Create interfaces for Policy Distribution

Created interfaces and some skeletal implementations. Implememtations to
be further developed in subsequent stories

Change-Id: If55be78e34c8783451cb9aa755a563bc0850e569
Issue-ID: POLICY-1029
Signed-off-by: mmis <michael.morris@ericsson.com>

25 files changed, 1096 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/forwarding/pom.xml b/forwarding/pom.xml
index 741d6772..d2bcc29e 100644
--- a/forwarding/pom.xml
+++ b/forwarding/pom.xml
@@ -30,4 +30,12 @@
 
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>The module of Policy Distribution that forwards policies to other components.</description>
+    
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.distribution</groupId>
+            <artifactId>distribution-model</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/PolicyForwarder.java b/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/PolicyForwarder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5272fc9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/PolicyForwarder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.policy.distribution.model.Policy;
+
+/**
+ * Forwards polices.
+ */
+public interface PolicyForwarder {
+
+    /**
+     * Forward the given policies.
+     * 
+     * @param policies the policies to forward
+     * @throws PolicyForwardingException if an error occurs when forwarding the given policy
+     */
+    void forward(Collection<Policy> policies) throws PolicyForwardingException;
+
+}
diff --git a/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/PolicyForwardingException.java b/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/PolicyForwardingException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c99c5e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forwarding/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/PolicyForwardingException.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 PolicyForwardingException extends Exception {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3866850096319435806L;
+
+    /**
+     * Construct an instance with the given message.
+     * 
+     * @param message the error message
+     */
+    public PolicyForwardingException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct an instance with the given message and cause.
+     * 
+     * @param message the error message
+     * @param cause the cause
+     */
+    public PolicyForwardingException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/forwarding/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/PolicyDecodingExceptionTest.java b/forwarding/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/PolicyDecodingExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b9ed273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forwarding/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/PolicyDecodingExceptionTest.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.forwarding;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class PolicyDecodingExceptionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecodingExceptionString() {
+        PolicyForwardingException policyDecodingException = new PolicyForwardingException("error message");
+        assertEquals("error message", policyDecodingException.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecodingExceptionStringThrowable() {
+        Exception cause = new IllegalArgumentException();
+        PolicyForwardingException policyDecodingException = new PolicyForwardingException("error message", cause);
+        assertEquals("error message", policyDecodingException.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(cause, policyDecodingException.getCause());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/model/pom.xml b/model/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3e26234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/pom.xml
@@ -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=========================================================
+-->
+<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.policy.distribution</groupId>
+        <artifactId>policy-distribution</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>distribution-model</artifactId>
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>[${project.parent.artifactId}] module provides the model for policy distribution</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Csar.java b/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Csar.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d299fce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/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(String csarFilePath) {
+        this.csarFilePath = csarFilePath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the path to the CSAR file.
+     * 
+     * @return the path of the CSAR file
+     */
+    String getCsarPath() {
+        return csarFilePath;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Policy.java b/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Policy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74bc9e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Policy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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 by a {@link PolicyDecoder}.
+ */
+public interface Policy {
+
+    // Add methods for PolicyForwarder to use when composing REST call to PAP
+
+}
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/PolicyInput.java b/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/PolicyInput.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1716503c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/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/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Tosca.java b/model/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/model/Tosca.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7b14c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/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/plugins/forwarding-plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/forwarding-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24985bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/forwarding-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ============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.policy.distribution</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugins</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>forwarding-plugins</artifactId>
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>[${project.parent.artifactId}] module contains plugins for forwarding of policies.</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.distribution</groupId>
+            <artifactId>forwarding</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/pap/engine/XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder.java b/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/pap/engine/XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8691a3ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/pap/engine/XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder.java
@@ -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=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.PolicyForwarder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Policy;
+
+/**
+ * Forwards policies to the XACML PAP Servlet
+ */
+public class XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder implements PolicyForwarder {
+
+    @Override
+    public void forward(Collection<Policy> policies) {
+        // Send policies to PAP using common/policy-endpoints
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index 0776f2fb..a7077de9 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -31,4 +31,9 @@
     <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>forwarding-plugins</module>
+        <module>reception-plugins</module>
+    </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/reception-plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/reception-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ac93083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/reception-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ============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.policy.distribution</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugins</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>reception-plugins</artifactId>
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>[${project.parent.artifactId}] module contains plugins for reception of policies.</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.distribution</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reception</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/pdpx/PdpxPolicy.java b/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/pdpx/PdpxPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14d686be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/pdpx/PdpxPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.pdpx;
+
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PolicyDecoder;
+
+/**
+ * A PDP-X Policy, decoded by a {@link PolicyDecoder}
+ */
+public class PdpxPolicy implements Policy {
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/pdpx/PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx.java b/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/pdpx/PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa993579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/pdpx/PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx.java
@@ -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=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.PolicyInput;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Tosca;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PolicyDecoder;
+
+/**
+ * Decodes PDP-X policies from a TOSCA file.
