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+package org.onap.rapp.datacollector;
+
+import static java.util.Objects.nonNull;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import lombok.experimental.UtilityClass;
+
+@UtilityClass
+public class TestHelpers {
+
+    /**
+     * Get empty string event
+     *
+     * @return empty event, without header and measurement data
+     */
+    public static String getEmptyEvent() {
+        return "{\"event\":{}}";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get Event as string from file
+     *
+     * @param fileName location of test file
+     * @return Event file as string
+     */
+    public static String getTestEventFromFile(String fileName) {
+        InputStream in = TestHelpers.class.getResourceAsStream(fileName);
+        if (nonNull(in)) {
+            try (in) {
+                BufferedReader inr = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
+                return inr.lines().collect(Collectors.joining(" "));
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
+
+}