Move parameters from config Json file to application.yaml

Issue-ID: POLICY-3343
Change-Id: Id78c00a5a241337f684a70feeee543f3a88fc01c
Signed-off-by: FrancescoFioraEst <francesco.fiora@est.tech>

26 files changed, 628 insertions, 772 deletions

diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ClampHttpClient.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ClampHttpClient.java
index fd19d9d3a..74c1ee5c1 100644
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ClampHttpClient.java
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ClampHttpClient.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.httpclient;
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters.ClampEndPoints;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters.ParticipantDcaeParameters;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.model.ExternalComponent;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.model.Loop;
@@ -29,12 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 @Component
 public class ClampHttpClient extends AbstractHttpClient {
 
-    private static final String STATUS = "/restservices/clds/v2/loop/getstatus/";
-    private static final String CREATE = "/restservices/clds/v2/loop/create/%s?templateName=%s";
-    private static final String DEPLOY = "/restservices/clds/v2/loop/deploy/";
-    private static final String STOP = "/restservices/clds/v2/loop/stop/";
-    private static final String DELETE = "/restservices/clds/v2/loop/delete/";
-    private static final String UNDEPLOY = "/restservices/clds/v2/loop/undeploy/";
+    private final ClampEndPoints endPoints;
     public static final String STATUS_NOT_FOUND = "STATUS_NOT_FOUND";
     public static final String POLICY_NOT_FOUND = "POLICY_NOT_FOUND";
 
@@ -45,6 +41,7 @@ public class ClampHttpClient extends AbstractHttpClient {
      */
     public ClampHttpClient(ParticipantDcaeParameters parameters) {
         super(parameters.getClampClientParameters());
+        this.endPoints = parameters.getClampClientEndPoints();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -55,7 +52,7 @@ public class ClampHttpClient extends AbstractHttpClient {
      * @return the Loop object or null if error occurred
      */
     public Loop create(String loopName, String templateName) {
-        return executePost(String.format(CREATE, loopName, templateName), HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+        return executePost(String.format(endPoints.getCreate(), loopName, templateName), HttpStatus.SC_OK);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -65,7 +62,7 @@ public class ClampHttpClient extends AbstractHttpClient {
      * @return true
      */
     public boolean deploy(String loopName) {
-        return executePut(DEPLOY + loopName, HttpStatus.SC_ACCEPTED);
+        return executePut(endPoints.getDeploy() + loopName, HttpStatus.SC_ACCEPTED);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -75,7 +72,7 @@ public class ClampHttpClient extends AbstractHttpClient {
      * @return the Loop object or null if error occurred
      */
     public Loop getstatus(String loopName) {
-        return executeGet(STATUS + loopName, HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+        return executeGet(endPoints.getStatus() + loopName, HttpStatus.SC_OK);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ public class ClampHttpClient extends AbstractHttpClient {
      * @return true
      */
     public boolean undeploy(String loopName) {
-        return executePut(UNDEPLOY + loopName, HttpStatus.SC_ACCEPTED);
+        return executePut(endPoints.getUndeploy() + loopName, HttpStatus.SC_ACCEPTED);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ public class ClampHttpClient extends AbstractHttpClient {
      * @return true
      */
     public boolean stop(String loopName) {
-        return executePut(STOP + loopName, HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+        return executePut(endPoints.getStop() + loopName, HttpStatus.SC_OK);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ public class ClampHttpClient extends AbstractHttpClient {
      * @return true
      */
     public boolean delete(String loopName) {
-        return executePut(DELETE + loopName, HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+        return executePut(endPoints.getDelete() + loopName, HttpStatus.SC_OK);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ConsulDcaeHttpClient.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ConsulDcaeHttpClient.java
index 154dd09be..4cdcf7c7f 100644
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ConsulDcaeHttpClient.java
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ConsulDcaeHttpClient.java
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@
 package org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.httpclient;
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters.ConsulEndPoints;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters.ParticipantDcaeParameters;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
 public class ConsulDcaeHttpClient extends AbstractHttpClient {
 
-    private static final String DEPLOY = "/v1/kv/dcae-pmsh:";
+    private final ConsulEndPoints endPoints;
 
     /**
      * Constructor.
@@ -36,16 +37,17 @@ public class ConsulDcaeHttpClient extends AbstractHttpClient {
      */
     public ConsulDcaeHttpClient(ParticipantDcaeParameters parameters) {
         super(parameters.getConsulClientParameters());
+        this.endPoints = parameters.getConsulClientEndPoints();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call consult.
+     * Call deploy consult.
      *
      * @param name the name to deploy
      * @param jsonEntity the Entity
      * @return true
      */
     public boolean deploy(String name, String jsonEntity) {
-        return executePut(DEPLOY + name, jsonEntity, HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+        return executePut(endPoints.getDeploy() + name, jsonEntity, HttpStatus.SC_OK);
     }
 }
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/handler/ControlLoopElementHandler.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/handler/ControlLoopElementHandler.java
index 6c5ff1d78..5a0ddabfd 100644
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/handler/ControlLoopElementHandler.java
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/handler/ControlLoopElementHandler.java
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.models.controlloop.concepts.ControlLoop
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.models.controlloop.concepts.ControlLoopState;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.httpclient.ClampHttpClient;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.httpclient.ConsulDcaeHttpClient;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters.ParticipantDcaeParameters;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.model.Loop;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.intermediary.api.ControlLoopElementListener;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.intermediary.api.ParticipantIntermediaryApi;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.resources.ResourceUtils;
 import org.onap.policy.models.base.PfModelException;
 import org.onap.policy.models.tosca.authorative.concepts.ToscaServiceTemplate;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -58,19 +60,11 @@ public class ControlLoopElementHandler implements ControlLoopElementListener {
 
     private static final String BLUEPRINT_DEPLOYED = "BLUEPRINT_DEPLOYED";
     private static final String MICROSERVICE_INSTALLED_SUCCESSFULLY = "MICROSERVICE_INSTALLED_SUCCESSFULLY";
-    private static final int CHECK_COUNT = 10;
-
-    private static final String BODY_CONSUL =
-            "{ \"subscription\": { \"subscriptionName\": \"subscriptiona\", \"administrativeState\": \"UNLOCKED\", "
-                    + "\"fileBasedGP\": 15, \"fileLocation\": \"/pm/pm.xml\", \"nfFilter\": "
-                    + "{ \"nfNames\": [ \"^pnf1.*\" ], \"modelInvariantIDs\": "
-                    + "[ \"5845y423-g654-6fju-po78-8n53154532k6\", \"7129e420-d396-4efb-af02-6b83499b12f8\" ], "
-                    + "\"modelVersionIDs\": [ \"e80a6ae3-cafd-4d24-850d-e14c084a5ca9\" ] }, \"measurementGroups\": "
-                    + "[ { \"measurementGroup\": { \"measurementTypes\": [ { \"measurementType\": \"countera\" }, "
-                    + "{ \"measurementType\": \"counterb\" } ], \"managedObjectDNsBasic\": [ { \"DN\": \"dna\" }, "
-                    + "{ \"DN\": \"dnb\" } ] } }, { \"measurementGroup\": { \"measurementTypes\": "
-                    + "[ { \"measurementType\": \"counterc\" }, { \"measurementType\": \"counterd\" } ], "
-                    + "\"managedObjectDNsBasic\": " + "[ { \"DN\": \"dnc\" }, { \"DN\": \"dnd\" } ] } } ] } }";
+
+    private int checkCount;
+    private int secCount;
+
+    private String bodyConsul;
 
