Update to consume and publish events in new format

The new format includes:
- the graph request/response encapsulated in a body property
- new event header with details such as timestamp, request-id,
  event-type

Issue-ID: AAI-960

Change-Id: Ib84ddd54352ca95c3968d2d2936f6348951c2d2c
Signed-off-by: Michael Arrastia <MArrasti@amdocs.com>

13 files changed, 689 insertions, 299 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84bf482..9210958 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Application
 /champ-lib/champ-janus/logs/
+/champ-service/logs/
 
 # IDE - Eclipse
 .classpath
diff --git a/champ-lib/champ-core/pom.xml b/champ-lib/champ-core/pom.xml
index 840fc61..dbbb2b7 100644
--- a/champ-lib/champ-core/pom.xml
+++ b/champ-lib/champ-core/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ limitations under the License.
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <!--
+            <!-- Uncomment to add a license header to source files
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
                 <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/champ-lib/champ-janus/pom.xml b/champ-lib/champ-janus/pom.xml
index 1a0475d..cf76ed0 100644
--- a/champ-lib/champ-janus/pom.xml
+++ b/champ-lib/champ-janus/pom.xml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ limitations under the License.
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <!--
+            <!-- Uncomment to add a license header to source files
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
                 <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/champ-lib/champ-titan/pom.xml b/champ-lib/champ-titan/pom.xml
index ffff015..5bfc860 100644
--- a/champ-lib/champ-titan/pom.xml
+++ b/champ-lib/champ-titan/pom.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ limitations under the License.
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <!--
+            <!-- Uncomment to add a license header to source files
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
                 <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/champ-lib/pom.xml b/champ-lib/pom.xml
index 43fa296..37f8db4 100644
--- a/champ-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/champ-lib/pom.xml
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ limitations under the License.
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <!--
+            <!-- Uncomment to add a license header to source files
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
                 <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/champ-service/pom.xml b/champ-service/pom.xml
index b0dbf46..108e6a2 100644
--- a/champ-service/pom.xml
+++ b/champ-service/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
         <docker.location>${basedir}/target</docker.location>
         <onap.nexus.url>https://nexus.onap.org</onap.nexus.url>
+        <version.org.hamcrest.hamcrest-library>1.3</version.org.hamcrest.hamcrest-library>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -136,6 +137,20 @@ limitations under the License.
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
+            <version>${version.org.hamcrest.hamcrest-library}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.skyscreamer</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jsonassert</artifactId>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <distributionManagement>
@@ -197,7 +212,7 @@ limitations under the License.
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <!--
+            <!-- Uncomment to add a license header to source files
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
                 <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -251,53 +266,6 @@ limitations under the License.
                             <goal>report</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>default-check</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <rules>
-                                <!--  implementation is needed only for Maven 2  -->
-                                <rule implementation="org.jacoco.maven.RuleConfiguration">
-                                    <element>BUNDLE</element>
-                                    <limits>
-                                        <!--  implementation is needed only for Maven 2  -->
-                                        <limit implementation="org.jacoco.report.check.Limit">
-                                            <counter>INSTRUCTION</counter>
-                                            <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                                            <minimum>.15</minimum>
-                                        </limit>
-                                        <limit implementation="org.jacoco.report.check.Limit">
-                                            <counter>BRANCH</counter>
-                                            <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                                            <minimum>.12</minimum>
-                                        </limit>
-                                        <limit implementation="org.jacoco.report.check.Limit">
-                                            <counter>COMPLEXITY</counter>
-                                            <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                                            <minimum>.15</minimum>
-                                        </limit>
-                                        <limit implementation="org.jacoco.report.check.Limit">
-                                            <counter>LINE</counter>
-                                            <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                                            <minimum>.10</minimum>
-                                        </limit>
-                                        <limit implementation="org.jacoco.report.check.Limit">
-                                            <counter>METHOD</counter>
-                                            <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                                            <minimum>.17</minimum>
-                                        </limit>
-                                        <limit implementation="org.jacoco.report.check.Limit">
-                                            <counter>CLASS</counter>
-                                            <value>MISSEDCOUNT</value>
-                                            <maximum>5</maximum>
-                                        </limit>
-                                    </limits>
-                                </rule>
-                            </rules>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/async/ChampAsyncRequestProcessor.java b/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/async/ChampAsyncRequestProcessor.java
index 610cac9..334871e 100644
--- a/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/async/ChampAsyncRequestProcessor.java
+++ b/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/async/ChampAsyncRequestProcessor.java
@@ -26,16 +26,17 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
-
 import javax.naming.OperationNotSupportedException;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
-
 import org.onap.aai.champcore.ChampTransaction;
 import org.onap.aai.cl.api.Logger;
 import org.onap.aai.cl.eelf.LoggerFactory;
+import org.onap.aai.event.api.EventConsumer;
 import org.onap.champ.ChampRESTAPI;
 import org.onap.champ.event.GraphEvent;
 import org.onap.champ.event.GraphEvent.GraphEventResult;
+import org.onap.champ.event.envelope.GraphEventEnvelope;
+import org.onap.champ.event.envelope.GraphEventHeader;
 import org.onap.champ.event.GraphEventEdge;
 import org.onap.champ.event.GraphEventVertex;
 import org.onap.champ.exception.ChampServiceException;
@@ -43,281 +44,283 @@ import org.onap.champ.service.ChampDataService;
 import org.onap.champ.service.ChampThreadFactory;
 import org.onap.champ.service.logging.ChampMsgs;
 
