Replace jackson usages with GSON

Issue-ID: CLAMP-286
Change-Id: I3492811e248cbcf502656a992cea4f76deed46dc
Signed-off-by: Krysiak Adam <adam.krysiak@nokia.com>

18 files changed, 476 insertions, 213 deletions

diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/DcaeDispatcherServicesTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/DcaeDispatcherServicesTest.java
index c828f78a..1b01f544 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/DcaeDispatcherServicesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/DcaeDispatcherServicesTest.java
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
 
 package org.onap.clamp.clds.client;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -61,9 +60,13 @@ public class DcaeDispatcherServicesTest {
     @InjectMocks
     DcaeDispatcherServices dcaeDispatcherServices;
 
-    private final String STATUS_RESPONSE_PROCESSING = "{\"operationType\": \"deploy\",\"status\": \"processing\"}";
-    private final String STATUS_RESPONSE_ACTIVE = "{\"operationType\": \"deploy\",\"status\": \"succeeded\"}";
+    private static final String STATUS_RESPONSE_PROCESSING = "{\"operationType\": \"deploy\","
+        + "\"status\": \"processing\"}";
+    private static final String STATUS_RESPONSE_ACTIVE = "{\"operationType\": \"deploy\",\"status\": \"succeeded\"}";
 
+    /**
+     * Setup method.
+     */
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
         ImmutableMap.<String, String>builder()
@@ -126,10 +129,10 @@ public class DcaeDispatcherServicesTest {
     @Test
     public void shouldTriggerDeploymentCreation() throws IOException {
         //given
-        String deploymentID = "closedLoop_152367c8-b172-47b3-9e58-c53add75d869_deploymentId";
+        String deploymentId = "closedLoop_152367c8-b172-47b3-9e58-c53add75d869_deploymentId";
         String serviceTypeId = "e2ba40f7-bf42-41e7-acd7-48fd07586d90";
         Mockito.when(clampProperties.getJsonTemplate("dcae.deployment.template"))
-                .thenReturn(new ObjectMapper().readTree("{}"));
+                .thenReturn(new JsonObject());
 
         Mockito.when(dcaeHttpConnectionManager
                 .doDcaeHttpQuery(DCAE_URL
@@ -138,11 +141,11 @@ public class DcaeDispatcherServicesTest {
                         "{\"serviceTypeId\":\"e2ba40f7-bf42-41e7-acd7-48fd07586d90\",\"inputs\":{}}",
                         "application/json"))
                 .thenReturn(DEPLOY_RESPONSE_STRING);
-        JsonNode blueprintInputJson = new ObjectMapper().readTree("{}");
+        JsonObject blueprintInputJson = new JsonObject();
 
         //when
         String operationStatus = dcaeDispatcherServices
-                .createNewDeployment(deploymentID, serviceTypeId, blueprintInputJson);
+                .createNewDeployment(deploymentId, serviceTypeId, blueprintInputJson);
 
         //then
         Assertions.assertThat(operationStatus).isEqualTo("http://deployment-handler.onap:8443/"
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/GuardPolicyAttributesConstructorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/GuardPolicyAttributesConstructorTest.java
index f1634567..31785801 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/GuardPolicyAttributesConstructorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/GuardPolicyAttributesConstructorTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public class GuardPolicyAttributesConstructorTest {
     private ModelProperties modelProperties;
     private List<PolicyChain> policyChains;
 
+    /**
+     * @throws Exception thrown if resources not found.
+     */
     @Before
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         String modelProp = ResourceFileUtil
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructorTest.java
index 293f0e62..4d78cf81 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructorTest.java
@@ -23,14 +23,11 @@
 
 package org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
-
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.util.Map;
-
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -39,6 +36,7 @@ import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.config.ClampProperties;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.ModelProperties;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.PolicyChain;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.JsonUtils;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.ResourceFileUtil;
 import org.onap.policy.api.AttributeType;
 import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.ControlLoopPolicy;
@@ -54,6 +52,9 @@ public class OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructorTest {
     private ModelProperties modelProperties;
     private PolicyChain policyChain;
 
