1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/feature-distributed-locking/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distributed/locking/DistributedLockingFeature.java b/feature-distributed-locking/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distributed/locking/DistributedLockingFeature.java
index cc7a7a12..3d19c873 100644
--- a/feature-distributed-locking/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distributed/locking/DistributedLockingFeature.java
+++ b/feature-distributed-locking/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/distributed/locking/DistributedLockingFeature.java
@@ -65,9 +65,12 @@ public class DistributedLockingFeature implements PolicyEngineFeatureAPI, Policy
 	 */
 	private static final UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
 	
+
 	/**
-	 * Config directory
+	 * Reference to Heartbeat
 	 */
+	private static Heartbeat heartbeat = null;
+	
 	@Override
 	public int getSequenceNumber() {
         return 1000;
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ public class DistributedLockingFeature implements PolicyEngineFeatureAPI, Policy
 		long heartbeatInterval = this.lockProps.getHeartBeatIntervalProperty();
 		
 		cleanLockTable();
-		Heartbeat heartbeat = new Heartbeat(this.uuid, lockProps);
+		heartbeat = new Heartbeat(this.uuid, lockProps);
 		
 		this.scheduledExecutorService = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);
 		this.scheduledExecutorService.scheduleAtFixedRate(heartbeat, heartbeatInterval, heartbeatInterval, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
@@ -154,5 +157,9 @@ public class DistributedLockingFeature implements PolicyEngineFeatureAPI, Policy
 		}
 		
 	}
+
+	public static Heartbeat getHeartbeat() {
+		return heartbeat;
+	}
 	
 }