PDPX Healthcheck/Statistic RESTful API entry point

Includes:
- Basic code structure modeled after policy distribution
- Code implementation to support Healthcheck/Statistics RESTful API entry point
- JUnits
- Fixed Checkstyles issues and added some missing statistics classes and
Junits
- Made changes per Jim's comments
- Made more changes per Jim's comments
	> made gson field static
	> using AssertThatThrownBy() mechanic from AssertJ
	> added setup and teardown to correctly terminate activator in
	Junit
- Made corrections to the statitics endpoint and junits

Change-Id: Iad40272beceff8a0f99966440e96a84fc2043b12
Issue-ID: POLICY-1436
Signed-off-by: Michael Mokry <michael.mokry@att.com>

33 files changed, 2451 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/main/pom.xml b/main/pom.xml
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+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+  ONAP Policy Engine - XACML PDP
+  ================================================================================
+  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=========================================================
+  -->
+
+<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.xacml-pdp</groupId>
+        <artifactId>policy-xacml-pdp</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>main</artifactId>
+
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>The main module of Policy PDP-X that handles startup, lifecycle management, and parameters.</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
+            <artifactId>capabilities</artifactId>
+            <version>${policy.common.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
+            <artifactId>policy-endpoints</artifactId>
+            <version>${policy.common.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
+            <artifactId>common-parameters</artifactId>
+            <version>${policy.common.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <resources>
+            <!-- Output the version of the pdpx service -->
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+                <includes>
+                    <include>**/version.txt</include>
+                </includes>
+            </resource>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>false</filtering>
+                <excludes>
+                    <exclude>**/version.txt</exclude>
+                </excludes>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/PolicyXacmlPdpException.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/PolicyXacmlPdpException.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main;
+
+/**
+ * This exception will be called if an error occurs in policy xacml pdp external service.
+ */
+public class PolicyXacmlPdpException extends Exception {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 276444549323645044L;
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new policy xacml pdp exception with a message.
+     *
+     * @param message the message
+     */
+    public PolicyXacmlPdpException(final String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new policy xacml pdp exception with a message and a caused by exception.
+     *
+     * @param message the message
+     * @param exp the exception that caused this exception to be thrown
+     */
+    public PolicyXacmlPdpException(final String message, final Exception exp) {
+        super(message, exp);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/PolicyXacmlPdpRuntimeException.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/PolicyXacmlPdpRuntimeException.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main;
+
+/**
+ * This runtime exception will be called if a runtime error occurs when using policy xacml pdp.
+ */
+public class PolicyXacmlPdpRuntimeException extends RuntimeException {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -1417471704362517416L;
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new policy xacml pdp runtime exception with a message.
+     *
+     * @param message the message
+     */
+    public PolicyXacmlPdpRuntimeException(final String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new policy xacml pdp runtime exception with a message and a caused by exception.
+     *
+     * @param message the message
+     * @param exp the exception that caused this exception to be thrown
+     */
+    public PolicyXacmlPdpRuntimeException(final String message, final Exception exp) {
+        super(message, exp);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/RestServerParameters.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/RestServerParameters.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.validation.ParameterValidationUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold all parameters needed for xacml pdp rest server.
+ *
+ */
+public class RestServerParameters implements ParameterGroup {
+    private String name;
+    private String host;
+    private int port;
+    private String userName;
+    private String password;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating RestServerParameters.
+     *
+     * @param host the host name
+     * @param port the port
+     * @param userName the user name
+     * @param password the password
+     */
+    public RestServerParameters(final String host, final int port, final String userName, final String password) {
+        super();
+        this.host = host;
+        this.port = port;
+        this.userName = userName;
+        this.password = password;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the name of this RestServerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return name the name of this RestServerParameters
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the host of this RestServerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the host
+     */
+    public String getHost() {
+        return host;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the port of this RestServerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the port
+     */
+    public int getPort() {
+        return port;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the user name of this RestServerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the userName
+     */
+    public String getUserName() {
+        return userName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the password of this RestServerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @return the password
+     */
+    public String getPassword() {
+        return password;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the name of this RestServerParameters instance.
+     *
+     * @param name the name to set
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setName(final String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the rest server parameters.
+     *
+     * @return the result of the validation
+     */
+    @Override
+    public GroupValidationResult validate() {
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
+        if (!ParameterValidationUtils.validateStringParameter(host)) {
+            validationResult.setResult("host", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must be a non-blank string containing hostname/ipaddress of the xacml pdp rest server");
+        }
+        if (!ParameterValidationUtils.validateStringParameter(userName)) {
+            validationResult.setResult("userName", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must be a non-blank string containing userName for xacml pdp rest server credentials");
+        }
+        if (!ParameterValidationUtils.validateStringParameter(password)) {
+            validationResult.setResult("password", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must be a non-blank string containing password for xacml pdp rest server credentials");
+        }
+        if (!ParameterValidationUtils.validateIntParameter(port)) {
+            validationResult.setResult("port", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must be a positive integer containing port of the xacml pdp rest server");
+        }
+        return validationResult;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/XacmlPdpParameterGroup.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/XacmlPdpParameterGroup.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.validation.ParameterValidationUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold all parameters needed for xacml pdp component.
+ *
+ */
+public class XacmlPdpParameterGroup implements ParameterGroup {
+    private String name;
+    private RestServerParameters restServerParameters;
+
+    /**
+     * Create the xacml pdp parameter group.
+     *
+     * @param name the parameter group name
+     */
+    public XacmlPdpParameterGroup(final String name, final RestServerParameters restServerParameters) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.restServerParameters = restServerParameters;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the name of this parameter group instance.
+     *
+     * @return name the parameter group name
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the name of this parameter group instance.
+     *
+     * @param name the parameter group name
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the restServerParameters of this parameter group instance.
+     *
+     * @return the restServerParameters
+     */
+    public RestServerParameters getRestServerParameters() {
+        return restServerParameters;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the parameter group.
+     *
+     * @return the result of the validation
+     */
+    @Override
+    public GroupValidationResult validate() {
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
+        if (!ParameterValidationUtils.validateStringParameter(name)) {
+            validationResult.setResult("name", ValidationStatus.INVALID, "must be a non-blank string");
+        }
+        if (restServerParameters == null) {
+            validationResult.setResult("restServerParameters", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must have restServerParameters to configure xacml pdp rest server");
+        } else {
+            validationResult.setResult("restServerParameters", restServerParameters.validate());
+        }
+        return validationResult;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/XacmlPdpParameterHandler.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/XacmlPdpParameterHandler.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.PolicyXacmlPdpException;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.startstop.XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+
+/**
+ * This class handles reading, parsing and validating of policy xacml pdp parameters from JSON
+ * files.
