Add m2 model, including the LCM application

Issue-ID: POLICY-1948
Change-Id: I18a5231d3102073c928a591c9e91b241b7093680
Signed-off-by: Straubs, Ralph (rs8887) <rs8887@att.com>

10 files changed, 1757 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/Actor.java b/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/Actor.java
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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * m2/base
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.m2.base;
+
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopEvent;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Policy;
+
+/**
+ * This is the 'Actor' interface -- objects implementing this interface
+ * are placed within the 'nameToActor' table within class 'Transaction'.
+ * All of the instances are created and inserted in the table at initialization
+ * time, and are located using the 'Policy.actor' field as a key.
+ */
+public interface Actor {
+    /**
+     * Return the name associated with this Actor.
+     *
+     * @return the name associated with this Actor (as it appears in the 'yaml')
+     */
+    String getName();
+
+    /**
+     * Create an operation for this actor, based on the supplied policy.
+     *
+     * @param transaction the transaction the operation is running under
+     * @param policy the policy associated with this operation
+     * @param onset the initial onset event that triggered the transaction
+     * @param attempt this value starts at 1, and is incremented for each retry
+     * @return the Operation instance
+     */
+    Operation createOperation(
+        Transaction transaction, Policy policy, ControlLoopEvent onset,
+        int attempt);
+}
diff --git a/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/GuardAdjunct.java b/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/GuardAdjunct.java
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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * m2/base
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.m2.base;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopOperation;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.guard.GuardContext;
+
+/**
+ * This adjunct class provides a way of accessing 'GuardContext' for any
+ * operations that use 'guard'. It needs to be created and inserted into the
+ * transaction 'adjunct' list prior to creating any operations that use it.
+ *
+ * <p>TBD: Serialization will need to factor in the fact that 'GuardContext'
+ * is a shared object.
+ */
+public class GuardAdjunct implements Transaction.Adjunct, Serializable {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    // the associated transaction
+    private Transaction transaction = null;
+
+    // the 'GuardContext' instance
+    private GuardContext context = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor -- just in case 'getInstance()' is used to create this
+     * instance (in which case 'guard' will not be used).
+     */
+    public GuardAdjunct() {
+        // This comment is here to keep SONAR from getting upset
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is called to create the adjunct, and insert it into the
+     * transaction.
+     *
+     * @param transaction the associated transaction
+     * @param context the GuardContext derived from the controller properties
+     */
+    public static void create(Transaction transaction, GuardContext context) {
+        GuardAdjunct ga = new GuardAdjunct();
+        ga.transaction = transaction;
+        ga.context = context;
+        transaction.putAdjunct(ga);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the GuardContext instance.
+     *
+     * @return the GuardContext instance
+     */
+    public GuardContext get() {
+        return context;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Do an asynchronous 'guard' query, and place the result in Drools memory.
+     *
+     * @param policy the policy associated with the operation
+     * @param target the target in a form meaningful to 'guard'
+     * @param requestId the transaction's request id
+     * @return 'true' if we have a 'GuardContext', and a response is expected,
+     *     'false' if 'guard' was not used, and should be skipped
+     */
+    public boolean asyncQuery(Policy policy, String target, String requestId) {
+        if (context != null) {
+            // note that we still return 'true' as long as we have a
+            // 'GuardContext', even when 'guard.disabled' is set -- as long
+            // as there is an asynchronous response coming
+            context.asyncQuery(transaction.getWorkingMemory(),
+                               policy.getActor(),
+                               policy.getRecipe(),
+                               target,
+                               requestId,
+                               transaction.getClosedLoopControlName());
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a DB entry describing this operation.
+     *
+     * @param op the history entry associated with the operation
+     * @param target the same target that was passed on the 'asyncQuery' call
+     */
+    public void asyncCreateDbEntry(ControlLoopOperation op, String target) {
+        if (context != null) {
+            context.asyncCreateDbEntry(
+                op.getStart(),
+                op.getEnd(),
+                transaction.getClosedLoopControlName(),
+                op.getActor(),
+                op.getOperation(),
+                target,
+                transaction.getRequestId().toString(),
+                op.getSubRequestId(),
+                op.getMessage(),
+                op.getOutcome());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/OnsetAdapter.java b/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/OnsetAdapter.java
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+++ b/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/OnsetAdapter.java
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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * m2/base
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.m2.base;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopEvent;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopNotification;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/*
+ * This class maps the class of an incoming ONSET message into the
+ * appropriate adapter. The default adapter is included here as well.
+ */
+public class OnsetAdapter implements Serializable {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OnsetAdapter.class);
+
+    // table mapping onset message class to 'OnsetAdapter' instance
+    private static Map<Class,OnsetAdapter> map = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    /**
+     * This method is called to add an entry to the table.
+     *
+     * @param clazz the class of the ONSET message
+     * @param value an instance of 'OnsetAdapter' that should be
+     *     associated with 'clazz'
+     */
+    public static void register(Class clazz, OnsetAdapter value) {
+        // only create an entry if one doesn't already exist
+        map.putIfAbsent(clazz, value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Map an incoming event's class into the appropriate 'OnsetAdapter'
+     * to use.
+     *
+     * @param event this is the onset event
+     * @return an adapter appropriate for the 'event'
+     */
+    public static OnsetAdapter get(ControlLoopEvent event) {
+        Class<?> clazz = event.getClass();
+        OnsetAdapter rval = map.get(clazz);
+        if (rval != null) {
+            return rval;
+        }
+
+        // This algorithm below is generic, in the sense that it can be used
+        // to find a "best match" for any class out of a set of classes
+        // using the class inheritance relationships. In the general case,
+        // it is possible that there could be multiple best matches, but this
+        // can only happen if all of the matching keys are interfaces,
+        // except perhaps one. If there are multiple matches,
+        // one will be chosen "at random".