-import org.onap.aai.event.api.EventConsumer;
-
 /**
- * This Class polls the Graph events from request topic perform the necessary
- * CRUD operation by calling champDAO and queues up the response to be consumed
- * by response handler.
+ * This Class polls the Graph events from request topic perform the necessary CRUD operation by calling champDAO and
+ * queues up the response to be consumed by response handler.
  */
 public class ChampAsyncRequestProcessor extends TimerTask {
 
-  private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getInstance().getLogger(ChampAsyncRequestProcessor.class);
+    private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getInstance().getLogger(ChampAsyncRequestProcessor.class);
 
-  private ChampDataService champDataService;
+    private ChampDataService champDataService;
 
-  /**
-   * Number of events that can be queued up.
-   */
-  private Integer requestProcesserQueueSize;
+    /**
+     * Number of events that can be queued up.
+     */
+    private Integer requestProcesserQueueSize;
 
-  /**
-   * Number of event publisher worker threads.
-   */
-  private Integer requestProcesserPoolSize;
-  
-  /**
-   * Number of event publisher worker threads.
-   */
-  private Integer requestPollingTimeSeconds;
+    /**
+     * Number of event publisher worker threads.
+     */
+    private Integer requestProcesserPoolSize;
 
-  /**
-   * Internal queue where outgoing events will be buffered until they can be
-   * serviced by.
-   **/
-  private BlockingQueue<GraphEvent> requestProcesserEventQueue;
+    /**
+     * Number of event publisher worker threads.
+     */
+    private Integer requestPollingTimeSeconds;
 
-  /**
-   * Pool of worker threads that do the work of publishing the events to the
-   * event bus.
-   */
-  private ThreadPoolExecutor requestProcesserPool;
+    /**
+     * Internal queue where outgoing events will be buffered until they can be serviced by.
+     **/
+    private BlockingQueue<GraphEventEnvelope> requestProcesserEventQueue;
 
-  private ChampAsyncResponsePublisher champAsyncResponsePublisher;
+    /**
+     * Pool of worker threads that do the work of publishing the events to the event bus.
+     */
+    private ThreadPoolExecutor requestProcesserPool;
 
-  private EventConsumer asyncRequestConsumer;
+    private ChampAsyncResponsePublisher champAsyncResponsePublisher;
 
-  private static final Integer DEFAULT_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESS_QUEUE_CAPACITY = 10000;
+    private EventConsumer asyncRequestConsumer;
 
-  private static final Integer DEFAULT_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESS_THREAD_POOL_SIZE = 10;
-  private static final Integer DEFAULT_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESS_POLLING_SECOND = 30000;
-  private static final String CHAMP_GRAPH_REQUEST_PROCESS_THREAD_NAME = "ChampAsyncGraphRequestEventProcessor";
-  Logger auditLogger = LoggerFactory.getInstance().getAuditLogger(ChampRESTAPI.class.getName());
+    private static final Integer DEFAULT_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESS_QUEUE_CAPACITY = 10000;
 
-  public ChampAsyncRequestProcessor(ChampDataService champDataService,
-      ChampAsyncResponsePublisher champAsyncResponsePublisher, EventConsumer asyncRequestConsumer) {
+    private static final Integer DEFAULT_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESS_THREAD_POOL_SIZE = 10;
+    private static final Integer DEFAULT_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESS_POLLING_SECOND = 30000;
+    private static final String CHAMP_GRAPH_REQUEST_PROCESS_THREAD_NAME = "ChampAsyncGraphRequestEventProcessor";
+    Logger auditLogger = LoggerFactory.getInstance().getAuditLogger(ChampRESTAPI.class.getName());
 
-    this.requestProcesserQueueSize = DEFAULT_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESS_QUEUE_CAPACITY;
+    public ChampAsyncRequestProcessor(ChampDataService champDataService,
+            ChampAsyncResponsePublisher champAsyncResponsePublisher, EventConsumer asyncRequestConsumer) {
 
-    this.requestProcesserPoolSize = DEFAULT_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESS_THREAD_POOL_SIZE;
+        this.requestProcesserQueueSize = DEFAULT_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESS_QUEUE_CAPACITY;
 
