[AAI-ONAP] Keep the latest code in sync

Change-Id: Iebcff01ef3b79d04d14837d842fec0a1d6148703
Signed-off-by: Venkata Harish K Kajur <vk250x@att.com>

12 files changed, 161 insertions, 5308 deletions

diff --git a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/config/DmaapConfig.java b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/config/DmaapConfig.java
index a33e653..45406ec 100644
--- a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/config/DmaapConfig.java
+++ b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/config/DmaapConfig.java
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
  * ================================================================================
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
  * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
  */
 
diff --git a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/DbEdgeGroup.java b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/DbEdgeGroup.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 56a9a4b..0000000
--- a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/DbEdgeGroup.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,439 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * org.openecomp.aai
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.aai.dbgraphgen;
-
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-import org.apache.commons.collections.map.MultiValueMap;
-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.Edge;
-import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
-
-import org.openecomp.aai.dbgen.DbMeth;
-import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
-import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIExceptionWithInfo;
-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.serialization.db.EdgeType;
-import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.MultiplicityRule;
-import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.exceptions.NoEdgeRuleFoundException;
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanEdge;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanTransaction;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanVertex;
-
-public class DbEdgeGroup {
-	
-	private static final EELFLogger LOGGER = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(DbEdgeGroup.class);
-	
-	/**
-	 * Replace edge group.
-	 *
-	 * @param transId the trans id
-	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param startVert the start vert
-	 * @param scope the scope
-	 * @param relatedNodesMultiMap the related nodes multi map
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static void replaceEdgeGroup( String transId, 
-										String fromAppId, 
-										TitanTransaction graph,  
-										TitanVertex startVert, 
-										String scope, 
-										MultiValueMap relatedNodesMultiMap, // supports multiple entries for same nodetype
-										String apiVersion ) throws AAIException{
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-	// NOTE --- This routine is only used for "cousin" relationships. 
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/*
-	 *  scope can be one of these:  
-	 *    a) "ALL_COUSIN_REL"  
-	 *    b) "ONLY_PASSED_COUSINS_REL" (only look at the edge types that are
-	 *                                 represented in the passed list of relationships)
-	 *        
-	 *   Given a startNode and a list of relationshipInfo, we need to check the database and then, 
-	 *   1) Delete any in-scope db relationships which are not represented in the relationshipList.
-	 *      So, for ALL_COUSIN_REL, we would delete any db relationship that had an edge with
-	 *         parentOf = false if it was not represented in the passed Relationship List.
-	 *      For ONLY_PASSED_COUSINS_REL - we'd do the same as above, but only for edges that match the 
-	 *         type in the passed relationshipList.  We'd leave any others alone.
-	 *   2) Then, Persist (add/update) all the remaining passed-in relationships.        
-	 */
-
-	if( !scope.equals("ALL_COUSIN_REL") && !scope.equals("ONLY_PASSED_COUSINS_REL")  ){
-		throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Illegal scope parameter passed: [" + scope + "]."); 
-	}
-
-	HashMap <String,String> vidToNodeTypeInDbHash = new HashMap <String,String>();
-	HashMap <String,String> nodeTypeInReqHash = new HashMap <String,String>();
-	HashMap <String,TitanEdge> vidToEdgeInDbHash = new HashMap <String,TitanEdge>();
-	HashMap <String,TitanVertex> vidToTargetVertexHash = new HashMap <String,TitanVertex>();
-
-	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	// 1) First -- look what is currently in the db -- 
-	//        "cousins" => grab all nodes connected to startVertex that have edges with param: isParent = false.
-	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	GraphTraversalSource conPipeTraversal = startVert.graph().traversal();
-	GraphTraversal<Vertex, Edge> conPipe = conPipeTraversal.V(startVert).bothE().has("isParent",false);
-	// Note - it's ok if nothing is found
-	if( conPipe != null ){
-		while( conPipe.hasNext() ){
-			TitanEdge ed = (TitanEdge) conPipe.next();
-			TitanVertex cousinV = ed.otherVertex(startVert);
-			String vid = cousinV.id().toString();
-			String noTy = cousinV.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-			vidToNodeTypeInDbHash.put(vid, noTy);
-			vidToEdgeInDbHash.put(vid, ed);
-
-			LOGGER.info("Found connected cousin vid(s) in db: [" + cousinV.id().toString() + "]");
-		}
-	}
-
-	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	//2) Get a List of the Titan nodes that the end-state list wants to be connected to		
-	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	ArrayList <TitanVertex> targetConnectedToVertList = new ArrayList<TitanVertex>();		
-	if( relatedNodesMultiMap != null ) {
-		
-        Set entrySet = relatedNodesMultiMap.entrySet();
-        Iterator it = entrySet.iterator();
-        //System.out.println("  Object key  Object value");
-        while (it.hasNext()) {
-            Map.Entry mapEntry = (Map.Entry) it.next();
-			String rel2Nt = (String) mapEntry.getKey();
-			int i = 0;
-			ArrayList <HashMap<String, Object>> propList = ((ArrayList<HashMap<String, Object>>)relatedNodesMultiMap.get(rel2Nt));
-			while (i < propList.size()) {
-				HashMap<String, Object> propFilterHash = (HashMap<String, Object>) propList.get(i++);
-				
-				TitanVertex targetVert;
-				
-				try {
-					targetVert = DbMeth.getUniqueNodeWithDepParams( transId, 
-																	fromAppId, 
-																	graph, 
-																	rel2Nt, 
-																	propFilterHash, 
-																	apiVersion );
-				} catch (AAIException e) {
-					if (e.getErrorObject().getErrorCode().equals("6114"))
-						throw new AAIExceptionWithInfo("AAI_6129", 
-														e, 
-														"Node of type " + rel2Nt + " not found for properties:" + propFilterHash.toString(),
-														propFilterHash,
-														rel2Nt);
-					else 
-						throw e;
-				}
-			
-				targetConnectedToVertList.add(targetVert);
-	
-				String vid = targetVert.id().toString();
-				String noTy = targetVert.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-				nodeTypeInReqHash.put(noTy, "");
-				vidToTargetVertexHash.put(vid, targetVert);
-	
-				LOGGER.info("They request edges to these vids:[" + targetVert.id().toString() + "]");
-			}
-        }
-	}
-
-	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	// 3) Compare what is in the DB with what they are requesting as an end-state. 
-	//    If any are found in the db-list but not the new-list, delete them from the db (conditionally - based on scope)
-	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	String startVtxNT = startVert.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-	for( Map.Entry<String, TitanEdge> entry : vidToEdgeInDbHash.entrySet() ){
-		String vertId = entry.getKey();
-		TitanEdge dbEd = entry.getValue();
-		if( ! vidToTargetVertexHash.containsKey(vertId) ){    
-			if( scope.equals("ALL_COUSIN_REL") ){
-				LOGGER.info("We will DELETE existing DB-edge to vids = [" + entry.getKey() + "]");
-				DbMeth.removeAaiEdge(transId, fromAppId, graph, dbEd);
-			}
-			else if( scope.equals("ONLY_PASSED_COUSINS_REL") ){
-				// If they use "ONLY_PASSED_COUSINS_REL" scope, they want us to delete an edge ONLY if:
-				//      a) this edge is the same type that they passed in (but goes to a different endpoint)
-				//  AND b) this additional edge would break the multiplicity edge rule.  
-				String ntInDb = vidToNodeTypeInDbHash.get(vertId);
-				if( nodeTypeInReqHash.containsKey(ntInDb) && additionalEdgeWouldBreakMultEdgeRule(startVtxNT, ntInDb) ){
-					LOGGER.info("We will DELETE existing DB-edge to vids = [" + entry.getKey() + "]");
-					DbMeth.removeAaiEdge(transId, fromAppId, graph, dbEd);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	//---------------------------------------------------------------
-	// 4) add/update (persist) all the relations on the new-list
-	//---------------------------------------------------------------
-	for( Map.Entry<String, TitanVertex> entry : vidToTargetVertexHash.entrySet() ){
-		LOGGER.info("Call persistAaiEdge on edge(s) going to vids = " + "[" + entry.getKey() + "]");
-		TitanVertex targV = entry.getValue();
-		DbMeth.persistAaiEdge(transId, fromAppId, graph, startVert, targV, apiVersion, "cousin");
-	}
-
-	return;
-
-}// End replaceEdgeGroup()
-
-
-/**
- * Additional edge would break mult edge rule.
- *
- * @param startNodeType the start node type
- * @param endNodeType the end node type
- * @return the boolean
- * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
- */
-private static Boolean additionalEdgeWouldBreakMultEdgeRule( String startNodeType, String endNodeType )
-	throws AAIException {
-	// Return true if a second edge from the startNodeType to the endNodeType would
-	// break a multiplicity edge rule.
-	// Ie.  Adding an edge to a second tenant (endNode) from a vserver (startNode) node would be flagged by this
-	//   if we have our multiplicity rule set up for the "vserver-tenant" edge set up as "Many2One" or if
-	//   it was set up the other way, "tenant-vserver" as "One2Many" or even if it was "One2One".  In any of 
-	//   those scenarios, the addition of an edge from a particular vserver to an additional tenant node
-	//   would break the rule.
-	
-	EdgeRule edgeRule = null;
-	boolean reversed = false;
-	
-	if (EdgeRules.getInstance().hasEdgeRule(startNodeType, endNodeType)) {
-	} else if (EdgeRules.getInstance().hasEdgeRule(endNodeType, startNodeType)) {
-		reversed = true;
-	}
-	
-	try {
-		edgeRule = EdgeRules.getInstance().getEdgeRule(EdgeType.COUSIN, startNodeType, endNodeType);
-	} catch (NoEdgeRuleFoundException e) {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-
-	if (edgeRule.getMultiplicityRule().equals(MultiplicityRule.ONE2ONE)) {
-		return true;
-	} else if (reversed && edgeRule.getMultiplicityRule().equals(MultiplicityRule.ONE2MANY)) {
-		return true;
-	} else if (!reversed && edgeRule.getMultiplicityRule().equals(MultiplicityRule.MANY2ONE)) {
-		return true;
-	} else {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	
-}// end of additionalEdgeWouldBreakMultEdgeRule()
-
-/**
- * Delete edge group.
- *
- * @param transId the trans id
- * @param fromAppId the from app id
- * @param graph the graph
- * @param startVert the start vert
- * @param relatedNodesMultiMap the related nodes multi map
- * @param apiVersion the api version
- * @return void
- * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
- */
-public static void deleteEdgeGroup( String transId, 
-									String fromAppId, 
-									TitanTransaction graph,  
-									TitanVertex startVert, 
-									MultiValueMap relatedNodesMultiMap, 
-									String apiVersion ) throws AAIException{
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-	// NOTE - This routine is only used for "cousin" relationships. 
-	// ALSO - an edge deletion will fail if that edge was needed by
-	//        the node on one of the sides for uniqueness.  We're just 
-	//        being careful here - so far, I don't think a cousin-edge
-	//        is ever used for this kind of dependency.
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	HashMap <String,TitanEdge> cousinVidToEdgeInDbHash = new HashMap <String,TitanEdge>();
-	String startVertNT = startVert.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-	String startVertVid = startVert.id().toString();
-	DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(apiVersion);
-	Collection <String> startVertDepNTColl =  dbMaps.NodeDependencies.get(startVertNT);
-
-	//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	// Get a list of vertexes that are attached to the startVert as "cousins" and the connecting edges
-	//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	GraphTraversalSource conPipeTraversal = startVert.graph().traversal();
-	GraphTraversal<Vertex, Edge> conPipe = conPipeTraversal.V(startVert).bothE().has("isParent",false);
-	if( conPipe != null ){
-		while( conPipe.hasNext() ){
-			TitanEdge ed = (TitanEdge) conPipe.next();
-			TitanVertex cousinV = ed.otherVertex(startVert);
-			String vid = cousinV.id().toString();
-			cousinVidToEdgeInDbHash.put(vid, ed);
-		}
-	}
-
-	//-------------------------------------------------------------
-	// 	Look through the Relationship info passed in.
-	//  Delete edges as requested if they check-out as cousins.
-	//-------------------------------------------------------------
-	Boolean isFirst = true;
-	String msg = "Deleting edges from vid = " + startVertVid + "(" + startVertNT + "), to these: [";
-	if( relatedNodesMultiMap != null ) {			
-        Set entrySet = relatedNodesMultiMap.entrySet();
-        Iterator it = entrySet.iterator();
-        //System.out.println("  Object key  Object value");
-        while (it.hasNext()) {
-            Map.Entry mapEntry = (Map.Entry) it.next();
-			String rel2Nt = (String) mapEntry.getKey();
-			HashMap<String, Object> propFilterHash = (HashMap<String, Object>)((ArrayList) relatedNodesMultiMap.get(rel2Nt)).get(0);
-			TitanVertex otherEndVert = DbMeth.getUniqueNodeWithDepParams( transId, fromAppId, graph, rel2Nt, propFilterHash, apiVersion ); 
-			String otherNT = otherEndVert.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-			String reqDelConnectedVid = otherEndVert.id().toString();
-			if( !cousinVidToEdgeInDbHash.containsKey(reqDelConnectedVid) ){
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6127", "COUSIN Edge between " + startVertVid + " (" + startVertNT + ") and " + reqDelConnectedVid +
-						"(" + otherNT + ") not found. "); 
-			}
-			else {
-				// This was a cousin edge.   But before we delete it, we will check to make
-				// sure it doesn't have a unique-dependency issue (need to check in two directions)
-				Iterator <String> ntItr1 = startVertDepNTColl.iterator();
-				if( ntItr1.hasNext() ){
-					while( ntItr1.hasNext() ){
-						if( ntItr1.next().equals(otherNT) ){
-							throw new AAIException("AAI_6126", "Edge between " + startVertVid + " and " + reqDelConnectedVid +
-									" cannot be deleted because of a uniqueness-dependancy between nodeTypes, " +
-									startVertNT + " and " + otherNT); 
-						}
-					}
-				}
-
-				Collection <String> depNTColl =  dbMaps.NodeDependencies.get(otherNT);
-				Iterator <String> ntItr2 = depNTColl.iterator();
-				if( ntItr2.hasNext() ){
-					while( ntItr2.hasNext() ){
-						if( ntItr2.next().equals(startVertNT) ){
-							throw new AAIException("AAI_6126", "Edge between " + startVertVid + " and " + reqDelConnectedVid +
-									" cannot be deleted because of a uniqueness-dependancy between nodeTypes: " +
-									otherNT + " and " + startVertNT); 
-						}
-					}
-				}
-
-				// It's OK to delete this edge as requested.
-				if( ! isFirst ){
-					msg = msg + ", ";
-				}
-				isFirst = false;
-				msg = msg + reqDelConnectedVid + "(" + otherNT + ")";
-				TitanEdge targetDelEdge = cousinVidToEdgeInDbHash.get(reqDelConnectedVid);
-				DbMeth.removeAaiEdge(transId, fromAppId, graph, targetDelEdge);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	msg = msg + "]";
-
-	LOGGER.info(msg);
-	
-	return;
-
-}// End deleteEdgeGroup()
-
-
-/**
- * Gets the edge group.
- *
- * @param transId the trans id
- * @param fromAppId the from app id
- * @param graph the graph
- * @param startVert the start vert
- * @param vidToNodeTypeHash the vid to node type hash
- * @param vidToVertexHash the vid to vertex hash
- * @param scope the scope
- * @param apiVersion the api version
- * @return void
- * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
- * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
- */
-public static void getEdgeGroup( String transId, 
-								String fromAppId, 
-								TitanTransaction graph,  
-								TitanVertex startVert, 
-								HashMap <String,String> vidToNodeTypeHash,
-								HashMap <String,TitanVertex> vidToVertexHash,
-								String scope, 
-								String apiVersion ) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException{
-
-	LOGGER.debug("scope={}", scope);
-	LOGGER.debug("vid={}", startVert.id().toString());
-	LOGGER.debug("nodetype={}", startVert.property("aai-node-type").orElse(null).toString());
-
-	/*
-	 *  scope can be one of these:  
-	 *    1) "ONLY_COUSIN_REL"   <-- This is the only one supported for now
-	 *    2) "ALL_COUSIN_AND_CHILDREN_REL"
-	 *    3) "ONLY_CHILDREN" 
-	 *    4) "USES_RESOURCE"
-	 *        
-	 *   Given a startNode and the scope, we need to return relationships that we find in the DB
-	 */
-
-	if( !scope.equals("ONLY_COUSIN_REL") ){
-		throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", "Illegal scope parameter passed: [" + scope + "]."); 
-	}
-
-	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	// Grab "first-layer" vertexes from the in the db -- 
-	//        "cousins" => grab all nodes connected to startVertex that have edges with param: isParent = false.
-	//        "children" => grab nodes via out-edge with isParent = true    (NOT YET SUPPORTED)
-	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	Iterable<Vertex> qResult = startVert.query().has("isParent",false).vertices();
-	Iterator <Vertex> resultI = qResult.iterator();
-
-	while( resultI.hasNext() ){
-		TitanVertex cousinV = (TitanVertex)resultI.next();
-		//showPropertiesForNode( transId, fromAppId, cousinV );
-
-		String vid = cousinV.id().toString();
-		String noTy = cousinV.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		vidToNodeTypeHash.put(vid, noTy);
-		vidToVertexHash.put(vid, cousinV);
-
-		LOGGER.debug("Found connected cousin vid(s) in db: " + "[" + cousinV.id().toString() + "]");
-	}
-
-}// End getEdgeGroup()
-
-
-}
diff --git a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/DbMeth.java b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/DbMeth.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bbcee63..0000000
--- a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/DbMeth.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3643 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * org.openecomp.aai
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.aai.dbgraphgen;
-
-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(__.outE().has("isParent-REV", true).inV(), __.inE().has("isParent", true).outV()).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 ArrayList <String> ();
-		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-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/ModelBasedProcessing.java b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/ModelBasedProcessing.java
index 6d9a277..da1fc1e 100644
--- a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/ModelBasedProcessing.java
+++ b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphgen/ModelBasedProcessing.java
@@ -36,23 +36,21 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversal;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.VertexProperty;
-
 import org.openecomp.aai.db.DbMethHelper;
 import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
 import org.openecomp.aai.dbgen.PropertyLimitDesc;
 import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
-import org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.DbMaps;
-import org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.IngestModelMoxyOxm;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
+import org.openecomp.aai.schema.enums.PropertyMetadata;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.DBSerializer;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeRules;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.db.EdgeType;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
 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.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
@@ -137,12 +135,12 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 					String calcModId = modVtx.<String>property("model-invariant-id").orElse(null);
 					// Now we can look up instances that match this model's info
 					if( calcModId != null ){
-						startVerts = this.engine.asAdmin().getReadOnlyTraversalSource().V().has("model-invariant-id-local",calcModId).has("model-version-id-local",passedModelVersionId);
+						startVerts = this.engine.asAdmin().getReadOnlyTraversalSource().V().has(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-invariant-id"),calcModId).has(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-version-id"),passedModelVersionId);
 					}
 				}	
 				else if( passedModelInvId != null && !passedModelInvId.equals("") ){
 					// They gave us the model-invariant-id
-					startVerts = this.engine.asAdmin().getReadOnlyTraversalSource().V().has("model-invariant-id-local",passedModelInvId);
+					startVerts = this.engine.asAdmin().getReadOnlyTraversalSource().V().has(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-invariant-id"),passedModelInvId);
 				}
 				else if( passedModelName != null && !passedModelName.equals("") ){
 					List<Vertex> modelVerVtxList = getModelVersUsingName(transId, fromAppId, passedModelName);
@@ -154,7 +152,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 							Vertex modVtx = getModelGivenModelVer(modelVerVtxList.get(i),"");
 							String calcModInvId = modVtx.<String>property("model-invariant-id").orElse(null);		
 							// Now we can look up instances that match this model's info
-							Iterator<Vertex> tmpStartIter = this.engine.asAdmin().getReadOnlyTraversalSource().V().has("model-invariant-id-local",calcModInvId).has("model-version-id-local",calcModVerId);
+							Iterator<Vertex> tmpStartIter = this.engine.asAdmin().getReadOnlyTraversalSource().V().has(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-invariant-id"),calcModInvId).has(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-version-id"),calcModVerId);
 							while( tmpStartIter.hasNext() ){
 								Vertex tmpStartVert = (Vertex) tmpStartIter.next();
 								startVtxList.add(tmpStartVert);
@@ -171,8 +169,8 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 				while( startVerts.hasNext() ){
 					Vertex tmpStartVert = (Vertex) startVerts.next();
 					String vid = tmpStartVert.id().toString();
-					String tmpModId =  tmpStartVert.<String>property("model-invariant-id-local").orElse(null);
-					String tmpModVerId =  tmpStartVert.<String>property("model-version-id-local").orElse(null);
+					String tmpModId =  tmpStartVert.<String>property(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-invariant-id")).orElse(null);
+					String tmpModVerId =  tmpStartVert.<String>property(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-version-id")).orElse(null);
 					startVertInfo.put(vid, tmpModVerId);
 				}
 			}
@@ -264,8 +262,8 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 				}
 			
