add SDC client and reception handle

. add reception framework wraps handle and subplug interface
. add plugins include sdc handler now.
. add forward acts the post interface for specified item like artifact
. add model acts for the sepcifeid item like CSAR
. update pom.xml and package/pom.xml to includes all submodules
. Fix the compile issue by typo and change groupid to framework

Change-Id: Idbff0ca612045c6ee52ba23cd305f2764c9600f8
Issue-ID: MULTICLOUD-514
Signed-off-by: liboNet <libo.zhu@intel.com>

63 files changed, 4707 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/artifactbroker/forwarding/pom.xml b/artifactbroker/forwarding/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a56c313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/forwarding/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
+        <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-forwarding</artifactId>
+
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>The module of Policy Distribution that forwards policies to other components.</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-model</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-distribution-client</groupId>
+            <artifactId>sdc-distribution-client</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.0</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/artifactbroker/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/ArtifactForwarder.java b/artifactbroker/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/ArtifactForwarder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e0d42b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/ArtifactForwarder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.notification.IArtifactInfo;
+
+/**
+ * Forwards polices.
+ * 
+ * <p>To create a Artifact forwarder a class implementing this interface must be created, along with a
+ * concrete sub class of ArtifactForwarderConfigurationParameterGroup to handle configuration
+ * parameters for the Artifact forwarder.
+ */
+public interface ArtifactForwarder {
+
+    /**
+     * Configure the Artifact forwarder.
+     * 
+     * <p>This method will be invoked immediately after instantiation in order for the Artifact forwarder
+     * to configure itself.
+     * 
+     * @param parameterGroupName the name of the parameter group which contains the configuration
+     *        for the Artifact forwarder
+     */
+    void configure(String parameterGroupName);
+
+    /**
+     * Forward the given policies.
+     * 
+     * @param policies the policies to forward
+     * @throws ArtifactForwardingException if an error occurs when forwarding the given Artifact
+     */
+    void forward(Collection<IArtifactInfo> artifacts) throws ArtifactForwardingException;
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/ArtifactForwardingException.java b/artifactbroker/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/ArtifactForwardingException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..289e5b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/ArtifactForwardingException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding;
+
+/**
+ * An error has occured when forwarding a policy.
+ */
+public class ArtifactForwardingException extends Exception {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3866850096319435806L;
+
+    /**
+     * Construct an instance with the given message.
+     * 
+     * @param message the error message
+     */
+    public ArtifactForwardingException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct an instance with the given message and cause.
+     * 
+     * @param message the error message
+     * @param cause the cause
+     */
+    public ArtifactForwardingException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/parameters/ArtifactForwarderParameters.java b/artifactbroker/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/parameters/ArtifactForwarderParameters.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6221b6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/parameters/ArtifactForwarderParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.parameters;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.FlexLogger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.Logger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold all the Artifact forwarder parameters.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class ArtifactForwarderParameters implements ParameterGroup {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = FlexLogger.getLogger(ArtifactForwarderParameters.class);
+
+    private String forwarderType;
+    private String forwarderClassName;
+    private String forwarderConfigurationName;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating ArtifactForwarderParameters.
+     *
+     * @param forwarderType the Artifact forwarder type
+     * @param forwarderClassName the Artifact forwarder class name
+     * @param forwarderConfigurationName the name of the configuration for the Artifact forwarder
+     */
+    public ArtifactForwarderParameters(final String forwarderType, final String forwarderClassName,
+            final String forwarderConfigurationName) {
+        this.forwarderType = forwarderType;
+        this.forwarderClassName = forwarderClassName;
+        this.forwarderConfigurationName = forwarderConfigurationName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the forwarderType of this ArtifactForwarderParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the forwarderType
+     */
+    public String getForwarderType() {
+        return forwarderType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the forwarderClassName of this ArtifactForwarderParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the forwarderClassName
+     */
+    public String getForwarderClassName() {
+        return forwarderClassName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the name of the forwarder configuration of this ArtifactForwarderParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the the name of the forwarder configuration
+     */
+    public String getForwarderConfigurationName() {
+        return forwarderConfigurationName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return getForwarderType();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setName(final String name) {
+        this.forwarderType = name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public GroupValidationResult validate() {
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
+        if (forwarderType == null || forwarderType.trim().length() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("forwarderType", ValidationStatus.INVALID, "must be a non-blank string");
+        }
+        if (forwarderClassName == null || forwarderClassName.trim().length() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("forwarderClassName", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the forwarder");
+        } else {
+            validateArtifactForwarderClass(validationResult);
+        }
+        return validationResult;
+    }
+
+    private void validateArtifactForwarderClass(final GroupValidationResult validationResult) {
+        try {
+            Class.forName(forwarderClassName);
+        } catch (final ClassNotFoundException exp) {
+            LOGGER.trace("Artifact forwarder class not found in classpath", exp);
+            validationResult.setResult("forwarderClassName", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "Artifact forwarder class not found in classpath");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/forwarding/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/PolicyDecodingExceptionTest.java b/artifactbroker/forwarding/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/PolicyDecodingExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ba0ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/forwarding/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/PolicyDecodingExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class PolicyDecodingExceptionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecodingExceptionString() {
+        final ArtifactForwardingException policyDecodingException = new ArtifactForwardingException("error message");
+        assertEquals("error message", policyDecodingException.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecodingExceptionStringThrowable() {
+        final Exception cause = new IllegalArgumentException();
+        final ArtifactForwardingException policyDecodingException = 
+            new ArtifactForwardingException("error message", cause);
+        assertEquals("error message", policyDecodingException.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(cause, policyDecodingException.getCause());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/main/pom.xml b/artifactbroker/main/pom.xml
index 36ae6d9..db1c855 100644
--- a/artifactbroker/main/pom.xml
+++ b/artifactbroker/main/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework.broker</groupId>
+        <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
         <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker</artifactId>
         <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
diff --git a/artifactbroker/model/pom.xml b/artifactbroker/model/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21f0ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/model/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
+        <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-model</artifactId>
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>[${project.parent.artifactId}] module provides the model for policy distribution</description>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Csar.java b/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Csar.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df7eaf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Csar.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.model;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a CSAR file that a {@link Policy} can be decoded from.
+ */
+public class Csar implements PolicyInput {
+
+    private String csarFilePath;
+
+    public Csar(final String csarFilePath) {
+        this.csarFilePath = csarFilePath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the path to the CSAR file.
+     *
+     * @return the path of the CSAR file
+     */
+    public String getCsarPath() {
+        return csarFilePath;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/OptimizationPolicy.java b/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/OptimizationPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ca3c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/OptimizationPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.model;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * An optimization policy.
+ */
+public class OptimizationPolicy implements Policy {
+
+    private static final String OPTIMIZATION = "Optimization";
+    private String policyName;
+    private String policyDescription;
+    private String onapName;
+    private String configBody;
+    private String configBodyType;
+    private Date timetolive;
+    private String guard;
+    private String riskLevel;
+    private String riskType;
+
+    @Override
+    public String getPolicyName() {
+        return policyName;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getPolicyType() {
+        return OPTIMIZATION;
+    }
+
+    public void setPolicyName(final String policyName) {
+        this.policyName = policyName;
+    }
+
+    public String getPolicyDescription() {
+        return policyDescription;
+    }
+
+    public void setPolicyDescription(final String policyDescription) {
+        this.policyDescription = policyDescription;
+    }
+
+    public String getPolicyConfigType() {
+        return getPolicyType();
+    }
+
+    public String getOnapName() {
+        return onapName;
+    }
+
+    public void setOnapName(final String onapName) {
+        this.onapName = onapName;
+    }
+
+    public String getConfigBody() {
+        return configBody;
+    }
+
+    public void setConfigBody(final String configBody) {
+        this.configBody = configBody;
+    }
+
+    public String getConfigBodyType() {
+        return configBodyType;
+    }
+
+    public void setConfigBodyType(final String configBodyType) {
+        this.configBodyType = configBodyType;
+    }
+
+    public Date getTimetolive() {
+        return timetolive;
+    }
+
+    public void setTimetolive(final Date timetolive) {
+        this.timetolive = timetolive;
+    }
+
+    public String getGuard() {
+        return guard;
+    }
+
+    public void setGuard(final String guard) {
+        this.guard = guard;
+    }
+
+    public String getRiskLevel() {
+        return riskLevel;
+    }
+
+    public void setRiskLevel(final String riskLevel) {
+        this.riskLevel = riskLevel;
+    }
+
+    public String getRiskType() {
+        return riskType;
+    }
+
+    public void setRiskType(final String riskType) {
+        this.riskType = riskType;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Policy.java b/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Policy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02ac335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Policy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.model;
+
+/**
+ * A policy created .
+ */
+public interface Policy {
+
+    /**
+     * Get the name of the policy.
+     * 
+     * @return the name of the policy
+     */
+    String getPolicyName();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the type of the policy.
+     * 
+     * @return the type of the policy
+     */
+    String getPolicyType();
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/PolicyAsString.java b/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/PolicyAsString.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25bc412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/PolicyAsString.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.model;
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a policy .
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class PolicyAsString implements Policy {
+    private String policyName;
+    private String policyType;
+    private String policy;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for creating instance of {@link PolicyAsString}.
+     *
+     * @param policyName the policy file name
+     * @param policyType the policy type
+     * @param policy the policy
+     */
+    public PolicyAsString(final String policyName, final String policyType, final String policy) {
+        this.policyName = policyName;
+        this.policyType = policyType;
+        this.policy = policy;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the policy of this {@link PolicyAsString} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the policy
+     */
+    public String getPolicy() {
+        return policy;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getPolicyName() {
+        return policyName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getPolicyType() {
+        return policyType;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/PolicyInput.java b/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/PolicyInput.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1716503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/PolicyInput.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.model;
+
+/**
+ * An input that a {@link Policy} can be decoded from.
+ */
+public interface PolicyInput {
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Tosca.java b/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Tosca.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7b14c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Tosca.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.model;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a TOSCA file that a {@link Policy} can be decoded from.
+ */
+public class Tosca implements PolicyInput {
+
+    private String toscaFilePath;
+
+    public Tosca(String toscaFilePath) {
+        this.toscaFilePath = toscaFilePath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the path to the TOSCA file.
+     * 
+     * @return the path of the TOSCA file
+     */
+    String getToscaFilePath() {
+        return toscaFilePath;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/model/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/TestModels.java b/artifactbroker/model/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/TestModels.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..060ab36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/model/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/TestModels.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.model;
+
+import com.openpojo.reflection.filters.FilterPackageInfo;
+import com.openpojo.validation.Validator;
+import com.openpojo.validation.ValidatorBuilder;
+import com.openpojo.validation.test.impl.GetterTester;
+import com.openpojo.validation.test.impl.SetterTester;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit testing of all policy models.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class TestModels {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAllModels() {
+        final Validator validator = ValidatorBuilder.create().with(new SetterTester()).with(new GetterTester()).build();
+        validator.validate(Policy.class.getPackage().getName(), new FilterPackageInfo());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/packages/pom.xml b/artifactbroker/packages/pom.xml
index 29548b1..c371cad 100644
--- a/artifactbroker/packages/pom.xml
+++ b/artifactbroker/packages/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework.broker</groupId>
+        <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
         <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker</artifactId>
         <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
@@ -33,11 +33,25 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework.broker</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
             <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-main</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-reception</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-forwarding</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-reception-plugins</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/pom.xml b/artifactbroker/plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68d0fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
+        <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-plugins</artifactId>
+    
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>The module of Policy Distribution that holds plugins for custom policy reception and forwarding.</description>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    
+    <modules>
+        <module>reception-plugins</module>
+    </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/pom.xml b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6a8ccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. All rights reserved.