-    this.requestPollingTimeSeconds = DEFAULT_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESS_POLLING_SECOND;
-    requestProcesserEventQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<GraphEvent>(requestProcesserQueueSize);
-    requestProcesserPool = (ThreadPoolExecutor) Executors.newFixedThreadPool(requestProcesserPoolSize,
-        new ChampThreadFactory(CHAMP_GRAPH_REQUEST_PROCESS_THREAD_NAME));
+        this.requestProcesserPoolSize = DEFAULT_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESS_THREAD_POOL_SIZE;
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < requestProcesserPoolSize; i++) {
-      requestProcesserPool.submit(new ChampProcessorWorker());
+        this.requestPollingTimeSeconds = DEFAULT_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESS_POLLING_SECOND;
+        requestProcesserEventQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(requestProcesserQueueSize);
+        requestProcesserPool = (ThreadPoolExecutor) Executors.newFixedThreadPool(requestProcesserPoolSize,
+                new ChampThreadFactory(CHAMP_GRAPH_REQUEST_PROCESS_THREAD_NAME));
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < requestProcesserPoolSize; i++) {
+            requestProcesserPool.submit(new ChampProcessorWorker());
+        }
+
+        this.champDataService = champDataService;
+        this.champAsyncResponsePublisher = champAsyncResponsePublisher;
+        this.asyncRequestConsumer = asyncRequestConsumer;
+        logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO,
+                "ChampAsyncRequestProcessor initialized SUCCESSFULLY! with event consumer "
+                        + asyncRequestConsumer.getClass().getName());
     }
 
-    this.champDataService = champDataService;
-    this.champAsyncResponsePublisher = champAsyncResponsePublisher;
-    this.asyncRequestConsumer = asyncRequestConsumer;
-    logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO,
-        "ChampAsyncRequestProcessor initialized SUCCESSFULLY! with event consumer "
-            + asyncRequestConsumer.getClass().getName());
-  }
-  
-  
+    public ChampAsyncRequestProcessor(ChampDataService champDataService,
+            ChampAsyncResponsePublisher champAsyncResponsePublisher, EventConsumer asyncRequestConsumer,
+            Integer requestProcesserQueueSize, Integer requestProcesserPoolSize, Integer requestPollingTimeSeconds) {
+
+        this.requestProcesserQueueSize = requestProcesserQueueSize;
 
-  public ChampAsyncRequestProcessor(ChampDataService champDataService,
-      ChampAsyncResponsePublisher champAsyncResponsePublisher, EventConsumer asyncRequestConsumer,
-      Integer requestProcesserQueueSize, Integer requestProcesserPoolSize, Integer requestPollingTimeSeconds) {
+        this.requestProcesserPoolSize = requestProcesserPoolSize;
 
-    this.requestProcesserQueueSize = requestProcesserQueueSize;
+        this.requestPollingTimeSeconds = requestPollingTimeSeconds;
 
-    this.requestProcesserPoolSize = requestProcesserPoolSize;
-    
-    this.requestPollingTimeSeconds = requestPollingTimeSeconds;
+        requestProcesserEventQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(requestProcesserQueueSize);
+        requestProcesserPool = (ThreadPoolExecutor) Executors.newFixedThreadPool(requestProcesserPoolSize,
+                new ChampThreadFactory(CHAMP_GRAPH_REQUEST_PROCESS_THREAD_NAME));
 
-    requestProcesserEventQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<GraphEvent>(requestProcesserQueueSize);
-    requestProcesserPool = (ThreadPoolExecutor) Executors.newFixedThreadPool(requestProcesserPoolSize,
-        new ChampThreadFactory(CHAMP_GRAPH_REQUEST_PROCESS_THREAD_NAME));
+        for (int i = 0; i < requestProcesserPoolSize; i++) {
+            requestProcesserPool.submit(new ChampProcessorWorker());
+        }
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < requestProcesserPoolSize; i++) {
-      requestProcesserPool.submit(new ChampProcessorWorker());
+        this.champDataService = champDataService;
+        this.champAsyncResponsePublisher = champAsyncResponsePublisher;
+        this.asyncRequestConsumer = asyncRequestConsumer;
+        logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO,
+                "ChampAsyncRequestProcessor initialized SUCCESSFULLY! with event consumer "
+                        + asyncRequestConsumer.getClass().getName());
     }
 
