Remove dmaap from models

Issue-ID: POLICY-4402
Change-Id: Icead1601984f463e557b969f2792f0f0aa05f060
Signed-off-by: rameshiyer27 <ramesh.murugan.iyer@est.tech>

45 files changed, 39 insertions, 3163 deletions

diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/pom.xml b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d59c9a482..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
-   Copyright (C) 2019, 2023 Nordix Foundation.
-   Modifications Copyright (C) 2019-2021 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.
-
-  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
--->
-
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.onap.policy.models.sim</groupId>
-        <artifactId>policy-models-sim</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <artifactId>policy-models-sim-dmaap</artifactId>
-
-    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
-    <description>A module that implements a very simple DMaaP simulator.</description>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
-            <artifactId>common-parameters</artifactId>
-            <version>${policy.common.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
-            <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
-            <version>${policy.common.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
-            <artifactId>policy-endpoints</artifactId>
-            <version>${policy.common.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
-            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>${policy.common.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
-            <artifactId>utils-test</artifactId>
-            <version>${policy.common.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/parameters/DmaapSimParameterGroup.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/parameters/DmaapSimParameterGroup.java
deleted file mode 100644
index af5e4fd46..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/parameters/DmaapSimParameterGroup.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2019 Nordix Foundation.
- *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2019-2021 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.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.parameters;
-
-import lombok.Getter;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroupImpl;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.annotations.Min;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.annotations.NotBlank;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.annotations.Valid;
-
-/**
- * Class to hold all parameters needed for the DMaaP simulator component.
- */
-@NotNull
-@NotBlank
-@Getter
-public class DmaapSimParameterGroup extends ParameterGroupImpl {
-    private @Valid RestServerParameters restServerParameters;
-
-    /**
-     * Frequency, in seconds, with which to sweep the topics of idle consumers. On each
-     * sweep cycle, if a consumer group has had no new poll requests since the last sweep
-     * cycle, it is removed.
-     */
-    @Min(1)
-    private long topicSweepSec;
-
-    /**
-     * Create the DMaaP simulator parameter group.
-     *
-     * @param name the parameter group name
-     */
-    public DmaapSimParameterGroup(final String name) {
-        super(name);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/parameters/RestServerParameters.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/parameters/RestServerParameters.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a7b12cbf..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/parameters/RestServerParameters.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2019,2023 Nordix Foundation.
- *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2019, 2021 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.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.parameters;
-
-import java.util.Properties;
-import lombok.Getter;
-import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.properties.PolicyEndPointProperties;
-import org.onap.policy.common.gson.GsonMessageBodyHandler;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroupImpl;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.annotations.Min;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.annotations.NotBlank;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.rest.CambriaMessageBodyHandler;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.rest.DmaapSimRestControllerV1;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.rest.TextMessageBodyHandler;
-
-/**
- * Class to hold all parameters needed for rest server.
- */
-@NotNull
-@NotBlank
-@Getter
-public class RestServerParameters extends ParameterGroupImpl {
-    private String host;
-
-    @Min(value = 1)
-    private int port;
-
-    private String userName;
-
-    private String password;
-
-    private boolean useHttps;
-
-    private boolean sniHostCheck;
-
-    public RestServerParameters() {
-        super(RestServerParameters.class.getSimpleName());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a set of properties, suitable for building a REST server, from the
-     * parameters.
-     *
-     * @return a set of properties representing the given parameters
-     */
-    public Properties getServerProperties() {
-        final var props = new Properties();
-        props.setProperty(PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_SERVER_SERVICES, getName());
-
-        final String svcpfx =
-            PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_SERVER_SERVICES + "." + getName();
-
-        props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_HOST_SUFFIX, getHost());
-        props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_PORT_SUFFIX,
-            Integer.toString(getPort()));
-        props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_REST_CLASSES_SUFFIX,
-            DmaapSimRestControllerV1.class.getName());
-        props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_MANAGED_SUFFIX, "false");
-        props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_SWAGGER_SUFFIX, "false");
-        props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_HTTPS_SUFFIX, Boolean.toString(isUseHttps()));
-        props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_SNI_HOST_CHECK_SUFFIX,
-            Boolean.toString(isSniHostCheck()));
-
-        if (getUserName() != null && getPassword() != null) {
-            props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_AUTH_USERNAME_SUFFIX, getUserName());
-            props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_AUTH_PASSWORD_SUFFIX, getPassword());
-        }
-
-        props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_SERIALIZATION_PROVIDER,
-            String.join(",", CambriaMessageBodyHandler.class.getName(),
-                GsonMessageBodyHandler.class.getName(),
-                TextMessageBodyHandler.class.getName()));
-        return props;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/ConsumerGroupData.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/ConsumerGroupData.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3acaf0888..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/ConsumerGroupData.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,190 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP Policy Models
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2019, 2021 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.models.sim.dmaap.provider;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
-import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-/**
- * Data associated with a consumer group. All consumer instances within a group share the
- * same data object.
- */
-public class ConsumerGroupData {
-    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ConsumerGroupData.class);
-
-    /**
-     * Returned when messages can no longer be read from this consumer group object,
-     * because it is being removed from the topic. {@link #UNREADABLE_LIST} must not be
-     * the same list as Collections.emptyList(), thus we wrap it.
-     */
-    public static final List<String> UNREADABLE_LIST = Collections.unmodifiableList(Collections.emptyList());
-
-    /**
-     * Returned when there are no messages read. Collections.emptyList() is already
-     * unmodifiable, thus no need to wrap it.
-     */
-    private static final List<String> EMPTY_LIST = Collections.emptyList();
-
-    /**
-     * This is locked while fields other than {@link #messageQueue} are updated.
-     */
-    private final Object lockit = new Object();
-
-    /**
-     * Number of sweep cycles that have occurred since a consumer has attempted to read
-     * from the queue. This consumer group should be removed once this count exceeds
-     * {@code 1}, provided {@link #nreaders} is zero.
-     */
-    private int nsweeps = 0;
-
-    /**
-     * Number of consumers that are currently attempting to read from the queue. This
-     * consumer group should not be removed as long as this is non-zero.
-     */
-    private int nreaders = 0;
-
-    /**
-     * Message queue.
-     */
-    private final BlockingQueue<String> messageQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
-
-
-    /**
-     * Constructs the object.
-     *
-     * @param topicName name of the topic with which this object is associated
-     * @param groupName name of the consumer group with which this object is associated
-     */
-    public ConsumerGroupData(String topicName, String groupName) {
-        logger.info("Topic {}: add consumer group: {}", topicName, groupName);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Determines if this consumer group should be removed. This should be invoked once
-     * during each sweep cycle. When this returns {@code true}, this consumer group should
-     * be immediately discarded, as any readers will sit in a spin loop waiting for it to
-     * be discarded.
-     *
-     * @return {@code true} if this consumer group should be removed, {@code false}
-     *         otherwise
-     */
-    public boolean shouldRemove() {
-        synchronized (lockit) {
-            return (nreaders == 0 && ++nsweeps > 1);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reads messages from the queue, blocking if necessary.
-     *
-     * @param maxRead maximum number of messages to read
-     * @param waitMs time to wait, in milliseconds, if the queue is currently empty
-     * @return a list of messages read from the queue, empty if no messages became
-     *         available before the wait time elapsed, or {@link #UNREADABLE_LIST} if this
-     *         consumer group object is no longer active
-     * @throws InterruptedException if this thread was interrupted while waiting for the
-     *         first message
-     */
-    public List<String> read(int maxRead, long waitMs) throws InterruptedException {
-
-        synchronized (lockit) {
-            if (nsweeps > 1 && nreaders == 0) {
-                // cannot use this consumer group object anymore
-                return UNREADABLE_LIST;
-            }
-
-            ++nreaders;
-        }
-
-        /*
-         * Note: do EVERYTHING inside of the "try" block, so that the "finally" block can
-         * update the reader count.
-         *
-         * Do NOT hold the lockit while we're polling, as poll() may block for a while.
-         */
-        try {
-            // always read at least one message
-            int maxRead2 = Math.max(1, maxRead);
-            long waitMs2 = Math.max(0, waitMs);
-
-            // perform a blocking read of the queue
-            String obj = getNextMessage(waitMs2);
-            if (obj == null) {
-                return EMPTY_LIST;
-            }
-
-            /*
-             * List should hold all messages from the queue PLUS the one we already have.
-             * Note: it's possible for additional messages to be added to the queue while
-             * we're reading from it. In that case, the list will grow as needed.
-             */
-            List<String> lst = new ArrayList<>(Math.min(maxRead2, messageQueue.size() + 1));
-            lst.add(obj);
-
-            // perform NON-blocking read of subsequent messages
-            for (var x = 1; x < maxRead2; ++x) {
-                if ((obj = messageQueue.poll()) == null) {
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                lst.add(obj);
-            }
-
-            return lst;
-
-        } finally {
-            synchronized (lockit) {
-                --nreaders;
-                nsweeps = 0;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Writes messages to the queue.
-     *
-     * @param messages messages to be written to the queue
-     */
-    public void write(List<String> messages) {
-        messageQueue.addAll(messages);
-    }
-
-    // the following methods may be overridden by junit tests
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the next message from the queue.
-     *
-     * @param waitMs time to wait, in milliseconds, if the queue is currently empty
-     * @return the next message, or {@code null} if no messages became available before
-     *         the wait time elapsed
-     * @throws InterruptedException if this thread was interrupted while waiting for the
-     *         message
-     */
-    protected String getNextMessage(long waitMs) throws InterruptedException {
-        return messageQueue.poll(waitMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/DmaapGetTopicResponse.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/DmaapGetTopicResponse.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f05976f7..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/DmaapGetTopicResponse.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada. 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.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.provider;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import lombok.Getter;
-import lombok.Setter;
-import lombok.ToString;
-
-/**
- * Class to capture get topic response from dmaap simulator.
- */
-@Getter
-@Setter
-@ToString
-public class DmaapGetTopicResponse {
-
-    private List<String> topics;
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/DmaapSimProvider.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/DmaapSimProvider.java
deleted file mode 100644
index afbe10f51..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/DmaapSimProvider.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,189 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2019, 2023 Nordix Foundation.
- *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada. 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.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.provider;
-
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
-import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import lombok.Getter;
-import lombok.Setter;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.services.ServiceManagerContainer;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.parameters.DmaapSimParameterGroup;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-/**
- * Provider to simulate DMaaP.
- *
- * @author Liam Fallon (liam.fallon@est.tech)
- */
-public class DmaapSimProvider extends ServiceManagerContainer {
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DmaapSimProvider.class);
-
-    @Getter
-    @Setter
-    private static DmaapSimProvider instance;
-
-    /**
-     * Maps a topic name to its data.
-     */
-    private final Map<String, TopicData> topic2data = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-
-    /**
-     * Thread used to remove idle consumers from the topics.
-     */
-    private ScheduledExecutorService timerPool;
-
-
-    /**
-     * Constructs the object.
-     *
-     * @param params parameters
-     */
-    public DmaapSimProvider(DmaapSimParameterGroup params) {
-        addAction("Topic Sweeper", () -> {
-            timerPool = makeTimerPool();
-            timerPool.scheduleWithFixedDelay(new SweeperTask(), params.getTopicSweepSec(), params.getTopicSweepSec(),
-                            TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-        }, () -> timerPool.shutdown());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Process a DMaaP message.
-     *
-     * @param topicName the topic name
-     * @param dmaapMessage the message to process
-     * @return a response to the message
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public Response processDmaapMessagePut(final String topicName, final Object dmaapMessage) {
-        LOGGER.debug("Topic: {}, Received DMaaP message(s): {}", topicName, dmaapMessage);
-
-        List<Object> lst;
-
-        if (dmaapMessage instanceof List) {
-            lst = (List<Object>) dmaapMessage;
-        } else {
-            lst = Collections.singletonList(dmaapMessage);
-        }
-
-        TopicData topic = topic2data.get(topicName);
-
-        /*
-         * Write all messages and return the count. If the topic doesn't exist yet, then
-         * there are no subscribers to receive the messages, thus treat it as if all
-         * messages were published.
-         */
-        int nmessages = (topic != null ? topic.write(lst) : lst.size());
-
-        Map<String, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-        map.put("serverTimeMs", 0);
-        map.put("count", nmessages);
-
-        return Response.status(Response.Status.OK).entity(map).build();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Wait for and return a DMaaP message.
-     *
-     * @param topicName The topic to wait on
-     * @param consumerGroup the consumer group that is waiting
-     * @param consumerId the consumer ID that is waiting
-     * @param limit the maximum number of messages to get
-     * @param timeoutMs the length of time to wait for
-     * @return the DMaaP message or
-     */
-    public Response processDmaapMessageGet(final String topicName, final String consumerGroup, final String consumerId,
-                    final int limit, final long timeoutMs) {
-
-        LOGGER.debug("Topic: {}, Request for DMaaP message: {}: {} with limit={} timeout={}", topicName, consumerGroup,
-                        consumerId, limit, timeoutMs);
-
-        try {
-            List<String> lst = topic2data.computeIfAbsent(topicName, this::makeTopicData).read(consumerGroup, limit,
-                            timeoutMs);
-
-            LOGGER.debug("Topic: {}, Retrieved {} messages for: {}: {}", topicName, lst.size(), consumerGroup,
-                            consumerId);
-            return Response.status(Status.OK).entity(lst).build();
-
-        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-            LOGGER.warn("Topic: {}, Request for DMaaP message interrupted: {}: {}", topicName, consumerGroup,
-                            consumerId, e);
-            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-            return Response.status(Status.GONE).entity(Collections.emptyList()).build();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the list of default topics.
-     *
-     * @return the topic list
-     */
-    public Response processDmaapTopicsGet() {
-
-        LOGGER.debug("Request for listing DMaaP topics");
-        var response = new DmaapGetTopicResponse();
-        response.setTopics(List.of("POLICY-PDP-PAP", "POLICY-NOTIFICATION", "unauthenticated.DCAE_CL_OUTPUT",
-                        "POLICY-CL-MGT"));
-        return Response.status(Status.OK).entity(response).build();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Task to remove idle consumers from each topic.
-     */
-    private class SweeperTask implements Runnable {
-        @Override
-        public void run() {
-            topic2data.values().forEach(TopicData::removeIdleConsumers);
-        }
-    }
-