+    /**
+     * @throws Exception thrown if resource not found.
+     */
     @Before
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         String modelProp = ResourceFileUtil
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ public class OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructorTest {
     private PolicyChain readPolicyChainFromResources() throws IOException {
         String policyChainText = ResourceFileUtil
             .getResourceAsString("example/operational-policy/json-policy-chain.json");
-        JsonNode policyChainNode = new ObjectMapper().readTree(policyChainText);
+        JsonElement policyChainNode = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(policyChainText, JsonElement.class);
         return new PolicyChain(policyChainNode);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/tca/TcaRequestFormatterTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/tca/TcaRequestFormatterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..095df9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/tca/TcaRequestFormatterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP CLAMP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Nokia 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.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.tca;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.config.ClampProperties;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.ModelProperties;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.Tca;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.TcaItem;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.JsonUtils;
+
+public class TcaRequestFormatterTest {
+
+    private static final String TCA_POLICY_PROPERTIES_TEMPLATE = "{"
+        + " \"domain\": \"measurementsForVfScaling\","
+        + " \"metricsPerEventName\": ["
+        + "  {"
+        + "   \"eventName\": \"???\","
+        + "   \"controlLoopSchemaType\": \"VNF\","
+        + "   \"policyScope\": \"DCAE\","
+        + "   \"policyName\": \"???\","
+        + "   \"policyVersion\": \"v0.0.1\","
+        + "   \"thresholds\": ["
+        + "   ]"
+        + "  }"
+        + " ]"
+        + "}";
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnFormattedTcaPolicyRequest() throws IOException {
+        //given
+        String service = "TestService";
+        String policy = "TestService_scope.PolicyName";
+        ClampProperties clampProperties = mock(ClampProperties.class);
+        String expectedRequestText = 
+            "{ "
+            + " \"domain\": \"measurementsForVfScaling\", "
+            + " \"metricsPerEventName\": [ "
+            + "  { "
+            + "   \"eventName\": \"vLoadBalancer\", "
+            + "   \"controlLoopSchemaType\": \"VNF\", "
+            + "   \"policyScope\": \"DCAE\", "
+            + "   \"policyName\": \"TestService_scope.PolicyName\", "
+            + "   \"policyVersion\": \"v0.0.1\", "
+            + "   \"thresholds\": [] "
+            + "  } "
+            + " ] "
+            + "}";
+    
+        JsonObject tcaPolicyPropertiesTemplate = JsonUtils.GSON
+            .fromJson(TCA_POLICY_PROPERTIES_TEMPLATE, JsonObject.class);
+
+        JsonObject expectedRequest = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(expectedRequestText, JsonObject.class);
+
+        ModelProperties modelProperties = mock(ModelProperties.class);
+        Tca tca = mock(Tca.class);
+        TcaItem tcaItem = mock(TcaItem.class);
+        when(clampProperties.getJsonTemplate(any(), any())).thenReturn(tcaPolicyPropertiesTemplate);
+        when(tca.getTcaItem()).thenReturn(tcaItem);
+        when(tcaItem.getEventName()).thenReturn("vLoadBalancer");
+        when(tcaItem.getControlLoopSchemaType()).thenReturn("VNF");
+
+        //when
+        JsonObject policyContent = TcaRequestFormatter
+            .createPolicyContent(clampProperties, modelProperties, service, policy, tca);
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(expectedRequest).isEqualTo(policyContent);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CldsUserJsonDecoderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CldsUserJsonDecoderTest.java
index c04357de..a32a6035 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CldsUserJsonDecoderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CldsUserJsonDecoderTest.java
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@
 package org.onap.clamp.clds.config;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.service.CldsUser;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/sdc/SdcSingleControllerConfigurationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/sdc/SdcSingleControllerConfigurationTest.java
index 3f0a078b..d27690bf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/sdc/SdcSingleControllerConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/sdc/SdcSingleControllerConfigurationTest.java
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import java.io.IOException;
-
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.exception.sdc.controller.SdcParametersException;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.JsonUtils;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.ResourceFileUtil;
 
 /**
@@ -43,13 +43,19 @@ import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.ResourceFileUtil;
  */
 public class SdcSingleControllerConfigurationTest {
 
+    /**
+     * @param fileName file for sdc controller configuration.
+     * @param sdcControllerName sdc controller name.
+     * @return instance of SdcSingleControllerConfiguration.
+     */
     public static SdcSingleControllerConfiguration loadControllerConfiguration(String fileName,
-        String sdcControllerName) throws IOException {
-        JsonNode jsonNode = new ObjectMapper().readValue(ResourceFileUtil.getResourceAsStream(fileName),
-            JsonNode.class);
-        SdcSingleControllerConfiguration sdcSingleControllerConfiguration = new SdcSingleControllerConfiguration(
-            jsonNode, sdcControllerName);
-        return sdcSingleControllerConfiguration;
+        String sdcControllerName) {
+
+        InputStreamReader streamReader = new InputStreamReader(ResourceFileUtil.getResourceAsStream(fileName),
+            StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        JsonObject jsonNode = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(streamReader, JsonObject.class);
+
+        return new SdcSingleControllerConfiguration(jsonNode, sdcControllerName);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/CldsServiceItCase.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/CldsServiceItCase.java
index 85218abb..6ab800b3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/CldsServiceItCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/CldsServiceItCase.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class CldsServiceItCase {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testGetCLDSDetails() throws IOException {
+    public void testGetCldsDetails() throws IOException {
         List<CldsMonitoringDetails> cldsMonitoringDetailsList = cldsService.getCldsDetails();
         assertNotNull(cldsMonitoringDetailsList);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/DcaeHttpConnectionManagerItCase.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/DcaeHttpConnectionManagerItCase.java
index 12e8dd90..8e03153a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/DcaeHttpConnectionManagerItCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/DcaeHttpConnectionManagerItCase.java
@@ -69,22 +69,22 @@ public class DcaeHttpConnectionManagerItCase {
     @Autowired
     DcaeHttpConnectionManager dcaeHttpConnectionManager;
 