-    this.champDataService = champDataService;
-    this.champAsyncResponsePublisher = champAsyncResponsePublisher;
-    this.asyncRequestConsumer = asyncRequestConsumer;
-    logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO,
-        "ChampAsyncRequestProcessor initialized SUCCESSFULLY! with event consumer "
-            + asyncRequestConsumer.getClass().getName());
-  }
+    private class ChampProcessorWorker implements Runnable {
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+
+            while (true) {
+
+                GraphEventEnvelope eventEnvelope = null;
+                GraphEvent event = null;
+                try {
+                    // Get the next event to be published from the queue.
+                    eventEnvelope = requestProcesserEventQueue.take();
+                    event = eventEnvelope.getBody();
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    // Restore the interrupted status.
+                    Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                }
+
+                // Apply Champ Event header
+                eventEnvelope.setHeader(GraphEventHeader.builder().requestId(event.getTransactionId()).build());
+
+                // Parse the event and call champ Dao to process , Create the
+                // response event and put it on response queue
+                event.setResult(GraphEventResult.SUCCESS);
+
+                // Check if this request is part of an ongoing DB transaction
+                ChampTransaction transaction = champDataService.getTransaction(event.getDbTransactionId());
+                if ((event.getDbTransactionId() != null) && (transaction == null)) {
+                    event.setResult(GraphEventResult.FAILURE);
+                    event.setErrorMessage("Database transactionId " + event.getDbTransactionId() + " not found");
+                    event.setHttpErrorStatus(Status.BAD_REQUEST);
+                }
+
+                if (event.getResult() != GraphEventResult.FAILURE) {
+                    try {
+                        if (event.getVertex() != null) {
+
+                            switch (event.getOperation()) {
+                                case CREATE:
+                                    event.setVertex(GraphEventVertex.fromChampObject(
+                                            champDataService.storeObject(event.getVertex().toChampObject(),
+                                                    Optional.ofNullable(transaction)),
+                                            event.getVertex().getModelVersion()));
+                                    break;
+
+                                case UPDATE:
+                                    event.setVertex(GraphEventVertex.fromChampObject(
+                                            champDataService.replaceObject(event.getVertex().toChampObject(),
+                                                    event.getVertex().getId(), Optional.ofNullable(transaction)),
+                                            event.getVertex().getModelVersion()));
+                                    break;
+                                case DELETE:
+                                    champDataService.deleteObject(event.getVertex().getId(),
+                                            Optional.ofNullable(transaction));
+                                    break;
+                                default:
+                                    // log error
+                            }
+                        } else if (event.getEdge() != null) {
+                            switch (event.getOperation()) {
+                                case CREATE:
+                                    event.setEdge(GraphEventEdge.fromChampRelationship(
+                                            champDataService.storeRelationship(event.getEdge().toChampRelationship(),
+                                                    Optional.ofNullable(transaction)),
+                                            event.getEdge().getModelVersion()));
+                                    break;
+
+                                case UPDATE:
+                                    event.setEdge(GraphEventEdge.fromChampRelationship(
+                                            champDataService.updateRelationship(event.getEdge().toChampRelationship(),
+                                                    event.getEdge().getId(), Optional.ofNullable(transaction)),
+                                            event.getEdge().getModelVersion()));
+
+                                    break;
+                                case DELETE:
+                                    champDataService.deleteRelationship(event.getEdge().getId(),
+                                            Optional.ofNullable(transaction));
+                                    break;
+                                default:
+                                    logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR,
+                                            "Invalid operation for event transactionId: " + event.getTransactionId());
+                            }
+
+                        } else {
+                            logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR,
+                                    "Invalid payload for event transactionId: " + event.getTransactionId());
+                        }
+                    } catch (ChampServiceException champException) {
+                        logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR, champException.getMessage());
+                        event.setResult(GraphEventResult.FAILURE);
+                        event.setErrorMessage(champException.getMessage());
+                        event.setHttpErrorStatus(champException.getHttpStatus());
+
+                    } catch (Exception ex) {
+                        logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR, ex.getMessage());
+                        event.setResult(GraphEventResult.FAILURE);
+                        event.setErrorMessage(ex.getMessage());
+                        event.setHttpErrorStatus(Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (event.getResult().equals(GraphEventResult.SUCCESS)) {
+                    logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO,
+                            "Event processed of type: " + event.getObjectType() + " with key: " + event.getObjectKey()
+                                    + " , transaction-id: " + event.getTransactionId() + " , operation: "
+                                    + event.getOperation().toString() + " , result: " + event.getResult());
+                } else {
+                    logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO,
+                            "Event processed of type: " + event.getObjectType() + " with key: " + event.getObjectKey()
+                                    + " , transaction-id: " + event.getTransactionId() + " , operation: "
+                                    + event.getOperation().toString() + " , result: " + event.getResult() + " , error: "
+                                    + event.getErrorMessage());
+                }
+
+                champAsyncResponsePublisher.publishResponseEvent(eventEnvelope);
 
-  private class ChampProcessorWorker implements Runnable {
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void run() {
 
-      while (true) {
+        logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO, "Listening for graph events");
 
