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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.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);
+	}	
+
+}