+ */
+public class XacmlPdpParameterHandler {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(XacmlPdpParameterHandler.class);
+    private static final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
+
+    /**
+     * Read the parameters from the parameter file.
+     *
+     * @param arguments the arguments passed to policy xacml pdp
+     * @return the parameters read from the configuration file
+     * @throws PolicyXacmlPdpException on parameter exceptions
+     */
+    public XacmlPdpParameterGroup getParameters(final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments arguments)
+            throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        XacmlPdpParameterGroup xacmlPdpParameterGroup = null;
+
+        try {
+            // Read the parameters from JSON using Gson
+            xacmlPdpParameterGroup = gson.fromJson(new FileReader(arguments.getFullConfigurationFilePath()),
+                    XacmlPdpParameterGroup.class);
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            final String errorMessage = "error reading parameters from \"" + arguments.getConfigurationFilePath()
+                    + "\"\n" + "(" + e.getClass().getSimpleName() + "):" + e.getMessage();
+            LOGGER.error(errorMessage, e);
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpException(errorMessage, e);
+        }
+
+        // The JSON processing returns null if there is an empty file
+        if (xacmlPdpParameterGroup == null) {
+            final String errorMessage = "no parameters found in \"" + arguments.getConfigurationFilePath() + "\"";
+            LOGGER.error(errorMessage);
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpException(errorMessage);
+        }
+
+        // validate the parameters
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = xacmlPdpParameterGroup.validate();
+        if (!validationResult.isValid()) {
+            String returnMessage =
+                    "validation error(s) on parameters from \"" + arguments.getConfigurationFilePath() + "\"\n";
+            returnMessage += validationResult.getResult();
+
+            LOGGER.error(returnMessage);
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpException(returnMessage);
+        }
+
+        return xacmlPdpParameterGroup;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/HealthCheckProvider.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/HealthCheckProvider.java
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+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/HealthCheckProvider.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.rest;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.report.HealthCheckReport;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.startstop.XacmlPdpActivator;
+
+/**
+ * Class to fetch health check of xacml pdp service.
+ *
+ */
+public class HealthCheckProvider {
+
+    private static final String NOT_ALIVE = "not alive";
+    private static final String ALIVE = "alive";
+    private static final String URL = "self";
+    private static final String NAME = "Policy Xacml PDP";
+
+    /**
+     * Performs the health check of xacml pdp service.
+     *
+     * @return Report containing health check status
+     */
+    public HealthCheckReport performHealthCheck() {
+        final HealthCheckReport report = new HealthCheckReport();
+        report.setName(NAME);
+        report.setUrl(URL);
+        report.setHealthy(XacmlPdpActivator.isAlive());
+        report.setCode(XacmlPdpActivator.isAlive() ? 200 : 500);
+        report.setMessage(XacmlPdpActivator.isAlive() ? ALIVE : NOT_ALIVE);
+        return report;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/StatisticsProvider.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/StatisticsProvider.java
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/StatisticsProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.rest;
+
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.rest.XacmlPdpStatisticsManager;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.startstop.XacmlPdpActivator;
+
+/**
+ * Class to fetch statistics of xacmlPdp service.
+ *
+ */
+public class StatisticsProvider {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current statistics of xacmlPdp service.
+     *
+     * @return Report containing statistics of xacmlPdp service
+     */
+    public StatisticsReport fetchCurrentStatistics() {
+        final StatisticsReport report = new StatisticsReport();
+        report.setCode(XacmlPdpActivator.isAlive() ? 200 : 500);
+        report.setTotalPoliciesCount(XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.getTotalPoliciesCount());
+        report.setPermitDecisionsCount(XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.getPermitDecisionsCount());
+        report.setDenyDecisionsCount(XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.getDenyDecisionsCount());
+        report.setIndeterminantDecisionsCount(XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.getIndeterminantDecisionsCount());
+        report.setNotApplicableDecisionsCount(XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.getNotApplicableDecisionsCount());
+        return report;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/StatisticsReport.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/StatisticsReport.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f37b1d36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/StatisticsReport.java
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.rest;
+
+/**
+ * Class to represent statistics report of xacmlPdp service.
+ *
+ */
+public class StatisticsReport {
+
+    private int code;
+    private long totalPoliciesCount;
+    private long permitDecisionsCount;
+    private long denyDecisionsCount;
+    private long indeterminantDecisionsCount;
+    private long notApplicableDecisionsCount;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the code of this {@link StatisticsReport} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the code
+     */
+    public int getCode() {
+        return code;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set code in this {@link StatisticsReport} instance.
+     *
+     * @param code the code to set
+     */
+    public void setCode(final int code) {
+        this.code = code;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the totalPoliciesCount of this {@link StatisticsReport} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the totalPoliciesCount
+     */
+    public long getTotalPoliciesCount() {
+        return totalPoliciesCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set totalPoliciesCount in this {@link StatisticsReport} instance.
+     *
+     * @param totalPoliciesCount the totalPoliciesCount to set
+     */
+    public void setTotalPoliciesCount(long totalPoliciesCount) {
+        this.totalPoliciesCount = totalPoliciesCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the permitDecisionsCount of this {@link StatisticsReport} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the permitDecisionsCount
+     */
+    public long getPermitDecisionsCount() {
+        return permitDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set permitDecisionsCount in this {@link StatisticsReport} instance.
+     *
+     * @param permitDecisionsCount the permitDecisionsCount to set
+     */
+    public void setPermitDecisionsCount(long permitDecisionsCount) {
+        this.permitDecisionsCount = permitDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the denyDecisionsCount of this {@link StatisticsReport} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the denyDecisionsCount
+     */
+    public long getDenyDecisionsCount() {
+        return denyDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set denyDecisionsCount in this {@link StatisticsReport} instance.
+     *
+     * @param denyDecisionsCount the denyDecisionsCount to set
+     */
+    public void setDenyDecisionsCount(long denyDecisionsCount) {
+        this.denyDecisionsCount = denyDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the indeterminantDecisionsCount of this {@link StatisticsReport} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the indeterminantDecisionsCount
+     */
+    public long getIndeterminantDecisionsCount() {
+        return indeterminantDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set indeterminantDecisionsCount in this {@link StatisticsReport} instance.
+     *
+     * @param indeterminantDecisionsCount the indeterminantDecisionsCount to set
+     */
+    public void setIndeterminantDecisionsCount(long indeterminantDecisionsCount) {
+        this.indeterminantDecisionsCount = indeterminantDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the notApplicableDecisionsCount of this {@link StatisticsReport} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the notApplicableDecisionsCount
+     */
+    public long getNotApplicableDecisionsCount() {
+        return notApplicableDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set notApplicableDecisionsCount in this {@link StatisticsReport} instance.
