Fix all bugs reported by Sonar in policy/engine

Code fixes for 27 bugs reported by Sonar in policy/engine

Change-Id: I96da96b38a2e2954ec549e5cdf6ed3ad1d76722c
Issue-ID: POLICY-662
Signed-off-by: eramkve <ram.krishna.verma@ericsson.com>

15 files changed, 183 insertions, 127 deletions

diff --git a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/ClosedLoopPolicy.java b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/ClosedLoopPolicy.java
index 8e9c4b659..7c05a31c6 100644
--- a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/ClosedLoopPolicy.java
+++ b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/ClosedLoopPolicy.java
@@ -70,27 +70,16 @@ public class ClosedLoopPolicy extends Policy {
 	
 	//save configuration of the policy based on the policyname
 	private void saveConfigurations(String policyName, String jsonBody) {
-		try {
+	    
+	        if(policyName.endsWith(".xml")){
+	            policyName = policyName.replace(".xml", "");
+	        }
+		try (PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(CONFIG_HOME + File.separator+ policyName +".json")){
 			String body = jsonBody;
-			try {
-				try{
-					//Remove the trapMaxAge in Verification Signature
-					body = body.replace(",\"trapMaxAge\":null", "");
-				}catch(Exception e){
-					LOGGER.debug("No Trap Max Age in JSON body", e);
-				}
-				this.policyAdapter.setJsonBody(body);
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-				LOGGER.error("Exception Occured"+e);
-			}
-
-			if(policyName.endsWith(".xml")){
-				policyName = policyName.replace(".xml", "");
-			}
-			PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(CONFIG_HOME + File.separator+ policyName +".json");
+			//Remove the trapMaxAge in Verification Signature
+			body = body.replace(",\"trapMaxAge\":null", "");
+			this.policyAdapter.setJsonBody(body);
 			out.println(body);
-			out.close();
-
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while writing Configuration Data"+e);
 		} 
diff --git a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/ConfigPolicy.java b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/ConfigPolicy.java
index adcffe939..48eb784a7 100644
--- a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/ConfigPolicy.java
+++ b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/ConfigPolicy.java
@@ -80,17 +80,24 @@ public class ConfigPolicy extends Policy {
 	
 	// Saving the Configurations file at server location for config policy.
 	protected void saveConfigurations(String policyName) {
+	        BufferedWriter bw = null;
 		try {
 			String fileName = getConfigFile(policyName);
-			FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(CONFIG_HOME + File.separator + fileName);
-			BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);
+			bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(CONFIG_HOME + File.separator + fileName));
 			bw.write(configBodyData);
-			bw.close();
 			if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				LOGGER.debug("Configuration is succesfully saved");
+			    LOGGER.debug("Configuration is succesfully saved");
 			}
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while writing Configuration Data"+e);
+		} finally {
+		    if(bw != null){
+                    try {
+                        bw.close();
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while closing the BufferedWriter"+e);
+                    }
+               }
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/CreateBrmsRawPolicy.java b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/CreateBrmsRawPolicy.java
index a6240e0ee..0bac0e066 100644
--- a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/CreateBrmsRawPolicy.java
+++ b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/CreateBrmsRawPolicy.java
@@ -72,15 +72,13 @@ public class CreateBrmsRawPolicy extends Policy {
 
 	// Saving the Configurations file at server location for CreateBrmsRawPolicy policy.
 	protected void saveConfigurations(String policyName, String jsonBody) {		
-		try {
-			if (policyName.endsWith(".xml")) {
-				policyName = policyName.substring(0,
-						policyName.lastIndexOf(".xml"));
-			}
-			PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(CONFIG_HOME + File.separator + policyName + ".txt");
+	    
+	        if (policyName.endsWith(".xml")) {
+	            policyName = policyName.substring(0,
+	                        policyName.lastIndexOf(".xml"));
+	        }
+		try (PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(CONFIG_HOME + File.separator + policyName + ".txt")){
 			out.println(jsonBody);
-			out.close();
-
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			PolicyLogger.error(MessageCodes.ERROR_PROCESS_FLOW, e, "CreateBrmsRawPolicy", "Exception saving configurations file");
 		}
diff --git a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/CreateClosedLoopPerformanceMetrics.java b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/CreateClosedLoopPerformanceMetrics.java
index 68cc9eff7..456924ac9 100644
--- a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/CreateClosedLoopPerformanceMetrics.java
+++ b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/CreateClosedLoopPerformanceMetrics.java
@@ -67,23 +67,15 @@ public class CreateClosedLoopPerformanceMetrics extends Policy {
 	}
 