+  ================================================================================
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
+        <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-plugins</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-reception-plugins</artifactId>
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>[${project.parent.artifactId}] module contains plugins for reception of policies.</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-reception</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-tosca</groupId>
+            <artifactId>sdc-tosca</artifactId>
+            <version>1.4.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-distribution-client</groupId>
+            <artifactId>sdc-distribution-client</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.0</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/ComponentDoneStatusMessage.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/ComponentDoneStatusMessage.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..581681b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/ComponentDoneStatusMessage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import org.onap.sdc.api.consumer.IComponentDoneStatusMessage;
+import org.onap.sdc.utils.DistributionStatusEnum;
+
+/**
+ * This class represents the component done status of the distribution service.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class ComponentDoneStatusMessage implements IComponentDoneStatusMessage {
+
+    private String consumerId;
+    private String distributionId;
+    private DistributionStatusEnum distributionStatus;
+    private long timestamp;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating {@link ComponentDoneStatusMessage} class.
+     *
+     * @param messageBuilder the message builder
+     */
+    public ComponentDoneStatusMessage(final ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder messageBuilder) {
+        this.consumerId = messageBuilder.getConsumerId();
+        this.distributionId = messageBuilder.getDistributionId();
+        this.distributionStatus = messageBuilder.getDistributionStatus();
+        this.timestamp = messageBuilder.getTimestamp();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DistributionStatusEnum getStatus() {
+        return distributionStatus;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDistributionID() {
+        return distributionId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getTimestamp() {
+        return timestamp;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getConsumerID() {
+        return consumerId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getComponentName() {
+        return "POLICY";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..567ae8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import org.onap.sdc.utils.DistributionStatusEnum;
+
+/**
+ * This class builds an instance of {@link ComponentDoneStatusMessage} class.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder {
+
+    private String consumerId;
+    private String distributionId;
+    private DistributionStatusEnum distributionStatus;
+    private long timestamp;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns consumer id of this {@link ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the consumerId
+     */
+    public String getConsumerId() {
+        return consumerId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns distribution id of this {@link ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the distributionId
+     */
+    public String getDistributionId() {
+        return distributionId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns distribution status of this {@link ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the distributionStatus
+     */
+    public DistributionStatusEnum getDistributionStatus() {
+        return distributionStatus;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns time of this {@link ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the timestamp
+     */
+    public long getTimestamp() {
+        return timestamp;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set consumer id url to this {@link ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param consumerId the consumerId to set
+     */
+    public ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder setConsumerId(final String consumerId) {
+        this.consumerId = consumerId;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set distribution id to this {@link ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param distributionId the distributionId to set
+     */
+    public ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder setDistributionId(final String distributionId) {
+        this.distributionId = distributionId;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set distribution status to this {@link ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param distributionStatus the distributionStatus to set
+     */
+    public ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder setDistributionStatus(final DistributionStatusEnum distributionStatus) {
+        this.distributionStatus = distributionStatus;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set time to this {@link ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param timestamp the timestamp to set
+     */
+    public ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder setTimestamp(final long timestamp) {
+        this.timestamp = timestamp;
+        return this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/DistributionStatusMessage.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/DistributionStatusMessage.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..436c061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/DistributionStatusMessage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import org.onap.sdc.api.consumer.IDistributionStatusMessage;
+import org.onap.sdc.utils.DistributionStatusEnum;
+
+/**
+ * This class represents the distribution status of the distribution service.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class DistributionStatusMessage implements IDistributionStatusMessage {
+
+    private String artifactUrl;
+    private String consumerId;
+    private String distributionId;
+    private DistributionStatusEnum distributionStatus;
+    private long timestamp;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating {@link DistributionStatusMessage} class.
+     *
+     * @param messageBuilder the message builder
+     */
+    public DistributionStatusMessage(final DistributionStatusMessageBuilder messageBuilder) {
+        this.artifactUrl = messageBuilder.getArtifactUrl();
+        this.consumerId = messageBuilder.getConsumerId();
+        this.distributionId = messageBuilder.getDistributionId();
+        this.distributionStatus = messageBuilder.getDistributionStatus();
+        this.timestamp = messageBuilder.getTimestamp();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getArtifactURL() {
+        return artifactUrl;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getConsumerID() {
+        return consumerId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDistributionID() {
+        return distributionId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DistributionStatusEnum getStatus() {
+        return distributionStatus;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getTimestamp() {
+        return timestamp;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/DistributionStatusMessageBuilder.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/DistributionStatusMessageBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b83a768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/DistributionStatusMessageBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import org.onap.sdc.utils.DistributionStatusEnum;
+
+/**
+ * This class builds an instance of {@link DistributionStatusMessage} class.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class DistributionStatusMessageBuilder {
+
+    private String artifactUrl;
+    private String consumerId;
+    private String distributionId;
+    private DistributionStatusEnum distributionStatus;
+    private long timestamp;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns artifact url of this {@link DistributionStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the artifactUrl
+     */
+    public String getArtifactUrl() {
+        return artifactUrl;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns consumer id of this {@link DistributionStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the consumerId
+     */
+    public String getConsumerId() {
+        return consumerId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns distribution id of this {@link DistributionStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the distributionId
+     */
+    public String getDistributionId() {
+        return distributionId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns distribution status of this {@link DistributionStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the distributionStatus
+     */
+    public DistributionStatusEnum getDistributionStatus() {
+        return distributionStatus;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns time of this {@link DistributionStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the timestamp
+     */
+    public long getTimestamp() {
+        return timestamp;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set artifact url to this {@link DistributionStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param artifactUrl the artifactUrl to set
+     */
+    public DistributionStatusMessageBuilder setArtifactUrl(final String artifactUrl) {
+        this.artifactUrl = artifactUrl;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set consumer id url to this {@link DistributionStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param consumerId the consumerId to set
+     */
+    public DistributionStatusMessageBuilder setConsumerId(final String consumerId) {
+        this.consumerId = consumerId;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set distribution id to this {@link DistributionStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param distributionId the distributionId to set
+     */
+    public DistributionStatusMessageBuilder setDistributionId(final String distributionId) {
+        this.distributionId = distributionId;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set distribution status to this {@link DistributionStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param distributionStatus the distributionStatus to set
+     */
+    public DistributionStatusMessageBuilder setDistributionStatus(final DistributionStatusEnum distributionStatus) {
+        this.distributionStatus = distributionStatus;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set time to this {@link DistributionStatusMessageBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param timestamp the timestamp to set
+     */
+    public DistributionStatusMessageBuilder setTimestamp(final long timestamp) {
+        this.timestamp = timestamp;
+        return this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/FileSystemReceptionHandler.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/FileSystemReceptionHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..941cdd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/FileSystemReceptionHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corp. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import static java.nio.file.StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_CREATE;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.WatchEvent;
+import java.nio.file.WatchKey;
+import java.nio.file.WatchService;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.FlexLogger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.Logger;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterService;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Csar;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PolicyDecodingException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.AbstractReceptionHandler;
+
+/**
+ * Handles reception of inputs from File System which can be used to decode policies.
+ */
+public class FileSystemReceptionHandler extends AbstractReceptionHandler {
+    private boolean running = false;
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = FlexLogger.getLogger(FileSystemReceptionHandler.class);
+
+    @Override
+    protected void initializeReception(final String parameterGroupName) {
+        LOGGER.debug("FileSystemReceptionHandler init...");
+        try {
+            final FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup handlerParameters =
+                                    ParameterService.get(parameterGroupName);
+            main(handlerParameters.getWatchPath());
+        } catch (final Exception ex) {
+            LOGGER.error(ex);
+        }
+        running = false;
+        LOGGER.debug("FileSystemReceptionHandler main loop exited...");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void destroy() {
+        // Tear down subscription etc
+        running = false;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isRunning() {
+        return running;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Main entry point.
+     * 
+     * @param watchPath Path to watch
+     */
+    public void main(String watchPath) throws IOException {
+        try (final WatchService watcher = FileSystems.getDefault().newWatchService()) {
+            final Path dir = Paths.get(watchPath);
+            dir.register(watcher, ENTRY_CREATE);
+            LOGGER.debug("Watch Service registered for dir: " + dir.getFileName());
+            startMainLoop(watcher, dir);
+        } catch (final InterruptedException ex) {
+            LOGGER.debug(ex);
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    protected void startMainLoop(WatchService watcher, Path dir) throws InterruptedException {
+        WatchKey key;
+        running = true;
+        while (running) {
+            key = watcher.take();
+
+            for (final WatchEvent<?> event : key.pollEvents()) {
+                final WatchEvent<Path> ev = (WatchEvent<Path>) event;
+                final Path fileName = ev.context();
+                LOGGER.debug("new CSAR found: " + fileName);
+                createPolicyInputAndCallHandler(dir.toString() + File.separator + fileName.toString());
+                LOGGER.debug("CSAR complete: " + fileName);
+            }
+            final boolean valid = key.reset();
+            if (!valid) {
+                LOGGER.error("Watch key no longer valid!");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void createPolicyInputAndCallHandler(final String fileName) {
+        try {
+            final Csar csarObject = new Csar(fileName);
+            inputReceived(csarObject);
+        } catch (final PolicyDecodingException ex) {
+            LOGGER.error(ex);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37a1698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corp. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+/**
+ * This class builds an instance of {@link FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup} class.
+ *
+ */
+public class FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder {
+
+    private String watchPath;
+
+    /**
+     * Set watchPath to this {@link FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param watchPath the watchPath
+     */
+    public FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setWatchPath(final String watchPath) {
+        this.watchPath = watchPath;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the watchPath of this {@link FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the watchPath
+     */
+    public String getWatchPath() {
+        return watchPath;
+    }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..457cd5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.parameters.ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup;
+
+/**
+ * This class handles reading, parsing and validating of the Policy SDC Service Distribution parameters from Json
+ * format, which strictly adheres to the interface:IConfiguration, defined by SDC SDK.
+ */
+public class FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup extends ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup {
+
+    private String watchPath;
+
+    /**
+     * The constructor for instantiating {@link FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup} class.
+     *
+     * @param builder the SDC configuration builder
+     */
+    public FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup(
+            final FileSystemReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder builder) {
+        watchPath = builder.getWatchPath();
+    }
+
+    public String getWatchPath() {
+        return watchPath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public GroupValidationResult validate() {
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
+        validatePathElement(validationResult, watchPath, "watchPath");
+        return validationResult;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the string element.
