Create code infrastructure for policy forwarding

Added sending of polices from the policy forwarder to the xacml PDP and
added handling of parameters for configuring the policy forwarders

Issue-ID: POLICY-926
Change-Id: I26effe70769f7edc765470a1a9ad40ed9faad82d
Signed-off-by: mmis <michael.morris@ericsson.com>

4 files changed, 532 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/xacml/pdp/engine/XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupTest.java b/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/xacml/pdp/engine/XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1241b7f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/xacml/pdp/engine/XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.xacml.pdp.engine;
+
+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.ValidationStatus;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.xacml.pdp.XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.xacml.pdp.XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroup.XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder;
+
+public class XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBuilderAndGetters() {
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder builder =
+                new XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder();
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroup configurationParameters =
+                builder.setUseHttps(true).setHostname("10.10.10.10").setPort(1234).setUserName("myUser")
+                        .setPassword("myPassword").setClientAuth("myClientAuth").setIsManaged(false).build();
+
+        assertTrue(configurationParameters.isUseHttps());
+        assertEquals("10.10.10.10", configurationParameters.getHostname());
+        assertEquals(1234, configurationParameters.getPort());
+        assertEquals("myUser", configurationParameters.getUserName());
+        assertEquals("myPassword", configurationParameters.getPassword());
+        assertEquals("myClientAuth", configurationParameters.getClientAuth());
+        assertFalse(configurationParameters.isManaged());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInvalidHostName() {
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder builder =
+                new XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder();
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroup configurationParameters = builder.setUseHttps(true).setHostname("")
+                .setPort(1234).setUserName("myUser").setPassword("myPassword").setIsManaged(false).build();
+        configurationParameters.setName("myConfiguration");
+
+        assertEquals(ValidationStatus.INVALID, configurationParameters.validate().getStatus());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInvalidPort() {
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder builder =
+                new XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder();
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroup configurationParameters =
+                builder.setUseHttps(true).setHostname("10.10.10.10").setPort(-1234).setUserName("myUser")
+                        .setPassword("myPassword").setIsManaged(false).build();
+        configurationParameters.setName("myConfiguration");
+
+        assertEquals(ValidationStatus.INVALID, configurationParameters.validate().getStatus());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInvalidUserName() {
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder builder =
+                new XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder();
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroup configurationParameters =
+                builder.setUseHttps(true).setHostname("10.10.10.10").setPort(1234).setUserName("")
+                        .setPassword("myPassword").setIsManaged(false).build();
+        configurationParameters.setName("myConfiguration");
+
+        assertEquals(ValidationStatus.INVALID, configurationParameters.validate().getStatus());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInvalidPassword() {
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder builder =
+                new XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder();
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroup configurationParameters =
+                builder.setUseHttps(true).setHostname("10.10.10.10").setPort(1234).setUserName("myUser").setPassword("")
+                        .setIsManaged(false).build();
+        configurationParameters.setName("myConfiguration");
+
+        assertEquals(ValidationStatus.INVALID, configurationParameters.validate().getStatus());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/xacml/pdp/engine/XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderTest.java b/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/xacml/pdp/engine/XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d851b640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/xacml/pdp/engine/XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,338 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.xacml.pdp.engine;
+
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyObject;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.argThat;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+import java.security.KeyManagementException;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.api.PolicyParameters;
+import org.onap.policy.api.PushPolicyParameters;
+import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.event.comm.bus.internal.BusTopicParams;
+import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.http.client.HttpClient;
+import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.http.client.HttpClientFactory;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterService;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.xacml.pdp.XacmlPdpPolicyForwarder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.xacml.pdp.XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroup.XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.main.PolicyDistributionException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.OptimizationPolicy;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Policy;
+
+public class XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderTest {
+
+    private static final BusTopicParams BUS_TOPIC_PARAMS = BusTopicParams.builder().useHttps(false).hostname("myHost")
+            .port(1234).userName("myUser").password("myPassword").managed(true).build();
+    private static final String CLIENT_AUTH = "ClientAuth";
+    private static final String CLIENT_AUTH_VALUE = "myClientAuth";
+    private static final String PDP_GROUP_VALUE = "myPdpGroup";
+    private HashMap<String, Object> headers = new HashMap<>();
+    private BusTopicParamsMatcher matcher = new BusTopicParamsMatcher(BUS_TOPIC_PARAMS);
+
+    /**
+     * Set up.