+ */
+public class PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx implements PolicyDecoder<Tosca, PdpxPolicy> {
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<PdpxPolicy> decode(Tosca tosca) {
+        // Add logic for generating the policies from the TOSCA
+        return Collections.emptySet();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean canHandle(PolicyInput policyInput) {
+        return policyInput.getClass().isAssignableFrom(Tosca.class);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandler.java b/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..494f47f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/reception-plugins/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/sdc/SdcReceptionHandler.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.handling.sdc;
+
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.AbstractReceptionHandler;
+
+/**
+ * Handles reception of inputs from ONAP Service Design and Creation (SDC) from which policies may
+ * be decoded.
+ */
+public class SdcReceptionHandler extends AbstractReceptionHandler {
+
+    @Override
+    protected void initializeReception(String parameterGroupName) {
+        // Set up subscription to SDC
+    }
+
+    // Add functionality for receiving SDC distibutions and invoking AbstractReceptionHandler
+    // inputReceived()
+
+    @Override
+    public void destroy() {
+        // Tear down subscription etc
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 94ebc28b..1107c618 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     <description>Code that implements our integration with SDC service distribution API.</description>
 
     <modules>
+        <module>model</module>
         <module>main</module>
         <module>reception</module>
         <module>forwarding</module>
diff --git a/reception/pom.xml b/reception/pom.xml
index 4fdd1f38..7d8040d2 100644
--- a/reception/pom.xml
+++ b/reception/pom.xml
@@ -30,4 +30,17 @@
 
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>The module of Policy Distribution that handles reception of policies from other systems.</description>
+    
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.distribution</groupId>
+            <artifactId>distribution-model</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.distribution</groupId>
+            <artifactId>forwarding</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecoder.java b/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8306b630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.PolicyInput;
+
+/**
+ * Decodes polices from a given input.
+ *
+ * @param <T> the type of policy that will be created
+ * @param <S> the type of input to be decoded
+ */
+public interface PolicyDecoder<S extends PolicyInput, T extends Policy> {
+
+    /**
+     * Can the decoder handle input of the specified type.
+     * 
+     * @param policyInput the type
+     * @return <code>true</code if the decoder can handle the specified type
+     */
+    boolean canHandle(PolicyInput policyInput);
+
+    /**
+     * Decode policies from the given input
+     * 
+     * @param input the input
+     * @return the generated policies
+     * @throws PolicyDecodingException if an error occurs during decoding
+     */
+    Collection<T> decode(S input) throws PolicyDecodingException;
+
+}
diff --git a/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecodingException.java b/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecodingException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f2923d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/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/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/AbstractReceptionHandler.java b/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/AbstractReceptionHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f728fc33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/AbstractReceptionHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.PolicyForwarder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.PolicyForwardingException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.PolicyInput;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PolicyDecoder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PolicyDecodingException;
+import org.slf4j.ext.XLogger;
+import org.slf4j.ext.XLoggerFactory;
+
+/***
+ * 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 XLogger LOGGER = XLoggerFactory.getXLogger(AbstractReceptionHandler.class);
+
+    private PluginHandler pluginHandler;
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(String parameterGroupName) {
+        pluginHandler = new PluginHandler(parameterGroupName);
+        initializeReception(parameterGroupName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 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
+     */
+    protected abstract void initializeReception(String parameterGroupName);
+
+    /**
+     * Handle input that has been received. The given input shall be decoded using the
+     * {@link PolicyDecoder}s configured for this reception handler and forwarded using the
+     * {@link PolicyForwarder}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(PolicyInput policyInput) throws PolicyDecodingException {
+
+        Collection<Policy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy> policyDecoder : getRelevantPolicyDecoders(policyInput)) {
+            policies.addAll(policyDecoder.decode(policyInput));
+        }
+
+        for (PolicyForwarder policyForwarder : pluginHandler.getPolicyForwarders()) {
+            try {
+                policyForwarder.forward(policies);