+     *
+     * @param validationResult the result object
+     * @param element the element to validate
+     * @param elementName the element name for error message
+     */
+    private void validatePathElement(final GroupValidationResult validationResult, final String element,
+            final String elementName) {
+        boolean valid = false;
+        if (element != null) {
+            File file = new File(element);
+            if (file.exists() && file.isDirectory()) {
+                valid = true;
+            }
+        }
+        if (!valid) {
+            validationResult.setResult(elementName, ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    elementName + " must be a valid directory");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcClientHandler.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcClientHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f69fb15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcClientHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import java.util.Timer;
+import java.util.TimerTask;
+
+/**
+ * This class implements TimerTask for calling life cycle methods of SdcClient iteratively after specified interval
+ * until the operation is successful.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class SdcClientHandler extends TimerTask {
+
+    private SdcReceptionHandler sdcReceptionHandler;
+    private SdcClientOperationType operationType;
+    private Timer timer;
+
+    public enum SdcClientOperationType {
+        START, STOP
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an instance of {@link SdcClientHandler} class.
+     *
+     * @param sdcReceptionHandler the sdcReceptionHandler
+     */
+    public SdcClientHandler(final SdcReceptionHandler sdcReceptionHandler, final SdcClientOperationType operationType,
+            final long retryDelay) {
+        this.sdcReceptionHandler = sdcReceptionHandler;
+        this.operationType = operationType;
+        timer = new Timer(false);
+        timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(this, 0, retryDelay * 1000L);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        if (SdcClientOperationType.START.equals(operationType)) {
+            sdcReceptionHandler.initializeSdcClient();
+            sdcReceptionHandler.startSdcClient();
+        } else {
+            sdcReceptionHandler.stopSdcClient();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean cancel() {
+        timer.cancel();
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcConfiguration.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04c978b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.consumer.IConfiguration;
+
+/**
+ * This class represents the configurations needed for SDC Client.
+ *
+ */
+public class SdcConfiguration implements IConfiguration {
+
+    private SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup configParameters = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating {@link SdcConfiguration}.
+     *
+     * @param configParameters the SDC Client configuration parameters
+     */
+    public SdcConfiguration(final SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup configParameters) {
+        this.configParameters = configParameters;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getAsdcAddress() {
+        return configParameters.getAsdcAddress();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<String> getMsgBusAddress() {
+        return configParameters.getMessageBusAddress();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getUser() {
+        return configParameters.getUser();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getPassword() {
+        return configParameters.getPassword();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getPollingInterval() {
+        return configParameters.getPollingInterval();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getPollingTimeout() {
+        return configParameters.getPollingTimeout();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<String> getRelevantArtifactTypes() {
+        return configParameters.getArtifactTypes();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getConsumerGroup() {
+        return configParameters.getConsumerGroup();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getEnvironmentName() {
+        return configParameters.getEnvironmentName();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getConsumerID() {
+        return configParameters.getConsumerId();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getKeyStorePassword() {
+        return configParameters.getKeyStorePassword();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getKeyStorePath() {
+        return configParameters.getKeyStorePath();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean activateServerTLSAuth() {
+        return configParameters.isActiveServerTlsAuth();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isFilterInEmptyResources() {
+        return configParameters.isFilterInEmptyResources();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Boolean isUseHttpsWithDmaap() {
+        return configParameters.isUseHttpsWithDmaap();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandler.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d100f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.FlexLogger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.Logger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterService;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Csar;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PolicyDecodingException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.AbstractReceptionHandler;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcClientHandler.SdcClientOperationType;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.exceptions.ArtifactDownloadException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.statistics.DistributionStatisticsManager;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.IDistributionClient;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.consumer.IComponentDoneStatusMessage;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.consumer.IDistributionStatusMessage;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.consumer.INotificationCallback;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.notification.IArtifactInfo;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.notification.INotificationData;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.results.IDistributionClientDownloadResult;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.results.IDistributionClientResult;
+import org.onap.sdc.impl.DistributionClientFactory;
+import org.onap.sdc.utils.DistributionActionResultEnum;
+import org.onap.sdc.utils.DistributionStatusEnum;
+
+/**
+ * Handles reception of inputs from ONAP Service Design and Creation (SDC) from which policies may be decoded.
+ */
+public class SdcReceptionHandler extends AbstractReceptionHandler implements INotificationCallback {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = FlexLogger.getLogger(SdcReceptionHandler.class);
+    private static final String SECONDS = "Seconds";
+
+    private SdcReceptionHandlerStatus sdcReceptionHandlerStatus = SdcReceptionHandlerStatus.STOPPED;
+    private IDistributionClient distributionClient;
+    private SdcConfiguration sdcConfig;
+    private volatile int nbOfNotificationsOngoing = 0;
+    private int retryDelay;
+    private SdcClientHandler sdcClientHandler;
+
+    private enum DistributionStatusType {
+        DOWNLOAD, DEPLOY
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void initializeReception(final String parameterGroupName) {
+        final SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup handlerParameters =
+                ParameterService.get(parameterGroupName);
+        retryDelay = handlerParameters.getRetryDelay() < 30 ? 30 : handlerParameters.getRetryDelay();
+        sdcConfig = new SdcConfiguration(handlerParameters);
+        distributionClient = createSdcDistributionClient();
+        sdcClientHandler = new SdcClientHandler(this, SdcClientOperationType.START, retryDelay);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void destroy() {
+        if (distributionClient != null) {
+            sdcClientHandler = new SdcClientHandler(this, SdcClientOperationType.STOP, retryDelay);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void activateCallback(final INotificationData notificationData) {
+        LOGGER.debug("Receieved the notification from SDC with ID: " + notificationData.getDistributionID());
+        changeSdcReceptionHandlerStatus(SdcReceptionHandlerStatus.BUSY);
+        processCsarServiceArtifacts(notificationData);
+        changeSdcReceptionHandlerStatus(SdcReceptionHandlerStatus.IDLE);
+        LOGGER.debug("Processed the notification from SDC with ID: " + notificationData.getDistributionID());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to change the status of this reception handler instance.
+     *
+     * @param newStatus the new status
+     */
+    private final synchronized void changeSdcReceptionHandlerStatus(final SdcReceptionHandlerStatus newStatus) {
+        switch (newStatus) {
+            case INIT:
+            case STOPPED:
+                sdcReceptionHandlerStatus = newStatus;
+                break;
+            case IDLE:
+                handleIdleStatusChange(newStatus);
+                break;
+            case BUSY:
+                ++nbOfNotificationsOngoing;
+                sdcReceptionHandlerStatus = newStatus;
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an instance of {@link IDistributionClient} from {@link DistributionClientFactory}.
+     *
+     * @return the {@link IDistributionClient} instance
+     */
+    protected IDistributionClient createSdcDistributionClient() {
+        return DistributionClientFactory.createDistributionClient();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to initialize the SDC client.
+     *
+     */
+    protected void initializeSdcClient() {
+
+        LOGGER.debug("Initializing the SDC Client...");
+        if (sdcReceptionHandlerStatus != SdcReceptionHandlerStatus.STOPPED) {
+            LOGGER.error("The SDC Client is already initialized");
+            return;
+        }
+        final IDistributionClientResult clientResult = distributionClient.init(sdcConfig, this);
+        if (!clientResult.getDistributionActionResult().equals(DistributionActionResultEnum.SUCCESS)) {
+            LOGGER.error("SDC client initialization failed with reason:" + clientResult.getDistributionMessageResult()
+                    + ". Initialization will be retried after " + retryDelay + SECONDS);
+            return;
+        }
+        LOGGER.debug("SDC Client is initialized successfully");
+        changeSdcReceptionHandlerStatus(SdcReceptionHandlerStatus.INIT);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to start the SDC client.
+     *
+     */
+    protected void startSdcClient() {
+
+        LOGGER.debug("Going to start the SDC Client...");
+        if (sdcReceptionHandlerStatus != SdcReceptionHandlerStatus.INIT) {
+            LOGGER.error("The SDC Client is not initialized");
+            return;
+        }
+        final IDistributionClientResult clientResult = distributionClient.start();
+        if (!clientResult.getDistributionActionResult().equals(DistributionActionResultEnum.SUCCESS)) {
+            LOGGER.error("SDC client start failed with reason:" + clientResult.getDistributionMessageResult()
+                    + ". Start will be retried after " + retryDelay + SECONDS);
+            return;
+        }
+        LOGGER.debug("SDC Client is started successfully");
+        changeSdcReceptionHandlerStatus(SdcReceptionHandlerStatus.IDLE);
+        sdcClientHandler.cancel();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to stop the SDC client.
+     *
+     */
+    protected void stopSdcClient() {
+        LOGGER.debug("Going to stop the SDC Client...");
+        final IDistributionClientResult clientResult = distributionClient.stop();
+        if (!clientResult.getDistributionActionResult().equals(DistributionActionResultEnum.SUCCESS)) {
+            LOGGER.error("SDC client stop failed with reason:" + clientResult.getDistributionMessageResult()
+                    + ". Stop will be retried after " + retryDelay + SECONDS);
+            return;
+        }
+        LOGGER.debug("SDC Client is stopped successfully");
+        changeSdcReceptionHandlerStatus(SdcReceptionHandlerStatus.STOPPED);
+        sdcClientHandler.cancel();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to process csar service artifacts from incoming SDC notification.
+     *
+     * @param notificationData the notification from SDC
+     */
+    public void processCsarServiceArtifacts(final INotificationData notificationData) {
+        boolean artifactsProcessedSuccessfully = true;
+        DistributionStatisticsManager.updateTotalDistributionCount();
+        for (final IArtifactInfo artifact : notificationData.getServiceArtifacts()) {
+            try {
+                final IDistributionClientDownloadResult resultArtifact =
+                        downloadTheArtifact(artifact, notificationData);
+                final Path filePath = writeArtifactToFile(artifact, resultArtifact);
+                final Csar csarObject = new Csar(filePath.toString());
+                inputReceived(csarObject);
+                sendDistributionStatus(DistributionStatusType.DEPLOY, artifact.getArtifactURL(),
+                        notificationData.getDistributionID(), DistributionStatusEnum.DEPLOY_OK, null);
+                deleteArtifactFile(filePath);
+            } catch (final ArtifactDownloadException | PolicyDecodingException exp) {
+                LOGGER.error("Failed to process csar service artifacts ", exp);
+                artifactsProcessedSuccessfully = false;
+                sendDistributionStatus(DistributionStatusType.DEPLOY, artifact.getArtifactURL(),
+                        notificationData.getDistributionID(), DistributionStatusEnum.DEPLOY_ERROR,
+                        "Failed to deploy the artifact due to: " + exp.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+        if (artifactsProcessedSuccessfully) {
+            DistributionStatisticsManager.updateDistributionSuccessCount();
+            sendComponentDoneStatus(notificationData.getDistributionID(), DistributionStatusEnum.COMPONENT_DONE_OK,
+                    null);
+        } else {
+            DistributionStatisticsManager.updateDistributionFailureCount();
+            sendComponentDoneStatus(notificationData.getDistributionID(), DistributionStatusEnum.COMPONENT_DONE_ERROR,
+                    "Failed to process the artifact");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to download the distribution artifact.
