[SDC-29] Amdocs OnBoard 1707 initial commit.

Change-Id: Ie4d12a3f574008b792899b368a0902a8b46b5370
Signed-off-by: AviZi <avi.ziv@amdocs.com>

81 files changed, 3490 insertions, 394 deletions

diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/pom.xml
index 5f2005d3c4..989895c9cb 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/pom.xml
@@ -3,46 +3,45 @@
          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>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-config-lib</artifactId>
 
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>openecomp-core-lib</artifactId>
         <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <artifactId>openecomp-config-lib</artifactId>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.12.4</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
-            <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>1.14</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-            <version>6.9.10</version>
+            <version>${testng.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
+        <!--dependency>
             <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-vendor-software-product-api</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
+        </dependency-->
     </dependencies>
 
-
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d6cd8f980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-core</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
+            <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
+            <version>6.9.10</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!--dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-vendor-software-product-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency-->
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-core-lib</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>openecomp-config-lib</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/ApplicationConfig.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/ApplicationConfig.java
index a68c6b614a..1d5fd16ee1 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/ApplicationConfig.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/ApplicationConfig.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.type.ConfigurationData;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+
 public interface ApplicationConfig {
 
   ConfigurationData getConfigurationData(String namespace, String key);
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/ApplicationConfigFactory.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/ApplicationConfigFactory.java
index e022294dfd..c751b98c7e 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/ApplicationConfigFactory.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/ApplicationConfigFactory.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ package org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig;
 import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.AbstractComponentFactory;
 import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.AbstractFactory;
 
+
 public abstract class ApplicationConfigFactory extends AbstractComponentFactory<ApplicationConfig> {
 
   public static ApplicationConfigFactory getInstance() {
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/impl/ApplicationConfigDaoCassandraImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/impl/ApplicationConfigDaoCassandraImpl.java
index 7fb0e2f5ae..b7cd576557 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/impl/ApplicationConfigDaoCassandraImpl.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/impl/ApplicationConfigDaoCassandraImpl.java
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.type.ConfigurationData;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
+
 public class ApplicationConfigDaoCassandraImpl extends CassandraBaseDao<ApplicationConfigEntity>
-    implements ApplicationConfigDao {
+    implements
+    ApplicationConfigDao {
 
   private static final NoSqlDb noSqlDb = NoSqlDbFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
   private static final Mapper<ApplicationConfigEntity> mapper =
@@ -56,11 +58,6 @@ public class ApplicationConfigDaoCassandraImpl extends CassandraBaseDao<Applicat
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Collection<ApplicationConfigEntity> list(ApplicationConfigEntity entity) {
-    return accessor.list(entity.getNamespace()).all();
-  }
-
-  @Override
   public void create(ApplicationConfigEntity entity) {
     accessor.updateApplicationConfigData(entity.getNamespace(), entity.getKey(), entity.getValue());
   }
@@ -76,6 +73,11 @@ public class ApplicationConfigDaoCassandraImpl extends CassandraBaseDao<Applicat
   }
 
   @Override
+  public Collection<ApplicationConfigEntity> list(ApplicationConfigEntity entity) {
+    return accessor.list(entity.getNamespace()).all();
+  }
+
+  @Override
   public long getValueTimestamp(String namespace, String key) {
     ResultSet resultSet = accessor.getValueAndTimestampOfConfigurationValue(namespace, key);
 
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/impl/ApplicationConfigDaoFactoryImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/impl/ApplicationConfigDaoFactoryImpl.java
index cea49ea8d1..23dde63e18 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/impl/ApplicationConfigDaoFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/impl/ApplicationConfigDaoFactoryImpl.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ package org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.impl;
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.ApplicationConfigDao;
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.ApplicationConfigDaoFactory;
 
+
 public class ApplicationConfigDaoFactoryImpl extends ApplicationConfigDaoFactory {
   private static final ApplicationConfigDao INSTANCE = new ApplicationConfigDaoCassandraImpl();
 
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/impl/ApplicationConfigFactoryImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/impl/ApplicationConfigFactoryImpl.java
index cca07fc227..eebd3320f0 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/impl/ApplicationConfigFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/impl/ApplicationConfigFactoryImpl.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ package org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.impl;
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.ApplicationConfig;
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.ApplicationConfigFactory;
 