 				String vid = startVtx.id().toString();
-				String personaModInvId = startVtx.<String>property("model-invariant-id-local").orElse(null);
-				String personaModVerId = startVtx.<String>property("model-version-id-local").orElse(null);
+				String personaModInvId = startVtx.<String>property(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-invariant-id")).orElse(null);
+				String personaModVerId = startVtx.<String>property(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-version-id")).orElse(null);
 					
 				// Either this start-node has persona info (which should not contradict any passed-in model info)
 				//    or they should have passed in the model to use - so we'd just use that.
@@ -425,9 +423,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 			List<Map<String,Object>> startNodeFilterArrayOfHashesVal, 
 			String apiVer ) 
 					throws AAIException{
-	
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-				
+					
 		List<ResultSet> resultArray = new ArrayList<>();
 		
 		// NOTE: this method can be used for different styles of queries:
@@ -537,7 +533,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 			if( ! skipModelVerIdList.contains(modVerKey) ){
 				Vertex modelVerVtx = (Vertex)distinctModelVersHash.get(modVerKey);
 				Multimap<String, String> tmpTopoMap = genTopoMap4ModelVer( transId, fromAppId,
-						modelVerVtx, modVerKey, dbMaps );
+						modelVerVtx, modVerKey);
 				validNextStepHash.put(modVerKey, tmpTopoMap);
 			}
 		} 
@@ -550,7 +546,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 		Map<String, String> firstStepInfoHash = new HashMap<>(); 
 			// For firstStepInfoHash:   key = startNodeVtxId, val=topNodeType plus personaData if applicable
 			//                            ie. the value is what we'd use as the "first-step" for this model.
-		if( !nodeTypeSupportsPersona( startNodeType, dbMaps) ){
+		if( !nodeTypeSupportsPersona( startNodeType) ){
 			// This node type doesn't have persona info, so we just use startNodeType for the first-step-info 
 			snKeySet = startNode2ModelVerHash.keySet();
 			startNodeIterator = snKeySet.iterator();
@@ -575,8 +571,8 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 				Vertex modelVerVtx = (Vertex)distinctModelVersHash.get(thisVtxModelVerId);
 				Vertex modelVtx = getModelGivenModelVer( modelVerVtx, "" );
 				String modInvId = modelVtx.<String>property("model-invariant-id").orElse(null);
-				String personaModInvId = tmpVtx.<String>property("model-invariant-id-local").orElse(null);
-				String personaModVerId = tmpVtx.<String>property("model-version-id-local").orElse(null);
+				String personaModInvId = tmpVtx.<String>property(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-invariant-id")).orElse(null);
+				String personaModVerId = tmpVtx.<String>property(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-version-id")).orElse(null);
 				if( modInvId.equals(personaModInvId) && thisVtxModelVerId.equals(personaModVerId) ){
 					String tmpPersonaInfoStr = startNodeType + "," + personaModInvId + "," + personaModVerId;
 					firstStepInfoHash.put(vtxKey, tmpPersonaInfoStr );
@@ -666,9 +662,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 					throws AAIException{
 		
 		Map<String,String> retHash = new HashMap<>();
-		
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		
+				
 		// Locate the Model-ver node to be used 
 		Vertex modelVerVtx = null;
 		if( modelVersionId != null && !modelVersionId.equals("") ){
@@ -688,7 +682,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 			}
 			Vertex startVtx = result.get();
 			