+     *
+     * @param artifact the artifact
+     * @return the download result
+     * @throws ArtifactDownloadException if download fails
+     */
+    private IDistributionClientDownloadResult downloadTheArtifact(final IArtifactInfo artifact,
+            final INotificationData notificationData) throws ArtifactDownloadException {
+
+        DistributionStatisticsManager.updateTotalDownloadCount();
+        final IDistributionClientDownloadResult downloadResult = distributionClient.download(artifact);
+        if (!downloadResult.getDistributionActionResult().equals(DistributionActionResultEnum.SUCCESS)) {
+            DistributionStatisticsManager.updateDownloadFailureCount();
+            final String message = "Failed to download artifact with name: " + artifact.getArtifactName() + " due to: "
+                    + downloadResult.getDistributionMessageResult();
+            LOGGER.error(message);
+            sendDistributionStatus(DistributionStatusType.DOWNLOAD, artifact.getArtifactURL(),
+                    notificationData.getDistributionID(), DistributionStatusEnum.DOWNLOAD_ERROR, message);
+            throw new ArtifactDownloadException(message);
+        }
+        DistributionStatisticsManager.updateDownloadSuccessCount();
+        sendDistributionStatus(DistributionStatusType.DOWNLOAD, artifact.getArtifactURL(),
+                notificationData.getDistributionID(), DistributionStatusEnum.DOWNLOAD_OK, null);
+        return downloadResult;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to write the downloaded distribution artifact to local file system.
+     *
+     * @param artifact the notification artifact
+     * @param resultArtifact the download result artifact
+     * @return the local path of written file
+     * @throws ArtifactDownloadException if error occurs while writing the artifact
+     */
+    private Path writeArtifactToFile(final IArtifactInfo artifact,
+            final IDistributionClientDownloadResult resultArtifact) throws ArtifactDownloadException {
+        try {
+            final byte[] payloadBytes = resultArtifact.getArtifactPayload();
+            final File tempArtifactFile = File.createTempFile(artifact.getArtifactName(), ".csar");
+            try (FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(tempArtifactFile)) {
+                fileOutputStream.write(payloadBytes, 0, payloadBytes.length);
+                return tempArtifactFile.toPath();
+            }
+        } catch (final Exception exp) {
+            final String message = "Failed to write artifact to local repository";
+            LOGGER.error(message, exp);
+            throw new ArtifactDownloadException(message, exp);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to delete the downloaded notification artifact from local file system.
+     *
+     * @param filePath the path of file
+     */
+    private void deleteArtifactFile(final Path filePath) {
+        try {
+            Files.deleteIfExists(filePath);
+        } catch (final IOException exp) {
+            LOGGER.error("Failed to delete the downloaded artifact file", exp);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends the distribution status to SDC using the input values.
+     *
+     * @param statusType the status type
+     * @param artifactUrl the artifact url
+     * @param distributionId the distribution id
+     * @param status the status
+     * @param errorReason the error reason
+     */
+    private void sendDistributionStatus(final DistributionStatusType statusType, final String artifactUrl,
+            final String distributionId, final DistributionStatusEnum status, final String errorReason) {
+
+        IDistributionClientResult clientResult;
+        final DistributionStatusMessageBuilder messageBuilder = new DistributionStatusMessageBuilder()
+                .setArtifactUrl(artifactUrl).setConsumerId(sdcConfig.getConsumerID()).setDistributionId(distributionId)
+                .setDistributionStatus(status).setTimestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
+        final IDistributionStatusMessage message = new DistributionStatusMessage(messageBuilder);
+        if (DistributionStatusType.DOWNLOAD.equals(statusType)) {
+            if (errorReason != null) {
+                clientResult = distributionClient.sendDownloadStatus(message, errorReason);
+            } else {
+                clientResult = distributionClient.sendDownloadStatus(message);
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (errorReason != null) {
+                clientResult = distributionClient.sendDeploymentStatus(message, errorReason);
+            } else {
+                clientResult = distributionClient.sendDeploymentStatus(message);
+            }
+        }
+        final StringBuilder loggerMessage = new StringBuilder();
+        loggerMessage.append("distribution status to SDC with values - ").append("DistributionId")
+                .append(distributionId).append(" Artifact: ").append(artifactUrl).append(" StatusType: ")
+                .append(statusType.name()).append(" Status: ").append(status.name());
+        if (errorReason != null) {
+            loggerMessage.append(" ErrorReason: ").append(errorReason);
+        }
+        if (!clientResult.getDistributionActionResult().equals(DistributionActionResultEnum.SUCCESS)) {
+            loggerMessage.insert(0, "Failed sending ");
+            LOGGER.debug(loggerMessage);
+        } else {
+            loggerMessage.insert(0, "Successfully Sent ");
+            LOGGER.debug(loggerMessage);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends the component done status to SDC using the input values.
+     *
+     * @param distributionId the distribution Id
+     * @param status the distribution status
+     * @param errorReason the error reason
+     */
+    private void sendComponentDoneStatus(final String distributionId, final DistributionStatusEnum status,
+            final String errorReason) {
+        IDistributionClientResult clientResult;
+        final ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder messageBuilder = new ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder()
+                .setConsumerId(sdcConfig.getConsumerID()).setDistributionId(distributionId)
+                .setDistributionStatus(status).setTimestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
+        final IComponentDoneStatusMessage message = new ComponentDoneStatusMessage(messageBuilder);
+        if (errorReason == null) {
+            clientResult = distributionClient.sendComponentDoneStatus(message);
+        } else {
+            clientResult = distributionClient.sendComponentDoneStatus(message, errorReason);
+        }
+
+        final StringBuilder loggerMessage = new StringBuilder();
+        loggerMessage.append("component done status to SDC with values - ").append("DistributionId")
+                .append(distributionId).append(" Status: ").append(status.name());
+        if (errorReason != null) {
+            loggerMessage.append(" ErrorReason: ").append(errorReason);
+        }
+        if (!clientResult.getDistributionActionResult().equals(DistributionActionResultEnum.SUCCESS)) {
+            loggerMessage.insert(0, "Failed sending ");
+            LOGGER.debug(loggerMessage);
+        } else {
+            loggerMessage.insert(0, "Successfully Sent ");
+            LOGGER.debug(loggerMessage);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handle the status change of {@link SdcReceptionHandler} to Idle.
+     *
+     * @param newStatus the new status
+     */
+    private void handleIdleStatusChange(final SdcReceptionHandlerStatus newStatus) {
+        if (nbOfNotificationsOngoing > 1) {
+            --nbOfNotificationsOngoing;
+        } else {
+            nbOfNotificationsOngoing = 0;
+            sdcReceptionHandlerStatus = newStatus;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65305c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,357 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * This class builds an instance of {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup} class.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder {
+
+    private boolean activeserverTlsAuth;
+    private boolean filterinEmptyResources;
+    private boolean useHttpsWithDmaap;
+    private int pollingTimeout;
+    private int pollingInterval;
+    private String user;
+    private String password;
+    private String consumerId;
+    private String consumerGroup;
+    private String asdcAddress;
+    private String environmentName;
+    private String keystorePath;
+    private String keystorePassword;
+    private List<String> messageBusAddress;
+    private List<String> artifactTypes;
+    private int retryDelay;
+
+    /**
+     * Set activeserverTlsAuth to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param activeserverTlsAuth the activeserverTlsAuth
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setActiveserverTlsAuth(final boolean activeserverTlsAuth) {
+        this.activeserverTlsAuth = activeserverTlsAuth;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set filterinEmptyResources to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param filterinEmptyResources the filterinEmptyResources
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setFilterinEmptyResources(
+            final boolean filterinEmptyResources) {
+        this.filterinEmptyResources = filterinEmptyResources;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set useHttpsWithDmaap to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param useHttpsWithDmaap the useHttpsWithDmaap
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setUseHttpsWithDmaap(final Boolean useHttpsWithDmaap) {
+        this.useHttpsWithDmaap = useHttpsWithDmaap;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set pollingInterval to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param pollingInterval the pollingInterval
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setPollingInterval(final int pollingInterval) {
+        this.pollingInterval = pollingInterval;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set pollingTimeout to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param pollingTimeout the pollingTimeout
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setPollingTimeout(final int pollingTimeout) {
+        this.pollingTimeout = pollingTimeout;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set asdcAddress to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param asdcAddress the asdcAddress
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setAsdcAddress(final String asdcAddress) {
+        this.asdcAddress = asdcAddress;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set user to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param user the user
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setUser(final String user) {
+        this.user = user;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set password to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param password the password
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setPassword(final String password) {
+        this.password = password;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set consumerId to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param consumerId the consumerId
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setConsumerId(final String consumerId) {
+        this.consumerId = consumerId;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set consumerGroup to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param consumerGroup the consumerGroup
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setConsumerGroup(final String consumerGroup) {
+        this.consumerGroup = consumerGroup;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set environmentName to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param environmentName the environmentName
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setEnvironmentName(final String environmentName) {
+        this.environmentName = environmentName;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set keystorePath to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param keystorePath the keystorePath
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setKeystorePath(final String keystorePath) {
+        this.keystorePath = keystorePath;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set keystorePassword to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param keystorePassword the keystorePassword
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setKeystorePassword(final String keystorePassword) {
+        this.keystorePassword = keystorePassword;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set messageBusAddress to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param messageBusAddress the messageBusAddress
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setMessageBusAddress(final List<String> messageBusAddress) {
+        this.messageBusAddress = messageBusAddress;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set artifactTypes to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param artifactTypes the artifactTypes
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setArtifactTypes(final List<String> artifactTypes) {
+        this.artifactTypes = artifactTypes;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set retryDelay to this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param retryDelay the retryDelay
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder setRetryDelay(final int retryDelay) {
+        this.retryDelay = retryDelay;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the active server TlsAuth of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the activeserverTlsAuth
+     */
+    public boolean isActiveserverTlsAuth() {
+        return activeserverTlsAuth;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the isFilterinEmptyResources flag of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder}
+     * instance.
