Adding Junits for policy engine

Adding Junits to Policy Engine Utils project, removed duplicates, fixed
few defects along the way and fixes to projects.

Issue-Id: POLICY-52
Change-Id: Ia0598300f9bd60f5372b9ef7d8984657478a1611
Signed-off-by: Tej, Tarun <tt3868@att.com>

20 files changed, 1190 insertions, 341 deletions

diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/pom.xml b/PolicyEngineUtils/pom.xml
index af2664305..c0837055f 100644
--- a/PolicyEngineUtils/pom.xml
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/pom.xml
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
 			<artifactId>integrity-monitor</artifactId>
-			<version>${common-modules.version}</version> 
+			<version>${common-modules.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
 			<artifactId>integrity-audit</artifactId>
-			<version>${common-modules.version}</version> 
+			<version>${common-modules.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.drools</groupId>
 			<artifactId>drools-verifier</artifactId>
 			<version>6.3.0.Final</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+					<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.att.cadi</groupId>
@@ -104,20 +110,9 @@
 			<version>1.3.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-    		<groupId>com.att.aft</groupId>
-    		<artifactId>dme2</artifactId>
-    		<version>3.1.200</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.att.nsa</groupId>
-			<artifactId>cambriaClient</artifactId>
-			<version>0.0.1</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
+			<groupId>com.att.aft</groupId>
+			<artifactId>dme2</artifactId>
+			<version>3.1.200</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.att.nsa</groupId>
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/std/StdLoadedPolicy.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/std/StdLoadedPolicy.java
index c1f4fed7f..10268f658 100644
--- a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/std/StdLoadedPolicy.java
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/std/StdLoadedPolicy.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class StdLoadedPolicy implements LoadedPolicy{
 	@Override
 	public String getPolicyName() {
 		if(policyName!=null && policyName.contains(".xml")){
-			return (policyName.substring(0, policyName.substring(0, policyName.lastIndexOf(".")).lastIndexOf(".")));
+			return (policyName.substring(0, policyName.substring(0, policyName.lastIndexOf('.')).lastIndexOf('.')));
 		}
 		return this.policyName;
 	}
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/std/StdRemovedPolicy.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/std/StdRemovedPolicy.java
index bdce33a3b..5430e24ef 100644
--- a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/std/StdRemovedPolicy.java
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/std/StdRemovedPolicy.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class StdRemovedPolicy implements RemovedPolicy{
 	@Override
 	public String getPolicyName() {
 		if(policyName!=null && policyName.contains(".xml")){
-			return (policyName.substring(0, policyName.substring(0, policyName.lastIndexOf(".")).lastIndexOf(".")));
+			return (policyName.substring(0, policyName.substring(0, policyName.lastIndexOf('.')).lastIndexOf('.')));
 		}
 		return this.policyName;
 	}
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/AAFPolicyClientImpl.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/AAFPolicyClientImpl.java
index 0f4876051..ecb51b286 100644
--- a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/AAFPolicyClientImpl.java
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/AAFPolicyClientImpl.java
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ public class AAFPolicyClientImpl implements AAFPolicyClient{
 	private static Access access = null;
 
 	private AAFPolicyClientImpl(Properties properties) throws AAFPolicyException{
-		if(instance == null){
-			instance = this;
-		}
 		setup(properties);
 	}
 
@@ -93,7 +90,6 @@ public class AAFPolicyClientImpl implements AAFPolicyClient{
 			props.setProperty("AFT_LATITUDE", properties.getProperty("AFT_LATITUDE", DEFAULT_AFT_LATITUDE));
 			props.setProperty("AFT_LONGITUDE", properties.getProperty("AFT_LONGITUDE", DEFAULT_AFT_LONGITUDE));
 			String aftEnv = TEST_AFT_ENVIRONMENT;
-			//props.setProperty(Config.CADI_KEYFILE,"keyfile");
 			props.setProperty("aaf_id",properties.getProperty("aaf_id", "aafID"));
 			props.setProperty("aaf_password", properties.getProperty("aaf_password", "aafPass"));
 			if(properties.containsKey(Config.AAF_URL)){
@@ -203,8 +199,8 @@ public class AAFPolicyClientImpl implements AAFPolicyClient{
 	private static boolean setUpAAF(){
 		try {
 			aafCon = new AAFConDME2(access);
-			aafLurPerm = aafCon.newLur();//new AAFLurPerm(aafCon);
-			aafAuthn = aafCon.newAuthn(aafLurPerm);//new AAFAuthn(aafCon, aafLurPerm);
+			aafLurPerm = aafCon.newLur();
+			aafAuthn = aafCon.newAuthn(aafLurPerm);
 			return true;
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			logger.error("Error while setting up AAF Connection " + e.getMessage() + e);
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/BackUpMonitor.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/BackUpMonitor.java
index d4f111637..3cdb51577 100644
--- a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/BackUpMonitor.java
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/BackUpMonitor.java
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ import com.github.fge.jsonpatch.diff.JsonDiff;
  */
 public class BackUpMonitor {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(BackUpMonitor.class.getName());
-    private static final int DEFAULT_PING = 15000; // Value is in milliseconds.
-
+    private static final int DEFAULT_PING = 500; // Value is in milliseconds.
+    private static final String PING_INTERVAL = "ping_interval";
+    private static final String MASTER = "MASTER";
+    private static final String SLAVE = "SLAVE";
+    
     private static BackUpMonitor instance = null;
     private static String resourceName = null;
     private static String resourceNodeName = null;
@@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ public class BackUpMonitor {
     private static Object lock = new Object();
     private static Object notificationLock = new Object();
     private static BackUpHandler handler = null;
+    private static Boolean stopFlag = false;
+    private static Thread t = null;
     private EntityManager em;
     private EntityManagerFactory emf;
 
@@ -77,14 +82,11 @@ public class BackUpMonitor {
 
     private BackUpMonitor(String resourceNodeName, String resourceName, Properties properties, BackUpHandler handler)
             throws BackUpMonitorException {
-        if (instance == null) {
-            instance = this;
-        }
-        BackUpMonitor.resourceNodeName = resourceNodeName;
-        BackUpMonitor.resourceName = resourceName;
-        BackUpMonitor.handler = handler;
+        init(resourceName, resourceNodeName, handler);
         // Create Persistence Entity
-        properties.setProperty(PersistenceUnitProperties.ECLIPSELINK_PERSISTENCE_XML, "META-INF/persistencePU.xml");
+        if(!properties.containsKey(PersistenceUnitProperties.ECLIPSELINK_PERSISTENCE_XML)){
+            properties.setProperty(PersistenceUnitProperties.ECLIPSELINK_PERSISTENCE_XML, "META-INF/persistencePU.xml");
+        }
         emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("PolicyEngineUtils", properties);
         if (emf == null) {
             LOGGER.error("Unable to create Entity Manger Factory ");
@@ -94,12 +96,31 @@ public class BackUpMonitor {
 
         // Check Database if this is Master or Slave.
         checkDataBase();
-
         // Start thread.
-        Thread t = new Thread(new BMonitor());
+        startThread(new BMonitor());
+    }
+    
+    private static void startThread(BMonitor bMonitor) {
+        t = new Thread(bMonitor);
         t.start();
     }
 