-			String startVertModVerId = startVtx.<String>property("model-version-id-local").orElse(null);
+			String startVertModVerId = startVtx.<String>property(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-version-id")).orElse(null);
 			modelVerVtx = getNodeUsingUniqueId(transId, fromAppId, "model-ver", 
 					"model-version-id", startVertModVerId);
 		}
@@ -733,7 +727,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 			String msg = "Could not determine the top-node nodeType for model-version-id: [" + modelVersionId + "]";
 			throw new AAIException("AAI_6132", msg);
 		}
-		if( nodeTypeSupportsPersona(topNType, dbMaps) ){
+		if( nodeTypeSupportsPersona(topNType) ){
 			Vertex modelVtx = getModelGivenModelVer(modelVerVtx,"");
 			chkFirstNodePersonaModInvId = modelVtx.<String>property("model-invariant-id").orElse(null);
 			chkFirstNodePersonaModVerId = modelVerVtx.<String>property("model-version-id").orElse(null);
@@ -747,7 +741,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 		ArrayList <String>  vidsTraversed = new ArrayList<>();
 		Map<String, String> delKeyHash = collectDeleteKeyHash( transId, fromAppId,
 				  firstModElementVertex, incomingTrail, currentHash, vidsTraversed, 
-				  0, dbMaps, modConHash, 
+				  0, modConHash, 
 				  chkFirstNodePersonaModInvId, chkFirstNodePersonaModVerId ); 
 	
 		
@@ -765,8 +759,8 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 		if( !chkFirstNodePersonaModInvId.equals("") ){
 			// NOTE:  For Service or Resource models, if this is a nodeType that supports persona's, then
 			// 		we need to make sure that the start node matches the persona values.
-			String startVertPersonaModInvId = startVtx.<String>property("model-invariant-id-local").orElse(null);
-			String startVertPersonaModVerId = startVtx.<String>property("model-version-id-local").orElse(null);
+			String startVertPersonaModInvId = startVtx.<String>property(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-invariant-id")).orElse(null);
+			String startVertPersonaModVerId = startVtx.<String>property(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-version-id")).orElse(null);
 			if( !chkFirstNodePersonaModInvId.equals(startVertPersonaModInvId) 
 					|| !chkFirstNodePersonaModVerId.equals(startVertPersonaModVerId) ){
 				String msg = "Persona-Model data mismatch for start node (" + topNType +  "), " +
@@ -778,7 +772,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 		
 		// Read the model-ver into a Map for processing
 		Multimap <String, String> validNextStepMap = genTopoMap4ModelVer(transId, fromAppId, 
-				modelVerVtx, modelVersionId, dbMaps );
+				modelVerVtx, modelVersionId);
 			
 		// Collect the data
 		String elementLocationTrail = topNType + personaData;
@@ -1555,7 +1549,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 			  modPipe = this.engine.asAdmin().getReadOnlyTraversalSource().V(thisLevelElemVtx).both().has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, targetNodeType);
 		  }
 		  else {
-			  modPipe = this.engine.asAdmin().getReadOnlyTraversalSource().V(thisLevelElemVtx).both().has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, targetNodeType).has("model-invariant-id-local",pmid).has("model-version-id-local",pmv);
+			  modPipe = this.engine.asAdmin().getReadOnlyTraversalSource().V(thisLevelElemVtx).both().has(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE, targetNodeType).has(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-invariant-id"),pmid).has(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-version-id"),pmv);
 		  }
 		  
 		  if( modPipe == null || !modPipe.hasNext() ){
@@ -1591,12 +1585,12 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 	 * @param fromAppId the from app id
 	 * @param modelVerVertex the model-ver vertex
 	 * @param modelVerId the model-version-id
-	 * @param dbMaps the db maps
+	 * @param loader the db maps
 	 * @return MultiMap of valid next steps for each potential model-element
 	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
 	 */
 	public Multimap<String, String> genTopoMap4ModelVer( String transId, String fromAppId, 
-		 Vertex modelVerVertex, String modelVerId, DbMaps dbMaps )   
+		 Vertex modelVerVertex, String modelVerId)   
 				  throws AAIException {
 	  
 		if( modelVerVertex == null ){
@@ -1643,7 +1637,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 		}
 	    
 		 Multimap <String, String> collectedMap = collectTopology4ModelVer( transId, fromAppId, 
-				firstElementVertex, "", initialEmptyMap, vidsTraversed, 0, dbMaps, null, firstModelInvId, firstModelVersion );
+				firstElementVertex, "", initialEmptyMap, vidsTraversed, 0, null, firstModelInvId, firstModelVersion );
 		 
 		 return collectedMap;
 	  
@@ -1965,6 +1959,9 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 			Vertex relLookupVtx = (Vertex) lookPipe.next();
 			// We found a related-lookup record to try and use
 			String srcProp = relLookupVtx.<String>property("source-node-property").orElse(null);
+			String srcNodeType = relLookupVtx.<String>property("source-node-type").orElse(null);
+			srcProp = getPropNameWithAliasIfNeeded(srcNodeType, srcProp);
+			
 			if( (srcProp == null) || srcProp.equals("")){
 				String msg = " Bad related-lookup (source-node-property) found in Named Query definition. ";
 				throw new AAIException("AAI_6133", msg);
@@ -1975,6 +1972,8 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 				throw new AAIException("AAI_6133", msg);
 			}
 			String targetProp = relLookupVtx.<String>property("target-node-property").orElse(null);
+			targetProp = getPropNameWithAliasIfNeeded(targetNodeType, targetProp);
+					
 			if( (targetProp == null) || targetProp.equals("")){
 				String msg = " Bad related-lookup (target-node-property) found in Named Query definition. ";
 				throw new AAIException("AAI_6133", msg);
@@ -1986,10 +1985,16 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 				propCollectList.add((String)vpI.next().value());
 			}
 
-			// Use the value from the source to see if we can find ONE target record using the value from the source
+			// Use the value from the source to see if we can find ONE target record using the 
+			//     value from the source
 			String valFromInstance = instanceVertex.<String>property(srcProp).orElse(null);
 			if( valFromInstance == null ){
-				valFromInstance = "";
+				// if there is no key to use to go look up something, we should end it here and just
+				// note what happened  - no need to try to look something up by an empty key 
+				LOGGER.debug("WARNING - the instance data node of type [" + srcNodeType 
+						+ "] did not have a value for property [" + srcProp 
+						+ "], so related-lookup is being abandoned.");
+				return retHash;
 			}
 			
 			Map<String,Object> propHash = new HashMap<String,Object>();
@@ -1997,18 +2002,26 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 			
 			Optional<Vertex> result = dbMethHelper.locateUniqueVertex(targetNodeType, propHash);
 			if (!result.isPresent()) {
-				throw new AAIException("AAI_6114", "No Node of type " + targetNodeType + " found for properties");
+				// If it can't find the lookup node, don't fail, just log that it couldn't be found ---
+				LOGGER.debug("WARNING - Could not find lookup node that corresponds to nodeType [" 
+						+ targetNodeType + "] propertyName = [" + srcProp 
+						+ "], propVal = [" + valFromInstance
+						+ "] so related-lookup is being abandoned.");
+				return retHash;
 			}
+			else {
 			Vertex tmpVtx = result.get();
 			// Pick up the properties from the target vertex that they wanted us to get
 			for( int j = 0; j < propCollectList.size(); j++ ){
 				String tmpPropName = propCollectList.get(j);
+					tmpPropName = getPropNameWithAliasIfNeeded(targetNodeType, tmpPropName);
 				Object valObj = tmpVtx.<Object>property(tmpPropName).orElse(null);
 				String lookupKey = targetNodeType + "." + tmpPropName;
 				retHash.put(lookupKey, valObj);
 				
 			}
 		}
+		}
 		 
 	  	return retHash;
 	  
@@ -2107,7 +2120,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
      * @param Map that got us to this point (that we will use as the base of the map we will return)
 	 * @param vidsTraversed the vids traversed ---- ArrayList of vertexId's that we traversed to get to this point
 	 * @param levelCounter the level counter
-	 * @param dbMaps the db maps
+	 * @param loader the db maps
 	 * @param modConstraintHash the mod constraint hash
 	 * @param overRideModelId the over ride model id
 	 * @param overRideModelVersionId the over ride model version id
@@ -2117,7 +2130,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 	public Map<String, String> collectDeleteKeyHash( String transId, String fromAppId,
 		  Vertex thisLevelElemVtx, String incomingTrail, 
 		  Map<String,String> currentHash, ArrayList <String> vidsTraversed, 
-		  int levelCounter, DbMaps dbMaps, Map<String, Vertex> modConstraintHash,
+		  int levelCounter, Map<String, Vertex> modConstraintHash,
 		  String overRideModelId, String overRideModelVersionId )   
 				  throws AAIException {
 	
@@ -2207,7 +2220,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 			  firstElementModelInfo = "," + overRideModelId + "," + overRideModelVersionId;
 		  }
 	  }	
-	  else if( nodeTypeSupportsPersona(thisElementNodeType, dbMaps) ){
+	  else if( nodeTypeSupportsPersona(thisElementNodeType) ){
 		  firstElementModelInfo = "," + subModelFirstModInvId + "," + subModelFirstVerId;
 	  }
 			  
@@ -2314,12 +2327,12 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 				  Vertex elVert = (Vertex)(entry.getValue());
 				  String tmpElVid = elVert.id().toString();
 				  String tmpElNT = getModElementWidgetType( elVert, thisGuysTrail );
-				  check4EdgeRule(tmpElNT, thisElementNodeType, dbMaps);
+				  check4EdgeRule(tmpElNT, thisElementNodeType);
 				  if( !vidsTraversed.contains(tmpElVid) ){
 					  // This is one we would like to use - so we'll recursively get it's result set to add to ours
 					  Map<String, String> tmpHash = collectDeleteKeyHash( transId, fromAppId, 
 								elVert, thisGuysTrail, 
-								currentHash, vidsTraversed, levelCounter, dbMaps, modConstraintHash2Use,
+								currentHash, vidsTraversed, levelCounter, modConstraintHash2Use,
 								"", "" );
 					  thisHash.putAll(tmpHash);
 				  }
@@ -2377,7 +2390,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 	 * @param currentMap the current map -- map that got us to this point (that we will use as the base of the map we will return)
 	 * @param vidsTraversed the vids traversed -- ArrayList of vertexId's that we traversed to get to this point
 	 * @param levelCounter the level counter
-	 * @param dbMaps the db maps
+	 * @param loader the db maps
 	 * @param modConstraintHash the mod constraint hash
 	 * @param overRideModelInvId the override model-invariant-id
 	 * @param overRideModelVersionId the override model-version-id
@@ -2387,7 +2400,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 	public Multimap<String, String> collectTopology4ModelVer( String transId, String fromAppId,
 		  Vertex thisLevelElemVtx, String incomingTrail, 
 		  Multimap <String,String> currentMap, List<String> vidsTraversed, 
-		  int levelCounter, DbMaps dbMaps, Map<String, Vertex> modConstraintHash,
+		  int levelCounter, Map<String, Vertex> modConstraintHash,
 		  String overRideModelInvId, String overRideModelVersionId )   
 				  throws AAIException {
 	
@@ -2414,7 +2427,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 	  // first element which is a single widget-type model. 
 	  String firstElementModelInfo = "";
 	  String thisElementNodeType = getModElementWidgetType( thisLevelElemVtx, incomingTrail );
-	  if( nodeTypeSupportsPersona(thisElementNodeType, dbMaps) && overRideModelInvId != null && !overRideModelInvId.equals("") ){
+	  if( nodeTypeSupportsPersona(thisElementNodeType) && overRideModelInvId != null && !overRideModelInvId.equals("") ){
 		  firstElementModelInfo = "," + overRideModelInvId + "," + overRideModelVersionId;
 	  }
 	  
@@ -2434,7 +2447,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 		  subModelFirstModInvId = thisElementsModelVtx.<String>property("model-invariant-id").orElse(null);
 		  subModelFirstModVerId = thisElementsModelVerVtx.<String>property("model-version-id").orElse(null);
 		  
-		  if( nodeTypeSupportsPersona(thisElementNodeType, dbMaps) ){
+		  if( nodeTypeSupportsPersona(thisElementNodeType) ){
 				modInfo4Trail = "," + subModelFirstModInvId + "," + subModelFirstModVerId;
 		  }
 		  String modelVerId = thisElementsModelVerVtx.<String>property("model-version-id").orElse(null);
@@ -2501,7 +2514,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 			  Vertex elVert = (Vertex)(entry.getValue());
 			  String tmpElVid = elVert.id().toString();
 			  String tmpElNT = getModElementWidgetType( elVert, thisGuysTrail );
-			  String tmpElStepName = getModelElementStepName( elVert, thisGuysTrail, dbMaps );
+			  String tmpElStepName = getModelElementStepName( elVert, thisGuysTrail);
 			  