+     *
+     * @return the isFilterinEmptyResources
+     */
+    public boolean isFilterinEmptyResources() {
+        return filterinEmptyResources;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the isUseHttpsWithDmaap flag of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the isUseHttpsWithDmaap
+     */
+    public Boolean getIsUseHttpsWithDmaap() {
+        return useHttpsWithDmaap;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the polling interval of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the pollingInterval
+     */
+    public int getPollingInterval() {
+        return pollingInterval;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the polling timeout of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the pollingTimeout
+     */
+    public int getPollingTimeout() {
+        return pollingTimeout;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the asdc address of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the asdcAddress
+     */
+    public String getAsdcAddress() {
+        return asdcAddress;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the user of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the user
+     */
+    public String getUser() {
+        return user;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the password of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the password
+     */
+    public String getPassword() {
+        return password;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the consumer id of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the consumerId
+     */
+    public String getConsumerId() {
+        return consumerId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the consumer group of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the consumerGroup
+     */
+    public String getConsumerGroup() {
+        return consumerGroup;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the environment name of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the environmentName
+     */
+    public String getEnvironmentName() {
+        return environmentName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the keystore path of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the keystorePath
+     */
+    public String getKeystorePath() {
+        return keystorePath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the keystore password of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the keystorePassword
+     */
+    public String getKeystorePassword() {
+        return keystorePassword;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the message bus address of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the messageBusAddress
+     */
+    public List<String> getMessageBusAddress() {
+        return messageBusAddress;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the artifact types of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the artifactTypes
+     */
+    public List<String> getArtifactTypes() {
+        return artifactTypes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the retryDelay of this {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the retryDelay
+     */
+    public int getRetryDelay() {
+        return retryDelay;
+    }
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6746dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.validation.ParameterValidationUtils;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.parameters.ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup;
+
+/**
+ * This class handles reading, parsing and validating of the Policy SDC Service Distribution parameters from Json
+ * format, which strictly adheres to the interface:IConfiguration, defined by SDC SDK.
+ */
+public class SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup extends ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup {
+
+    private String asdcAddress;
+    private List<String> messageBusAddress;
+    private String user;
+    private String password;
+    private int pollingInterval;
+    private int pollingTimeout;
+    private int retryDelay;
+    private String consumerId;
+    private List<String> artifactTypes;
+    private String consumerGroup;
+    private String environmentName;
+    private String keyStorePath;
+    private String keyStorePassword;
+    private boolean activeServerTlsAuth;
+    private boolean isFilterInEmptyResources;
+    private boolean isUseHttpsWithDmaap;
+
+    /**
+     * The constructor for instantiating {@link SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup} class.
+     *
+     * @param builder the SDC configuration builder
+     */
+    public SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup(
+            final SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder builder) {
+        asdcAddress = builder.getAsdcAddress();
+        messageBusAddress = builder.getMessageBusAddress();
+        user = builder.getUser();
+        password = builder.getPassword();
+        pollingInterval = builder.getPollingInterval();
+        pollingTimeout = builder.getPollingTimeout();
+        retryDelay = builder.getRetryDelay();
+        consumerId = builder.getConsumerId();
+        artifactTypes = builder.getArtifactTypes();
+        consumerGroup = builder.getConsumerGroup();
+        environmentName = builder.getEnvironmentName();
+        keyStorePath = builder.getKeystorePath();
+        keyStorePassword = builder.getKeystorePassword();
+        activeServerTlsAuth = builder.isActiveserverTlsAuth();
+        isFilterInEmptyResources = builder.isFilterinEmptyResources();
+        isUseHttpsWithDmaap = builder.getIsUseHttpsWithDmaap();
+
+    }
+
+    public String getAsdcAddress() {
+        return asdcAddress;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getMessageBusAddress() {
+        return messageBusAddress;
+    }
+
+    public String getUser() {
+        return user;
+    }
+
+    public String getPassword() {
+        return password;
+    }
+
+    public int getPollingInterval() {
+        return pollingInterval;
+    }
+
+    public int getPollingTimeout() {
+        return pollingTimeout;
+    }
+
+    public int getRetryDelay() {
+        return retryDelay;
+    }
+
+    public String getConsumerId() {
+        return consumerId;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getArtifactTypes() {
+        return artifactTypes;
+    }
+
+    public String getConsumerGroup() {
+        return consumerGroup;
+    }
+
+    public String getEnvironmentName() {
+        return environmentName;
+    }
+
+    public String getKeyStorePassword() {
+        return keyStorePassword;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isActiveServerTlsAuth() {
+        return activeServerTlsAuth;
+    }
+
+    public String getKeyStorePath() {
+        return keyStorePath;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isFilterInEmptyResources() {
+        return isFilterInEmptyResources;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isUseHttpsWithDmaap() {
+        return isUseHttpsWithDmaap;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public GroupValidationResult validate() {
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
+        validateStringElement(validationResult, asdcAddress, "asdcAddress");
+        validateStringElement(validationResult, user, "user");
+        validateStringElement(validationResult, consumerId, "consumerId");
+        validateStringElement(validationResult, consumerGroup, "consumerGroup");
+        validateStringElement(validationResult, keyStorePath, "keyStorePath");
+        validateStringElement(validationResult, keyStorePassword, "keyStorePassword");
+        validateIntElement(validationResult, pollingInterval, "pollingInterval");
+        validateIntElement(validationResult, pollingTimeout, "pollingTimeout");
+        validateIntElement(validationResult, retryDelay, "retryDelay");
+        validateStringListElement(validationResult, messageBusAddress, "messageBusAddress");
+        validateStringListElement(validationResult, artifactTypes, "artifactTypes");
+        return validationResult;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the integer Element.
+     *
+     * @param validationResult the result object
+     * @param element the element to validate
+     * @param elementName the element name for error message
+     */
+    private void validateIntElement(final GroupValidationResult validationResult, final int element,
+            final String elementName) {
+        if (!ParameterValidationUtils.validateIntParameter(element)) {
+            validationResult.setResult(elementName, ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    elementName + " must be a positive integer");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the String List Element.
+     *
+     * @param validationResult the result object
+     * @param element the element to validate
+     * @param elementName the element name for error message
+     */
+    private void validateStringListElement(final GroupValidationResult validationResult, final List<String> element,
+            final String elementName) {
+        for (final String temp : element) {
+            if (!ParameterValidationUtils.validateStringParameter(temp)) {
+                validationResult.setResult(elementName, ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                        "the string of " + elementName + "must be a non-blank string");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the string element.
+     *
+     * @param validationResult the result object
+     * @param element the element to validate
+     * @param elementName the element name for error message
+     */
+    private void validateStringElement(final GroupValidationResult validationResult, final String element,
+            final String elementName) {
+        if (!ParameterValidationUtils.validateStringParameter(element)) {
+            validationResult.setResult(elementName, ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    elementName + " must be a non-blank string");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandlerStatus.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandlerStatus.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0e04c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandlerStatus.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold the possible values for status of {@link SdcReceptionHandler}.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public enum SdcReceptionHandlerStatus {
+
+    /**
+     * The SdcReceptionHandler is not alive.
+     */
+    STOPPED,
+
+    /**
+     * The SdcReceptionHandler is initialized but not started yet.
+     */
+    INIT,
+
+    /**
+     * The SdcReceptionHandler is initialized, started & ready to handle incoming notifications.
+     */
+    IDLE,
+
+    /**
+     * The SdcReceptionHandler is currently busy in handling notifications.
+     */
+    BUSY
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/ArtifactDownloadException.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/ArtifactDownloadException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23409ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/ArtifactDownloadException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.exceptions;
+
+/**
+ * Exception during download from Pssd.
+ */
+public class ArtifactDownloadException extends Exception {
+
+    /**
+     * serialization id.
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8507246953751956974L;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for creating PssdDownloadException using message.
+     *
+     * @param message The message to dump
+     */
+    public ArtifactDownloadException(final String message) {
+        super(message);
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for creating PssdDownloadException using message and exception.
+     *
+     * @param message The message to dump
+     * @param ex the exception that caused this exception to be thrown
+     */
+    public ArtifactDownloadException(final String message, final Exception ex) {
+        super(message, ex);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/ArtifactInstallerException.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/ArtifactInstallerException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19e711b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/ArtifactInstallerException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.exceptions;
+
+/**
+ * Exception during artifact installation.
+ */
+public class ArtifactInstallerException extends Exception {
+
+    /**
+     * serialization id.
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8507246953751956974L;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for creating ArtifactInstallerException using message.
+     *
+     * @param message The message to dump
+     */
+    public ArtifactInstallerException(final String message) {
+        super(message);
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for creating ArtifactInstallerException using message and exception.
+     *
+     * @param message The message to dump
+     * @param ex the exception that caused this exception to be thrown
+     */
+    public ArtifactInstallerException(final String message, final Exception ex) {
+        super(message, ex);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/PssdControllerException.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/PssdControllerException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dd16d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/PssdControllerException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.exceptions;
+
+/**
+ * Exception of the Pssd controller.
+ */
+public class PssdControllerException extends Exception {
+
+    /**
+     * serialization id.
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8507246953751956974L;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for creating PssdControllerException using message.
+     *
+     * @param message The message to dump
+     */
+    public PssdControllerException(final String message) {
+        super(message);
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for creating PssdControllerException using message and exception.
+     *
+     * @param message The message to dump
+     * @param ex the exception that caused this exception to be thrown
+     */
+    public PssdControllerException(final String message, final Exception ex) {
+        super(message, ex);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/PssdParametersException.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/PssdParametersException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1cdf70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/PssdParametersException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.exceptions;
+
+/**
+ * Exception of the Pssd controller.
+ */
+public class PssdParametersException extends Exception {
+
+    /**
+     * serialization id.
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8507246953751956974L;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for creating PssdParametersException using message.
+     *
+     * @param message The message to dump
+     */
+    public PssdParametersException(final String message) {
+        super(message);
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for creating PssdParametersException using message and exception.
+     *
+     * @param message The message to dump
+     * @param ex the exception that caused this exception to be thrown
+     */
+    public PssdParametersException(final String message, final Exception ex) {
+        super(message, ex);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/DummyArtifactForwarder.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/DummyArtifactForwarder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..445d47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/DummyArtifactForwarder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.ArtifactForwarder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.ArtifactForwardingException;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.notification.IArtifactInfo;
+
+/**
+ * Class to create a dummy forwarder for test cases.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class DummyArtifactForwarder implements ArtifactForwarder {
+    private int numberOfPoliciesReceived = 0;
+    private Collection<IArtifactInfo> policiesReceived = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void forward(final Collection<IArtifactInfo> policies) throws ArtifactForwardingException {
+        numberOfPoliciesReceived += policies.size();
+        policiesReceived.addAll(policies);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of policies received by this forwarder.
+     *
+     * @return the integer value
+     */
+    public int getNumberOfPoliciesReceived() {
+        return numberOfPoliciesReceived;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the forwarder has received a policy with given policy type.
+     *
+     * @param policyType the policy type
+     * @return the boolean result
+     */
+    public boolean receivedPolicyWithGivenType(final String policyType) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void configure(final String parameterGroupName) {}
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/DummyPolicy.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/DummyPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4c56ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/DummyPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Policy;
+
+/**
+ * Class to create a dummy policy for test cases.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class DummyPolicy implements Policy {
+
+    private String policyName;
+    private String policyType;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating {@link DummyPolicy} class.