+     *
+     * @param notApplicableDecisionsCount the notApplicableDecisionsCount to set
+     */
+    public void setNotApplicableDecisionsCount(long notApplicableDecisionsCount) {
+        this.notApplicableDecisionsCount = notApplicableDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("StatisticsReport [code=");
+        builder.append(getCode());
+        builder.append(", totalPoliciesCount=");
+        builder.append(getTotalPoliciesCount());
+        builder.append(", permitDecisionsCount=");
+        builder.append(getPermitDecisionsCount());
+        builder.append(", denyDecisionsCount=");
+        builder.append(getDenyDecisionsCount());
+        builder.append(", indeterminantDecisionsCount=");
+        builder.append(getIndeterminantDecisionsCount());
+        builder.append(", notApplicableDecisionsCount=");
+        builder.append(getNotApplicableDecisionsCount());
+        builder.append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/XacmlPdpRestController.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/XacmlPdpRestController.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae950fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/XacmlPdpRestController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.rest;
+
+import io.swagger.annotations.Api;
+import io.swagger.annotations.ApiOperation;
+import io.swagger.annotations.Info;
+import io.swagger.annotations.SwaggerDefinition;
+import io.swagger.annotations.Tag;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.report.HealthCheckReport;
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Class to provide xacml pdp REST services.
+ *
+ */
+@Path("/")
+@Api
+@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+@SwaggerDefinition(info = @Info(description = "Policy Xacml PDP Service", version = "v1.0", title = "Policy Xacml PDP"),
+        consumes = {MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON}, produces = {MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON},
+        schemes = {SwaggerDefinition.Scheme.HTTP},
+        tags = {@Tag(name = "policy-pdpx", description = "Policy Xacml PDP Service Operations")})
+public class XacmlPdpRestController {
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("healthcheck")
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @ApiOperation(value = "Perform a system healthcheck",
+            notes = "Provides healthy status of the Policy Xacml PDP component",
+            response = HealthCheckReport.class)
+    public Response healthcheck() {
+        return Response.status(Response.Status.OK).entity(new HealthCheckProvider().performHealthCheck()).build();
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("statistics")
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @ApiOperation(value = "Fetch current statistics",
+            notes = "Provides current statistics of the Policy Xacml PDP component",
+            response = StatisticsReport.class)
+    public Response statistics() {
+        return Response.status(Response.Status.OK).entity(new StatisticsProvider().fetchCurrentStatistics()).build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/XacmlPdpRestServer.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/XacmlPdpRestServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a3992fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/XacmlPdpRestServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.rest;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import org.onap.policy.common.capabilities.Startable;
+import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.http.server.HttpServletServer;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.RestServerParameters;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Class to manage life cycle of xacml pdp rest server.
+ *
+ */
+public class XacmlPdpRestServer implements Startable {
+
+    private static final String SEPARATOR = ".";
+    private static final String HTTP_SERVER_SERVICES = "http.server.services";
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(XacmlPdpRestServer.class);
+
+    private List<HttpServletServer> servers = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    private RestServerParameters restServerParameters;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating XacmlPdpRestServer.
+     *
+     * @param restServerParameters the rest server parameters
+     */
+    public XacmlPdpRestServer(final RestServerParameters restServerParameters) {
+        this.restServerParameters = restServerParameters;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean start() {
+        try {
+            servers = HttpServletServer.factory.build(getServerProperties());
+            for (final HttpServletServer server : servers) {
+                server.start();
+            }
+        } catch (final Exception exp) {
+            LOGGER.error("Failed to start xacml pdp http server", exp);
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the server properties object using restServerParameters.
+     *
+     * @return the properties object
+     */
+    private Properties getServerProperties() {
+        final Properties props = new Properties();
+        props.setProperty(HTTP_SERVER_SERVICES, restServerParameters.getName());
+        props.setProperty(HTTP_SERVER_SERVICES + SEPARATOR + restServerParameters.getName() + ".host",
+                restServerParameters.getHost());
+        props.setProperty(HTTP_SERVER_SERVICES + SEPARATOR + restServerParameters.getName() + ".port",
+                Integer.toString(restServerParameters.getPort()));
+        props.setProperty(HTTP_SERVER_SERVICES + SEPARATOR + restServerParameters.getName() + ".restClasses",
+                XacmlPdpRestController.class.getCanonicalName());
+        props.setProperty(HTTP_SERVER_SERVICES + SEPARATOR + restServerParameters.getName() + ".managed", "false");
+        props.setProperty(HTTP_SERVER_SERVICES + SEPARATOR + restServerParameters.getName() + ".swagger", "true");
+        props.setProperty(HTTP_SERVER_SERVICES + SEPARATOR + restServerParameters.getName() + ".userName",
+                restServerParameters.getUserName());
+        props.setProperty(HTTP_SERVER_SERVICES + SEPARATOR + restServerParameters.getName() + ".password",
+                restServerParameters.getPassword());
+        return props;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean stop() {
+        for (final HttpServletServer server : servers) {
+            try {
+                server.stop();
+            } catch (final Exception exp) {
+                LOGGER.error("Failed to stop xacml pdp http server", exp);
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void shutdown() {
+        stop();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAlive() {
+        return !servers.isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("XacmlPdpRestServer [servers=");
+        builder.append(servers);
+        builder.append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..471ffca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.rest;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold statistical data for xacmlPdp component.
+ *
+ */
+public class XacmlPdpStatisticsManager {
+
+    private static long totalPoliciesCount;
+    private static long permitDecisionsCount;
+    private static long denyDecisionsCount;
+    private static long indeterminantDecisionsCount;
+    private static long notApplicableDecisionsCount;
+
+    private XacmlPdpStatisticsManager() {
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Instantiation of the class is not allowed");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to update the xacml pdp total policies count.
+     *
+     * @return the total
+     */
+    public static long updateTotalPoliciesCount() {
+        return ++totalPoliciesCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to update the number of permit decisions.
+     *
+     * @return the permitDecisionsCount
+     */
+    public static long updatePermitDecisionsCount() {
+        return ++permitDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to update the number of deny decisions.
+     *
+     * @return the denyDecisionsCount
+     */
+    public static long updateDenyDecisionsCount() {
+        return ++denyDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to update the number of indeterminant decisions.
+     *
+     * @return the indeterminantDecisionsCount
+     */
+    public static long updateIndeterminantDecisionsCount() {
+        return ++indeterminantDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to update the number of not applicable decisions.
+     *
+     * @return the notApplicableDecisionsCount
+     */
+    public static long updateNotApplicableDecisionsCount() {
+        return ++notApplicableDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current value of totalPoliciesCount.
+
+     * @return the totalPoliciesCount
+     */
+    public static long getTotalPoliciesCount() {
+        return totalPoliciesCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current value of permitDecisionsCount.
+
+     * @return the permitDecisionsCount
+     */
+    public static long getPermitDecisionsCount() {
+        return permitDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current value of denyDecisionsCount.