-        GraphEvent event = null;
-        try {
-          // Get the next event to be published from the queue.
-          event = requestProcesserEventQueue.take();
-        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-          // Restore the interrupted status.
-          Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-        }
-
-        // Parse the event and call champ Dao to process , Create the
-        // response event and put it on response queue
-        event.setResult(GraphEventResult.SUCCESS);
-        
-        // Check if this request is part of an ongoing DB transaction
-        ChampTransaction transaction = champDataService.getTransaction(event.getDbTransactionId());
-        if ( (event.getDbTransactionId() != null) && (transaction == null) ) {
-          event.setResult(GraphEventResult.FAILURE);
-          event.setErrorMessage("Database transactionId " + event.getDbTransactionId() + " not found");
-          event.setHttpErrorStatus(Status.BAD_REQUEST);
-        }
-        
-        if (event.getResult() != GraphEventResult.FAILURE) {
-          try {
-            if (event.getVertex() != null) {
-
-              switch (event.getOperation()) {
-              case CREATE:
-                event.setVertex(GraphEventVertex.fromChampObject(
-                    champDataService.storeObject(event.getVertex().toChampObject(), Optional.ofNullable(transaction)),
-                    event.getVertex().getModelVersion()));
-                break;
-
-              case UPDATE:
-                event.setVertex(GraphEventVertex.fromChampObject(
-                    champDataService.replaceObject(event.getVertex().toChampObject(), event.getVertex().getId(), Optional.ofNullable(transaction)),
-                    event.getVertex().getModelVersion()));
-                break;
-              case DELETE:
-                champDataService.deleteObject(event.getVertex().getId(), Optional.ofNullable(transaction));
-                break;
-              default:
-                // log error
-              }
-            } else if (event.getEdge() != null) {
-              switch (event.getOperation()) {
-              case CREATE:
-                event.setEdge(GraphEventEdge.fromChampRelationship(
-                    champDataService.storeRelationship(event.getEdge().toChampRelationship(), Optional.ofNullable(transaction)),
-                    event.getEdge().getModelVersion()));
-                break;
-
-              case UPDATE:
-                event.setEdge(GraphEventEdge.fromChampRelationship(champDataService
-                    .updateRelationship(event.getEdge().toChampRelationship(), event.getEdge().getId(), Optional.ofNullable(transaction)),
-                    event.getEdge().getModelVersion()));
-
-                break;
-              case DELETE:
-                champDataService.deleteRelationship(event.getEdge().getId(), Optional.ofNullable(transaction));
-                break;
-              default:
-                logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR,
-                    "Invalid operation for event transactionId: " + event.getTransactionId());
-              }
-
-            } else {
-              logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR,
-                  "Invalid payload for event transactionId: " + event.getTransactionId());
-            }
-          } catch (ChampServiceException champException) {
-            logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR, champException.getMessage());
-            event.setResult(GraphEventResult.FAILURE);
-            event.setErrorMessage(champException.getMessage());
-            event.setHttpErrorStatus(champException.getHttpStatus());
-
-          } catch (Exception ex) {
-            logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR, ex.getMessage());
-            event.setResult(GraphEventResult.FAILURE);
-            event.setErrorMessage(ex.getMessage());
-            event.setHttpErrorStatus(Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-          }
+        if (asyncRequestConsumer == null) {
+            logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR,
+                    "Unable to initialize ChampAsyncRequestProcessor");
         }
 
-        if (event.getResult().equals(GraphEventResult.SUCCESS)) {
-          logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO,
-              "Event processed of type: " + event.getObjectType() + " with key: " + event.getObjectKey()
-                  + " , transaction-id: " + event.getTransactionId() + " , operation: "
-                  + event.getOperation().toString() + " , result: " + event.getResult());
-        } else {
-          logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO,
-              "Event processed of type: " + event.getObjectType() + " with key: " + event.getObjectKey()
-                  + " , transaction-id: " + event.getTransactionId() + " , operation: "
-                  + event.getOperation().toString() + " , result: " + event.getResult() + " , error: "
-                  + event.getErrorMessage());
+        Iterable<String> events = null;
+        try {
+            events = asyncRequestConsumer.consume();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR, e.getMessage());
+            return;
         }
 
-        champAsyncResponsePublisher.publishResponseEvent(event);
-
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void run() {
-
-    logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO, "Listening for graph events");
+        if (events == null || !events.iterator().hasNext()) {
+            logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO, "No events recieved");
 
-    if (asyncRequestConsumer == null) {
-      logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR, "Unable to initialize ChampAsyncRequestProcessor");
-    }
-
-    Iterable<String> events = null;
-    try {
-      events = asyncRequestConsumer.consume();
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR, e.getMessage());
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (events == null || !events.iterator().hasNext()) {
-      logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO, "No events recieved");
+        }
 
-    }
+        for (String event : events) {
+            try {
+                GraphEventEnvelope requestEnvelope = GraphEventEnvelope.fromJson(event);
+                GraphEvent requestEvent = requestEnvelope.getBody();
+                auditLogger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO,
+                        "Event received of type: " + requestEvent.getObjectType() + " with key: "
+                                + requestEvent.getObjectKey() + " , transaction-id: " + requestEvent.getTransactionId()
+                                + " , operation: " + requestEvent.getOperation().toString());
+                logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO,
+                        "Event received of type: " + requestEvent.getObjectType() + " with key: "
+                                + requestEvent.getObjectKey() + " , transaction-id: " + requestEvent.getTransactionId()
+                                + " , operation: " + requestEvent.getOperation().toString());
+                logger.debug(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO, "Event received with payload:" + event);
+
+                // Try to submit the event to be published to the event bus.
+                if (!requestProcesserEventQueue.offer(requestEnvelope)) {
+                    logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR,
+                            "Event could not be published to the event bus due to: Internal buffer capacity exceeded.");
+                }
+
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR, e.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
 
-    for (String event : events) {
-      try {
-        GraphEvent requestEvent = GraphEvent.fromJson(event);
-        auditLogger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO,
-            "Event received of type: " + requestEvent.getObjectType() + " with key: " + requestEvent.getObjectKey()
-                + " , transaction-id: " + requestEvent.getTransactionId() + " , operation: "
-                + requestEvent.getOperation().toString());
-        logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO,
-            "Event received of type: " + requestEvent.getObjectType() + " with key: " + requestEvent.getObjectKey()
-                + " , transaction-id: " + requestEvent.getTransactionId() + " , operation: "
-                + requestEvent.getOperation().toString());
-        logger.debug(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_INFO, "Event received with payload:" + event);
-
-        // Try to submit the event to be published to the event bus.
-        if (!requestProcesserEventQueue.offer(requestEvent)) {
-          logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR,
-              "Event could not be published to the event bus due to: Internal buffer capacity exceeded.");
+        try {
+            asyncRequestConsumer.commitOffsets();
+        } catch (OperationNotSupportedException e) {
+            // Dmaap doesnt support commit with offset
+            logger.debug(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_WARN, e.getMessage());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_WARN, e.getMessage());
         }
 