-    private static TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] {
-            new X509TrustManager() {
+    private static TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[]{
+        new X509TrustManager() {
 
-                @Override
-                public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
-                    return null;
-                }
+            @Override
+            public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
+                return null;
+            }
 
-                @Override
-                public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] arg0, String arg1) throws CertificateException {
-                }
+            @Override
+            public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] arg0, String arg1) throws CertificateException {
+            }
 
-                @Override
-                public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] arg0, String arg1) throws CertificateException {
-                }
+            @Override
+            public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] arg0, String arg1) throws CertificateException {
             }
+        }
     };
 
     private void enableSslNoCheck() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyManagementException {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/PolicyClientItCase.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/PolicyClientItCase.java
index 31594cba..3acc439a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/PolicyClientItCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/PolicyClientItCase.java
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 
 package org.onap.clamp.clds.it;
 
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.Policy;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.PolicyItem;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.Tca;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.transform.XslTransformer;
-import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.JacksonUtils;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.JsonUtils;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.LoggingUtils;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.ResourceFileUtil;
 import org.onap.policy.api.AttributeType;
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
 @SpringBootTest
 public class PolicyClientItCase {
 
+    private static final Type MAP_OF_STRING_TO_OBJECT_TYPE = new TypeToken<Map<String, Object>>() {}.getType();
+
     @Autowired
     private CldsDao cldsDao;
     @Autowired
@@ -82,6 +86,11 @@ public class PolicyClientItCase {
     String modelBpmnPropJson;
     ModelProperties prop;
 
+    /**
+     * Setup method.
+     * @throws IOException thrown if resources not found
+     * @throws TransformerException thrown if invalid xml given to transformation
+     */
     @Before
     public void setUp() throws IOException, TransformerException {
         modelProp = ResourceFileUtil.getResourceAsString("example/model-properties/tca_new/model-properties.json");
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ public class PolicyClientItCase {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testSendGuardPolicy() throws TransformerException, IOException {
+    public void testSendGuardPolicy() {
         // Normally there is only one Guard
         List<PolicyItem> policyItems = GuardPolicyAttributesConstructor
             .getAllPolicyGuardsFromPolicyChain(prop.getType(Policy.class).getPolicyChains().get(0));
@@ -105,8 +114,7 @@ public class PolicyClientItCase {
         String response = policyClient.sendGuardPolicy(
             GuardPolicyAttributesConstructor.formatAttributes(prop, policyItem), prop, LoggingUtils.getRequestId(),
             policyItem);
-        Map<String, Object> mapNodes = JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance()
-            .convertValue(JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance().readTree(response), Map.class);
+        Map<String, Object> mapNodes = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(response, MAP_OF_STRING_TO_OBJECT_TYPE);
         Assertions.assertThat(mapNodes).contains(Assertions.entry("policyClass", "Decision"),
             Assertions.entry("policyName",
                 modelName.replace("-", "_") + "." + controlName + "_Policy_12lup3h_0_Guard_6TtHGPq"),
@@ -124,14 +132,13 @@ public class PolicyClientItCase {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testSendBrmsPolicy()
-        throws TransformerException, BuilderException, IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+    public void testSendBrmsPolicy() throws BuilderException, IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>> attributes = OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.formatAttributes(
             refProp, prop, prop.getType(Policy.class).getId(), prop.getType(Policy.class).getPolicyChains().get(0));
         String response = policyClient.sendBrmsPolicy(attributes, prop, LoggingUtils.getRequestId());
 
-        Map<String, Object> mapNodes = JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance()
-            .convertValue(JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance().readTree(response), Map.class);
+        Map<String, Object> mapNodes = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(response, MAP_OF_STRING_TO_OBJECT_TYPE);
+
         Assertions.assertThat(mapNodes).contains(Assertions.entry("policyClass", "Config"),
             Assertions.entry("policyName", modelName.replace("-", "_") + "." + controlName + "_Policy_12lup3h_0"),
             Assertions.entry("policyConfigType", PolicyConfigType.BRMS_PARAM.name()),
@@ -144,14 +151,13 @@ public class PolicyClientItCase {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testSendMicroServiceInJson()
-        throws TransformerException, BuilderException, IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+    public void testSendMicroServiceInJson() throws IllegalArgumentException {
         prop.setCurrentModelElementId(prop.getType(Policy.class).getId());
         String jsonToSend = "{\"test\":\"test\"}";
         String response = policyClient.sendMicroServiceInJson(jsonToSend, prop, LoggingUtils.getRequestId());
 