+
+     * @return the denyDecisionsCount
+     */
+    public static long getDenyDecisionsCount() {
+        return denyDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current value of indeterminantDecisionsCount.
+
+     * @return the indeterminantDecisionsCount
+     */
+    public static long getIndeterminantDecisionsCount() {
+        return indeterminantDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current value of notApplicableDecisionsCount.
+
+     * @return the notApplicableDecisionsCount
+     */
+    public static long getNotApplicableDecisionsCount() {
+        return notApplicableDecisionsCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reset all the statistics counts to 0.
+     */
+    public static void resetAllStatistics() {
+        totalPoliciesCount = 0L;
+        permitDecisionsCount = 0L;
+        denyDecisionsCount = 0L;
+        indeterminantDecisionsCount = 0L;
+        notApplicableDecisionsCount = 0L;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/Main.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/Main.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e3c4461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.startstop;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.PolicyXacmlPdpException;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.XacmlPdpParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.XacmlPdpParameterHandler;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * This class initiates ONAP Policy Framework policy xacml pdp.
+ *
+ */
+public class Main {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Main.class);
+
+    // The policy xacml pdp Activator that activates the policy xacml pdp service
+    private XacmlPdpActivator activator;
+
+    // The parameters read in from JSON
+    private XacmlPdpParameterGroup parameterGroup;
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiates the policy xacml pdp service.
+     *
+     * @param args the command line arguments
+     */
+    public Main(final String[] args) {
+        final String argumentString = Arrays.toString(args);
+        LOGGER.info("Starting policy xacml pdp service with arguments - " + argumentString);
+
+        // Check the arguments
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments arguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        try {
+            // The arguments return a string if there is a message to print and we should exit
+            final String argumentMessage = arguments.parse(args);
+            if (argumentMessage != null) {
+                LOGGER.info(argumentMessage);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Validate that the arguments are sane
+            arguments.validate();
+        } catch (final PolicyXacmlPdpException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("start of policy xacml pdp service failed", e);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Read the parameters
+        try {
+            parameterGroup = new XacmlPdpParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            LOGGER.error("start of policy xacml pdp service failed", e);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Now, create the activator for the policy xacml pdp service
+        activator = new XacmlPdpActivator(parameterGroup);
+
+        // Start the activator
+        try {
+            activator.initialize();
+        } catch (final PolicyXacmlPdpException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("start of policy xacml pdp service failed, used parameters are " + Arrays.toString(args), e);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Add a shutdown hook to shut everything down in an orderly manner
+        Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new PolicyXacmlPdpShutdownHookClass());
+        LOGGER.info("Started policy xacml pdp service");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the parameters specified in JSON.
+     *
+     * @return the parameters
+     */
+    public XacmlPdpParameterGroup getParameters() {
+        return parameterGroup;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Shut down Execution.
+     *
+     * @throws PolicyXacmlPdpException on shutdown errors
+     */
+    public void shutdown() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        // clear the parameterGroup variable
+        parameterGroup = null;
+
+        // clear the xacml pdp activator
+        if (activator != null) {
+            activator.terminate();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The Class PolicyXacmlPdpShutdownHookClass terminates the policy xacml pdp service when its run
+     * method is called.
+     */
+    private class PolicyXacmlPdpShutdownHookClass extends Thread {
+        /*
+         * (non-Javadoc)
+         *
+         * @see java.lang.Runnable#run()
+         */
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            try {
+                // Shutdown the policy xacml pdp service and wait for everything to stop
+                activator.terminate();
+            } catch (final PolicyXacmlPdpException e) {
+                LOGGER.warn("error occured during shut down of the policy xacml pdp service", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The main method.
+     *
+     * @param args the arguments
+     */
+    public static void main(final String[] args) {
+        new Main(args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/XacmlPdpActivator.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/XacmlPdpActivator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d50c4f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/XacmlPdpActivator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.startstop;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterService;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.PolicyXacmlPdpException;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.XacmlPdpParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.rest.XacmlPdpRestServer;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * This class wraps a distributor so that it can be activated as a complete service together with
+ * all its xacml pdp and forwarding handlers.
+ */
+public class XacmlPdpActivator {
+    // The logger for this class
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(XacmlPdpActivator.class);
+
+    // The parameters of this policy xacml pdp activator
+    private final XacmlPdpParameterGroup xacmlPdpParameterGroup;
+
+    private static boolean alive = false;
+
+    private XacmlPdpRestServer restServer;
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiate the activator for policy xacml pdp as a complete service.
+     *
+     * @param xacmlPdpParameterGroup the parameters for the xacml pdp service
+     */
+    public XacmlPdpActivator(final XacmlPdpParameterGroup xacmlPdpParameterGroup) {
+        this.xacmlPdpParameterGroup = xacmlPdpParameterGroup;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize xacml pdp as a complete service.
+     *
+     * @throws PolicyXacmlPdpException on errors in initializing the service
+     */
+    public void initialize() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        LOGGER.debug("Policy xacml pdp starting as a service . . .");
+        startXacmlPdpRestServer();
+        registerToParameterService(xacmlPdpParameterGroup);
+        XacmlPdpActivator.setAlive(true);
+        LOGGER.debug("Policy xacml pdp started as a service");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Starts the xacml pdp rest server using configuration parameters.
+     *
+     * @throws PolicyXacmlPdpException if server start fails
+     */
+    private void startXacmlPdpRestServer() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        xacmlPdpParameterGroup.getRestServerParameters().setName(xacmlPdpParameterGroup.getName());
+        restServer = new XacmlPdpRestServer(xacmlPdpParameterGroup.getRestServerParameters());
+        if (!restServer.start()) {
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpException("Failed to start xacml pdp rest server. Check log for more details...");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Terminate policy xacml pdp.
+     *
+     * @throws PolicyXacmlPdpException on termination errors
+     */
+    public void terminate() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        try {
+            deregisterToParameterService(xacmlPdpParameterGroup);
+            XacmlPdpActivator.setAlive(false);
+
+            // Stop the xacml pdp rest server
+            restServer.stop();
+        } catch (final Exception exp) {
+            LOGGER.error("Policy xacml pdp service termination failed", exp);
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpException(exp.getMessage(), exp);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the parameters used by the activator.
+     *
+     * @return the parameters of the activator
+     */
+    public XacmlPdpParameterGroup getParameterGroup() {
+        return xacmlPdpParameterGroup;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to register the parameters to Common Parameter Service.
+     *
+     * @param xacmlPdpParameterGroup the xacml pdp parameter group
+     */
+    public void registerToParameterService(final XacmlPdpParameterGroup xacmlPdpParameterGroup) {
+        ParameterService.register(xacmlPdpParameterGroup);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to deregister the parameters from Common Parameter Service.