-    // the following methods may be overridden by junit tests
-
-    /**
-     * Makes a new timer pool.
-     *
-     * @return a new timer pool
-     */
-    protected ScheduledExecutorService makeTimerPool() {
-        return Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Makes a new topic.
-     *
-     * @param topicName topic name
-     * @return a new topic
-     */
-    protected TopicData makeTopicData(String topicName) {
-        return new TopicData(topicName);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/TopicData.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/TopicData.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e5cf24cc..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/TopicData.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,200 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP Policy Models
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2019, 2021 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.models.sim.dmaap.provider;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.function.Function;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.Coder;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-/**
- * Data associated with a topic.
- *
- * <p/>
- * Note: for ease of implementation, this adds a topic when a consumer polls it rather
- * than when a publisher writes to it. This is the opposite of how the real DMaaP works.
- * As a result, this will never return a topic-not-found message to the consumer.
- */
-public class TopicData {
-    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TopicData.class);
-
-    /**
-     * Name of the topic with which this data is associated.
-     */
-    private final String topicName;
-
-    /**
-     * Maps a consumer group name to its associated data.
-     */
-    private final Map<String, ConsumerGroupData> group2data = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-
-
-    /**
-     * Constructs the object.
-     *
-     * @param topicName name of the topic with which this object is associated
-     */
-    public TopicData(String topicName) {
-        logger.info("Topic {}: added", topicName);
-        this.topicName = topicName;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Removes idle consumers from the topic. This is typically called once during each
-     * sweep cycle.
-     */
-    public void removeIdleConsumers() {
-        Iterator<Entry<String, ConsumerGroupData>> iter = group2data.entrySet().iterator();
-        while (iter.hasNext()) {
-            Entry<String, ConsumerGroupData> ent = iter.next();
-            if (ent.getValue().shouldRemove()) {
-                /*
-                 * We want the minimum amount of time to elapse between invoking
-                 * shouldRemove() and iter.remove(), thus all other statements (e.g.,
-                 * logging) should be done AFTER iter.remove().
-                 */
-                iter.remove();
-
-                logger.info("Topic {}: removed consumer group: {}", topicName, ent.getKey());
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reads from a particular consumer group's queue.
-     *
-     * @param consumerGroup name of the consumer group from which to read
-     * @param maxRead maximum number of messages to read
-     * @param waitMs time to wait, in milliseconds, if the queue is currently empty
-     * @return a list of messages read from the queue, empty if no messages became
-     *         available before the wait time elapsed
-     * @throws InterruptedException if this thread was interrupted while waiting for the
-     *         first message
-     */
-    public List<String> read(String consumerGroup, int maxRead, long waitMs) throws InterruptedException {
-        /*
-         * It's possible that this thread may spin several times while waiting for
-         * removeIdleConsumers() to complete its call to iter.remove(), thus we create
-         * this closure once, rather than each time through the loop.
-         */
-        Function<String, ConsumerGroupData> maker = this::makeData;
-
-        // loop until we get a readable list
-        List<String> result;
-
-        // @formatter:off
-
-        do {
-            result = group2data.computeIfAbsent(consumerGroup, maker).read(maxRead, waitMs);
-        } while (result == ConsumerGroupData.UNREADABLE_LIST);
-
-        // @formatter:on
-
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Writes messages to the queues of every consumer group.
-     *
-     * @param messages messages to be written to the queues
-     * @return the number of messages enqueued
-     */
-    public int write(List<Object> messages) {
-        List<String> list = convertMessagesToStrings(messages);
-
-        /*
-         * We don't care if a consumer group is deleted from the map while we're adding
-         * messages to it, as those messages will simply be ignored (and discarded by the
-         * garbage collector).
-         */
-        for (ConsumerGroupData data : group2data.values()) {
-            data.write(list);
-        }
-
-        return list.size();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Converts a list of message objects to a list of message strings. If a message
-     * cannot be converted for some reason, then it is not added to the result list, thus
-     * the result list may be shorted than the original input list.
-     *
-     * @param messages objects to be converted
-     * @return a list of message strings
-     */
-    protected List<String> convertMessagesToStrings(List<Object> messages) {
-        Coder coder = new StandardCoder();
-        List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(messages.size());
-
-        for (Object msg : messages) {
-            var str = convertMessageToString(msg, coder);
-            if (str != null) {
-                list.add(str);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return list;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Converts a message object to a message string.
-     *
-     * @param message message to be converted
-     * @param coder used to encode the message as a string
-     * @return the message string, or {@code null} if it cannot be converted
-     */
-    protected String convertMessageToString(Object message, Coder coder) {
-        if (message == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        if (message instanceof String) {
-            return message.toString();
-        }
-
-        try {
-            return coder.encode(message);
-        } catch (CoderException e) {
-            logger.warn("cannot encode {}", message, e);
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    // this may be overridden by junit tests
-
-    /**
-     * Makes data for a consumer group.
-     *
-     * @param consumerGroup name of the consumer group to make
-     * @return new consumer group data
-     */
-    protected ConsumerGroupData makeData(String consumerGroup) {
-        return new ConsumerGroupData(topicName, consumerGroup);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/BaseRestControllerV1.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/BaseRestControllerV1.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 84b610a8f..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/BaseRestControllerV1.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2019, 2023 Nordix Foundation.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.rest;
-
-import jakarta.ws.rs.Consumes;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.ResponseBuilder;
-import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.util.UUID;
-
-/**
- * Version v1 common superclass to provide DMaaP endpoints for the DMaaP simulator component.
- */
-@Produces("application/json")
-@Consumes({"application/cambria", "application/json"})
-public class BaseRestControllerV1 {
-    public static final String EXTENSION_NAME = "interface info";
-
-    public static final String API_VERSION_NAME = "api-version";
-    public static final String API_VERSION = "1.0.0";
-
-    public static final String LAST_MOD_NAME = "last-mod-release";
-    public static final String LAST_MOD_RELEASE = "Dublin";
-
-    public static final String VERSION_MINOR_NAME = "X-MinorVersion";
-    public static final String VERSION_MINOR_DESCRIPTION =
-            "Used to request or communicate a MINOR version back from the client"
-                    + " to the server, and from the server back to the client";
-
-    public static final String VERSION_PATCH_NAME = "X-PatchVersion";
-    public static final String VERSION_PATCH_DESCRIPTION = "Used only to communicate a PATCH version in a response for"
-            + " troubleshooting purposes only, and will not be provided by" + " the client on request";
-
-    public static final String VERSION_LATEST_NAME = "X-LatestVersion";
-    public static final String VERSION_LATEST_DESCRIPTION = "Used only to communicate an API's latest version";
-
-    public static final String REQUEST_ID_NAME = "X-ONAP-RequestID";
-    public static final String REQUEST_ID_HDR_DESCRIPTION = "Used to track REST transactions for logging purpose";
-    public static final String REQUEST_ID_PARAM_DESCRIPTION = "RequestID for http transaction";
-
-    public static final String AUTHORIZATION_TYPE = "basicAuth";
-
-    public static final int AUTHENTICATION_ERROR_CODE = HttpURLConnection.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED;
-    public static final int AUTHORIZATION_ERROR_CODE = HttpURLConnection.HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
-    public static final int SERVER_ERROR_CODE = HttpURLConnection.HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR;
-
-    public static final String AUTHENTICATION_ERROR_MESSAGE = "Authentication Error";
-    public static final String AUTHORIZATION_ERROR_MESSAGE = "Authorization Error";
-    public static final String SERVER_ERROR_MESSAGE = "Internal Server Error";
-
-    /**
-     * Adds version headers to the response.
-     *
-     * @param respBuilder response builder
-     * @return the response builder, with version headers
-     */
-    public ResponseBuilder addVersionControlHeaders(ResponseBuilder respBuilder) {
-        return respBuilder.header(VERSION_MINOR_NAME, "0").header(VERSION_PATCH_NAME, "0").header(VERSION_LATEST_NAME,
-                API_VERSION);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds logging headers to the response.
-     *
-     * @param respBuilder response builder
-     * @return the response builder, with version logging
-     */
-    public ResponseBuilder addLoggingHeaders(ResponseBuilder respBuilder, UUID requestId) {
-        if (requestId == null) {
-            // Generate a random uuid if client does not embed requestId in rest request
-            return respBuilder.header(REQUEST_ID_NAME, UUID.randomUUID());
-        }
-
-        return respBuilder.header(REQUEST_ID_NAME, requestId);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/CambriaMessageBodyHandler.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/CambriaMessageBodyHandler.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0efab160b..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/CambriaMessageBodyHandler.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,177 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP Policy Models
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2019, 2021 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * Modifications Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.models.sim.dmaap.rest;
-
-import jakarta.ws.rs.Consumes;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.MessageBodyReader;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.EOFException;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.io.Reader;
-import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
-import java.lang.reflect.Type;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.List;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-
-/**
- * Provider that decodes "application/cambria" messages.
- */
-@Provider
-@Consumes(CambriaMessageBodyHandler.MEDIA_TYPE_APPLICATION_CAMBRIA)
-public class CambriaMessageBodyHandler implements MessageBodyReader<Object> {
-    public static final String MEDIA_TYPE_APPLICATION_CAMBRIA = "application/cambria";
-
-    /**
-     * Maximum length of a message or partition.
-     */
-    private static final int MAX_LEN = 10000000;
-
-    /**
-     * Maximum digits in a length field.
-     */
-    private static final int MAX_DIGITS = 10;
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isReadable(Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType) {
-        return (mediaType != null && MEDIA_TYPE_APPLICATION_CAMBRIA.equals(mediaType.toString()));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public List<Object> readFrom(Class<Object> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType,
-                    MultivaluedMap<String, String> httpHeaders, InputStream entityStream) throws IOException {
-
-        try (var bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(entityStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
-            List<Object> messages = new LinkedList<>();
-            String msg;
-            while ((msg = readMessage(bufferedReader)) != null) {
-                messages.add(msg);
-            }
-
-            return messages;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reads a message.
-     *
-     * @param reader source from which to read
-     * @return the message that was read, or {@code null} if there are no more messages
-     * @throws IOException if an error occurs
-     */
-    private String readMessage(Reader reader) throws IOException {
-        if (!skipWhitespace(reader)) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        int partlen = readLength(reader);
-        if (partlen > MAX_LEN) {
-            throw new IOException("invalid partition length");
-        }
-
-        int msglen = readLength(reader);
-        if (msglen > MAX_LEN) {
-            throw new IOException("invalid message length");
-        }
-
-        // skip over the partition
-        reader.skip(partlen);
-
-        return readString(reader, msglen);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Skips whitespace.
-     *
-     * @param reader source from which to read
-     * @return {@code true} if there is another character after the whitespace,
-     *         {@code false} if the end of the stream has been reached
-     * @throws IOException if an error occurs
-     */
-    private boolean skipWhitespace(Reader reader) throws IOException {
-        int chr;
-
-        do {
-            reader.mark(1);
-            if ((chr = reader.read()) < 0) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        } while (Character.isWhitespace(chr));
-
-        // push the last character back onto the reader
-        reader.reset();
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reads a length field, which is a number followed by ".".
-     *
-     * @param reader source from which to read
-     * @return the length, or -1 if EOF has been reached
-     * @throws IOException if an error occurs
-     */
-    private int readLength(Reader reader) throws IOException {
-        var bldr = new StringBuilder(MAX_DIGITS);
-
-        int chr;
-        for (var x = 0; x < MAX_DIGITS; ++x) {
-            if ((chr = reader.read()) < 0) {
-                throw new EOFException("missing '.' in 'length' field");
-            }
-
-            if (chr == '.') {
-                String text = bldr.toString().trim();
-                return (text.isEmpty() ? 0 : Integer.parseInt(text));
-            }
-
-            if (!Character.isDigit(chr)) {
-                throw new IOException("invalid character in 'length' field");
-            }
-
-            bldr.append((char) chr);
-        }
-
-        throw new IOException("too many digits in 'length' field");
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reads a string.
-     *
-     * @param reader source from which to read
-     * @param len length of the string (i.e., number of characters to read)
-     * @return the string that was read
-     * @throws IOException if an error occurs
-     */
-    private String readString(Reader reader, int len) throws IOException {
-        var buf = new char[len];
-        IOUtils.readFully(reader, buf);
-
-        return new String(buf);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/DmaapSimRestControllerV1.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/DmaapSimRestControllerV1.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ed04f1a3..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/DmaapSimRestControllerV1.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2019, 2021, 2023 Nordix Foundation.
- *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada. 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.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.rest;
-
-import jakarta.ws.rs.Consumes;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.DefaultValue;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.POST;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.PathParam;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.QueryParam;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.provider.DmaapSimProvider;
-
-/**
- * Class to provide REST endpoints for DMaaP simulator component statistics.
- */
-@Path("/")
-@Produces(DmaapSimRestControllerV1.MEDIA_TYPE_APPLICATION_JSON)
-public class DmaapSimRestControllerV1 extends BaseRestControllerV1 {
-    public static final String MEDIA_TYPE_APPLICATION_JSON = "application/json";
-
-    /**
-     * Get a DMaaP message.
-     *
-     * @param topicName topic to get message from
-     * @param consumerGroup consumer group that is getting the message
-     * @param consumerId consumer ID that is getting the message
-     * @param timeoutMs timeout for the message
-     * @return the message
-     */
-    @GET
-    @Path("events/{topicName}/{consumerGroup}/{consumerId}")
-    public Response getDmaapMessage(@PathParam("topicName") final String topicName,
-                    @PathParam("consumerGroup") final String consumerGroup,
-                    @PathParam("consumerId") final String consumerId,
-                    @QueryParam("limit") @DefaultValue("1") final int limit,
-                    @QueryParam("timeout") @DefaultValue("15000") final long timeoutMs) {
-
-        return DmaapSimProvider.getInstance().processDmaapMessageGet(topicName, consumerGroup, consumerId, limit,
-                        timeoutMs);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Post a DMaaP message.
-     *
-     * @param topicName topic to get message from
-     * @return the response to the post
-     */
-    @POST
-    @Path("events/{topicName}")
-    @Consumes(value = {CambriaMessageBodyHandler.MEDIA_TYPE_APPLICATION_CAMBRIA,
-        TextMessageBodyHandler.MEDIA_TYPE_TEXT_PLAIN, MEDIA_TYPE_APPLICATION_JSON})
-    public Response postDmaapMessage(@PathParam("topicName") final String topicName, final Object dmaapMessage) {
-
-        return DmaapSimProvider.getInstance().processDmaapMessagePut(topicName, dmaapMessage);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the list of topics configured.
-     *
-     * @return the message
-     */
-    @GET
-    @Path("topics")
-    public Response getDmaapTopics() {
-
-        return DmaapSimProvider.getInstance().processDmaapTopicsGet();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/ConsumerGroupDataTest.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/ConsumerGroupDataTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4513ffb82..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/ConsumerGroupDataTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,305 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP Policy Models