+     *
+     * @param policyName the policy name
+     * @param policyType the policy type
+     */
+    public DummyPolicy(final String policyName, final String policyType) {
+        super();
+        this.policyName = policyName;
+        this.policyType = policyType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getPolicyName() {
+        return policyName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getPolicyType() {
+        return policyType;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/TestComponentDoneStatusMessage.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/TestComponentDoneStatusMessage.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75e3224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/TestComponentDoneStatusMessage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.sdc.utils.DistributionStatusEnum;
+
+public class TestComponentDoneStatusMessage {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testComponentDoneStatusMessage_Success() {
+        final String consumerId = "dummyId";
+        final String distributionId = "dummyDistribution";
+        final long timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        final ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder messageBuilder =
+                new ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder().setConsumerId(consumerId).setDistributionId(distributionId)
+                        .setDistributionStatus(DistributionStatusEnum.COMPONENT_DONE_OK).setTimestamp(timestamp);
+        final ComponentDoneStatusMessage message = new ComponentDoneStatusMessage(messageBuilder);
+        assertEquals("POLICY", message.getComponentName());
+        assertEquals(consumerId, message.getConsumerID());
+        assertEquals(distributionId, message.getDistributionID());
+        assertEquals(DistributionStatusEnum.COMPONENT_DONE_OK, message.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(timestamp, message.getTimestamp());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testComponentDoneStatusMessage_Failure() {
+        final String consumerId = "dummyId";
+        final String distributionId = "dummyDistribution";
+        final long timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        final ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder messageBuilder =
+                new ComponentDoneStatusMessageBuilder().setConsumerId(consumerId).setDistributionId(distributionId)
+                        .setDistributionStatus(DistributionStatusEnum.COMPONENT_DONE_ERROR).setTimestamp(timestamp);
+        final ComponentDoneStatusMessage message = new ComponentDoneStatusMessage(messageBuilder);
+        assertEquals("POLICY", message.getComponentName());
+        assertEquals(consumerId, message.getConsumerID());
+        assertEquals(distributionId, message.getDistributionID());
+        assertEquals(DistributionStatusEnum.COMPONENT_DONE_ERROR, message.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(timestamp, message.getTimestamp());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/TestDistributionStatusMessage.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/TestDistributionStatusMessage.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be12777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/TestDistributionStatusMessage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.sdc.utils.DistributionStatusEnum;
+
+public class TestDistributionStatusMessage {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionStatusMessage_Download() {
+        final String artifactUrl = "http://dummyurl";
+        final String consumerId = "dummyId";
+        final String distributionId = "dummyDistribution";
+        final long timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+        final DistributionStatusMessageBuilder messageBuilder = new DistributionStatusMessageBuilder()
+                .setArtifactUrl(artifactUrl).setConsumerId(consumerId).setDistributionId(distributionId)
+                .setDistributionStatus(DistributionStatusEnum.DOWNLOAD_OK).setTimestamp(timestamp);
+        final DistributionStatusMessage message = new DistributionStatusMessage(messageBuilder);
+        assertEquals(artifactUrl, message.getArtifactURL());
+        assertEquals(consumerId, message.getConsumerID());
+        assertEquals(distributionId, message.getDistributionID());
+        assertEquals(DistributionStatusEnum.DOWNLOAD_OK, message.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(timestamp, message.getTimestamp());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionStatusMessage_Deploy() {
+        final String artifactUrl = "http://dummyurl";
+        final String consumerId = "dummyId";
+        final String distributionId = "dummyDistribution";
+        final long timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+        final DistributionStatusMessageBuilder messageBuilder = new DistributionStatusMessageBuilder()
+                .setArtifactUrl(artifactUrl).setConsumerId(consumerId).setDistributionId(distributionId)
+                .setDistributionStatus(DistributionStatusEnum.DEPLOY_OK).setTimestamp(timestamp);
+        final DistributionStatusMessage message = new DistributionStatusMessage(messageBuilder);
+        assertEquals(artifactUrl, message.getArtifactURL());
+        assertEquals(consumerId, message.getConsumerID());
+        assertEquals(distributionId, message.getDistributionID());
+        assertEquals(DistributionStatusEnum.DEPLOY_OK, message.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(timestamp, message.getTimestamp());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/TestSdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/TestSdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9a65c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/TestSdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of {@link SdcConfiguration}.
+ *
+ */
+public class TestSdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSdcConfiguration() throws IOException {
+        SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup configParameters = null;
+        try {
+            final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
+            configParameters = gson.fromJson(new FileReader("src/test/resources/handling-sdc.json"),
+                    SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.class);
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            fail("test should not thrown an exception here: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = configParameters.validate();
+        assertTrue(validationResult.isValid());
+        final SdcConfiguration config = new SdcConfiguration(configParameters);
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("a.com", "b.com", "c.com"), config.getMsgBusAddress());
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("TOSCA_CSAR", "HEAT"), config.getRelevantArtifactTypes());
+        assertEquals("localhost", config.getAsdcAddress());
+        assertEquals("policy", config.getUser());
+        assertEquals("policy", config.getPassword());
+        assertEquals(20, config.getPollingInterval());
+        assertEquals(30, config.getPollingTimeout());
+        assertEquals("policy-id", config.getConsumerID());
+        assertEquals("policy-group", config.getConsumerGroup());
+        assertEquals("TEST", config.getEnvironmentName());
+        assertEquals("null", config.getKeyStorePath());
+        assertEquals("null", config.getKeyStorePassword());
+        assertEquals(false, config.activateServerTLSAuth());
+        assertEquals(true, config.isFilterInEmptyResources());
+        assertEquals(false, config.isUseHttpsWithDmaap());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInvalidSdcConfiguration() throws IOException {
+        SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup configParameters = null;
+        try {
+            final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
+            configParameters = gson.fromJson(new FileReader("src/test/resources/handling-sdcInvalid.json"),
+                    SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.class);
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            fail("test should not thrown an exception here: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = configParameters.validate();
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSdcConfigurationBuilder() {
+
+        final SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder builder =
+                new SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder().setAsdcAddress("localhost")
+                        .setConsumerGroup("policy-group").setConsumerId("policy-id").setEnvironmentName("TEST")
+                        .setKeystorePassword("password").setKeystorePath("dummyPath").setPassword("policy")
+                        .setPollingInterval(10).setPollingTimeout(20).setRetryDelay(30).setUser("policy")
+                        .setUseHttpsWithDmaap(false).setActiveserverTlsAuth(false).setFilterinEmptyResources(true)
+                        .setArtifactTypes(Arrays.asList("TOSCA_CSAR")).setMessageBusAddress(Arrays.asList("localhost"));
+        final SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup configParameters =
+                new SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup(builder);
+        configParameters.setName("SDCConfiguration");
+
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("localhost"), configParameters.getMessageBusAddress());
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("TOSCA_CSAR"), configParameters.getArtifactTypes());
+        assertEquals("localhost", configParameters.getAsdcAddress());
+        assertEquals("policy", configParameters.getUser());
+        assertEquals("policy", configParameters.getPassword());
+        assertEquals(10, configParameters.getPollingInterval());
+        assertEquals(20, configParameters.getPollingTimeout());
+        assertEquals(30, configParameters.getRetryDelay());
+        assertEquals("policy-id", configParameters.getConsumerId());
+        assertEquals("policy-group", configParameters.getConsumerGroup());
+        assertEquals("TEST", configParameters.getEnvironmentName());
+        assertEquals("dummyPath", configParameters.getKeyStorePath());
+        assertEquals("password", configParameters.getKeyStorePassword());
+        assertEquals(false, configParameters.isActiveServerTlsAuth());
+        assertEquals(true, configParameters.isFilterInEmptyResources());
+        assertEquals(false, configParameters.isUseHttpsWithDmaap());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSdcConfigurationWithNullList() {
+
+        final SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder builder =
+                new SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder().setAsdcAddress("localhost")
+                        .setConsumerGroup("policy-group").setConsumerId("policy-id").setEnvironmentName("TEST")
+                        .setKeystorePassword("password").setKeystorePath("dummyPath").setPassword("policy")
+                        .setPollingInterval(10).setPollingTimeout(20).setUser("policy").setUseHttpsWithDmaap(false)
+                        .setActiveserverTlsAuth(false).setFilterinEmptyResources(true)
+                        .setArtifactTypes(Arrays.asList("TOSCA_CSAR")).setMessageBusAddress(null);
+        final SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup configParameters =
+                new SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup(builder);
+        configParameters.setName("SDCConfiguration");
+
+        try {
+            configParameters.validate();
+            fail("Test must throw an exception");
+        } catch (final Exception exp) {
+            assertTrue(exp.getMessage().contains("collection parameter \"messageBusAddress\" is null"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSdcConfigurationWithEmptyStringList() {
+
+        final SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder builder =
+                new SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterBuilder().setAsdcAddress("localhost")
+                        .setConsumerGroup("policy-group").setConsumerId("policy-id").setEnvironmentName("TEST")
+                        .setKeystorePassword("password").setKeystorePath("dummyPath").setPassword("policy")
+                        .setPollingInterval(10).setPollingTimeout(20).setUser("policy").setUseHttpsWithDmaap(false)
+                        .setActiveserverTlsAuth(false).setFilterinEmptyResources(true)
+                        .setArtifactTypes(Arrays.asList("")).setMessageBusAddress(Arrays.asList("localhost"));
+        final SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup configParameters =
+                new SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup(builder);
+        configParameters.setName("SDCConfiguration");
+
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = configParameters.validate();
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains("must be a non-blank string"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/ArtifactDownloadExceptionTest.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/ArtifactDownloadExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d275f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/ArtifactDownloadExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.exceptions;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ArtifactDownloadExceptionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() {
+        assertNotNull(new ArtifactDownloadException("Message"));
+        assertNotNull(new ArtifactDownloadException("Message", new IOException()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/ArtifactInstallerExceptionTest.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/ArtifactInstallerExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c524ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/ArtifactInstallerExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.exceptions;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ArtifactInstallerExceptionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() {
+        assertNotNull(new ArtifactInstallerException("Message"));
+        assertNotNull(new ArtifactInstallerException("Message", new IOException()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/PssdControllerExceptionTest.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/PssdControllerExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f8e507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/PssdControllerExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.exceptions;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class PssdControllerExceptionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() {
+        assertNotNull(new PssdControllerException("Message"));
+        assertNotNull(new PssdControllerException("Message", new IOException()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/PssdParametersExceptionTest.java b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/PssdParametersExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a1f551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/exceptions/PssdParametersExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Intel. 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.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.exceptions;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class PssdParametersExceptionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() {
+        assertNotNull(new PssdParametersException("Message"));
+        assertNotNull(new PssdParametersException("Message", new IOException()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/resources/handling-sdc.json b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/resources/handling-sdc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bb936b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/resources/handling-sdc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+    "name" : "parameterConfig1",
+    "asdcAddress": "localhost",
+    "messageBusAddress": [
+        "a.com",
+        "b.com",
+        "c.com"
+    ],
+    "user": "policy",
+    "password": "policy",
+    "pollingInterval":20,
+    "pollingTimeout":30,
+    "retryDelay":30,
+    "consumerId": "policy-id",
+    "artifactTypes": [
+        "TOSCA_CSAR", 
+        "HEAT"
+    ],
+    "consumerGroup": "policy-group",
+    "environmentName": "TEST",
+    "keyStorePath": "null",
+    "keyStorePassword": "null",
+    "activeServerTlsAuth": false,
+    "isFilterInEmptyResources": true,
+    "isUseHttpsWithDmaap": false
+}
+
diff --git a/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/resources/handling-sdcInvalid.json b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/resources/handling-sdcInvalid.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..803fc41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/plugins/reception-plugins/src/test/resources/handling-sdcInvalid.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+    "name" : "parameterConfig1",
+    "asdcAddress": "",
+    "messageBusAddress": [
+        "a.com",
+        "b.com",
+        "c.com"
+    ],
+    "user": "tbdsdc-1480",
+    "password": "tbdsdc-1480",
+    "pollingInterval":-1,
+    "pollingTimeout":-2,
+    "consumerId": "policy-id",
+    "artifactTypes": [
+        "TOSCA_CSAR", 
+        "HEAT"
+    ],
+    "consumerGroup": "policy-group",
+    "environmentName": "environmentName",
+    "keyStorePath": "null",
+    "keyStorePassword": "null",
+    "activeserverTlsAuth": false,
+    "isFilterInEmptyResources": true,
+    "isUseHttpsWithDmaap": false
+}
+
diff --git a/artifactbroker/pom.xml b/artifactbroker/pom.xml
index 201a780..e28b656 100644
--- a/artifactbroker/pom.xml
+++ b/artifactbroker/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         <relativePath />
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework.broker</groupId>
     <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker</artifactId>
     <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -39,7 +38,11 @@
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
+        <module>model</module>
         <module>main</module>
+        <module>reception</module>
+        <module>forwarding</module>
+        <module>plugins</module>
         <module>packages</module>
     </modules>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/pom.xml b/artifactbroker/reception/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b18838d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
+        <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-reception</artifactId>
+
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>The module of Policy Distribution that handles reception of policies from other systems.</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-model</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.multicloud.framework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>multicloud-framework-artifactbroker-forwarding</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PluginInitializationException.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PluginInitializationException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dd36a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PluginInitializationException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding;
+
+/**
+ * This exception will be called if an error occurs while initializing distribution plugins.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class PluginInitializationException extends Exception {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3809376274411309160L;
+
+    /**
+     * Construct an instance with the given message.