-        Map<String, Object> mapNodes = JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance()
-            .convertValue(JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance().readTree(response), Map.class);
+        Map<String, Object> mapNodes = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(response, MAP_OF_STRING_TO_OBJECT_TYPE);
+
         Assertions.assertThat(mapNodes).contains(Assertions.entry("policyClass", "Config"),
             Assertions.entry("policyName", modelName.replace("-", "_") + "." + controlName + "_Policy_12lup3h"),
             Assertions.entry("policyConfigType", PolicyConfigType.MicroService.name()),
@@ -165,8 +171,8 @@ public class PolicyClientItCase {
     public void testSendBasePolicyInOther() throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         String body = "test";
         String response = policyClient.sendBasePolicyInOther(body, "myPolicy", prop, LoggingUtils.getRequestId());
-        Map<String, Object> mapNodes = JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance()
-            .convertValue(JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance().readTree(response), Map.class);
+        Map<String, Object> mapNodes = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(response, MAP_OF_STRING_TO_OBJECT_TYPE);
+
         Assertions.assertThat(mapNodes).contains(Assertions.entry("policyClass", "Config"),
             Assertions.entry("policyName", "myPolicy"),
             Assertions.entry("policyConfigType", PolicyConfigType.Base.name()),
@@ -181,8 +187,8 @@ public class PolicyClientItCase {
         String tcaJson = TcaRequestFormatter.createPolicyJson(refProp, prop);
         String response = policyClient.sendMicroServiceInOther(tcaJson, prop);
 
-        Map<String, Object> mapNodes = JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance()
-            .convertValue(JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance().readTree(response), Map.class);
+        Map<String, Object> mapNodes = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(response, MAP_OF_STRING_TO_OBJECT_TYPE);
+
         Assertions.assertThat(mapNodes).contains(Assertions.entry("policyClass", "Config"),
             Assertions.entry("policyName", modelName.replace("-", "_") + "." + controlName + "_TCA_1d13unw"),
             Assertions.entry("policyConfigType", PolicyConfigType.MicroService.name()),
@@ -196,10 +202,10 @@ public class PolicyClientItCase {
         String[] responses = policyClient.deleteMicrosService(prop).split("\\}\\{");
 
         // There are 2 responses appended to the result, one for PDP one for PAP !
-        Map<String, Object> mapNodesPdp = JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance()
-            .convertValue(JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance().readTree(responses[0] + "}"), Map.class);
-        Map<String, Object> mapNodesPap = JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance()
-            .convertValue(JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance().readTree("{" + responses[1]), Map.class);
+        Map<String, Object> mapNodesPdp = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(responses[0] + "}",
+            MAP_OF_STRING_TO_OBJECT_TYPE);
+        Map<String, Object> mapNodesPap = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson("{" + responses[1],
+            MAP_OF_STRING_TO_OBJECT_TYPE);
 
         Assertions.assertThat(mapNodesPdp).contains(
             Assertions.entry("policyName", modelName.replace("-", "_") + "." + controlName + "_TCA_1d13unw"),
@@ -221,11 +227,10 @@ public class PolicyClientItCase {
         prop.setGuardUniqueId(policyItems.get(0).getId());
         String[] responses = policyClient.deleteGuard(prop).split("\\}\\{");
 
-        // There are 2 responses appended to the result, one for PDP one for PAP !
-        Map<String, Object> mapNodesPdp = JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance()
-            .convertValue(JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance().readTree(responses[0] + "}"), Map.class);
-        Map<String, Object> mapNodesPap = JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance()
-            .convertValue(JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance().readTree("{" + responses[1]), Map.class);
+        Map<String, Object> mapNodesPdp = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(responses[0] + "}",
+            MAP_OF_STRING_TO_OBJECT_TYPE);
+        Map<String, Object> mapNodesPap = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson("{" + responses[1],
+            MAP_OF_STRING_TO_OBJECT_TYPE);
 
         Assertions.assertThat(mapNodesPdp).contains(
             Assertions.entry("policyName",
@@ -245,11 +250,10 @@ public class PolicyClientItCase {
         prop.setCurrentModelElementId(prop.getType(Policy.class).getId());
         String[] responses = policyClient.deleteBrms(prop).split("\\}\\{");
 
-        // There are 2 responses appended to the result, one for PDP one for PAP !
-        Map<String, Object> mapNodesPdp = JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance()
-            .convertValue(JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance().readTree(responses[0] + "}"), Map.class);
-        Map<String, Object> mapNodesPap = JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance()
-            .convertValue(JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance().readTree("{" + responses[1]), Map.class);
+        Map<String, Object> mapNodesPdp = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(responses[0] + "}",
+            MAP_OF_STRING_TO_OBJECT_TYPE);
+        Map<String, Object> mapNodesPap = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson("{" + responses[1],
+            MAP_OF_STRING_TO_OBJECT_TYPE);
 
         Assertions.assertThat(mapNodesPdp).contains(
             Assertions.entry("policyName", modelName.replace("-", "_") + "." + controlName + "_Policy_12lup3h_0"),
@@ -273,7 +277,8 @@ public class PolicyClientItCase {
         String tosca = policyClient.importToscaModel(cldsToscaModel);
 