+
 public class ApplicationConfigFactoryImpl extends ApplicationConfigFactory {
 
   private static final ApplicationConfig INSTANCE = new ApplicationConfigImpl();
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/impl/ApplicationConfigImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/impl/ApplicationConfigImpl.java
index ff9c9aea87..16cd1bce17 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/impl/ApplicationConfigImpl.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/impl/ApplicationConfigImpl.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.ErrorCode;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-/**
- * The type Application config.
- */
 public class ApplicationConfigImpl implements ApplicationConfig {
   private static final ApplicationConfigDao applicationConfigDao =
       ApplicationConfigDaoFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/type/ConfigurationData.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/type/ConfigurationData.java
index 53d3797e53..b41cda635d 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/type/ConfigurationData.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/type/ConfigurationData.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 package org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.type;
 
+
 public class ConfigurationData {
 
   private String value;
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/resources/additional-logback.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/resources/additional-logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cec94f17b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/resources/additional-logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<included>
+
+	<property scope="system" name="OPENECOMP-component-name" value="ASDC" />
+	<property scope="system" name="OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name" value="ASDC-BE" />
+
+	<!--statusListener class="ch.qos.logback.core.status.OnConsoleStatusListener" />
+    <include resource="asdc_debug_logback.xml"/-->
+
+	<!-- value used by pattern field list (| - is inter-field separator, || - unavailable or not applicable field value) (m - mandatory, o- optional)-->
+	<!--timestamp(m)| requestID(m)| serviceInstanceID(o)| threadID(m)| physicalServerName(o)| serviceName(m)| userID(m)| logLevel(m)| severity(o)| serverIpAddress(m)| serverName(m)| clientIpAddress(o)| className(m)| timer(o)| detailedMessage(o)-->
+	<property name="default-log-pattern"
+			  value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX}|%X{uuid}|%X{serviceInstanceID}|%thread||${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}|%X{userId}|%level|%X{alarmSeverity}|%X{localAddr}|${beFqdn}|%X{remoteAddr}|%logger{35}|%X{timer}|ActivityType=&lt;%M&gt;, Desc=&lt;%msg&gt;%n" />
+
+	<property name="asdc-debug-log-pattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX}|%X{RequestId}|%msg %n"/>
+
+	<appender name="DEBUG_PACKAGE_INCLUDE"
+			  class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+		<file>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/debug_by_package_include.log
+		</file>
+
+		<!-- No need to deny audit messages - they are INFO only, will be denied
+			anyway -->
+		<!-- Transaction messages filter - deny Transaction messages, there are
+			some DEBUG level messages among them -->
+		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">
+			<evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.OnMarkerEvaluator">
+				<marker>TRANSACTION_MARKER</marker>
+			</evaluator>
+			<onMismatch>NEUTRAL</onMismatch>
+			<onMatch>DENY</onMatch>
+		</filter>
+
+		<!-- accept DEBUG and TRACE level -->
+		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">
+			<evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.GEventEvaluator">
+				<expression>
+					e.level.toInt() &lt;= DEBUG.toInt()
+				</expression>
+			</evaluator>
+			<OnMismatch>DENY</OnMismatch>
+			<OnMatch>NEUTRAL</OnMatch>
+		</filter>
+
+		<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
+			<fileNamePattern>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/debug_by_package_include.log.%i
+			</fileNamePattern>
+			<minIndex>1</minIndex>
+			<maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
+		</rollingPolicy>
+
+		<triggeringPolicy
+				class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
+			<maxFileSize>20MB</maxFileSize>
+		</triggeringPolicy>
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>${asdc-debug-log-pattern}</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+
+	<logger name="org.openecomp.sdc.validation.impl.validators" level="DEBUG" additivity ="false">
+		<appender-ref ref="DEBUG_PACKAGE_INCLUDE" />
+	</logger>
+
+</included>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index e256e0b10a..92c486e901 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -1,23 +1,173 @@
-<!--
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<configuration>
+<configuration scan="true" scanPeriod="5 seconds">
 
