2 files changed, 6 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/CpsValidator.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/CpsValidator.java
index 28b49c9666..f3774d9529 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/CpsValidator.java
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/CpsValidator.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package org.onap.cps.utils;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -33,30 +32,25 @@ import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.DataValidationException;
 public final class CpsValidator {
 
     private static final char[] UNSUPPORTED_NAME_CHARACTERS = "!\" #$%&'()*+,./\\:;<=>?@[]^`{|}~".toCharArray();
-    private static final Pattern TOPIC_NAME_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^[a-zA-Z0-9]([._-](?![._-])|"
-            + "[a-zA-Z0-9]){0,120}[a-zA-Z0-9]$");
 
     /**
      * Validate characters in names within cps.
+     *
      * @param names names of data to be validated
      */
     public static void validateNameCharacters(final String... names) {
         for (final String name : names) {
-            final  Collection<Character> charactersOfName = Lists.charactersOf(name);
+            final Collection<Character> charactersOfName = Lists.charactersOf(name);
             for (final char unsupportedCharacter : UNSUPPORTED_NAME_CHARACTERS) {
                 if (charactersOfName.contains(unsupportedCharacter)) {
                     throw new DataValidationException("Name or ID Validation Error.",
-                        name + " invalid token encountered at position " + (name.indexOf(unsupportedCharacter) + 1));
+                            name + " invalid token encountered at position "
+                                    + (name.indexOf(unsupportedCharacter) + 1));
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Validate kafka topic name pattern.
-     * @param topicName name of the topic to be validated
-     */
-    public static boolean validateTopicName(final String topicName) {
-        return topicName != null && TOPIC_NAME_PATTERN.matcher(topicName).matches();
-    }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/utils/CpsValidatorSpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/utils/CpsValidatorSpec.groovy
index ce728ef1c1..ea7a5d6d1d 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/utils/CpsValidatorSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/utils/CpsValidatorSpec.groovy
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import spock.lang.Specification
 
 class CpsValidatorSpec extends Specification {
 
-
     def 'Validating a valid string.'() {
         when: 'the string is validated using a valid name'
             CpsValidator.validateNameCharacters('name-with-no-spaces')
@@ -46,17 +45,4 @@ class CpsValidatorSpec extends Specification {
             'position 9' | 'nameWith Space'   || 'nameWith Space invalid token encountered at position 9'
     }
 
-    def 'Validating topic names.'() {
-        when: 'the topic name is validated'
-            def isValidTopicName = CpsValidator.validateTopicName(topicName)
-        then: 'boolean response will be returned for #scenario'
-            assert isValidTopicName == booleanResponse
-        where: 'the following names are used'
-            scenario                  | topicName       || booleanResponse
-            'valid topic'             | 'my-topic-name' || true
-            'empty topic'             | ''              || false
-            'blank topic'             | ' '             || false
-            'null topic'              | null            || false
-            'invalid non empty topic' | '1_5_*_#'       || false
-    }
 }