 			  List<String> linkagePtList = new ArrayList <String>();
 			  Iterator <VertexProperty<Object>> vpI = elVert.properties("linkage-points");
@@ -2519,19 +2532,19 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 				  // rest of this "trail" 
 				  for( int i = 0; i < linkagePtList.size(); i++ ){
 					  Multimap<String, String> tmpMap = collectTopology4LinkagePoint( transId, fromAppId,  
-								linkagePtList.get(i), thisGuysTrail, currentMap, dbMaps);
+								linkagePtList.get(i), thisGuysTrail, currentMap);
 					  thisMap.putAll(tmpMap);
 				  }
 			  }
 			  else {
-				  check4EdgeRule(tmpElNT, thisElementNodeType, dbMaps);
+				  check4EdgeRule(tmpElNT, thisElementNodeType);
 				  thisMap.put(thisGuysTrail, tmpElStepName);
 				  if( !thisTrailsVidsTraversed.contains(tmpElVid) ){
 					  // This is one we would like to use - so we'll recursively get it's result set to add to ours
 					  Multimap<String, String> tmpMap = collectTopology4ModelVer( transId, fromAppId, 
 								elVert, thisGuysTrail, 
 								currentMap, thisTrailsVidsTraversed, levelCounter, 
-								dbMaps, modConstraintHash2Use, subModelFirstModInvId, subModelFirstModVerId );
+								 modConstraintHash2Use, subModelFirstModInvId, subModelFirstModVerId );
 					  thisMap.putAll(tmpMap);
 				  }
 				  else {
@@ -2556,10 +2569,10 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 	 *
 	 * @param nodeTypeA the node type A
 	 * @param nodeTypeB the node type B
-	 * @param dbMaps the db maps
+	 * @param loader the db maps
 	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
 	 */
-	public void check4EdgeRule( String nodeTypeA, String nodeTypeB, DbMaps dbMaps ) throws AAIException {
+	public void check4EdgeRule( String nodeTypeA, String nodeTypeB) throws AAIException {
 		// Throw an exception if there is no defined edge rule for this combination of nodeTypes in DbEdgeRules.
 		
 		final EdgeRules edgeRules = EdgeRules.getInstance();
@@ -2568,21 +2581,25 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 				&&  !edgeRules.hasEdgeRule(nodeTypeB, nodeTypeA) ){
 			// There's no EdgeRule for this -- find out if one of the nodeTypes is invalid or if
 			// they are valid, but there's just no edgeRule for them.
-			if( ! dbMaps.NodeProps.containsKey(nodeTypeA) ){
+			try {
+				loader.introspectorFromName(nodeTypeA);
+			} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
 				String emsg = " Unrecognized nodeType aa [" + nodeTypeA + "]\n";
 				throw new AAIException("AAI_6115", emsg); 
 			}
-			else if( ! dbMaps.NodeProps.containsKey(nodeTypeB) ){
+			try {
+				loader.introspectorFromName(nodeTypeB);
+			} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
 				String emsg = " Unrecognized nodeType bb [" + nodeTypeB + "]\n";
 				throw new AAIException("AAI_6115", emsg); 
 			}
-			else {
+		} else {
 				String msg = " No Edge Rule found for this pair of nodeTypes (order does not matter) [" 
 					  + nodeTypeA + "], [" + nodeTypeB + "].";
 				throw new AAIException("AAI_6120", msg);
-			}
 		}
 		
+		
 	}
 	
     
@@ -2594,12 +2611,12 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 	 * @param linkagePointStr -- Note it is in reverse order from where we connect to it.
 	 * @param incomingTrail -- trail of nodeTypes that got us here (this vertex) from the top
 	 * @param currentMap the current map -- that got us to this point (that we will use as the base of the map we will return)
-	 * @param dbMaps the db maps
+	 * @param loader the db maps
 	 * @return Map of the topology
 	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
 	 */
 	public Multimap<String, String> collectTopology4LinkagePoint( String transId, String fromAppId, 
-		  String linkagePointStrVal, String incomingTrail, Multimap <String,String> currentMap, DbMaps dbMaps )   
+		  String linkagePointStrVal, String incomingTrail, Multimap <String,String> currentMap)   
 				  throws AAIException {
 
 	  Multimap <String, String> thisMap = ArrayListMultimap.create();
@@ -2641,7 +2658,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 		  }
 		  for( int i=(linkageSteps.length - 1); i >= 0; i-- ){
 			  thisStepNT = linkageSteps[i];
-			  check4EdgeRule(lastStepNT, thisStepNT, dbMaps);
+			  check4EdgeRule(lastStepNT, thisStepNT);
 			  thisMap.put(thisGuysTrail, thisStepNT);
 			  thisGuysTrail = thisGuysTrail + "|" + thisStepNT;
 			  lastStepNT = thisStepNT;
@@ -3062,11 +3079,11 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 	 *
 	 * @param elementVtx the model-element vtx
 	 * @param elementTrail the element trail
-	 * @param dbMaps the db maps
+	 * @param loader the db maps
 	 * @return the element step name
 	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
 	 */
-	public String getModelElementStepName( Vertex elementVtx, String elementTrail, DbMaps dbMaps)
+	public String getModelElementStepName( Vertex elementVtx, String elementTrail)
 		throws AAIException {
 		
 		// Get the "step name"  for a model-element 
@@ -3106,7 +3123,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 			}
 			
 			String stepName = "";
-			if( nodeTypeSupportsPersona(thisElementNodeType, dbMaps) ){
+			if( nodeTypeSupportsPersona(thisElementNodeType) ){
 				// This nodeType that this resource or service model refers to does support persona-related fields, so
 				// we will use model-invariant-id and model-version-id as part of the step name.
 				stepName = thisElementNodeType + "," + modInvId + "," + modVerId;
@@ -3129,25 +3146,26 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 	 * Node type supports persona.
 	 *
 	 * @param nodeType the node type
-	 * @param dbMaps the db maps
+	 * @param loader the db maps
 	 * @return the boolean
 	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
 	 */
-	public Boolean nodeTypeSupportsPersona(String nodeType, DbMaps dbMaps)
+	public Boolean nodeTypeSupportsPersona(String nodeType)
 			throws AAIException {
 		
 		if( nodeType == null || nodeType.equals("") ){
 			return false;
 		}
-		
-		// Return true if this type of node supports the properties: "model-invariant-id-local" and "model-version-id-local"
-		if( ! dbMaps.NodeProps.containsKey(nodeType) ){
+		Introspector obj = null;
+		try {
+			obj = loader.introspectorFromName(nodeType);
+		} catch (AAIUnknownObjectException e) {
 			String emsg = " Unrecognized nodeType [" + nodeType + "]\n";
-			throw new AAIException("AAI_6115", emsg); 
-		}  
+			throw new AAIException("AAI_6115", emsg);
+		}
 		
-		Collection <String> props4ThisNT = dbMaps.NodeProps.get(nodeType);
-		if( !props4ThisNT.contains("model-invariant-id-local") || !props4ThisNT.contains("model-version-id-local") ){
+		Collection <String> props4ThisNT = loader.introspectorFromName(nodeType).getProperties();
+		if( !props4ThisNT.contains(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-invariant-id")) || !props4ThisNT.contains(addDBAliasedSuffix("model-version-id")) ){
 			return false;
 		}
 		else {
@@ -3582,7 +3600,6 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 	
 		// Note - this will throw an exception if the model either can't be found, or if 
 		//     we can't figure out its topology map.
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
 		Vertex modelVerVtx = getNodeUsingUniqueId(transId, fromAppId, "model-ver", 
 				"model-version-id", modelVersionIdVal);
 		if( modelVerVtx == null ){
@@ -3591,7 +3608,7 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 		}
 		else {
 			Multimap<String, String> topoMap = genTopoMap4ModelVer( transId, fromAppId,
-					modelVerVtx, modelVersionIdVal, dbMaps );
+					modelVerVtx, modelVersionIdVal);
 			String msg = " modelVer [" + modelVersionIdVal + "] topo multiMap looks like: \n[" + topoMap + "]";
 			System.out.println("INFO --  " + msg );
 		}
@@ -3711,7 +3728,19 @@ public class ModelBasedProcessing{
 		}
 		QueryBuilder builder = this.engine.getQueryBuilder(startV).union(builders);
 		return builder;
+	}
 
+	private String addDBAliasedSuffix(String propName) {
+		return propName + AAIProperties.DB_ALIAS_SUFFIX;
+	}
+	
+	protected String getPropNameWithAliasIfNeeded(String nodeType, String propName) throws AAIUnknownObjectException {
+		
+		String retPropName = propName;
+		if( loader.introspectorFromName(nodeType).getPropertyMetadata(propName, PropertyMetadata.DB_ALIAS).isPresent() ){
+			return propName + AAIProperties.DB_ALIAS_SUFFIX;
+		}
+		return retPropName;
 	}
 		  