+    public static void stop() throws InterruptedException{
+        stopFlag = true;
+        if(t!=null){
+            t.interrupt();
+            t.join();
+        }
+        instance = null;
+    }
+
+    private static void init(String resourceName, String resourceNodeName, BackUpHandler handler) {
+        BackUpMonitor.resourceNodeName = resourceNodeName;
+        BackUpMonitor.resourceName = resourceName;
+        BackUpMonitor.handler = handler;
+        stopFlag = false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the BackUpMonitor Instance if given proper resourceName and properties. Else returns null.
      * 
@@ -142,17 +163,12 @@ public class BackUpMonitor {
             LOGGER.error("javax.persistence.jdbc.user property is empty");
             return false;
         }
-        if (properties.getProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password") == null
-                || properties.getProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password").trim().equals("")) {
-            LOGGER.error("javax.persistence.jdbc.password property is empty");
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (properties.getProperty("ping_interval") == null
-                || properties.getProperty("ping_interval").trim().equals("")) {
+        if (properties.getProperty(PING_INTERVAL) == null
+                || properties.getProperty(PING_INTERVAL).trim().equals("")) {
             LOGGER.info("ping_interval property not specified. Taking default value");
         } else {
             try {
-                pingInterval = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("ping_interval").trim());
+                pingInterval = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty(PING_INTERVAL).trim());
             } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                 LOGGER.warn("Ignored invalid proeprty ping_interval. Taking default value: " + pingInterval);
                 pingInterval = DEFAULT_PING;
@@ -185,7 +201,7 @@ public class BackUpMonitor {
         @Override
         public void run() {
             LOGGER.info("Starting BackUpMonitor Thread.. ");
-            while (true) {
+            while (!stopFlag) {
                 try {
                     TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(pingInterval);
                     checkDataBase();
@@ -198,26 +214,27 @@ public class BackUpMonitor {
 
     // Set Master
     private static BackUpMonitorEntity setMaster(BackUpMonitorEntity bMEntity) {
-        bMEntity.setFlag("MASTER");
+        bMEntity.setFlag(MASTER);
         setFlag(true);
         return bMEntity;
     }
 
     // Set Slave
     private static BackUpMonitorEntity setSlave(BackUpMonitorEntity bMEntity) {
-        bMEntity.setFlag("SLAVE");
+        bMEntity.setFlag(SLAVE);
         setFlag(false);
         return bMEntity;
     }
 
     // Check Database and set the Flag.
     private void checkDataBase() throws BackUpMonitorException {
-        EntityTransaction et = em.getTransaction();
-        setNotificationRecord();
-        // Clear Cache.
-        LOGGER.info("Clearing Cache");
-        em.getEntityManagerFactory().getCache().evictAll();
+        EntityTransaction et = null;
         try {
+            et = em.getTransaction();
+            setNotificationRecord();
+            // Clear Cache.
+            LOGGER.info("Clearing Cache");
+            em.getEntityManagerFactory().getCache().evictAll();
             LOGGER.info("Checking Datatbase for BackUpMonitor.. ");
             et.begin();
             Query query = em.createQuery("select b from BackUpMonitorEntity b where b.resourceNodeName = :nn");
@@ -247,7 +264,7 @@ public class BackUpMonitor {
                     BackUpMonitorEntity bMEntity = (BackUpMonitorEntity) bMList.get(i);
                     LOGGER.info("Refreshing Entity. ");
                     em.refresh(bMEntity);
-                    if (bMEntity.getFlag().equalsIgnoreCase("MASTER")) {
+                    if (bMEntity.getFlag().equalsIgnoreCase(MASTER)) {
                         masterEntities.add(bMEntity);
                     }
                     if (bMEntity.getResourceName().equals(resourceName)) {
@@ -256,7 +273,7 @@ public class BackUpMonitor {
                 }
                 if (selfEntity != null) {
                     LOGGER.info("Resource Name already Exists: " + resourceName);
-                    if (selfEntity.getFlag().equalsIgnoreCase("MASTER")) {
+                    if (selfEntity.getFlag().equalsIgnoreCase(MASTER)) {
                         // Already Master Mode.
                         setFlag(true);
                         LOGGER.info(resourceName + " is on Master Mode");
@@ -306,19 +323,19 @@ public class BackUpMonitor {
                             // Slave.
                             BackUpMonitorEntity masterEntity = null;
                             for (BackUpMonitorEntity currentEntity : masterEntities) {
-                                if (currentEntity.getFlag().equalsIgnoreCase("MASTER")) {
+                                if (currentEntity.getFlag().equalsIgnoreCase(MASTER)) {
                                     if (masterEntity == null) {
                                         masterEntity = currentEntity;
                                     } else if (currentEntity.getTimeStamp().getTime() > masterEntity.getTimeStamp()
                                             .getTime()) {
                                         // False Master, Update master to slave and take currentMaster as Master.
-                                        masterEntity.setFlag("SLAVE");
+                                        masterEntity.setFlag(SLAVE);
                                         masterEntity.setTimeStamp(new Date());
                                         em.persist(masterEntity);
                                         em.flush();
                                         masterEntity = currentEntity;
                                     } else {
-                                        currentEntity.setFlag("SLAVE");
+                                        currentEntity.setFlag(SLAVE);
                                         currentEntity.setTimeStamp(new Date());
                                         em.persist(currentEntity);
                                         em.flush();
@@ -339,7 +356,7 @@ public class BackUpMonitor {
                                 if (timeDiff > (pingInterval + 1500)) {
                                     // This is down or has an issue and we need to become Master while turning the
                                     // Master to slave.
-                                    masterEntity.setFlag("SLAVE");
+                                    masterEntity.setFlag(SLAVE);
                                     String lastNotification = null;
                                     if (masterEntity.getNotificationRecord() != null) {
                                         lastNotification = calculatePatch(masterEntity.getNotificationRecord());
@@ -366,7 +383,7 @@ public class BackUpMonitor {
             et.commit();
         } catch (Exception e) {
             LOGGER.error("failed Database Operation " + e.getMessage(), e);
-            if (et.isActive()) {
+            if (et!=null && et.isActive()) {
                 et.rollback();
             }
             throw new BackUpMonitorException(e);
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/BusConsumer.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/BusConsumer.java
index 1b31394d0..2c867a3d1 100644
--- a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/BusConsumer.java
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/BusConsumer.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public interface BusConsumer {
 		public DmaapConsumerWrapper(List<String> servers, String topic, 
 								String aafLogin, String aafPassword,
 								String consumerGroup, String consumerInstance,
-								int fetchTimeout, int fetchLimit)  throws MalformedURLException{
+								int fetchTimeout, int fetchLimit) throws MalformedURLException{
 					
 			this.consumer = new MRConsumerImpl(servers, topic, 
 											   consumerGroup, consumerInstance, 
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/BusPublisher.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/BusPublisher.java
index 3190aa035..3a12122bf 100644
--- a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/BusPublisher.java
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/BusPublisher.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public interface BusPublisher {
 	 * @return true if success, false otherwise
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if no message provided
 	 */
-	public boolean send(String partitionId, String message) throws IllegalArgumentException;
+	public boolean send(String partitionId, String message);
 	
 	/**
 	 * closes the publisher
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ public interface BusPublisher {
 		 * {@inheritDoc}
 		 */
 		@Override
-		public boolean send(String partitionId, String message) 
-				throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		public boolean send(String partitionId, String message){
 			if (message == null)
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("No message provided");
 			