 	//save configuration of the policy based on the policyname
-	private void saveConfigurations(String policyName, String jsonBody) {
-		try {
-			String body = null;
-			try {
-				body = jsonBody;
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-				LOGGER.error("Exception Occured"+e);
-			}
-			if(policyName.endsWith(".xml")){
-				policyName	 = policyName.substring(0, policyName.lastIndexOf(".xml"));	
-			}
-			PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(CONFIG_HOME + File.separator + "."+ policyName +".json");
-			out.println(body);
-			policyAdapter.setJsonBody(body);
-			policyAdapter.setConfigBodyData(body);
-			out.close();
-
+	private void saveConfigurations(String policyName, final String jsonBody) {
+	    
+	        if(policyName.endsWith(".xml")){
+	            policyName   = policyName.substring(0, policyName.lastIndexOf(".xml"));
+	        }
+		try (PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(CONFIG_HOME + File.separator + "."+ policyName +".json")){
+			out.println(jsonBody);
+			policyAdapter.setJsonBody(jsonBody);
+			policyAdapter.setConfigBodyData(jsonBody);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			LOGGER.error("Exception Occured"+e);
 		}
diff --git a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/FirewallConfigPolicy.java b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/FirewallConfigPolicy.java
index 6e46ab1c0..e747edb9b 100644
--- a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/FirewallConfigPolicy.java
+++ b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/FirewallConfigPolicy.java
@@ -1265,16 +1265,11 @@ public class FirewallConfigPolicy extends Policy {
 	}
 
 	private JsonObject stringToJson(String jsonString) {
-		JsonObject json = null;
-		if (jsonString != null) {
-			//Read jsonBody to JsonObject
-			StringReader in = null;
-			in = new StringReader(jsonString);
-
-			JsonReader jsonReader = Json.createReader(in);
-			json = jsonReader.readObject();
-			jsonReader.close();
-		}
+		//Read jsonBody to JsonObject
+		StringReader in = new StringReader(jsonString);
+		JsonReader jsonReader = Json.createReader(in);
+		JsonObject json = jsonReader.readObject();
+		jsonReader.close();
 		return json;
 	}
 
diff --git a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/MicroServiceConfigPolicy.java b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/MicroServiceConfigPolicy.java
index b0e48a7f4..e02121125 100644
--- a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/MicroServiceConfigPolicy.java
+++ b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/MicroServiceConfigPolicy.java
@@ -88,13 +88,11 @@ public class MicroServiceConfigPolicy extends Policy {
 
 	//save configuration of the policy based on the policyname
 	private void saveConfigurations(String policyName, String jsonBody) {
-		try {
-			if(policyName.endsWith(".xml")){
-				policyName = policyName.replace(".xml", "");
-			}
-			PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(CONFIG_HOME + File.separator + policyName +".json");
+	        if(policyName.endsWith(".xml")){
+	            policyName = policyName.replace(".xml", "");
+	        }
+		try (PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(CONFIG_HOME + File.separator + policyName +".json")){
 			out.println(jsonBody);
-			out.close();
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			LOGGER.error("Exception Occured While writing Configuration data"+e);
 		} 
diff --git a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/Policy.java b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/Policy.java
index 20c76f3be..2196209d8 100644
--- a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/Policy.java
+++ b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/Policy.java
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ public abstract class Policy {
 	public static final String URI_DATATYPE = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#anyURI";
 	public static final String RULE_VARIABLE = "var:";
 	public static final String EMPTY_STRING = "";
-	private static final String String = null;
 
