Adding configuration parameters for distribution

* Adding main configuration parameters to distribution component. The
  intention is to define a top level parameter group that should be
  capable of handling all the parameters needed for the framework.
* Added validation to check the actuall class by loading it from
  classpath.
* Added Test Cases for configuration parameter. The coverage of
  the package is 95.3 %.

Change-Id: I87c4c34d9df2c9b5a0ab75bef2bbe0d25e38747b
Issue-ID: POLICY-1035
Signed-off-by: ramverma <ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com>

30 files changed, 1854 insertions, 188 deletions

diff --git a/main/pom.xml b/main/pom.xml
index 1084f937..468f3fea 100644
--- a/main/pom.xml
+++ b/main/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.distribution</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reception-plugins</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.distribution</groupId>
+            <artifactId>forwarding-plugins</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
             <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
             <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/DistributionParameterGroup.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/DistributionParameterGroup.java
index f4180e01..d84d4c4b 100644
--- a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/DistributionParameterGroup.java
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/DistributionParameterGroup.java
@@ -5,40 +5,51 @@
  * 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.main.parameters;
 
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
 import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
 import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
 
+/**
+ * Class to hold all parameters needed for Distribution component.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
 public class DistributionParameterGroup implements ParameterGroup {
     private String name;
+    private Map<String, ReceptionHandlerParameters> receptionHandlerParameters;
 
     /**
      * Create the distribution parameter group.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param name the parameter group name
      */
-    public DistributionParameterGroup(final String name) {
+    public DistributionParameterGroup(final String name,
+            final Map<String, ReceptionHandlerParameters> receptionHandlerParameters) {
         this.name = name;
+        this.receptionHandlerParameters = receptionHandlerParameters;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return the name of this parameter group instance
-     * 
+     * Return the name of this parameter group instance.
+     *
      * @return name the parameter group name
      */
     @Override
@@ -47,18 +58,44 @@ public class DistributionParameterGroup implements ParameterGroup {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Validate the parameter group
-     * 
+     * Return the receptionHandlerParameters of this parameter group instance.
+     *
+     * @return the receptionHandlerParameters
+     */
+    public Map<String, ReceptionHandlerParameters> getReceptionHandlerParameters() {
+        return receptionHandlerParameters;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the parameter group.
+     *
      * @return the result of the validation
      */
     @Override
     public GroupValidationResult validate() {
-        GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
-
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
         if (name == null || name.trim().length() == 0) {
             validationResult.setResult("name", ValidationStatus.INVALID, "must be a non-blank string");
+        } else {
+            validateReceptionHandlers(validationResult);
         }
-        
         return validationResult;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the reception handlers.
+     *
+     */
+    private void validateReceptionHandlers(final GroupValidationResult validationResult) {
+        if (receptionHandlerParameters == null || receptionHandlerParameters.size() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("receptionHandlerParameters", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must have at least one reception handler");
+        } else {
+            for (final Entry<String, ReceptionHandlerParameters> nestedGroupEntry : receptionHandlerParameters
+                    .entrySet()) {
+                validationResult.setResult("receptionHandlerParameters", nestedGroupEntry.getKey(),
+                        nestedGroupEntry.getValue().validate());
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/PluginHandlerParameters.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/PluginHandlerParameters.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39479131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/PluginHandlerParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.main.parameters;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold all the plugin handler parameters.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class PluginHandlerParameters implements ParameterGroup {
+
+    private Map<String, PolicyDecoderParameters> policyDecoders;
+    private Map<String, PolicyForwarderParameters> policyForwarders;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating PluginHandlerParameters.
+     *
+     * @param policyDecoders the map of policy decoders
+     * @param policyForwarders the map of policy forwarders
+     */
+    public PluginHandlerParameters(final Map<String, PolicyDecoderParameters> policyDecoders,
+            final Map<String, PolicyForwarderParameters> policyForwarders) {
+        this.policyDecoders = policyDecoders;
+        this.policyForwarders = policyForwarders;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the policyDecoders of this PluginHandlerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the policyDecoders
+     */
+    public Map<String, PolicyDecoderParameters> getPolicyDecoders() {
+        return policyDecoders;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the policyForwarders of this PluginHandlerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the policyForwarders
+     */
+    public Map<String, PolicyForwarderParameters> getPolicyForwarders() {
+        return policyForwarders;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the plugin handler parameters.
+     *
+     */
+    @Override
+    public GroupValidationResult validate() {
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
+        if (policyDecoders == null || policyDecoders.size() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("policyDecoders", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must have at least one policy decoder");
+        } else {
+            for (final Entry<String, PolicyDecoderParameters> nestedGroupEntry : policyDecoders.entrySet()) {
+                validationResult.setResult("policyDecoders", nestedGroupEntry.getKey(),
+                        nestedGroupEntry.getValue().validate());
+            }
+        }
+        if (policyForwarders == null || policyForwarders.size() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("policyForwarders", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must have at least one policy forwarder");
+        } else {
+            for (final Entry<String, PolicyForwarderParameters> nestedGroupEntry : policyForwarders.entrySet()) {
+                validationResult.setResult("policyForwarders", nestedGroupEntry.getKey(),
+                        nestedGroupEntry.getValue().validate());
+            }
+        }
+        return validationResult;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/PolicyDecoderParameters.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/PolicyDecoderParameters.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8020479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/PolicyDecoderParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.main.parameters;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold all the policy decoder parameters.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class PolicyDecoderParameters implements ParameterGroup {
+    private String decoderType;
+    private String decoderClassName;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating PolicyDecoderParameters.