         Assertions.assertThat(tosca).contains(
-            "{\"serviceName\":\"tca-policy-test\",\"description\":\"tca-policy-test\",\"requestID\":null,\"filePath\":\"/tmp/tosca-models/tca-policy-test.yml\",");
+            "{\"serviceName\":\"tca-policy-test\",\"description\":\"tca-policy-test\","
+                + "\"requestID\":null,\"filePath\":\"/tmp/tosca-models/tca-policy-test.yml\",");
         Assertions.assertThat(tosca).contains(toscaModelYaml);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/config/CldsReferencePropertiesItCase.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/config/CldsReferencePropertiesItCase.java
index 9d58ba8f..630e8c02 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/config/CldsReferencePropertiesItCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/config/CldsReferencePropertiesItCase.java
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -62,24 +62,34 @@ public class CldsReferencePropertiesItCase {
         assertNull(refProp.getStringValue("does.not.exist"));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Test getting prop value as a JSON Node / template.
-     *
-     * @throws IOException
-     *         when JSON parsing fails
-     */
     @Test
-    public void testGetJsonTemplate() throws IOException {
-        // ui.location.default={"DC1":"Data Center 1","DC2":"Data Center
-        // 2","DC3":"Data Center 3"}
-        ObjectNode root = (ObjectNode) refProp.getJsonTemplate("ui.location.default");
+    public void shouldReturnJsonFromTemplate() throws IOException {
+        //when
+        JsonElement root = refProp.getJsonTemplate("ui.location.default");
+
+        //then
         assertNotNull(root);
-        assertEquals(root.get("DC1").asText(), "Data Center 1");
-        // Test composite key
-        root = (ObjectNode) refProp.getJsonTemplate("ui.location", "default");
+        assertTrue(root.isJsonObject());
+        assertEquals(root.getAsJsonObject().get("DC1").getAsString(), "Data Center 1");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnJsonFromTemplate_2() throws IOException {
+        //when
+        JsonElement root = refProp.getJsonTemplate("ui.location", "default");
+
+        //then
         assertNotNull(root);
-        assertEquals(root.get("DC1").asText(), "Data Center 1");
-        root = (ObjectNode) refProp.getJsonTemplate("ui.location", "");
+        assertTrue(root.isJsonObject());
+        assertEquals(root.getAsJsonObject().get("DC1").getAsString(), "Data Center 1");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnNullIfPropertyNotFound() throws IOException {
+        //when
+        JsonElement root = refProp.getJsonTemplate("ui.location", "");
+
+        //then
         assertNull(root);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/config/SdcControllersConfigurationItCase.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/config/SdcControllersConfigurationItCase.java
index 0cab4b9d..8fd817cb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/config/SdcControllersConfigurationItCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/config/SdcControllersConfigurationItCase.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
+import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public class SdcControllersConfigurationItCase {
             sdcControllersConfiguration.getSdcSingleControllerConfiguration("sdc-controller2").getSdcControllerName());
     }
 
-    @Test(expected = IOException.class)
+    @Test(expected = JsonSyntaxException.class)
     public void testBadJsonLoading() throws IOException {
         loadFile("classpath:/clds/sdc-controllers-config-bad.json");
         fail("Should have raised an exception");
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/sdc/controller/SdcSingleControllerItCase.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/sdc/controller/SdcSingleControllerItCase.java
index 9eaca5f7..c6dbce4c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/sdc/controller/SdcSingleControllerItCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/sdc/controller/SdcSingleControllerItCase.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 package org.onap.clamp.clds.it.sdc.controller;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -89,8 +88,11 @@ public class SdcSingleControllerItCase {
         return notifData;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Initialization method.
+     */
     @Before
-    public void init() throws IOException {
+    public void init() {
         sdcSingleController = new SdcSingleController(clampProp, Mockito.mock(CsarInstaller.class),
             SdcSingleControllerConfigurationTest.loadControllerConfiguration("clds/sdc-controller-config-TLS.json",
                 "sdc-controller1"),
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/model/prop/CustomModelElement.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/model/prop/CustomModelElement.java
index 7d3a2158..871d0a65 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/model/prop/CustomModelElement.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/model/prop/CustomModelElement.java
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@
  * limitations under the License.

  * ============LICENSE_END============================================

  * ===================================================================

- * 

+ *

  */

 

 package org.onap.clamp.clds.model.prop;

 

-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;

-

+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;

 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.AbstractModelElement;

 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.ModelBpmn;

 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.ModelProperties;

+import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.JsonUtils;

 

 /**

  * A CustomModelElement to test the capability to add new elements on the fly.

@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ public class CustomModelElement extends AbstractModelElement {
     /**

      * Main Constructor.