+     *
+     * @param xacmlPdpParameterGroup the xacml pdp parameter group
+     */
+    public void deregisterToParameterService(final XacmlPdpParameterGroup xacmlPdpParameterGroup) {
+        ParameterService.deregister(xacmlPdpParameterGroup.getName());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the alive status of xacml pdp service.
+     *
+     * @return the alive
+     */
+    public static boolean isAlive() {
+        return alive;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Change the alive status of xacml pdp service.
+     *
+     * @param status the status
+     */
+    private static void setAlive(final boolean status) {
+        alive = status;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments.java b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b0f62e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments.java
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.startstop;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.Option;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.resources.ResourceUtils;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.PolicyXacmlPdpException;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.PolicyXacmlPdpRuntimeException;
+
+
+/**
+ * This class reads and handles command line parameters for the policy xacml pdp main program.
+ */
+public class XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments {
+    private static final String FILE_MESSAGE_PREAMBLE = " file \"";
+    private static final int HELP_LINE_LENGTH = 120;
+
+    // Apache Commons CLI options
+    private final Options options;
+
+    // The command line options
+    private String configurationFilePath = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Construct the options for the CLI editor.
+     */
+    public XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments() {
+        //@formatter:off
+        options = new Options();
+        options.addOption(Option.builder("h")
+                .longOpt("help")
+                .desc("outputs the usage of this command")
+                .required(false)
+                .type(Boolean.class)
+                .build());
+        options.addOption(Option.builder("v")
+                .longOpt("version")
+                .desc("outputs the version of policy xacml pdp")
+                .required(false)
+                .type(Boolean.class)
+                .build());
+        options.addOption(Option.builder("c")
+                .longOpt("config-file")
+                .desc("the full path to the configuration file to use, "
+                        + "the configuration file must be a Json file containing the policy xacml pdp parameters")
+                .hasArg()
+                .argName("CONFIG_FILE")
+                .required(false)
+                .type(String.class)
+                .build());
+        //@formatter:on
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct the options for the CLI editor and parse in the given arguments.
+     *
+     * @param args The command line arguments
+     */
+    public XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments(final String[] args) {
+        // Set up the options with the default constructor
+        this();
+
+        // Parse the arguments
+        try {
+            parse(args);
+        } catch (final PolicyXacmlPdpException e) {
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpRuntimeException("parse error on policy xacml pdp parameters", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse the command line options.
+     *
+     * @param args The command line arguments
+     * @return a string with a message for help and version, or null if there is no message
+     * @throws PolicyXacmlPdpException on command argument errors
+     */
+    public String parse(final String[] args) throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        // Clear all our arguments
+        setConfigurationFilePath(null);
+
+        CommandLine commandLine = null;
+        try {
+            commandLine = new DefaultParser().parse(options, args);
+        } catch (final ParseException e) {
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpException("invalid command line arguments specified : " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+
+        // Arguments left over after Commons CLI does its stuff
+        final String[] remainingArgs = commandLine.getArgs();
+
+        if (remainingArgs.length > 0) {
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpException("too many command line arguments specified : " + Arrays.toString(args));
+        }
+
+        if (remainingArgs.length == 1) {
+            configurationFilePath = remainingArgs[0];
+        }
+
+        if (commandLine.hasOption('h')) {
+            return help(Main.class.getCanonicalName());
+        }
+
+        if (commandLine.hasOption('v')) {
+            return version();
+        }
+
+        if (commandLine.hasOption('c')) {
+            setConfigurationFilePath(commandLine.getOptionValue('c'));
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the command line options.
+     *
+     * @throws PolicyXacmlPdpException on command argument validation errors
+     */
+    public void validate() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        validateReadableFile("policy xacml pdp configuration", configurationFilePath);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Print version information for policy xacml pdp.
+     *
+     * @return the version string
+     */
+    public String version() {
+        return ResourceUtils.getResourceAsString("version.txt");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Print help information for policy xacml pdp.
+     *
+     * @param mainClassName the main class name
+     * @return the help string
+     */
+    public String help(final String mainClassName) {
+        final HelpFormatter helpFormatter = new HelpFormatter();
+        final StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+        final PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(stringWriter);
+
+        helpFormatter.printHelp(printWriter, HELP_LINE_LENGTH, mainClassName + " [options...]", "options", options, 0,
+                0, "");
+
+        return stringWriter.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the configuration file path.
+     *
+     * @return the configuration file path
+     */
+    public String getConfigurationFilePath() {
+        return configurationFilePath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the full expanded configuration file path.
+     *
+     * @return the configuration file path
+     */
+    public String getFullConfigurationFilePath() {
+        return ResourceUtils.getFilePath4Resource(getConfigurationFilePath());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the configuration file path.
+     *
+     * @param configurationFilePath the configuration file path
+     */
+    public void setConfigurationFilePath(final String configurationFilePath) {
+        this.configurationFilePath = configurationFilePath;
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check set configuration file path.
+     *
+     * @return true, if check set configuration file path
+     */
+    public boolean checkSetConfigurationFilePath() {
+        return configurationFilePath != null && !configurationFilePath.isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate readable file.
+     *
+     * @param fileTag the file tag
+     * @param fileName the file name
+     * @throws PolicyXacmlPdpException on the file name passed as a parameter
+     */
+    private void validateReadableFile(final String fileTag, final String fileName) throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        if (fileName == null || fileName.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpException(fileTag + " file was not specified as an argument");
+        }
+
+        // The file name refers to a resource on the local file system
+        final URL fileUrl = ResourceUtils.getUrl4Resource(fileName);
+        if (fileUrl == null) {
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpException(fileTag + FILE_MESSAGE_PREAMBLE + fileName + "\" does not exist");
+        }
+
+        final File theFile = new File(fileUrl.getPath());
+        if (!theFile.exists()) {
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpException(fileTag + FILE_MESSAGE_PREAMBLE + fileName + "\" does not exist");
+        }
+        if (!theFile.isFile()) {
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpException(fileTag + FILE_MESSAGE_PREAMBLE + fileName + "\" is not a normal file");
+        }
+        if (!theFile.canRead()) {
+            throw new PolicyXacmlPdpException(fileTag + FILE_MESSAGE_PREAMBLE + fileName + "\" is ureadable");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main/resources/version.txt b/main/src/main/resources/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13927176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/resources/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ONAP Policy Framework Xacml PDP Service
+Version: ${project.version}
+Built (UTC): ${maven.build.timestamp}
+ONAP https://wiki.onap.org
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/CommonTestData.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/CommonTestData.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f50871ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/CommonTestData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold/create all parameters for test cases.
+ *
+ */
+public class CommonTestData {
+
+    private static final String REST_SERVER_PASSWORD = "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";
+    public static final String PDPX_GROUP_NAME = "XacmlPdpGroup";
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an instance of RestServerParameters for test cases.