+
+        // we need to look for the best match of 'clazz'
+        HashSet<Class> matches = new HashSet<>();
+        Class chosenMatch = null;
+        synchronized (map) {
+            for (Class<?> possibleMatch : map.keySet()) {
+                if (possibleMatch.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
+                    // we have a match -- see if it is the best match
+                    boolean add = true;
+                    for (Class<?> match : new ArrayList<Class>(matches)) {
+                        if (match.isAssignableFrom(possibleMatch)) {
+                            // 'possibleMatch' is a better match than 'match'
+                            matches.remove(match);
+                        } else if (possibleMatch.isAssignableFrom(match)) {
+                            // we already have a better match
+                            add = false;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (add) {
+                        matches.add(possibleMatch);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (!matches.isEmpty()) {
+                // we have at least one match
+                chosenMatch = matches.iterator().next();
+                rval = map.get(chosenMatch);
+
+                // add this entry back into the table -- this means we can
+                // now use this cached entry, and don't have to run through
+                // the algorithm again for this class
+                map.put(clazz, rval);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (matches.isEmpty()) {
+            logger.error("no matches for {}", clazz);
+        } else if (matches.size() != 1) {
+            logger.warn("multiple matches for {}: {} -- chose {}",
+                clazz, matches, chosenMatch);
+        }
+
+        return rval;
+    }
+
+    /* ============================================================ */
+
+    // the following code creates an initial entry in the table
+    private static OnsetAdapter instance = new OnsetAdapter();
+
+    static {
+        register(ControlLoopEvent.class, instance);
+    }
+
+    // the new 'ControlLoopNotification' is abstract
+    public static class BaseControlLoopNotification extends ControlLoopNotification {
+        BaseControlLoopNotification(ControlLoopEvent event) {
+            super(event);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is what all of the fuss is about -- we want to create
+     * a 'ControlLoopNotification' instance compatible with the type of the
+     * 'event' argument. This is the default implementation -- subclasses of
+     * 'ControlLoopEvent' may have entries in the table that are specialized
+     * generate objects that are a subclass of 'ControlLoopNotification'
+     * appropriate for the transaction type.
+     *
+     * @param event this is the event in question
+     * @return a 'ControlLoopNotification' instance based upon this event
+     */
+    public ControlLoopNotification createNotification(ControlLoopEvent event) {
+        return new BaseControlLoopNotification(event);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/Operation.java b/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/Operation.java
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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * m2/base
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.m2.base;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopException;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopOperation;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.PolicyResult;
+
+/**
+ * This is the 'Operation' interface -- each object implementing this
+ * interface exists for the duration of a single operation.
+ *
+ * <p>An operation typically includes some of the following steps:
+ * 1) Acquiring locks
+ * 2) 'Guard' query to see if the operation should proceed (some operations)
+ * 3) Outgoing request (usually using DMAAP or UEB, but possibly HTTP or HTTPS)
+ * 4) Incoming response
+ */
+public interface Operation extends Serializable {
+    /**
+     * This method is used as part of sending out the request. In the case of
+     * DMAAP or UEB interfaces, the method returns the message to be sent,
+     * but leaves it to the Drools code to do the actual sending. In the case
+     * of HTTP or HTTPS (e.g. AOTS), the method itself may run the operation in
+     * a different thread.
+     *
+     * @return an object containing the message
+     * @throws ControlLoopException if it occurs
+     */
+    Object getRequest() throws ControlLoopException;
+
+    /**
+     * Return the 'Policy' instance associated with this operation.
+     *
+     * @return the 'Policy' instance associated with this operation
+     */
+    Policy getPolicy();
+
+    /**
+     * The 'state' of an operation is also the state of the 'Transaction'
+     * instance, while that operation is active. The state is often referenced
+     * in the 'when' clause of Drools rules, with the rules resembling state
+     * transition routines (state + event -> operation). In order to avoid
+     * confusion, the state names should be unique across all operations --
+     * this is managed by having each state name begin with 'ACTOR.', where
+     * 'ACTOR' is the actor associated with the operation.
+     *
+     * @return a string value indicating the state of the operation
+     */
+    String getState();
+
+    /**
+     * This is set to '1' for the initial attempt, and is incremented by one
+     * for each retry. Note that a new 'Operation' instance is created for
+     * each attempt.
+     *
+     * @return '1' for the initial attempt of an operation, and incremented
+     *     for each retry
+     */
+    int getAttempt();
+
+    /**
+     * Return the result of the operation.
+     *
+     * @return the result of the operation
+     *     ('null' if the operation is still in progress)
+     */
+    PolicyResult getResult();
+
+    /**
+     * Return the message associated with the completed operation.
+     *
+     * @return the message associated with the completed operation
+     *     ('null' if the operation is still in progress)
+     */
+    String getMessage();
+
+    /**
+     * An incoming message is being delivered to the operation. The type of
+     * the message is operation-dependent, and an operation will typically
+     * understand only one or two message types, and ignore the rest. The
+     * calling Drools code is written to assume that the transaction has been
+     * modified -- frequently, a state transition occurs as a result of
+     * the message.
+     *
+     * @param object the incoming message
+     */
+    void incomingMessage(Object object);
+
+    /**
+     * The operation has timed out. This typically results in the operation
+     * completing, but that is not enforced.
+     */
+    void timeout();
+
+    /**
+     * This method is called on every operation right after its history
+     * entry has been completed. It gives the operation a chance to do some
+     * processing based on this entry (e.g. create a 'guard' entry in the DB).
+     *
+     * @param histEntry the history entry for this particular operation
+     */
+    default void histEntryCompleted(ControlLoopOperation histEntry) {}
+}
diff --git a/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/Transaction.java b/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/Transaction.java
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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * m2/base
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.m2.base;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.ServiceLoader;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+import org.drools.core.WorkingMemory;
+import org.kie.api.runtime.rule.FactHandle;
+
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopEvent;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopNotification;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopNotificationType;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopOperation;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.ControlLoopPolicy;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.FinalResult;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.PolicyResult;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/*
+ * Each instance of this class corresonds to a transaction that is in
+ * progress. While active, it resides within Drools memory.