      */

-    public CustomModelElement(ModelProperties modelProp, ModelBpmn modelBpmn, JsonNode modelJson) {

+    public CustomModelElement(ModelProperties modelProp, ModelBpmn modelBpmn, JsonObject modelJson) {

         super(CUSTOM_TYPE, modelProp, modelBpmn, modelJson);

-        topicPublishes = getValueByName("topicPublishes");

-        test = this.getValueByName("test");

+        topicPublishes = JsonUtils.getStringValueByName(modelElementJsonNode, "topicPublishes");

+        test = JsonUtils.getStringValueByName(modelElementJsonNode, "test");

     }

 

     public static final String getType() {

diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/model/prop/ModelPropertiesTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/model/prop/ModelPropertiesTest.java
index 295ccc59..4195f907 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/model/prop/ModelPropertiesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/model/prop/ModelPropertiesTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 package org.onap.clamp.clds.model.prop;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsModel;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.Holmes;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.ModelProperties;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.Policy;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.PolicyItem;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.Tca;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.ResourceFileUtil;
 
@@ -61,11 +63,12 @@ public class ModelPropertiesTest {
         assertEquals(1, policy.getPolicyChains().size());
         assertEquals("0", policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyId());
         assertEquals(1, policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().size());
-        assertEquals("resourceid", policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().get(0).getTargetResourceId());
-        assertEquals(180, policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().get(0).getRetryTimeLimit());
-        assertEquals(3, policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().get(0).getMaxRetries());
-        assertEquals("", policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().get(0).getParentPolicy());
-        assertEquals(null, policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().get(0).getParentPolicyConditions());
+        PolicyItem firstPolicyItem = policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().get(0);
+        assertEquals("resourceid", firstPolicyItem.getTargetResourceId());
+        assertEquals(180, firstPolicyItem.getRetryTimeLimit());
+        assertEquals(3, firstPolicyItem.getMaxRetries());
+        assertEquals("", firstPolicyItem.getParentPolicy());
+        assertThat(firstPolicyItem.getParentPolicyConditions()).isEmpty();
         Tca tca = prop.getType(Tca.class);
         assertNotNull(tca);
         assertTrue(tca.isFound());
@@ -91,8 +94,8 @@ public class ModelPropertiesTest {
             prop.getGlobal().getResourceVf().toArray()));
         assertTrue(Arrays.equals(new String[] { "SNDGCA64", "ALPRGAED", "LSLEILAA", "MDTWNJC1" },
             prop.getGlobal().getLocation().toArray()));
-        assertEquals("value1", prop.getGlobal().getDeployParameters().get("input1").asText());
-        assertEquals("value2", prop.getGlobal().getDeployParameters().get("input2").asText());
+        assertEquals("value1", prop.getGlobal().getDeployParameters().get("input1").getAsString());
+        assertEquals("value2", prop.getGlobal().getDeployParameters().get("input2").getAsString());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -107,11 +110,12 @@ public class ModelPropertiesTest {
         assertEquals(1, policy.getPolicyChains().size());
         assertEquals("0", policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyId());
         assertEquals(1, policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().size());
-        assertEquals("resourceid", policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().get(0).getTargetResourceId());
-        assertEquals(180, policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().get(0).getRetryTimeLimit());
-        assertEquals(3, policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().get(0).getMaxRetries());
-        assertEquals("", policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().get(0).getParentPolicy());
-        assertEquals(null, policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().get(0).getParentPolicyConditions());
+        PolicyItem firstPolicyItem = policy.getPolicyChains().get(0).getPolicyItems().get(0);
+        assertEquals("resourceid", firstPolicyItem.getTargetResourceId());
+        assertEquals(180, firstPolicyItem.getRetryTimeLimit());
+        assertEquals(3, firstPolicyItem.getMaxRetries());
+        assertEquals("", firstPolicyItem.getParentPolicy());
+        assertThat(firstPolicyItem.getParentPolicyConditions()).isEmpty();
         Holmes holmes = prop.getType(Holmes.class);
         assertNotNull(holmes);
         assertTrue(holmes.isFound());
@@ -124,8 +128,8 @@ public class ModelPropertiesTest {
             prop.getGlobal().getResourceVf().toArray()));
         assertTrue(Arrays.equals(new String[] { "SNDGCA64", "ALPRGAED", "LSLEILAA", "MDTWNJC1" },
             prop.getGlobal().getLocation().toArray()));
-        assertEquals("value1", prop.getGlobal().getDeployParameters().get("input1").asText());
-        assertEquals("value2", prop.getGlobal().getDeployParameters().get("input2").asText());
+        assertEquals("value1", prop.getGlobal().getDeployParameters().get("input1").getAsString());
+        assertEquals("value2", prop.getGlobal().getDeployParameters().get("input2").getAsString());
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/model/sdc/SdcResourceBasicInfoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/model/sdc/SdcResourceBasicInfoTest.java
index 119fd218..5adb0647 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/model/sdc/SdcResourceBasicInfoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/model/sdc/SdcResourceBasicInfoTest.java
@@ -31,15 +31,17 @@ public class SdcResourceBasicInfoTest {
     @Test
     public void testHashCode() {
         SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc1a = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
-        SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc1b = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
-        SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc2 = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
         sdc1a.setName("test1");
         sdc1a.setVersion("1.0");
-        sdc1b.setName("test1");
-        sdc1b.setVersion("2.0");
+
+        SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc2 = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
         sdc2.setName("test2");
         sdc2.setVersion("2.0");
 