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2019 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.models.sim.dmaap.provider;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class ConsumerGroupDataTest {
-    private static final int WAIT_MS = 5000;
-    private static final int MIN_WAIT_MS = WAIT_MS / 2;
-    private static final String MY_TOPIC = "my-topic";
-    private static final String MY_CONSUMER = "my-consumer";
-    private static final String MSG1 = "hello";
-    private static final String MSG2 = "there";
-    private static final String MSG3 = "world";
-    private static final int MAX_THREADS = 30;
-
-    private MyData data;
-    private MyReader thread;
-    private List<MyReader> threads;
-
-    /**
-     * Sets up.
-     */
-    @Before
-    public void setUp() {
-        data = new MyData();
-        thread = null;
-        threads = new ArrayList<>(MAX_THREADS);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Stops any running thread.
-     */
-    @After
-    public void tearDown() {
-        for (MyReader thr : threads) {
-            thr.interrupt();
-        }
-
-        for (MyReader thr : threads) {
-            thr.await();
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testShouldRemove() throws InterruptedException {
-        assertFalse(data.shouldRemove());
-        assertTrue(data.shouldRemove());
-
-        data = new MyData();
-
-        // start a reader thread and wait for it to poll its queue
-        startReader(0, 10);
-        assertTrue(data.await());
-
-        assertFalse(data.shouldRemove());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testRead() {
-        data.enqueue(MSG1, MSG2, MSG3, MSG1, MSG2, MSG3);
-
-        // this reader only wants one
-        startReader(1, 1);
-        assertTrue(thread.await());
-        assertEquals("[hello]", thread.result.toString());
-
-        // this reader wants three
-        startReader(3, 1);
-        assertTrue(thread.await());
-        assertEquals("[there, world, hello]", thread.result.toString());
-
-        // this reader wants three, but will only get two
-        startReader(3, 1);
-        assertTrue(thread.await());
-        assertEquals("[there, world]", thread.result.toString());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testRead_Idle() throws InterruptedException {
-        // force it to idle
-        data.shouldRemove();
-        data.shouldRemove();
-
-        long tbeg = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        assertSame(ConsumerGroupData.UNREADABLE_LIST, data.read(1, WAIT_MS));
-
-        // should not have waited
-        assertTrue(System.currentTimeMillis() < tbeg + MIN_WAIT_MS);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testRead_NegativeCount() throws InterruptedException {
-        data.enqueue(MSG1, MSG2);
-        startReader(-1, 3);
-        assertTrue(data.await());
-
-        // wait time should be unaffected
-        assertEquals(3L, data.waitMs2);
-
-        assertTrue(thread.await());
-
-        // should only return one message
-        assertEquals("[hello]", thread.result.toString());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testRead_NegativeWait() throws InterruptedException {
-        data.enqueue(MSG1, MSG2, MSG3);
-        startReader(2, -3);
-        assertTrue(data.await());
-
-        assertEquals(0L, data.waitMs2);
-
-        assertTrue(thread.await());
-
-        // should return two messages, as requested
-        assertEquals("[hello, there]", thread.result.toString());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testRead_NoMessages() throws InterruptedException {
-        startReader(0, 0);
-        assertTrue(data.await());
-
-        assertTrue(thread.await());
-        assertTrue(thread.result.isEmpty());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testRead_MultiThreaded() {
-        // queue up a bunch of messages
-        final int expected = MAX_THREADS * 3;
-        for (int x = 0; x < expected; ++x) {
-            data.enqueue(MSG1);
-        }
-
-        for (int x = 0; x < MAX_THREADS; ++x) {
-            startReader(4, 1);
-        }
-
-        int actual = 0;
-        for (MyReader thr : threads) {
-            thr.await();
-            actual += thr.result.size();
-        }
-
-        assertEquals(expected, actual);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Starts a reader thread.
-     *
-     * @param limit number of messages to read at one time
-     * @param waitMs wait time, in milliseconds
-     */
-    private void startReader(int limit, long waitMs) {
-        thread = new MyReader(limit, waitMs);
-
-        thread.setDaemon(true);
-        thread.start();
-
-        threads.add(thread);
-    }
-
-
-    private class MyData extends ConsumerGroupData {
-
-        /**
-         * Decremented when {@link #getNextMessage(long)} is invoked.
-         */
-        private final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
-
-        /**
-         * Messages to be added to the queue when {@link #getNextMessage(long)} is
-         * invoked.
-         */
-        private final List<String> messages = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        /**
-         * Value passed to {@link #getNextMessage(long)}.
-         */
-        private volatile long waitMs2 = -1;
-
-        /**
-         * Constructs the object.
-         */
-        public MyData() {
-            super(MY_TOPIC, MY_CONSUMER);
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Arranges for messages to be injected into the queue the next time
-         * {@link #getNextMessage(long)} is invoked.
-         *
-         * @param messages the messages to be injected
-         */
-        public void enqueue(String... messages) {
-            this.messages.addAll(Arrays.asList(messages));
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected String getNextMessage(long waitMs) throws InterruptedException {
-            waitMs2 = waitMs;
-
-            latch.countDown();
-
-            synchronized (messages) {
-                write(messages);
-                messages.clear();
-            }
-
-            return super.getNextMessage(waitMs);
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Waits for {@link #getNextMessage(long)} to be invoked.
-         *
-         * @return {@code true} if {@link #getNextMessage(long)} was invoked,
-         *         {@code false} if the timer expired first
-         * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread is interrupted while waiting
-         */
-        public boolean await() throws InterruptedException {
-            return latch.await(WAIT_MS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Thread that will invoke the consumer group's read() method one time.
-     */
-    private class MyReader extends Thread {
-        private final ConsumerGroupData group = data;
-        private final int limit;
-        private final long waitMs;
-
-        /**
-         * Result returned by the read() method.
-         */
-        private List<String> result = Collections.emptyList();
-
-        public MyReader(int limit, long waitMs) {
-            this.limit = limit;
-            this.waitMs = waitMs;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void run() {
-            try {
-                result = group.read(limit, waitMs);
-
-            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-            }
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Waits for the thread to complete.
-         *
-         * @return {@code true} if the thread completed, {@code false} if the thread is
-         *         still running
-         */
-        public boolean await() {
-            try {
-                this.join(WAIT_MS);
-
-            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-            }
-
-            return !this.isAlive();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/DmaapSimProviderTest.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/DmaapSimProviderTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f82ef03f2..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/DmaapSimProviderTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,288 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2019-2021 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * Modifications Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.models.sim.dmaap.provider;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyLong;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
-import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
-import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
-import org.mockito.Captor;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoderObject;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.parameters.DmaapSimParameterGroup;
-
-@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
-public class DmaapSimProviderTest {
-    private static final String EXPECTED_EXCEPTION = "expected exception";
-    private static final long SWEEP_SEC = 10L;
-    private static final String TOPIC1 = "topic-A";
-    private static final String TOPIC2 = "topic-B";
-    private static final String CONSUMER1 = "consumer-X";
-    private static final String CONSUMER_ID1 = "id1";
-
-    private MyProvider prov;
-
-    @Mock
-    private DmaapSimParameterGroup params;
-
-    @Mock
-    private ScheduledExecutorService timer;
-
-    @Mock
-    private TopicData data1;
-
-    @Mock
-    private TopicData data2;
-
-    @Captor
-    private ArgumentCaptor<List<Object>> listCaptor;
-
-    @Captor
-    private ArgumentCaptor<List<Object>> listCaptor2;
-
-    /**
-     * Sets up.
-     */
-    @Before
-    public void setUp() {
-        when(params.getTopicSweepSec()).thenReturn(SWEEP_SEC);
-
-        prov = new MyProvider(params);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Shuts down the provider, if it's running.
-     */
-    @After
-    public void tearDown() {
-        if (prov.isAlive()) {
-            prov.shutdown();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Verifies that the constructor adds all the expected actions to the service
-     * manager container.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testDmaapSimProvider() {
-        prov.start();
-        verify(timer).scheduleWithFixedDelay(any(), eq(SWEEP_SEC), eq(SWEEP_SEC), eq(TimeUnit.SECONDS));
-
-        prov.stop();
-        verify(timer).shutdown();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testProcessDmaapMessagePut_List() throws CoderException {
-        prov = spy(new MyProvider(params));
-
-        when(data1.write(any())).thenReturn(2);
-
-        // force topics to exist
-        prov.processDmaapMessageGet(TOPIC1, CONSUMER1, CONSUMER_ID1, 1, 0);
-        prov.processDmaapMessageGet(TOPIC2, CONSUMER1, CONSUMER_ID1, 1, 0);
-
-        List<Object> lst = Arrays.asList("hello", "world");
-        Response resp = prov.processDmaapMessagePut(TOPIC1, lst);
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), resp.getStatus());
-        StandardCoderObject sco = new StandardCoder().decode(resp.getEntity().toString(), StandardCoderObject.class);
-        assertEquals("2", sco.getString("count"));
-
-        List<Object> lst2 = Arrays.asList("helloB", "worldB");
-        prov.processDmaapMessagePut(TOPIC1, lst2);
-        prov.processDmaapMessagePut(TOPIC2, lst2);
-
-        // should only invoke this once for each topic
-        verify(prov).makeTopicData(TOPIC1);
-        verify(prov).makeTopicData(TOPIC2);
-
-        // should process all writes
-        verify(data1).write(lst);
-        verify(data1).write(lst2);
-
-        verify(data2).write(lst2);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testProcessDmaapMessagePut_Single() throws CoderException {
-        prov = spy(new MyProvider(params));
-
-        // force topics to exist
-        prov.processDmaapMessageGet(TOPIC1, CONSUMER1, CONSUMER_ID1, 1, 0);
-        prov.processDmaapMessageGet(TOPIC2, CONSUMER1, CONSUMER_ID1, 1, 0);
-
-        final String value1 = "abc";
-        Response resp = prov.processDmaapMessagePut(TOPIC1, value1);
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), resp.getStatus());
-
-        // ensure that the response can be decoded
-        new StandardCoder().decode(resp.getEntity().toString(), StandardCoderObject.class);
-
-        final String value2 = "def";
-        prov.processDmaapMessagePut(TOPIC1, value2);
-        prov.processDmaapMessagePut(TOPIC2, value2);
-
-        // should only invoke this once for each topic
-        verify(prov).makeTopicData(TOPIC1);
-        verify(prov).makeTopicData(TOPIC2);
-
-        // should process all writes as singleton lists
-        verify(data1, times(2)).write(listCaptor.capture());
-        assertEquals(Collections.singletonList(value1), listCaptor.getAllValues().get(0));
-        assertEquals(Collections.singletonList(value2), listCaptor.getAllValues().get(1));
-
-        verify(data2).write(listCaptor2.capture());
-        assertEquals(Collections.singletonList(value2), listCaptor2.getAllValues().get(0));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testProcessDmaapMessageGet() throws InterruptedException {
-        List<String> msgs = Arrays.asList("400", "500");
-        when(data1.read(any(), anyInt(), anyLong())).thenReturn(msgs);
-
-        Response resp = prov.processDmaapMessageGet(TOPIC1, CONSUMER1, CONSUMER_ID1, 4, 400L);
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), resp.getStatus());
-        assertEquals(msgs.toString(), resp.getEntity().toString());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testProcessDmaapMessageGet_Timeout() throws InterruptedException {
-        when(data1.read(any(), anyInt(), anyLong())).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
-
-        Response resp = prov.processDmaapMessageGet(TOPIC1, CONSUMER1, CONSUMER_ID1, 3, 300L);
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), resp.getStatus());
-        assertEquals("[]", resp.getEntity().toString());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testProcessDmaapMessageGet_Ex() throws InterruptedException {
-        BlockingQueue<Response> respQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
-
-        // put in a background thread, so it doesn't interrupt the tester thread
-        new Thread(() -> {
-            try {
-                when(data1.read(any(), anyInt(), anyLong())).thenThrow(new InterruptedException(EXPECTED_EXCEPTION));
-                respQueue.offer(prov.processDmaapMessageGet(TOPIC1, CONSUMER1, CONSUMER_ID1, 3, 300L));
-            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-            }
-        }).start();
-
-        Response resp = respQueue.poll(3, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-        assertNotNull(resp);
-
-        assertEquals(Status.GONE.getStatusCode(), resp.getStatus());
-        assertEquals("[]", resp.getEntity().toString());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testSweepTopicTaskRun() {
-        prov.start();
-        prov.processDmaapMessageGet(TOPIC1, CONSUMER1, CONSUMER_ID1, 0, 0);
-        prov.processDmaapMessageGet(TOPIC2, CONSUMER1, CONSUMER_ID1, 0, 0);
-
-        ArgumentCaptor<Runnable> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Runnable.class);
-        verify(timer).scheduleWithFixedDelay(captor.capture(), anyLong(), anyLong(), any(TimeUnit.class));
-
-        captor.getValue().run();
-        verify(data1).removeIdleConsumers();
-        verify(data2).removeIdleConsumers();
-
-        // run it again
-        captor.getValue().run();
-        verify(data1, times(2)).removeIdleConsumers();
-        verify(data2, times(2)).removeIdleConsumers();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testMakeTimerPool() {
-        // use a real provider, so we can test the real makeTimer() method
-        DmaapSimProvider prov2 = new DmaapSimProvider(params);
-        prov2.start();
-        assertThatCode(prov2::stop).doesNotThrowAnyException();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testMakeTopicData() {
-        // use a real provider, so we can test the real makeTopicData() method
-        DmaapSimProvider prov2 = new DmaapSimProvider(params);
-        assertThatCode(() -> prov2.processDmaapMessageGet(TOPIC1, CONSUMER1, CONSUMER_ID1, 0, 0))
-                        .doesNotThrowAnyException();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testGetInstance_testSetInstance() {
-        DmaapSimProvider.setInstance(prov);
-        assertSame(prov, DmaapSimProvider.getInstance());
-
-        DmaapSimProvider.setInstance(null);
-        assertNull(DmaapSimProvider.getInstance());
-    }
-
-
-    public class MyProvider extends DmaapSimProvider {
-
-        public MyProvider(DmaapSimParameterGroup params) {
-            super(params);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected ScheduledExecutorService makeTimerPool() {
-            return timer;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected TopicData makeTopicData(String topicName) {
-            return switch (topicName) {
-                case TOPIC1 -> data1;
-                case TOPIC2 -> data2;
-                default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("unknown topic name: " + topicName);
-            };
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/TopicDataTest.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/TopicDataTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f37255acf..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/provider/TopicDataTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,214 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP Policy Models
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2019-2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * Modifications Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.models.sim.dmaap.provider;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyLong;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.TreeMap;
-import java.util.TreeSet;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.Coder;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
-import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
-
-public class TopicDataTest {
-    private static final String EXPECTED_EXCEPTION = "expected exception";
-    private static final String GROUP1 = "group-A";
-    private static final String GROUP2 = "group-B";
-    private static final String GROUP3 = "group-C";
-
-    private TopicData data;
-    private ConsumerGroupData consgrp1;
-    private ConsumerGroupData consgrp2;
-    private ConsumerGroupData consgrp3;
-    private List<ConsumerGroupData> groups;
-
-    /**
-     * Sets up mocks and the initial data object.
-     *
-     * @throws Exception if an error occurs
-     */
-    @Before
-    public void setUp() throws Exception {
-        consgrp1 = mock(ConsumerGroupData.class);
-        consgrp2 = mock(ConsumerGroupData.class);
-        consgrp3 = mock(ConsumerGroupData.class);
-
-        when(consgrp1.read(anyInt(), anyLong())).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
-        when(consgrp2.read(anyInt(), anyLong())).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
-        when(consgrp3.read(anyInt(), anyLong())).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
-
-        groups = new LinkedList<>(Arrays.asList(consgrp1, consgrp2, consgrp3));
-
-        data = new TopicData("my-topic") {
-            @Override
-            protected ConsumerGroupData makeData(String consumerGroup) {
-                return groups.remove(0);
-            }
-        };
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testRemoveIdleConsumers() throws Exception {
-        // force two consumers into the map
-        data.read(GROUP1, 0, 0);
-        data.read(GROUP2, 0, 0);
-        data.read(GROUP3, 0, 0);
-
-        // indicate that one should be removed
-        when(consgrp1.shouldRemove()).thenReturn(true);