     /**
      * Constructor.
@@ -78,9 +72,13 @@ public class ControlLoopElementHandler implements ControlLoopElementListener {
      * @param clampClient the CLAMP client
      * @param consulClient the Consul client
      */
-    public ControlLoopElementHandler(ClampHttpClient clampClient, ConsulDcaeHttpClient consulClient) {
+    public ControlLoopElementHandler(ClampHttpClient clampClient, ConsulDcaeHttpClient consulClient,
+            ParticipantDcaeParameters parameters) {
         this.clampClient = clampClient;
         this.consulClient = consulClient;
+        this.checkCount = parameters.getCheckCount();
+        this.secCount = parameters.getSecCount();
+        bodyConsul = ResourceUtils.getResourceAsString(parameters.getJsonBodyConsulPath());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ public class ControlLoopElementHandler implements ControlLoopElementListener {
     }
 
     private void deploy() throws PfModelException {
-        if (!consulClient.deploy(POLICY, BODY_CONSUL)) {
+        if (!consulClient.deploy(POLICY, bodyConsul)) {
             throw new PfModelException(null, "deploy to consul failed");
         }
         if (!clampClient.deploy(LOOP)) {
@@ -150,9 +148,9 @@ public class ControlLoopElementHandler implements ControlLoopElementListener {
             if (BLUEPRINT_DEPLOYED.equals(ClampHttpClient.getStatusCode(loop))) {
                 deploy();
                 boolean deployedFlag = false;
-                for (int i = 0; i < CHECK_COUNT; i++) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < checkCount; i++) {
                     // sleep 10 seconds
-                    TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(CHECK_COUNT);
+                    TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(secCount);
                     loop = getStatus();
                     String status = ClampHttpClient.getStatusCode(loop);
                     if (MICROSERVICE_INSTALLED_SUCCESSFULLY.equals(status)) {
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/config/ParametersConfig.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ClampEndPoints.java
index ee649c993..12b67ebda 100644
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/config/ParametersConfig.java
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ClampEndPoints.java
@@ -18,23 +18,38 @@
  * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
  */
 
-package org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.config;
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters;
 
-import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.common.exception.ControlLoopException;
-import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters.ParticipantDcaeParameterHandler;
-import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters.ParticipantDcaeParameters;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.Setter;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
 
-@Configuration
-public class ParametersConfig {
+/**
+ * Class to hold all end points needed for clamp client.
+ *
+ */
+@Validated
+@Getter
+@Setter
+public class ClampEndPoints {
+
+    @NotBlank
+    private String status;
+
+    @NotBlank
+    private String create;
+
+    @NotBlank
+    private String deploy;
+
+    @NotBlank
+    private String stop;
+
+    @NotBlank
+    private String delete;
 
-    @Value("${participant.file}")
-    private String file;
+    @NotBlank
+    private String undeploy;
 
-    @Bean
-    public ParticipantDcaeParameters participantDcaeParameters() throws ControlLoopException {
-        return new ParticipantDcaeParameterHandler().toParticipantDcaeParameters(file);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ConsulEndPoints.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ConsulEndPoints.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffbfa409c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ConsulEndPoints.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2021 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.Setter;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold all end points needed for consul client.
+ *
+ */
+@Validated
+@Getter
+@Setter
+public class ConsulEndPoints {
+
+    @NotBlank
+    private String deploy;
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ParticipantDcaeParameterHandler.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ParticipantDcaeParameterHandler.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 689bb40c2..000000000
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ParticipantDcaeParameterHandler.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2021 Nordix Foundation.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
-import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.common.exception.ControlLoopException;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.BeanValidationResult;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.Coder;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-/**
- * This class handles reading, parsing and validating of control loop runtime parameters from JSON files.
- */
-public class ParticipantDcaeParameterHandler {
-
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ParticipantDcaeParameterHandler.class);
-
-    private static final Coder CODER = new StandardCoder();
-
-    /**
-     * Read the parameters from the path of the file.
-     *
-     * @param path path of the config file.
-     * @return the parameters read from the configuration file
-     * @throws ControlLoopException on parameter exceptions
-     */
-    public ParticipantDcaeParameters toParticipantDcaeParameters(String path) throws ControlLoopException {
-        ParticipantDcaeParameters parameters = null;
-        // Read the parameters
-        try {
-            // Read the parameters from JSON
-            File file = new File(path);
-            parameters = CODER.decode(file, ParticipantDcaeParameters.class);
-        } catch (final CoderException e) {
-            final String errorMessage =
-                    "error reading parameters from \"" + path + "\"\n" + "(" + e.getClass().getSimpleName() + ")";
-            throw new ControlLoopException(Response.Status.NOT_ACCEPTABLE, errorMessage, e);
-        }
-
-        // The JSON processing returns null if there is an empty file
-        if (parameters == null) {
-            final String errorMessage = "no parameters found in \"" + path + "\"";
-            LOGGER.error(errorMessage);
-            throw new ControlLoopException(Response.Status.NOT_ACCEPTABLE, errorMessage);
-        }
-
-        // validate the parameters
-        final BeanValidationResult validationResult = parameters.validate();
-        if (!validationResult.isValid()) {
-            final String returnMessage =
-                    "validation error(s) on parameters from \"" + path + "\"\n" + validationResult.getResult();
-
-            LOGGER.error(returnMessage);
-            throw new ControlLoopException(Response.Status.NOT_ACCEPTABLE, returnMessage);
-        }
-
-        return parameters;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ParticipantDcaeParameters.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ParticipantDcaeParameters.java
index 469a6fe79..798781177 100644
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ParticipantDcaeParameters.java
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ParticipantDcaeParameters.java
@@ -20,77 +20,56 @@
 
 package org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters;
 
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import lombok.Getter;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import lombok.Setter;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.intermediary.parameters.ParticipantIntermediaryParameters;
-import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.event.comm.bus.internal.BusTopicParams;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.BeanValidationResult;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroupImpl;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.annotations.Valid;
-import org.onap.policy.models.provider.PolicyModelsProviderParameters;
+import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.parameters.RestClientParameters;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.validation.ParameterGroupConstraint;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
 
