Add optional observed timestamp in the cps data api

- Added optional query parameter in cps data endpoints
- Updated service layer and notification to use observedTimestamp

Note:
- NCMP REST endpoints are not updated as a part of this patch
- NCMP does not sent observed timestamp when using cps data services

Issue-ID: CPS-477
Signed-off-by: puthuparambil.aditya <aditya.puthuparambil@bell.ca>
Change-Id: I1f92da3da7b3a13c45405fdf44e5fef861991d9a
Signed-off-by: Renu Kumari <renu.kumari@bell.ca>

5 files changed, 120 insertions, 55 deletions

diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpsDataServiceImplSpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpsDataServiceImplSpec.groovy
index 97eac5aaa9..6a0a4649a6 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpsDataServiceImplSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpsDataServiceImplSpec.groovy
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 package org.onap.cps.api.impl
 
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime
 import org.onap.cps.TestUtils
 import org.onap.cps.api.CpsAdminService
 import org.onap.cps.api.CpsModuleService
@@ -55,18 +56,19 @@ class CpsDataServiceImplSpec extends Specification {
     def dataspaceName = 'some dataspace'
     def anchorName = 'some anchor'
     def schemaSetName = 'some schema set'
+    def observedTimestamp = OffsetDateTime.now()
 
     def 'Saving json data.'() {
         given: 'schema set for given anchor and dataspace references test-tree model'
             setupSchemaSetMocks('test-tree.yang')
         when: 'save data method is invoked with test-tree json data'
             def jsonData = TestUtils.getResourceFileContent('test-tree.json')
-            objectUnderTest.saveData(dataspaceName, anchorName, jsonData)
+            objectUnderTest.saveData(dataspaceName, anchorName, jsonData, observedTimestamp)
         then: 'the persistence service method is invoked with correct parameters'
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.storeDataNode(dataspaceName, anchorName,
-                    { dataNode -> dataNode.xpath == '/test-tree' })
+                { dataNode -> dataNode.xpath == '/test-tree' })
         and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName)
+            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Saving child data fragment under existing node.'() {
@@ -74,12 +76,12 @@ class CpsDataServiceImplSpec extends Specification {
             setupSchemaSetMocks('test-tree.yang')
         when: 'save data method is invoked with test-tree json data'
             def jsonData = '{"branch": [{"name": "New"}]}'
-            objectUnderTest.saveData(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree', jsonData)
+            objectUnderTest.saveData(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree', jsonData, observedTimestamp)
         then: 'the persistence service method is invoked with correct parameters'
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.addChildDataNode(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree',
-                    { dataNode -> dataNode.xpath == '/test-tree/branch[@name=\'New\']' })
+                { dataNode -> dataNode.xpath == '/test-tree/branch[@name=\'New\']' })
         and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName)
+            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Saving list-node data fragment under existing node.'() {
@@ -87,19 +89,19 @@ class CpsDataServiceImplSpec extends Specification {
             setupSchemaSetMocks('test-tree.yang')
         when: 'save data method is invoked with list-node json data'
             def jsonData = '{"branch": [{"name": "A"}, {"name": "B"}]}'
-            objectUnderTest.saveListNodeData(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree', jsonData)
+            objectUnderTest.saveListNodeData(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree', jsonData, observedTimestamp)
         then: 'the persistence service method is invoked with correct parameters'
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.addListDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree',
-                    { dataNodeCollection ->
-                        {
-                            assert dataNodeCollection.size() == 2
-                            assert dataNodeCollection.collect { it.getXpath() }
-                                    .containsAll(['/test-tree/branch[@name=\'A\']', '/test-tree/branch[@name=\'B\']'])
-                        }
+                { dataNodeCollection ->
+                    {
+                        assert dataNodeCollection.size() == 2
+                        assert dataNodeCollection.collect { it.getXpath() }
+                            .containsAll(['/test-tree/branch[@name=\'A\']', '/test-tree/branch[@name=\'B\']'])
                     }
+                }
             )
         and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName)
+            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Saving empty list-node data fragment.'() {
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ class CpsDataServiceImplSpec extends Specification {
             setupSchemaSetMocks('test-tree.yang')
         when: 'save data method is invoked with empty list-node data fragment'
             def jsonData = '{"branch": []}'
-            objectUnderTest.saveListNodeData(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree', jsonData)
+            objectUnderTest.saveListNodeData(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree', jsonData, observedTimestamp)
         then: 'invalid data exception is thrown'
             thrown(DataValidationException)
     }
@@ -127,11 +129,11 @@ class CpsDataServiceImplSpec extends Specification {
         given: 'schema set for given anchor and dataspace references test-tree model'
             setupSchemaSetMocks('test-tree.yang')
         when: 'update data method is invoked with json data #jsonData and parent node xpath #parentNodeXpath'
-            objectUnderTest.updateNodeLeaves(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath, jsonData)
+            objectUnderTest.updateNodeLeaves(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath, jsonData, observedTimestamp)
         then: 'the persistence service method is invoked with correct parameters'
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.updateDataLeaves(dataspaceName, anchorName, expectedNodeXpath, leaves)
         and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName)
+            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName, observedTimestamp)
         where: 'following parameters were used'
             scenario         | parentNodeXpath | jsonData                        || expectedNodeXpath                   | leaves
             'top level node' | '/'             | '{"test-tree": {"branch": []}}' || '/test-tree'                        | Collections.emptyMap()