+ */
+
+public class Transaction implements Serializable {
+
+    private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Transaction.class);
+
+    // This table maps 'actor' names to objects implementing the
+    // 'Actor' interface. 'ServiceLoader' is used to locate and create
+    // these objects, and populate the table.
+    private static Map<String,Actor> nameToActor = new HashMap<>();
+
+    static {
+        // use 'ServiceLoader' to locate all of the 'Actor' implementations
+        for (Actor actor :
+                ServiceLoader.load(Actor.class, Actor.class.getClassLoader())) {
+            logger.debug("Actor: " + actor.getName() + ", "
+                         + actor.getClass());
+            nameToActor.put(actor.getName(), actor);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4389211793631707360L;
+
+    // Drools working memory containing this transaction
+    @Getter
+    private transient WorkingMemory workingMemory;
+
+    // a service-identifier specified on the associated onset message
+    @Getter
+    private String closedLoopControlName;
+
+    // identifies this transaction
+    @Getter
+    private UUID requestId;
+
+    // the decoded YAML file for the policy
+    private ControlLoopPolicy policy;
+
+    // the initial incoming event
+    private ControlLoopEvent onset = null;
+
+    // operations specific to the type of 'event'
+    private OnsetAdapter onsetAdapter = null;
+
+    // the current (or most recent) policy in effect
+    @Getter
+    private Policy currentPolicy = null;
+
+    // the operation currently in progress
+    @Getter
+    private Operation currentOperation = null;
+
+    // a history entry being constructed that is associated with the
+    // currently running operation
+    private ControlLoopOperation histEntry = null;
+
+    // a list of completed history entries
+    @Getter
+    private List<ControlLoopOperation> history = new LinkedList<>();
+
+    // when the transaction completes, this is the final transaction result
+    @Getter
+    private FinalResult finalResult = null;
+
+    //message, if any, associated with the result of this operation
+    private String message = null;
+
+    // this table maps a class name into the associated adjunct
+    private Map<Class, Adjunct> adjuncts = new HashMap<>();
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor - initialize a 'Transaction' instance
+     * (typically invoked from 'Drools').
+     *
+     * @param workingMemory Drools working memory containing this Transaction
+     * @param closedLoopControlName a string identifying the associated service
+     * @param requestId uniquely identifies this transaction
+     * @param policy decoded YAML file containing the policy
+     */
+    public Transaction(
+        WorkingMemory workingMemory,
+        String closedLoopControlName,
+        UUID requestId,
+        ControlLoopPolicy policy) {
+
+        logger.info("Transaction constructor");
+        this.workingMemory = workingMemory;
+        this.closedLoopControlName = closedLoopControlName;
+        this.requestId = requestId;
+        this.policy = policy;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a string indicating the current state of this transaction.
+     * If there is an operation in progress, the state indicates the operation
+     * state. Otherwise, the state is 'COMPLETE'.
+     *
+     * @return a string indicating the current state of this transaction
+     */
+    public String getState() {
+        return currentOperation == null
+            ? "COMPLETE" : currentOperation.getState();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return 'true' if the transaction has completed, and the final result
+     * indicates failure.
+     *
+     * @return 'true' if the transaction has completed, and the final result
+     *     indicates failure
+     */
+    public boolean finalResultFailure() {
+        return FinalResult.FINAL_SUCCESS != finalResult
+               && FinalResult.FINAL_OPENLOOP != finalResult
+               && finalResult != null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the overall policy timeout value as a String that can be used
+     * in a Drools timer.
+     *
+     * @return the overall policy timeout value as a String that can be used
+     *     in a Drools timer
+     */
+    public String getTimeout() {
+        return String.valueOf(policy.getControlLoop().getTimeout()) + "s";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the current operation timeout value as a String that can be used
+     * in a Drools timer.
+     *
+     * @return the current operation timeout value as a String that can be used
+     *     in a Drools timer
+     */
+    public String getOperationTimeout() {
+        return String.valueOf(currentPolicy.getTimeout()) + "s";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Let Drools know the transaction has been modified.
+     *
+     * <p>It is not necessary for Java code to call this method when an incoming
+     * message is received for an operation, or an operation timeout occurs --
+     * the Drools code has been written with the assumption that the transaction
+     * is modified in these cases. Instead, this method should be called when
+     * some type of internal occurrence results in a state change, such as when
+     * an operation acquires a lock after initially being blocked.
+     */
+    public void modify() {
+        FactHandle handle = workingMemory.getFactHandle(this);
+        if (handle != null) {
+            workingMemory.update(handle, this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the initial 'onset' event that started this transaction.
+     *
+     * @param event the initial 'onset' event
+     */
+    public void setControlLoopEvent(ControlLoopEvent event) {
+        if (onset != null) {
+            logger.error("'Transaction' received unexpected event");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        onset = event;
+
+        // fetch associated 'OnsetAdapter'
+        onsetAdapter = OnsetAdapter.get(onset);
+
+        // check trigger policy type
+        if (isOpenLoop(policy.getControlLoop().getTrigger_policy())) {
+            // no operation is needed for open loops
+            finalResult = FinalResult.FINAL_OPENLOOP;
+            modify();
+        } else {
+            // fetch current policy
+            setPolicyId(policy.getControlLoop().getTrigger_policy());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validates the onset by ensuring fields that are required
+     * for processing are included in the onset. The fields needed
+     * include the requestId, targetType, and target.
+     *
+     * @param onset the initial message that triggers processing
+     */
+    public boolean isControlLoopEventValid(ControlLoopEvent onset) {
+        if (onset.getRequestId() == null) {
+            this.message = "No requestID";
+            return false;
+        } else if (onset.getTargetType() == null) {
+            this.message = "No targetType";
+            return false;
+        } else if (onset.getTarget() == null || onset.getTarget().isEmpty()) {
+            this.message = "No target field";
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a 'ControlLoopNotification' from the specified event. Note thet
+     * the type of the initial 'onset' event is used to determine the type
+     * of the 'ControlLoopNotification', rather than the event passed to the
+     * method.
