1 files changed, 22 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/integrity-monitor/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/common/im/StateChangeNotifier.java b/integrity-monitor/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/common/im/StateChangeNotifier.java
index a678319f..eee3a9ef 100644
--- a/integrity-monitor/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/common/im/StateChangeNotifier.java
+++ b/integrity-monitor/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/common/im/StateChangeNotifier.java
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
  * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
  * Integrity Monitor
  * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2017, 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. 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.
@@ -20,22 +20,19 @@
 
 package org.onap.policy.common.im;
 
-import java.util.Observable;
-import java.util.Observer;
-
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-/* 
+/*
  * This is implementing the Observer interface to make it specific for
  * state management.
- * 
- * It saves the StateManagement object and a String message that is 
- * passed in when notifyObservers is called by the Observable 
- * host class. 
- * 
- * It provides an abstract method for handling the state change 
- * so this class must be overwritten and made concrete for the 
- * Observer who is monitoring the state changes. 
+ *
+ * It saves the StateManagement object and a String message that is
+ * passed in when notifyObservers is called by the Observable
+ * host class.
+ *
+ * It provides an abstract method for handling the state change
+ * so this class must be overwritten and made concrete for the
+ * Observer who is monitoring the state changes.
  */
 
 
@@ -46,19 +43,23 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
  * StateManagement class.
  *
  */
-public class StateChangeNotifier implements Observer {
+public class StateChangeNotifier {
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StateChangeNotifier.class);
     // The observable class
     StateManagement stateManagement;
 
     // A string argument passed by the observable class when
-    // Observable:notifyObservers(Object arg) is called
+    // StateManagement:notifyObservers(String changed) is called
     String message;
 
-    @Override
-    public void update(Observable observable, Object arg) {
-        this.stateManagement = (StateManagement) observable;
-        this.message = (String) arg;
+    /**
+     * Invoked to indicate that something observed by this notifier has changed.
+     * @param observable    item that has changed
+     * @param changed       message indicating what change was made
+     */
+    public void update(StateManagement observable, String changed) {
+        this.stateManagement = observable;
+        this.message = changed;
         handleStateChange();
     }