@@ -142,7 +144,8 @@ class CpsDataServiceImplSpec extends Specification {
         given: 'schema set for given anchor and dataspace references bookstore model'
             setupSchemaSetMocks('bookstore.yang')
         when: 'update data method is invoked with json data #jsonData and parent node xpath'
-            objectUnderTest.updateNodeLeaves(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/bookstore/categories[@code=2]', jsonData)
+            objectUnderTest.updateNodeLeaves(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/bookstore/categories[@code=2]',
+                jsonData, observedTimestamp)
         then: 'the persistence service method is invoked with correct parameters'
             thrown(DataValidationException)
         where: 'following parameters were used'
@@ -157,23 +160,25 @@ class CpsDataServiceImplSpec extends Specification {
         and: 'the expected json string'
             def jsonData = '{"cm-handles":[{"id":"cmHandle001", "additional-properties":[{"name":"P1"}]}]}'
         when: 'update data method is invoked with json data and parent node xpath'
-            objectUnderTest.updateNodeLeavesAndExistingDescendantLeaves(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/dmi-registry', jsonData)
+            objectUnderTest.updateNodeLeavesAndExistingDescendantLeaves(dataspaceName, anchorName,
+                '/dmi-registry', jsonData, observedTimestamp)
         then: 'the persistence service method is invoked with correct parameters'
-            1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.updateDataLeaves(dataspaceName, anchorName, "/dmi-registry/cm-handles[@id='cmHandle001']", ['id': 'cmHandle001'])
+            1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.updateDataLeaves(dataspaceName, anchorName,
+                "/dmi-registry/cm-handles[@id='cmHandle001']", ['id': 'cmHandle001'])
         and: 'the data updated event is sent to the notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName)
+            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Replace data node: #scenario.'() {
         given: 'schema set for given anchor and dataspace references test-tree model'
             setupSchemaSetMocks('test-tree.yang')
         when: 'replace data method is invoked with json data #jsonData and parent node xpath #parentNodeXpath'
-            objectUnderTest.replaceNodeTree(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath, jsonData)
+            objectUnderTest.replaceNodeTree(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath, jsonData, observedTimestamp)
         then: 'the persistence service method is invoked with correct parameters'
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.replaceDataNodeTree(dataspaceName, anchorName,
-                    { dataNode -> dataNode.xpath == expectedNodeXpath })
+                { dataNode -> dataNode.xpath == expectedNodeXpath })
         and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName)
+            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName, observedTimestamp)
         where: 'following parameters were used'
             scenario         | parentNodeXpath | jsonData                        || expectedNodeXpath
             'top level node' | '/'             | '{"test-tree": {"branch": []}}' || '/test-tree'
@@ -185,19 +190,19 @@ class CpsDataServiceImplSpec extends Specification {
             setupSchemaSetMocks('test-tree.yang')
         when: 'replace list data method is invoked with list-node json data'
             def jsonData = '{"branch": [{"name": "A"}, {"name": "B"}]}'
-            objectUnderTest.replaceListNodeData(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree', jsonData)
+            objectUnderTest.replaceListNodeData(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree', jsonData, observedTimestamp)
         then: 'the persistence service method is invoked with correct parameters'
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.replaceListDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree',
-                    { dataNodeCollection ->
-                        {
-                            assert dataNodeCollection.size() == 2
-                            assert dataNodeCollection.collect { it.getXpath() }
-                                    .containsAll(['/test-tree/branch[@name=\'A\']', '/test-tree/branch[@name=\'B\']'])
-                        }
+                { dataNodeCollection ->
+                    {
+                        assert dataNodeCollection.size() == 2
+                        assert dataNodeCollection.collect { it.getXpath() }
+                            .containsAll(['/test-tree/branch[@name=\'A\']', '/test-tree/branch[@name=\'B\']'])
                     }
+                }
             )
         and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName)
+            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Replace with empty list-node data fragment.'() {
@@ -205,7 +210,7 @@ class CpsDataServiceImplSpec extends Specification {
             setupSchemaSetMocks('test-tree.yang')
         when: 'replace list data method is invoked with empty list-node data fragment'
             def jsonData = '{"branch": []}'
-            objectUnderTest.replaceListNodeData(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree', jsonData)
+            objectUnderTest.replaceListNodeData(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree', jsonData, observedTimestamp)
         then: 'invalid data exception is thrown'
             thrown(DataValidationException)
     }
@@ -214,11 +219,11 @@ class CpsDataServiceImplSpec extends Specification {
         given: 'schema set for given anchor and dataspace references test-tree model'
             setupSchemaSetMocks('test-tree.yang')
         when: 'delete list data method is invoked with list-node json data'
-            objectUnderTest.deleteListNodeData(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree/branch')
+            objectUnderTest.deleteListNodeData(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree/branch', observedTimestamp)
         then: 'the persistence service method is invoked with correct parameters'
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.deleteListDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree/branch')
         and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName)
+            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, anchorName, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def setupSchemaSetMocks(String... yangResources) {
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/E2ENetworkSliceSpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/E2ENetworkSliceSpec.groovy
index fec8b7fa79..eefa86e903 100755
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/E2ENetworkSliceSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/E2ENetworkSliceSpec.groovy
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 