+     *
+     * @param event the event used to generate the notification
+     *     (if 'null' is passed, the 'onset' event is used)
+     * @return the created 'ControlLoopNotification' (or subclass) instance
+     */
+    public ControlLoopNotification getNotification(ControlLoopEvent event) {
+        ControlLoopNotification notification =
+            onsetAdapter.createNotification(event == null ? this.onset : event);
+
+        // include entire history
+        notification.setHistory(new ArrayList<ControlLoopOperation>(history));
+
+        return notification;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is called when additional incoming messages are received
+     * for the transaction. Messages are routed to the current operation,
+     * any results are processed, and a notification may be returned to
+     * the caller.
+     *
+     * @param object an incoming message, which should be meaningful to the
+     *     operation currently in progress
+     * @return a notification message if the operation completed,
+     *     or 'null' if it is still in progress
+     */
+    public ControlLoopNotification incomingMessage(Object object) {
+        ControlLoopNotification notification = null;
+        if (currentOperation != null) {
+            currentOperation.incomingMessage(object);
+            notification = processResult(currentOperation.getResult());
+        } else {
+            logger.error("'Transaction' received unexpected message: "
+                         + object);
+        }
+        return notification;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is called from Drools when the current operation times out.
+     *
+     * @return a notification message if there is an operation in progress,
+     *     or 'null' if not
+     */
+    public ControlLoopNotification timeout() {
+        ControlLoopNotification notification = null;
+        if (currentOperation != null) {
+            // notify the current operation
+            currentOperation.timeout();
+
+            // process the timeout within the transaction
+            notification = processResult(currentOperation.getResult());
+        } else {
+            logger.error("'Transaction' received unexpected timeout");
+        }
+        return notification;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  This method is called from Drools during a control loop timeout
+     *  to ensure the correct final notification is sent.
+     */
+    public void clTimeout() {
+        this.finalResult = FinalResult.FINAL_FAILURE_TIMEOUT;
+        message = "Control Loop timed out";
+        currentOperation = null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is called from Drools to generate a notification message
+     * when an operation is started.
+     *
+     * @return an initial notification message if there is an operation in
+     *     progress, or 'null' if not
+     */
+    public ControlLoopNotification initialOperationNotification() {
+        if (currentOperation == null || histEntry == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        ControlLoopNotification notification =
+            onsetAdapter.createNotification(onset);
+        notification.setNotification(ControlLoopNotificationType.OPERATION);
+        notification.setMessage(histEntry.toHistory());
+        notification.setHistory(new LinkedList<ControlLoopOperation>());
+        for (ControlLoopOperation clo : history) {
+            if (histEntry.getOperation().equals(clo.getOperation())
+                    && histEntry.getActor().equals(clo.getActor())) {
+                notification.getHistory().add(clo);
+            }
+        }
+        return notification;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a final notification message for the entire transaction.
+     *
+     * @return a final notification message for the entire transaction,
+     *     or 'null' if we don't have a final result yet
+     */
+    public ControlLoopNotification finalNotification() {
+        if (finalResult == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        ControlLoopNotification notification =
+            onsetAdapter.createNotification(onset);
+        switch (finalResult) {
+            case FINAL_SUCCESS:
+                notification.setNotification(
+                    ControlLoopNotificationType.FINAL_SUCCESS);
+                break;
+            case FINAL_OPENLOOP:
+                notification.setNotification(
+                    ControlLoopNotificationType.FINAL_OPENLOOP);
+                break;
+            default:
+                notification.setNotification(
+                    ControlLoopNotificationType.FINAL_FAILURE);
+                notification.setMessage(this.message);
+                break;
+        }
+        notification.setHistory(history);
+        return notification;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a 'ControlLoopNotification' instance describing the current operation error.
+     *
+     * @return a 'ControlLoopNotification' instance describing the current operation error
+     */
+    public ControlLoopNotification processError() {
+        ControlLoopNotification notification = null;
+        if (currentOperation != null) {
+            // process the error within the transaction
+            notification = processResult(currentOperation.getResult());
+        }
+        return notification;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update the state of the transaction based upon the result of an operation.