+            } catch (PolicyForwardingException policyForwardingException) {
+                LOGGER.error("Error when forwarding policies to " + policyForwarder, policyForwardingException);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Collection<PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy>> getRelevantPolicyDecoders(PolicyInput policyInput)
+            throws PolicyDecodingException {
+        Collection<PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy>> relevantPolicyDecoders = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy> policyDecoder : pluginHandler.getPolicyDecoders()) {
+            if (policyDecoder.canHandle(policyInput)) {
+                relevantPolicyDecoders.add(policyDecoder);
+            }
+        }
+        if (relevantPolicyDecoders.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new PolicyDecodingException("No decoder available matching requirements");
+        }
+        return relevantPolicyDecoders;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/PluginHandler.java b/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/PluginHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d10fe0b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/PluginHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.Collection;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.PolicyForwarder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.PolicyInput;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PolicyDecoder;
+
+/**
+ * Handles the plugins to policy distribution.
+ */
+public class PluginHandler {
+
+    private Collection<PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy>> policyDecoders;
+    private Collection<PolicyForwarder> policyForwarders;
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance to instantiate plugins based on the given parameter group.
+     * 
+     * @param parameterGroupName the name of the parameter group
+     */
+    public PluginHandler(String parameterGroupName) {
+        // Read configuration using common/common-parameters and instantiate decoders and forwarders
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the policy decoders.
+     * 
+     * @return the policy decoders
+     */
+    public Collection<PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy>> getPolicyDecoders() {
+        return policyDecoders;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the policy forwarders.
+     * 
+     * @return the policy forwarders
+     */
+    public Collection<PolicyForwarder> getPolicyForwarders() {
+        return policyForwarders;
+    }
+
+
+
+}
diff --git a/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/ReceptionHandler.java b/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/ReceptionHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85cc1db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reception/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/ReceptionHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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;
+
+/**
+ * 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
+     */
+    void initialize(String parameterGroupName);
+
+    /**
+     * Destroy the reception handler, removing any subscriptions and releasing all resources
+     */
+    void destroy();
+
+}
diff --git a/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecodingExceptionTest.java b/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecodingExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eba19503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/decoding/PolicyDecodingExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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() {
+        PolicyDecodingException policyDecodingException = new PolicyDecodingException("error message");
+        assertEquals("error message", policyDecodingException.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecodingExceptionStringThrowable() {
+        Exception cause = new IllegalArgumentException();
+        PolicyDecodingException policyDecodingException = new PolicyDecodingException("error message", cause);
+        assertEquals("error message", policyDecodingException.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(cause, policyDecodingException.getCause());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/AbstractReceptionHandlerTest.java b/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/AbstractReceptionHandlerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f033eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reception/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/reception/handling/AbstractReceptionHandlerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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 static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.PolicyForwarder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.PolicyForwardingException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.PolicyInput;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PolicyDecoder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PolicyDecodingException;
+
+public class AbstractReceptionHandlerTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInputReceived() throws PolicyDecodingException, NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException,
+            IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+        AbstractReceptionHandler handler = new DummyReceptionHandler();
+
+        Policy generatedPolicy1 = new DummyPolicy1();
+        Policy generatedPolicy2 = new DummyPolicy2();
+