 /**
  * Class to hold all parameters needed for the participant dcae.
  *
  */
-@NotNull
-@NotBlank
+@Validated
 @Getter
-public class ParticipantDcaeParameters extends ParameterGroupImpl {
+@Setter
+@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "participant")
+public class ParticipantDcaeParameters {
 
-    private static final String MSG_IS_BLANK = "is blank";
+    @NotNull
+    @Min(10)
+    private int checkCount = 10;
 
-    @Valid
-    private BusTopicParams clampClientParameters;
+    @NotNull
+    @Min(1)
+    private int secCount = 10;
+
+    @NotBlank
+    private String jsonBodyConsulPath;
 
+    @NotNull
     @Valid
-    private BusTopicParams consulClientParameters;
+    private ClampEndPoints clampClientEndPoints;
 
-    private ParticipantIntermediaryParameters intermediaryParameters;
-    private PolicyModelsProviderParameters databaseProviderParameters;
+    @NotNull
+    @Valid
+    private ConsulEndPoints consulClientEndPoints;
 
-    /**
-     * Create the participant dcae parameter group.
-     *
-     * @param name the parameter group name
-     */
-    public ParticipantDcaeParameters(final String name) {
-        super(name);
-    }
+    @NotNull
+    @ParameterGroupConstraint
+    private RestClientParameters clampClientParameters;
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public BeanValidationResult validate() {
-        BeanValidationResult result = super.validate();
-        if (result.isValid()) {
-            result.addResult(checkMissingMandatoryParams(clampClientParameters));
-            result.addResult(checkMissingMandatoryParams(consulClientParameters));
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
+    @NotNull
+    @ParameterGroupConstraint
+    private RestClientParameters consulClientParameters;
 
-    private BeanValidationResult checkMissingMandatoryParams(BusTopicParams clientParameters) {
-        BeanValidationResult result = new BeanValidationResult(clientParameters.getClientName(), clientParameters);
-        if (clientParameters.isHostnameInvalid()) {
-            result.addResult("Host", clientParameters.getHostname(), ValidationStatus.INVALID, MSG_IS_BLANK);
-        }
-        if (clientParameters.isClientNameInvalid()) {
-            result.addResult("Name", clientParameters.getClientName(), ValidationStatus.INVALID, MSG_IS_BLANK);
-        }
-        if (StringUtils.isBlank(clientParameters.getPassword())) {
-            result.addResult("Password", clientParameters.getPassword(), ValidationStatus.INVALID, MSG_IS_BLANK);
-        }
-        if (StringUtils.isBlank(clientParameters.getUserName())) {
-            result.addResult("UserName", clientParameters.getUserName(), ValidationStatus.INVALID, MSG_IS_BLANK);
-        }
-        if (clientParameters.isPortInvalid()) {
-            result.addResult("Port", clientParameters.getPort(), ValidationStatus.INVALID, "is not valid");
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
+    @NotNull
+    @Valid
+    private ParticipantIntermediaryParameters intermediaryParameters;
 }
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/resources/config/DCAEParticipantConfig.json b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/resources/config/DCAEParticipantConfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a7ea089b2..000000000
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/resources/config/DCAEParticipantConfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "ControlLoopParticipantDcae",
-    "clampClientParameters": {
-        "clientName": "Clamp",
-        "hostname": "0.0.0.0",
-        "port": 8443,
-        "userName": "admin",
-        "password": "password",
-        "useHttps": true,
-        "allowSelfSignedCerts": false
-    },
-    "consulClientParameters": {
-        "clientName": "Consul",
-        "hostname": "consul",
-        "port": 31321,
-        "userName": "admin",
-        "password": "password",
-        "useHttps": false
-    },
-    "intermediaryParameters": {
-        "name": "Participant parameters",
-        "reportingTimeInterval": 120000,
-        "description": "Participant Description",
-        "participantId": {
-            "name": "DCAEParticipant0",
-            "version": "1.0.0"
-        },
-        "participantType": {
-            "name": "org.onap.dcae.controlloop.DCAEMicroserviceControlLoopParticipant",
-            "version": "2.3.4"
-        },
-        "clampControlLoopTopics": {
-            "topicSources": [
-                {
-                    "topic": "POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT",
-                    "servers": [
-                        "localhost"
-                    ],
-                    "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap",
-                    "fetchTimeout": 15000
-                }
-            ],
-            "topicSinks": [
-                {
-                    "topic": "POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT",
-                    "servers": [
-                        "localhost"
-                    ],
-                    "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap"
-                },
-                {
-                    "topic": "POLICY-NOTIFICATION",
-                    "servers": [
-                        "localhost"
-                    ],
-                    "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap"
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-    },
-    "databaseProviderParameters": {
-        "name": "PolicyProviderParameterGroup",
-        "implementation": "org.onap.policy.models.provider.impl.DatabasePolicyModelsProviderImpl",
-        "databaseDriver": "org.h2.Driver",
-        "databaseUrl": "jdbc:h2:mem:testdb",
-        "databaseUser": "policy",
-        "databasePassword": "P01icY",
-        "persistenceUnit": "ToscaConceptTest"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/resources/config/application.yaml b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/resources/config/application.yaml
index 58908cf8d..36b9f846a 100644
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/resources/config/application.yaml
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/resources/config/application.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,55 @@
 