+     *
+     * @param isEmpty boolean value to represent that object created should be empty or not
+     * @return the restServerParameters object
+     */
+    public RestServerParameters getRestServerParameters(final boolean isEmpty) {
+        final RestServerParameters restServerParameters;
+        if (!isEmpty) {
+            restServerParameters = new RestServerParameters(REST_SERVER_HOST, REST_SERVER_PORT, REST_SERVER_USER,
+                    REST_SERVER_PASSWORD);
+        } else {
+            restServerParameters = new RestServerParameters(null, 0, null, null);
+        }
+        return restServerParameters;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/TestXacmlPdpParameterGroup.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/TestXacmlPdpParameterGroup.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b9db99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/TestXacmlPdpParameterGroup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of XacmlPdpParameterGroup.
+ *
+ */
+public class TestXacmlPdpParameterGroup {
+    CommonTestData commonTestData = new CommonTestData();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpParameterGroup() {
+        final RestServerParameters restServerParameters = commonTestData.getRestServerParameters(false);
+        final XacmlPdpParameterGroup pdpxParameters =
+                new XacmlPdpParameterGroup(CommonTestData.PDPX_GROUP_NAME, restServerParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pdpxParameters.validate();
+        assertTrue(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertEquals(restServerParameters.getHost(), pdpxParameters.getRestServerParameters().getHost());
+        assertEquals(restServerParameters.getPort(), pdpxParameters.getRestServerParameters().getPort());
+        assertEquals(restServerParameters.getUserName(), pdpxParameters.getRestServerParameters().getUserName());
+        assertEquals(restServerParameters.getPassword(), pdpxParameters.getRestServerParameters().getPassword());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.PDPX_GROUP_NAME, pdpxParameters.getName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpParameterGroup_NullName() {
+        final RestServerParameters restServerParameters = commonTestData.getRestServerParameters(false);
+        final XacmlPdpParameterGroup pdpxParameters = new XacmlPdpParameterGroup(null, restServerParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pdpxParameters.validate();
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertEquals(null, pdpxParameters.getName());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains(
+                "field \"name\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"null\" INVALID, " + "must be a non-blank string"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpParameterGroup_EmptyName() {
+        final RestServerParameters restServerParameters = commonTestData.getRestServerParameters(false);
+
+        final XacmlPdpParameterGroup pdpxParameters = new XacmlPdpParameterGroup("", restServerParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pdpxParameters.validate();
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertEquals("", pdpxParameters.getName());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult().contains(
+                "field \"name\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"\" INVALID, " + "must be a non-blank string"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpParameterGroup_EmptyRestServerParameters() {
+        final RestServerParameters restServerParameters = commonTestData.getRestServerParameters(true);
+
+        final XacmlPdpParameterGroup pdpxParameters =
+                new XacmlPdpParameterGroup(CommonTestData.PDPX_GROUP_NAME, restServerParameters);
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = pdpxParameters.validate();
+        assertFalse(validationResult.isValid());
+        assertTrue(validationResult.getResult()
+                .contains("\"org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.RestServerParameters\" INVALID, "
+                        + "parameter group has status INVALID"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/TestXacmlPdpParameterHandler.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/TestXacmlPdpParameterHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3955031a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/parameters/TestXacmlPdpParameterHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.PolicyXacmlPdpException;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.startstop.XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of XacmlPdpParameterHandler.
+ *
+ */
+public class TestXacmlPdpParameterHandler {
+    @Test
+    public void testParameterHandlerNoParameterFile() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] noArgumentString = {"-c", "parameters/NoParameterFile.json"};
+
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments noArguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        noArguments.parse(noArgumentString);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new XacmlPdpParameterHandler().getParameters(noArguments))
+                .isInstanceOf(PolicyXacmlPdpException.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParameterHandlerEmptyParameters() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] emptyArgumentString = {"-c", "parameters/EmptyParameters.json"};
+
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments emptyArguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        emptyArguments.parse(emptyArgumentString);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new XacmlPdpParameterHandler().getParameters(emptyArguments))
+                .hasMessage("no parameters found in \"parameters/EmptyParameters.json\"");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParameterHandlerBadParameters() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] badArgumentString = {"-c", "parameters/BadParameters.json"};
+
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments badArguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        badArguments.parse(badArgumentString);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new XacmlPdpParameterHandler().getParameters(badArguments))
+                .hasMessage("error reading parameters from \"parameters/BadParameters.json\"\n"
+                        + "(JsonSyntaxException):java.lang.IllegalStateException: "
+                        + "Expected a string but was BEGIN_ARRAY at line 2 column 14 path $.name");
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParameterHandlerInvalidParameters() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] invalidArgumentString = {"-c", "parameters/InvalidParameters.json"};
+
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments invalidArguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        invalidArguments.parse(invalidArgumentString);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new XacmlPdpParameterHandler().getParameters(invalidArguments))
+                .hasMessage("error reading parameters from \"parameters/InvalidParameters.json\"\n"
+                        + "(JsonSyntaxException):java.lang.IllegalStateException: "
+                        + "Expected a string but was BEGIN_ARRAY at line 2 column 14 path $.name");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParameterHandlerNoParameters() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] noArgumentString = {"-c", "parameters/NoParameters.json"};
+
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments noArguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        noArguments.parse(noArgumentString);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new XacmlPdpParameterHandler().getParameters(noArguments))
+                .hasMessage("validation error(s) on parameters from \"parameters/NoParameters.json\"\nparameter group "
+                        + "\"null\" type \"org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.XacmlPdpParameterGroup\" INVALID, "
+                        + "parameter group has status INVALID\n"
+                        + "  field \"name\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \"null\" "
+                        + "INVALID, must be a non-blank string\n");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParameterHandlerMinumumParameters() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] minArgumentString = {"-c", "parameters/MinimumParameters.json"};
+
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments minArguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        minArguments.parse(minArgumentString);
+
+        final XacmlPdpParameterGroup parGroup = new XacmlPdpParameterHandler().getParameters(minArguments);
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.PDPX_GROUP_NAME, parGroup.getName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpParameterGroup() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters = {"-c", "parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters.json"};
+
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments arguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+
+        final XacmlPdpParameterGroup parGroup = new XacmlPdpParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+        assertTrue(arguments.checkSetConfigurationFilePath());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.PDPX_GROUP_NAME, parGroup.getName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpParameterGroup_InvalidName() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters = {"-c", "parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters_InvalidName.json"};
+
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments arguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new XacmlPdpParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments)).hasMessageContaining(
+                "field \"name\" type \"java.lang.String\" value \" \" INVALID, must be a non-blank string");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpParameterGroup_InvalidRestServerParameters() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException, IOException {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters =
+            {"-c", "parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters_InvalidRestServerParameters.json"};
+
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments arguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        arguments.parse(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+
+        final String expectedResult = new String(Files.readAllBytes(
+                Paths.get("src/test/resources/expectedValidationResults/InvalidRestServerParameters.txt")));
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new XacmlPdpParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments))
+                .hasMessageContaining("validation error(s) on parameters from "
+                        + "\"parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters_InvalidRestServerParameters.json\"");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpVersion() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters = {"-v"};
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments arguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        final String version = arguments.parse(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+        assertTrue(version.startsWith("ONAP Policy Framework Xacml PDP Service"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpHelp() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters = {"-h"};
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments arguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        final String help = arguments.parse(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+        assertTrue(help.startsWith("usage:"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpInvalidOption() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters = {"-d"};
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments arguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments();
+        try {
+            arguments.parse(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+        } catch (final Exception exp) {
+            assertTrue(exp.getMessage().startsWith("invalid command line arguments specified"));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/TestStatisticsReport.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/TestStatisticsReport.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a116a154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/TestStatisticsReport.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.rest;
+
+import com.openpojo.reflection.filters.FilterClassName;
+import com.openpojo.validation.Validator;
+import com.openpojo.validation.ValidatorBuilder;
+import com.openpojo.validation.rule.impl.SetterMustExistRule;
+import com.openpojo.validation.test.impl.GetterTester;
+import com.openpojo.validation.test.impl.SetterTester;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.validation.ToStringTester;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit testing of {@link StatisticsReport}.