+     *
+     * @param decoderType the policy decoder type
+     * @param decoderClassName the policy decoder class name
+     */
+    public PolicyDecoderParameters(final String decoderType, final String decoderClassName) {
+        this.decoderType = decoderType;
+        this.decoderClassName = decoderClassName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the decoderType of this PolicyDecoderParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the decoderType
+     */
+    public String getDecoderType() {
+        return decoderType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the decoderClassName of this PolicyDecoderParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the decoderClassName
+     */
+    public String getDecoderClassName() {
+        return decoderClassName;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the policy decoder parameters.
+     *
+     */
+    @Override
+    public GroupValidationResult validate() {
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
+        if (decoderType == null || decoderType.trim().length() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("decoderType", ValidationStatus.INVALID, "must be a non-blank string");
+        }
+        if (decoderClassName == null || decoderClassName.trim().length() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("decoderClassName", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the decoder");
+        } else {
+            validatePolicyDecoderClass(validationResult);
+        }
+        return validationResult;
+    }
+
+    private void validatePolicyDecoderClass(final GroupValidationResult validationResult) {
+        try {
+            Class.forName(decoderClassName);
+        } catch (final ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            validationResult.setResult("decoderClassName", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "policy decoder class not found in classpath");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/PolicyForwarderParameters.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/PolicyForwarderParameters.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49ad1c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/PolicyForwarderParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.main.parameters;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold all the policy forwarder parameters.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class PolicyForwarderParameters implements ParameterGroup {
+    private String forwarderType;
+    private String forwarderClassName;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating PolicyForwarderParameters.
+     *
+     * @param forwarderType the policy forwarder type
+     * @param forwarderClassName the policy forwarder class name
+     */
+    public PolicyForwarderParameters(final String forwarderType, final String forwarderClassName) {
+        this.forwarderType = forwarderType;
+        this.forwarderClassName = forwarderClassName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the forwarderType of this PolicyForwarderParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the forwarderType
+     */
+    public String getForwarderType() {
+        return forwarderType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the forwarderClassName of this PolicyForwarderParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the forwarderClassName
+     */
+    public String getForwarderClassName() {
+        return forwarderClassName;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the policy forwarder parameters.
+     *
+     */
+    @Override
+    public GroupValidationResult validate() {
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
+        if (forwarderType == null || forwarderType.trim().length() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("forwarderType", ValidationStatus.INVALID, "must be a non-blank string");
+        }
+        if (forwarderClassName == null || forwarderClassName.trim().length() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("forwarderClassName", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the forwarder");
+        } else {
+            validatePolicyForwarderClass(validationResult);
+        }
+        return validationResult;
+    }
+
+    private void validatePolicyForwarderClass(final GroupValidationResult validationResult) {
+        try {
+            Class.forName(forwarderClassName);
+        } catch (final ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            validationResult.setResult("forwarderClassName", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "policy forwarder class not found in classpath");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/ReceptionHandlerParameters.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/ReceptionHandlerParameters.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3c2c16c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/ReceptionHandlerParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.main.parameters;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold all the reception handler parameters.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class ReceptionHandlerParameters implements ParameterGroup {
+    private String receptionHandlerType;
+    private String receptionHandlerClassName;
+    private PluginHandlerParameters pluginHandlerParameters;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating ReceptionHandlerParameters.
+     *
+     * @param receptionHandlerType the reception handler type
+     * @param receptionHandlerClassName the reception handler class name
+     * @param pluginHandlerParameters the plugin handler parameters
+     */
+    public ReceptionHandlerParameters(final String receptionHandlerType, final String receptionHandlerClassName,
+            final PluginHandlerParameters pluginHandlerParameters) {
+        this.receptionHandlerType = receptionHandlerType;
+        this.receptionHandlerClassName = receptionHandlerClassName;
+        this.pluginHandlerParameters = pluginHandlerParameters;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the receptionHandlerType of this ReceptionHandlerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the receptionHandlerType
+     */
+    public String getReceptionHandlerType() {
+        return receptionHandlerType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the receptionHandlerClassName of this ReceptionHandlerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the receptionHandlerClassName
+     */
+    public String getReceptionHandlerClassName() {
+        return receptionHandlerClassName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the pluginHandlerParameters of this ReceptionHandlerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the pluginHandlerParameters
+     */
+    public PluginHandlerParameters getPluginHandlerParameters() {
+        return pluginHandlerParameters;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the reception handler parameters.
+     *
+     */
+    @Override
+    public GroupValidationResult validate() {
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
+        if (receptionHandlerType == null || receptionHandlerType.trim().length() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("receptionHandlerType", ValidationStatus.INVALID, "must be a non-blank string");
+        }
+        if (receptionHandlerClassName == null || receptionHandlerClassName.trim().length() == 0) {
+            validationResult.setResult("receptionHandlerClassName", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the reception handler");
+        } else {
+            validateReceptionHandlerClass(validationResult);
+        }
+        if (pluginHandlerParameters == null) {
+            validationResult.setResult("pluginHandlerParameters", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must have a plugin handler");
+        } else {
+            validationResult.setResult("pluginHandlerParameters", pluginHandlerParameters.validate());
+        }
+        return validationResult;
+    }
+
+    private void validateReceptionHandlerClass(final GroupValidationResult validationResult) {
+        try {
+            Class.forName(receptionHandlerClassName);
+        } catch (final ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            validationResult.setResult("receptionHandlerClassName", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "reception handler class not found in classpath");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/CommonTestData.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/CommonTestData.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..953fa7b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/CommonTestData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.main.parameters;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold/create all parameters for test cases.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class CommonTestData {
+
+    public static final String decoderType = "TOSCA";
+    public static final String decoderClassName =
+            "org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx";
+    public static final String forwarderType = "PAPEngine";
+    public static final String forwarderClassName =
+            "org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder";
+    public static final String receptionHandlerType = "SDCReceptionHandler";
+    public static final String receptionHandlerClassName =
+            "org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler";
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an instance of ReceptionHandlerParameters for test cases.