 participant:
-  file: src/main/resources/config/DCAEParticipantConfig.json
+  name: ControlLoopParticipantDcae
+  clampClientEndPoints:
+    status: /restservices/clds/v2/loop/getstatus/
+    create: /restservices/clds/v2/loop/create/%s?templateName=%s
+    deploy: /restservices/clds/v2/loop/deploy/
+    stop: /restservices/clds/v2/loop/stop/
+    delete: /restservices/clds/v2/loop/delete/
+    undeploy: /restservices/clds/v2/loop/undeploy/
+  clampClientParameters:
+    clientName: Clamp
+    hostname: 0.0.0.0
+    port: 8443
+    userName: admin
+    password: password
+    https: true
+    aaf: false
+  consulClientEndPoints:
+    deploy: "/v1/kv/dcae-pmsh:"
+  consulClientParameters:
+    clientName: Consul
+    hostname: consul
+    port: 31321
+    userName: admin
+    password: password
+    https: false
+    aaf: false
+  intermediaryParameters:
+    name: Participant parameters
+    reportingTimeInterval: 120000
+    description: Participant Description
+    participantId:
+      name: DCAEParticipant0
+      version: 1.0.0
+    participantType:
+      name: org.onap.dcae.controlloop.DCAEMicroserviceControlLoopParticipant
+      version: 2.3.4
+    clampControlLoopTopics:
+      topicSources[0]:
+        topic: POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT
+        servers[0]: ${topicServer:message-router}
+        topicCommInfrastructure: dmaap
+        fetchTimeout: 15000
+      topicSinks[0]:
+        topic: POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT
+        servers[0]: ${topicServer:message-router}
+        topicCommInfrastructure: dmaap
+      topicSinks[1]:
+        topic: POLICY-NOTIFICATION
+        servers[0]: ${topicServer:message-router}
+        topicCommInfrastructure: dmaap
+  checkCount: 10
+  secCount: 10
+  jsonBodyConsulPath: src/main/resources/parameters/consul.json
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/resources/parameters/consul.json b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/resources/parameters/consul.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3aad78ee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/main/resources/parameters/consul.json
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{
+  "subscription": {
+    "subscriptionName": "subscriptiona",
+    "administrativeState": "UNLOCKED",
+    "fileBasedGP": 15,
+    "fileLocation": "/pm/pm.xml",
+    "nfFilter": {
+      "nfNames": [
+        "^pnf1.*"
+      ],
+      "modelInvariantIDs": [
+        "5845y423-g654-6fju-po78-8n53154532k6",
+        "7129e420-d396-4efb-af02-6b83499b12f8"
+      ],
+      "modelVersionIDs": [
+        "e80a6ae3-cafd-4d24-850d-e14c084a5ca9"
+      ]
+    },
+    "measurementGroups": [
+      {
+        "measurementGroup": {
+          "measurementTypes": [
+            {
+              "measurementType": "countera"
+            },
+            {
+              "measurementType": "counterb"
+            }
+          ],
+          "managedObjectDNsBasic": [
+            {
+              "DN": "dna"
+            },
+            {
+              "DN": "dnb"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "measurementGroup": {
+          "measurementTypes": [
+            {
+              "measurementType": "counterc"
+            },
+            {
+              "measurementType": "counterd"
+            }
+          ],
+          "managedObjectDNsBasic": [
+            {
+              "DN": "dnc"
+            },
+            {
+              "DN": "dnd"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/endtoend/PartecipantDcaeTest.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/endtoend/PartecipantDcaeTest.java
index 6d7592db0..46317729a 100644
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/endtoend/PartecipantDcaeTest.java
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/endtoend/PartecipantDcaeTest.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
 
 @ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
 @SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
-@TestPropertySource(properties = "participant.file=src/test/resources/parameters/TestParameters.json")
+@TestPropertySource(locations = {"classpath:application_test.properties"})
 class PartecipantDcaeTest {
 
     private static final CommInfrastructure INFRA = CommInfrastructure.NOOP;
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ClampHttpClientTest.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ClampHttpClientTest.java
index 6e375222e..f730f36f4 100644
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ClampHttpClientTest.java
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ClampHttpClientTest.java
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@ class ClampHttpClientTest {
     public static void setUp() {
         CommonTestData commonTestData = new CommonTestData();
 
-        parameters = commonTestData.toObject(
-                commonTestData.getParticipantParameterGroupMap(CommonTestData.PARTICIPANT_GROUP_NAME),
-                ParticipantDcaeParameters.class);
+        parameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
 
         mockServer = ClientAndServer.startClientAndServer(parameters.getClampClientParameters().getPort());
 
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ConsulDcaeHttpClientTest.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ConsulDcaeHttpClientTest.java
index 734919e4c..5155fed1d 100644
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ConsulDcaeHttpClientTest.java
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/httpclient/ConsulDcaeHttpClientTest.java
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ class ConsulDcaeHttpClientTest {
     public static void startServer() {
         CommonTestData commonTestData = new CommonTestData();
 
-        parameters = commonTestData.toObject(
-                commonTestData.getParticipantParameterGroupMap(CommonTestData.PARTICIPANT_GROUP_NAME),
-                ParticipantDcaeParameters.class);
+        parameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
 
         mockServer = ClientAndServer.startClientAndServer(parameters.getConsulClientParameters().getPort());
 