+ *
+ */
+public class TestStatisticsReport {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStatisticsReport() {
+        final Validator validator = ValidatorBuilder.create().with(new ToStringTester()).with(new SetterMustExistRule())
+                .with(new SetterTester()).with(new GetterTester()).build();
+        validator.validate(StatisticsReport.class.getPackage().getName(),
+                new FilterClassName(StatisticsReport.class.getName()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/TestXacmlPdpRestServer.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/TestXacmlPdpRestServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce0671a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/TestXacmlPdpRestServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.rest;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Invocation;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientConfig;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.client.authentication.HttpAuthenticationFeature;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.report.HealthCheckReport;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.PolicyXacmlPdpException;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.CommonTestData;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.RestServerParameters;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.startstop.Main;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of HealthCheckMonitor.
+ *
+ */
+public class TestXacmlPdpRestServer {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestXacmlPdpRestServer.class);
+    private static final String NOT_ALIVE = "not alive";
+    private static final String ALIVE = "alive";
+    private static final String SELF = "self";
+    private static final String NAME = "Policy Xacml PDP";
+
+    @Test
+    public void testHealthCheckSuccess() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException, InterruptedException {
+        final String reportString = "Report [name=Policy Xacml PDP, url=self, healthy=true, code=200, message=alive]";
+        final Main main = startXacmlPdpService();
+        final HealthCheckReport report = performHealthCheck();
+        validateReport(NAME, SELF, true, 200, ALIVE, reportString, report);
+        stopXacmlPdpService(main);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testHealthCheckFailure() throws InterruptedException {
+        final String reportString =
+                "Report [name=Policy Xacml PDP, url=self, healthy=false, code=500, message=not alive]";
+        final RestServerParameters restServerParams = new CommonTestData().getRestServerParameters(false);
+        restServerParams.setName(CommonTestData.PDPX_GROUP_NAME);
+        final XacmlPdpRestServer restServer = new XacmlPdpRestServer(restServerParams);
+        restServer.start();
+        final HealthCheckReport report = performHealthCheck();
+        validateReport(NAME, SELF, false, 500, NOT_ALIVE, reportString, report);
+        assertTrue(restServer.isAlive());
+        assertTrue(restServer.toString().startsWith("XacmlPdpRestServer [servers="));
+        restServer.shutdown();
+    }
+
+    private Main startXacmlPdpService() {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters = {"-c", "parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters.json"};
+        return new Main(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+    }
+
+    private void stopXacmlPdpService(final Main main) throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        main.shutdown();
+    }
+
+    private HealthCheckReport performHealthCheck() throws InterruptedException {
+        HealthCheckReport response = null;
+        final ClientConfig clientConfig = new ClientConfig();
+
+        final HttpAuthenticationFeature feature = HttpAuthenticationFeature.basic("healthcheck", "zb!XztG34");
+        clientConfig.register(feature);
+
+        final Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient(clientConfig);
+        final WebTarget webTarget = client.target("http://localhost:6969/healthcheck");
+
+        final Invocation.Builder invocationBuilder = webTarget.request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+
+        final long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        while (response == null && (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) < 120000) {
+            try {
+                response = invocationBuilder.get(HealthCheckReport.class);
+            } catch (final Exception exp) {
+                LOGGER.info("the server is not started yet. We will retry again");
+            }
+        }
+        return response;
+    }
+
+    private void validateReport(final String name, final String url, final boolean healthy, final int code,
+            final String message, final String reportString, final HealthCheckReport report) {
+        assertEquals(name, report.getName());
+        assertEquals(url, report.getUrl());
+        assertEquals(healthy, report.isHealthy());
+        assertEquals(code, report.getCode());
+        assertEquals(message, report.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(reportString, report.toString());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/TestXacmlPdpStatistics.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/TestXacmlPdpStatistics.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..303a3cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/rest/TestXacmlPdpStatistics.java
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.rest;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Invocation;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientConfig;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.client.authentication.HttpAuthenticationFeature;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.PolicyXacmlPdpException;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.CommonTestData;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.RestServerParameters;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.rest.XacmlPdpStatisticsManager;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.startstop.Main;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of {@link XacmlPdpRestController}.