-
-        // sweep
-        data.removeIdleConsumers();
-
-        assertEquals("[group-B, group-C]", new TreeSet<>(getGroups().keySet()).toString());
-
-        // indicate that the others should be removed
-        when(consgrp2.shouldRemove()).thenReturn(true);
-        when(consgrp3.shouldRemove()).thenReturn(true);
-
-        // sweep
-        data.removeIdleConsumers();
-
-        assertTrue(getGroups().isEmpty());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testRead() throws Exception {
-        List<String> lst = Collections.emptyList();
-
-        when(consgrp1.read(anyInt(), anyLong())).thenReturn(ConsumerGroupData.UNREADABLE_LIST)
-                        .thenReturn(ConsumerGroupData.UNREADABLE_LIST).thenReturn(lst);
-
-        assertSame(lst, data.read(GROUP1, 10, 20));
-
-        // should have invoked three times
-        verify(consgrp1, times(3)).read(anyInt(), anyLong());
-
-        // should have used the given values
-        verify(consgrp1, times(3)).read(10, 20);
-
-        // should not have allocated more than one group
-        assertEquals(2, groups.size());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testRead_MultipleGroups() throws Exception {
-        List<String> lst1 = Collections.emptyList();
-        when(consgrp1.read(anyInt(), anyLong())).thenReturn(lst1);
-
-        List<String> lst2 = Collections.emptyList();
-        when(consgrp2.read(anyInt(), anyLong())).thenReturn(lst2);
-
-        // one from each group
-        assertSame(lst1, data.read(GROUP1, 0, 0));
-        assertSame(lst2, data.read(GROUP2, 0, 0));
-
-        // repeat
-        assertSame(lst1, data.read(GROUP1, 0, 0));
-        assertSame(lst2, data.read(GROUP2, 0, 0));
-
-        // again
-        assertSame(lst1, data.read(GROUP1, 0, 0));
-        assertSame(lst2, data.read(GROUP2, 0, 0));
-
-        // should still have group3 in the list
-        assertEquals(1, groups.size());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testWrite() throws Exception {
-        // no groups yet
-        List<Object> messages = Arrays.asList("hello", "world");
-        data.write(messages);
-
-        // add two groups
-        data.read(GROUP1, 0, 0);
-        data.read(GROUP2, 0, 0);
-
-        data.write(messages);
-
-        // should have been written to both groups
-        List<String> strings = messages.stream().map(Object::toString).collect(Collectors.toList());
-        verify(consgrp1).write(strings);
-        verify(consgrp2).write(strings);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testConvertMessagesToStrings() {
-        assertEquals("[abc, 200]", data.convertMessagesToStrings(Arrays.asList("abc", null, 200)).toString());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testConvertMessageToString() throws CoderException {
-        Coder coder = new StandardCoder();
-
-        assertNull(data.convertMessageToString(null, coder));
-        assertEquals("text-msg", data.convertMessageToString("text-msg", coder));
-        assertEquals("100", data.convertMessageToString(100, coder));
-
-        coder = mock(Coder.class);
-        when(coder.encode(any())).thenThrow(new CoderException(EXPECTED_EXCEPTION));
-        assertNull(data.convertMessageToString(new TreeMap<String, Object>(), coder));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testMakeData() throws Exception {
-        // use real objects instead of mocks
-        TopicData data2 = new TopicData("real-data-topic");
-
-        // force a group into the topic
-        data2.read(GROUP1, 0, 0);
-
-        data2.write(Arrays.asList("abc", "def", "ghi"));
-
-        assertEquals("[abc, def]", data2.read(GROUP1, 2, 0).toString());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the consumer group map from the topic data object.
-     *
-     * @return the topic's consumer group map
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    private Map<String, ConsumerGroupData> getGroups() {
-        return (Map<String, ConsumerGroupData>) ReflectionTestUtils.getField(data, "group2data");
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/BaseRestControllerV1Test.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/BaseRestControllerV1Test.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d24436f7..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/BaseRestControllerV1Test.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP PAP
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * Modifications Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.models.sim.dmaap.rest;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.ResponseBuilder;
-import java.util.UUID;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class BaseRestControllerV1Test {
-
-    private BaseRestControllerV1 ctlr;
-    private ResponseBuilder bldr;
-
-    @Before
-    public void setUp() {
-        ctlr = new BaseRestControllerV1();
-        bldr = Response.status(Response.Status.OK);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testAddVersionControlHeaders() {
-        Response resp = ctlr.addVersionControlHeaders(bldr).build();
-        assertEquals("0", resp.getHeaderString(BaseRestControllerV1.VERSION_MINOR_NAME));
-        assertEquals("0", resp.getHeaderString(BaseRestControllerV1.VERSION_PATCH_NAME));
-        assertEquals("1.0.0", resp.getHeaderString(BaseRestControllerV1.VERSION_LATEST_NAME));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testAddLoggingHeaders_Null() {
-        Response resp = ctlr.addLoggingHeaders(bldr, null).build();
-        assertNotNull(resp.getHeaderString(BaseRestControllerV1.REQUEST_ID_NAME));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testAddLoggingHeaders_NonNull() {
-        UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
-        Response resp = ctlr.addLoggingHeaders(bldr, uuid).build();
-        assertEquals(uuid.toString(), resp.getHeaderString(BaseRestControllerV1.REQUEST_ID_NAME));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/CambriaMessageBodyHandlerTest.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/CambriaMessageBodyHandlerTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ea2a4a530..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/CambriaMessageBodyHandlerTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP Policy Models
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * Modifications Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.models.sim.dmaap.rest;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.EOFException;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.List;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class CambriaMessageBodyHandlerTest {
-    private static final String STD_INPUT = "1.3.XAbc";
-    private static final String EXPECTED_OUTPUT = "[Abc]";
-
-    private CambriaMessageBodyHandler hdlr;
-
-    @Before
-    public void setUp() {
-        hdlr = new CambriaMessageBodyHandler();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testIsReadable() {
-        assertTrue(hdlr.isReadable(null, null, null, MediaType.valueOf("application/cambria")));
-
-        assertFalse(hdlr.isReadable(null, null, null, null));
-        assertFalse(hdlr.isReadable(null, null, null, MediaType.valueOf("application/other")));
-        assertFalse(hdlr.isReadable(null, null, null, MediaType.valueOf("other/cambria")));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testReadFrom() throws IOException {
-        List<Object> lst = readStream("1.11.AMessageBody", "3.3.123Foo3.3.123Bar", "0.16.You can do that..8.Or that.");
-        assertEquals("[MessageBody, Foo, Bar, You can do that., Or that.]", lst.toString());
-
-        // empty stream
-        lst = readStream();
-        assertEquals("[]", lst.toString());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testReadMessage_InvalidPartitionLength() {
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> readStream("100000000.3.")).isInstanceOf(IOException.class)
-                        .hasMessage("invalid partition length");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testReadMessage_InvalidMessageLength() {
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> readStream("3.100000000.ABC")).isInstanceOf(IOException.class)
-                        .hasMessage("invalid message length");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testSkipWhitespace() throws IOException {
-        // no white space
-        assertEquals(EXPECTED_OUTPUT, readStream(STD_INPUT).toString());
-
-        // single white space
-        assertEquals(EXPECTED_OUTPUT, readStream(" " + STD_INPUT).toString());
-
-        // multiple white spaces
-        assertEquals(EXPECTED_OUTPUT, readStream("\n\n\t" + STD_INPUT).toString());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testReadLength_NoDigits() throws IOException {
-        assertEquals("[]", readStream("..").toString());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testReadLength_NoDot() {
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> readStream("3.2")).isInstanceOf(EOFException.class)
-                        .hasMessage("missing '.' in 'length' field");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testReadLength_NonDigit() {
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> readStream("3.2x.ABCde")).isInstanceOf(IOException.class)
-                        .hasMessage("invalid character in 'length' field");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testReadLength_TooManyDigits() {
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> readStream("3.12345678901234567890.ABCde")).isInstanceOf(IOException.class)
-                        .hasMessage("too many digits in 'length' field");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testReadString_ZeroLength() throws IOException {
-        assertEquals("[]", readStream("1..X").toString());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testReadString_TooShort() {
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> readStream(".5.me")).isInstanceOf(EOFException.class).hasMessageContaining("actual");
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reads a stream via the handler.
-     *
-     * @param text lines of text to be read
-     * @return the list of objects that were decoded from the stream
-     * @throws IOException if an error occurs
-     */
-    private List<Object> readStream(String... text) throws IOException {
-        return hdlr.readFrom(null, null, null, null, null, makeStream(text));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates an input stream from lines of text.
-     *
-     * @param text lines of text
-     * @return an input stream
-     */
-    private InputStream makeStream(String... text) {
-        return new ByteArrayInputStream(String.join("\n", text).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/DmaapSimRestControllerV1Test.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/DmaapSimRestControllerV1Test.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fd9397e34..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/DmaapSimRestControllerV1Test.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * Modifications Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
- * Modifications Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.models.sim.dmaap.rest;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Map;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.Coder;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.parameters.DmaapSimParameterGroup;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.provider.DmaapSimProvider;
-
-public class DmaapSimRestControllerV1Test {
-    private static final int LIMIT = 5;
-    private static final String TOPIC = "my-topic";
-    private static final String TOPIC2 = "my-topic-B";
-    private static final String MESSAGE = "my-message";
-    private static final String MESSAGE2 = "my-message-B";
-    private static final String CONSUMER = "my-consumer";
-    private static final String CONSUMER_ID = "my-id";
-
-    private static final Coder coder = new StandardCoder();
-
-    private DmaapSimRestControllerV1 rest;
-
-    /**
-     * Creates the controller.
-     *
-     * @throws CoderException if the parameters cannot be loaded
-     */
-    @Before
-    public void setUp() throws CoderException {
-        DmaapSimParameterGroup params = coder.decode(new File("src/test/resources/parameters/NormalParameters.json"),
-                        DmaapSimParameterGroup.class);
-        DmaapSimProvider.setInstance(new DmaapSimProvider(params));
-        rest = new DmaapSimRestControllerV1();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void test() {
-        Response resp = rest.getDmaapMessage(TOPIC, CONSUMER, CONSUMER_ID, LIMIT, 0);
-        assertEquals(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(), resp.getStatus());
-        assertEquals("[]", resp.getEntity().toString());
-
-        // add some messages
-        resp = rest.postDmaapMessage(TOPIC, Arrays.asList(MESSAGE, MESSAGE2));
-        assertEquals(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(), resp.getStatus());
-        assertEquals(2, getCount(resp));
-
-        resp = rest.postDmaapMessage(TOPIC2, Arrays.asList(MESSAGE, MESSAGE2, MESSAGE));
-        assertEquals(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(), resp.getStatus());
-        assertEquals(3, getCount(resp));
-
-        // hadn't registered with topic 2 so nothing expected from there
-        resp = rest.getDmaapMessage(TOPIC2, CONSUMER, CONSUMER_ID, LIMIT, 0);
-        assertEquals(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(), resp.getStatus());
-        assertEquals("[]", resp.getEntity().toString());
-
-        // now read from topic 1
-        resp = rest.getDmaapMessage(TOPIC, CONSUMER, CONSUMER_ID, LIMIT, 0);
-        assertEquals(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(), resp.getStatus());
-        assertEquals("[my-message, my-message-B]", resp.getEntity().toString());
-
-        // verify getDmaapTopics
-        resp = rest.getDmaapTopics();
-        assertEquals(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(), resp.getStatus());
-        assertThat(resp.getEntity().toString()).contains("POLICY-PDP-PAP");
-    }
-
-    private int getCount(Response resp) {
-        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-        Map<String, Object> map = (Map<String, Object>) resp.getEntity();
-
-        return (int) map.get("count");
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/TextMessageBodyHandlerTest.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/TextMessageBodyHandlerTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 50db94e5c..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/TextMessageBodyHandlerTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * Modifications Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.models.sim.dmaap.rest;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.List;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class TextMessageBodyHandlerTest {
-    private TextMessageBodyHandler hdlr;
-
-    @Before
-    public void setUp() {
-        hdlr = new TextMessageBodyHandler();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testIsReadable() {
-        assertTrue(hdlr.isReadable(null, null, null, MediaType.valueOf("text/plain")));
-
-        assertFalse(hdlr.isReadable(null, null, null, null));
-        assertFalse(hdlr.isReadable(null, null, null, MediaType.valueOf("text/other")));
-        assertFalse(hdlr.isReadable(null, null, null, MediaType.valueOf("other/plain")));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testReadFrom() throws IOException {
-        List<Object> lst = readStream("hello", "world");
-        assertEquals("[hello, world]", lst.toString());
-
-        // empty stream
-        lst = readStream();
-        assertEquals("[]", lst.toString());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reads a stream via the handler.
-     *
-     * @param text lines of text to be read
-     * @return the list of objects that were decoded from the stream
-     * @throws IOException if an error occurs
-     */
-    private List<Object> readStream(String... text) throws IOException {
-        return hdlr.readFrom(null, null, null, null, null, makeStream(text));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates an input stream from lines of text.
-     *
-     * @param text lines of text
-     * @return an input stream
-     */
-    private InputStream makeStream(String... text) {
-        return new ByteArrayInputStream(String.join("\n", text).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/sim/dmaap/parameters/DmaapSimParameterGroupTest.java b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/sim/dmaap/parameters/DmaapSimParameterGroupTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 828cd89b0..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/sim/dmaap/parameters/DmaapSimParameterGroupTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2019 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.sim.dmaap.parameters;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.parameters.DmaapSimParameterGroup;
-
-public class DmaapSimParameterGroupTest {
-    private static final String MY_NAME = "my-name";
-
-    @Test
-    public void testDmaapSimParameterGroup() {
-        DmaapSimParameterGroup params = new DmaapSimParameterGroup(MY_NAME);
-        assertEquals(MY_NAME, params.getName());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index de7ef98da..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
-   Copyright (C) 2019 Nordix Foundation.
-  ================================================================================
-  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.
-  
-  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
--->
-
-<configuration>
-
-    <contextName>DMaaPSim</contextName>
-    <statusListener class="ch.qos.logback.core.status.OnConsoleStatusListener" />
-    <property name="LOG_DIR" value="${java.io.tmpdir}/pf_logging/" />
-
-    <!-- USE FOR STD OUT ONLY -->
-    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-        <encoder>
-            <Pattern>%d %contextName [%t] %level %logger{36} - %msg%n</Pattern>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-
-    <root level="info">
-        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
-    </root>
-
-    <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-        <file>${LOG_DIR}/apex.log</file>
-        <encoder>
-            <pattern>%d %-5relative [procId=${processId}] [%thread] %-5level
-                %logger{26} - %msg %n %ex{full}</pattern>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-
-    <logger name="org.eclipse.jetty" level="info" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
-    </logger>
-
-    <logger name="org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap" level="trace" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
-    </logger>
-</configuration>
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/resources/parameters/NormalParameters.json b/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/resources/parameters/NormalParameters.json
deleted file mode 100644
index deec966e8..000000000
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/test/resources/parameters/NormalParameters.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "DMaapSim",
-    "topicSweepSec": 300,
-    "restServerParameters": {
-        "host": "0.0.0.0",
-        "port": 6845
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/packages/models-simulator-tarball/pom.xml b/models-sim/packages/models-simulator-tarball/pom.xml
index 9ff9224e7..156a6cc45 100644
--- a/models-sim/packages/models-simulator-tarball/pom.xml
+++ b/models-sim/packages/models-simulator-tarball/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <artifactId>models-simulator-tarball</artifactId>
 