+     *
+     * @param result if not 'null', this is the result of the current operation
+     *     (if 'null', the operation is still in progress,
+     *     and no changes are made)
+     * @return if not 'null', this is a notification message that should be
+     *     sent to RUBY
+     */
+    private ControlLoopNotification processResult(PolicyResult result) {
+        if (result == null) {
+            modify();
+            return null;
+        }
+        String nextPolicy = null;
+
+        ControlLoopOperation saveHistEntry = histEntry;
+        completeHistEntry(result);
+
+        final ControlLoopNotification notification = processResult_HistEntry(saveHistEntry, result);
+
+        // If there is a message from the operation then we set it to be
+        // used by the control loop notifications
+        message = currentOperation.getMessage();
+
+        // set the value 'nextPolicy' based upon the result of the operation
+        switch (result) {
+            case SUCCESS:
+                nextPolicy = currentPolicy.getSuccess();
+                break;
+
+            case FAILURE:
+                nextPolicy = processResult_Failure();
+                break;
+
+            case FAILURE_TIMEOUT:
+                nextPolicy = currentPolicy.getFailure_timeout();
+                message = "Operation timed out";
+                break;
+
+            case FAILURE_RETRIES:
+                nextPolicy = currentPolicy.getFailure_retries();
+                message = "Control Loop reached failure retry limit";
+                break;
+
+            case FAILURE_EXCEPTION:
+                nextPolicy = currentPolicy.getFailure_exception();
+                break;
+
+            case FAILURE_GUARD:
+                nextPolicy = currentPolicy.getFailure_guard();
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+
+        if (nextPolicy != null) {
+            finalResult = FinalResult.toResult(nextPolicy);
+            if (finalResult == null) {
+                // it must be the next state
+                logger.debug("advancing to next operation");
+                setPolicyId(nextPolicy);
+            } else {
+                logger.debug("moving to COMPLETE state");
+                currentOperation = null;
+            }
+        } else {
+            logger.debug("doing retry with current actor");
+        }
+
+        modify();
+        return notification;
+    }
+
+    // returns a notification message based on the history entry
+    private ControlLoopNotification processResult_HistEntry(ControlLoopOperation hist, PolicyResult result) {
+        if (hist == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // generate notification, containing operation history
+        ControlLoopNotification notification = onsetAdapter.createNotification(onset);
+        notification.setNotification(
+            result == PolicyResult.SUCCESS
+            ? ControlLoopNotificationType.OPERATION_SUCCESS
+            : ControlLoopNotificationType.OPERATION_FAILURE);
+        notification.setMessage(hist.toHistory());
+
+        // include the subset of history that pertains to this
+        // actor and operation
+        notification.setHistory(new LinkedList<ControlLoopOperation>());
+        for (ControlLoopOperation clo : history) {
+            if (hist.getOperation().equals(clo.getOperation())
+                    && hist.getActor().equals(clo.getActor())) {
+                notification.getHistory().add(clo);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return notification;
+    }
+
+    // returns the next policy if the current operation fails
+    private String processResult_Failure() {
+        String nextPolicy = null;
+        int attempt = currentOperation.getAttempt();
+        if (attempt <= currentPolicy.getRetry()) {
+            // operation failed, but there are retries left
+            Actor actor = nameToActor.get(currentPolicy.getActor());
+            if (actor != null) {
+                attempt += 1;
+                logger.debug("found Actor, attempt " + attempt);
+                currentOperation =
+                    actor.createOperation(this, currentPolicy, onset, attempt);
+                createHistEntry();
+            } else {
+                logger.error("'Transaction' can't find actor "
+                             + currentPolicy.getActor());
+            }
+        } else {
+            // operation failed, and no retries (or no retries left)
+            nextPolicy = (attempt == 1
+                ? currentPolicy.getFailure()
+                : currentPolicy.getFailure_retries());
+            logger.debug("moving to policy " + nextPolicy);
+        }
+        return nextPolicy;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a history entry at the beginning of an operation, and store it
+     * in the 'histEntry' instance variable.
+     */
+    private void createHistEntry() {
+        histEntry = new ControlLoopOperation();
+        histEntry.setActor(currentPolicy.getActor());
+        histEntry.setOperation(currentPolicy.getRecipe());
+        histEntry.setTarget(currentPolicy.getTarget().toString());
+        histEntry.setSubRequestId(String.valueOf(currentOperation.getAttempt()));
+
+        // histEntry.end - we will set this one later
+        // histEntry.outcome - we will set this one later
+        // histEntry.message - we will set this one later
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finish up the history entry at the end of an operation, and add it
+     * to the history list.
+     *
+     * @param result this is the result of the operation, which can't be 'null'
+     */
+    private void completeHistEntry(PolicyResult result) {
+        if (histEntry == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // append current entry to history
+        histEntry.setEnd(Instant.now());
+        histEntry.setOutcome(result.toString());
+        histEntry.setMessage(currentOperation.getMessage());
+        history.add(histEntry);
+
+        // give current operation a chance to act on it
+        currentOperation.histEntryCompleted(histEntry);
+        logger.debug("histEntry = {}", histEntry);
+        histEntry = null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Look up the identifier for the next policy, and prepare to start that
+     * operation.
+     *
+     * @param id this is the identifier associated with the policy
+     */
+    private void setPolicyId(String id) {
+        currentPolicy = null;
+        currentOperation = null;
+
+        // search through the policies for a matching 'id'
+        for (Policy tmp : policy.getPolicies()) {
+            if (id.equals(tmp.getId())) {
+                // found a match
+                currentPolicy = tmp;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (currentPolicy != null) {
+            // locate the 'Actor' associated with 'currentPolicy'
+            Actor actor = nameToActor.get(currentPolicy.getActor());
+            if (actor != null) {
+                // found the associated 'Actor' instance
+                currentOperation =
+                    actor.createOperation(this, currentPolicy, onset, 1);
+                createHistEntry();
+            } else {
+                logger.error("'Transaction' can't find actor "
+                             + currentPolicy.getActor());
+            }
+        } else {
+            logger.error("Transaction' can't find policy " + id);
+        }
+
+        if (currentOperation == null) {
+
+            // either we couldn't find the actor or the operation --
+            // the transaction fails
+            finalResult = FinalResult.FINAL_FAILURE;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean isOpenLoop(String policyId) {
+        return FinalResult.FINAL_OPENLOOP.name().equalsIgnoreCase(policyId);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method sets the message for a control loop notification
+     * in the case where a custom message wants to be sent due to
+     * error processing, etc.
+     *
+     * @param message the message to be set for the control loop notification
+     */
+    public void setNotificationMessage(String message) {
+        this.message = message;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the notification message of this transaction.
+     *
+     * @return the notification message of this transaction
+     */
+    public String getNotificationMessage() {
+        return this.message;
+    }
+
+    /* ============================================================ */
+
+    /**
+     * Subclasses of 'Adjunct' provide data and methods to support one or
+     * more Actors/Operations, but are stored within the 'Transaction'
+     * instance.
+     */
+    public static interface Adjunct extends Serializable {
+        /**
+         * Called when an adjunct is automatically created as a result of
+         * a 'getAdjunct' call.
+         *
+         * @param transaction the transaction containing the adjunct
+         */
+        public default void init(Transaction transaction) {}
+
+        /**
+         * Called for each adjunct when the transaction completes, and is
+         * removed from Drools memory. Any adjunct-specific cleanup can be
+         * done at this point (e.g. freeing locks).