+	<property scope="system" name="OPENECOMP-component-name" value="ASDC" />
+	<property scope="system" name="OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name" value="ASDC-BE" />
+	<property file="${config.home}/catalog-be/configuration.yaml" />
+	<property scope="context" name="enable-all-log" value="false" />
 
+	<!--statusListener class="ch.qos.logback.core.status.OnConsoleStatusListener" />
+    <include resource="asdc_debug_logback.xml"/-->
+
+	<!-- value used by pattern field list (| - is inter-field separator, || - unavailable or not applicable field value) (m - mandatory, o- optional)-->
+	<!--timestamp(m)| requestID(m)| serviceInstanceID(o)| threadID(m)| physicalServerName(o)| serviceName(m)| userID(m)| logLevel(m)| severity(o)| serverIpAddress(m)| serverName(m)| clientIpAddress(o)| className(m)| timer(o)| detailedMessage(o)-->
+	<property name="default-log-pattern"
+			  value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX}|%X{uuid}|%X{serviceInstanceID}|%thread||${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}|%X{userId}|%level|%X{alarmSeverity}|%X{localAddr}|${beFqdn}|%X{remoteAddr}|%logger{35}|%X{timer}|ActivityType=&lt;%M&gt;, Desc=&lt;%msg&gt;%n" />
+
+	<property name="asdc-debug-log-pattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX}|%X{RequestId}|%msg %n"/>
+
+	<!-- All log -->
+	<if condition='property("enable-all-log").equalsIgnoreCase("true")'>
+		<then>
+			<appender name="ALL_ROLLING"
+					  class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+				<file>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/all.log
+				</file>
+
+				<rollingPolicy
+						class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
+					<fileNamePattern>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/all.log.%i
+					</fileNamePattern>
+					<minIndex>1</minIndex>
+					<maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
+				</rollingPolicy>
+
+				<triggeringPolicy
+						class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
+					<maxFileSize>20MB</maxFileSize>
+				</triggeringPolicy>
+				<encoder>
+					<pattern>${default-log-pattern}</pattern>
+				</encoder>
+			</appender>
+
+			<appender name="ASYNC_ALL" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+				<appender-ref ref="ALL_ROLLING" />
+			</appender>
+		</then>
+	</if>
+
+	<!-- Error log -->
+	<appender name="ERROR_ROLLING"
+			  class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+		<file>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/Error.log
+		</file>
+
+		<!-- Audit messages filter - deny audit messages -->
+		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">
+			<evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.OnMarkerEvaluator">
+				<marker>AUDIT_MARKER</marker>
+			</evaluator>
+			<onMismatch>NEUTRAL</onMismatch>
+			<onMatch>DENY</onMatch>
+		</filter>
+
+		<!-- Transaction messages filter - deny Transaction messages -->
+		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">
+			<evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.OnMarkerEvaluator">
+				<marker>TRANSACTION_MARKER</marker>
+			</evaluator>
+			<onMismatch>NEUTRAL</onMismatch>
+			<onMatch>DENY</onMatch>
+		</filter>
+
+		<!-- deny all events with a level below INFO, that is TRACE and DEBUG -->
+		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
+			<level>INFO</level>
+		</filter>
+
+		<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
+			<fileNamePattern>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/Error.log.%i
+			</fileNamePattern>
+			<minIndex>1</minIndex>
+			<maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
+		</rollingPolicy>
+
+		<triggeringPolicy
+				class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
+			<maxFileSize>20MB</maxFileSize>
+		</triggeringPolicy>
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>${default-log-pattern}</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<!-- Debug log -->
 	<appender name="DEBUG_ROLLING"
 			  class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-		<file>DOX-BE.log
+		<file>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/debug.log
 		</file>
 
-		&lt;!&ndash; No need to deny audit messages - they are INFO only, will be denied
-			anyway &ndash;&gt;
-		&lt;!&ndash; Transaction messages filter - deny Transaction messages, there are
-			some DEBUG level messages among them &ndash;&gt;
+		<!-- No need to deny audit messages - they are INFO only, will be denied
+            anyway -->
+		<!-- Transaction messages filter - deny Transaction messages, there are
+            some DEBUG level messages among them -->
+		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">
+			<evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.OnMarkerEvaluator">
+				<marker>TRANSACTION_MARKER</marker>
+			</evaluator>
+			<onMismatch>NEUTRAL</onMismatch>
+			<onMatch>DENY</onMatch>
+		</filter>
 