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
-    <description>A module that runs all "simulators", including DMaaP.</description>
+    <description>A module that runs all "simulators".</description>
 
     <properties>
         <!-- There is no code in this submodule, only holds interfaces. So skip sonar. -->
diff --git a/models-sim/packages/models-simulator-tarball/src/main/resources/etc/simParameters.json b/models-sim/packages/models-simulator-tarball/src/main/resources/etc/simParameters.json
index 41fc90574..76fbd2375 100644
--- a/models-sim/packages/models-simulator-tarball/src/main/resources/etc/simParameters.json
+++ b/models-sim/packages/models-simulator-tarball/src/main/resources/etc/simParameters.json
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 {
-    "dmaapProvider": {
-        "name": "DMaaP simulator",
-        "topicSweepSec": 300
-    },
     "restServers": [
         {
-            "name": "DMaaP simulator",
-            "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.rest.DmaapSimRestControllerV1",
-            "host": "0.0.0.0",
-            "port": 3904,
-            "https": false
-        },
-        {
             "name": "A&AI simulator",
             "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.simulators.AaiSimulatorJaxRs",
             "host": "0.0.0.0",
@@ -45,56 +34,6 @@
             "https": false
         }
     ],
-    "topicSinks": [
-        {
-            "topic": "APPC-CL",
-            "servers": ["${HOST_NAME}"],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "useHttps": false,
-            "apiKey": "some-key",
-            "apiSecret": "some-secret"
-        },
-        {
-            "topic": "APPC-LCM-WRITE",
-            "servers": ["${HOST_NAME}"],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "useHttps": false,
-            "apiKey": "some-key",
-            "apiSecret": "some-secret"
-        }
-    ],
-    "topicSources": [
-        {
-            "topic": "APPC-CL",
-            "servers": ["${HOST_NAME}"],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "useHttps": false,
-            "apiKey": "some-key",
-            "apiSecret": "some-secret"
-        },
-        {
-            "topic": "APPC-LCM-READ",
-            "servers": ["${HOST_NAME}"],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "useHttps": false,
-            "apiKey": "some-key",
-            "apiSecret": "some-secret"
-        }
-    ],
-    "topicServers": [
-        {
-            "name": "APPC Legacy simulator",
-            "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.simulators.AppcLegacyTopicServer",
-            "sink": "APPC-CL",
-            "source": "APPC-CL"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "APPC-LCM simulator",
-            "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.simulators.AppcLcmTopicServer",
-            "sink": "APPC-LCM-WRITE",
-            "source": "APPC-LCM-READ"
-        }
-    ],
     "grpcServer": {
         "name": "CDS simulator",
         "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.simulators.CdsSimulator",
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/main/resources/config/OnapPfConfig.json b/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/main/resources/config/OnapPfConfig.json
index 4b05fd985..2c6a33266 100644
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/main/resources/config/OnapPfConfig.json
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/main/resources/config/OnapPfConfig.json
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@
     "topicParameterGroup": {
         "topicSources" : [{
             "topic" : "POLICY-PDP-PAP",
-            "servers" : [ "message-router:3904" ],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "dmaap"
+            "servers" : [ "localhost" ],
+            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "noop",
+            "fetchTimeout": 15000
         }],
         "topicSinks" : [{
             "topic" : "POLICY-PDP-PAP",
-            "servers" : [ "message-router:3904" ],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "dmaap"
+            "servers" : [ "localhost" ],
+            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "noop",
+            "fetchTimeout": 15000
         }]
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/pdp/parameters/CommonTestData.java b/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/pdp/parameters/CommonTestData.java
index 7c740c4b2..a6b136b98 100644
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/pdp/parameters/CommonTestData.java
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/pdp/parameters/CommonTestData.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*-
  * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Nordix Foundation.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019-2020, 2024 Nordix Foundation.
  *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
  * ================================================================================
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 package org.onap.policy.models.sim.pdp.parameters;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
@@ -48,14 +47,13 @@ public class CommonTestData {
     public static final String POLICY_NAME = "onap.controllloop.operational.apex.BBS";
     public static final String POLICY_VERSION = "0.0.1";
     protected static final List<ToscaPolicyTypeIdentifierParameters> SUPPORTED_POLICY_TYPES =
-            Arrays.asList(getSupportedPolicyTypes(POLICY_NAME, POLICY_VERSION));
-    public static final List<TopicParameters> TOPIC_PARAMS = Arrays.asList(getTopicParams());
+        List.of(getSupportedPolicyTypes(POLICY_NAME, POLICY_VERSION));
+    public static final List<TopicParameters> TOPIC_PARAMS = List.of(getTopicParams());
     private static final String REST_SERVER_PASS = "zb!XztG34";
     private static final String REST_SERVER_USER = "healthcheck";
     private static final int REST_SERVER_PORT = 6969;
     private static final String REST_SERVER_HOST = "0.0.0.0";
     private static final boolean REST_SERVER_HTTPS = true;
-    private static final boolean REST_SERVER_AAF = false;
 