+     *
+     * @param message the error message
+     */
+    public PluginInitializationException(final String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct an instance with the given message and cause.
+     *
+     * @param message the error message
+     * @param cause the cause
+     */
+    public PluginInitializationException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PluginTerminationException.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PluginTerminationException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be9f51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PluginTerminationException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding;
+
+/**
+ * This exception will be called if an error occurs while terminating distribution plugins.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class PluginTerminationException extends Exception {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3809376274411309160L;
+
+    /**
+     * Construct an instance with the given message.
+     *
+     * @param message the error message
+     */
+    public PluginTerminationException(final String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct an instance with the given message and cause.
+     *
+     * @param message the error message
+     * @param cause the cause
+     */
+    public PluginTerminationException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecodingException.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecodingException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f2923d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecodingException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding;
+
+/**
+ * An error has occured while decoding a policy.
+ */
+public class PolicyDecodingException extends Exception {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3809376274411309160L;
+
+    /**
+     * Construct an instance with the given message.
+     * 
+     * @param message the error message
+     */
+    public PolicyDecodingException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct an instance with the given message and cause.
+     * 
+     * @param message the error message
+     * @param cause the cause
+     */
+    public PolicyDecodingException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/AbstractReceptionHandler.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/AbstractReceptionHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7081dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/AbstractReceptionHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.FlexLogger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.Logger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterService;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.ArtifactForwarder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.ArtifactForwardingException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.PolicyInput;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PluginInitializationException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PolicyDecodingException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.parameters.ReceptionHandlerParameters;
+
+import org.onap.sdc.api.notification.IArtifactInfo;
+/**
+ * Base implementation of {@link ReceptionHandler}. All reception handlers should extend this base class by implementing
+ * the {@link #initializeReception(String)} method to perform the specific initialization required to receive inputs and
+ * by invoking {@link #inputReceived(PolicyInput)} when the reception handler receives input.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractReceptionHandler implements ReceptionHandler {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = FlexLogger.getLogger(AbstractReceptionHandler.class);
+
+    private PluginHandler pluginHandler;
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(final String parameterGroupName) throws PluginInitializationException {
+        final ReceptionHandlerParameters receptionHandlerParameters = ParameterService.get(parameterGroupName);
+        pluginHandler = new PluginHandler(receptionHandlerParameters.getPluginHandlerParameters().getName());
+        initializeReception(receptionHandlerParameters.getReceptionHandlerConfigurationName());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sub classes must implement this method to perform the specific initialization required to receive inputs, for
+     * example setting up subscriptions.
+     *
+     * @param parameterGroupName the parameter group name
+     * @throws PluginInitializationException if initialization of reception handler fails
+     */
+    protected abstract void initializeReception(String parameterGroupName) throws PluginInitializationException;
+
+    /**
+     * Handle input that has been received. The given input shall be decoded using the s configured
+     * for this reception handler and forwarded using the {@link ArtifactForwarder}s configured for this reception
+     * handler.
+     *
+     * @param policyInput the input that has been received
+     * @throws PolicyDecodingException if an error occurs in decoding a policy from the received input
+     */
+    protected void inputReceived(final PolicyInput policyInput) throws PolicyDecodingException {
+
+        final Collection<IArtifactInfo> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for (final ArtifactForwarder policyForwarder : pluginHandler.getArtifactForwarders()) {
+            try {
+                policyForwarder.forward(policies);
+            } catch (final ArtifactForwardingException policyForwardingException) {
+                LOGGER.error("Error when forwarding policies to " + policyForwarder, policyForwardingException);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/PluginHandler.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/PluginHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7e77ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/PluginHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.FlexLogger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.Logger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterService;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.ArtifactForwarder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.parameters.ArtifactForwarderParameters;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PluginInitializationException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.parameters.PluginHandlerParameters;
+
+/**
+ * Handles the plugins to policy distribution.
+ */
+public class PluginHandler {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = FlexLogger.getLogger(PluginHandler.class);
+
+    private Collection<ArtifactForwarder> artifactForwarders;
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance to instantiate plugins based on the given parameter group.
+     *
+     * @param parameterGroupName the name of the parameter group
+     * @throws PluginInitializationException exception if it occurs
+     */
+    public PluginHandler(final String parameterGroupName) throws PluginInitializationException {
+        final PluginHandlerParameters params = ParameterService.get(parameterGroupName);
+        initArtifactForwarders(params.getArtifactForwarders());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the policy forwarders.
+     *
+     * @return the policy forwarders
+     */
+    public Collection<ArtifactForwarder> getArtifactForwarders() {
+        return artifactForwarders;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize policy forwarders.
+     *
+     * @param artifactForwarderParameters exception if it occurs
+     * @throws PluginInitializationException exception if it occurs
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private void initArtifactForwarders(final Map<String, ArtifactForwarderParameters> artifactForwarderParameters)
+            throws PluginInitializationException {
+        artifactForwarders = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (final ArtifactForwarderParameters forwarderParameters : artifactForwarderParameters.values()) {
+            try {
+                final Class<ArtifactForwarder> artifactForwarderClass =
+                        (Class<ArtifactForwarder>) Class.forName(forwarderParameters.getForwarderClassName());
+                final ArtifactForwarder artifactForwarder = artifactForwarderClass.newInstance();
+                artifactForwarder.configure(forwarderParameters.getForwarderConfigurationName());
+                artifactForwarders.add(artifactForwarder);
+            } catch (final ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException exp) {
+                LOGGER.error("exception occured while initializing forwarders", exp);
+                throw new PluginInitializationException(exp.getMessage(), exp.getCause());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/ReceptionHandler.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/ReceptionHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3678c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/ReceptionHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling;
+
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PluginInitializationException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PluginTerminationException;
+
+/**
+ * Handles input into Policy Distribution which may be decoded into a Policy.
+ */
+public interface ReceptionHandler {
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize the reception handler with the given parameters.
+     *
+     * @param parameterGroupName the name of the parameter group containing the configuration for the reception handler
+     * @throws PluginInitializationException exception if it occurs
+     */
+    void initialize(String parameterGroupName) throws PluginInitializationException;
+
+    /**
+     * Destroy the reception handler, removing any subscriptions and releasing all resources.
+     *
+     * @throws PluginTerminationException if it occurs
+     */
+    void destroy() throws PluginTerminationException;
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/parameters/PluginHandlerParameters.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/parameters/PluginHandlerParameters.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70ab18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/parameters/PluginHandlerParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.parameters;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.parameters.ArtifactForwarderParameters;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold all the plugin handler parameters.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class PluginHandlerParameters implements ParameterGroup {
+
+    private static final String PLUGIN_HANDLER = "_PluginHandler";
+
+    private String name;
+    private Map<String, ArtifactForwarderParameters> artifactForwarders;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating PluginHandlerParameters.
+     *
+     * @param artifactForwarders the map of policy forwarders
+     */
+    public PluginHandlerParameters(
+            final Map<String, ArtifactForwarderParameters> artifactForwarders) {
+        this.artifactForwarders = artifactForwarders;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the artifactForwarders of this PluginHandlerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the artifactForwarders
+     */
+    public Map<String, ArtifactForwarderParameters> getArtifactForwarders() {
+        return artifactForwarders;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return name + PLUGIN_HANDLER;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the plugin handler parameters.
+     *
+     */
+    @Override
+    public GroupValidationResult validate() {
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
+        if (artifactForwarders == null || artifactForwarders.size() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("artifactForwarders", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must have at least one policy forwarder");
+        } else {
+            for (final Entry<String, ArtifactForwarderParameters> nestedGroupEntry : artifactForwarders.entrySet()) {
+                validationResult.setResult("artifactForwarders", nestedGroupEntry.getKey(),
+                        nestedGroupEntry.getValue().validate());
+            }
+        }
+        return validationResult;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the name of this group.
+     *
+     * @param name the name to set.
+     */
+    public void setName(final String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/parameters/ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/parameters/ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fa877d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/parameters/ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.parameters;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.ReceptionHandler;
+
+/**
+ * Base class of all {@link ParameterGroup} classes for configuration parameters for
+ * {@link ReceptionHandler} classes.
+ */
+public abstract class ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup implements ParameterGroup {
+
+    private String name;
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setName(final String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/parameters/ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParametersJsonAdapter.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/parameters/ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParametersJsonAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0890a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/parameters/ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParametersJsonAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.parameters;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import org.slf4j.ext.XLogger;
+import org.slf4j.ext.XLoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * This class deserialises reception handler parameters from JSON.