+         */
+        public default void cleanup(Transaction transaction) {}
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This is a method of class 'Transaction', and returns an adjunct of
+     * the specified class (it is created if it doesn't exist).
+     *
+     * @param clazz this is the class of the adjunct
+     * @return an adjunct of the specified class ('null' may be returned if
+     *     the 'newInstance' method is unable to create the adjunct)
+     */
+    public <T extends Adjunct> T getAdjunct(final Class<T> clazz) {
+        return clazz.cast(adjuncts.computeIfAbsent(clazz, cl -> {
+            T adjunct = null;
+            try {
+                // create the adjunct (may trigger an exception)
+                adjunct = clazz.newInstance();
+
+                // initialize the adjunct (may also trigger an exception */
+                adjunct.init(Transaction.this);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                logger.error("Transaction can't create adjunct of {}", cl, e);
+            }
+            return adjunct;
+        }));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Explicitly create an adjunct -- this is useful when the adjunct
+     * initialization requires that some parameters be passed.
+     *
+     * @param adjunct this is the adjunct to insert into the table
+     * @return 'true' if successful
+     *     ('false' is returned if an adjunct with this class already exists)
+     */
+    public boolean putAdjunct(Adjunct adjunct) {
+        return adjuncts.putIfAbsent(adjunct.getClass(), adjunct) == null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method needs to be called when the transaction completes, which
+     * is typically right after it is removed from Drools memory.
+     */
+    public void cleanup() {
+        // create a list containing all of the adjuncts (in no particular order)
+        List<Adjunct> values;
+        synchronized (adjuncts) {
+            values = new LinkedList<>(adjuncts.values());
+        }
+
+        // iterate over the list
+        for (Adjunct a : values) {
+            try {
+                // call the 'cleanup' method on the adjunct
+                a.cleanup(this);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                logger.error("Transaction.cleanup exception", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/Util.java b/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/Util.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e6d98bf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controlloop/m2/base/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/Util.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * m2/base
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.m2.base;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.event.comm.TopicEndpointManager;
+import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.event.comm.TopicSink;
+import org.onap.policy.drools.core.PolicyContainer;
+import org.onap.policy.drools.core.PolicySession;
+import org.onap.policy.drools.system.PolicyController;
+import org.onap.policy.drools.system.PolicyControllerConstants;
+import org.onap.policy.drools.system.PolicyEngineConstants;
+
+/**
+ * This class contains static utility methods.
+ */
+public class Util {
+    /**
+     * Find the PolicyController associated with the specified PolicySession.
+     *
+     * @param session the current PolicySession
+     * @return the associated PolicyController (or 'null' if not found)
+     */
+    public static PolicyController getPolicyController(PolicySession session) {
+        PolicyContainer container = session.getPolicyContainer();
+        return PolicyControllerConstants.getFactory().get(
+                   container.getGroupId(), container.getArtifactId());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Send a UEB/DMAAP message to the specified topic, using the specified
+     * PolicyController.
+     *
+     * @param topic UEB/DMAAP topic
+     * @param event the message to encode, and send
+     * @return 'true' if successful, 'false' if delivery failed
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if the topic can't be found,
+     *     or there are multiple topics with the same name
+     */
+    public static boolean deliver(String topic, Object event) {
+        return PolicyEngineConstants.getManager().deliver(topic, event);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/controlloop/m2/base/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/ActorOperationTest.java b/controlloop/m2/base/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/ActorOperationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cbd05e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controlloop/m2/base/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/ActorOperationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * m2/base
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.m2.base;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopEvent;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopException;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.PolicyResult;
+
+public class ActorOperationTest {
+
+    public static final String ACTOR_NAME = "test";
+    public static final String STATE = "COMPLETE";
+
+    public static class TestOperation implements Operation {
+
+        @Override
+        public Object getRequest() throws ControlLoopException {
+            return "request";
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Policy getPolicy() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getState() {
+            return STATE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getAttempt() {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public PolicyResult getResult() {
+            return PolicyResult.SUCCESS;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getMessage() {
+            return "success";
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void incomingMessage(Object object) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void timeout() {
+            return;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public static class TestActor implements Actor {
+
+        @Override
+        public String getName() {
+            return ACTOR_NAME;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Operation createOperation(Transaction transaction, Policy policy, ControlLoopEvent onset, int attempt) {
+            return new TestOperation();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getNameTest() {
+        Actor actor = new TestActor();
+        assertEquals(ACTOR_NAME, actor.getName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void operationTest() throws ControlLoopException {
+        Actor actor = new TestActor();
+        Operation operation = actor.createOperation(null, null, null, 0);
+        assertNotNull(operation);
+        assertEquals("request", operation.getRequest());
+        assertNull(operation.getPolicy());
+        assertEquals(STATE, operation.getState());
+        assertEquals(0, operation.getAttempt());
+        assertEquals(PolicyResult.SUCCESS, operation.getResult());
+        assertEquals("success", operation.getMessage());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/controlloop/m2/base/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/GuardAdjunctTest.java b/controlloop/m2/base/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/GuardAdjunctTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eacfc8f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controlloop/m2/base/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/GuardAdjunctTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * m2/base
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.m2.base;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+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.time.Instant;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopOperation;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.guard.GuardContext;
+import org.powermock.reflect.Whitebox;
+
+public class GuardAdjunctTest {
+    private static final String ADJUNCT_CONTEXT_FIELD = "context";
+    private static final String ADJUNCT_TRANSACTION_FIELD = "transaction";
+
+    private static GuardAdjunct adjunct;
+    private static Transaction transaction;
+    private static GuardContext context;
+
+    /**
+     * Class-level initialization.