     public static final Coder coder = new StandardCoder();
 
@@ -79,8 +77,8 @@ public class CommonTestData {
     public static TopicParameters getTopicParams() {
         final TopicParameters topicParams = new TopicParameters();
         topicParams.setTopic("POLICY-PDP-PAP");
-        topicParams.setTopicCommInfrastructure("dmaap");
-        topicParams.setServers(Arrays.asList("message-router"));
+        topicParams.setTopicCommInfrastructure("kafka");
+        topicParams.setServers(List.of("localhost:9092"));
         return topicParams;
     }
 
@@ -126,7 +124,6 @@ public class CommonTestData {
     public Map<String, Object> getRestServerParametersMap(final boolean isEmpty) {
         final Map<String, Object> map = new TreeMap<>();
         map.put("https", REST_SERVER_HTTPS);
-        map.put("aaf", REST_SERVER_AAF);
 
         if (!isEmpty) {
             map.put("host", REST_SERVER_HOST);
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/resources/PdpSimulatorConfigParameters.json b/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/resources/PdpSimulatorConfigParameters.json
index c30b91b4a..6c6068dd3 100644
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/resources/PdpSimulatorConfigParameters.json
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/resources/PdpSimulatorConfigParameters.json
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
         },{
             "topic" : "POLICY-PDP-PAP1",
             "servers" : [ "message-router1, message-router2" ],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "dmaap"
+            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "NOOP"
         },{
             "topic" : "POLICY-PDP-PAP2",
             "servers" : [ "message-router2, message-router3" ],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "dmaap"
+            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "NOOP"
         }],
         "topicSinks" : [ {
             "topic" : "ueb-sink",
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
         },{
             "topic" : "POLICY-PDP-PAP2",
             "servers" : [ "message-router1, message-router2" ],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "dmaap"
+            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "NOOP"
         },{
             "topic" : "POLICY-PDP-PAP3",
             "servers" : [ "message-router2, message-router3" ],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "dmaap"
+            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "NOOP"
         }]
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/resources/PdpSimulatorConfigParameters_sim.json b/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/resources/PdpSimulatorConfigParameters_sim.json
index 689486728..d9b0ec6a2 100644
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/resources/PdpSimulatorConfigParameters_sim.json
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/resources/PdpSimulatorConfigParameters_sim.json
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
     "topicParameterGroup": {
         "topicSources" : [{
             "topic" : "POLICY-PDP-PAP",
-            "servers" : [ "localhost:6845" ],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "dmaap"
+            "servers" : [ "localhost" ],
+            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "noop"
         }],
         "topicSinks" : [{
             "topic" : "POLICY-PDP-PAP",
-            "servers" : [ "localhost:6845" ],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "dmaap"
+            "servers" : [ "localhost" ],
+            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "noop"
         }]
     }
 }
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/resources/TestConfigParameters.json b/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/resources/TestConfigParameters.json
index 7ddc45cf6..b114dd1fd 100644
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/resources/TestConfigParameters.json
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-sim-pdp/src/test/resources/TestConfigParameters.json
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
         },{
             "topic" : "POLICY-PDP-PAP1",
             "servers" : [ "message-router1, message-router2" ],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "dmaap"
+            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "NOOP"
         },{
             "topic" : "POLICY-PDP-PAP2",
             "servers" : [ "message-router2, message-router3" ],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "dmaap"
+            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "NOOP"
         }],
         "topicSinks" : [ {
             "topic" : "ueb-sink",
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
         },{
             "topic" : "POLICY-PDP-PAP2",
             "servers" : [ "message-router1, message-router2" ],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "dmaap"
+            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "NOOP"
         },{
             "topic" : "POLICY-PDP-PAP3",
             "servers" : [ "message-router2, message-router3" ],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "dmaap"
+            "topicCommInfrastructure" : "NOOP"
         }]
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/pom.xml b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/pom.xml
index e6af84133..502feea6f 100644
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/pom.xml
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <artifactId>policy-models-simulators</artifactId>
 