 	protected static String CONFIG_HOME = null;
 	protected static String ACTION_HOME = null;
diff --git a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/PolicyDBDao.java b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/PolicyDBDao.java
index 71eb1156f..9ac858277 100644
--- a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/PolicyDBDao.java
+++ b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/components/PolicyDBDao.java
@@ -479,11 +479,14 @@ public class PolicyDBDao {
 			HttpURLConnection connection = null;
 			UUID requestID = UUID.randomUUID();
 			URL url;
+			String papUrl;
 			try {
-				String papUrl = getPapUrlUserPass()[0];
-				if(papUrl == null){
-					papUrl = "undefined";
-				}
+			        String[] papUrlUserPass = getPapUrlUserPass();
+			        if(papUrlUserPass == null ){
+			            papUrl = "undefined";
+			        } else {
+			            papUrl = papUrlUserPass[0];
+			        }
 				logger.debug("We are going to try to notify "+o);
 				//is this our own url?
 				String ourUrl = o;
@@ -1315,8 +1318,7 @@ public class PolicyDBDao {
 	private String[] getNameScopeAndVersionFromPdpPolicy(String fileName){
 		String[] splitByDots = fileName.split("\\.");
 		if(splitByDots.length < 3){
-			//should we throw something
-			return null;
+		        return null;
 		}
 		String policyName = splitByDots[splitByDots.length-3];
 		String version = splitByDots[splitByDots.length-2];
@@ -1365,10 +1367,7 @@ public class PolicyDBDao {
 	 */
 	private static boolean isNullOrEmpty(String... strings){
 		for(String s : strings){
-			if(!(s instanceof String)){
-				return true;
-			}
-			if("".equals(s)){
+			if(s == null || "".equals(s)){
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1532,7 +1531,7 @@ public class PolicyDBDao {
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			if(transactionTimer instanceof Thread){
+			if(transactionTimer != null){
 				transactionTimer.interrupt();
 			}
 		}
@@ -1563,7 +1562,7 @@ public class PolicyDBDao {
 				}
 
 			}
-			if(transactionTimer instanceof Thread){
+			if(transactionTimer != null){
 				transactionTimer.interrupt();
 			}
 		}
@@ -2042,7 +2041,7 @@ public class PolicyDBDao {
 					}
 					em.close();
 				}
-				if(transactionTimer instanceof Thread){
+				if(transactionTimer != null){
 					transactionTimer.interrupt();
 				}
 			}
@@ -2544,7 +2543,10 @@ public class PolicyDBDao {
 								
 				//we need to convert the form of the policy id that is used groups into the form that is used 
 				//for the database. (com.Config_mypol.1.xml) to (Config_mypol.xml)
-				String[] policyNameScopeAndVersion = getNameScopeAndVersionFromPdpPolicy(policyID);			
+				String[] policyNameScopeAndVersion = getNameScopeAndVersionFromPdpPolicy(policyID);
+				if(policyNameScopeAndVersion == null) {
+				    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid input - policyID must contain name, scope and version");
+				}
 				Query policyQuery = em.createQuery("SELECT p FROM PolicyEntity p WHERE p.policyName=:policyName AND p.scope=:scope AND p.deleted=:deleted");
 				policyQuery.setParameter("policyName", policyNameScopeAndVersion[0]);
 				policyQuery.setParameter(scope, policyNameScopeAndVersion[1]);			
diff --git a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/controller/PushPolicyController.java b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/controller/PushPolicyController.java
index 107983562..397904f30 100644
--- a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/controller/PushPolicyController.java
+++ b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/controller/PushPolicyController.java
@@ -161,10 +161,8 @@ public class PushPolicyController {
 			return;
 		}
 		File temp = new File(policyName);
-		try {
-			BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(temp));
+		try (BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(temp))){
 			bw.write(policyEntity.getPolicyData());
-			bw.close();
 			URI selectedURI = temp.toURI();
 			// Create the policy Object
 			selectedPolicy = new StdPDPPolicy(policyName, true, policyID, selectedURI);
diff --git a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/elk/client/ElasticSearchPolicyUpdate.java b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/elk/client/ElasticSearchPolicyUpdate.java
index 5de09215c..dcabefcc8 100644
--- a/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/elk/client/ElasticSearchPolicyUpdate.java
+++ b/ONAP-PAP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pap/xacml/rest/elk/client/ElasticSearchPolicyUpdate.java
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public class ElasticSearchPolicyUpdate {
 	    