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/PolicyUtils.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/PolicyUtils.java
index 8bc83dcb8..b74bd28cc 100644
--- a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/PolicyUtils.java
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/PolicyUtils.java
@@ -26,96 +26,142 @@ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Scanner;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
+import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
+
 import org.drools.core.io.impl.ReaderResource;
 import org.drools.verifier.Verifier;
 import org.drools.verifier.VerifierError;
 import org.drools.verifier.builder.VerifierBuilder;
 import org.drools.verifier.builder.VerifierBuilderFactory;
 import org.kie.api.io.ResourceType;
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.FlexLogger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.Logger;
+import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
+import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
 
+import com.att.aft.dme2.internal.gson.JsonParser;
+import com.att.aft.dme2.internal.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.base.CharMatcher;
 
 public class PolicyUtils {
-	
-	public static final String EMAIL_PATTERN =
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = FlexLogger.getLogger(PolicyUtils.class);
+    
+    public static final String EMAIL_PATTERN =
             "^[_A-Za-z0-9-\\+]+(\\.[_A-Za-z0-9-]+)*@"
             + "[A-Za-z0-9-]+(\\.[A-Za-z0-9]+)*(\\.[A-Za-z]{2,})$";
-	private static final String PACKAGE_ERROR = "mismatched input '{' expecting one of the following tokens: '[package";
-	private static final String SUCCESS = "success";
-	
-	private PolicyUtils(){
-		// Private Constructor
-	}
-	public static String objectToJsonString(Object o) throws JsonProcessingException{
-		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-		return mapper.writeValueAsString(o);
-	}
-	
-	public static <T> T jsonStringToObject(String jsonString, Class<T> className) throws IOException{
-		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-		return mapper.readValue(jsonString, className);
-	}
-	
-	public static String decode(String encodedString) throws UnsupportedEncodingException { 
-		if(encodedString!=null && !encodedString.isEmpty()){ 
-			return new String(Base64.getDecoder().decode(encodedString) ,"UTF-8"); 
-		}else{ 
-			return null; 
-		} 
-	}
-	
-	public static String[] decodeBasicEncoding(String encodedValue) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
-		if(encodedValue!=null && encodedValue.contains("Basic ")){
-			String encodedUserPassword = encodedValue.replaceFirst("Basic"	+ " ", "");
-			String usernameAndPassword = null;
-			byte[] decodedBytes = Base64.getDecoder().decode(encodedUserPassword);
-			usernameAndPassword = new String(decodedBytes, "UTF-8");
-			StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(usernameAndPassword, ":");
-			String username = tokenizer.nextToken();
-			String password = tokenizer.nextToken();
-			return new String[]{username, password};
-		}else{
-			return new String[]{};
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public static String  emptyPolicyValidator(String field){
+    private static final String PACKAGE_ERROR = "mismatched input '{' expecting one of the following tokens: '[package";
+    private static final String SUCCESS = "success";
+    
+    private PolicyUtils(){
+        // Private Constructor
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Converts an Object to JSON String 
+     * 
+     * @param o Object 
+     * @return String format of Object JSON. 
+     * @throws JsonProcessingException
+     */
+    public static String objectToJsonString(Object o) throws JsonProcessingException{
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        return mapper.writeValueAsString(o);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Converts JSON string into Object
+     * 
+     * @param jsonString 
+     * @param className equivalent Class of the given JSON string 
+     * @return T instance of the class given. 
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public static <T> T jsonStringToObject(String jsonString, Class<T> className) throws IOException{
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        return mapper.readValue(jsonString, className);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Decode a base64 string 
+     * 
+     * @param encodedString
+     * @return String
+     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
+     */
+    public static String decode(String encodedString) throws UnsupportedEncodingException { 
+        if(encodedString!=null && !encodedString.isEmpty()){ 
+            return new String(Base64.getDecoder().decode(encodedString) ,"UTF-8"); 
+        }else{ 
+            return null; 
+        } 
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Decodes Basic Authentication 
+     * 
+     * @param encodedValue
+     * @return
+     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
+     */
+    public static String[] decodeBasicEncoding(String encodedValue) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        if(encodedValue!=null && encodedValue.contains("Basic ")){
+            String encodedUserPassword = encodedValue.replaceFirst("Basic"  + " ", "");
+            String usernameAndPassword = null;
+            byte[] decodedBytes = Base64.getDecoder().decode(encodedUserPassword);
+            usernameAndPassword = new String(decodedBytes, "UTF-8");
+            StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(usernameAndPassword, ":");
+            String username = tokenizer.nextToken();
+            String password = tokenizer.nextToken();
+            return new String[]{username, password};
+        }else{
+            return new String[]{};
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Validate a field if contains space or unacceptable policy input and return "success" if good. 
+     * 
+     * @param field
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static String  policySpecialCharValidator(String field){
         String error;
         if ("".equals(field) || field.contains(" ") || !field.matches("^[a-zA-Z0-9_]*$")) {
             error = "The Value in Required Field will allow only '{0-9}, {a-z}, {A-Z}, _' following set of Combinations";
-            return error;
-        } else {
-            if(CharMatcher.ASCII.matchesAllOf((CharSequence) field)){
-                 error = SUCCESS;
-            }else{
-                error = "The Value Contains Non ASCII Characters";
-                return error;
-            }   
+            return error; 
         }
-        return error;   
+        return SUCCESS;   
     } 
     
-	public static String  emptyPolicyValidatorWithSpaceAllowed(String field){
+    /**
+     * Validate a field (accepts space) if it contains unacceptable policy input and return "success" if good. 
+     * 
+     * @param field
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static String  policySpecialCharWithSpaceValidator(String field){
         String error;
         if ("".equals(field) || !field.matches("^[a-zA-Z0-9_ ]*$")) {
             error = "The Value in Required Field will allow only '{0-9}, {a-z}, {A-Z}, _' following set of Combinations";
             return error;
-        } else {
-            if(CharMatcher.ASCII.matchesAllOf((CharSequence) field)){
-                 error = SUCCESS;
-            }else{
-                error = "The Value Contains Non ASCII Characters";
-                return error;
-            }   
         }
-        return error;   
+        return SUCCESS;   
     } 
+    
+    /**
+     * Validate the XACML description tag and return "success" if good. 
+     * 
+     * @param field
+     * @return
+     */
     public static String descriptionValidator(String field) {
         String error;
         if (field.contains("@CreatedBy:") || field.contains("@ModifiedBy:")) {
@@ -127,15 +173,38 @@ public class PolicyUtils {
         return error;   
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Validate if string contains non ASCII characters 
+     * 
+     * @param value
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static boolean containsNonAsciiEmptyChars(String value) {
+        return (value == null|| value.contains(" ") || "".equals(value.trim())|| !CharMatcher.ASCII.matchesAllOf((CharSequence) value))? true:false;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Validate if given string is an integer. 
+     * 
+     * @param number
+     * @return
+     */
     public static Boolean isInteger(String number){
-    	try{
-    		Integer.parseInt(number);
-    	}catch(NumberFormatException e){
-    		return false;
-    	}
-    	return true;
+        if(number==null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        for (char c : number.toCharArray()){
+            if (!Character.isDigit(c)) return false;
+        }
+        return true;
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Validate Email Address and return "success" if good. 
+     * 
+     * @param emailAddressValue
+     * @return
+     */
     public static String validateEmailAddress(String emailAddressValue) {
         String error = SUCCESS;
         List<String> emailList = Arrays.asList(emailAddressValue.split(","));
@@ -152,8 +221,11 @@ public class PolicyUtils {
         return error;       
     }
     
