3 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/common/EventSender.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/common/EventSender.java
index 3c95315c..48268d6c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/common/EventSender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/common/EventSender.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.onap.dcae.ApplicationException;
 import org.onap.dcae.ApplicationSettings;
 import org.onap.dcae.common.publishing.EventPublisher;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -37,11 +38,12 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class EventSender {
 
+  private static final String COULD_NOT_FIND_FILE = "Couldn't find file ./etc/eventTransform.json";
   private Map<String, String[]> streamidHash;
   private ApplicationSettings properties;
   private EventPublisher eventPublisher;
 
-  static final Type EVENT_LIST_TYPE = new TypeToken<List<Event>>() {}.getType();
+  private static final Type EVENT_LIST_TYPE = new TypeToken<List<Event>>() {}.getType();
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EventSender.class);
   private static final String EVENT_LITERAL = "event";
   private static final String COMMON_EVENT_HEADER = "commonEventHeader";
@@ -79,7 +81,8 @@ public class EventSender {
         List<Event> events = new Gson().fromJson(fr, EVENT_LIST_TYPE);
         parseEventsJson(events, new ConfigProcessorAdapter(new ConfigProcessors(jsonObject)));
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        log.error("Couldn't find file ./etc/eventTransform.json" + e.toString());
+        log.error(COULD_NOT_FIND_FILE, e);
+        throw new ApplicationException(COULD_NOT_FIND_FILE, e);
       }
     }
     if (jsonObject.has("VESversion"))
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/common/VESLogger.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/common/VESLogger.java
index 79681484..1072fb54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/common/VESLogger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/common/VESLogger.java
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ import com.att.nsa.clock.SaClock;
 import com.att.nsa.logging.LoggingContext;
 import com.att.nsa.logging.LoggingContextFactory;
 import com.att.nsa.logging.log4j.EcompFields;
-import jline.internal.Log;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class VESLogger {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/restapi/VesRestController.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/restapi/VesRestController.java
index 510031df..3102c31c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/restapi/VesRestController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/restapi/VesRestController.java
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
 @RestController
 public class VesRestController {
-    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(VesRestController.class);
 
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(VesRestController.class);
+    private static final String INVALID_JSON = ApiException.INVALID_JSON_INPUT.toJSON().toString();
     private final ApplicationSettings applicationSettings;
     private final LinkedBlockingQueue<JSONObject> inputQueue;
-
     private final Logger metricsLog;
     private final Logger errorLog;
     private final Logger incomingRequestsLogger;
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ public class VesRestController {
         try {
             jsonObject = new JSONObject(jsonPayload);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            return ResponseEntity.badRequest().body(ApiException.INVALID_JSON_INPUT.toJSON().toString());
+            log.error(INVALID_JSON);
+            return ResponseEntity.badRequest().body(INVALID_JSON);
         }
 
         String uuid = setUpECOMPLoggingForRequest();