 		Connection conn = null;
 		Statement stmt = null;
+		ResultSet result = null;
 		
 		List<Index> listIndex = new ArrayList<>();
 		
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ public class ElasticSearchPolicyUpdate {
 			stmt = conn.createStatement();
 			
 			String policyEntityQuery = "Select * from PolicyEntity";
-			ResultSet result = stmt.executeQuery(policyEntityQuery);
+			result = stmt.executeQuery(policyEntityQuery);
 			
 			while(result.next()){
 				StringBuilder policyDataString = new StringBuilder("{");
@@ -171,36 +172,10 @@ public class ElasticSearchPolicyUpdate {
 				
 				if(!"decision".equals(_type)){
 					if(configurationdataid != null){
-						String configEntityQuery = "Select * from ConfigurationDataEntity where configurationDataId = ?";
-						PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
-						pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(configEntityQuery);
-					    pstmt.setString(1, configurationdataid);
-						ResultSet configResult = pstmt.executeQuery();
-						while(configResult.next()){
-							String configBody = configResult.getString("configbody");
-							String configType = configResult.getString("configtype");
-							if(configBody!=null){
-								configBody = configBody.replace("null", "\"\"");
-								configBody= configBody.replace("\"", "\\\"");
-								policyDataString.append("\"jsonBodyData\":\""+configBody+"\",\"configType\":\""+configType+"\",");
-							}
-						}
-						configResult.close();
+					    updateConfigData(conn, configurationdataid, policyDataString);
 					}
-					
 					if(actionbodyid != null){
-						String actionEntityQuery = "Select * from ActionBodyEntity where actionBodyId = ?";
-						PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
-						pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(actionEntityQuery);
-					    pstmt.setString(1, actionbodyid);
-						ResultSet actionResult = pstmt.executeQuery();
-						while(actionResult.next()){
-							String actionBody = actionResult.getString("actionbody");
-							actionBody = actionBody.replace("null", "\"\"");
-							actionBody = actionBody.replace("\"", "\\\"");
-							policyDataString.append("\"jsonBodyData\":\""+actionBody+"\",");
-						}
-						actionResult.close();
+					    updateActionData(conn, actionbodyid, policyDataString);
 					}	
 				}
 				
@@ -245,6 +220,20 @@ public class ElasticSearchPolicyUpdate {
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while performing database Operation for Elastic Search Policy Upgrade"+e);
 		}finally{
+		        if(result != null){
+		            try {
+		                result.close();
+		            } catch (Exception e) {
+		                LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while closing the resultset"+e);
+		            }
+		        }
+		        if(stmt != null){
+		            try {
+		                stmt.close();
+		            } catch (Exception e) {
+		                LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while closing the statement"+e);
+		            }
+		        }
 			if(conn != null){
 				try {
 					conn.close();
@@ -315,4 +304,79 @@ public class ElasticSearchPolicyUpdate {
 		return policyDataString.toString();
 	}
 	
