2 files changed, 67 insertions, 0 deletions
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 e17ddc681..06263853e 100644
--- a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/PolicyUtils.java
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/utils/PolicyUtils.java
@@ -158,6 +158,21 @@ public class PolicyUtils {
     } 
     
     /**
+     * Validate a field (accepts Dash) if it contains unacceptable policy input and return "success" if good. 
+     * 
+     * @param field
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static String  policySpecialCharWithDashValidator(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;
+        }
+        return SUCCESS;   
+    } 
+    
+    /**
      * Validate the XACML description tag and return "success" if good. 
      * 
      * @param field
diff --git a/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/BackUpMonitorEntityTest.java b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/BackUpMonitorEntityTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f77fe72c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PolicyEngineUtils/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/utils/test/BackUpMonitorEntityTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * PolicyEngineUtils
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * 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.Date;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.jpa.BackUpMonitorEntity;
+
+public class BackUpMonitorEntityTest {
+  @Test
+  public void testEntity() {
+    String value = "testVal";
+    Date date = new Date();
+
+    BackUpMonitorEntity entity = new BackUpMonitorEntity();
+    assertNotNull(entity);
+
+    entity.setResourceName(value);
+    entity.setResourceNodeName(value);
+    entity.setFlag(value);
+    entity.setNotificationRecord(value);
+    entity.prePersist();
+    entity.preUpdate();
+    entity.setTimeStamp(date);
+
+    assertEquals(value, entity.getResourceName());
+    assertEquals(value, entity.getResourceNodeName());
+    assertEquals(value, entity.getFlag());
+    assertEquals(value, entity.getNotificationRecord());
+    assertEquals(date, entity.getTimeStamp());
+  }
+}