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
-    <description>A module that runs all "simulators", including DMaaP.</description>
+    <description>A module that runs all "simulators".</description>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/Main.java b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/Main.java
index a501d5253..b1ee73942 100644
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/Main.java
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/Main.java
@@ -24,21 +24,13 @@ package org.onap.policy.models.simulators;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.event.comm.TopicEndpointManager;
-import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.event.comm.TopicSink;
-import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.event.comm.TopicSource;
 import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.http.server.HttpServletServer;
 import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.http.server.HttpServletServerFactoryInstance;
-import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.parameters.TopicParameters;
 import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.properties.PolicyEndPointProperties;
 import org.onap.policy.common.gson.GsonMessageBodyHandler;
 import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.BeanValidationResult;
@@ -49,12 +41,7 @@ import org.onap.policy.common.utils.network.NetworkUtil;
 import org.onap.policy.common.utils.resources.ResourceUtils;
 import org.onap.policy.common.utils.services.Registry;
 import org.onap.policy.common.utils.services.ServiceManagerContainer;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.parameters.DmaapSimParameterGroup;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.provider.DmaapSimProvider;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.rest.CambriaMessageBodyHandler;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.rest.TextMessageBodyHandler;
 import org.onap.policy.simulators.CdsSimulator;
-import org.onap.policy.simulators.TopicServer;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -79,21 +66,7 @@ public class Main extends ServiceManagerContainer {
         super(Main.class.getPackage().getName());
 
         SimulatorParameters params = readParameters(paramFile);
-        BeanValidationResult result = params.validate("simulators");
-        if (!result.isValid()) {
-            logger.error("invalid parameters:\n{}", result.getResult());
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid simulator parameters");
-        }
-
-        DmaapSimParameterGroup dmaapProv = params.getDmaapProvider();
-        String dmaapName = (dmaapProv != null ? dmaapProv.getName() : null);
-
-        // dmaap provider
-        if (dmaapProv != null) {
-            String provName = dmaapName.replace("simulator", "provider");
-            AtomicReference<DmaapSimProvider> provRef = new AtomicReference<>();
-            addAction(provName, () -> provRef.set(buildDmaapProvider(dmaapProv)), () -> provRef.get().shutdown());
-        }
+        String messageBroker = "models-sim";
 
         CdsServerParameters cdsServer = params.getGrpcServer();
 
@@ -114,35 +87,7 @@ public class Main extends ServiceManagerContainer {
                     () -> Registry.unregister(resourceLocationId));
             }
             addAction(restsim.getName(),
-                () -> ref.set(buildRestServer(dmaapName, restsim)),
-                () -> ref.get().shutdown());
-        }
-
-        // NOTE: topics must be started AFTER the (dmaap) rest servers
-
-        // topic sinks
-        Map<String, TopicSink> sinks = new HashMap<>();
-        for (TopicParameters topicParams : params.getTopicSinks()) {
-            String topic = topicParams.getTopic();
-            addAction("Sink " + topic,
-                () -> sinks.put(topic, startSink(topicParams)),
-                () -> sinks.get(topic).shutdown());
-        }
-
-        // topic sources
-        Map<String, TopicSource> sources = new HashMap<>();
-        for (TopicParameters topicParams : params.getTopicSources()) {
-            String topic = topicParams.getTopic();
-            addAction("Source " + topic,
-                () -> sources.put(topic, startSource(topicParams)),
-                () -> sources.get(topic).shutdown());
-        }
-
-        // topic server simulators
-        for (TopicServerParameters topicsim : params.getTopicServers()) {
-            AtomicReference<TopicServer<?>> ref = new AtomicReference<>();
-            addAction(topicsim.getName(),
-                () -> ref.set(buildTopicServer(topicsim, sinks, sources)),
+                () -> ref.set(buildRestServer(messageBroker, restsim)),
                 () -> ref.get().shutdown());
         }
         // @formatter:on
@@ -191,13 +136,6 @@ public class Main extends ServiceManagerContainer {
         }
     }
 
-    private DmaapSimProvider buildDmaapProvider(DmaapSimParameterGroup params) {
-        var prov = new DmaapSimProvider(params);
-        DmaapSimProvider.setInstance(prov);
-        prov.start();
-        return prov;
-    }
-
     private CdsSimulator buildCdsSimulator(CdsServerParameters params) throws IOException {
         var cdsSimulator = new CdsSimulator(params.getHost(), params.getPort(), params.getResourceLocation(),
             params.getSuccessRepeatCount(), params.getRequestedResponseDelayMs());
@@ -206,21 +144,9 @@ public class Main extends ServiceManagerContainer {
     }
 
 
-    private TopicSink startSink(TopicParameters params) {
-        TopicSink sink = TopicEndpointManager.getManager().addTopicSinks(List.of(params)).get(0);
-        sink.start();
-        return sink;
-    }
-
-    private TopicSource startSource(TopicParameters params) {
-        TopicSource source = TopicEndpointManager.getManager().addTopicSources(List.of(params)).get(0);
-        source.start();
-        return source;
-    }
-
-    private HttpServletServer buildRestServer(String dmaapName, ClassRestServerParameters params) {
+    private HttpServletServer buildRestServer(String messageBroker, ClassRestServerParameters params) {
         try {
-            var props = getServerProperties(dmaapName, params);
+            var props = getServerProperties(messageBroker, params);
             HttpServletServer testServer = makeServer(props);
             testServer.waitedStart(5000);
 
@@ -239,30 +165,6 @@ public class Main extends ServiceManagerContainer {
         }
     }
 
-    private TopicServer<?> buildTopicServer(TopicServerParameters params, Map<String, TopicSink> sinks,
-                    Map<String, TopicSource> sources) {
-        try {
-            // find the desired sink
-            TopicSink sink = sinks.get(params.getSink());
-            if (sink == null) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid sink topic " + params.getSink());
-            }
-
-            // find the desired source
-            TopicSource source = sources.get(params.getSource());
-            if (source == null) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid source topic " + params.getSource());
-            }
-
-            // create the topic server
-            return (TopicServer<?>) Class.forName(params.getProviderClass())
-                            .getDeclaredConstructor(TopicSink.class, TopicSource.class).newInstance(sink, source);
-
-        } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException
-                        | SecurityException | ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("cannot create TopicServer: " + params.getName(), e);
-        }
-    }
 
     /**
      * Creates a set of properties, suitable for building a REST server, from the
@@ -271,7 +173,7 @@ public class Main extends ServiceManagerContainer {
      * @param params parameters from which to build the properties
      * @return a Map of properties representing the given parameters
      */
-    private static Properties getServerProperties(String dmaapName, ClassRestServerParameters params) {
+    private static Properties getServerProperties(String messageBroker, ClassRestServerParameters params) {
         final var props = new Properties();
         props.setProperty(PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_SERVER_SERVICES, params.getName());
 
@@ -290,15 +192,9 @@ public class Main extends ServiceManagerContainer {
         props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_SNI_HOST_CHECK_SUFFIX, "false");
         props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_MANAGED_SUFFIX, "true");
 
-        if (dmaapName != null && dmaapName.equals(params.getName())) {
-            props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_SERIALIZATION_PROVIDER,
-                            String.join(",", CambriaMessageBodyHandler.class.getName(),
-                                            GsonMessageBodyHandler.class.getName(),
-                                            TextMessageBodyHandler.class.getName()));
-        } else {
-            props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_SERIALIZATION_PROVIDER, String.join(",",
+        props.setProperty(svcpfx + PolicyEndPointProperties.PROPERTY_HTTP_SERIALIZATION_PROVIDER, String.join(",",
                             GsonMessageBodyHandler.class.getName(), TextMessageBodyHandler.class.getName()));
-        }
+
 
         return props;
     }
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/SimulatorParameters.java b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/SimulatorParameters.java
index 28c4f42d2..0ae3a17e7 100644
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/SimulatorParameters.java
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/SimulatorParameters.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * ================================================================================
  * Copyright (C) 2020-2021 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
  * Modifications Copyright (C) 2020 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
+ * Modifications Copyright (C) 2024 Nordix Foundation.
  * ================================================================================
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,12 +25,7 @@ package org.onap.policy.models.simulators;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import lombok.Getter;
-import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.parameters.TopicParameters;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.BeanValidationResult;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.BeanValidator;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
 import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.annotations.Valid;
-import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.parameters.DmaapSimParameterGroup;
 
 /**
  * Simulator parameters.
@@ -37,14 +33,6 @@ import org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.parameters.DmaapSimParameterGroup;
 @Getter
 public class SimulatorParameters {
 
-    /**
-     * Note: this is only used to capture the provider's parameters; the rest server
-     * parameters that it contains are ignored. Instead, the parameters for the rest
-     * server are contained within the {@link #restServers} entry having the same name as
-     * the provider parameters.
-     */
-    private DmaapSimParameterGroup dmaapProvider;
-
     private @Valid CdsServerParameters grpcServer;
 
     /**
@@ -52,43 +40,5 @@ public class SimulatorParameters {
      */
     private List<@Valid ClassRestServerParameters> restServers = new LinkedList<>();
 
-    /**
-     * Topic sinks that are used by {@link #topicServers}.
-     */
-    private List<@Valid TopicParameters> topicSinks = new LinkedList<>();
-
-    /**
-     * Topic sources that are used by {@link #topicServers}.
-     */
-    private List<@Valid TopicParameters> topicSources = new LinkedList<>();
-
-    /**
-     * Parameters for the TOPIC server simulators that are to be started.
-     */
-    private List<@Valid TopicServerParameters> topicServers = new LinkedList<>();
-
-
-    /**
-     * Validates the parameters.
-     *
-     * @param containerName name of the parameter container
-     * @return the validation result
-     */
-    public BeanValidationResult validate(String containerName) {
-        BeanValidationResult result = new BeanValidator().validateTop(containerName, this);
-
-        if (dmaapProvider != null) {
-            // do not want full validation of the provider, so validate the relevant
-            // fields ourselves
-            var subResult = new BeanValidationResult("dmaapProvider", dmaapProvider);
-            subResult.validateNotNull("name", dmaapProvider.getName());
-            if (dmaapProvider.getTopicSweepSec() < 1) {
-                subResult.addResult("topicSweepSec", dmaapProvider.getTopicSweepSec(),
-                                ValidationStatus.INVALID, "is below the minimum value: 1");
-            }
-            result.addResult(subResult);
-        }
 
-        return result;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/TextMessageBodyHandler.java b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/TextMessageBodyHandler.java
index 6d3bd730e..a99a9383d 100644
--- a/models-sim/models-sim-dmaap/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/sim/dmaap/rest/TextMessageBodyHandler.java
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/TextMessageBodyHandler.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * ONAP Policy Models
  * ================================================================================
  * Copyright (C) 2019, 2021 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * Modifications Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * Modifications Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Nordix Foundation.
  * ================================================================================
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
  */
 