+		<!-- accept DEBUG and TRACE level -->
+		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">
+			<evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.GEventEvaluator">
+				<expression>
+					e.level.toInt() &lt;= DEBUG.toInt()
+				</expression>
+			</evaluator>
+			<OnMismatch>DENY</OnMismatch>
+			<OnMatch>NEUTRAL</OnMatch>
+		</filter>
 
-		&lt;!&ndash; accept DEBUG and TRACE level &ndash;&gt;
+		<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
+			<fileNamePattern>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/debug.log.%i
+			</fileNamePattern>
+			<minIndex>1</minIndex>
+			<maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
+		</rollingPolicy>
+
+		<triggeringPolicy
+				class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
+			<maxFileSize>20MB</maxFileSize>
+		</triggeringPolicy>
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>${default-log-pattern}</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<!-- Debug log -->
+	<appender name="PACKAGE_DEBUG_ROLLING"
+			  class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+		<file>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/debug_by_package.log
+		</file>
+
+		<!-- No need to deny audit messages - they are INFO only, will be denied
+            anyway -->
+		<!-- Transaction messages filter - deny Transaction messages, there are
+            some DEBUG level messages among them -->
+		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">
+			<evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.OnMarkerEvaluator">
+				<marker>TRANSACTION_MARKER</marker>
+			</evaluator>
+			<onMismatch>NEUTRAL</onMismatch>
+			<onMatch>DENY</onMatch>
+		</filter>
+
+		<!-- accept DEBUG and TRACE level -->
+		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">
+			<evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.GEventEvaluator">
+				<expression>
+					e.level.toInt() &lt;= DEBUG.toInt()
+				</expression>
+			</evaluator>
+			<OnMismatch>DENY</OnMismatch>
+			<OnMatch>NEUTRAL</OnMatch>
+		</filter>
 
 		<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
-			<fileNamePattern>/DOX-BE.log.%i
+			<fileNamePattern>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/debug_by_package.log.%i
 			</fileNamePattern>
 			<minIndex>1</minIndex>
 			<maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
@@ -28,63 +178,107 @@
 			<maxFileSize>20MB</maxFileSize>
 		</triggeringPolicy>
 		<encoder>
-			<pattern>%level	[%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss}] - Method=%M,	Desc=&lt;%msg&gt;%n</pattern>
+			<pattern>${asdc-debug-log-pattern}</pattern>
 		</encoder>
 	</appender>
 
+	<!-- Audit log -->
+	<appender name="AUDIT_ROLLING"
+			  class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
 