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/handler/ControlLoopElementHandlerTest.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/handler/ControlLoopElementHandlerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab181d476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/handler/ControlLoopElementHandlerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2021 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.handler;
+
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.models.controlloop.concepts.ControlLoopElement;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.models.controlloop.concepts.ControlLoopOrderedState;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.models.controlloop.concepts.ControlLoopState;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.httpclient.ClampHttpClient;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.httpclient.ConsulDcaeHttpClient;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters.CommonTestData;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.model.Loop;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.intermediary.api.ParticipantIntermediaryApi;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.Coder;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
+import org.onap.policy.models.base.PfModelException;
+import org.onap.policy.models.tosca.authorative.concepts.ToscaServiceTemplate;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of {@link ControlLoopElementHandler}.
+ *
+ */
+@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
+class ControlLoopElementHandlerTest {
+
+    private static final String LOOP = "pmsh_loop";
+    private static final String TEMPLATE = "LOOP_TEMPLATE_k8s_pmsh";
+    private static final String BLUEPRINT_DEPLOYED = "BLUEPRINT_DEPLOYED";
+    private static final String MICROSERVICE_INSTALLED_SUCCESSFULLY = "MICROSERVICE_INSTALLED_SUCCESSFULLY";
+
+    public static final Coder CODER = new StandardCoder();
+    private CommonTestData commonTestData = new CommonTestData();
+
+    @Test
+    void test_ControlLoopElementStateChange() {
+        ClampHttpClient clampClient = spy(mock(ClampHttpClient.class));
+        ConsulDcaeHttpClient consulClient = mock(ConsulDcaeHttpClient.class);
+        ControlLoopElementHandler controlLoopElementHandler =
+                new ControlLoopElementHandler(clampClient, consulClient, commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters());
+
+        when(clampClient.getstatus(eq(LOOP))).thenReturn(new Loop());
+
+        ParticipantIntermediaryApi intermediaryApi = mock(ParticipantIntermediaryApi.class);
+        controlLoopElementHandler.setIntermediaryApi(intermediaryApi);
+
+        controlLoopElementHandler.controlLoopElementStateChange(UUID.randomUUID(), ControlLoopState.PASSIVE,
+                ControlLoopOrderedState.UNINITIALISED);
+
+        verify(clampClient).undeploy(eq(LOOP));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testCreate_ControlLoopElementUpdate() throws PfModelException, JSONException, CoderException {
+        ClampHttpClient clampClient = spy(mock(ClampHttpClient.class));
+        Loop loopDeployed = CODER.convert(CommonTestData.createJsonStatus(BLUEPRINT_DEPLOYED), Loop.class);
+        when(clampClient.create(eq(LOOP), eq(TEMPLATE))).thenReturn(loopDeployed);
+        when(clampClient.deploy(eq(LOOP))).thenReturn(true);
+
+        Loop loopInstalled =
+                CODER.convert(CommonTestData.createJsonStatus(MICROSERVICE_INSTALLED_SUCCESSFULLY), Loop.class);
+        when(clampClient.getstatus(eq(LOOP))).thenReturn(null, loopInstalled);
+
+        ConsulDcaeHttpClient consulClient = spy(mock(ConsulDcaeHttpClient.class));
+        when(consulClient.deploy(any(String.class), any(String.class))).thenReturn(true);
+
+        ControlLoopElementHandler controlLoopElementHandler =
+                new ControlLoopElementHandler(clampClient, consulClient, commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters());
+
+        ParticipantIntermediaryApi intermediaryApi = mock(ParticipantIntermediaryApi.class);
+        controlLoopElementHandler.setIntermediaryApi(intermediaryApi);
+
+        ControlLoopElement element = new ControlLoopElement();
+        element.setId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        element.setOrderedState(ControlLoopOrderedState.PASSIVE);
+
+        final ToscaServiceTemplate controlLoopDefinition = new ToscaServiceTemplate();
+        controlLoopElementHandler.controlLoopElementUpdate(element, controlLoopDefinition);
+
+        verify(clampClient).create(eq(LOOP), eq(TEMPLATE));
+        verify(consulClient).deploy(any(String.class), any(String.class));
+        verify(clampClient).deploy(eq(LOOP));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_ControlLoopElementUpdate() throws PfModelException, JSONException, CoderException {
+        ClampHttpClient clampClient = spy(mock(ClampHttpClient.class));
+        Loop loopDeployed = CODER.convert(CommonTestData.createJsonStatus(BLUEPRINT_DEPLOYED), Loop.class);
+        Loop loopInstalled =
+                CODER.convert(CommonTestData.createJsonStatus(MICROSERVICE_INSTALLED_SUCCESSFULLY), Loop.class);
+        when(clampClient.getstatus(eq(LOOP))).thenReturn(loopDeployed, loopInstalled);
+        when(clampClient.deploy(eq(LOOP))).thenReturn(true);
+
+        ConsulDcaeHttpClient consulClient = spy(mock(ConsulDcaeHttpClient.class));
+        when(consulClient.deploy(any(String.class), any(String.class))).thenReturn(true);
+
+        ControlLoopElementHandler controlLoopElementHandler =
+                new ControlLoopElementHandler(clampClient, consulClient, commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters());
+
+        ParticipantIntermediaryApi intermediaryApi = mock(ParticipantIntermediaryApi.class);
+        controlLoopElementHandler.setIntermediaryApi(intermediaryApi);
+
+        ControlLoopElement element = new ControlLoopElement();
+        element.setId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        element.setOrderedState(ControlLoopOrderedState.PASSIVE);
+
+        ToscaServiceTemplate controlLoopDefinition = new ToscaServiceTemplate();
+        controlLoopElementHandler.controlLoopElementUpdate(element, controlLoopDefinition);
+
+        verify(clampClient, times(0)).create(eq(LOOP), eq(TEMPLATE));
+        verify(consulClient).deploy(any(String.class), any(String.class));
+        verify(clampClient).deploy(eq(LOOP));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/CommonTestData.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/CommonTestData.java
index 5d8881eb3..4b6dcd619 100644
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/CommonTestData.java
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/CommonTestData.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import java.util.TreeMap;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.common.exception.ControlLoopRuntimeException;
 import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.parameters.TopicParameters;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
 import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.Coder;
 import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
 import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
@@ -54,24 +53,19 @@ public class CommonTestData {
     private static final boolean REST_CONSUL_HTTPS = false;
     private static final boolean REST_CLIENT_AAF = false;
 
-    public static final Coder coder = new StandardCoder();
+    public static final Coder CODER = new StandardCoder();
 
     /**
-     * Converts the contents of a map to a parameter class.
+     * Get ParticipantDcaeParameters.
      *
-     * @param <T> specific type of ParameterGroup class
-     * @param source property map
-     * @param clazz class of object to be created from the map
-     * @return a new object represented by the map
-     * @throws ControlLoopRuntimeException on errors
+     * @return ParticipantDcaeParameters
      */
-    public <T extends ParameterGroup> T toObject(final Map<String, Object> source, final Class<T> clazz) {
+    public ParticipantDcaeParameters getParticipantDcaeParameters() {
         try {
-            return coder.convert(source, clazz);
-
+            return CODER.convert(getParticipantParameterGroupMap(PARTICIPANT_GROUP_NAME),
+                    ParticipantDcaeParameters.class);
         } catch (final CoderException e) {
-            throw new ControlLoopRuntimeException(Response.Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-                    "cannot create " + clazz.getName() + " from map", e);
+            throw new RuntimeException("cannot create ParticipantDcaeParameters from map", e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -86,10 +80,31 @@ public class CommonTestData {
         final Map<String, Object> map = new TreeMap<>();
 
         map.put("name", name);
+        map.put("checkCount", 10);
+        map.put("secCount", 10);
+        map.put("jsonBodyConsulPath", "src/main/resources/parameters/consul.json");
         map.put("clampClientParameters", getClampClientParametersMap(false));
         map.put("consulClientParameters", getConsulClientParametersMap(false));
         map.put("intermediaryParameters", getIntermediaryParametersMap(false));
-        map.put("databaseProviderParameters", getDatabaseProviderParametersMap(false));
+        map.put("clampClientEndPoints", getClampClientEndPoints());
+        map.put("consulClientEndPoints", getConsulClientEndPoints());
+        return map;
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Object> getConsulClientEndPoints() {
+        final Map<String, Object> map = new TreeMap<>();
+        map.put("deploy", "/v1/kv/dcae-pmsh:");
+        return map;
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Object> getClampClientEndPoints() {
+        final Map<String, Object> map = new TreeMap<>();
+        map.put("status", "/restservices/clds/v2/loop/getstatus/");
+        map.put("create", "/restservices/clds/v2/loop/create/%s?templateName=%s");
+        map.put("deploy", "/restservices/clds/v2/loop/deploy/");
+        map.put("stop", "/restservices/clds/v2/loop/stop/");
+        map.put("delete", "/restservices/clds/v2/loop/delete/");
+        map.put("undeploy", "/restservices/clds/v2/loop/undeploy/");
         return map;
     }
 