 }
diff --git a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphmap/RelationshipGraph.java b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphmap/RelationshipGraph.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8277b2c..0000000
--- a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphmap/RelationshipGraph.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,299 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * org.openecomp.aai
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.aai.dbgraphmap;
-
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.apache.commons.collections.map.MultiValueMap;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicEntity;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicType;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContext;
-
-import org.openecomp.aai.dbgen.DbMeth;
-import org.openecomp.aai.dbgraphgen.DbEdgeGroup;
-import org.openecomp.aai.domain.model.AAIResources;
-import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
-import org.openecomp.aai.extensions.AAIExtensionMap;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.RestURL;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanTransaction;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanVertex;
-
-public class RelationshipGraph {
-	
-	/**
-	 * this method processes the one relationship for the startVertex that is
-	 * sent.
-	 *
-	 * @param g the g
-	 * @param startVertex the start vertex
-	 * @param jaxbContext the jaxb context
-	 * @param rel the rel
-	 * @param aaiExtMap the aai ext map
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static void updRelationship(TitanTransaction g, TitanVertex startVertex, 
-										DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext,
-										DynamicEntity rel,
-										AAIExtensionMap aaiExtMap)
-		throws AAIException {
-		String apiVersion = aaiExtMap.getApiVersion();
-		String transId = aaiExtMap.getTransId();
-		String fromAppId = aaiExtMap.getFromAppId();
-		MultiValueMap relatedNodesMap = new MultiValueMap();
-		
-		if( rel != null ){
-				HashMap<String, Object> propFilterHash = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-				poplatePropertyHashWithRelData(rel, apiVersion, propFilterHash);
-				String relNodeType = (String)rel.get("relatedTo");
-				relatedNodesMap.put(relNodeType, propFilterHash);
-		}
-		DbEdgeGroup.replaceEdgeGroup(transId, fromAppId, g, startVertex,
-						"ONLY_PASSED_COUSINS_REL", relatedNodesMap, apiVersion);
-
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Poplate property hash with rel data.
-	 *
-	 * @param rel the rel
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param propFilterHash the prop filter hash
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	private static void poplatePropertyHashWithRelData(DynamicEntity rel, String apiVersion,
-			HashMap<String, Object> propFilterHash) throws AAIException {
-		
-		for( DynamicEntity relData: (List<DynamicEntity>)rel.get("relationshipData")) {
-			String prop = ((String)relData.get("relationshipKey")).toLowerCase().trim();
-			propFilterHash.put(prop, ((String)relData.get("relationshipValue")).trim()); 
-		} 
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * this method gets any relationships for the startVertex being processed
-	 * and sets the related-link.
-	 *
-	 * @param g the g
-	 * @param startVertex the start vertex
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param aaiExtMap the aai ext map
-	 * @return the relationships
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
-	 */
-	public static DynamicEntity getRelationships(TitanTransaction g, TitanVertex startVertex, 
-												String apiVersion, AAIExtensionMap aaiExtMap)
-			throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
-		
-		DynamicType relationshipsType = null;
-		DynamicType relationshipType = null;
-		DynamicType relationshipDataType = null;
-		DynamicType relatedToPropertyType = null;
-		
-		Boolean setRelatedToProperty = true;
-		
-		AAIResources aaiResources = org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.IngestModelMoxyOxm.aaiResourceContainer
-				.get(apiVersion);
-
-		DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext = aaiResources.getJaxbContext();
-				
-		//String apiVersion = aaiExtMap.getApiVersion();
-		String transId = aaiExtMap.getTransId();
-		String fromAppId = aaiExtMap.getFromAppId();
-		
-		HashMap <String, String>      vidToNodeTypeHash = new HashMap <String, String>();
-		HashMap <String, TitanVertex> vidToVertexHash   = new HashMap <String, TitanVertex>();
-		
-		if ("v2".equals( apiVersion)) { 
-			relationshipsType = jaxbContext.getDynamicType("inventory.aai.openecomp.org.RelationshipList");
-			relationshipType = jaxbContext.getDynamicType(".org.Relationship");
-			relationshipDataType = jaxbContext.getDynamicType("inventory.aai.openecomp.org.RelationshipData");
-			setRelatedToProperty = false;
-		} else { 
-			relationshipsType = jaxbContext.getDynamicType("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + apiVersion + ".RelationshipList");
-			relationshipType = jaxbContext.getDynamicType("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + apiVersion + ".Relationship");
-			relationshipDataType = jaxbContext.getDynamicType("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + apiVersion + ".RelationshipData");
-			relatedToPropertyType = jaxbContext.getDynamicType("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + apiVersion + ".RelatedToProperty");
-			if (relatedToPropertyType == null) { 
-				setRelatedToProperty = false; // some versions do not support this
-			}
-		}
-		
-		DynamicEntity relationships = relationshipsType.newDynamicEntity();
-		List<DynamicEntity> listOfRelationships = new ArrayList<DynamicEntity>();
-			
-		DbEdgeGroup.getEdgeGroup(transId,
-				fromAppId, 
-				g, 
-				startVertex, 
-				vidToNodeTypeHash,
-				vidToVertexHash,
-				"ONLY_COUSIN_REL", 
-				AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		// Convert the found relationships to a RelationshipList DynamicEntity
-		for( Map.Entry<String, TitanVertex> entry : vidToVertexHash.entrySet() ){
-			
-			List<DynamicEntity> relationshipDataList = new ArrayList<DynamicEntity>();
-			List<DynamicEntity> relatedToPropertyList = new ArrayList<DynamicEntity>();
-			
-			DynamicEntity relationship = relationshipType.newDynamicEntity();
-			
-			TitanVertex relNode = entry.getValue();
-			String relNodeVid = entry.getKey();
-			String relNodeType = vidToNodeTypeHash.get(relNodeVid);
-			String relNodeURL = RestURL.get(g, relNode, apiVersion);
-			
-			HashMap <String, Object> nodeKeyPropsHash = RestURL.getKeyHashes(g, relNode, AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-			Iterator  <Map.Entry<String,Object>>keyIterator = nodeKeyPropsHash.entrySet().iterator();
-			while( keyIterator.hasNext() ){
-				DynamicEntity relationshipData = relationshipDataType.newDynamicEntity();
-				Map.Entry <String,Object>pair = (Map.Entry<String,Object>)keyIterator.next();
-				String key = pair.getKey();
-				
-				if (!key.contains(".")) {
-					key = relNodeType + "." + key;
-				}
-				
-				String value = "";
-				if( pair.getValue() != null ){
-					value = pair.getValue().toString();
-				}
-				
-				relationshipData.set("relationshipKey", key);
-				relationshipData.set("relationshipValue", value);
-	
-				relationshipDataList.add(relationshipData);
-			}
-			
-			if (setRelatedToProperty) {
-				HashMap <String, Object> nodeNamePropsHash = DbMeth.getNodeNamePropHash(transId, fromAppId, g, relNode, AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-				Iterator  <Map.Entry<String,Object>>nameIterator = nodeNamePropsHash.entrySet().iterator();
-				while( nameIterator.hasNext() ){
-					DynamicEntity relatedToProperty = relatedToPropertyType.newDynamicEntity();
-					Map.Entry <String,Object>pair = (Map.Entry<String,Object>)nameIterator.next();
-					String key = pair.getKey();
-					
-					if (!key.contains(".")) {
-						key = relNodeType + "." + key;
-					}
-					
-					String value = "";
-					if( pair.getValue() != null ){
-						value = pair.getValue().toString();
-					}
-					relatedToProperty.set("propertyKey", key);
-					relatedToProperty.set("propertyValue", value);
-	
-					relatedToPropertyList.add(relatedToProperty);
-	
-				}
-				relationship.set("relatedToProperty", relatedToPropertyList);
-			}
-			relationship.set("relatedTo", relNodeType);
-			relationship.set("relatedLink", relNodeURL);
-			relationship.set("relationshipData", relationshipDataList);
-
-			listOfRelationships.add(relationship);
-		}
-		relationships.set("relationship",  listOfRelationships);
-		return relationships;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * this method processes any relationships for the startVertex being
-	 * processed.
-	 *
-	 * @param g the g
-	 * @param startVertex the start vertex
-	 * @param jaxbContext the jaxb context
-	 * @param relationshipList the relationship list
-	 * @param aaiExtMap the aai ext map
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static void updRelationships(TitanTransaction g, TitanVertex startVertex, 
-										DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext,
-										DynamicEntity relationshipList,
-										AAIExtensionMap aaiExtMap) 
-	throws AAIException {
-		 
-			String apiVersion = aaiExtMap.getApiVersion();
-			String transId = aaiExtMap.getTransId();
-			String fromAppId = aaiExtMap.getFromAppId();
-			MultiValueMap relatedNodesMap = new MultiValueMap();
-			if (relationshipList != null) { 
-				if( relationshipList.get("relationship") != null ){
-					List <DynamicEntity> relListTmp = relationshipList.get("relationship");
-					for( DynamicEntity rel: relListTmp) {
-						HashMap<String, Object> propFilterHash = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-						poplatePropertyHashWithRelData(rel, apiVersion, propFilterHash);
-						String relNodeType = (String)rel.get("relatedTo");
-						relatedNodesMap.put(relNodeType, propFilterHash);
-						
-
-					}
-				}
-				DbEdgeGroup.replaceEdgeGroup(transId, fromAppId, g, startVertex,
-						"ALL_COUSIN_REL", relatedNodesMap, apiVersion);
-			}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * this method deletes the relationship sent in for the startVertex being
-	 * processed.
-	 *
-	 * @param g the g
-	 * @param startVertex the start vertex
-	 * @param jaxbContext the jaxb context
-	 * @param rel the rel
-	 * @param aaiExtMap the aai ext map
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static void delRelationship(TitanTransaction g, TitanVertex startVertex, 
-				DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext,
-				DynamicEntity rel,
-				AAIExtensionMap aaiExtMap) 
-	throws AAIException {
-
-		String apiVersion = aaiExtMap.getApiVersion();
-		String transId = aaiExtMap.getTransId();
-		String fromAppId = aaiExtMap.getFromAppId();
-		MultiValueMap relatedNodesMap = new MultiValueMap();
-		
-		if( rel != null ){
-			HashMap<String, Object> propFilterHash = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-			poplatePropertyHashWithRelData(rel, apiVersion, propFilterHash);
-			String relNodeType = (String)rel.get("relatedTo");
-			relatedNodesMap.put(relNodeType, propFilterHash);
-	}
-
-		DbEdgeGroup.deleteEdgeGroup(transId, fromAppId, g, startVertex,
-				relatedNodesMap, apiVersion);
-
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphmap/SearchGraph.java b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphmap/SearchGraph.java
index 7ffc52e..d9e40c4 100644
--- a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphmap/SearchGraph.java
+++ b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/dbgraphmap/SearchGraph.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 package org.openecomp.aai.dbgraphmap;
 
-import java.io.StringReader;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -29,10 +27,8 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.ListIterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders;
@@ -40,7 +36,6 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.UriBuilderException;
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
-import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.P;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal.dsl.graph.GraphTraversal;
@@ -50,25 +45,20 @@ import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Vertex;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicEntity;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicType;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.DynamicException;
-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.db.DbMethHelper;
 import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
 import org.openecomp.aai.dbgen.PropertyLimitDesc;
 import org.openecomp.aai.dbgraphgen.ModelBasedProcessing;
 import org.openecomp.aai.dbgraphgen.ResultSet;
 import org.openecomp.aai.dbmap.DBConnectionType;
-import org.openecomp.aai.domain.model.AAIResources;
 import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.extensions.AAIExtensionMap;
 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.PropertyPredicates;
+import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.MoxyLoader;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.exceptions.AAIUnknownObjectException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.parsers.relationship.RelationshipToURI;
 import org.openecomp.aai.query.builder.QueryBuilder;
@@ -82,13 +72,8 @@ import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TitanDBEngine;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.exceptions.AAIFormatVertexException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.utils.UrlBuilder;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIApiServerURLBase;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIApiVersion;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.PojoUtils;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.RestURL;
 import org.openecomp.aai.util.StoreNotificationEvent;
+
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
@@ -468,7 +453,7 @@ public class SearchGraph {
 		boolean isParallel = stream.isParallel();
 		stream.forEach(v -> {
 			String nodeType = v.<String>property(AAIProperties.NODE_TYPE).orElse(null);
-			
+
 			String thisNodeURL;
 			try {
 				thisNodeURL = urlBuilder.pathed(v);
@@ -486,7 +471,7 @@ public class SearchGraph {
 			} catch (AAIException | AAIFormatVertexException e) {
 				throw new RuntimeException(e);
 			}
-			
+
 		});
 		return searchResults;
 	}
@@ -531,13 +516,6 @@ public class SearchGraph {
 	public Response runNamedQuery(String fromAppId, String transId, String queryParameters,
 			DBConnectionType connectionType,
 			AAIExtensionMap aaiExtMap) throws JAXBException, AAIException {
-		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-		AAIResources aaiResources = org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.IngestModelMoxyOxm.aaiResourceContainer
-				.get(aaiExtMap.getApiVersion());
-		DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext = aaiResources.getJaxbContext();
-		JAXBUnmarshaller unmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
-
-		//String dynamicClass = aaiRes.getResourceClassName();
 
 		Introspector inventoryItems;
 		boolean success = true;
@@ -545,7 +523,8 @@ public class SearchGraph {
 		TransactionalGraphEngine dbEngine = null;
 		try {
 			
-			Loader loader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(ModelType.MOXY, AAIProperties.LATEST);
+			MoxyLoader loader = (MoxyLoader)LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(ModelType.MOXY, AAIProperties.LATEST);
+			DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext = loader.getJAXBContext();
 			dbEngine = new TitanDBEngine(
 					QueryStyle.TRAVERSAL,
 					connectionType,
@@ -554,28 +533,20 @@ public class SearchGraph {
 			ModelBasedProcessing processor = new ModelBasedProcessing(loader, dbEngine, serializer);
 
 			g = dbEngine.startTransaction();
-			if (aaiExtMap.getHttpServletRequest().getContentType() == null || // default to json
-					aaiExtMap.getHttpServletRequest().getContentType().contains("application/json")) {
-				unmarshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.media-type", "application/json");
-				unmarshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.json.include-root", false);
+			org.openecomp.aai.restcore.MediaType mediaType = org.openecomp.aai.restcore.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE;
+			String contentType = aaiExtMap.getHttpServletRequest().getContentType();
+			if (contentType != null && contentType.contains("application/xml")) {
+				mediaType = org.openecomp.aai.restcore.MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE;
 			}
 
 			if (queryParameters.length() == 0) { 
 				queryParameters = "{}";
-				unmarshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.media-type", "application/json");
-				unmarshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.json.include-root", false);
 			}
-			String dynamicClass = "inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + aaiExtMap.getApiVersion() + ".ModelAndNamedQuerySearch";
-			Class<? extends DynamicEntity> resultClass = jaxbContext.newDynamicEntity(dynamicClass).getClass();
-
-			StringReader reader = new StringReader(queryParameters);
-
-			DynamicEntity modelAndNamedQuerySearch = (DynamicEntity) unmarshaller.unmarshal(new StreamSource(reader), resultClass).getValue();
 
+			DynamicEntity modelAndNamedQuerySearch = (DynamicEntity)loader.unmarshal("ModelAndNamedQuerySearch", queryParameters, mediaType).getUnderlyingObject();
 			if (modelAndNamedQuerySearch == null) { 
 				throw new AAIException("AAI_5105");
 			}
-
 			HashMap<String,Object> namedQueryLookupHash = new HashMap<String,Object>();
 
 			DynamicEntity qp = modelAndNamedQuerySearch.get("queryParameters");
@@ -668,20 +639,14 @@ public class SearchGraph {
 			DBConnectionType connectionType,
 			boolean isDelete,
 			AAIExtensionMap aaiExtMap) throws JAXBException, AAIException, DynamicException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
-		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-		AAIResources aaiResources = org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.IngestModelMoxyOxm.aaiResourceContainer
-				.get(aaiExtMap.getApiVersion());
-		DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext = aaiResources.getJaxbContext();
-		JAXBUnmarshaller unmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
-
-		//String dynamicClass = aaiRes.getResourceClassName();
 		Response response;
 		boolean success = true;
 		TitanTransaction g = null;
 		TransactionalGraphEngine dbEngine = null;
 		try {
 			