+	private static void updateConfigData(Connection conn, String configurationdataid, StringBuilder policyDataString) throws Exception {
+
+	        PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
+	        ResultSet configResult = null;
+	        try {
+	            String configEntityQuery = "Select * from ConfigurationDataEntity where configurationDataId = ?";
+	            pstmt = null;
+	            pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(configEntityQuery);
+	            pstmt.setString(1, configurationdataid);
+	            configResult = pstmt.executeQuery();
+	            while(configResult.next()){
+	                String configBody = configResult.getString("configbody");
+	                String configType = configResult.getString("configtype");
+	                if(configBody!=null){
+	                    configBody = configBody.replace("null", "\"\"");
+	                    configBody= configBody.replace("\"", "\\\"");
+	                    policyDataString.append("\"jsonBodyData\":\""+configBody+"\",\"configType\":\""+configType+"\",");
+	                }
+	            }
+	        } catch(Exception e) {
+	            LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while updating configData"+e);
+	            throw(e);
+	        } finally {
+	            if(configResult != null){
+	                try {
+	                    configResult.close();
+	                } catch (Exception e) {
+	                    LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while closing the ResultSet"+e);
+	                }
+	            }
+	            if(pstmt != null){
+	                try {
+	                    pstmt.close();
+	                } catch (Exception e) {
+	                    LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while closing the PreparedStatement"+e);
+	                }
+	            }
+	       }
+	}
+	
+	private static void updateActionData(Connection conn, String actionbodyid, StringBuilder policyDataString) throws Exception {
+
+            PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
+            ResultSet actionResult = null;
+            try {
+                String actionEntityQuery = "Select * from ActionBodyEntity where actionBodyId = ?";
+                pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(actionEntityQuery);
+                pstmt.setString(1, actionbodyid);
+                actionResult = pstmt.executeQuery();
+                while(actionResult.next()){
+                    String actionBody = actionResult.getString("actionbody");
+                    actionBody = actionBody.replace("null", "\"\"");
+                    actionBody = actionBody.replace("\"", "\\\"");
+                    policyDataString.append("\"jsonBodyData\":\""+actionBody+"\",");
+                }
+            } catch(Exception e) {
+                LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while updating actionData"+e);
+                throw(e);
+            } finally {
+                if(actionResult != null){
+                    try {
+                        actionResult.close();
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while closing the ResultSet"+e);
+                    }
+                }
+                if(pstmt != null){
+                    try {
+                        pstmt.close();
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while closing the PreparedStatement"+e);
+                    }
+                }
+           }
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ONAP-PDP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdp/rest/api/services/GetDictionaryService.java b/ONAP-PDP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdp/rest/api/services/GetDictionaryService.java
index d3628f3c1..9b86204e0 100644
--- a/ONAP-PDP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdp/rest/api/services/GetDictionaryService.java
+++ b/ONAP-PDP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdp/rest/api/services/GetDictionaryService.java
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public class GetDictionaryService {
             jsonString = jsonString.replace("microServiceDictionaryDatas", "DictionaryDatas");
             break;
         default:
-            return null;
+            break;
         }
         return jsonString;
     }
diff --git a/ONAP-PDP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdp/rest/api/services/PDPServices.java b/ONAP-PDP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdp/rest/api/services/PDPServices.java
index 8258aba1a..af7112ebd 100644
--- a/ONAP-PDP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdp/rest/api/services/PDPServices.java
+++ b/ONAP-PDP-REST/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdp/rest/api/services/PDPServices.java
@@ -341,12 +341,13 @@ public class PDPServices {
             pdpConfigLocation = pdpConfigLocation.replace("/", File.separator);
         }
         InputStream inputStream = null;
+        JsonReader jsonReader = null;
         try {
             inputStream = new FileInputStream(new File(pdpConfigLocation));
             try {
                 if (pdpConfigLocation.endsWith("json")) {
                     pdpResponse.setType(PolicyType.JSON);
-                    JsonReader jsonReader = Json.createReader(inputStream);
+                    jsonReader = Json.createReader(inputStream);
                     pdpResponse.setConfig(jsonReader.readObject().toString());
                     jsonReader.close();
                 } else if (pdpConfigLocation.endsWith("xml")) {
@@ -400,6 +401,14 @@ public class PDPServices {
                 LOGGER.error(XACMLErrorConstants.ERROR_PROCESS_FLOW + e);