@@ -148,27 +163,6 @@ public class CommonTestData {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns a property map for a databaseProviderParameters map for test cases.
-     *
-     * @param isEmpty boolean value to represent that object created should be empty or not
-     * @return a property map suitable for constructing an object
-     */
-    public Map<String, Object> getDatabaseProviderParametersMap(final boolean isEmpty) {
-        final Map<String, Object> map = new TreeMap<>();
-        if (!isEmpty) {
-            map.put("name", "PolicyProviderParameterGroup");
-            map.put("implementation", "org.onap.policy.models.provider.impl.DatabasePolicyModelsProviderImpl");
-            map.put("databaseDriver", "org.h2.Driver");
-            map.put("databaseUrl", "jdbc:h2:mem:testdb");
-            map.put("databaseUser", "policy");
-            map.put("databasePassword", "P01icY");
-            map.put("persistenceUnit", "ToscaConceptTest");
-        }
-
-        return map;
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Returns a property map for a intermediaryParameters map for test cases.
      *
      * @param isEmpty boolean value to represent that object created should be empty or not
@@ -229,58 +223,6 @@ public class CommonTestData {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the standard participant parameters.
-     *
-     * @param port port to be inserted into the parameters
-     * @return the standard participant parameters
-     * @throws ControlLoopRuntimeException on errors
-     */
-    public ParticipantDcaeParameters getParticipantParameterGroup(int port) {
-        try {
-            return coder.decode(getParticipantParameterGroupAsString(port), ParticipantDcaeParameters.class);
-
-        } catch (CoderException e) {
-            throw new ControlLoopRuntimeException(Response.Status.NOT_ACCEPTABLE, "cannot read participant parameters",
-                    e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the standard participant parameters, as a String.
-     *
-     * @param port port to be inserted into the parameters
-     * @return the standard participant parameters
-     * @throws ControlLoopRuntimeException on errors
-     */
-    public static String getParticipantParameterGroupAsString(int port) {
-
-        try {
-            File file = new File(getParamFile());
-            String json = new String(Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-
-            json = json.replace("${port}", String.valueOf(port));
-            json = json.replace("${dbName}", "jdbc:h2:mem:testdb");
-
-            return json;
-
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new ControlLoopRuntimeException(Response.Status.NOT_ACCEPTABLE, "cannot read participant parameters",
-                    e);
-
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the full path to the parameter file, which may vary depending on whether or
-     * not this is an end-to-end test.
-     *
-     * @return the parameter file name
-     */
-    private static String getParamFile() {
-        return "src/test/resources/parameters/TestParametersStd.json";
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Nulls out a field within a JSON string.
      *
      * @param json JSON string
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ParticipantDcaeParametersTest.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ParticipantDcaeParametersTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b59cee756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/ParticipantDcaeParametersTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2021 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import javax.validation.Validation;
+import javax.validation.ValidatorFactory;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.common.exception.ControlLoopException;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.intermediary.parameters.ParticipantIntermediaryParameters;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of {@link ParticipantDcaeParameters}.
+ * It will be tested the "javax.validation.constraints"
+ *
+ */
+class ParticipantDcaeParametersTest {
+    private CommonTestData commonTestData = new CommonTestData();
+    private ValidatorFactory validatorFactory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory();
+
+    @Test
+    void testParticipantDcaeParameters() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testZeroCheckCount() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.setCheckCount(0);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoClampClientEndPoints() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.setClampClientEndPoints(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoClampClientEndPointCreate() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.getClampClientEndPoints().setCreate(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoClampClientEndPointDelete() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.getClampClientEndPoints().setDelete(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoClampClientEndPointDeploy() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.getClampClientEndPoints().setDeploy(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoClampClientEndPointStatus() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.getClampClientEndPoints().setStatus(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoClampClientEndPointStop() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.getClampClientEndPoints().setStop(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoClampClientEndPointUndeploy() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.getClampClientEndPoints().setUndeploy(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoClampClientParameters() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.setClampClientParameters(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoHostname() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.getClampClientParameters().setHostname(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoTopicSinks() throws ControlLoopException {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+
+        ParticipantIntermediaryParameters intermediaryParameters = participantParameters.getIntermediaryParameters();
+        intermediaryParameters.getClampControlLoopTopics().setTopicSinks(null);
+
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoTopicSources() throws ControlLoopException {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+
+        ParticipantIntermediaryParameters intermediaryParameters = participantParameters.getIntermediaryParameters();
+        intermediaryParameters.getClampControlLoopTopics().setTopicSources(null);
+
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoConsulClientParameters() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.setConsulClientParameters(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoConsulHostname() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.getConsulClientParameters().setHostname(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoIntermediaryParameters() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.setIntermediaryParameters(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNoParticipantId() {
+        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.getParticipantDcaeParameters();
+        participantParameters.getIntermediaryParameters().setParticipantId(null);
+        assertThat(validatorFactory.getValidator().validate(participantParameters)).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/TestParticipantDcaeParameterHandler.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/TestParticipantDcaeParameterHandler.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2eb833204..000000000
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/TestParticipantDcaeParameterHandler.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2021 Nordix Foundation.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.common.exception.ControlLoopException;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
-
-
-/**
- * Class to perform unit test of {@link ParticipantParameterHandler}.
- *
- */
-class TestParticipantDcaeParameterHandler {
-
-    @Test
-    void testParameterHandlerNoParameterFile() throws ControlLoopException {
-        final String path = "src/test/resources/parameters/NoParametersFile.json";
-
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new ParticipantDcaeParameterHandler().toParticipantDcaeParameters(path))
-            .hasCauseInstanceOf(CoderException.class)
-            .hasRootCauseInstanceOf(FileNotFoundException.class);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testParameterHandlerInvalidParameters() throws ControlLoopException {
-        final String path = "src/test/resources/parameters/InvalidParameters.json";
-
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new ParticipantDcaeParameterHandler().toParticipantDcaeParameters(path))
-            .hasMessageStartingWith("error reading parameters from")
-            .hasCauseInstanceOf(CoderException.class);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testParticipantParameterGroup() throws ControlLoopException {
-        final String path = "src/test/resources/parameters/TestParameters.json";
-
-        final ParticipantDcaeParameters parGroup = new ParticipantDcaeParameterHandler()
-                .toParticipantDcaeParameters(path);
-        assertEquals(CommonTestData.PARTICIPANT_GROUP_NAME, parGroup.getName());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/TestParticipantDcaeParameters.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/TestParticipantDcaeParameters.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2320ae07b..000000000
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/parameters/TestParticipantDcaeParameters.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2021 Nordix Foundation.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.intermediary.parameters.ParticipantIntermediaryParameters;
-import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.parameters.TopicParameterGroup;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationResult;
-
-/**
- * Class to perform unit test of {@link ParticipantParameterGroup}.
- *
- */
-class TestParticipantDcaeParameters {
-    CommonTestData commonTestData = new CommonTestData();
-
-    @Test
-    void testParticipantParameterGroup_Named() {
-        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = new ParticipantDcaeParameters("my-name");
-        assertEquals("my-name", participantParameters.getName());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testParticipantParameterGroup() {
-        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters = commonTestData.toObject(
-                commonTestData.getParticipantParameterGroupMap(CommonTestData.PARTICIPANT_GROUP_NAME),
-                ParticipantDcaeParameters.class);
-        final ParticipantIntermediaryParameters participantIntermediaryParameters = participantParameters
-                .getIntermediaryParameters();
-        final TopicParameterGroup topicParameterGroup  = participantParameters.getIntermediaryParameters()
-                .getClampControlLoopTopics();
-        final ValidationResult validationResult = participantParameters.validate();
-        assertTrue(validationResult.isValid());
-        assertEquals(CommonTestData.PARTICIPANT_GROUP_NAME, participantParameters.getName());
-        assertEquals(CommonTestData.TIME_INTERVAL, participantIntermediaryParameters.getReportingTimeInterval());
-        assertEquals(CommonTestData.DESCRIPTION, participantIntermediaryParameters.getDescription());
-        assertEquals(CommonTestData.TOPIC_PARAMS, topicParameterGroup.getTopicSinks());
-        assertEquals(CommonTestData.TOPIC_PARAMS, topicParameterGroup.getTopicSources());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testParticipantParameterGroup_EmptyParticipantIntermediaryParameters() {
-        final Map<String, Object> map =
-                commonTestData.getParticipantParameterGroupMap(CommonTestData.PARTICIPANT_GROUP_NAME);
-        map.replace("intermediaryParameters", commonTestData.getIntermediaryParametersMap(true));
-        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters =
-                commonTestData.toObject(map, ParticipantDcaeParameters.class);
-        final ValidationResult validationResult = participantParameters.validate();
-        assertNull(validationResult.getResult());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testParticipantParameterGroup_EmptyTopicParameters() {
-        final Map<String, Object> map =
-                commonTestData.getParticipantParameterGroupMap(CommonTestData.PARTICIPANT_GROUP_NAME);
-        final Map<String, Object> intermediaryParametersMap = commonTestData.getIntermediaryParametersMap(false);
-        intermediaryParametersMap.put("clampControlLoopTopics", commonTestData.getTopicParametersMap(true));
-        map.replace("intermediaryParameters", intermediaryParametersMap);
-
-        final ParticipantDcaeParameters participantParameters =
-                commonTestData.toObject(map, ParticipantDcaeParameters.class);
-        final ValidationResult validationResult = participantParameters.validate();
-        assertNull(validationResult.getResult());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/rest/TestListenerUtils.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/rest/TestListenerUtils.java
index f414b7a10..0b2712b7a 100644
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/rest/TestListenerUtils.java
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/controlloop/participant/dcae/main/rest/TestListenerUtils.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.models.messages.dmaap.participant.Parti
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.models.messages.dmaap.participant.ParticipantControlLoopUpdate;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.models.messages.dmaap.participant.ParticipantHealthCheck;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.models.messages.dmaap.participant.ParticipantStateChange;
-import org.onap.policy.clamp.controlloop.participant.dcae.main.parameters.CommonTestData;
 import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.Coder;
 import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
 import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ public class TestListenerUtils {
     private static final YamlJsonTranslator yamlTranslator = new YamlJsonTranslator();
     private static final Coder CODER = new StandardCoder();
     private static final String TOSCA_TEMPLATE_YAML = "examples/controlloop/PMSubscriptionHandling.yaml";
-    static CommonTestData commonTestData = new CommonTestData();
 
