1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/policy-endpoints/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/drools/event/comm/bus/internal/BusTopicBase.java b/policy-endpoints/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/drools/event/comm/bus/internal/BusTopicBase.java
index f145f3b8..0bf3d445 100644
--- a/policy-endpoints/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/drools/event/comm/bus/internal/BusTopicBase.java
+++ b/policy-endpoints/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/drools/event/comm/bus/internal/BusTopicBase.java
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-/*-
+/*
  * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
  * policy-endpoints
  * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 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.
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ public abstract class BusTopicBase extends TopicBase implements ApiKeyEnabled {
 						  String apiKey, 
 						  String apiSecret,
 						  boolean useHttps,
-						  boolean allowSelfSignedCerts) 
-	throws IllegalArgumentException {
+						  boolean allowSelfSignedCerts) {
 		
 		super(servers, topic);
 		
@@ -102,6 +101,26 @@ public abstract class BusTopicBase extends TopicBase implements ApiKeyEnabled {
 		return allowSelfSignedCerts;
 	}
 
+    protected boolean anyNullOrEmpty(String... args) {
+        for (String arg : args) {
+            if (arg == null || arg.isEmpty()) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    protected boolean allNullOrEmpty(String... args) {
+        for (String arg : args) {
+            if (!(arg == null || arg.isEmpty())) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
 
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {