1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CldsReferenceProperties.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CldsReferenceProperties.java
index a8acdee14..c0f7a7286 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CldsReferenceProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CldsReferenceProperties.java
@@ -50,12 +50,20 @@ public class CldsReferenceProperties {
     private String cldsReferenceValuesFile;
 
     @PostConstruct
-    public void loadConfig() throws IOException {
+    public void loadConfiguration() throws IOException {
         prop = new Properties();
         Resource resource = appContext.getResource(cldsReferenceValuesFile);
         prop.load(resource.getInputStream());
     }
 
+    public CldsReferenceProperties(String referenceValuesFile) throws IOException {
+        cldsReferenceValuesFile = referenceValuesFile;
+        loadConfiguration();
+    }
+
+    public CldsReferenceProperties() {
+    }
+
     /**
      * get property value
      *
@@ -105,6 +113,7 @@ public class CldsReferenceProperties {
      */
     public JsonNode getJsonTemplate(String key1, String key2) throws IOException {
         ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
-        return objectMapper.readValue(getStringValue(key1, key2), JsonNode.class);
+        String result = getStringValue(key1, key2);
+        return (result != null) ? objectMapper.readValue(result, JsonNode.class) : null;
     }
 }