1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/POLICY-SDK-APP/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/admin/RESTfulPAPEngine.java b/POLICY-SDK-APP/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/admin/RESTfulPAPEngine.java
index a500c1dbe..fc47179c1 100644
--- a/POLICY-SDK-APP/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/admin/RESTfulPAPEngine.java
+++ b/POLICY-SDK-APP/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/admin/RESTfulPAPEngine.java
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -379,12 +381,10 @@ public class RESTfulPAPEngine extends StdPDPItemSetChangeNotifier implements PAP
                 }
             }
 
-            URL url = new URL(fullURL);
-
             //
             // Open up the connection
             //
-            connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+            connection = (HttpURLConnection) makeConnection(fullURL);
             //
             // Setup our method and headers
             //
@@ -527,4 +527,10 @@ public class RESTfulPAPEngine extends StdPDPItemSetChangeNotifier implements PAP
         LOGGER.info("JSON response from PAP: " + json);
         return json;
     }
+
+    // these may be overridden by junit tests
+
+    protected URLConnection makeConnection(String fullURL) throws IOException {
+        return new URL(fullURL).openConnection();
+    }
 }