     /**
      * Method to create a controlLoop from a yaml file.
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/application_test.properties b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/application_test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d585dd3c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/application_test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+spring.security.user.name=healthcheck
+spring.security.user.password=zb!XztG34
+
+server.servlet.context-path=/onap/participantsim
+server.error.path=/error
+
+participant.name=ControlLoopParticipant Dcae Test
+participant.clampClientParameters.clientName=Clamp
+participant.clampClientParameters.hostname=0.0.0.0
+participant.clampClientParameters.port=8443
+participant.clampClientParameters.userName=admin
+participant.clampClientParameters.password=password
+participant.clampClientParameters.https=true
+participant.clampClientParameters.aaf=false
+participant.consulClientParameters.clientName=Consul
+participant.consulClientParameters.hostname=consul
+participant.consulClientParameters.port=31321
+participant.consulClientParameters.userName=admin
+participant.consulClientParameters.password=password
+participant.consulClientParameters.https=false
+participant.consulClientParameters.aaf=false
+participant.intermediaryParameters.name=Participant parameters
+participant.intermediaryParameters.reportingTimeInterval=120000
+participant.intermediaryParameters.description=Participant Description
+participant.intermediaryParameters.participantId.name=DCAEParticipant0
+participant.intermediaryParameters.participantId.version=1.0.0
+participant.intermediaryParameters.participantType.name=org.onap.dcae.controlloop.DCAEMicroserviceControlLoopParticipant
+participant.intermediaryParameters.participantType.version=2.3.4
+participant.intermediaryParameters.clampControlLoopTopics.name=ControlLoop Topics
+participant.intermediaryParameters.clampControlLoopTopics.topicSources[0].topic=POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT
+participant.intermediaryParameters.clampControlLoopTopics.topicSources[0].servers[0]=localhost
+participant.intermediaryParameters.clampControlLoopTopics.topicSources[0].topicCommInfrastructure=dmaap
+participant.intermediaryParameters.clampControlLoopTopics.topicSources[0].fetchTimeout=15000
+participant.intermediaryParameters.clampControlLoopTopics.topicSinks[0].topic=POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT
+participant.intermediaryParameters.clampControlLoopTopics.topicSinks[0].servers[0]=localhost
+participant.intermediaryParameters.clampControlLoopTopics.topicSinks[0].topicCommInfrastructure=dmaap
+participant.intermediaryParameters.clampControlLoopTopics.topicSinks[1].topic=POLICY-NOTIFICATION
+participant.intermediaryParameters.clampControlLoopTopics.topicSinks[1].servers[0]=localhost
+participant.intermediaryParameters.clampControlLoopTopics.topicSinks[1].topicCommInfrastructure=dmaap
+
+participant.checkCount=10
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/InvalidParameters.json b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/InvalidParameters.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1035ccb67..000000000
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/InvalidParameters.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "
-}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/MinimumParametersH2.json b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/MinimumParametersH2.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ee2955b9..000000000
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/MinimumParametersH2.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "ControlLoopParticipantGroup",
-    "restServerParameters": {
-        "host": "0.0.0.0",
-        "port": 6969,
-        "userName": "healthcheck",
-        "password": "zb!XztG34",
-        "https": false,
-        "aaf": false
-    },
-    "intermediaryParameters": {
-        "name": "Participant parameters",
-        "reportingTimeInterval": 120000,
-        "description": "Participant Description",
-        "participantId": {
-            "name": "DCAEParticipant0",
-            "version": "1.0.0"
-        },
-        "participantType": {
-            "name": "org.onap.dcae.controlloop.DCAEMicroserviceControlLoopParticipant",
-            "version": "2.3.4"
-        },
-        "clampControlLoopTopics": {
-            "topicSources": [
-                {
-                    "topic": "POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT",
-                    "servers": [
-                        "localhost"
-                    ],
-                    "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap",
-                    "fetchTimeout": 15000
-                }
-            ],
-            "topicSinks": [
-                {
-                    "topic": "POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT",
-                    "servers": [
-                        "localhost"
-                    ],
-                    "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap"
-                },
-                {
-                    "topic": "POLICY-NOTIFICATION",
-                    "servers": [
-                        "localhost"
-                    ],
-                    "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap"
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-    },
-    "databaseProviderParameters": {
-        "name": "PolicyProviderParameterGroup",
-        "implementation": "org.onap.policy.models.provider.impl.DatabasePolicyModelsProviderImpl",
-        "databaseDriver": "org.h2.Driver",
-        "databaseUrl": "jdbc:h2:mem:testdb",
-        "databaseUser": "policy",
-        "databasePassword": "P01icY",
-        "persistenceUnit": "ToscaConceptTest"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/NoParameters.json b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/NoParameters.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a73a41bf..000000000
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/NoParameters.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-{
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/TestParameters.json b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/TestParameters.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 580eea734..000000000
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/TestParameters.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "ControlLoopParticipantGroup",
-    "clampClientParameters": {
-        "clientName": "Clamp",
-        "hostname": "0.0.0.0",
-        "port": 8443,
-        "userName": "admin",
-        "password": "password",
-        "useHttps": true,
-        "allowSelfSignedCerts": false
-    },
-    "consulClientParameters": {
-        "clientName": "Consul",
-        "hostname": "consul",
-        "port": 31321,