+        SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc1b = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
+        sdc1b.setName("test1");
+        sdc1b.setVersion("2.0");
+
         Assertions.assertThat(sdc1a.hashCode()).isNotEqualTo(sdc1b.hashCode());
         Assertions.assertThat(sdc1b.hashCode()).isNotEqualTo(sdc2.hashCode());
         sdc1b.setVersion("1.0");
@@ -50,12 +52,14 @@ public class SdcResourceBasicInfoTest {
     @Test
     public void testCompareTo() {
         SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc1a = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
-        SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc1b = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
-        SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc2 = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
         sdc1a.setName("test1");
         sdc1a.setVersion("1.0");
+
+        SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc1b = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
         sdc1b.setName("test1");
         sdc1b.setVersion("2.0");
+
+        SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc2 = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
         sdc2.setName("test2");
         sdc2.setVersion("2.0");
 
@@ -68,12 +72,14 @@ public class SdcResourceBasicInfoTest {
     @Test
     public void testEquals() {
         SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc1a = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
-        SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc1b = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
-        SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc2 = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
         sdc1a.setName("test1");
         sdc1a.setVersion("1.0");
+
+        SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc1b = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
         sdc1b.setName("test1");
         sdc1b.setVersion("2.0");
+
+        SdcResourceBasicInfo sdc2 = new SdcResourceBasicInfo();
         sdc2.setName("test2");
         sdc2.setVersion("2.0");
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/sdc/controller/installer/CsarInstallerImplTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/sdc/controller/installer/CsarInstallerImplTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a995c523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/sdc/controller/installer/CsarInstallerImplTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP CLAMP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Nokia 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.onap.clamp.clds.sdc.controller.installer;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.JsonUtils;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.ResourceFileUtil;
+
+public class CsarInstallerImplTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnInputParametersFromBlueprint() throws IOException {
+        //given
+        String expectedBlueprintInputsText = "{\"aaiEnrichmentHost\":\"aai.onap.svc.cluster.local\""
+            + ",\"aaiEnrichmentPort\":\"8443\""
+            + ",\"enableAAIEnrichment\":true"
+            + ",\"dmaap_host\":\"message-router\""
+            + ",\"dmaap_port\":\"3904\""
+            + ",\"enableRedisCaching\":false"
+            + ",\"redisHosts\":\"dcae-redis:6379\""
+            + ",\"tag_version\":\"nexus3.onap.org:10001/onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.deployments.tca-cdap-container:1.1.0\""
+            + ",\"consul_host\":\"consul-server\""
+            + ",\"consul_port\":\"8500\",\"cbs_host\":\"{\\\"test\\\":"
+            + "{\\\"test\\\":\\\"test\\\"}}\",\"cbs_port\":\"10000\""
+            + ",\"external_port\":\"32010\",\"policy_id\":\"AUTO_GENERATED_POLICY_ID_AT_SUBMIT\"}";
+
+        JsonObject expectedBlueprintInputs = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(expectedBlueprintInputsText, JsonObject.class);
+        String dceaBlueprint = ResourceFileUtil.getResourceAsString("tosca/dcea_blueprint.yml");
+        BlueprintArtifact blueprintArtifact = mock(BlueprintArtifact.class);
+        when(blueprintArtifact.getDcaeBlueprint()).thenReturn(dceaBlueprint);
+        CsarInstallerImpl csarInstaller = new CsarInstallerImpl();
+
+        //when
+        String parametersInJson = csarInstaller.getAllBlueprintParametersInJson(blueprintArtifact);
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(parametersInJson, JsonObject.class)).isEqualTo(expectedBlueprintInputs);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/JacksonUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/JacksonUtilsTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d9e4e79..00000000
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/JacksonUtilsTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP CLAMP
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2018 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.onap.clamp.clds.util;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class JacksonUtilsTest {
-
-    public static class TestClass extends TestObject {
-
-        String test2;
-        TestObject2 object2;
-
-        public TestClass(String value1, String value2) {
-            super(value1);
-            test2 = value2;
-        }
-
-        public TestClass() {
-        }
-
-        public String getTest2() {
-            return test2;
-        }
-
-        public void setTest2(String test2) {
-            this.test2 = test2;
-        }
-
-        public TestObject2 getObject2() {
-            return object2;
-        }
-
-        public void setObject2(TestObject2 object2) {
-            this.object2 = object2;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testGetObjectMapperInstance() {
-        assertNotNull(JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * This method test that the security hole in Jackson is not enabled in the
-     * default ObjectMapper.
-     *
-     * @throws JsonParseException
-     *         In case of issues
-     * @throws JsonMappingException
-     *         In case of issues
-     * @throws IOException
-     *         In case of issues
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testCreateBeanDeserializer() throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
-        TestClass test = new TestClass("value1", "value2");