+        PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy> policyDecoder1 =
+                new DummyDecoder(true, Collections.singletonList(generatedPolicy1));
+        PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy> policyDecoder2 =
+                new DummyDecoder(true, Collections.singletonList(generatedPolicy2));
+
+        Collection<PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy>> policyDecoders = new ArrayList<>();
+        policyDecoders.add(policyDecoder1);
+        policyDecoders.add(policyDecoder2);
+
+        DummyPolicyForwarder policyForwarder1 = new DummyPolicyForwarder();
+        DummyPolicyForwarder policyForwarder2 = new DummyPolicyForwarder();
+
+        Collection<PolicyForwarder> policyForwarders = new ArrayList<>();
+        policyForwarders.add(policyForwarder1);
+        policyForwarders.add(policyForwarder2);
+
+        setUpPlugins(handler, policyDecoders, policyForwarders);
+
+        handler.inputReceived(new DummyPolicyInput());
+
+        assertEquals(2, policyForwarder1.getNumberOfPoliciesReceived());
+        assertTrue(policyForwarder1.receivedPolicy(generatedPolicy1));
+        assertTrue(policyForwarder1.receivedPolicy(generatedPolicy2));
+        assertEquals(2, policyForwarder2.getNumberOfPoliciesReceived());
+        assertTrue(policyForwarder2.receivedPolicy(generatedPolicy1));
+        assertTrue(policyForwarder2.receivedPolicy(generatedPolicy2));
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = PolicyDecodingException.class)
+    public void testInputReceivedNoSupportingDecoder() throws PolicyDecodingException, NoSuchFieldException,
+            SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+        AbstractReceptionHandler handler = new DummyReceptionHandler();
+
+        PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy> policyDecoder = new DummyDecoder(false, Collections.emptyList());
+        DummyPolicyForwarder policyForwarder = new DummyPolicyForwarder();
+        setUpPlugins(handler, Collections.singleton(policyDecoder), Collections.singleton(policyForwarder));
+
+        handler.inputReceived(new DummyPolicyInput());
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = PolicyDecodingException.class)
+    public void testInputReceivedNoDecoder() throws PolicyDecodingException, NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException,
+            IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+        AbstractReceptionHandler handler = new DummyReceptionHandler();
+
+        DummyPolicyForwarder policyForwarder = new DummyPolicyForwarder();
+        setUpPlugins(handler, Collections.emptySet(), Collections.singleton(policyForwarder));
+
+        handler.inputReceived(new DummyPolicyInput());
+    }
+
+    class DummyReceptionHandler extends AbstractReceptionHandler {
+        @Override
+        protected void initializeReception(String parameterGroupName) {}
+
+        @Override
+        public void destroy() {}
+    }
+
+    class DummyPolicyInput implements PolicyInput {
+    }
+    class DummyPolicy1 implements Policy {
+    }
+    class DummyPolicy2 implements Policy {
+    }
+
+    public class DummyDecoder implements PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy> {
+
+        private boolean canHandleValue;
+        private Collection<Policy> policesToReturn;
+
+        public DummyDecoder(boolean canHandleValue, Collection<Policy> policesToReturn) {
+            this.canHandleValue = canHandleValue;
+            this.policesToReturn = policesToReturn;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean canHandle(PolicyInput policyInput) {
+            return canHandleValue;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Collection<Policy> decode(PolicyInput input) throws PolicyDecodingException {
+            return policesToReturn;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class DummyPolicyForwarder implements PolicyForwarder {
+        private int numberOfPoliciesReceived = 0;
+        private Collection<Policy> policiesReceived = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        @Override
+        public void forward(Collection<Policy> policies) throws PolicyForwardingException {
+            numberOfPoliciesReceived += policies.size();
+            policiesReceived.addAll(policies);
+        }
+
+        public int getNumberOfPoliciesReceived() {
+            return numberOfPoliciesReceived;
+        }
+
+        public boolean receivedPolicy(Policy policy) {
+            return policiesReceived.contains(policy);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Only needed until code is added for instantiating plugins from paramater file
+     */
+    private void setUpPlugins(AbstractReceptionHandler receptionHandler,
+            Collection<PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy>> decoders, Collection<PolicyForwarder> forwarders)
+            throws NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+        PluginHandler pluginHandler = new PluginHandler("");
+
+        Field decodersField = pluginHandler.getClass().getDeclaredField("policyDecoders");
+        decodersField.setAccessible(true);
+        decodersField.set(pluginHandler, decoders);
+
+        Field forwardersField = pluginHandler.getClass().getDeclaredField("policyForwarders");
+        forwardersField.setAccessible(true);
+        forwardersField.set(pluginHandler, forwarders);
+
+        Field pluginHandlerField = AbstractReceptionHandler.class.getDeclaredField("pluginHandler");
+        pluginHandlerField.setAccessible(true);
+        pluginHandlerField.set(receptionHandler, pluginHandler);
+    }
+
+}