-    /*
-     * Check for "[ERR" to see if there are any errors. 
+    /**
+     * Validates BRMS rule as per Policy Platform and return string contains "[ERR" if there are any errors.
+     * 
+     * @param rule
+     * @return String error message
      */
     public static String brmsRawValidate(String rule){
         VerifierBuilder vBuilder = VerifierBuilderFactory.newVerifierBuilder();
@@ -161,19 +233,19 @@ public class PolicyUtils {
         verifier.addResourcesToVerify(new ReaderResource(new StringReader(rule)), ResourceType.DRL);
         // Check if there are any Errors in Verification. 
         if(!verifier.getErrors().isEmpty()){
-        	boolean ignore = false;
+            boolean ignore = false;
             StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder("Not a Valid DRL rule"); 
             for(VerifierError error: verifier.getErrors()){
                 // Ignore annotations Error Messages
                 if(!error.getMessage().contains("'@'") && !error.getMessage().contains(PACKAGE_ERROR)){
-                	ignore= true;
+                    ignore= true;
                     message.append("\n" + error.getMessage());
                 }
             }
-            // Ignore new package names with {
+            // Ignore new package names with '{'
             // More checks for message to check if its a package error.
             if(ignore && !message.toString().contains("Parser returned a null Package")){
-            	message.append("[ERR 107]");
+                message.append("[ERR 107]");
             }
             return message.toString();
         }
@@ -181,21 +253,90 @@ public class PolicyUtils {
     }
     