+     *
+     * @param isEmpty boolean value to represent that object created should be empty or not
+     * @return the receptionHandlerParameters object
+     */
+    public Map<String, ReceptionHandlerParameters> getReceptionHandlerParameters(final boolean isEmpty) {
+        final Map<String, ReceptionHandlerParameters> receptionHandlerParameters =
+                new HashMap<String, ReceptionHandlerParameters>();
+        if (!isEmpty) {
+            final Map<String, PolicyDecoderParameters> policyDecoders = getPolicyDecoders(isEmpty);
+            final Map<String, PolicyForwarderParameters> policyForwarders = getPolicyForwarders(isEmpty);
+            final String receptionHandlerType = "SDC";
+            final String receptionHandlerClassName =
+                    "org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler";
+            final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = new PluginHandlerParameters(policyDecoders, policyForwarders);
+            final ReceptionHandlerParameters rhParameters =
+                    new ReceptionHandlerParameters(receptionHandlerType, receptionHandlerClassName, pHParameters);
+            receptionHandlerParameters.put("SDCReceptionHandler", rhParameters);
+        }
+        return receptionHandlerParameters;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an instance of PluginHandlerParameters for test cases.
+     *
+     * @param isEmpty boolean value to represent that object created should be empty or not
+     * @return the pluginHandlerParameters object
+     */
+    public PluginHandlerParameters getPluginHandlerParameters(final boolean isEmpty) {
+        final Map<String, PolicyDecoderParameters> policyDecoders = getPolicyDecoders(isEmpty);
+        final Map<String, PolicyForwarderParameters> policyForwarders = getPolicyForwarders(isEmpty);
+        final PluginHandlerParameters pluginHandlerParameters =
+                new PluginHandlerParameters(policyDecoders, policyForwarders);
+        return pluginHandlerParameters;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an instance of PolicyForwarderParameters for test cases.
+     *
+     * @param isEmpty boolean value to represent that object created should be empty or not
+     * @return the policyForwarders object
+     */
+    public Map<String, PolicyForwarderParameters> getPolicyForwarders(final boolean isEmpty) {
+        final Map<String, PolicyForwarderParameters> policyForwarders =
+                new HashMap<String, PolicyForwarderParameters>();
+        if (!isEmpty) {
+            final String forwarderType = "PAPEngine";
+            final String forwarderClassName =
+                    "org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder";
+            final PolicyForwarderParameters pFParameters =
+                    new PolicyForwarderParameters(forwarderType, forwarderClassName);
+            policyForwarders.put("PAPEngineForwarder", pFParameters);
+        }
+        return policyForwarders;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an instance of PolicyDecoderParameters for test cases.
+     *
+     * @param isEmpty boolean value to represent that object created should be empty or not
+     * @return the policyDecoders object
+     */
+    public Map<String, PolicyDecoderParameters> getPolicyDecoders(final boolean isEmpty) {
+        final Map<String, PolicyDecoderParameters> policyDecoders = new HashMap<String, PolicyDecoderParameters>();
+        if (!isEmpty) {
+            final PolicyDecoderParameters pDParameters = new PolicyDecoderParameters(decoderType, decoderClassName);
+            policyDecoders.put("TOSCADecoder", pDParameters);
+        }
+        return policyDecoders;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestDistributionParameterGroup.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestDistributionParameterGroup.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cce432dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestDistributionParameterGroup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.main.parameters;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of DistributionParameterGroup.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class TestDistributionParameterGroup {
+    CommonTestData commonTestData = new CommonTestData();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup() {
+        final String name = "SDCDistributionGroup";
+        final Map<String, ReceptionHandlerParameters> receptionHandlerParameters =
+                commonTestData.getReceptionHandlerParameters(false);
+
+        final DistributionParameterGroup distributionParameters =
+                new DistributionParameterGroup(name, receptionHandlerParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = distributionParameters.validate();
+        assertTrue(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertEquals(name, distributionParameters.getName());
+        assertEquals(receptionHandlerParameters.get("SDCReceptionHandler").getReceptionHandlerType(),
+                distributionParameters.getReceptionHandlerParameters().get("SDCReceptionHandler")
+                        .getReceptionHandlerType());
+        assertEquals(receptionHandlerParameters.get("SDCReceptionHandler").getReceptionHandlerClassName(),
+                distributionParameters.getReceptionHandlerParameters().get("SDCReceptionHandler")
+                        .getReceptionHandlerClassName());
+        assertEquals(receptionHandlerParameters.get("SDCReceptionHandler").getPluginHandlerParameters(),
+                distributionParameters.getReceptionHandlerParameters().get("SDCReceptionHandler")
+                        .getPluginHandlerParameters());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_NullName() {
+        final Map<String, ReceptionHandlerParameters> receptionHandlerParameters =
+                commonTestData.getReceptionHandlerParameters(false);
+
+        final DistributionParameterGroup distributionParameters =
+                new DistributionParameterGroup(null, receptionHandlerParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = distributionParameters.validate();
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertEquals(null, distributionParameters.getName());
+        assertEquals(receptionHandlerParameters.get("SDCReceptionHandler").getReceptionHandlerType(),
+                distributionParameters.getReceptionHandlerParameters().get("SDCReceptionHandler")
+                        .getReceptionHandlerType());
+        assertEquals(receptionHandlerParameters.get("SDCReceptionHandler").getReceptionHandlerClassName(),
+                distributionParameters.getReceptionHandlerParameters().get("SDCReceptionHandler")
+                        .getReceptionHandlerClassName());
+        assertEquals(receptionHandlerParameters.get("SDCReceptionHandler").getPluginHandlerParameters(),
+                distributionParameters.getReceptionHandlerParameters().get("SDCReceptionHandler")
+                        .getPluginHandlerParameters());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains(
+                "field \"name\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"null\" INVALID, " + "must be a non-blank string"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_EmptyName() {
+        final Map<String, ReceptionHandlerParameters> receptionHandlerParameters =
+                commonTestData.getReceptionHandlerParameters(false);
+
+        final DistributionParameterGroup distributionParameters =
+                new DistributionParameterGroup("", receptionHandlerParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = distributionParameters.validate();
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertEquals("", distributionParameters.getName());
+        assertEquals(receptionHandlerParameters.get("SDCReceptionHandler").getReceptionHandlerType(),
+                distributionParameters.getReceptionHandlerParameters().get("SDCReceptionHandler")
+                        .getReceptionHandlerType());
+        assertEquals(receptionHandlerParameters.get("SDCReceptionHandler").getReceptionHandlerClassName(),
+                distributionParameters.getReceptionHandlerParameters().get("SDCReceptionHandler")
+                        .getReceptionHandlerClassName());
+        assertEquals(receptionHandlerParameters.get("SDCReceptionHandler").getPluginHandlerParameters(),
+                distributionParameters.getReceptionHandlerParameters().get("SDCReceptionHandler")
+                        .getPluginHandlerParameters());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains(
+                "field \"name\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"\" INVALID, " + "must be a non-blank string"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_NullReceptionHandlerParameters() {
+        final String name = "SDCDistributionGroup";
+        try {
+            final DistributionParameterGroup distributionParameters = new DistributionParameterGroup(name, null);
+            distributionParameters.validate();
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("map parameter \"receptionHandlerParameters\" is null"));
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_EmptyReceptionHandlerParameters() {
+        final String name = "SDCDistributionGroup";
+        final Map<String, ReceptionHandlerParameters> receptionHandlerParameters =
+                commonTestData.getReceptionHandlerParameters(true);