+     */
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setup() {
+        transaction = new Transaction(null, "testCL", UUID.randomUUID(), null);
+        context = mock(GuardContext.class);
+
+        GuardAdjunct.create(transaction, context);
+        adjunct = transaction.getAdjunct(GuardAdjunct.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void createGuardAdjunctTest() {
+        assertEquals(context, adjunct.get());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void asyncQueryTest() {
+        Policy policy = new Policy();
+        policy.setActor("APPCLCM");
+        policy.setRecipe("test");
+
+        assertTrue(adjunct.asyncQuery(policy, "testTarget", UUID.randomUUID().toString()));
+
+        GuardContext savedContext = Whitebox.getInternalState(adjunct, ADJUNCT_CONTEXT_FIELD);
+        Whitebox.setInternalState(adjunct, ADJUNCT_CONTEXT_FIELD, (GuardContext)null);
+
+        try {
+            assertFalse(adjunct.asyncQuery(policy, "testTarget", UUID.randomUUID().toString()));
+        } finally {
+            Whitebox.setInternalState(adjunct, ADJUNCT_CONTEXT_FIELD, savedContext);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void asyncCreateDbEntryTest() {
+        ControlLoopOperation op = new ControlLoopOperation();
+        op.setStart(Instant.now().minusSeconds(1));
+        op.setEnd(Instant.now());
+        op.setActor("testActor");
+        op.setOperation("testOperation");
+        op.setSubRequestId("0");
+        op.setMessage("test");
+        op.setOutcome("success");
+
+        adjunct.asyncCreateDbEntry(op, "testTarget");
+        verify(context, times(1)).asyncCreateDbEntry(op.getStart(), op.getEnd(),
+            transaction.getClosedLoopControlName(), op.getActor(),
+            op.getOperation(), "testTarget", transaction.getRequestId().toString(),
+            op.getSubRequestId(), op.getMessage(), op.getOutcome());
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/controlloop/m2/base/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/TransactionTest.java b/controlloop/m2/base/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/TransactionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c186ce6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controlloop/m2/base/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/TransactionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * m2/base
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.m2.base;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.drools.core.WorkingMemory;
+import org.drools.core.impl.StatefulKnowledgeSessionImpl;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopEventStatus;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopNotification;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopTargetType;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.VirtualControlLoopEvent;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.ControlLoop;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.ControlLoopPolicy;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.FinalResult;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Policy;
+
+public class TransactionTest {
+
+    private VirtualControlLoopEvent setControlLoopEvent(UUID requestId, String closedLoopControlName,
+            Instant eventStart, String targetType, String target) {
+
+        VirtualControlLoopEvent event = new VirtualControlLoopEvent();
+        event.setClosedLoopControlName(closedLoopControlName);
+        event.setClosedLoopEventStatus(ControlLoopEventStatus.ONSET);
+        event.setRequestId(requestId);
+        event.setClosedLoopAlarmStart(eventStart);
+        event.setTarget(target);
+        event.setTargetType(targetType);
+        event.getAai().put("vserver.is-closed-loop-disabled", "false");
+        event.getAai().put("complex.state", "NJ");
+        event.getAai().put("vserver.l-interface.interface-name", "89ee9ee6-1e96-4063-b690-aa5ca9f73b32");
+        event.getAai().put("vserver.l-interface.l3-interface-ipv4-address-list.l3-inteface-ipv4-address",
+            "135.144.3.49");
+        event.getAai().put("vserver.l-interface.l3-interface-ipv6-address-list.l3-inteface-ipv6-address", null);
+        event.getAai().put("vserver.in-maint", "N");
+        event.getAai().put("complex.city", "AAIDefault");
+        event.getAai().put("vserver.vserver-id", "aa7a24f9-8791-491f-b31a-c8ba5ad9e2aa");
+        event.getAai().put("vserver.l-interface.network-name", "vUSP_DPA3_OAM_3750");
+        event.getAai().put("vserver.vserver-name", "ctsf0002vm013");
+        event.getAai().put("generic-vnf.vnf-name", "ctsf0002v");
+        event.getAai().put("generic-vnf.service-id", "e433710f-9217-458d-a79d-1c7aff376d89");
+        event.getAai().put("vserver.selflink", "https://compute-aic.dpa3.cci.att.com:8774/v2/d0719b845a804b368f8ac0bba39e188b/servers/aa7a24f9-8791-491f-b31a-c8ba5ad9e2aa");
+        event.getAai().put("generic-vnf.vnf-type", "vUSP - vCTS");
+        event.getAai().put("tenant.tenant-id", "d0719b845a804b368f8ac0bba39e188b");
+        event.getAai().put("cloud-region.identity-url", "");
+        event.getAai().put("vserver.prov-status", "PROV");
+        event.getAai().put("complex.physical-location-id", "LSLEILAA");
+
+        return event;
+    }
+
+    private ControlLoopPolicy createControlLoop() {
+
+        ControlLoop controlLoop = new ControlLoop();
+        controlLoop.setControlLoopName("cltest");
+        controlLoop.setTrigger_policy("testid");
+        controlLoop.setTimeout(15);
+
+        Policy policy = new Policy();
+        policy.setActor("APPCLCM");
+        policy.setId("testid");
+        policy.setName("policytest");
+        policy.setRecipe("restart");
+        policy.setRetry(1);
+        policy.setTimeout(10);
+        policy.setSuccess(FinalResult.FINAL_SUCCESS.toString());
+        policy.setFailure(FinalResult.FINAL_FAILURE.toString());
+        policy.setFailure_exception(FinalResult.FINAL_FAILURE_EXCEPTION.toString());
+        policy.setFailure_guard(FinalResult.FINAL_FAILURE_GUARD.toString());
+        policy.setFailure_retries(FinalResult.FINAL_FAILURE_RETRIES.toString());
+        policy.setFailure_timeout(FinalResult.FINAL_FAILURE_TIMEOUT.toString());
+
+        LinkedList<Policy> policies = new LinkedList<>();
+        policies.add(policy);
+
+        ControlLoopPolicy controlLoopPolicy = new ControlLoopPolicy();
+        controlLoopPolicy.setControlLoop(controlLoop);
+        controlLoopPolicy.setPolicies(policies);
+
+        return controlLoopPolicy;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void validControlLoopEventTest() {
+        VirtualControlLoopEvent event = setControlLoopEvent(UUID.randomUUID(),
+                                        "cltest", Instant.now(), ControlLoopTargetType.VM, "vserver.vserver-name");
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", event.getRequestId(), createControlLoop());
+        assertTrue(transaction.isControlLoopEventValid(event));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void noRequestIdControlLoopEventTest() {
+        VirtualControlLoopEvent event = setControlLoopEvent(null,
+                                        "cltest", Instant.now(), ControlLoopTargetType.VM, "vserver.vserver-name");