     /**
-	 * Given a version string consisting of integers with dots between them, convert it into an array of ints.
-	 * 
-	 * @param version
-	 * @return
-	 * @throws NumberFormatException
-	 */
-	public static int[] versionStringToArray(String version) throws NumberFormatException {
-		if (version == null || version.length() == 0) {
-			return new int[0];
-		}
-		String[] stringArray = version.split("\\.");
-		int[] resultArray = new int[stringArray.length];
-		for (int i = 0; i < stringArray.length; i++) {
-			resultArray[i] = Integer.parseInt(stringArray[i]);
-		}
-		return resultArray;
-	}
-}
+     * Validates if the given string is proper JSON format. 
+     * 
+     * @param data
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static boolean isJSONValid(String data) {
+        try{
+            JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
+            parser.parse(data);
+        }catch(JsonSyntaxException e){
+            LOGGER.error("Exception Occurred While Validating"+e);
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validates if the given string is proper XML format. 
+     * 
+     * @param data
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static boolean isXMLValid(String data) {
+        SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
+        factory.setValidating(false);
+        factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
+        try {
+            SAXParser parser = factory.newSAXParser();
+            XMLReader reader = parser.getXMLReader();
+            reader.setErrorHandler(new XMLErrorHandler());
+            reader.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(data)));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Exception Occured While Validating"+e);
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validates if given string is valid Properties format. 
+     * 
+     * @param prop
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static boolean isPropValid(String prop) {
+        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(prop);
+        while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
+            String line = scanner.nextLine();
+            line = line.replaceAll("\\s+", "");
+            if (line.startsWith("#")) {
+                continue;
+            } else {
+                if (line.contains("=")) {
+                    String[] parts = line.split("=");
+                    if (parts.length < 2) {
+                        scanner.close();
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                } else if(!line.trim().isEmpty()){
+                    scanner.close();
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        scanner.close();
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Given a version string consisting of integers with dots between them, convert it into an array of integers.
+     * 
+     * @param version
+     * @return 
+     * @throws NumberFormatException
+     */
+    public static int[] versionStringToArray(String version){
+        if (version == null || version.length() == 0) {
+            return new int[0];
+        }
+        String[] stringArray = version.split("\\.");
+        int[] resultArray = new int[stringArray.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < stringArray.length; i++) {
+            resultArray[i] = Integer.parseInt(stringArray[i].trim());
+        }
+        return resultArray;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/XMLErrorHandler.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/XMLErrorHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3037a423c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/XMLErrorHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * PolicyEngineUtils
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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.utils;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.FlexLogger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.Logger;
+import org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
+
+public class XMLErrorHandler implements ErrorHandler {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = FlexLogger.getLogger(XMLErrorHandler.class);
+    
+    @Override
+    public void warning(SAXParseException exception) throws SAXException {
+        LOGGER.debug(exception);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void error(SAXParseException exception) throws SAXException {
+        LOGGER.error(exception);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void fatalError(SAXParseException exception) throws SAXException {
+        LOGGER.error(exception);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/test/PolicyUtilsTest.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/test/PolicyUtilsTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 50ae3feae..000000000
--- a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/test/PolicyUtilsTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * PolicyEngineUtils
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 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.test;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.onap.policy.api.NotificationType;
-import org.onap.policy.api.PDPNotification;
-import org.onap.policy.api.UpdateType;
-import org.onap.policy.std.StdLoadedPolicy;
-import org.onap.policy.std.StdPDPNotification;
-import org.onap.policy.std.StdRemovedPolicy;
-import org.onap.policy.utils.PolicyUtils;
-
-public class PolicyUtilsTest {
-	
-	@Test
-	public void testJsonConversions() throws Exception{
-		StdPDPNotification notification = new StdPDPNotification();
-		notification.setNotificationType(NotificationType.BOTH);
-		Collection<StdRemovedPolicy> removedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
-		Collection<StdLoadedPolicy> loadedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
-		StdRemovedPolicy removedPolicy = new StdRemovedPolicy();
-		StdLoadedPolicy updatedPolicy = new StdLoadedPolicy();
-		removedPolicy.setPolicyName("Test");
-		removedPolicy.setVersionNo("1");
-		removedPolicies.add(removedPolicy);
-		updatedPolicy.setPolicyName("Testing");
-		updatedPolicy.setVersionNo("1");
-		updatedPolicy.setUpdateType(UpdateType.NEW);
-		Map<String, String> matches = new HashMap<>();
-		matches.put("key", "value");
-		updatedPolicy.setMatches(matches);
-		loadedPolicies.add(updatedPolicy);
-		notification.setRemovedPolicies(removedPolicies);
-		notification.setLoadedPolicies(loadedPolicies);
-		
-		String json = PolicyUtils.objectToJsonString(notification);
-		PDPNotification getBackObject = PolicyUtils.jsonStringToObject(json, StdPDPNotification.class);
-		assertEquals(0,getBackObject.getNotificationType().compareTo(notification.getNotificationType()));
-		
-	}
-}
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/test/testBackUpMonitor.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/test/testBackUpMonitor.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cdb81873..000000000
--- a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/test/testBackUpMonitor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * PolicyEngineUtils
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 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.test;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import java.util.Properties;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.onap.policy.utils.BackUpMonitor;
-
-
-public class testBackUpMonitor {
-
-	@Test
-	public void backUpMonitorTestFail() throws Exception{
-		Properties properties = new Properties();
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xacml");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "policy_user");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "");
-		//properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "500000");
-		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , properties, new Handler());
-		assertNull(bum);
-	}
-	
-	@Test
-	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoUser() throws Exception{
-		Properties properties = new Properties();
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xacml");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "password");
-		//properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "500000");
-		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , properties, new Handler());
-		assertNull(bum);
-	}
-	
-	@Test
-	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoURL() throws Exception{
-		Properties properties = new Properties();
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "test");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "password");
-		//properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "500000");
-		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , properties, new Handler());
-		assertNull(bum);
-	}
-	
-	@Test
-	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoDriver() throws Exception{
-		Properties properties = new Properties();
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xacml");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "test");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "password");
-		//properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "500000");
-		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , properties, new Handler());
-		assertNull(bum);
-	}
-	
-	@Test
-	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoNode() throws Exception{
-		Properties properties = new Properties();
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xacml");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "test");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "password");
-		//properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "500000");
-		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(null, "brms_test" , properties, new Handler());
-		assertNull(bum);
-	}
-	
-	@Test
-	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoResource() throws Exception{
-		Properties properties = new Properties();
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xacml");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "test");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "password");
-		//properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "500000");
-		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), null , properties, new Handler());
-		assertNull(bum);
-	}
-	
-	@Test
-	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoProperties() throws Exception{
-		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , null, new Handler());
-		assertNull(bum);
-	}
-	
-	@Test
-	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoHandler() throws Exception{
-		Properties properties = new Properties();
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xacml");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "test");
-		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "password");
-		//properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "500000");
-		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , properties, null);
-		assertNull(bum);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/AAFClientTest.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/AAFClientTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fa822a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/AAFClientTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * PolicyEngineUtils
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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.utils.test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.utils.AAFPolicyClient;
+import org.onap.policy.utils.AAFPolicyClientImpl;
+import org.onap.policy.utils.AAFPolicyException;
+
+public class AAFClientTest {
+    AAFPolicyClient afClient;
+    String pass = "test";
+    
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws AAFPolicyException{
+        Properties props = new Properties();
+        props.setProperty("ENVIRONMENT", "TEST");
+        props.setProperty("aafClient.impl.className", AAFPolicyClientImpl.class.getName());
+        afClient  = AAFPolicyClient.getInstance(props);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void invalidClientTest() throws AAFPolicyException{
+        assertFalse(afClient.checkAuth("test", pass));
+        assertFalse(afClient.checkPerm("test", pass, "policy-engine.config", "*", "*"));
+        Properties props = new Properties();
+        props.setProperty("aafClient.impl.className", AAFPolicyClientImpl.class.getName());
+        afClient  = AAFPolicyClient.getInstance(props);
+        assertFalse(afClient.checkAuth("test", pass));
+        props.setProperty("ENVIRONMENT", "PROD");
+        props.setProperty("aafClient.impl.className", AAFPolicyClientImpl.class.getName());
+        afClient.updateProperties(props);
+        assertFalse(afClient.checkAuth("test", pass));
+        props.setProperty("aaf_url", "test");
+        afClient.updateProperties(props);
+        assertFalse(afClient.checkAuth("test", pass));
+        props = new Properties();
+        props.setProperty("ENVIRONMENT", "123");
+        afClient.updateProperties(props);
+        assertFalse(afClient.checkAuth("test", pass));
+        assertFalse(afClient.checkAuthPerm("test", pass, "decision", "*", "read"));
+    }
+    
+    @Test(expected = AAFPolicyException.class)
+    public void invalidAAFInstance() throws AAFPolicyException{
+        Properties props = new Properties();
+        props.setProperty("aafClient.impl.className", "errorClass");
+        afClient  = AAFPolicyClient.getInstance(props);
+    }
+    
+    @Test(expected = AAFPolicyException.class)
+    public void testPropNullException() throws AAFPolicyException {
+        afClient.updateProperties(null);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = AAFPolicyException.class)
+    public void testPropEmptyException() throws AAFPolicyException {
+        afClient.updateProperties(new Properties());
+    }
+    
+    @Test(expected = AAFPolicyException.class)
+    public void testAAFException() throws AAFPolicyException{
+        new AAFPolicyException();
+        new AAFPolicyException("error", new Exception());
+        throw new AAFPolicyException("error", new Exception(), false, false);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/BusTest.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/BusTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37170f077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/BusTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * PolicyEngineUtils
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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.utils.test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.utils.BusConsumer;
+import org.onap.policy.utils.BusPublisher;
+
+import com.att.nsa.mr.client.MRClient.MRApiException;
+
+public class BusTest {
+    
+    @Test 
+    public void busPublisherTest(){
+        BusPublisher bus = new BusPublisher.DmaapPublisherWrapper(Arrays.asList("test"), "test", "test", "test");
+        assertTrue(bus.send("test123", "Hello World!"));
+        assertEquals("DmaapPublisherWrapper [publisher.getAuthDate()=null, publisher.getAuthKey()=null, publisher.getHost()=test, publisher.getProtocolFlag()=HTTPAAF, publisher.getUsername()=test, publisher.getPendingMessageCount()=1]",bus.toString());
+        bus.close();
+    }
+    
+    @Test (expected = MRApiException.class)
+    public void busConsumerFailTest() throws MalformedURLException, MRApiException{
+        new BusConsumer.DmaapConsumerWrapper(Arrays.asList("test"), "test", "test", "test", "test", "test", 1, 1).fetch();
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void busConsumerTest() throws MalformedURLException, MRApiException{
+        BusConsumer bus = new BusConsumer.DmaapConsumerWrapper(Arrays.asList("test"), "test", "test", "test", "test", "test", 1, 1);
+        assertEquals(bus.toString(),"DmaapConsumerWrapper [consumer.getAuthDate()=null, consumer.getAuthKey()=null, consumer.getHost()=test:3904, consumer.getProtocolFlag()=HTTPAAF, consumer.getUsername()=test]");
+        bus.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/test/Handler.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/Handler.java
index 0f71858a3..91f467b60 100644
--- a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/test/Handler.java
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/Handler.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
  */
 
-package org.onap.policy.test;
+package org.onap.policy.utils.test;
 