+        try {
+            final DistributionParameterGroup distributionParameters =
+                    new DistributionParameterGroup(name, receptionHandlerParameters);
+            distributionParameters.validate();
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("parameter not a regular parameter: receptionHandlerParameters"));
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestDistributionParameterHandler.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestDistributionParameterHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57610b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestDistributionParameterHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.main.parameters;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.main.PolicyDistributionException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.main.startstop.DistributionCommandLineArguments;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of DistributionParameterHandler.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class TestDistributionParameterHandler {
+    @Test
+    public void testParameterHandlerNoParameterFile() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] noArgumentString = { "-c", "parameters/NoParameterFile.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments noArguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        noArguments.parse(noArgumentString);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(noArguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("FileNotFoundException"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParameterHandlerEmptyParameters() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] emptyArgumentString = { "-c", "parameters/EmptyParameters.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments emptyArguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        emptyArguments.parse(emptyArgumentString);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(emptyArguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertEquals("no parameters found in \"parameters/EmptyParameters.json\"", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParameterHandlerBadParameters() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] badArgumentString = { "-c", "parameters/BadParameters.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments badArguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        badArguments.parse(badArgumentString);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(badArguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertEquals("error reading parameters from \"parameters/BadParameters.json\"\n"
+                    + "(JsonSyntaxException):java.lang.IllegalStateException: "
+                    + "Expected a string but was BEGIN_ARRAY at line 2 column 15 path $.name", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParameterHandlerInvalidParameters() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] invalidArgumentString = { "-c", "parameters/InvalidParameters.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments invalidArguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        invalidArguments.parse(invalidArgumentString);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(invalidArguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertEquals("error reading parameters from \"parameters/InvalidParameters.json\"\n"
+                    + "(JsonSyntaxException):java.lang.IllegalStateException: "
+                    + "Expected a string but was BEGIN_ARRAY at line 2 column 15 path $.name", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParameterHandlerNoParameters() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] noArgumentString = { "-c", "parameters/NoParameters.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments noArguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        noArguments.parse(noArgumentString);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(noArguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertEquals("map parameter \"receptionHandlerParameters\" is null", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParameterHandlerMinumumParameters() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] minArgumentString = { "-c", "parameters/MinimumParameters.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments minArguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        minArguments.parse(minArgumentString);
+
+        final DistributionParameterGroup parGroup = new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(minArguments);
+        assertEquals("SDCDistributionGroup", parGroup.getName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters = { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        final DistributionParameterGroup parGroup = new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+        assertEquals("SDCDistributionGroup", parGroup.getName());
+        assertEquals("SDC",
+                parGroup.getReceptionHandlerParameters().get("SDCReceptionHandler").getReceptionHandlerType());
+        assertEquals("TOSCA", parGroup.getReceptionHandlerParameters().get("SDCReceptionHandler")
+                .getPluginHandlerParameters().getPolicyDecoders().get("TOSCADecoder").getDecoderType());
+        assertEquals("PAPEngine", parGroup.getReceptionHandlerParameters().get("SDCReceptionHandler")
+                .getPluginHandlerParameters().getPolicyForwarders().get("PAPEngineForwarder").getForwarderType());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_InvalidName() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidName.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains(
+                    "field \"name\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \" \" INVALID, must be a non-blank string"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_InvalidReceptionHandlerType() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidReceptionHandlerType.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage()
+                    .contains("field \"receptionHandlerType\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \" \" INVALID, "
+                            + "must be a non-blank string"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_InvalidPolicyDecoderType() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyDecoderType.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains(
+                    "field \"decoderType\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \" \" INVALID, must be a non-blank string"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_InvalidPolicyForwarderType() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyForwarderType.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("field \"forwarderType\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \" \" INVALID, "
+                    + "must be a non-blank string"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_NoReceptionHandler() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_NoReceptionHandler.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("map parameter \"receptionHandlerParameters\" is null"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_EmptyReceptionHandler() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_EmptyReceptionHandler.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("parameter not a regular parameter: receptionHandlerParameters"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_NoPolicyDecoder() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_NoPolicyDecoder.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("map parameter \"policyDecoders\" is null"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_NoPolicyForwarder() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_NoPolicyForwarder.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("map parameter \"policyForwarders\" is null"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_EmptyPolicyDecoder() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_EmptyPolicyDecoder.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("parameter not a regular parameter: policyDecoders"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_EmptyPolicyForwarder() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_EmptyPolicyForwarder.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("parameter not a regular parameter: policyForwarders"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_InvalidReceptionHandlerClass() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidReceptionHandlerClass.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("reception handler class not found in classpath"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_InvalidPolicyDecoderClass() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyDecoderClass.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("policy decoder class not found in classpath"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDistributionParameterGroup_InvalidPolicyForwarderClass() throws PolicyDistributionException {
+        final String[] distributionConfigParameters =
+                { "-c", "parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyForwarderClass.json" };
+
+        final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(distributionConfigParameters);
+
+        try {