-	<root level="info">
+		<file>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/audit.log
+		</file>
+
+		<!-- Audit messages filter - accept audit messages -->
+		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">
+			<evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.OnMarkerEvaluator">
+				<marker>AUDIT_MARKER</marker>
+			</evaluator>
+			<onMismatch>DENY</onMismatch>
+			<onMatch>ACCEPT</onMatch>
+		</filter>
+
+		<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
+			<fileNamePattern>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/audit.log.%i
+			</fileNamePattern>
+			<minIndex>1</minIndex>
+			<maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
+		</rollingPolicy>
+
+		<triggeringPolicy
+				class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
+			<maxFileSize>20MB</maxFileSize>
+		</triggeringPolicy>
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>${default-log-pattern}</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<!-- SdncTransaction log -->
+	<appender name="TRANSACTION_ROLLING"
+			  class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+
+		<file>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/transaction.log
+		</file>
+
+		<!-- Transaction messages filter - accept audit messages -->
+		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">
+			<evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.OnMarkerEvaluator">
+				<marker>TRANSACTION_MARKER</marker>
+			</evaluator>
+			<onMismatch>DENY</onMismatch>
+			<onMatch>ACCEPT</onMatch>
+		</filter>
+
+		<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
+			<fileNamePattern>${log.home}/${OPENECOMP-component-name}/${OPENECOMP-subcomponent-name}/transaction.log.%i
+			</fileNamePattern>
+			<minIndex>1</minIndex>
+			<maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
+		</rollingPolicy>
+
+		<triggeringPolicy
+				class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
+			<maxFileSize>20MB</maxFileSize>
+		</triggeringPolicy>
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>${default-log-pattern}</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<!-- Asynchronicity Configurations -->
+	<appender name="ASYNC_DEBUG" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
 		<appender-ref ref="DEBUG_ROLLING" />
+	</appender>
+
+	<appender name="ASYNC_TRANSACTION" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+		<appender-ref ref="TRANSACTION_ROLLING" />
+	</appender>
+
+	<appender name="ASYNC_ERROR" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+		<appender-ref ref="ERROR_ROLLING" />
+	</appender>
+
+
+	<root level="INFO">
+		<appender-ref ref="ASYNC_ERROR" />
+		<appender-ref ref="ASYNC_DEBUG" />
+		<appender-ref ref="AUDIT_ROLLING" />
+		<appender-ref ref="ASYNC_TRANSACTION" />
+		<if condition='property("enable-all-log").equalsIgnoreCase("true")'>
+			<then>
+				<appender-ref ref="ALL_ROLLING" />
+			</then>
+		</if>
 	</root>
-</configuration>-->
-<configuration scan="true" scanPeriod="3 seconds">
-
-    <property name="logDir" value="logs"/>
-    <property name="componentName" value="ASDC"/>
-    <property name="ECOMP-subcomponent-name" value="ASDC-BE"/>
-
-    <property name="defaultPattern"
-              value="%msg%n"/>
-
-    <!--<property name="MetricsLogPattern" value="%X{BeginTimestamp}|%X{EndTimestamp}|%X{RequestId}|%X{ServiceInstanceId}|%thread|%X{ServerName}|%X{ServiceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{TargetEntity}|%X{TargetServiceName}|%X{StatusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%X{CategoryLogLevel}|%X{Severity}|%X{ServerIPAddress}|%X{ElapsedTime}|%X{ServerFQDN}|%X{ClientIP}|%logger%n" />
-    <property name="AuditLogPattern" value="%X{BeginTimestamp}|%X{EndTimestamp}|%X{RequestId}|%X{ServiceInstanceId}|%thread|%X{ServerName}|%X{ServiceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{StatusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%X{CategoryLogLevel}|%X{Severity}|%X{ServerIPAddress}|%X{ElapsedTime}|%X{ServerFQDN}|%X{ClientIP}%n" />
-    <property name="ErrorLogPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS, GMT}|%X{RequestId}|%thread|%X{ServiceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{TargetEntity}|%X{TargetServiceName}|%X{ErrorCategory}|%X{ErrorCode}|%X{ErrorDescription}|%msg%n"/>
-    <property name="DebugLogPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS, GMT}|%X{RequestId}||%logger|%msg%n"/>-->
-
-    <!-- new pattern -->
-    <property name="default-log-pattern"
-              value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX}|%X{BeginTimestamp}|%X{EndTimestamp}|%X{uuid}|%X{serviceInstanceID}|%thread|%X{ServerName}|%X{ServiceName}|${ECOMP-subcomponent-name}|%X{userId}|%X{TargetEntity}|%X{TargetServiceName}|%X{StatusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%X{ErrorCategory}|%X{ErrorCode}|%X{ErrorDescription}|%level|%X{alarmSeverity}|%X{localAddr}|%X{ElapsedTime}|%X{beFqdn}|%X{remoteAddr}|%logger{35}|%X{timer}|ActivityType=&lt;%M&gt;, Desc=&lt;%msg&gt;%n"/>
-
-    <property name="logDirectory" value="${logDir}/${componentName}"/>
-
-    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-        <encoder>
-            <pattern>${defaultPattern}</pattern>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-
-    <appender name="DISPATCHER" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.sift.SiftingAppender">
-        <discriminator class="org.openecomp.core.logging.logback.EventTypeDiscriminator"/>
-        <sift>
-            <appender name="${eventType}" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-                <file>${logDirectory}/${eventType}.log</file>
-                <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
-                    <fileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/${eventType}.%i.log.zip</fileNamePattern>
-                    <minIndex>1</minIndex>
-                    <maxIndex>9</maxIndex>
-                </rollingPolicy>
-                <triggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
-                    <maxFileSize>5MB</maxFileSize>
-                </triggeringPolicy>
-                <encoder>
-                    <pattern>${default-log-pattern}</pattern>
-                </encoder>
-            </appender>
-        </sift>
-    </appender>
-
-    <root level="DEBUG">
-        <appender-ref ref="DISPATCHER"/>
-    </root>
 
