${edgeRule["direction"]},${edgeRule["multiplicity"]},${edgeRule["lineage"]},${edgeRule["usesResource"]},${edgeRule["hasDelTarget"]},${edgeRule["SVC-INFRA"]}")
+</#list>
+.build();