+ *
+ */
+public class TestXacmlPdpStatistics {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestXacmlPdpStatistics.class);
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpStatistics_200() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException, InterruptedException {
+        final Main main = startXacmlPdpService();
+        StatisticsReport report = getXacmlPdpStatistics();
+
+        validateReport(report, 0, 200);
+        updateXacmlPdpStatistics();
+        report = getXacmlPdpStatistics();
+        validateReport(report, 1, 200);
+        stopXacmlPdpService(main);
+        XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.resetAllStatistics();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpStatistics_500() throws InterruptedException {
+        final RestServerParameters restServerParams = new CommonTestData().getRestServerParameters(false);
+        restServerParams.setName(CommonTestData.PDPX_GROUP_NAME);
+
+        final XacmlPdpRestServer restServer = new XacmlPdpRestServer(restServerParams);
+        restServer.start();
+        final StatisticsReport report = getXacmlPdpStatistics();
+
+        validateReport(report, 0, 500);
+        restServer.shutdown();
+        XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.resetAllStatistics();
+    }
+
+
+    private Main startXacmlPdpService() {
+        final String[] XacmlPdpConfigParameters =
+            { "-c", "parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters.json" };
+        return new Main(XacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+    }
+
+    private void stopXacmlPdpService(final Main main) throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        main.shutdown();
+    }
+
+    private StatisticsReport getXacmlPdpStatistics() throws InterruptedException {
+        StatisticsReport response = null;
+        final ClientConfig clientConfig = new ClientConfig();
+
+        final HttpAuthenticationFeature feature = HttpAuthenticationFeature.basic("healthcheck", "zb!XztG34");
+        clientConfig.register(feature);
+
+        final Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient(clientConfig);
+        final WebTarget webTarget = client.target("http://localhost:6969/statistics");
+
+        final Invocation.Builder invocationBuilder = webTarget.request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+        final long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        while (response == null && (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) < 120000) {
+            try {
+                response = invocationBuilder.get(StatisticsReport.class);
+            } catch (final Exception exp) {
+                LOGGER.info("the server is not started yet. We will retry again");
+            }
+        }
+        return response;
+    }
+
+    private void updateXacmlPdpStatistics() {
+        XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.updateTotalPoliciesCount();
+        XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.updatePermitDecisionsCount();
+        XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.updateDenyDecisionsCount();
+        XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.updateIndeterminantDecisionsCount();
+        XacmlPdpStatisticsManager.updateNotApplicableDecisionsCount();
+    }
+
+    private void validateReport(final StatisticsReport report, final int count, final int code) {
+        assertEquals(code, report.getCode());
+        assertEquals(count, report.getTotalPoliciesCount());
+        assertEquals(count, report.getPermitDecisionsCount());
+        assertEquals(count, report.getDenyDecisionsCount());
+        assertEquals(count, report.getIndeterminantDecisionsCount());
+        assertEquals(count, report.getNotApplicableDecisionsCount());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/TestMain.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/TestMain.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8178343c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/TestMain.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.startstop;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.PolicyXacmlPdpException;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.CommonTestData;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of Main.
+ *
+ */
+public class TestMain {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMain() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters = {"-c", "parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters.json"};
+        final Main main = new Main(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+        assertTrue(main.getParameters().isValid());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.PDPX_GROUP_NAME, main.getParameters().getName());
+        main.shutdown();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMain_NoArguments() {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters = {};
+        final Main main = new Main(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+        assertNull(main.getParameters());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMain_InvalidArguments() {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters = {"parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters.json"};
+        final Main main = new Main(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+        assertNull(main.getParameters());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMain_Help() {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters = {"-h"};
+        Main.main(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMain_InvalidParameters() {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters = {"-c", "parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters_InvalidName.json"};
+        final Main main = new Main(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+        assertNull(main.getParameters());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/TestXacmlPdpActivator.java b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/TestXacmlPdpActivator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a514f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/pdpx/main/startstop/TestXacmlPdpActivator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.startstop;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.PolicyXacmlPdpException;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.CommonTestData;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.XacmlPdpParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.XacmlPdpParameterHandler;
+
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of XacmlPdpActivator.
+ *
+ */
+public class TestXacmlPdpActivator {
+    private static XacmlPdpActivator activator = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Setup the tests.
+     * @throws PolicyXacmlPdpException when Xacml PDP Exceptional condition occurs
+     */
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setup() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        final String[] xacmlPdpConfigParameters = {"-c", "parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters.json"};
+
+        final XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments arguments = new XacmlPdpCommandLineArguments(xacmlPdpConfigParameters);
+
+        final XacmlPdpParameterGroup parGroup = new XacmlPdpParameterHandler().getParameters(arguments);
+
+        activator = new XacmlPdpActivator(parGroup);
+        activator.initialize();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testXacmlPdpActivator() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        assertTrue(activator.getParameterGroup().isValid());
+        assertEquals(CommonTestData.PDPX_GROUP_NAME, activator.getParameterGroup().getName());
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void teardown() throws PolicyXacmlPdpException {
+        activator.terminate();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/expectedValidationResults/InvalidRestServerParameters.txt b/main/src/test/resources/expectedValidationResults/InvalidRestServerParameters.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..957da6d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/expectedValidationResults/InvalidRestServerParameters.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+validation error(s) on parameters from "parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters_InvalidRestServerParameters.json"
+parameter group "XacmlPdpGroup" type "org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.XacmlPdpParameterGroup" INVALID, parameter group has status INVALID
+  parameter group "null" type "org.onap.policy.pdpx.main.parameters.RestServerParameters" INVALID, parameter group has status INVALID
+    field "host" type "java.lang.String" value "" INVALID, must be a non-blank string containing hostname/ipaddress of the xacml pdp rest server
+    field "port" type "int" value "-1" INVALID, must be a positive integer containing port of the xacml pdp rest server
+    field "userName" type "java.lang.String" value "" INVALID, must be a non-blank string containing userName for xacml pdp rest server credentials
+    field "password" type "java.lang.String" value "" INVALID, must be a non-blank string containing password for xacml pdp rest server credentials
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/BadParameters.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/BadParameters.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2abd509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/BadParameters.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "name": []
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/EmptyParameters.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/EmptyParameters.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/EmptyParameters.json
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/InvalidParameters.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/InvalidParameters.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2abd509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/InvalidParameters.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "name": []
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/MinimumParameters.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/MinimumParameters.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..798731ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/MinimumParameters.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "name": "XacmlPdpGroup",
+    "restServerParameters": {
+        "host": "0.0.0.0",
+        "port": 6969,
+        "userName": "healthcheck",
+        "password": "zb!XztG34"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/NoParameters.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/NoParameters.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bbe1ee13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/NoParameters.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "restServerParameters": {
+        "host": "0.0.0.0",
+        "port": 6969,
+        "userName": "healthcheck",
+        "password": "zb!XztG34"
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..798731ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "name": "XacmlPdpGroup",
+    "restServerParameters": {
+        "host": "0.0.0.0",
+        "port": 6969,
+        "userName": "healthcheck",
+        "password": "zb!XztG34"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters_InvalidName.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters_InvalidName.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8949a3c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters_InvalidName.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "name": " ",
+    "restServerParameters": {
+        "host": "0.0.0.0",
+        "port": 6969,
+        "userName": "healthcheck",
+        "password": "zb!XztG34"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/main/src/test/resources/parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters_InvalidRestServerParameters.json b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters_InvalidRestServerParameters.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b8e5c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/test/resources/parameters/XacmlPdpConfigParameters_InvalidRestServerParameters.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "name": "XacmlPdpGroup",
+    "restServerParameters": {
+        "host": "",
+        "port": -1,
+        "userName": "",
+        "password": ""
+    }
+}