-        "userName": "admin",
-        "password": "password",
-        "useHttps": false
-    },
-    "intermediaryParameters": {
-        "name": "Participant parameters",
-        "reportingTimeInterval": 120000,
-        "description": "Participant Description",
-        "participantId": {
-            "name": "DCAEParticipant0",
-            "version": "1.0.0"
-        },
-        "participantType": {
-            "name": "org.onap.dcae.controlloop.DCAEMicroserviceControlLoopParticipant",
-            "version": "2.3.4"
-        },
-        "clampControlLoopTopics": {
-            "topicSources": [
-                {
-                    "topic": "POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT",
-                    "servers": [
-                        "localhost"
-                    ],
-                    "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap",
-                    "fetchTimeout": 15000
-                }
-            ],
-            "topicSinks": [
-                {
-                    "topic": "POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT",
-                    "servers": [
-                        "localhost"
-                    ],
-                    "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap"
-                },
-                {
-                    "topic": "POLICY-NOTIFICATION",
-                    "servers": [
-                        "localhost"
-                    ],
-                    "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap"
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-    },
-    "databaseProviderParameters": {
-        "name": "PolicyProviderParameterGroup",
-        "implementation": "org.onap.policy.models.provider.impl.DatabasePolicyModelsProviderImpl",
-        "databaseDriver": "org.h2.Driver",
-        "databaseUrl": "jdbc:h2:mem:testdb",
-        "databaseUser": "policy",
-        "databasePassword": "P01icY",
-        "persistenceUnit": "ToscaConceptTest"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/TestParametersStd.json b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/TestParametersStd.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 789fc7bbd..000000000
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/TestParametersStd.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "ControlLoopParticipantGroup",
-    "clampClientParameters": {
-        "name": "Clamp",
-        "host": "0.0.0.0",
-        "port": 8443,
-        "userName": "admin",
-        "password": "password",
-        "https": true,
-        "aaf": false
-    },
-    "consulClientParameters": {
-        "name": "Clamp",
-        "host": "consul",
-        "port": 31321,
-        "userName": "admin",
-        "password": "password",
-        "https": false,
-        "aaf": false
-    },
-    "intermediaryParameters": {
-        "name": "Participant parameters",
-        "reportingTimeInterval": 120000,
-        "description": "Participant Description",
-        "participantId": {
-            "name": "DCAEParticipant0",
-            "version": "1.0.0"
-        },
-        "participantType": {
-            "name": "org.onap.dcae.controlloop.DCAEMicroserviceControlLoopParticipant",
-            "version": "2.3.4"
-        },
-        "clampControlLoopTopics": {
-            "topicSources": [
-                {
-                    "topic": "POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT",
-                    "servers": [
-                        "localhost"
-                    ],
-                    "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap",
-                    "fetchTimeout": 15000
-                }
-            ],
-            "topicSinks": [
-                {
-                    "topic": "POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT",
-                    "servers": [
-                        "localhost"
-                    ],
-                    "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap"
-                },
-                {
-                    "topic": "POLICY-NOTIFICATION",
-                    "servers": [
-                        "localhost"
-                    ],
-                    "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap"
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-    },
-    "databaseProviderParameters": {
-        "name": "PolicyProviderParameterGroup",
-        "implementation": "org.onap.policy.models.provider.impl.DatabasePolicyModelsProviderImpl",
-        "databaseDriver": "org.h2.Driver",
-        "databaseUrl": "jdbc:h2:mem:testdb",
-        "databaseUser": "policy",
-        "databasePassword": "P01icY",
-        "persistenceUnit": "ToscaConceptTest"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/Unreadable.json b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/Unreadable.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b918defe4..000000000
--- a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-dcae/src/test/resources/parameters/Unreadable.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "ControlLoopRuntimeGroup",
-    "restServerParameters": {
-        "host": "0.0.0.0",
-        "port": ${port},
-        "userName": "healthcheck",
-        "password": "zb!XztG34",
-        "https": false,
-        "aaf": false
-    },
-    "participantParameters": {
-        "heartBeatMs": 120000,
-        "updateParameters": {
-            "maxRetryCount": 1,
-            "maxWaitMs": 30000
-        },
-        "stateChangeParameters": {
-            "maxRetryCount": 1,
-            "maxWaitMs": 30000
-        }
-    },
-    "databaseProviderParameters": {
-        "name": "PolicyProviderParameterGroup",
-        "implementation": "org.onap.policy.models.provider.impl.DatabasePolicyModelsProviderImpl",
-        "databaseDriver": "org.h2.Driver",
-        "databaseUrl": "${dbName}",
-        "databaseUser": "policy",
-        "databasePassword": "P01icY",
-        "persistenceUnit": "ToscaConceptTest"
-    },
-    "topicParameterGroup": {
-        "topicSources": [
-            {
-                "topic": "POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT",
-                "servers": [
-                    "localhost"
-                ],
-                "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap",
-                "fetchTimeout": 15000
-            }
-        ],
-        "topicSinks": [
-            {
-                "topic": "POLICY-CLRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT",
-                "servers": [
-                    "localhost"
-                ],
-                "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap"
-            },
-            {
-                "topic": "POLICY-NOTIFICATION",
-                "servers": [
-                    "localhost"
-                ],
-                "topicCommInfrastructure": "dmaap"
-            }
-        ]
-    }
-}
-
-