+     */
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUp() {
+        ParameterGroup parameterGroup = new XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroupBuilder()
+                .setUseHttps(BUS_TOPIC_PARAMS.isUseHttps()).setHostname(BUS_TOPIC_PARAMS.getHostname())
+                .setPort(BUS_TOPIC_PARAMS.getPort()).setUserName(BUS_TOPIC_PARAMS.getUserName())
+                .setPassword(BUS_TOPIC_PARAMS.getPassword()).setClientAuth(CLIENT_AUTH_VALUE)
+                .setIsManaged(BUS_TOPIC_PARAMS.isManaged()).setPdpGroup(PDP_GROUP_VALUE).build();
+        parameterGroup.setName("xacmlPdpConfiguration");
+        ParameterService.register(parameterGroup);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testForwardPolicy() throws KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchFieldException,
+            SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, PolicyDistributionException {
+
+        HttpClient httpClientMock = mock(HttpClient.class);
+        headers.put(CLIENT_AUTH, CLIENT_AUTH_VALUE);
+        when(httpClientMock.put(eq("createPolicy"), anyObject(), eq(headers))).thenReturn(Response.ok().build());
+        when(httpClientMock.put(eq("pushPolicy"), anyObject(), eq(headers))).thenReturn(Response.ok().build());
+
+        HttpClientFactory httpClientFactoryMock = mock(HttpClientFactory.class);
+        when(httpClientFactoryMock.build(argThat(matcher))).thenReturn(httpClientMock);
+
+        overwriteField(HttpClient.class, "factory", null, httpClientFactoryMock);
+
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarder forwarder = new XacmlPdpPolicyForwarder();
+        forwarder.configure("xacmlPdpConfiguration");
+
+        Collection<Policy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        OptimizationPolicy policy1 = new OptimizationPolicy();
+        policy1.setPolicyName("policy1");
+        policy1.setPolicyConfigType("Optimization");
+        policies.add(policy1);
+
+        Policy policy2 = new UnsupportedPolicy();
+        policies.add(policy2);
+
+        OptimizationPolicy policy3 = new OptimizationPolicy();
+        policy3.setPolicyName("policy3");
+        policy3.setPolicyConfigType("Optimization");
+        policies.add(policy3);
+
+        forwarder.forward(policies);
+
+        verify(httpClientMock).put(eq("createPolicy"), argThat(new PolicyParametersEntityMatcher(policy1)),
+                eq(headers));
+        verify(httpClientMock).put(eq("createPolicy"), argThat(new PolicyParametersEntityMatcher(policy3)),
+                eq(headers));
+        verify(httpClientMock).put(eq("pushPolicy"), argThat(new PushPolicyParametersEntityMatcher(policy1)),
+                eq(headers));
+        verify(httpClientMock).put(eq("pushPolicy"), argThat(new PushPolicyParametersEntityMatcher(policy3)),
+                eq(headers));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testForwardPolicy_CreateFailsPushNotInvoked()
+            throws KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException,
+            IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, PolicyDistributionException {
+
+        HttpClient httpClientMock = mock(HttpClient.class);
+        headers.put(CLIENT_AUTH, CLIENT_AUTH_VALUE);
+        when(httpClientMock.put(eq("createPolicy"), anyObject(), eq(headers))).thenReturn(Response.status(400).build());
+        when(httpClientMock.put(eq("pushPolicy"), anyObject(), eq(headers))).thenReturn(Response.ok().build());
+
+        HttpClientFactory httpClientFactoryMock = mock(HttpClientFactory.class);
+        when(httpClientFactoryMock.build(argThat(matcher))).thenReturn(httpClientMock);
+
+        overwriteField(HttpClient.class, "factory", null, httpClientFactoryMock);
+
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarder forwarder = new XacmlPdpPolicyForwarder();
+        forwarder.configure("xacmlPdpConfiguration");
+
+        Collection<Policy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        OptimizationPolicy policy = new OptimizationPolicy();
+        policy.setPolicyName("policy");
+        policy.setPolicyConfigType("Optimization");
+        policies.add(policy);
+        forwarder.forward(policies);
+
+        verify(httpClientMock).put(eq("createPolicy"), argThat(new PolicyParametersEntityMatcher(policy)), eq(headers));
+        verify(httpClientMock, times(0)).put(eq("pushPolicy"), anyObject(), anyObject());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testForwardPolicy_PushFails()
+            throws KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException,
+            IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, PolicyDistributionException {
+
+        HttpClient httpClientMock = mock(HttpClient.class);
+        headers.put(CLIENT_AUTH, CLIENT_AUTH_VALUE);
+        when(httpClientMock.put(eq("createPolicy"), anyObject(), eq(headers))).thenReturn(Response.ok().build());
+        when(httpClientMock.put(eq("pushPolicy"), anyObject(), eq(headers))).thenReturn(Response.status(400).build());