-      } catch (Exception e) {
-        logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_ERROR, e.getMessage());
-      }
     }
 
-    try {
-      asyncRequestConsumer.commitOffsets();
-    } catch(OperationNotSupportedException e) {
-        //Dmaap doesnt support commit with offset	
-        logger.debug(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_WARN, e.getMessage());
-    } 
-    catch (Exception e) {
-      logger.error(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_REQUEST_PROCESSOR_WARN, e.getMessage());
+    public Integer getRequestPollingTimeSeconds() {
+        return requestPollingTimeSeconds;
     }
 
-  }
-
-
-
-  public Integer getRequestPollingTimeSeconds() {
-    return requestPollingTimeSeconds;
-  }
-
-  
 }
diff --git a/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/async/ChampAsyncResponsePublisher.java b/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/async/ChampAsyncResponsePublisher.java
index a9560b0..c3f3859 100644
--- a/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/async/ChampAsyncResponsePublisher.java
+++ b/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/async/ChampAsyncResponsePublisher.java
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 
 import org.onap.aai.cl.api.Logger;
 import org.onap.aai.cl.eelf.LoggerFactory;
+import org.onap.aai.event.api.EventPublisher;
 import org.onap.champ.event.GraphEvent;
 import org.onap.champ.event.GraphEvent.GraphEventResult;
+import org.onap.champ.event.envelope.GraphEventEnvelope;
 import org.onap.champ.service.ChampThreadFactory;
 import org.onap.champ.service.logging.ChampMsgs;
 
-import org.onap.aai.event.api.EventPublisher;
-
 public class ChampAsyncResponsePublisher {
 
   private EventPublisher asyncResponsePublisher;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class ChampAsyncResponsePublisher {
   /**
    * Internal queue where outgoing events will be buffered.
    **/
-  private BlockingQueue<GraphEvent> responsePublisherEventQueue;
+  private BlockingQueue<GraphEventEnvelope> responsePublisherEventQueue;
 
   /**
    * Pool of worker threads that do the work of publishing the events to the
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class ChampAsyncResponsePublisher {
 
     this.responsePublisherPoolSize = responsePublisherPoolSize;
 
-    responsePublisherEventQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<GraphEvent>(responsePublisherQueueSize);
+    responsePublisherEventQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<GraphEventEnvelope>(responsePublisherQueueSize);
     responsePublisherPool = (ThreadPoolExecutor) Executors.newFixedThreadPool(responsePublisherPoolSize,
         new ChampThreadFactory(CHAMP_GRAPH_RESPONSE_PUBLISH_THREAD_NAME));
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class ChampAsyncResponsePublisher {
 
     responsePublisherPoolSize = DEFAULT_ASYNC_RESPONSE_PUBLISH_THREAD_POOL_SIZE;
 
-    responsePublisherEventQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<GraphEvent>(responsePublisherQueueSize);
+    responsePublisherEventQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<GraphEventEnvelope>(responsePublisherQueueSize);
     responsePublisherPool = (ThreadPoolExecutor) Executors.newFixedThreadPool(responsePublisherPoolSize,
         new ChampThreadFactory(CHAMP_GRAPH_RESPONSE_PUBLISH_THREAD_NAME));
 
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ public class ChampAsyncResponsePublisher {
             + asyncResponsePublisher.getClass().getName());
   }
 
-  public void publishResponseEvent(GraphEvent event) {
-    responsePublisherEventQueue.offer(event);
+  public void publishResponseEvent(GraphEventEnvelope eventEnvelope) {
+    responsePublisherEventQueue.offer(eventEnvelope);
 
   }
 
@@ -116,23 +116,20 @@ public class ChampAsyncResponsePublisher {
     public void run() {
 