-        test.setObject2(new TestObject2("test3"));
-        Object testObject = JacksonUtils.getObjectMapperInstance()
-            .readValue("[\"org.onap.clamp.clds.util.JacksonUtilsTest$TestClass\""
-                + ",{\"test\":\"value1\",\"test2\":\"value2\",\"object2\":[\"org.onap.clamp.clds.util.TestObject2\","
-                + "{\"test3\":\"test3\"}]}]", Object.class);
-        assertNotNull(testObject);
-        assertFalse(testObject instanceof TestObject);
-        assertFalse(testObject instanceof TestClass);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/JsonUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/JsonUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e11b8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/JsonUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP CLAMP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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============================================
+ * Modifications copyright (c) 2019 Nokia
+ * ===================================================================
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.onap.clamp.clds.util;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForInterfaceTypes.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class JsonUtilsTest {
+
+    public static class TestClass extends TestObject {
+
+        String test2;
+        TestObject2 object2;
+
+        TestClass(String value1, String value2) {
+            super(value1);
+            test2 = value2;
+        }
+
+        void setObject2(TestObject2 object2) {
+            this.object2 = object2;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final JsonObject DEPLOY_PARAMETERS = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(
+        "{\n"
+            + "        \"aaiEnrichmentHost\": \"aai.onap.svc.cluster.local\",\n"
+            + "        \"aaiEnrichmentPort\": \"8443\",\n"
+            + "        \"enableAAIEnrichment\": true,\n"
+            + "        \"dmaap_host\": \"message-router\",\n"
+            + "        \"dmaap_port\": \"3904\",\n"
+            + "        \"enableRedisCaching\": false,\n"
+            + "        \"redisHosts\": \"dcae-redis:6379\",\n"
+            + "        \"tag_version\": \"nexus3.onap.org:10001/onap/org.onap.dcaegen2."
+            + "deployments.tca-cdap-container:1.1.0\",\n"
+            + "        \"consul_host\": \"consul-server\",\n"
+            + "        \"consul_port\": \"8500\",\n"
+            + "        \"cbs_host\": \"config-binding-service\",\n"
+            + "        \"cbs_port\": \"10000\",\n"
+            + "        \"external_port\": \"32010\",\n"
+            + "        \"policy_id\": \"AUTO_GENERATED_POLICY_ID_AT_SUBMIT\"\n"
+            + "      }", JsonObject.class);
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetObjectMapperInstance() {
+        assertNotNull(JsonUtils.GSON);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method test that the security hole in Jackson is not enabled in the default ObjectMapper.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateBeanDeserializer() {
+        TestClass test = new TestClass("value1", "value2");
+        test.setObject2(new TestObject2("test3"));
+        Object testObject = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson("[\"org.onap.clamp.clds.util.JsonUtilsTest$TestClass\""
+            + ",{\"test\":\"value1\",\"test2\":\"value2\",\"object2\":[\"org.onap.clamp.clds.util.TestObject2\","
+            + "{\"test3\":\"test3\"}]}]", Object.class);
+        assertNotNull(testObject);
+        assertFalse(testObject instanceof TestObject);
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnJsonValueByName() throws IOException {
+        //given
+        String modelProperties = ResourceFileUtil
+            .getResourceAsString("example/model-properties/custom/modelBpmnPropertiesMultiVF.json");
+        JsonElement globalElement = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(modelProperties, JsonObject.class).get("global");
+
+        //when
+        String locationName = JsonUtils.getStringValueByName(globalElement, "location");
+        String timeoutValue = JsonUtils.getStringValueByName(globalElement, "timeout");
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(locationName).isEqualTo("SNDGCA64");
+        assertThat(timeoutValue).isEqualTo("500");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnJsonObjectByPropertyName() throws IOException {
+        //given
+        String modelProperties = ResourceFileUtil
+            .getResourceAsString("example/model-properties/custom/modelBpmnPropertiesMultiVF.json");
+        JsonElement globalElement = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(modelProperties, JsonObject.class).get("global");
+
+        //when
+        JsonObject deployParameters = JsonUtils.getJsonObjectByName(globalElement, "deployParameters");
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(deployParameters).isEqualToComparingFieldByField(DEPLOY_PARAMETERS);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnJsonValuesByPropertyName() throws IOException {
+        //given
+        String modelProperties = ResourceFileUtil
+            .getResourceAsString("example/model-properties/custom/modelBpmnPropertiesMultiVF.json");
+        JsonElement globalElement = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(modelProperties, JsonObject.class).get("global");
+
+        //when
+        List<String> vfs = JsonUtils.getStringValuesByName(globalElement, "vf");
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(vfs).containsExactly(
+            "6c7aaec2-59eb-41d9-8681-b7f976ab668d",
+            "8sadsad0-a98s-6a7s-fd12-sadji9sa8d12",
+            "8sfd71ad-a90d-asd9-as87-8a7sd81adsaa"
+        );
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnJsonValueAsInteger() throws IOException {
+        //given
+        String modelProperties = ResourceFileUtil
+            .getResourceAsString("example/model-properties/custom/modelBpmnPropertiesMultiVF.json");
+        JsonElement globalElement = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(modelProperties, JsonObject.class).get("global");
+
+        //when
+        Integer timeoutValue = JsonUtils.getIntValueByName(globalElement, "timeout");
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(timeoutValue).isEqualTo(500);
+    }
+}