+
+        HttpClientFactory httpClientFactoryMock = mock(HttpClientFactory.class);
+        when(httpClientFactoryMock.build(argThat(matcher))).thenReturn(httpClientMock);
+
+        overwriteField(HttpClient.class, "factory", null, httpClientFactoryMock);
+
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarder forwarder = new XacmlPdpPolicyForwarder();
+        forwarder.configure("xacmlPdpConfiguration");
+
+        Collection<Policy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        OptimizationPolicy policy = new OptimizationPolicy();
+        policy.setPolicyName("policy");
+        policy.setPolicyConfigType("Optimization");
+        policies.add(policy);
+        forwarder.forward(policies);
+
+        verify(httpClientMock).put(eq("createPolicy"), argThat(new PolicyParametersEntityMatcher(policy)), eq(headers));
+        verify(httpClientMock).put(eq("pushPolicy"), argThat(new PushPolicyParametersEntityMatcher(policy)),
+                eq(headers));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testForwardPolicy_HttpClientInitFailureForPolicyCreate()
+            throws KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException,
+            IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, PolicyDistributionException {
+
+        HttpClient httpClientMock = mock(HttpClient.class);
+        headers.put(CLIENT_AUTH, CLIENT_AUTH_VALUE);
+        when(httpClientMock.put(eq("createPolicy"), anyObject(), eq(headers))).thenReturn(Response.ok().build());
+        when(httpClientMock.put(eq("pushPolicy"), anyObject(), eq(headers))).thenReturn(Response.status(400).build());
+
+        HttpClientFactory httpClientFactoryMock = mock(HttpClientFactory.class);
+        when(httpClientFactoryMock.build(argThat(matcher))).thenThrow(new KeyManagementException());
+
+        overwriteField(HttpClient.class, "factory", null, httpClientFactoryMock);
+
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarder forwarder = new XacmlPdpPolicyForwarder();
+        forwarder.configure("xacmlPdpConfiguration");
+
+        Collection<Policy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        OptimizationPolicy policy = new OptimizationPolicy();
+        policy.setPolicyName("policy");
+        policy.setPolicyConfigType("Optimization");
+        policies.add(policy);
+        forwarder.forward(policies);
+
+        verify(httpClientMock, times(0)).put(eq("createPolicy"), anyObject(), anyObject());
+        verify(httpClientMock, times(0)).put(eq("pushPolicy"), anyObject(), anyObject());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testForwardPolicy_HttpClientInitFailureForPolicyPush()
+            throws KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException,
+            IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, PolicyDistributionException {
+
+        HttpClient httpClientMock = mock(HttpClient.class);
+        headers.put(CLIENT_AUTH, CLIENT_AUTH_VALUE);
+        when(httpClientMock.put(eq("createPolicy"), anyObject(), eq(headers))).thenReturn(Response.ok().build());
+        when(httpClientMock.put(eq("pushPolicy"), anyObject(), eq(headers))).thenReturn(Response.status(400).build());
+
+        HttpClientFactory httpClientFactoryMock = mock(HttpClientFactory.class);
+        when(httpClientFactoryMock.build(argThat(matcher))).thenReturn(httpClientMock)
+                .thenThrow(new KeyManagementException());
+
+        overwriteField(HttpClient.class, "factory", null, httpClientFactoryMock);
+
+        XacmlPdpPolicyForwarder forwarder = new XacmlPdpPolicyForwarder();
+        forwarder.configure("xacmlPdpConfiguration");
+
+        Collection<Policy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        OptimizationPolicy policy = new OptimizationPolicy();
+        policy.setPolicyName("policy");
+        policy.setPolicyConfigType("Optimization");
+        policies.add(policy);
+        forwarder.forward(policies);
+
+        verify(httpClientMock).put(eq("createPolicy"), argThat(new PolicyParametersEntityMatcher(policy)), eq(headers));
+        verify(httpClientMock, times(0)).put(eq("pushPolicy"), anyObject(), anyObject());
+    }
+
+    private void overwriteField(final Class<?> clazz, final String fieldName, final Object object, final Object value)
+            throws NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+        Field field = clazz.getField(fieldName);
+        field.setAccessible(true);
+        Field modifiersField = Field.class.getDeclaredField("modifiers");
+        modifiersField.setAccessible(true);
+        modifiersField.setInt(field, field.getModifiers() & ~Modifier.FINAL);
+        field.set(object, value);
+    }
+
+    class BusTopicParamsMatcher extends BaseMatcher<BusTopicParams> {
+
+        private BusTopicParams busTopicParams;
+
+        BusTopicParamsMatcher(final BusTopicParams busTopicParams) {
+            this.busTopicParams = busTopicParams;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean matches(Object arg0) {