 package org.onap.cps.api.impl

 

+import java.time.OffsetDateTime

 import org.onap.cps.TestUtils

 import org.onap.cps.api.CpsAdminService

 import org.onap.cps.notification.NotificationService

@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class E2ENetworkSliceSpec extends Specification {
     def dataspaceName = 'someDataspace'

     def anchorName = 'someAnchor'

     def schemaSetName = 'someSchemaSet'

+    def noTimestamp = null

 

     def setup() {

         cpsDataServiceImpl.cpsDataPersistenceService = mockDataStoreService

@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ class E2ENetworkSliceSpec extends Specification {
                     YangTextSchemaSourceSetBuilder.of(yangResourcesNameToContentMap)

             mockModuleStoreService.getYangSchemaResources(dataspaceName, schemaSetName) >> schemaContext

         when: 'saveData method is invoked'

-            cpsDataServiceImpl.saveData(dataspaceName, anchorName, jsonData)

+            cpsDataServiceImpl.saveData(dataspaceName, anchorName, jsonData, noTimestamp)

         then: 'Parameters are validated and processing is delegated to persistence service'

             1 * mockDataStoreService.storeDataNode('someDataspace', 'someAnchor', _) >>

                     { args -> dataNodeStored = args[2]}

@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ class E2ENetworkSliceSpec extends Specification {
             mockYangTextSchemaSourceSetCache.get('someDataspace', 'someSchemaSet') >> YangTextSchemaSourceSetBuilder.of(yangResourcesNameToContentMap)

             mockModuleStoreService.getYangSchemaResources('someDataspace', 'someSchemaSet') >> schemaContext

         when: 'saveData method is invoked'