+ */
+public class ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParametersJsonAdapter
+        implements JsonDeserializer<ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup> {
+    private static final XLogger LOGGER =
+            XLoggerFactory.getXLogger(ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParametersJsonAdapter.class);
+
+    private static final String PARAMETER_CLASS_NAME = "parameterClassName";
+    private static final String RECEPTION_HANDLER_PARAMETERS = "parameters";
+
+    @Override
+    public ReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup deserialize(final JsonElement json, final Type typeOfT,
+            final JsonDeserializationContext context) {
+        final JsonObject jsonObject = json.getAsJsonObject();
+
+        final String receptionHandlerParameterClassName = getParameterGroupClassName(jsonObject);
+        Class<?> receptionHandlerParameterClass = getParameterGroupClass(receptionHandlerParameterClassName);
+
+        return context.deserialize(jsonObject.get(RECEPTION_HANDLER_PARAMETERS), receptionHandlerParameterClass);
+    }
+
+    private String getParameterGroupClassName(final JsonObject jsonObject) {
+        final JsonPrimitive classNameJsonPrimitive = ((JsonPrimitive) jsonObject.get(PARAMETER_CLASS_NAME));
+
+        if (classNameJsonPrimitive == null || classNameJsonPrimitive.getAsString().length() == 0) {
+            final String errorMessage = "parameter \"" + PARAMETER_CLASS_NAME + "\" value \""
+                    + (classNameJsonPrimitive != null ? classNameJsonPrimitive.getAsString() : "null")
+                    + "\" invalid in JSON file";
+            LOGGER.warn(errorMessage);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage);
+        }
+        return classNameJsonPrimitive.getAsString().replaceAll("\\s+", "");
+    }
+
+    private Class<?> getParameterGroupClass(final String receptionHAndlerParameterClassName) {
+        Class<?> receptionHandlerParameterClass = null;
+        try {
+            receptionHandlerParameterClass = Class.forName(receptionHAndlerParameterClassName);
+        } catch (final ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            final String errorMessage = "parameter \"" + PARAMETER_CLASS_NAME + "\" value \""
+                    + receptionHAndlerParameterClassName + "\", could not find class";
+            LOGGER.warn(errorMessage, e);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage, e);
+        }
+        return receptionHandlerParameterClass;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/parameters/ReceptionHandlerParameters.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/parameters/ReceptionHandlerParameters.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3839c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/parameters/ReceptionHandlerParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.parameters;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.FlexLogger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.Logger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold all the reception handler parameters.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class ReceptionHandlerParameters implements ParameterGroup {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = FlexLogger.getLogger(ReceptionHandlerParameters.class);
+
+    private String name;
+    private String receptionHandlerType;
+    private String receptionHandlerClassName;
+    private String receptionHandlerConfigurationName;
+    private PluginHandlerParameters pluginHandlerParameters;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating ReceptionHandlerParameters.
+     *
+     * @param receptionHandlerType the reception handler type
+     * @param receptionHandlerClassName the reception handler class name
+     * @param receptionHandlerConfigurationName the name of the configuration for the reception
+     *        handler
+     * @param pluginHandlerParameters the plugin handler parameters
+     */
+    public ReceptionHandlerParameters(final String receptionHandlerType, final String receptionHandlerClassName,
+            final String receptionHandlerConfigurationName, final PluginHandlerParameters pluginHandlerParameters) {
+        this.receptionHandlerType = receptionHandlerType;
+        this.receptionHandlerClassName = receptionHandlerClassName;
+        this.receptionHandlerConfigurationName = receptionHandlerConfigurationName;
+        this.pluginHandlerParameters = pluginHandlerParameters;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the receptionHandlerType of this ReceptionHandlerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the receptionHandlerType
+     */
+    public String getReceptionHandlerType() {
+        return receptionHandlerType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the receptionHandlerClassName of this ReceptionHandlerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the receptionHandlerClassName
+     */
+    public String getReceptionHandlerClassName() {
+        return receptionHandlerClassName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the name of the reception handler configuration for this ReceptionHandlerParameters
+     * instance.
+     *
+     * @return the PssdConfigurationParametersGroup
+     */
+    public String getReceptionHandlerConfigurationName() {
+        return receptionHandlerConfigurationName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the pluginHandlerParameters of this ReceptionHandlerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the pluginHandlerParameters
+     */
+    public PluginHandlerParameters getPluginHandlerParameters() {
+        return pluginHandlerParameters;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return name + "_" + receptionHandlerType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the reception handler parameters.
+     *
+     */
+    @Override
+    public GroupValidationResult validate() {
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
+        if (receptionHandlerType == null || receptionHandlerType.trim().length() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("receptionHandlerType", ValidationStatus.INVALID, "must be a non-blank string");
+        }
+        if (receptionHandlerClassName == null || receptionHandlerClassName.trim().length() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("receptionHandlerClassName", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the reception handler");
+        } else {
+            validateReceptionHandlerClass(validationResult);
+        }
+        if (pluginHandlerParameters == null) {
+            validationResult.setResult("pluginHandlerParameters", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must have a plugin handler");
+        } else {
+            validationResult.setResult("pluginHandlerParameters", pluginHandlerParameters.validate());
+        }
+        return validationResult;
+    }
+
+    private void validateReceptionHandlerClass(final GroupValidationResult validationResult) {
+        try {
+            Class.forName(receptionHandlerClassName);
+        } catch (final ClassNotFoundException exp) {
+            LOGGER.error("reception handler class not found in classpath", exp);
+            validationResult.setResult("receptionHandlerClassName", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "reception handler class not found in classpath");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the name of this group.
+     *
+     * @param name the name to set
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setName(final String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/statistics/DistributionStatisticsManager.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/statistics/DistributionStatisticsManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b66ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/statistics/DistributionStatisticsManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.statistics;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold statistical data for distribution component.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class DistributionStatisticsManager {
+
+    private static long totalDistributionCount;
+    private static long distributionSuccessCount;
+    private static long distributionFailureCount;
+    private static long totalDownloadCount;
+    private static long downloadSuccessCount;
+    private static long downloadFailureCount;
+
+    private DistributionStatisticsManager() {
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Instantiation of the class is not allowed");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to update the total distribution count.
+     *
+     * @return the updated value of totalDistributionCount
+     */
+    public static long updateTotalDistributionCount() {
+        return ++totalDistributionCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to update the distribution success count.
+     *
+     * @return the updated value of distributionSuccessCount
+     */
+    public static long updateDistributionSuccessCount() {
+        return ++distributionSuccessCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to update the distribution failure count.
+     *
+     * @return the updated value of distributionFailureCount
+     */
+    public static long updateDistributionFailureCount() {
+        return ++distributionFailureCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to update the total download count.
+     *
+     * @return the updated value of totalDownloadCount
+     */
+    public static long updateTotalDownloadCount() {
+        return ++totalDownloadCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to update the download success count.
+     *
+     * @return the updated value of downloadSuccessCount
+     */
+    public static long updateDownloadSuccessCount() {
+        return ++downloadSuccessCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to update the download failure count.
+     *
+     * @return the updated value of downloadFailureCount
+     */
+    public static long updateDownloadFailureCount() {
+        return ++downloadFailureCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current value of totalDistributionCount.
+     *
+     * @return the totalDistributionCount
+     */
+    public static long getTotalDistributionCount() {
+        return totalDistributionCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current value of distributionSuccessCount.
+     *
+     * @return the distributionSuccessCount
+     */
+    public static long getDistributionSuccessCount() {
+        return distributionSuccessCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current value of distributionFailureCount.
+     *
+     * @return the distributionFailureCount
+     */
+    public static long getDistributionFailureCount() {
+        return distributionFailureCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current value of totalDownloadCount.
+     *
+     * @return the totalDownloadCount
+     */
+    public static long getTotalDownloadCount() {
+        return totalDownloadCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current value of downloadSuccessCount.
+     *
+     * @return the downloadSuccessCount
+     */
+    public static long getDownloadSuccessCount() {
+        return downloadSuccessCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current value of downloadFailureCount.
+     *
+     * @return the downloadFailureCount
+     */
+    public static long getDownloadFailureCount() {
+        return downloadFailureCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reset all the statistics counts to 0.
+     */
+    public static void resetAllStatistics() {
+        totalDistributionCount = 0L;
+        distributionSuccessCount = 0L;
+        distributionFailureCount = 0L;
+        totalDownloadCount = 0L;
+        downloadSuccessCount = 0L;
+        downloadFailureCount = 0L;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PluginInitializationExceptionTest.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PluginInitializationExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b63e667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PluginInitializationExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of {@link PluginInitializationException}.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class PluginInitializationExceptionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPluginInitializationExceptionString() {
+        final PluginInitializationException pluginInitializationException =
+                new PluginInitializationException("error message");
+        assertEquals("error message", pluginInitializationException.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPluginInitializationExceptionStringThrowable() {
+        final Exception cause = new IllegalArgumentException();
+        final PluginInitializationException pluginInitializationException =
+                new PluginInitializationException("error message", cause);
+        assertEquals("error message", pluginInitializationException.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(cause, pluginInitializationException.getCause());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PluginTerminationExceptionTest.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PluginTerminationExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2fc6a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PluginTerminationExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of {@link PluginTerminationException}.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class PluginTerminationExceptionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPluginTerminationExceptionString() {
+        final PluginTerminationException pluginTerminationException = new PluginTerminationException("error message");
+        assertEquals("error message", pluginTerminationException.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPluginTerminationExceptionStringThrowable() {
+        final Exception cause = new IllegalArgumentException();
+        final PluginTerminationException pluginTerminationException = new PluginTerminationException("error message",
+            cause);
+        assertEquals("error message", pluginTerminationException.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(cause, pluginTerminationException.getCause());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecodingExceptionTest.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecodingExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5bc072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecodingExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class PolicyDecodingExceptionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecodingExceptionString() {
+        final PolicyDecodingException policyDecodingException = new PolicyDecodingException("error message");
+        assertEquals("error message", policyDecodingException.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecodingExceptionStringThrowable() {
+        final Exception cause = new IllegalArgumentException();
+        final PolicyDecodingException policyDecodingException = new PolicyDecodingException("error message", cause);
+        assertEquals("error message", policyDecodingException.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(cause, policyDecodingException.getCause());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/DummyArtifactForwarder.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/DummyArtifactForwarder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5785927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/DummyArtifactForwarder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.ArtifactForwarder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.ArtifactForwardingException;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.notification.IArtifactInfo;
+
+/**
+ * Class to create a dummy forwarder for test cases in AbstractReceptionHandlerTest.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class DummyArtifactForwarder implements ArtifactForwarder {
+    private int numberOfPoliciesReceived = 0;
+    private Collection<IArtifactInfo> policiesReceived = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    @Override
+    public void forward(final Collection<IArtifactInfo> policies) throws ArtifactForwardingException {
+        numberOfPoliciesReceived += policies.size();
+        policiesReceived.addAll(policies);
+    }
+
+    public int getNumberOfPoliciesReceived() {
+        return numberOfPoliciesReceived;
+    }
+
+    public boolean receivedPolicy(final IArtifactInfo policy) {
+        return policiesReceived.contains(policy);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void configure(String parameterGroupName) {}
+}
diff --git a/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/DummyReceptionHandler.java b/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/DummyReceptionHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43596ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactbroker/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/DummyReceptionHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling;
+
+/**
+ * Class to create a dummy reception handler for test cases in AbstractReceptionHandlerTest.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+class DummyReceptionHandler extends AbstractReceptionHandler {
+
+    @Override
+    protected void initializeReception(final String parameterGroupName) {}
+
+    @Override
+    public void destroy() {}
+}