-			Loader loader = LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(ModelType.MOXY, AAIProperties.LATEST);
+			MoxyLoader loader = (MoxyLoader) LoaderFactory.createLoaderForVersion(ModelType.MOXY, AAIProperties.LATEST);
+			DynamicJAXBContext jaxbContext = loader.getJAXBContext();
 			dbEngine = new TitanDBEngine(
 					QueryStyle.TRAVERSAL,
 					connectionType,
@@ -691,24 +656,20 @@ public class SearchGraph {
 			g = dbEngine.startTransaction();
 
 
-			if (aaiExtMap.getHttpServletRequest().getContentType() == null || // default to json
-					aaiExtMap.getHttpServletRequest().getContentType().contains("application/json")) {
-				unmarshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.media-type", "application/json");
-				unmarshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.json.include-root", false);
+			org.openecomp.aai.restcore.MediaType mediaType = org.openecomp.aai.restcore.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE;
+			String contentType = aaiExtMap.getHttpServletRequest().getContentType();
+			if (contentType != null && contentType.contains("application/xml")) {
+				mediaType = org.openecomp.aai.restcore.MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE;
 			}
 
 			if (queryParameters.length() == 0) { 
 				queryParameters = "{}";
-				unmarshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.media-type", "application/json");
-				unmarshaller.setProperty("eclipselink.json.include-root", false);
 			}
-			String dynamicClass = "inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + aaiExtMap.getApiVersion() + ".ModelAndNamedQuerySearch";
-			Class<? extends DynamicEntity> resultClass = jaxbContext.newDynamicEntity(dynamicClass).getClass();
-
-			StringReader reader = new StringReader(queryParameters);
-
-			DynamicEntity modelAndNamedQuerySearch = (DynamicEntity) unmarshaller.unmarshal(new StreamSource(reader), resultClass).getValue();
 
+			DynamicEntity modelAndNamedQuerySearch = (DynamicEntity)loader.unmarshal("ModelAndNamedQuerySearch", queryParameters, mediaType).getUnderlyingObject();
+			if (modelAndNamedQuerySearch == null) {
+				throw new AAIException("AAI_5105");
+			}
 			if (modelAndNamedQuerySearch == null) { 
 				throw new AAIException("AAI_5105");
 			}
@@ -797,7 +758,6 @@ public class SearchGraph {
 				ResultSet rs = resultSet.get(0);
 
 				TitanVertex firstVert = rs.getVert();
-				String restURL = RestURL.get(g, firstVert);
 
 				Map<String,String> delResult = processor.runDeleteByModel( transId, fromAppId,
 						modelVersionId, topNodeType, startNodeFilterHash.get(0), aaiExtMap.getApiVersion(), resourceVersion );
@@ -814,20 +774,17 @@ public class SearchGraph {
 				List<DynamicEntity> newInvItemList = new ArrayList<DynamicEntity>();
 				newInvItemList.add(topInvItem);
 				inventoryItems.set("inventoryResponseItem", newInvItemList);
+				String notificationVersion = AAIProperties.LATEST.toString();
 
-				// put the inventoryItems in a UEB notification object
-				String notificationVersion = AAIConfig.get("aai.notification.current.version");
-
-				AAIResources aaiNotificationResources = org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.IngestModelMoxyOxm.aaiResourceContainer
-						.get(notificationVersion);
-
-				DynamicJAXBContext notificationJaxbContext = aaiNotificationResources.getJaxbContext();
+				String restURI = serializer.getURIForVertex(firstVert).toString();
 
-				DynamicEntity notificationHeader = notificationJaxbContext
-						.getDynamicType("inventory.aai.openecomp.org." + notificationVersion + ".NotificationEventHeader")
-						.newDynamicEntity();
-
-				notificationHeader.set("entityLink", restURL);
+				if (restURI.startsWith("/")) {
+					restURI = "/aai/" + notificationVersion + restURI;
+				} else {
+					restURI = "/aai/" + notificationVersion + "/" + restURI;
+				}
+				DynamicEntity notificationHeader = (DynamicEntity) loader.introspectorFromName("notification-event-header").getUnderlyingObject();
+				notificationHeader.set("entityLink", restURI);
 				notificationHeader.set("action", "DELETE");	
 
 				notificationHeader.set("entityType", "inventory-response-items");
@@ -837,7 +794,7 @@ public class SearchGraph {
 
 				StoreNotificationEvent sne = new StoreNotificationEvent(transId, fromAppId);
 
-				sne.storeDynamicEvent(notificationJaxbContext, notificationVersion, notificationHeader, inventoryItems);
+				sne.storeDynamicEvent(loader.getJAXBContext(), notificationVersion, notificationHeader, inventoryItems);
 
 				response = Response.ok(resultStr).build();
 
@@ -1059,8 +1016,7 @@ public class SearchGraph {
 			String aaiNodeType = vert.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
 
 			
-				
-			PojoUtils pu = new PojoUtils();
+
 			if (aaiNodeType != null) {
 				Introspector thisObj = loader.introspectorFromName(aaiNodeType);
 
diff --git a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/interceptors/AAILogJAXRSInInterceptor.java b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/interceptors/AAILogJAXRSInInterceptor.java
index 80127d0..7480c05 100644
--- a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/interceptors/AAILogJAXRSInInterceptor.java
+++ b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/interceptors/AAILogJAXRSInInterceptor.java
@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@
 package org.openecomp.aai.interceptors;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -39,13 +36,14 @@ import org.apache.cxf.helpers.CastUtils;
 import org.apache.cxf.interceptor.LoggingMessage;
 import org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.interceptor.JAXRSInInterceptor;
 import org.apache.cxf.message.Message;
-
 import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.logging.ErrorLogHelper;
 import org.openecomp.aai.rest.util.EchoResponse;
 import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConfig;
 import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIConstants;
+import org.openecomp.aai.util.FormatDate;
 import org.openecomp.aai.util.HbaseSaltPrefixer;
+
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 
@@ -265,19 +263,8 @@ public class AAILogJAXRSInInterceptor extends JAXRSInInterceptor {
 	 * @return the string
 	 */
 	protected String genDate() {
-		Date date = new Date();
-		DateFormat formatter = null;
-		try {
-			formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT));
-		} catch (AAIException ex) {
-			ErrorLogHelper.logException(ex);
-		} finally {
-			if (formatter == null) {
-				formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("YYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS");
-			}
-		}
-
-		return formatter.format(date);
+		FormatDate fd = new FormatDate(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT, "YYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS"));
+		return fd.getDateTime();
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/interceptors/AAILogJAXRSOutInterceptor.java b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/interceptors/AAILogJAXRSOutInterceptor.java
index 0f5e457..563500e 100644
--- a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/interceptors/AAILogJAXRSOutInterceptor.java
+++ b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/interceptors/AAILogJAXRSOutInterceptor.java
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@
 package org.openecomp.aai.interceptors;
 
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -36,11 +33,12 @@ import org.apache.cxf.io.CachedOutputStream;
 import org.apache.cxf.io.CachedOutputStreamCallback;
 import org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.interceptor.JAXRSOutInterceptor;
 import org.apache.cxf.message.Message;
-
 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.FormatDate;
+
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 
@@ -269,34 +267,15 @@ public class AAILogJAXRSOutInterceptor extends JAXRSOutInterceptor {
 	}
 
 	protected String genDate() {
-		Date date = new Date();
-		DateFormat formatter = null;
-		try {
-			formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT));
-		} catch (AAIException ex) {
-			ErrorLogHelper.logException(ex);
-		} finally {
-			if (formatter == null) {
-				formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("YYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS");
-			}
-		}
-		return formatter.format(date);
+		FormatDate fd = new FormatDate(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.HBASE_TABLE_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT, "YYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS"));
+		return fd.getDateTime();
 	}
 
 	public String putTransaction(String tid, String status, String rqstTm, String respTm, String srcId, String rsrcId, String rsrcType, String rqstBuf, String respBuf, String actualResponse) {
 		String tm = null;
-		String fromAppId = srcId.substring(0, srcId.indexOf(':'));
-		String transId = srcId.substring(srcId.indexOf(':') + 1);
 
 		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);	
+			tm = this.genDate();
 			tid = tm + "-";
 		}
 
diff --git a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/rest/search/SearchProvider.java b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/rest/search/SearchProvider.java
index d6712ce..844f375 100644
--- a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/rest/search/SearchProvider.java
+++ b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/rest/search/SearchProvider.java
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
-import javax.ws.rs.POST;
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
@@ -36,19 +34,11 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;
-
-import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicEntity;
-import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContext;
 
 import org.openecomp.aai.db.props.AAIProperties;
 import org.openecomp.aai.dbgraphmap.SearchGraph;
 import org.openecomp.aai.dbmap.DBConnectionType;
-import org.openecomp.aai.domain.model.AAIResource;
-import org.openecomp.aai.domain.model.AAIResources;
 import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
-import org.openecomp.aai.extensions.AAIExtensionMap;
-import org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.IngestModelMoxyOxm;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.LoaderFactory;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.ModelType;
@@ -60,7 +50,6 @@ import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.QueryStyle;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TitanDBEngine;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.engines.TransactionalGraphEngine;
 import org.openecomp.aai.serialization.queryformats.utils.UrlBuilder;
-import org.openecomp.aai.util.AAIApiVersion;
 