-            cpsDataServiceImpl.saveData('someDataspace', 'someAnchor', jsonData)

+            cpsDataServiceImpl.saveData('someDataspace', 'someAnchor', jsonData, noTimestamp)

         then: 'parameters are validated and processing is delegated to persistence service'

             1 * mockDataStoreService.storeDataNode('someDataspace', 'someAnchor', _) >>

                     { args -> dataNodeStored = args[2]}

diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/CpsDataUpdateEventFactorySpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/CpsDataUpdateEventFactorySpec.groovy
index 2ce77bd1a8..aa0c7c0b39 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/CpsDataUpdateEventFactorySpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/CpsDataUpdateEventFactorySpec.groovy
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 /*
  * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Bell Canada.
  *  ================================================================================
  *  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.
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@
 
 package org.onap.cps.notification
 
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
+import org.onap.cps.utils.DateTimeUtility
 import org.onap.cps.api.CpsAdminService
 import org.onap.cps.api.CpsDataService
 import org.onap.cps.event.model.Data
@@ -28,8 +32,6 @@ import org.onap.cps.spi.model.DataNodeBuilder
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
-import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
-
 class CpsDataUpdateEventFactorySpec extends Specification {
 
     def mockCpsDataService = Mock(CpsDataService)
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ class CpsDataUpdateEventFactorySpec extends Specification {
     def mySchemasetName = 'my-schemaset-name'
     def dateTimeFormat = 'yyyy-MM-dd\'T\'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ'
 
-    def 'Create a CPS data updated event successfully.'() {
+    def 'Create a CPS data updated event successfully: #scenario'() {
 
         given: 'cps admin service is able to return anchor details'
             mockCpsAdminService.getAnchor(myDataspaceName, myAnchorName) >>
@@ -51,12 +53,14 @@ class CpsDataUpdateEventFactorySpec extends Specification {
             def xpath = '/'
             def dataNode = new DataNodeBuilder().withXpath(xpath).withLeaves(['leafName': 'leafValue']).build()
             mockCpsDataService.getDataNode(
-                    myDataspaceName, myAnchorName, xpath, FetchDescendantsOption.INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS) >> dataNode
+                myDataspaceName, myAnchorName, xpath, FetchDescendantsOption.INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS) >> dataNode
 
         when: 'CPS data updated event is created'
-            def cpsDataUpdatedEvent = objectUnderTest.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(myDataspaceName, myAnchorName)
+            def cpsDataUpdatedEvent = objectUnderTest.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(myDataspaceName,
+                myAnchorName, DateTimeUtility.toOffsetDateTime(inputObservedTimestamp))
+
+        then: 'CPS data updated event is created with correct envelope'
 
-        then: 'CPS data updated event is created with expected values'
             with(cpsDataUpdatedEvent) {
                 type == 'org.onap.cps.data-updated-event'
                 source == new URI('urn:cps:org.onap.cps')
@@ -64,13 +68,24 @@ class CpsDataUpdateEventFactorySpec extends Specification {
                 StringUtils.hasText(id)
                 content != null
             }
+        and: 'correct content'
             with(cpsDataUpdatedEvent.content) {
                 assert isExpectedDateTimeFormat(observedTimestamp): "$observedTimestamp is not in $dateTimeFormat format"
-                anchorName == myAnchorName
-                dataspaceName == myDataspaceName
-                schemaSetName == mySchemasetName
-                data == new Data().withAdditionalProperty('leafName', 'leafValue')
+                if (inputObservedTimestamp != null)
+                    assert observedTimestamp == inputObservedTimestamp
+                else
+                    assert OffsetDateTime.now().minusSeconds(20).isBefore(
+                        DateTimeUtility.toOffsetDateTime(observedTimestamp))
+                assert anchorName == myAnchorName
+                assert dataspaceName == myDataspaceName
+                assert schemaSetName == mySchemasetName
+                assert data == new Data().withAdditionalProperty('leafName', 'leafValue')
             }
+        where:
+            scenario                        | inputObservedTimestamp
+            'with observed timestamp -0400' | '2021-01-01T23:00:00.345-0400'
+            'with observed timestamp +0400' | '2021-01-01T23:00:00.345+0400'
+            'missing observed timestamp'    | null
     }
 
     def isExpectedDateTimeFormat(String observedTimestamp) {
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationServiceSpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationServiceSpec.groovy
index ab727671e1..875113d225 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationServiceSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationServiceSpec.groovy
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 package org.onap.cps.notification
 