+            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("policy forwarder class not found in classpath"));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestParameterGroup.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestParameterGroup.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bf553918..00000000
--- a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestParameterGroup.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============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.main.parameters;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class TestParameterGroup {
-
-    @Test
-    public void testParameterGroup() {
-        DistributionParameterGroup parameterGroup = new DistributionParameterGroup("groupName");
-        assertEquals("groupName", parameterGroup.getName());
-        assertTrue(parameterGroup.isValid());
-        
-        parameterGroup = new DistributionParameterGroup(null);
-        assertNull(parameterGroup.getName());
-        assertFalse(parameterGroup.isValid());
-        
-        parameterGroup = new DistributionParameterGroup("");
-        assertEquals("", parameterGroup.getName());
-        assertFalse(parameterGroup.isValid());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestParameterHandler.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestParameterHandler.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b938988..00000000
--- a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestParameterHandler.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============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.main.parameters;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.onap.policy.distribution.main.PolicyDistributionException;
-import org.onap.policy.distribution.main.startstop.DistributionCommandLineArguments;
-
-public class TestParameterHandler {
-    @Test
-    public void testParameterHandlerNoParameterFile() throws PolicyDistributionException {
-        String[] noArgumentString = { "-c", "parameters/NoParameterFile.json" };
-
-        DistributionCommandLineArguments noArguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
-        noArguments.parse(noArgumentString);
-
-        try {
-            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(noArguments);
-            fail("test should throw an exception here");
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            assertEquals("error reading parameters from \"parameters/NoParameterFile.json\"\n"
-                            + "(FileNotFoundException):parameters/NoParameterFile.json (No such file or directory)",
-                            e.getMessage());
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testParameterHandlerEmptyParameters() throws PolicyDistributionException {
-        String[] emptyArgumentString = { "-c", "parameters/EmptyParameters.json" };
-
-        DistributionCommandLineArguments emptyArguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
-        emptyArguments.parse(emptyArgumentString);
-
-        try {
-            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(emptyArguments);
-            fail("test should throw an exception here");
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            assertEquals("no parameters found in \"parameters/EmptyParameters.json\"", e.getMessage());
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testParameterHandlerBadParameters() throws PolicyDistributionException {
-        String[] badArgumentString = { "-c", "parameters/BadParameters.json" };
-
-        DistributionCommandLineArguments badArguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
-        badArguments.parse(badArgumentString);
-
-        try {
-            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(badArguments);
-            fail("test should throw an exception here");
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            assertEquals("error reading parameters from \"parameters/BadParameters.json\"\n"
-                            + "(JsonSyntaxException):java.lang.IllegalStateException: "
-                            + "Expected a string but was BEGIN_ARRAY at line 2 column 15 path $.name", e.getMessage());
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testParameterHandlerInvalidParameters() throws PolicyDistributionException {
-        String[] invalidArgumentString = { "-c", "parameters/InvalidParameters.json" };
-
-        DistributionCommandLineArguments invalidArguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
-        invalidArguments.parse(invalidArgumentString);
-
-        try {
-            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(invalidArguments);
-            fail("test should throw an exception here");
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            assertEquals("error reading parameters from \"parameters/InvalidParameters.json\"\n"
-                            + "(JsonSyntaxException):java.lang.IllegalStateException: "
-                            + "Expected a string but was BEGIN_ARRAY at line 2 column 15 path $.name", e.getMessage());
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testParameterHandlerNoParameters() throws PolicyDistributionException {
-        String[] noArgumentString = { "-c", "parameters/NoParameters.json" };
-
-        DistributionCommandLineArguments noArguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
-        noArguments.parse(noArgumentString);
-
-        try {
-            new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(noArguments);
-            fail("test should throw an exception here");
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            assertEquals("validation error(s) on parameters from \"parameters/NoParameters.json\"\n"
-                            + "parameter group \"null\" type "
-                            + "\"org.onap.policy.distribution.main.parameters.DistributionParameterGroup\""
-                            + " INVALID, parameter group has status INVALID\n"
-                            + "  field \"name\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"null\" INVALID, must be a non-blank string\n",
-                            e.getMessage());
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testParameterHandlerMinumumParameters() throws PolicyDistributionException {
-        String[] minArgumentString = { "-c", "parameters/MinimumParameters.json" };
-
-        DistributionCommandLineArguments minArguments = new DistributionCommandLineArguments();
-        minArguments.parse(minArgumentString);
-
-        DistributionParameterGroup parGroup = new DistributionParameterHandler().getParameters(minArguments);
-        assertEquals("nameFromFile", parGroup.getName());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestPluginHandlerParameters.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestPluginHandlerParameters.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2d732e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestPluginHandlerParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.main.parameters;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of PluginHandlerParameters.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class TestPluginHandlerParameters {
+    CommonTestData commonTestData = new CommonTestData();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPluginHandlerParameters() {
+        final Map<String, PolicyDecoderParameters> policyDecoders = commonTestData.getPolicyDecoders(false);
+        final Map<String, PolicyForwarderParameters> policyForwarders = commonTestData.getPolicyForwarders(false);
+        final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = new PluginHandlerParameters(policyDecoders, policyForwarders);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pHParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(policyDecoders.get("TOSCADecoder"), pHParameters.getPolicyDecoders().get("TOSCADecoder"));
+        assertEquals(policyForwarders.get("PAPEngineForwarder"),
+                pHParameters.getPolicyForwarders().get("PAPEngineForwarder"));
+        assertTrue(validationResult.isValid());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPluginHandlerParameters_NullPolicyDecoders() {
+        try {
+            final Map<String, PolicyForwarderParameters> policyForwarders = commonTestData.getPolicyForwarders(false);
+            final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = new PluginHandlerParameters(null, policyForwarders);
+            pHParameters.validate();
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("map parameter \"policyDecoders\" is null"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPluginHandlerParameters_NullPolicyForwarders() {
+        try {
+            final Map<String, PolicyDecoderParameters> policyDecoders = commonTestData.getPolicyDecoders(false);
+            final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = new PluginHandlerParameters(policyDecoders, null);
+            pHParameters.validate();
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("map parameter \"policyForwarders\" is null"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPluginHandlerParameters_EmptyPolicyDecoders() {
+        try {
+            final Map<String, PolicyDecoderParameters> policyDecoders = commonTestData.getPolicyDecoders(true);
+            final Map<String, PolicyForwarderParameters> policyForwarders = commonTestData.getPolicyForwarders(false);
+            final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = new PluginHandlerParameters(policyDecoders, policyForwarders);