-package org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.rest;
+package org.onap.policy.models.simulators;
 
 import jakarta.ws.rs.Consumes;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/TopicServerParameters.java b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/TopicServerParameters.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a477b232..000000000
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/TopicServerParameters.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2020 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.models.simulators;
-
-import lombok.Getter;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.BeanValidationResult;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.BeanValidator;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.annotations.NotBlank;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.annotations.NotNull;
-
-@Getter
-@NotNull
-@NotBlank
-public class TopicServerParameters {
-    private String name;
-    private String providerClass;
-    private String sink;
-    private String source;
-
-
-    /**
-     * Validates the parameters.
-     *
-     * @param containerName name of the parameter container
-     * @return the validation result
-     */
-    public BeanValidationResult validate(String containerName) {
-        return new BeanValidator().validateTop(containerName, this);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/MainTest.java b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/MainTest.java
index 73eb69f7a..09064f472 100644
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/MainTest.java
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/MainTest.java
@@ -113,12 +113,6 @@ public class MainTest {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testConstructor() throws Exception {
-        assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> new Main("invalidDmaapProvider.json"))
-                        .withMessage("invalid simulator parameters");
-    }
-
     /**
      * Verifies that all the simulators are brought up and that HTTPS works with at
      * least one of them.
@@ -243,30 +237,5 @@ public class MainTest {
         assertThat(ex.getCause()).hasMessageStartingWith("interrupted while building");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Tests buildTopicServer() when the provider class is invalid.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testBuildTopicServerInvalidProvider() {
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new Main("invalidTopicServer.json").start())
-                        .hasCauseInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Tests buildTopicServer() when the sink is missing.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testBuildTopicServerNoSink() {
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new Main("missingSink.json").start())
-                        .hasCauseInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class);
-    }
 
-    /**
-     * Tests buildTopicServer() when the sink is missing.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testBuildTopicServerNoSource() {
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new Main("missingSource.json").start())
-                        .hasCauseInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/SimulatorParametersTest.java b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/SimulatorParametersTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8094ca419..000000000
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/SimulatorParametersTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2020 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.models.simulators;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.BeanValidationResult;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
-
-public class SimulatorParametersTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void testValidate() throws CoderException {
-        SimulatorParameters params = new StandardCoder().decode(new File("src/test/resources/simParameters.json"),
-                        SimulatorParameters.class);
-        assertNull(params.validate("ValidParams").getResult());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testValidateEmptyRestServer() throws CoderException {
-        SimulatorParameters params = new StandardCoder()
-                        .decode(new File("src/test/resources/emptyRestServer.json"), SimulatorParameters.class);
-        assertNull(params.validate("ValidParams").getResult());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testValidateInvalidDmaapProvider() throws CoderException {
-        SimulatorParameters params = new StandardCoder()
-                        .decode(new File("src/test/resources/invalidDmaapProvider.json"), SimulatorParameters.class);
-        BeanValidationResult result = params.validate("InvalidDmaapParams");
-        assertFalse(result.isValid());
-        assertNotNull(result.getResult());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testValidateInvalidDmaapName() throws CoderException {
-        SimulatorParameters params = new StandardCoder().decode(
-                        new File("src/test/resources/invalidDmaapName.json"), SimulatorParameters.class);
-        BeanValidationResult result = params.validate("InvalidDmaapParams");
-        assertFalse(result.isValid());
-        assertThat(result.getResult()).contains("item \"name\" value \"null\"");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testValidateInvalidTopicSweep() throws CoderException {
-        SimulatorParameters params = new StandardCoder().decode(
-                        new File("src/test/resources/invalidTopicSweep.json"), SimulatorParameters.class);
-        BeanValidationResult result = params.validate("InvalidDmaapParams");
-        assertFalse(result.isValid());
-        assertThat(result.getResult()).contains("topicSweepSec");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testValidateInvalidGrpcServer() throws CoderException {
-        SimulatorParameters params = new StandardCoder()
-                        .decode(new File("src/test/resources/invalidGrpcServer.json"), SimulatorParameters.class);
-        BeanValidationResult result = params.validate("InvalidGrpcParams");
-        assertFalse(result.isValid());
-        assertNotNull(result.getResult());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/TopicServerParametersTest.java b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/TopicServerParametersTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d182d8fb..000000000
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/models/simulators/TopicServerParametersTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2020 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.models.simulators;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationResult;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
-import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
-
-public class TopicServerParametersTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void testValidateString() throws CoderException {
-        // some fields missing
-        ValidationResult result = new TopicServerParameters().validate("InvalidParams");
-        assertFalse(result.isValid());
-        assertNotNull(result.getResult());
-
-        // everything populated
-        SimulatorParameters simParams = new StandardCoder()
-                        .decode(new File("src/test/resources/simParameters.json"), SimulatorParameters.class);
-        TopicServerParameters params = simParams.getTopicServers().get(0);
-        assertNull(params.validate("ValidParams").getResult());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/emptyRestServer.json b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/emptyRestServer.json
index 4a86253da..ca4841eca 100644
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/emptyRestServer.json
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/emptyRestServer.json
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "dmaapProvider": {
-        "name": "DMaaP simulator",
-        "topicSweepSec": 300,
-        "restServerParameters": {}
-    },
-    "restServers": [],
-    "topicSinks": [],
-    "topicSources": [],
-    "topicServers": []
+    "restServers": []
 }
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/invalidDmaapName.json b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/invalidDmaapName.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 889c4c844..000000000
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/invalidDmaapName.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "dmaapProvider": {
-        "name": null,
-        "topicSweepSec":300
-    },
-    "restServers": [],
-    "topicSinks": [],
-    "topicSources": [],
-    "topicServers": []
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/invalidDmaapProvider.json b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/invalidDmaapProvider.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ff6790144..000000000
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/invalidDmaapProvider.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "dmaapProvider": {},
-    "restServers": [],
-    "topicSinks": [],
-    "topicSources": [],
-    "topicServers": []
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/invalidTopicServer.json b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/invalidTopicServer.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b3d31f6b4..000000000
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/invalidTopicServer.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "dmaapProvider": {
-        "name": "DMaaP simulator",
-        "topicSweepSec": 300,
-        "restServerParameters": {
-
-        }
-    },
-    "topicSinks": [
-        {
-            "topic": "APPC-LCM-READ",
-            "servers": ["localhost"],
-            "port": 3905,
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "https": true
-        }
-    ],
-    "topicSources": [
-        {
-            "topic": "APPC-LCM-WRITE",
-            "servers": ["localhost"],
-            "port": 3905,
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "https": true
-        }
-    ],
-    "topicServers": [
-        {
-            "name": "Invalid Topic simulator",
-            "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.simulators.InvalidTopicServer",
-            "sink": "APPC-LCM-READ",
-            "source": "APPC-LCM-WRITE"
-        }
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/invalidTopicSweep.json b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/invalidTopicSweep.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 11a37d5c4..000000000
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/invalidTopicSweep.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "dmaapProvider": {
-        "name": "DMaaP simulator",
-        "topicSweepSec":0
-    },
-    "restServers": [],
-    "topicSinks": [],
-    "topicSources": [],
-    "topicServers": []
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
index e599a94a8..05a097bef 100644
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <!--
   ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
   Copyright (C) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+  Modifications Copyright (C) 2024 Nordix Foundation.
   ================================================================================
   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -41,9 +42,4 @@
         <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
     </logger>
 
-    <logger name="org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap" level="debug"
-        additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
-    </logger>
-
 </configuration>
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/missingSink.json b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/missingSink.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e7d63e04f..000000000
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/missingSink.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "dmaapProvider": {
-        "name": "DMaaP simulator",
-        "topicSweepSec": 300,
-        "restServerParameters": {
-
-        }
-    },
-    "topicSources": [
-        {
-            "topic": "APPC-LCM-WRITE",
-            "servers": ["localhost"],
-            "port": 3905,
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "https": true
-        }
-    ],
-    "topicServers": [
-        {
-            "name": "APPC-LCM simulator",
-            "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.simulators.AppcLcmTopicServer",
-            "sink": "APPC-LCM-READ",
-            "source": "APPC-LCM-WRITE"
-        }
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/missingSource.json b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/missingSource.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f02e4095..000000000
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/missingSource.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "dmaapProvider": {
-        "name": "DMaaP simulator",
-        "topicSweepSec": 300,
-        "restServerParameters": {
-
-        }
-    },
-    "topicSinks": [
-        {
-            "topic": "APPC-LCM-READ",
-            "servers": ["localhost"],
-            "port": 3905,
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "https": true
-        }
-    ],
-    "topicServers": [
-        {
-            "name": "APPC-LCM simulator",
-            "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.simulators.AppcLcmTopicServer",
-            "sink": "APPC-LCM-READ",
-            "source": "APPC-LCM-WRITE"
-        }
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/simParameters.json b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/simParameters.json
index 325998fef..6d3ae3acd 100644
--- a/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/simParameters.json
+++ b/models-sim/policy-models-simulators/src/test/resources/simParameters.json
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 {
-    "dmaapProvider": {
-        "name": "DMaaP simulator",
-        "topicSweepSec": 300
-    },
     "restServers": [
         {
-            "name": "DMaaP simulator",
-            "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.models.sim.dmaap.rest.DmaapSimRestControllerV1",
-            "host": "localhost",
-            "port": 3905,
-            "https": true
-        },
-        {
             "name": "A&AI simulator",
             "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.simulators.AaiSimulatorJaxRs",
             "host": "localhost",
@@ -47,66 +36,7 @@
             "https": true
         }
     ],
-    "topicSinks": [
-        {
-            "topic": "appc-cl",
-            "servers": ["localhost"],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "useHttps": true
-        },
-        {
-            "topic": "appc-lcm-write",
-            "servers": ["localhost"],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "useHttps": true
-        },
-        {
-            "topic": "sdnr-cl",
-            "servers": ["localhost"],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "useHttps": true
-        }
-    ],
-    "topicSources": [
-        {
-            "topic": "appc-cl",
-            "servers": ["localhost"],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "useHttps": true
-        },
-        {
-            "topic": "appc-lcm-read",
-            "servers": ["localhost"],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "useHttps": true
-        },
-        {
-            "topic": "sdnr-cl-rsp",
-            "servers": ["localhost"],
-            "topicCommInfrastructure": "DMAAP",
-            "useHttps": true
-        }
-    ],
-    "topicServers": [
-        {
-            "name": "APPC Legacy simulator",
-            "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.simulators.AppcLegacyTopicServer",
-            "sink": "appc-cl",
-            "source": "appc-cl"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "APPC-LCM simulator",
-            "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.simulators.AppcLcmTopicServer",
-            "sink": "appc-lcm-write",
-            "source": "appc-lcm-read"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "SDNR simulator",
-            "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.simulators.SdnrTopicServer",
-            "sink": "sdnr-cl",
-            "source": "sdnr-cl-rsp"
-        }
-    ],
+
     "grpcServer": {
         "name": "CDS simulator",
         "providerClass": "org.onap.policy.simulators.CdsSimulator",
diff --git a/models-sim/pom.xml b/models-sim/pom.xml
index 6f82c6f11..b30f3f938 100644
--- a/models-sim/pom.xml
+++ b/models-sim/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!--
   ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
-   Copyright (C) 2019 Nordix Foundation.
+   Copyright (C) 2019, 2024 Nordix Foundation.
    Copyright (C) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
    Modifications Copyright (C) 2020 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
   ================================================================================
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
-        <module>models-sim-dmaap</module>
         <module>policy-models-sim-pdp</module>
         <module>policy-models-simulators</module>
         <module>packages</module>