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", event.getRequestId(), createControlLoop());
+        assertFalse(transaction.isControlLoopEventValid(event));
+        assertEquals("No requestID", transaction.getNotificationMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void noTargetTypeControlLoopEventTest() {
+        VirtualControlLoopEvent event = setControlLoopEvent(UUID.randomUUID(),
+                                        "cltest", Instant.now(), null, "vserver.vserver-name");
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", event.getRequestId(), createControlLoop());
+        assertFalse(transaction.isControlLoopEventValid(event));
+        assertEquals("No targetType", transaction.getNotificationMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void noTargetControlLoopEventTest() {
+        VirtualControlLoopEvent event = setControlLoopEvent(UUID.randomUUID(),
+                                        "cltest", Instant.now(), ControlLoopTargetType.VM, null);
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", event.getRequestId(), createControlLoop());
+        assertFalse(transaction.isControlLoopEventValid(event));
+        assertEquals("No target field", transaction.getNotificationMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getClosedLoopControlNameTest() {
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", UUID.randomUUID(), createControlLoop());
+        assertEquals("clvusptest", transaction.getClosedLoopControlName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getRequestIdTest() {
+        UUID requestId = UUID.randomUUID();
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", requestId, createControlLoop());
+        assertEquals(requestId, transaction.getRequestId());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getWorkingMemoryTest() {
+        // Create mock working session
+        StatefulKnowledgeSessionImpl mockWorkingMemory = mock(StatefulKnowledgeSessionImpl.class);
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(mockWorkingMemory, "clvusptest",
+            UUID.randomUUID(), createControlLoop());
+        assertEquals(mockWorkingMemory, transaction.getWorkingMemory());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getStateCompleteTest() {
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", UUID.randomUUID(), createControlLoop());
+        assertEquals("COMPLETE", transaction.getState());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getFinalResultTest() {
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", UUID.randomUUID(), createControlLoop());
+        assertEquals(null, transaction.getFinalResult());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void finalResultFailureTest() {
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", UUID.randomUUID(), createControlLoop());
+        assertFalse(transaction.finalResultFailure());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getTimeoutTest() {
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", UUID.randomUUID(), createControlLoop());
+        assertEquals("15s", transaction.getTimeout());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getOperationTimeoutTest() {
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", UUID.randomUUID(), createControlLoop());
+        VirtualControlLoopEvent onset = setControlLoopEvent(UUID.randomUUID(),
+                                        "cltest", null, ControlLoopTargetType.VM, "vserver.vserver-name");
+        transaction.setControlLoopEvent(onset);
+        assertEquals("10s", transaction.getOperationTimeout());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getCurrentPolicy() {
+        ControlLoopPolicy controlLoopPolicy = createControlLoop();
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", UUID.randomUUID(), controlLoopPolicy);
+        VirtualControlLoopEvent onset = setControlLoopEvent(UUID.randomUUID(),
+                                        "cltest", null, ControlLoopTargetType.VM, "vserver.vserver-name");
+        transaction.setControlLoopEvent(onset);
+        assertEquals(controlLoopPolicy.getPolicies().get(0), transaction.getCurrentPolicy());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getOperationTest() {
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", UUID.randomUUID(), createControlLoop());
+        assertEquals(null, transaction.getCurrentOperation());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getNotificationTest() {
+        Transaction transaction = new Transaction(null, "clvusptest", UUID.randomUUID(), createControlLoop());
+        VirtualControlLoopEvent onset = setControlLoopEvent(UUID.randomUUID(),
+                                        "cltest", null, ControlLoopTargetType.VM, "vserver.vserver-name");
+        transaction.setControlLoopEvent(onset);
+        ControlLoopNotification notification = transaction.getNotification(onset);
+        assertEquals(onset.getClosedLoopControlName(), notification.getClosedLoopControlName());
+        assertEquals(onset.getRequestId(), notification.getRequestId());
+        assertEquals(onset.getTarget(), notification.getTarget());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/controlloop/m2/base/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/UtilTest.java b/controlloop/m2/base/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/UtilTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53d97209b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controlloop/m2/base/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/m2/base/UtilTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * m2/base
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.m2.base;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.event.comm.TopicEndpointManager;
+import org.onap.policy.drools.core.PolicyContainer;
+import org.onap.policy.drools.core.PolicySession;
+import org.onap.policy.drools.system.PolicyController;
+
+public class UtilTest {
+
+    private static PolicySession session;
+
+    /**
+     * Class-level initialization.
+     */
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setup() {
+        PolicyContainer container = mock(PolicyContainer.class);
+        when(container.getGroupId()).thenReturn("org.onap.policy");
+        when(container.getArtifactId()).thenReturn("test");
+        when(container.getVersion()).thenReturn("1.0.0");
+
+        session = mock(PolicySession.class);
+        when(session.getPolicyContainer()).thenReturn(container);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void deliverTest() {
+        Properties prop = new Properties();
+        prop.put("noop.sink.topics", "testTopic");
+        TopicEndpointManager.getManager().addTopicSinks(prop);
+
+        // throws an exception:
+        //     java.lang.IllegalStateException: Policy Engine is stopped
+        // if policy engine is started, it still throws an exception:
+        //     java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: no reverse coder has been found
+        //assertTrue(Util.deliver("testTopic", "test"));
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
+    public void deliverNoTopicTest() {
+        Util.deliver("noTopic", "test");
+    }
+}