+            pHParameters.validate();
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("parameter not a regular parameter: policyDecoders"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPluginHandlerParameters_EmptyPolicyForwarders() {
+        try {
+            final Map<String, PolicyForwarderParameters> policyForwarders = commonTestData.getPolicyForwarders(true);
+            final Map<String, PolicyDecoderParameters> policyDecoders = commonTestData.getPolicyDecoders(false);
+            final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = new PluginHandlerParameters(policyDecoders, policyForwarders);
+            pHParameters.validate();
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("parameter not a regular parameter: policyForwarders"));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestPolicyDecoderParameters.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestPolicyDecoderParameters.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bcae6df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestPolicyDecoderParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.main.parameters;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of PolicyDecoderParameters.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class TestPolicyDecoderParameters {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecoderParameters() {
+        final PolicyDecoderParameters pDParameters =
+                new PolicyDecoderParameters(CommonTestData.decoderType, CommonTestData.decoderClassName);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pDParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.decoderType, pDParameters.getDecoderType());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.decoderClassName, pDParameters.getDecoderClassName());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.isValid());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecoderParameters_InvalidDecoderType() {
+        final PolicyDecoderParameters pDParameters = new PolicyDecoderParameters("", CommonTestData.decoderClassName);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pDParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals("", pDParameters.getDecoderType());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.decoderClassName, pDParameters.getDecoderClassName());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains(
+                "field \"decoderType\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"\" INVALID, must be a non-blank string"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecoderParameters_InvalidDecoderClassName() {
+        final PolicyDecoderParameters pDParameters = new PolicyDecoderParameters(CommonTestData.decoderType, "");
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pDParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.decoderType, pDParameters.getDecoderType());
+        assertEquals("", pDParameters.getDecoderClassName());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult()
+                .contains("field \"decoderClassName\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"\" INVALID, "
+                        + "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the decoder"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecoderParameters_InvalidDecoderTypeAndClassName() {
+        final PolicyDecoderParameters pDParameters = new PolicyDecoderParameters("", "");
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pDParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals("", pDParameters.getDecoderType());
+        assertEquals("", pDParameters.getDecoderClassName());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains(
+                "field \"decoderType\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"\" INVALID, must be a non-blank string"));
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult()
+                .contains("field \"decoderClassName\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"\" INVALID, "
+                        + "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the decoder"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecoderParameters_NullDecoderType() {
+        final PolicyDecoderParameters pDParameters = new PolicyDecoderParameters(null, CommonTestData.decoderClassName);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pDParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(null, pDParameters.getDecoderType());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.decoderClassName, pDParameters.getDecoderClassName());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains(
+                "field \"decoderType\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"null\" INVALID, must be a non-blank string"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecoderParameters_NullDecoderClassName() {
+        final PolicyDecoderParameters pDParameters = new PolicyDecoderParameters(CommonTestData.decoderType, null);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pDParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.decoderType, pDParameters.getDecoderType());
+        assertEquals(null, pDParameters.getDecoderClassName());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult()
+                .contains("field \"decoderClassName\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"null\" INVALID, "
+                        + "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the decoder"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyDecoderParameters_InvalidDecoderClass() {
+        final PolicyDecoderParameters pDParameters =
+                new PolicyDecoderParameters(CommonTestData.decoderType, CommonTestData.decoderClassName + "Invalid");
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pDParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.decoderType, pDParameters.getDecoderType());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.decoderClassName + "Invalid", pDParameters.getDecoderClassName());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains("policy decoder class not found in classpath"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestPolicyForwarderParameters.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestPolicyForwarderParameters.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bbcbc370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestPolicyForwarderParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.main.parameters;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of PolicyForwarderParameters.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class TestPolicyForwarderParameters {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyForwarderParameters() {
+        final PolicyForwarderParameters pFParameters =
+                new PolicyForwarderParameters(CommonTestData.forwarderType, CommonTestData.forwarderClassName);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pFParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.forwarderType, pFParameters.getForwarderType());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.forwarderClassName, pFParameters.getForwarderClassName());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.isValid());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyForwarderParameters_InvalidForwarderType() {
+        final PolicyForwarderParameters pFParameters =
+                new PolicyForwarderParameters("", CommonTestData.forwarderClassName);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pFParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals("", pFParameters.getForwarderType());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.forwarderClassName, pFParameters.getForwarderClassName());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains(
+                "field \"forwarderType\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"\" INVALID, must be a non-blank string"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyForwarderParameters_InvalidForwarderClassName() {
+        final PolicyForwarderParameters pFParameters = new PolicyForwarderParameters(CommonTestData.forwarderType, "");
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pFParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.forwarderType, pFParameters.getForwarderType());
+        assertEquals("", pFParameters.getForwarderClassName());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult()
+                .contains("field \"forwarderClassName\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"\" INVALID, "
+                        + "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the forwarder"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyForwarderParameters_InvalidForwarderTypeAndClassName() {
+        final PolicyForwarderParameters pFParameters = new PolicyForwarderParameters("", "");
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pFParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals("", pFParameters.getForwarderType());
+        assertEquals("", pFParameters.getForwarderClassName());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains(
+                "field \"forwarderType\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"\" INVALID, must be a non-blank string"));
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult()
+                .contains("field \"forwarderClassName\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"\" INVALID, "