 /**
  * Implements the search subdomain in the REST API. All API calls must include
diff --git a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/rest/ueb/UEBNotification.java b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/rest/ueb/UEBNotification.java
index 8cb16e1..c50dbab 100644
--- a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/rest/ueb/UEBNotification.java
+++ b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/rest/ueb/UEBNotification.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class UEBNotification {
 	private Loader currentVersionLoader = null;
 	protected List<NotificationEvent> events = null;
 	private Version notificationVersion = null;
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Instantiates a new UEB notification.
 	 *
diff --git a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/RestURL.java b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/RestURL.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c70929..0000000
--- a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/RestURL.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,704 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * org.openecomp.aai
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.aai.util;
-
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-
-import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Direction;
-import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Edge;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
-
-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.extensions.AAIExtensionMap;
-import org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.DbMaps;
-import org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.IngestModelMoxyOxm;
-import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanEdge;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanTransaction;
-import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanVertex;
-
-public class RestURL {
-	
-	
-	/*
-	 * method returns a REST URL for the given node based on its nodetype and key
-	 * information 
-	 */	
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the.
-	 *
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param node the node
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param isLegacyVserverUEB the is legacy vserver UEB
-	 * @param isCallbackurl the is callbackurl
-	 * @return the string
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
-	 */
-	public static String get(TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex node, String apiVersion, Boolean isLegacyVserverUEB, Boolean isCallbackurl) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException
-	{
-		String nodeType = node.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		String url = "";
-     	String currentNodeType = nodeType;
-     	Boolean noMoreDependentNodes = true;
-     	TitanVertex currentNode = node;
-
-     	// if the caller supplies an apiVersion we'll use it, otherwise we'll just
-     	// reflect back from the called URI
-       	if (apiVersion == null) { 
-       		apiVersion = AAIApiVersion.get();
-     	}
-			
-     	String nodeURI = null;
-     	if (Boolean.parseBoolean(AAIConfig.get("aai.use.unique.key", "false")))
-     		nodeURI = node.<String>property("aai-unique-key").orElse(null);
-     	
-		if (nodeURI != null && !nodeURI.equals("")) {
-	    	if (isCallbackurl) {
-	    		url = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_GLOBAL_CALLBACK_URL) + apiVersion + "/" + nodeURI;
-	    		return url;
-	    	} else {
-	    		url = AAIApiServerURLBase.get() + apiVersion + "/" + nodeURI;
-				return url;
-	    	}
-		}
-		
-       	// TODO
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		
-     	// add the url component for the dependent on nodes for the node passed in
-     	while (noMoreDependentNodes) {
-        	Collection <String> depNodeTypeColl =  dbMaps.NodeDependencies.get(currentNodeType);
-         	Iterator <String> depNodeTypeListIterator = (Iterator<String>) depNodeTypeColl.iterator();
-         	if (!depNodeTypeListIterator.hasNext()) {
-         		noMoreDependentNodes = false;
-         		break;
-         	}
-         	
-		    // Look for IN edges for the current Node and find its Parent - and make it the current Node
-         	boolean foundParent = false;
-		  	Iterator <Edge> inEdges = currentNode.edges(Direction.IN);
-	    	while( inEdges.hasNext() ){
-	    		TitanEdge inEdge = (TitanEdge) inEdges.next();
-	    		Boolean inEdgeIsParent = inEdge.<Boolean>property("isParent").orElse(null);
-	    		if( inEdgeIsParent != null && inEdgeIsParent ){
-	    			foundParent = true;
-	        		currentNode = (TitanVertex) inEdge.otherVertex(currentNode);
-	        		break;
-	    		}
-	    	}
-	    	
-	    	if (foundParent == false) { 
-	    		break;
-	    	}
-	    	
-         	// find the key(s) and add to the url
-	    	// first see what type of node the parent is - note some nodes can have one of many kinds of parents
-	    	String depNodeType = currentNode.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-	    	Collection <String> keyProps =  dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(depNodeType);
-		    Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-		    
-		    String nodeUrl = null;
-		    String depNodeTypePlural = dbMaps.NodePlural.get(depNodeType);
-
-	    	if (depNodeTypePlural != null)
-	    	{
-		    		nodeUrl = depNodeTypePlural + "/" + depNodeType + "/";
-		    }		    
-		    
-		    while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
-		    	Object nodeKey = currentNode.<Object>property(keyPropI.next()).orElse(null);
-		    	nodeUrl += RestURLEncoder.encodeURL(nodeKey.toString()) + "/";
-		    }
-		    	    	
-	        currentNodeType = depNodeType;	
-	        
-			url = nodeUrl + url;
-		}
-     	// use the name space of the highest level of unique node since lots of children node types
-     	// are common ex. l-interface is in the path for pserver and vpe
-		String urlNamespace = dbMaps.NodeNamespace.get(currentNodeType) + "/"; 
-		urlNamespace = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, urlNamespace);
-	    
-     	// add the url component for the node passed in
-    	Collection <String> keyProps =  dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(nodeType);
-	    Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-	    
-	    String nodeUrl = null;
-		String nodeTypePlural = "";
-		nodeTypePlural = dbMaps.NodePlural.get(nodeType);
-	    
-	    
-    	if (nodeTypePlural != null && !nodeTypePlural.equals("")){
-    		nodeUrl = nodeTypePlural + "/" + nodeType + "/";
-    	} else {
-    		nodeUrl = nodeType + "/";
-    	}
-
-	    if (nodeType.equals("ipaddress")) { // this has 2 keys but API only uses port-or -address in URL
-	    	String nodeKey = node.<String>property("port-or-interface").orElse(null);
-	    	nodeUrl += RestURLEncoder.encodeURL(nodeKey) + "/";
-	    } else {
-		    while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
-		    	Object nodeKey = node.<Object>property(keyPropI.next()).orElse(null);
-		    	nodeUrl += RestURLEncoder.encodeURL(nodeKey.toString()) + "/";
-		    }
-	    }
-	    if (isCallbackurl) {
-    		url = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_GLOBAL_CALLBACK_URL) + apiVersion + "/" + urlNamespace + url + nodeUrl;
-    	} else {
-	    	url = AAIApiServerURLBase.get() + apiVersion + "/" + urlNamespace + url + nodeUrl;
-	    }
-		return url;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the search url.
-	 *
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param node the node
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the search url
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
-	 */
-	public static String getSearchUrl(TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex node, String apiVersion) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException
-	{
-		String nodeType = node.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-		String url = "";
-     	String currentNodeType = nodeType;
-     	Boolean noMoreDependentNodes = true;
-     	TitanVertex currentNode = node;
-     	Boolean hasCloudRegion = false;
-
-     	// if the caller supplies an apiVersion we'll use it, otherwise we'll just
-     	// reflect back from the called URI
-       	if (apiVersion == null) { 
-       		apiVersion = AAIApiVersion.get();
-     	}
-		
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP));
-		
-     	// add the url component for the dependent on nodes for the node passed in
-     	while (noMoreDependentNodes) {
-        	Collection <String> depNodeTypeColl =  dbMaps.NodeDependencies.get(currentNodeType);
-         	Iterator <String> depNodeTypeListIterator = (Iterator<String>) depNodeTypeColl.iterator();
-         	if (!depNodeTypeListIterator.hasNext()) {
-         		noMoreDependentNodes = false;
-         		break;
-         	}
-         	
-		    // Look for IN edges for the current Node and find its Parent - and make it the current Node
-         	boolean foundParent = false;
-		  	Iterator <Edge> inEdges = currentNode.edges(Direction.IN);
-	    	while( inEdges.hasNext() ){
-	    		TitanEdge inEdge = (TitanEdge) inEdges.next();
-	    		Boolean inEdgeIsParent = inEdge.<Boolean>property("isParent").orElse(null);
-	    		if( inEdgeIsParent != null && inEdgeIsParent ){
-	    			foundParent = true;
-	        		currentNode = inEdge.otherVertex(currentNode);
-	        		break;
-	    		}
-	    	}
-	    	
-	    	if (foundParent == false) { 
-	    		break;
-	    	}
-	    	
-         	// find the key(s) and add to the url
-	    	// first see what type of node the parent is - note some nodes can have one of many kinds of parents
-	    	String depNodeType = currentNode.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-	    	Collection <String> keyProps =  dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(depNodeType);
-		    Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-		    
-		    String nodeUrl = null;
-		    String depNodeTypePlural = dbMaps.NodePlural.get(depNodeType);
-
-	    	if (depNodeTypePlural != null)
-	    		nodeUrl = depNodeTypePlural + "/" + depNodeType + "/";
-
-		    while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
-		    	Object nodeKey = currentNode.<Object>property(keyPropI.next()).orElse(null);
-		    	nodeUrl += RestURLEncoder.encodeURL(nodeKey.toString()) + "/";
-		    }
-		    	    	
-	        currentNodeType = depNodeType;	
-	        
-			url = nodeUrl + url;
-		}
-     	// use the name space of the highest level of unique node since lots of children node types
-     	// are common ex. l-interface is in the path for pserver and vpe
-		String urlNamespace = dbMaps.NodeNamespace.get(currentNodeType) + "/"; 
-		urlNamespace = CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, urlNamespace);
-	    
-     	// add the url component for the node passed in
-    	Collection <String> keyProps =  dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(nodeType);
-	    Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-	    
-	    String nodeUrl = null;
-		String nodeTypePlural = "";
-		nodeTypePlural = dbMaps.NodePlural.get(nodeType);
-	    
-    	if (nodeTypePlural != null && !nodeTypePlural.equals(""))
-    		nodeUrl = nodeTypePlural + "/" + nodeType + "/";
-    	else
-    		nodeUrl = nodeType + "/";
-
-	    if (nodeType.equals("ipaddress")) { // this has 2 keys but API only uses port-or -address in URL
-	    	String nodeKey = node.<String>property("port-or-interface").orElse(null);
-	    	nodeUrl += RestURLEncoder.encodeURL(nodeKey) + "/";
-	    } else {
-		    while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
-		    	Object nodeKey = node.<Object>property(keyPropI.next()).orElse(null);
-		    	nodeUrl += RestURLEncoder.encodeURL(nodeKey.toString()) + "/";
-		    }
-	    }
-
-    	String nodeVersion = dbMaps.NodeVersionInfoMap.get(nodeType);	     	
-    	String urlVersion = null;
-    	int nodeVerNum = Integer.parseInt(nodeVersion.substring(1));
-    	int apiVerNum  = Integer.parseInt(apiVersion.substring(1));
-    	
-		if (hasCloudRegion) {
-    		if (apiVerNum < 7)
-    			urlVersion = "v7"; // or set to the latest version?
-    		else 
-    			urlVersion = apiVersion;
-    	} else {		    		
-	    	if (nodeVerNum == apiVerNum || nodeVerNum < apiVerNum)
-	    		urlVersion = apiVersion;			
-	    	else 
-	    		urlVersion = nodeVersion;
-    	} 			
-    	url = AAIApiServerURLBase.get() + urlVersion + "/" + urlNamespace + url + nodeUrl;
-    	//remove the trailing "/"
-    	url = url.substring(0, url.length()-1);
-		return url;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the.
-	 *
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param node the node
-	 * @return the string
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
-	 */
-	public static String get(TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex node) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException
-	{
-		return get(graph, node, null, false, false);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the.
-	 *
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param node the node
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the string
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
-	 */
-	public static String get(TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex node, String apiVersion) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException
-	{
-		return get(graph, node, apiVersion, false, false);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the.
-	 *
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param node the node
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @param isLegacyVserverUEB the is legacy vserver UEB
-	 * @return the string
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
-	 */
-	public static String get(TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex node, String apiVersion, Boolean isLegacyVserverUEB) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException
-	{
-		return get(graph, node, apiVersion, isLegacyVserverUEB, false);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the key hashes.
-	 *
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param node the node
-	 * @return the key hashes
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
-	 */
-	public static LinkedHashMap<String, Object> getKeyHashes(TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex node) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException
-	{
-		return getKeyHashes(graph, node, null);
-	}
-	
-	/*
-	 * method returns a Hash of Hashes for each parents keys for the given node based on its nodetype 
-	 * Special cases for REST URLs:
-	 *  - old URLS for vserver, ipaddress and volume node types for v2/v3
-	 *  - images, flavor, vnic and l-interface node types will return new url
-	 *  - nodetypes with multiple keys such as service capability
-	 *  - nodetypes with multiple keys such as ipaddress where we use one key in the URL
-	 *  - cvlan-tags and *list nodetypes - have special or no plurals - they get handled via the hash Map
-	 */	
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the key hashes.
-	 *
-	 * @param graph the graph
-	 * @param node the node
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the key hashes
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
-	 */
-	public static LinkedHashMap <String,Object> getKeyHashes(TitanTransaction graph, TitanVertex node, String apiVersion) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException
-	{
-		String nodeType = node.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-     	Boolean noMoreDependentNodes = true;
-     	TitanVertex currentNode = node;
-     
-       	if (apiVersion == null || apiVersion.equals("")) { 
-       		apiVersion = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP);
-     	}
-       	
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(apiVersion);
-		
-       	// Hash of hashes of keys for each node and its ancestry
-		LinkedHashMap <String,Object> returnHash = new LinkedHashMap <String,Object> ();
-		
-     	// create the hash for the keys for the node passed in
-     	HashMap <String,Object> thisNodeHash = new HashMap <String,Object> ();
-    	Collection <String> keyProps =  dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(nodeType);
-	    Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-	    
-	    if (nodeType.equals("ipaddress")) { // this has 2 keys but API only uses port-or -address in URL
-	    	String nodeKeyValue = node.<String>property("port-or-interface").orElse(null);
-	    	thisNodeHash.put("port-or-interface", nodeKeyValue);
-	    } else {
-		    while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
-		    	String nodeKeyName = keyPropI.next();
-		    	Object nodeKeyValue = node.<Object>property(nodeKeyName).orElse(null);
-		    	thisNodeHash.put(nodeKeyName, nodeKeyValue);
-		    	nodeKeyName =  nodeType + "." + nodeKeyName;
-		    }
-	    }
-	    returnHash.putAll(thisNodeHash);	    
-			
-     	// create and add the hashes for the dependent nodes for the node passed in
-     	while (noMoreDependentNodes) {
-//        	Collection <String> depNodeTypeColl =  DbRules.NodeDependencies.get(currentNodeType);
-//         	Iterator <String> depNodeTypeListIterator = (Iterator<String>) depNodeTypeColl.iterator();
-         	HashMap <String,Object> depNodeHash = new HashMap <String,Object> ();
-//         	
-//         	if (!depNodeTypeListIterator.hasNext()) {
-//         		noMoreDependentNodes = false;
-//         		break;
-//         	}
-         	
-         	boolean foundParent = false;
-         	
-		    // Look for IN edges for the current Node and find its Parent - and make it the current Node
-		  	Iterator <Edge> inEdges = currentNode.edges(Direction.IN);
-	    	while( inEdges.hasNext() ){
-	    		TitanEdge inEdge = (TitanEdge) inEdges.next();
-	    		Boolean inEdgeIsParent = inEdge.<Boolean>property("isParent").orElse(null);
-	    		if( inEdgeIsParent != null && inEdgeIsParent ){
-	        		currentNode = inEdge.otherVertex(currentNode);
-	        		foundParent = true;
-	        		break;
-	    		}
-	    	}
-	    	if (foundParent == false) { 
-	    		break;
-	    	}
-	    	
-         	// find the key(s) and add to the url
-	    	// first see what type of node the parent is - note some nodes can have one of many kinds of parents
-	    	String depNodeType = currentNode.<String>property("aai-node-type").orElse(null);
-	    	keyProps =  dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(depNodeType);
-		    keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-		    		    
-		    while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
-		    	String nodeKeyName = keyPropI.next();
-		    	Object nodeKeyValue = currentNode.<Object>property(nodeKeyName).orElse(null);
-		    	nodeKeyName = depNodeType + "." + nodeKeyName;
-		    	// key name will be like tenant.tenant-id
-		    	
-		    	depNodeHash.put(nodeKeyName, nodeKeyValue);
-		    }
-		    returnHash.putAll(depNodeHash);		
-		}
-	    
-		return returnHash;
-	}
-	
-	/*
-	 * method returns a Hash of Hashes for each parents keys for the given node based on its nodeURI
-	 * Special cases for REST URLs:
-	 *  - images, flavor, vnic and l-interface node types will return new url
-	 *  - nodetypes with multiple keys such as service capability
-	 *  - nodetypes with multiple keys such as ipaddress where we use one key in the URL
-	 *  - cvlan-tags and *list nodetypes - have special or no plurals - they get handled via the hash Map
-	 */	
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the key hashes.
-	 *
-	 * @param nodeURI the node URI
-	 * @return the key hashes
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
-	 */
-	public static LinkedHashMap <String,Object> getKeyHashes(String nodeURI) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException
-	{
-		return getKeyHashes(nodeURI, null);
-		
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets the key hashes.
-	 *
-	 * @param nodeURI the node URI
-	 * @param apiVersion the api version
-	 * @return the key hashes
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
-	 */
-	public static LinkedHashMap <String,Object> getKeyHashes(String nodeURI, String apiVersion) throws AAIException, UnsupportedEncodingException
-	{
-		
-		if (apiVersion == null || apiVersion.equals(""))
-			apiVersion = AAIConfig.get(AAIConstants.AAI_DEFAULT_API_VERSION_PROP);
-			
-		DbMaps dbMaps = IngestModelMoxyOxm.dbMapsContainer.get(apiVersion);
-		
-       	// Hash of hashes of keys for each node and its ancestry
-		LinkedHashMap <String,Object> returnHash = new LinkedHashMap <String,Object> ();
-           	
-       	String path = nodeURI.replaceFirst("^/", "");		
-		Path p = Paths.get(path);
-		int index = p.getNameCount() - 2; // index of where we expect the node type to be
-		
-		// if the node type has one key
-		String currentNodeType = p.getName(index).toString();
-		// if the node type has two keys - this assumes max 2 keys
-		if (!dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.containsKey(currentNodeType))
-			currentNodeType = p.getName(--index).toString();
-	
-     	// create the hash for the keys for the node passed in
-     	LinkedHashMap <String,Object> thisNodeHash = new LinkedHashMap <String,Object> ();
-    	Collection <String> keyProps =  dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(currentNodeType);
-	    Iterator <String> keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-    	
-	    if (currentNodeType.equals("ipaddress")) { // this has 2 keys but API only uses port-or -address in URL
-	    	String nodeKeyValue = p.getName(index + 1).toString();
-	    	thisNodeHash.put("port-or-interface", nodeKeyValue);
-	    } else {
-	    	int j = 1;
-		    while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
-		    	String nodeKeyName = currentNodeType + "." + keyPropI.next();
-		    	String nodeKeyValue = p.getName(index + j++).toString();
-		    	thisNodeHash.put(nodeKeyName, nodeKeyValue);
-		    }
-	    }
-	    returnHash.putAll(thisNodeHash);	    
-	    if (!currentNodeType.contains("-list"))
-	    	index -= 3; 
-	    else
-	    	index -= 2; // no plural in this case
-			
-
-     	// create and add the hashes for the dependent nodes for the node passed in
-	    LinkedHashMap <String,Object> depNodeHash = new LinkedHashMap <String,Object> (); 
-	    String depNodeType = null;
-     	while (index >= 2) {
-     		if (depNodeType == null) depNodeType = p.getName(index).toString();
-     		//System.out.println("index=" + index);        	
-    		// if the node type has one key
-    		currentNodeType = p.getName(index).toString();
-    		// if the node type has two keys - this assumes max 2 keys
-    		if (!dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.containsKey(currentNodeType))
-    			currentNodeType = p.getName(--index).toString();
-    	
-        	keyProps =  dbMaps.NodeKeyProps.get(currentNodeType);
-    	    keyPropI = keyProps.iterator();
-        	
-    	    if (currentNodeType.equals("ipaddress")) { // this has 2 keys but API only uses port-or -address in URL
-    	    	String nodeKeyValue = p.getName(index + 1).toString();
-    	    	depNodeHash.put("port-or-interface", nodeKeyValue);
-    	    } else {
-    	    	int j = 1;
-    		    while (keyPropI.hasNext()) {
-    		    	String nodeKeyName = currentNodeType + "." + keyPropI.next();
-    		    	String nodeKeyValue = p.getName(index + j++).toString();
-    		    	depNodeHash.put(nodeKeyName, nodeKeyValue);
-    		    }
-    	    }
-
-    	    if (!currentNodeType.contains("-list"))
-    	    	index -= 3; 
-    	    else
-    	    	index -= 2; // no plural in this case    	    
-		}
-     	if (depNodeType != null) 
-     		returnHash.putAll(depNodeHash);
-	    
-		return returnHash;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Parses the uri.
-	 *
-	 * @param allKeys the all keys
-	 * @param keyList the key list
-	 * @param uri the uri
-	 * @param aaiExtMap the aai ext map
-	 * @return the AAI resource
-	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException the unsupported encoding exception
-	 * @throws AAIException the AAI exception
-	 */
-	public static AAIResource parseUri(HashMap<String, String> allKeys, LinkedHashMap<String, 
-			LinkedHashMap<String,Object>> keyList, String uri, 
-			AAIExtensionMap aaiExtMap) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AAIException {		
-		
-		String[] ps = uri.split("/");
-		
-		String apiVersion = ps[0];
-		aaiExtMap.setApiVersion(apiVersion);
-		
-		AAIResources aaiResources = org.openecomp.aai.ingestModel.IngestModelMoxyOxm.aaiResourceContainer.get(apiVersion);
-		
-		String namespace = ps[1];
-		
-		aaiExtMap.setNamespace(namespace);
-		
-		// /vces/vce/{vnf-id}/port-groups/port-group/{port-group-id}/cvlan-tag-entry/cvlan-tag/{cvlan-tag}
-		
-		// FullName -> /Vces/Vce/PortGroups/PortGroup/CvlanTagEntry/CvlanTag <- 
-
-		String fullResourceName = "/" + CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, namespace);
-		AAIResources theseResources = new AAIResources();
-		
-		StringBuffer thisUri = new StringBuffer();
-		
-		// the URI config option in the props file has a trailing slash
-		thisUri.append("/" + namespace);
-				
-		boolean firstNode = true;
-		
-		AAIResource lastResource = null;
-		
-		for (int i = 2; i < ps.length; i++) { 
-			
-			AAIResource aaiRes;
-			StringBuffer tmpResourceName = new StringBuffer();
-				
-			String p = ps[i];
-			String seg =ps[i];
-						
-			thisUri.append("/" + seg);
-			
-			tmpResourceName.append(fullResourceName);
-			
-			if (seg.equals("cvlan-tag")) {
-				seg = "cvlan-tag-entry";
-			}
-			tmpResourceName.append("/" + CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, seg));
-			
-			String tmpResource = tmpResourceName.toString();
-			
-			if (aaiResources.getAaiResources().containsKey(tmpResource)) {
-				aaiRes = aaiResources.getAaiResources().get(tmpResource);
-				lastResource = aaiRes;
-				theseResources.getAaiResources().put(tmpResource, aaiRes);
-				fullResourceName = tmpResource;
-				if ("node".equals(aaiRes.getResourceType())) {
-					
-					if (firstNode == true) { 
-						aaiExtMap.setTopObjectFullResourceName(fullResourceName);
-						firstNode = false;
-					}
-							
-					// get the keys, which will be in order and the next path segment(s)
-					AAIResourceKeys keys = aaiRes.getAaiResourceKeys();
-									
-					LinkedHashMap<String,Object> subKeyList = new LinkedHashMap<String,Object>();
-					
-					// there might not be another path segment
-					if ( (i + 1) < ps.length) { 
-
-						for (AAIResourceKey rk : keys.getAaiResourceKey()) {
-							String p1 = ps[++i];
-							String encodedKey = p1.toString();
-							thisUri.append("/" + encodedKey);
-							String decodedKey =  UriUtils.decode(p1.toString(), "UTF-8");
-							subKeyList.put(rk.getKeyName(), decodedKey);
-						}
-						keyList.put(tmpResource, subKeyList);
-						// this is the key
-						allKeys.put(tmpResource, thisUri.toString());
-					}
-				} else { // examples sit directly under the container level, should probably be query params!!!
-					if ( (i + 1) < ps.length) { 
-						String p1 = ps[i+1];
-						if (p1.toString().equals("example") || p1.toString().equals("singletonExample")) { 
-							LinkedHashMap<String,Object> subKeyList = new LinkedHashMap<String,Object>();
-							subKeyList.put("container|example", p1.toString());
-							keyList.put(tmpResource, subKeyList);
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			} else {
-				if (p.equals("relationship-list")) { 
-					LinkedHashMap<String,Object> subKeyList = new LinkedHashMap<String,Object>();
-					subKeyList.put("container|relationship", p.toString());
-					keyList.put(tmpResource, subKeyList);
-				} else if ( p.toString().length() > 0 && !p.toString().equals("example") && !p.toString().equals("singletonExample") 
-						&& !p.toString().equals("relationship") ) {
-					// this means the URL will break the model, so we bail
-					throw new AAIException("AAI_3001", "bad path");
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		aaiExtMap.setUri(AAIConfig.get("aai.global.callback.url")  + apiVersion + thisUri.toString());
-		aaiExtMap.setNotificationUri(AAIConfig.get("aai.global.callback.url") + AAIConfig.get("aai.notification.current.version") + thisUri.toString());
-		aaiExtMap.setFullResourceName(fullResourceName);
-		return lastResource;
-	}
-
-}
-
diff --git a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/StoreNotificationEvent.java b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/StoreNotificationEvent.java
index 181627b..e054e3d 100644
--- a/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/StoreNotificationEvent.java
+++ b/aai-traversal/src/main/java/org/openecomp/aai/util/StoreNotificationEvent.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 package org.openecomp.aai.util;
 