 import org.onap.policy.api.PDPNotification;
 import org.onap.policy.utils.BackUpHandler;
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/NotificationStoreTest.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/NotificationStoreTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ec646a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/NotificationStoreTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * PolicyEngineUtils
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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.utils.test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.api.NotificationType;
+import org.onap.policy.api.UpdateType;
+import org.onap.policy.std.NotificationStore;
+import org.onap.policy.std.StdLoadedPolicy;
+import org.onap.policy.std.StdPDPNotification;
+import org.onap.policy.std.StdRemovedPolicy;
+
+public class NotificationStoreTest {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void notificationTest(){
+        StdPDPNotification notification = new StdPDPNotification();
+        notification.setNotificationType(NotificationType.UPDATE);
+        List<StdLoadedPolicy> loadedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
+        StdLoadedPolicy loadedPolicy = new StdLoadedPolicy();
+        loadedPolicy.setPolicyName("com.testing");
+        loadedPolicy.setUpdateType(UpdateType.NEW);
+        loadedPolicy.setVersionNo("1");
+        Map<String, String> matches = new HashMap<>();
+        matches.put("test", "test");
+        loadedPolicy.setMatches(matches);
+        loadedPolicies.add(loadedPolicy);
+        notification.setLoadedPolicies(loadedPolicies);
+        NotificationStore.recordNotification(notification);
+        assertEquals(notification, NotificationStore.getNotificationRecord());
+        // Add new Notifications. 
+        notification = new StdPDPNotification();
+        notification.setNotificationType(NotificationType.BOTH);
+        loadedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
+        loadedPolicy = new StdLoadedPolicy();
+        loadedPolicy.setPolicyName("com.testing");
+        loadedPolicy.setUpdateType(UpdateType.UPDATE);
+        loadedPolicy.setVersionNo("2");
+        matches = new HashMap<>();
+        matches.put("test", "test");
+        loadedPolicy.setMatches(matches);
+        loadedPolicies.add(loadedPolicy);
+        notification.setLoadedPolicies(loadedPolicies);
+        List<StdRemovedPolicy> removedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
+        StdRemovedPolicy removedPolicy = new StdRemovedPolicy();
+        removedPolicy.setPolicyName("com.testing");
+        removedPolicy.setVersionNo("1");
+        notification.setRemovedPolicies(removedPolicies);
+        NotificationStore.recordNotification(notification);
+        assertNotNull(NotificationStore.getNotificationRecord());
+        // Add new Notifications. 
+        notification = new StdPDPNotification();
+        notification.setNotificationType(NotificationType.BOTH);
+        loadedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
+        loadedPolicy = new StdLoadedPolicy();
+        loadedPolicy.setPolicyName("com.test.xml");
+        loadedPolicy.setUpdateType(UpdateType.NEW);
+        loadedPolicy.setVersionNo("2");
+        matches = new HashMap<>();
+        matches.put("test", "test");
+        loadedPolicy.setMatches(matches);
+        loadedPolicies.add(loadedPolicy);
+        notification.setLoadedPolicies(loadedPolicies);
+        removedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
+        removedPolicy = new StdRemovedPolicy();
+        removedPolicy.setPolicyName("com.testing.xml");
+        removedPolicy.setVersionNo("2");
+        notification.setRemovedPolicies(removedPolicies);
+        NotificationStore.recordNotification(notification);
+        assertNotNull(NotificationStore.getNotificationRecord());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/PEDependencyTest.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/PEDependencyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cc6c90f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/PEDependencyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * PolicyEngineUtils
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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.utils.test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Exclusion;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.api.PEDependency;
+
+public class PEDependencyTest {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void pojoTests(){
+        PEDependency pe = new PEDependency();
+        pe.setArtifactId("test");
+        pe.setGroupId("test");
+        pe.setVersion("1");
+        pe.setType("jar");
+        pe.setScope("test");
+        pe.setClassifier("pom");
+        List<Exclusion> exclusions = new ArrayList<>();
+        Exclusion e = new Exclusion();
+        e.setArtifactId("ex1");
+        e.setGroupId("eG");
+        exclusions.add(e);
+        pe.setExclusions(exclusions);
+        pe.getDependency();
+        assertEquals(exclusions, pe.getExclusions());
+        assertEquals("pom", pe.getClassifier());
+        assertEquals("test", pe.getScope());
+        assertEquals("jar", pe.getType());
+        assertEquals("1", pe.getVersion());
+        assertEquals("test", pe.getGroupId());
+        assertEquals("test", pe.getArtifactId());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/PolicyUtilsTest.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/PolicyUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..586ab356d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/PolicyUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * PolicyEngineUtils
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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.utils.test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.api.NotificationType;
+import org.onap.policy.api.PDPNotification;
+import org.onap.policy.api.UpdateType;
+import org.onap.policy.std.StdLoadedPolicy;
+import org.onap.policy.std.StdPDPNotification;
+import org.onap.policy.std.StdRemovedPolicy;
+import org.onap.policy.utils.PolicyUtils;
+import org.onap.policy.utils.XMLErrorHandler;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
+
+public class PolicyUtilsTest {
+	
+	private static final String ERROR = "The Value in Required Field will allow only '{0-9}, {a-z}, {A-Z}, _' following set of Combinations";
+	private static final String SUCCESS = "success";
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testJsonConversions() throws Exception{
+		StdPDPNotification notification = new StdPDPNotification();
+		notification.setNotificationType(NotificationType.BOTH);
+		Collection<StdRemovedPolicy> removedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
+		Collection<StdLoadedPolicy> loadedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
+		StdRemovedPolicy removedPolicy = new StdRemovedPolicy();
+		StdLoadedPolicy updatedPolicy = new StdLoadedPolicy();
+		removedPolicy.setPolicyName("Test");
+		removedPolicy.setVersionNo("1");
+		removedPolicies.add(removedPolicy);
+		updatedPolicy.setPolicyName("Testing");
+		updatedPolicy.setVersionNo("1");
+		updatedPolicy.setUpdateType(UpdateType.NEW);
+		Map<String, String> matches = new HashMap<>();
+		matches.put("key", "value");
+		updatedPolicy.setMatches(matches);
+		loadedPolicies.add(updatedPolicy);
+		notification.setRemovedPolicies(removedPolicies);
+		notification.setLoadedPolicies(loadedPolicies);
+		
+		String json = PolicyUtils.objectToJsonString(notification);
+		PDPNotification getBackObject = PolicyUtils.jsonStringToObject(json, StdPDPNotification.class);
+		assertEquals(0,getBackObject.getNotificationType().compareTo(notification.getNotificationType()));
+		
+	}
+	
+	private String encodedValue(String input){
+		return new String(Base64.getEncoder().encode(input.getBytes()));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testDecode() throws Exception{
+		String value = "test";
+		assertEquals(value, PolicyUtils.decode(encodedValue(value)));
+		assertNull(PolicyUtils.decode(null));
+		assertNull(PolicyUtils.decode(""));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testBasicEncoding() throws Exception{
+		String userName = "test";
+		String key = "pass";
+		String[] decodedValue = PolicyUtils.decodeBasicEncoding("Basic "+encodedValue(userName+":"+key));
+		assertEquals(userName,decodedValue[0]);
+		assertEquals(key,decodedValue[1]);
+		assertEquals(0, PolicyUtils.decodeBasicEncoding(encodedValue(userName+":"+key)).length);
+		assertEquals(0, PolicyUtils.decodeBasicEncoding(null).length);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testSpecialCharValidator(){
+		assertEquals(ERROR, PolicyUtils.policySpecialCharValidator("$TEST_"));
+		assertEquals(ERROR, PolicyUtils.policySpecialCharValidator("$TEST _"));
+		assertEquals(ERROR, PolicyUtils.policySpecialCharValidator(""));
+		assertEquals(ERROR, PolicyUtils.policySpecialCharValidator("TæST"));
+		assertEquals(SUCCESS, PolicyUtils.policySpecialCharValidator("TEST"));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testSpecialCharWithSpaceValidator(){