+                        + "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the forwarder"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyForwarderParameters_NullForwarderType() {
+        final PolicyForwarderParameters pFParameters =
+                new PolicyForwarderParameters(null, CommonTestData.forwarderClassName);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pFParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(null, pFParameters.getForwarderType());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.forwarderClassName, pFParameters.getForwarderClassName());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult()
+                .contains("field \"forwarderType\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"null\" INVALID, "
+                        + "must be a non-blank string"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyForwarderParameters_NullForwarderClassName() {
+        final PolicyForwarderParameters pFParameters =
+                new PolicyForwarderParameters(CommonTestData.forwarderType, null);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pFParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.forwarderType, pFParameters.getForwarderType());
+        assertEquals(null, pFParameters.getForwarderClassName());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult()
+                .contains("field \"forwarderClassName\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"null\" INVALID, "
+                        + "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the forwarder"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPolicyForwarderParameters_InvalidForwarderClass() {
+        final PolicyForwarderParameters pFParameters = new PolicyForwarderParameters(CommonTestData.forwarderType,
+                CommonTestData.forwarderClassName + "Invalid");
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pFParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.forwarderType, pFParameters.getForwarderType());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.forwarderClassName + "Invalid", pFParameters.getForwarderClassName());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains("policy forwarder class not found in classpath"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestReceptionHandlerParameters.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestReceptionHandlerParameters.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5eb113de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/main/parameters/TestReceptionHandlerParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.main.parameters;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of ReceptionHandlerParameters.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class TestReceptionHandlerParameters {
+    CommonTestData commonTestData = new CommonTestData();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReceptionHandlerParameters() {
+        final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = commonTestData.getPluginHandlerParameters(false);
+        final ReceptionHandlerParameters rHParameters = new ReceptionHandlerParameters(
+                CommonTestData.receptionHandlerType, CommonTestData.receptionHandlerClassName, pHParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = rHParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.receptionHandlerType, rHParameters.getReceptionHandlerType());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.receptionHandlerClassName, rHParameters.getReceptionHandlerClassName());
+        assertEquals(pHParameters, rHParameters.getPluginHandlerParameters());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.isValid());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReceptionHandlerParameters_NullReceptionHandlerType() {
+        final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = commonTestData.getPluginHandlerParameters(false);
+        final ReceptionHandlerParameters rHParameters =
+                new ReceptionHandlerParameters(null, CommonTestData.receptionHandlerClassName, pHParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = rHParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(null, rHParameters.getReceptionHandlerType());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.receptionHandlerClassName, rHParameters.getReceptionHandlerClassName());
+        assertEquals(pHParameters, rHParameters.getPluginHandlerParameters());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult()
+                .contains("field \"receptionHandlerType\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"null\" INVALID, "
+                        + "must be a non-blank string"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReceptionHandlerParameters_NullReceptionHandlerClassName() {
+        final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = commonTestData.getPluginHandlerParameters(false);
+        final ReceptionHandlerParameters rHParameters =
+                new ReceptionHandlerParameters(CommonTestData.receptionHandlerType, null, pHParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = rHParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.receptionHandlerType, rHParameters.getReceptionHandlerType());
+        assertEquals(null, rHParameters.getReceptionHandlerClassName());
+        assertEquals(pHParameters, rHParameters.getPluginHandlerParameters());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult()
+                .contains("field \"receptionHandlerClassName\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"null\" INVALID, "
+                        + "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the reception handler"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReceptionHandlerParameters_EmptyReceptionHandlerType() {
+        final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = commonTestData.getPluginHandlerParameters(false);
+
+        final ReceptionHandlerParameters rHParameters =
+                new ReceptionHandlerParameters("", CommonTestData.receptionHandlerClassName, pHParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = rHParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals("", rHParameters.getReceptionHandlerType());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.receptionHandlerClassName, rHParameters.getReceptionHandlerClassName());
+        assertEquals(pHParameters, rHParameters.getPluginHandlerParameters());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult()
+                .contains("field \"receptionHandlerType\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"\" INVALID, "
+                        + "must be a non-blank string"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReceptionHandlerParameters_EmptyReceptionHandlerClassName() {
+        final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = commonTestData.getPluginHandlerParameters(false);
+        final ReceptionHandlerParameters rHParameters =
+                new ReceptionHandlerParameters(CommonTestData.receptionHandlerType, "", pHParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = rHParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.receptionHandlerType, rHParameters.getReceptionHandlerType());
+        assertEquals("", rHParameters.getReceptionHandlerClassName());
+        assertEquals(pHParameters, rHParameters.getPluginHandlerParameters());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult()
+                .contains("field \"receptionHandlerClassName\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"\" INVALID, "
+                        + "must be a non-blank string containing full class name of the reception handler"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReceptionHandlerParameters_EmptyPluginHandler() {
+        try {
+            final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = commonTestData.getPluginHandlerParameters(true);
+            final ReceptionHandlerParameters rHParameters = new ReceptionHandlerParameters(
+                    CommonTestData.receptionHandlerType, CommonTestData.receptionHandlerClassName, pHParameters);
+            rHParameters.validate();
+            fail("test should throw an exception here");
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("parameter not a regular parameter: policyDecoders"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReceptionHandlerParameters_InvalidReceptionHandlerClass() {
+        final PluginHandlerParameters pHParameters = commonTestData.getPluginHandlerParameters(false);
+        final ReceptionHandlerParameters rHParameters =
+                new ReceptionHandlerParameters(CommonTestData.receptionHandlerType,
+                        CommonTestData.receptionHandlerClassName + "Invalid", pHParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = rHParameters.validate();
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.receptionHandlerType, rHParameters.getReceptionHandlerType());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.receptionHandlerClassName + "Invalid", rHParameters.getReceptionHandlerClassName());
+        assertEquals(pHParameters, rHParameters.getPluginHandlerParameters());
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains("reception handler class not found in classpath"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..546e5231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyDecoders":{