       while (true) {
-
+        GraphEventEnvelope eventEnvelope = null;
         GraphEvent event = null;
         try {
-
           // Get the next event to be published from the queue.
-          event = responsePublisherEventQueue.take();
-
+          eventEnvelope = responsePublisherEventQueue.take();
+          event = eventEnvelope.getBody();
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-
           // Restore the interrupted status.
           Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
         }
         // Publish the response
-
         try {
           event.setTimestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
-          asyncResponsePublisher.sendSync(event.toJson());
+          asyncResponsePublisher.sendSync(eventEnvelope.toJson());
           if (event.getResult().equals(GraphEventResult.SUCCESS)) {
             logger.info(ChampMsgs.CHAMP_ASYNC_RESPONSE_PUBLISHER_INFO,
                 "Response published for Event of type: " + event.getObjectType() + " with key: " + event.getObjectKey()
diff --git a/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/event/envelope/GraphEventEnvelope.java b/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/event/envelope/GraphEventEnvelope.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7958a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/event/envelope/GraphEventEnvelope.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/**
+ * ============LICENSE_START==========================================
+ * org.onap.aai
+ * ===================================================================
+ * Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright © 2017 Amdocs
+ * ===================================================================
+ * 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============================================
+ * ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+ */
+package org.onap.champ.event.envelope;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+import org.onap.champ.event.GraphEvent;
+import org.onap.champ.exception.ChampServiceException;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+
+public class GraphEventEnvelope {
+
+    private GraphEventHeader header;
+    private GraphEvent body;
+
+    /**
+     * Serializer/deserializer for converting to/from JSON.
+     */
+    private static final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().disableHtmlEscaping().setPrettyPrinting().create();
+
+    public GraphEventEnvelope(GraphEvent event) {
+        this.header = new GraphEventHeader.Builder().requestId(event.getTransactionId()).build();
+        this.body = event;
+    }
+
+    public GraphEventEnvelope(GraphEventHeader header, GraphEvent body) {
+        this.header = header;
+        this.body = body;
+    }
+
+    public GraphEventHeader getHeader() {
+        return header;
+    }
+
+    public void setHeader(GraphEventHeader header) {
+        this.header = header;
+    }
+
+    public GraphEvent getBody() {
+        return body;
+    }
+
+    public void setBody(GraphEvent body) {
+        this.body = body;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Serializes this Vertex object into a JSON string.
+     *
+     * @return - A JSON format string representation of this Vertex.
+     */
+    public String toJson() {
+        return gson.toJson(this);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deserializes the provided JSON string into a Event Envelope object.
+     *
+     * @param json the JSON string to produce the Event Envelope from.
+     * @return an Event Envelope object.
+     * @throws ChampServiceException
+     */
+    public static GraphEventEnvelope fromJson(String json) throws ChampServiceException {
+        try {
+            if (json == null || json.isEmpty()) {
+                throw new ChampServiceException("Empty or null JSON string.", Status.BAD_REQUEST);
+            }
+            return gson.fromJson(json, GraphEventEnvelope.class);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            throw new ChampServiceException("Unable to parse JSON string: ", Status.BAD_REQUEST);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return toJson();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/event/envelope/GraphEventHeader.java b/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/event/envelope/GraphEventHeader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59e01ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/champ-service/src/main/java/org/onap/champ/event/envelope/GraphEventHeader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+/**
+ * ============LICENSE_START==========================================
+ * org.onap.aai
+ * ===================================================================
+ * Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright © 2017 Amdocs
+ * ===================================================================
+ * 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============================================
+ * ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+ */
+package org.onap.champ.event.envelope;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+
+public class GraphEventHeader {
+
+    private static final String SOURCE_NAME = "CHAMP";
+
+    private static final String EVENT_TYPE = "db-update-result";
+
+    @SerializedName("request-id")
+    private String requestId;
+
+    private String timestamp;
+
+    @SerializedName("source-name")
+    private String sourceName;
+
+    @SerializedName("event-type")
+    private String eventType;
+
+    @SerializedName("validation-entity-type")
+    private String validationEntityType;
+
+    @SerializedName("validation-top-entity-type")
+    private String validationTopEntityType;
+
+    @SerializedName("entity-link")
+    private String entityLink;
+
+    private static final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().disableHtmlEscaping().setPrettyPrinting().create();
+
+    public static Builder builder() {
+        return new Builder();
+    }
+
+    public static class Builder {
+
+        private String requestId;
+        private String validationEntityType;
+        private String validationTopEntityType;
+        private String entityLink;
+
+        public Builder requestId(String val) {
+            requestId = val;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder validationEntityType(String val) {
+            validationEntityType = val;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder validationTopEntityType(String val) {
+            validationTopEntityType = val;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder entityLink(String val) {
+            entityLink = val;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public GraphEventHeader build() {
+            return new GraphEventHeader(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private GraphEventHeader(Builder builder) {
+        requestId = builder.requestId != null ? builder.requestId : UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        timestamp = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmssX").withZone(ZoneOffset.UTC).format(Instant.now());
+        sourceName = SOURCE_NAME;
+        eventType = EVENT_TYPE;
+
+        validationEntityType = builder.validationEntityType;
+        validationTopEntityType = builder.validationTopEntityType;
+        entityLink = builder.entityLink;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Serializes this object into a JSON string representation.
+     *
+     * @return a JSON format string representation of this object.