+		assertEquals(ERROR, PolicyUtils.policySpecialCharWithSpaceValidator(""));
+		assertEquals(ERROR, PolicyUtils.policySpecialCharWithSpaceValidator("$TEST _"));
+		assertEquals(SUCCESS, PolicyUtils.policySpecialCharWithSpaceValidator("TE ST"));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testDescription() {
+		assertEquals(SUCCESS, PolicyUtils.descriptionValidator("Test"));
+		assertNotEquals(SUCCESS, PolicyUtils.descriptionValidator("@ModifiedBy:TesterB"));
+		assertNotEquals(SUCCESS, PolicyUtils.descriptionValidator("@CreatedBy:TesterA"));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testNonAscii(){
+		assertTrue(PolicyUtils.containsNonAsciiEmptyChars(null));
+		assertTrue(PolicyUtils.containsNonAsciiEmptyChars(""));
+		assertTrue(PolicyUtils.containsNonAsciiEmptyChars("T æST"));
+		assertTrue(PolicyUtils.containsNonAsciiEmptyChars("TæST"));
+		assertFalse(PolicyUtils.containsNonAsciiEmptyChars("TEST"));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testInteger(){
+	    assertFalse(PolicyUtils.isInteger(null));
+		assertTrue(PolicyUtils.isInteger("123"));
+		assertFalse(PolicyUtils.isInteger("1a23"));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testEmailAddress(){
+		assertEquals(SUCCESS, PolicyUtils.validateEmailAddress("test@onap.org"));
+		assertNotEquals(SUCCESS, PolicyUtils.validateEmailAddress("test@onap"));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testBRMSValidate(){
+	    String rule = "package com.sample;\n"
+	            + "import com.sample.DroolsTest.Message;\n"
+	            + "declare Params\n"
+	            + "samPoll : int\n"
+	            + "value : String\n"
+	            + "end\n"
+	            + "///This Rule will be generated by the UI.\n"
+	            + "rule \"Create parameters structure\"\n"
+	            + "salience 1000  \n"
+	            + "when\n"
+	            + "then\n"
+	            + "Params params = new Params();\n"
+	            + "params.setSamPoll(76);\n"
+	            + "params.setValue(\"test\");\n"
+	            + "insertLogical(params);\n"
+	            + "end\n"
+	            + "rule \"Rule 1: Check parameter structure access from when/then\"\n"
+	            + "when\n"
+	            + "$param: Params()\n"
+	            + "Params($param.samPoll > 50)\n"
+	            + "then\n"
+	            + "System.out.println(\"Firing rule 1\");\n"
+	            + "System.out.println($param);\n"
+	            + "end\n";
+	    assertEquals(PolicyUtils.brmsRawValidate(rule),"");
+	    assertTrue(PolicyUtils.brmsRawValidate("error").contains("[ERR"));
+        assertFalse(PolicyUtils.brmsRawValidate("package com.att.ecomp.policy.controlloop.p_${unique};").contains("[ERR"));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testiIsJsonValid(){
+	    assertTrue(PolicyUtils.isJSONValid("{\"test\":\"test\"}"));
+	    String value = "{\"test\":\"test\", \"t1\": {\"test\": 12 , \"t2\":\"34\"},\"t2\":[{\"test\":\"val\"}]}";
+	    assertTrue(PolicyUtils.isJSONValid(value));
+	    assertFalse(PolicyUtils.isJSONValid("{\"test\":\"test"));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testIsXMLValid() throws SAXException{
+	    XMLErrorHandler error = new XMLErrorHandler();
+        error.error(new SAXParseException(null, null));
+        error.warning(new SAXParseException(null, null));
+	    assertTrue(PolicyUtils.isXMLValid("<test>123</test>"));
+	    assertFalse(PolicyUtils.isXMLValid("<test>123</test"));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testIsPropValid(){
+        assertTrue(PolicyUtils.isPropValid("test=123\n\tval=123"));
+        assertFalse(PolicyUtils.isPropValid("test"));
+        assertFalse(PolicyUtils.isPropValid("test="));
+        assertTrue(PolicyUtils.isPropValid("#test\n\nval=123"));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testVersionStringToArray(){
+	    assertTrue(PolicyUtils.versionStringToArray(null).length==0);
+	    assertTrue(PolicyUtils.versionStringToArray("").length==0);
+	    assertTrue(PolicyUtils.versionStringToArray("1.2.3").length==3);
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/testBackUpMonitor.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/testBackUpMonitor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afc3d0dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/testBackUpMonitor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,292 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * PolicyEngineUtils
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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.utils.test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.EntityTransaction;
+import javax.persistence.Persistence;
+import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
+import javax.persistence.Query;
+
+import org.eclipse.persistence.config.PersistenceUnitProperties;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.api.NotificationType;
+import org.onap.policy.api.UpdateType;
+import org.onap.policy.jpa.BackUpMonitorEntity;
+import org.onap.policy.std.NotificationStore;
+import org.onap.policy.std.StdLoadedPolicy;
+import org.onap.policy.std.StdPDPNotification;
+import org.onap.policy.std.StdRemovedPolicy;
+import org.onap.policy.utils.BackUpMonitor;
+import org.onap.policy.utils.BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode;
+import org.onap.policy.utils.BackUpMonitorException;
+import org.onap.policy.utils.PolicyUtils;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+
+
+public class testBackUpMonitor {
+
+	@Test (expected = PersistenceException.class)
+	public void backUpMonitorTestFail() throws Exception{
+		Properties properties = new Properties();
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xacml");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "policy_user");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "");
+		BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , properties, new Handler());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoUser() throws Exception{
+		Properties properties = new Properties();
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xacml");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "password");
+		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , properties, new Handler());
+		assertNull(bum);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoURL() throws Exception{
+		Properties properties = new Properties();
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "test");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "password");
+		properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "500");
+		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , properties, new Handler());
+		assertNull(bum);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoDriver() throws Exception{
+		Properties properties = new Properties();
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xacml");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "test");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "password");
+		properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "500");
+		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , properties, new Handler());
+		assertNull(bum);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoNode() throws Exception{
+		Properties properties = new Properties();
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xacml");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "test");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "password");
+		properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "");
+		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(null, "brms_test" , properties, new Handler());
+		assertNull(bum);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoResource() throws Exception{
+		Properties properties = new Properties();
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xacml");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "test");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "password");
+		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), null , properties, new Handler());
+		assertNull(bum);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoProperties() throws Exception{
+		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , null, new Handler());
+		assertNull(bum);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void backUpMonitorTestFailNoHandler() throws Exception{
+		Properties properties = new Properties();
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xacml");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "test");
+		properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "password");
+		properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "500");
+		BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , properties, null);
+		assertNull(bum);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void backUpMonitorPingError() throws BackUpMonitorException {
+	    Properties properties = new Properties();
+	    properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "org.h2.Driver");
+        properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:h2:file:./sql/xacmlTest");
+        properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "sa");