+                    "TOSCADecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":"TOSCA",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx"
+                    }
+                },
+                "policyForwarders":{
+                    "PAPEngineForwarder":{
+                        "forwarderType":"PAPEngine",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_EmptyPolicyDecoder.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_EmptyPolicyDecoder.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a0d14a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_EmptyPolicyDecoder.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyDecoders":{
+                },
+                "policyForwarders":{
+                    "PAPEngineForwarder":{
+                        "forwarderType":"PAPEngine",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_EmptyPolicyForwarder.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_EmptyPolicyForwarder.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b328df3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_EmptyPolicyForwarder.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyDecoders":{
+                    "TOSCADecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":"TOSCA",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx"
+                    }
+                },
+                "policyForwarders":{
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_EmptyReceptionHandler.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_EmptyReceptionHandler.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45368be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_EmptyReceptionHandler.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidName.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidName.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c84a6784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidName.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+    "name":" ",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyDecoders":{
+                    "TOSCADecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":"TOSCA",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx"
+                    }
+                },
+                "policyForwarders":{
+                    "PAPEngineForwarder":{
+                        "forwarderType":"PAPEngine",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyDecoderClass.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyDecoderClass.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eeafc25a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyDecoderClass.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyDecoders":{
+                    "TOSCADecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":"TOSCA",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx"
+                    },
+                    "APEXDecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":"APEX",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderApexPdpa"
+                    },
+                    "DROOLSDecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":"DROOLS",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderDroolsPdpd"
+                    }
+                },
+                "policyForwarders":{
+                    "PAPEngineForwarder":{
+                        "forwarderType":"PAPEngine",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyDecoderType.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyDecoderType.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21ff4ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyDecoderType.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyDecoders":{
+                    "TOSCADecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":" ",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx"
+                    }
+                },
+                "policyForwarders":{
+                    "PAPEngineForwarder":{
+                        "forwarderType":"PAPEngine",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyForwarderClass.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyForwarderClass.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6cf54d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyForwarderClass.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyDecoders":{
+                    "TOSCADecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":"TOSCA",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx"
+                    }
+                },
+                "policyForwarders":{
+                    "PAPEngineForwarder":{
+                        "forwarderType":"PAPEngine",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder"
+                    },
+                    "PAPStandaloneForwarder":{
+                        "forwarderType":"PAPStandalone",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.PapStandalonePolicyForwarder"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyForwarderType.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyForwarderType.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea44b8aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidPolicyForwarderType.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyDecoders":{
+                    "TOSCADecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":"TOSCA",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx"
+                    }
+                },
+                "policyForwarders":{
+                    "PAPEngineForwarder":{
+                        "forwarderType":" ",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidReceptionHandlerClass.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidReceptionHandlerClass.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7be2a1a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidReceptionHandlerClass.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.InvalidSdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyDecoders":{
+                    "TOSCADecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":"TOSCA",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx"
+                    }
+                },
+                "policyForwarders":{
+                    "PAPEngineForwarder":{
+                        "forwarderType":"PAPEngine",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidReceptionHandlerType.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidReceptionHandlerType.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..791236cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_InvalidReceptionHandlerType.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":" ",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyDecoders":{
+                    "TOSCADecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":"TOSCA",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx"
+                    }
+                },
+                "policyForwarders":{
+                    "PAPEngineForwarder":{
+                        "forwarderType":"PAPEngine",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_NoPolicyDecoder.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_NoPolicyDecoder.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ba35753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_NoPolicyDecoder.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyForwarders":{
+                    "PAPEngineForwarder":{
+                        "forwarderType":"PAPEngine",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_NoPolicyForwarder.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_NoPolicyForwarder.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..660cac92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_NoPolicyForwarder.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyDecoders":{
+                    "TOSCADecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":"TOSCA",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_NoReceptionHandler.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_NoReceptionHandler.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b0997ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/DistributionConfigParameters_NoReceptionHandler.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup"
+}
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diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/MinimumParameters.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/MinimumParameters.json
index 02b2afad..1b42cc4d 100644
--- a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/MinimumParameters.json
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/MinimumParameters.json
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
-{
-    "name": "nameFromFile"
+{  
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{  
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{  
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{  
+                "policyDecoders":{  
+                    "TOSCADecoder":{  
+                        "decoderType":"TOSCA",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx"
+                    }
+                },
+                "policyForwarders":{  
+                    "PAPEngineForwarder":{  
+                        "forwarderType":"PAPEngine",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.pap.engine.XacmlPapServletPolicyForwarder"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file