+     */
+    public String toJson() {
+        return gson.toJson(this);
+    }
+
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // GETTERS AND SETTERS
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    public String getRequestId() {
+        return requestId;
+    }
+
+    public void setRequestId(String requestId) {
+        this.requestId = requestId;
+    }
+
+    public String getTimestamp() {
+        return timestamp;
+    }
+
+    public void setTimestamp(String timestamp) {
+        this.timestamp = timestamp;
+    }
+
+    public String getSourceName() {
+        return sourceName;
+    }
+
+    public void setSourceName(String sourceName) {
+        this.sourceName = sourceName;
+    }
+
+    public String getEventType() {
+        return eventType;
+    }
+
+    public void setEventType(String eventType) {
+        this.eventType = eventType;
+    }
+
+    public String getValidationEntityType() {
+        return validationEntityType;
+    }
+
+    public void setValidationEntityType(String validationEntityType) {
+        this.validationEntityType = validationEntityType;
+    }
+
+    public String getValidationTopEntityType() {
+        return validationTopEntityType;
+    }
+
+    public void setValidationTopEntityType(String validationTopEntityType) {
+        this.validationTopEntityType = validationTopEntityType;
+    }
+
+    public String getEntityLink() {
+        return entityLink;
+    }
+
+    public void setEntityLink(String entityLink) {
+        this.entityLink = entityLink;
+    }
+
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // OVERRIDES
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    /*
+     * (non-Javadoc)
+     *
+     * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(this.requestId, this.timestamp, this.sourceName, this.eventType, this.validationEntityType,
+                this.validationTopEntityType, this.entityLink);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * (non-Javadoc)
+     *
+     * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (!(obj instanceof GraphEventHeader)) {
+            return false;
+        } else if (obj == this) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        GraphEventHeader rhs = (GraphEventHeader) obj;
+     // @formatter:off
+     return new EqualsBuilder()
+                  .append(requestId, rhs.requestId)
+                  .append(timestamp, rhs.timestamp)
+                  .append(sourceName, rhs.sourceName)
+                  .append(eventType, rhs.sourceName)
+                  .append(validationEntityType, rhs.validationEntityType)
+                  .append(validationTopEntityType, rhs.validationTopEntityType)
+                  .append(entityLink, rhs.entityLink)
+                  .isEquals();
+     // @formatter:on
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * (non-Javadoc)
+     *
+     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return this.toJson();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/champ-service/src/test/java/org/onap/champ/event/GraphEventEnvelopeTest.java b/champ-service/src/test/java/org/onap/champ/event/GraphEventEnvelopeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c39f99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/champ-service/src/test/java/org/onap/champ/event/GraphEventEnvelopeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.onap.champ.event;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.aai.champcore.model.ChampObject;
+import org.onap.champ.event.GraphEvent.GraphEventOperation;
+import org.onap.champ.event.envelope.GraphEventEnvelope;
+import org.onap.champ.util.TestUtil;
+import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.Customization;
+import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONAssert;
+import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONCompareMode;
+import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.comparator.CustomComparator;
+
+public class GraphEventEnvelopeTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEventEnvelopeFormat() throws Exception {
+        String expectedEnvelope = TestUtil.getFileAsString("event/event-envelope.json");
+
+        GraphEvent body = GraphEvent.builder(GraphEventOperation.CREATE)
+                .vertex(GraphEventVertex.fromChampObject(new ChampObject.Builder("pserver").build(), "v13")).build();
+
+        String graphEventEnvelope = new GraphEventEnvelope(body).toJson();
+
+        JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedEnvelope, graphEventEnvelope,
+                new CustomComparator(JSONCompareMode.STRICT, new Customization("header.request-id", (o1, o2) -> true),
+                        new Customization("header.timestamp", (o1, o2) -> true),
+                        new Customization("body.timestamp", (o1, o2) -> true),
+                        new Customization("body.transaction-id", (o1, o2) -> true)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestIdIsTransactionId() throws Exception {
+        GraphEvent body = GraphEvent.builder(GraphEventOperation.CREATE)
+                .vertex(GraphEventVertex.fromChampObject(new ChampObject.Builder("pserver").build(), "v13")).build();
+
+        GraphEventEnvelope envelope = new GraphEventEnvelope(body);
+
+        assertThat(envelope.getHeader().getRequestId(), is(envelope.getBody().getTransactionId()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/champ-service/src/test/java/org/onap/champ/util/TestUtil.java b/champ-service/src/test/java/org/onap/champ/util/TestUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9924e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/champ-service/src/test/java/org/onap/champ/util/TestUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package org.onap.champ.util;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+public class TestUtil {
+
+	public static Path getPath(String resourceFilename) throws URISyntaxException {
+		URL resource = ClassLoader.getSystemResource(resourceFilename);
+		if (resource != null) {
+			return Paths.get(resource.toURI());
+		}
+
+		// If the resource is not found relative to the classpath, try to get it from the file system directly.
+		File file = new File(resourceFilename);
+		if (!file.exists()) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Resource does not exist: " + resourceFilename);
+		}
+		return file.toPath();
+	}
+
+	public static String getContentUtf8(Path filePath) throws IOException {
+		return new String(Files.readAllBytes(filePath));
+	}
+
+	public static String getFileAsString(String resourceFilename) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+		return getContentUtf8(getPath(resourceFilename));
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/champ-service/src/test/resources/event/event-envelope.json b/champ-service/src/test/resources/event/event-envelope.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68888c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/champ-service/src/test/resources/event/event-envelope.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "header": {
+    "request-id": "2253f351-d9b6-4638-9fe3-2c194bee1b29",
+    "timestamp": "20180316T092301Z",
+    "source-name": "CHAMP",
+    "event-type": "db-update-result"
+  },
+  "body": {
+    "operation": "CREATE",
+    "transaction-id": "2253f351-d9b6-4638-9fe3-2c194bee1b29",
+    "timestamp": 1521198075620,
+    "vertex": {
+      "key": "",
+      "schema-version": "v13",
+      "type": "pserver",
+      "properties": {}
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file