+            if (arg0 instanceof BusTopicParams) {
+                BusTopicParams toCompareTo = (BusTopicParams) arg0;
+                return toCompareTo.isUseHttps() == busTopicParams.isUseHttps()
+                        && toCompareTo.getHostname().equals(busTopicParams.getHostname())
+                        && toCompareTo.getPort() == busTopicParams.getPort()
+                        && toCompareTo.getUserName().equals(busTopicParams.getUserName())
+                        && toCompareTo.getPassword().equals(busTopicParams.getPassword())
+                        && toCompareTo.isManaged() == busTopicParams.isManaged();
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void describeTo(Description arg0) {}
+    }
+
+    class PolicyParametersEntityMatcher extends BaseMatcher<Entity<PolicyParameters>> {
+
+        private OptimizationPolicy policy;
+
+        PolicyParametersEntityMatcher(final OptimizationPolicy policy) {
+            this.policy = policy;
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        @Override
+        public boolean matches(Object arg0) {
+            if (arg0 instanceof Entity) {
+                PolicyParameters toCompareTo = ((Entity<PolicyParameters>) arg0).getEntity();
+                return toCompareTo.getPolicyName().equals(policy.getPolicyName())
+                        && toCompareTo.getPolicyConfigType().toString().equals(policy.getPolicyConfigType());
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void describeTo(Description arg0) {}
+    }
+
+    class PushPolicyParametersEntityMatcher extends BaseMatcher<Entity<PushPolicyParameters>> {
+
+        private Policy policy;
+
+        PushPolicyParametersEntityMatcher(final Policy policy) {
+            this.policy = policy;
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        @Override
+        public boolean matches(Object arg0) {
+            if (arg0 instanceof Entity) {
+                PushPolicyParameters toCompareTo = ((Entity<PushPolicyParameters>) arg0).getEntity();
+                return toCompareTo.getPolicyName().equals(policy.getPolicyName())
+                        && toCompareTo.getPolicyType().equals(policy.getPolicyType())
+                        && toCompareTo.getPdpGroup().equals(PDP_GROUP_VALUE);
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void describeTo(Description arg0) {}
+    }
+
+    class UnsupportedPolicy implements Policy {
+
+        @Override
+        public String getPolicyName() {
+            return "unsupported";
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getPolicyType() {
+            return "unsupported";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/xacml/pdp/testclasses/DummyDecoder.java b/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/xacml/pdp/testclasses/DummyDecoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e09357cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/xacml/pdp/testclasses/DummyDecoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.xacml.pdp.testclasses;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.PolicyInput;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PolicyDecoder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PolicyDecodingException;
+
+/**
+ * Class to create a dummy decoder for test cases.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class DummyDecoder implements PolicyDecoder<PolicyInput, Policy> {
+
+    private boolean canHandleValue;
+    private Collection<Policy> policesToReturn;
+
+    public DummyDecoder() {
+        this.canHandleValue = false;
+        this.policesToReturn = null;
+    }
+
+    public DummyDecoder(final boolean canHandleValue, final Collection<Policy> policesToReturn) {
+        this.canHandleValue = canHandleValue;
+        this.policesToReturn = policesToReturn;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean canHandle(final PolicyInput policyInput) {
+        return canHandleValue;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<Policy> decode(final PolicyInput input) throws PolicyDecodingException {
+        return policesToReturn;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/xacml/pdp/testclasses/DummyReceptionHandler.java b/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/xacml/pdp/testclasses/DummyReceptionHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0934812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/forwarding-plugins/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/distribution/forwarding/xacml/pdp/testclasses/DummyReceptionHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.xacml.pdp.testclasses;
+
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.AbstractReceptionHandler;
+
+/**
+ * Class to create a dummy reception handler for test cases.
+ *
+ * @author Ram Krishna Verma (ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public class DummyReceptionHandler extends AbstractReceptionHandler {
+
+    @Override
+    public void initializeReception(final String parameterGroupName) {}
+
+    @Override
+    public void destroy() {}
+}