                 throw new PDPException(XACMLErrorConstants.ERROR_PROCESS_FLOW +
                         "Cannot open a connection to the configURL", e);
+            } finally {
+                if(jsonReader != null) {
+                    try {
+                        jsonReader.close();
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while closing the JsonReader"+e);
+                    }
+                }
             }
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             LOGGER.error(XACMLErrorConstants.ERROR_DATA_ISSUE + e);
diff --git a/ONAP-PDP-REST/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdp/rest/api/test/getDictionaryTest.java b/ONAP-PDP-REST/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdp/rest/api/test/getDictionaryTest.java
index e18f8bb03..38dafee35 100644
--- a/ONAP-PDP-REST/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdp/rest/api/test/getDictionaryTest.java
+++ b/ONAP-PDP-REST/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdp/rest/api/test/getDictionaryTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class getDictionaryTest {
 		dp.setDictionary("test");
 		GetDictionaryService gds = new GetDictionaryService(dp, null);
 		String result = (String) formatDictionary.invoke(gds, input);
-		assertNull(result);
+		assertNotNull(result);
 		//
 		dp.setDictionary("OnapName");
 		gds = new GetDictionaryService(dp, null);
diff --git a/ONAP-PDP/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/xacml/action/FindAction.java b/ONAP-PDP/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/xacml/action/FindAction.java
index c6a889821..5fde0adf3 100644
--- a/ONAP-PDP/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/xacml/action/FindAction.java
+++ b/ONAP-PDP/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/xacml/action/FindAction.java
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ public class FindAction {
 		Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\$([a-zA-Z0-9.:]*)");
 		Matcher match = pattern.matcher(configURL);
 		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+		JsonReader jsonReader = null;
 		while (match.find()) {
 			LOGGER.info("Found Macro : " + match.group(1));
 			String replaceValue = matchValues.get(match.group(1));
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ public class FindAction {
 				connection = configURL.openConnection();
 				// InputStream in = connection.getInputStrem();
 				// LOGGER.info("The Body Content is : " + IOUtils.toString(in));
-				JsonReader jsonReader = Json.createReader(connection.getInputStream());
+				jsonReader = Json.createReader(connection.getInputStream());
 				StringEntity input = new StringEntity(jsonReader.readObject().toString());
 				input.setContentType("application/json");
 				postRequest.setEntity(input);
@@ -312,6 +313,13 @@ public class FindAction {
 				LOGGER.error(e.getMessage() +e);
 				response = e.getMessage();
 			} finally {
+			        if(jsonReader != null) {
+			            try {
+			                jsonReader.close();
+			            } catch (Exception e) {
+			                LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while closing the JsonReader"+e);
+			            }
+			        }
 				httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
 			}
 		} else if(matchValues.get("method").equalsIgnoreCase("PUT")) {
@@ -330,7 +338,7 @@ public class FindAction {
 				connection = configURL.openConnection();
 				//InputStream in = connection.getInputStream();
 				//LOGGER.info("The Body Content is : " + IOUtils.toString(in));
-				JsonReader jsonReader = Json.createReader(connection.getInputStream());
+				jsonReader = Json.createReader(connection.getInputStream());
 				StringEntity input = new StringEntity(jsonReader.readObject().toString());
 				input.setContentType("application/json");
 				putRequest.setEntity(input);
@@ -349,6 +357,13 @@ public class FindAction {
 				LOGGER.error(e.getMessage() +e);
 				response = e.getMessage();
 			}finally {
+			        if(jsonReader != null) {
+			            try {
+			                jsonReader.close();
+			            } catch (Exception e) {
+			                LOGGER.error("Exception Occured while closing the JsonReader"+e);
+			            }
+			        }
 				httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/ONAP-XACML/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/xacml/std/pap/StdEngine.java b/ONAP-XACML/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/xacml/std/pap/StdEngine.java
index ca2271ab4..d3dc7ae18 100644
--- a/ONAP-XACML/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/xacml/std/pap/StdEngine.java
+++ b/ONAP-XACML/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/xacml/std/pap/StdEngine.java
@@ -180,18 +180,8 @@ public class StdEngine extends StdPDPItemSetChangeNotifier implements PAPPolicyE
 		// We don't have the default group, create it
 		//
 		String defaultId = properties.getProperty(PROP_PAP_GROUPS_DEFAULT, PROP_PAP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_NAME);
-		if(defaultId == null){
-			defaultId = PROP_PAP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_NAME;
-		}
-		if("".equals(defaultId)){
-			defaultId = PROP_PAP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_NAME;
-		}
-		//we're going to check one more time in case the PROP_PAP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_NAME doesn't exist
-		if(defaultId == null){
-			defaultId = "default";
-		}
 		if("".equals(defaultId)){
-			defaultId = "default";
+		   defaultId = PROP_PAP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_NAME;
 		}
 		logger.warn("Default group does NOT exist, creating " + defaultId);
 		Path defaultPath = Paths.get(this.repository.toString(), defaultId);