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime
 import org.onap.cps.config.AsyncConfig
 import org.onap.cps.event.model.CpsDataUpdatedEvent
 import org.spockframework.spring.SpringBean
@@ -55,12 +56,13 @@ class NotificationServiceSpec extends Specification {
     @Shared
     def myDataspacePublishedName = 'my-dataspace-published'
     def myAnchorName = 'my-anchorname'
+    def myObservedTimestamp = OffsetDateTime.now()
 
     def 'Skip sending notification when disabled.'() {
         given: 'notification is disabled'
             spyNotificationProperties.isEnabled() >> false
         when: 'dataUpdatedEvent is received'
-            objectUnderTest.processDataUpdatedEvent(myDataspacePublishedName, myAnchorName)
+            objectUnderTest.processDataUpdatedEvent(myDataspacePublishedName, myAnchorName, myObservedTimestamp)
         then: 'the notification is not sent'
             0 * mockNotificationPublisher.sendNotification(_)
     }
@@ -70,10 +72,11 @@ class NotificationServiceSpec extends Specification {
             spyNotificationProperties.isEnabled() >> true
         and: 'event factory can create event successfully'
             def cpsDataUpdatedEvent = new CpsDataUpdatedEvent()
-            mockCpsDataUpdatedEventFactory.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, myAnchorName) >> cpsDataUpdatedEvent
+            mockCpsDataUpdatedEventFactory.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, myAnchorName, myObservedTimestamp) >>
+                cpsDataUpdatedEvent
         when: 'dataUpdatedEvent is received'
-            def future = objectUnderTest.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, myAnchorName)
-        and: 'wait for async processing is completed'
+            def future = objectUnderTest.processDataUpdatedEvent(dataspaceName, myAnchorName, myObservedTimestamp)
+        and: 'wait for async processing to complete'
             future.get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
         then: 'async process completed successfully'
             future.isDone()
@@ -89,11 +92,11 @@ class NotificationServiceSpec extends Specification {
         given: 'notification is enabled'
             spyNotificationProperties.isEnabled() >> true
         and: 'event factory can not create event successfully'
-            mockCpsDataUpdatedEventFactory.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(myDataspacePublishedName, myAnchorName) >>
+            mockCpsDataUpdatedEventFactory.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(myDataspacePublishedName, myAnchorName, myObservedTimestamp) >>
                 { throw new Exception("Could not create event") }
         when: 'event is sent for processing'
-            def future = objectUnderTest.processDataUpdatedEvent(myDataspacePublishedName, myAnchorName)
-        and: 'wait for async processing is completed'
+            def future = objectUnderTest.processDataUpdatedEvent(myDataspacePublishedName, myAnchorName, myObservedTimestamp)
+        and: 'wait for async processing to complete'
             future.get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
         then: 'async process completed successfully'
             future.isDone()
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/java/org/onap/cps/utils/DateTimeUtility.java b/cps-service/src/test/java/org/onap/cps/utils/DateTimeUtility.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8d709647c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-service/src/test/java/org/onap/cps/utils/DateTimeUtility.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Bell Canada.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.cps.utils;
+
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+
+public interface DateTimeUtility {
+
+    String ISO_TIMESTAMP_PATTERN = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ";
+    DateTimeFormatter ISO_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTER = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(ISO_TIMESTAMP_PATTERN);
+
+    static OffsetDateTime toOffsetDateTime(String datetTimestampAsString) {
+        return ! StringUtils.hasLength(datetTimestampAsString)
+            ? null : OffsetDateTime.parse(datetTimestampAsString, ISO_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTER);
+    }
+
+    static String toString(OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime) {
+        return offsetDateTime != null ? ISO_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTER.format(offsetDateTime) : null;
+    }
+}