+        properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "");
+        properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "123a");
+        properties.setProperty(PersistenceUnitProperties.ECLIPSELINK_PERSISTENCE_XML, "META-INF/persistencePUtest.xml");
+        BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , properties, new Handler());
+        assertTrue(bum.getFlag());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void backUpMonitorMasterTest() throws BackUpMonitorException, InterruptedException, JsonProcessingException {
+	    Properties properties = new Properties();
+	    // Master Check. Initial Run. 
+	    properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.driver", "org.h2.Driver");
+        properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.url", "jdbc:h2:file:./sql/xacmlTest");
+        properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.user", "sa");
+        properties.setProperty("javax.persistence.jdbc.password", "");
+        properties.setProperty("ping_interval", "500");
+        properties.setProperty(PersistenceUnitProperties.ECLIPSELINK_PERSISTENCE_XML, "META-INF/persistencePUtest.xml");
+        BackUpMonitor bum = BackUpMonitor.getInstance(BackUpMonitor.ResourceNode.BRMS.toString(), "brms_test" , properties, new Handler());
+        createPolicyNotification();
+        assertTrue(bum.getFlag());
+        // Start a slave check.
+        startSlave(properties);
+        updatePolicyNotification();
+        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(1500);
+        assertFalse(bum.getFlag());
+        // Get Back to Master test
+        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(2000);
+        assertTrue(bum.getFlag());
+        // No Master check. 
+        changeALL(properties, "SLAVE");
+        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(2000);
+        assertTrue(bum.getFlag());
+        // No Master check. 
+        changeALL(properties, "MASTER");
+        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(2000);
+        assertTrue(bum.getFlag());
+        
+	}
+	
+	private void updatePolicyNotification() {
+	    StdPDPNotification notification = new StdPDPNotification();
+        notification.setNotificationType(NotificationType.BOTH);
+        List<StdLoadedPolicy> loadedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
+        StdLoadedPolicy loadedPolicy = new StdLoadedPolicy();
+        loadedPolicy.setPolicyName("com.testing");
+        loadedPolicy.setUpdateType(UpdateType.UPDATE);
+        loadedPolicy.setVersionNo("2");
+        Map<String, String> matches = new HashMap<>();
+        matches.put("test", "test");
+        loadedPolicy.setMatches(matches);
+        loadedPolicies.add(loadedPolicy);
+        notification.setLoadedPolicies(loadedPolicies);
+        List<StdRemovedPolicy> removedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
+        StdRemovedPolicy removedPolicy = new StdRemovedPolicy();
+        removedPolicy.setPolicyName("com.testing");
+        removedPolicy.setVersionNo("1");
+        notification.setRemovedPolicies(removedPolicies);
+        NotificationStore.recordNotification(notification);
+    }
+
+    private void createPolicyNotification() {
+        StdPDPNotification notification = new StdPDPNotification();
+        notification.setNotificationType(NotificationType.UPDATE);
+        List<StdLoadedPolicy> loadedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
+        StdLoadedPolicy loadedPolicy = new StdLoadedPolicy();
+        loadedPolicy.setPolicyName("com.testing");
+        loadedPolicy.setUpdateType(UpdateType.NEW);
+        loadedPolicy.setVersionNo("1");
+        Map<String, String> matches = new HashMap<>();
+        matches.put("test", "test");
+        loadedPolicy.setMatches(matches);
+        loadedPolicies.add(loadedPolicy);
+        notification.setLoadedPolicies(loadedPolicies);
+        NotificationStore.recordNotification(notification);
+    }
+
+    private void changeALL(Properties properties, String flag) {
+	    EntityManager em = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("PolicyEngineUtils", properties).createEntityManager();
+        EntityTransaction et = em.getTransaction();
+        et.begin();
+        Query query = em.createQuery("select b from BackUpMonitorEntity b where b.resourceNodeName = :nn");
+        query.setParameter("nn", ResourceNode.BRMS.toString());
+        for(Object bMValue: query.getResultList()){
+            BackUpMonitorEntity bmEntity = (BackUpMonitorEntity) bMValue;
+            bmEntity.setFlag(flag);
+            bmEntity.setTimeStamp(new Date());
+        }
+        em.flush();
+        et.commit();
+    }
+
+    private void startSlave(Properties properties) throws JsonProcessingException {
+	    EntityManager em = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("PolicyEngineUtils", properties).createEntityManager();
+	    EntityTransaction et = em.getTransaction();
+	    et.begin();
+	    Query query = em.createQuery("select b from BackUpMonitorEntity b where b.resourceNodeName = :nn");
+	    query.setParameter("nn", ResourceNode.BRMS.toString());
+	    List<?> bMList = query.getResultList();
+	    BackUpMonitorEntity origBM = (BackUpMonitorEntity) bMList.get(0);
+	    origBM.setFlag("SLAVE");
+	    origBM.setTimeStamp(new Date());
+	    BackUpMonitorEntity bMEntity = new BackUpMonitorEntity();
+        bMEntity.setResoruceNodeName(ResourceNode.BRMS.toString());
+        bMEntity.setResourceName("brms_test2");
+        bMEntity.setFlag("MASTER");
+        bMEntity.setTimeStamp(new Date());        
+        StdPDPNotification notification = new StdPDPNotification();
+        notification.setNotificationType(NotificationType.UPDATE);
+        List<StdLoadedPolicy> loadedPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
+        StdLoadedPolicy loadedPolicy = new StdLoadedPolicy();
+        loadedPolicy.setPolicyName("com.test");
+        loadedPolicy.setUpdateType(UpdateType.NEW);
+        loadedPolicy.setVersionNo("1");
+        Map<String, String> matches = new HashMap<>();
+        matches.put("test", "test");
+        loadedPolicy.setMatches(matches);
+        loadedPolicies.add(loadedPolicy);
+        notification.setLoadedPolicies(loadedPolicies);
+        bMEntity.setNotificationRecord(PolicyUtils.objectToJsonString(notification));
+        em.persist(bMEntity);
+        em.persist(origBM);
+        em.flush();
+        et.commit();
+    }
+    
+    @Test(expected = BackUpMonitorException.class)
+    public void testException() throws InterruptedException, BackUpMonitorException{
+        BackUpMonitor.stop();
+        new BackUpMonitorException();
+        new BackUpMonitorException(new Exception());
+        new BackUpMonitorException("error");
+        new BackUpMonitorException("error", new Exception());
+        throw new BackUpMonitorException("error", new Exception(), false, false);
+    }
+
+    @After
+	public void setup() throws InterruptedException{
+	    BackUpMonitor.stop();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/resources/META-INF/drop.ddl b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/resources/META-INF/drop.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..345f258b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/resources/META-INF/drop.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS BackUpMonitorEntity
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistencePUtest.xml b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistencePUtest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a73e6b3c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistencePUtest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- ============LICENSE_START======================================================= 
+	PolicyEngineUtils ================================================================================ 
+	Copyright (C) 2017 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========================================================= -->
+
+<persistence version="2.1"
+	xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_1.xsd">
+	<persistence-unit name="PolicyEngineUtils"
+		transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL">
+		<provider>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.PersistenceProvider</provider>
+		<class>org.onap.policy.jpa.BackUpMonitorEntity</class>
+		<property name="javax.persistence.schema-generation.scripts.action"
+			value="drop-and-create" />
+		<property name="javax.persistence.schema-generation.scripts.create-target"
+			value="./src/test/resources/META-INF/generatedCreate.ddl" />
+		<property name="javax.persistence.schema-generation.scripts.drop-target"
+			value="./src/test/resources/META-INF/generatedDrop.ddl" />
+		<property name="javax.persistence.schema-generation.database.action"
+			value="drop-and-create" />
+		<property name="javax.persistence.schema-generation.create-source"
+			value="metadata-then-script" />
+		<property name="javax.persistence.schema-generation.drop-source"
+			value="script" />
+		<property name="javax.persistence.schema-generation.drop-script-source"
+			value="META-INF/drop.ddl" />
+	</persistence-unit>
+</persistence>