 import java.io.StringWriter;
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
@@ -33,9 +30,9 @@ import org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic.DynamicEntity;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.dynamic.DynamicJAXBContext;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
-
 import org.openecomp.aai.dmaap.AAIDmaapEventJMSProducer;
 import org.openecomp.aai.domain.notificationEvent.NotificationEvent;
+import org.openecomp.aai.domain.notificationEvent.ObjectFactory;
 import org.openecomp.aai.exceptions.AAIException;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Introspector;
 import org.openecomp.aai.introspection.Loader;
@@ -73,9 +70,9 @@ public class StoreNotificationEvent {
 			throw new AAIException("AAI_7350");
 		}
 
-		org.openecomp.aai.domain.notificationEvent.ObjectFactory factory = new org.openecomp.aai.domain.notificationEvent.ObjectFactory();
+		ObjectFactory factory = new ObjectFactory();
 
-		org.openecomp.aai.domain.notificationEvent.NotificationEvent ne = factory.createNotificationEvent();
+		NotificationEvent ne = factory.createNotificationEvent();
 
 		if (eh.getId() == null) {
 			eh.setId(genDate2() + "-" + UUID.randomUUID().toString());
@@ -297,6 +294,9 @@ public class StoreNotificationEvent {
 		entityJsonObjectUpdated.put("event-header", entityHeader);
 		entityJsonObjectUpdated.put("cambria.partition", cambriaPartition);
 		
+		String transId = entityHeader.getString("id");
+		String fromAppId = entityHeader.getString("source-name");
+		
 		Iterator<String> iter = entityJsonObject.keys();
 		JSONObject entity = new JSONObject();
 		if (iter.hasNext()) {
@@ -320,9 +320,8 @@ public class StoreNotificationEvent {
 	 * @return the string
 	 */
 	public static String genDate() {
-		Date date = new Date();
-		DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS");
-		return formatter.format(date);
+		FormatDate fd = new FormatDate("YYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS");
+		return fd.getDateTime();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -331,9 +330,8 @@ public class StoreNotificationEvent {
 	 * @return the string
 	 */
 	public static String genDate2() {
-		Date date = new Date();
-		DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYYMMddHHmmss");
-		return formatter.format(date);
+		FormatDate fd = new FormatDate("YYYYMMddHHmmss");
+		return fd.getDateTime();
 	}
 
 }