+	<logger name="org.openecomp.sdc" level="INFO" />
+
+	<logger name="org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct" level="DEBUG" additivity ="false">
+		<appender-ref ref="PACKAGE_DEBUG_ROLLING" />
+	</logger>
+
+	<logger name="org.openecomp.sdc.vendorlicense" level="DEBUG" additivity ="false">
+		<appender-ref ref="PACKAGE_DEBUG_ROLLING" />
+	</logger>
 </configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/sdc/applicationconfig/dao/ApplicationConfigImplDaoTest.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/sdc/applicationconfig/dao/ApplicationConfigImplDaoTest.java
index 40cde1ecb2..de41bb8202 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/sdc/applicationconfig/dao/ApplicationConfigImplDaoTest.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/sdc/applicationconfig/dao/ApplicationConfigImplDaoTest.java
@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
 package org.openecomp.sdc.applicationconfig.dao;
 
-import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.CoreException;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.ErrorCategory;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.ErrorCode;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.types.composition.CompositionEntityType;
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.ApplicationConfig;
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.ApplicationConfigFactory;
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.ApplicationConfigDao;
@@ -11,6 +27,9 @@ import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.ApplicationConfigDaoFa
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.type.ApplicationConfigEntity;
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.type.ConfigurationData;
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.file.FileUtils;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.CoreException;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.ErrorCategory;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.ErrorCode;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
@@ -27,7 +46,7 @@ public class ApplicationConfigImplDaoTest {
   private static ApplicationConfig applicationConfig =
       ApplicationConfigFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
 
-//  @BeforeClass
+  @BeforeClass
   public static void init() {
     try {
 
@@ -55,17 +74,17 @@ public class ApplicationConfigImplDaoTest {
     return new String(FileUtils.toByteArray(FileUtils.loadFileToInputStream(path)));
   }
 
-//  @Test
+  @Test
   public void testApplicationConfigTimestampValue() {
     ConfigurationData configurationData = applicationConfig
-        .getConfigurationData("test - namespace", CompositionEntityType.vsp.name());
+        .getConfigurationData("test - namespace", "vsp");
 
     Assert.assertNotNull(configurationData);
     Assert.assertNotEquals(configurationData.getTimeStamp(), 0);
 
   }
 
-//  @Test(dependsOnMethods = "testApplicationConfigTimestampValue")
+  @Test(dependsOnMethods = "testApplicationConfigTimestampValue")
   public void testNotExistingApplicationConfigTimestampValue() {
     try {
       applicationConfig.getConfigurationData("test - namespace", "aaa");
@@ -76,7 +95,7 @@ public class ApplicationConfigImplDaoTest {
 
   }
 
-//  @Test(dependsOnMethods = "testApplicationConfigTimestampValue")
+  @Test(dependsOnMethods = "testApplicationConfigTimestampValue")
   public void testInsertApplicationConfiguration() {
     String testTemplate = loadFileToString("questionnaire/testTemplate.txt");
     applicationConfig.insertValue("test_namespace", "test_key", testTemplate);
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/pom.xml
index b71c0b957e..4e15df1202 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/pom.xml
@@ -2,29 +2,29 @@
          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>
 
+    <name>openecomp-facade-api</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
         <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
         <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <name>openecomp-facade-api</name>
-    <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
-
-
     <dependencies>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-utilities-lib</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-common-lib</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/pom.xml.versionsBackup b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/pom.xml.versionsBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be88b2799a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/pom.xml.versionsBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<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>
+
+    <name>openecomp-facade-api</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-utilities-lib</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-common-lib</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-utilities-lib</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/api/AbstractFactory.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/api/AbstractFactory.java
index 53b8f00fc0..12956417dd 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/api/AbstractFactory.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/api/AbstractFactory.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import org.openecomp.core.factory.impl.AbstractFactoryBase;
  *   static {
  *     registerFactory(ConcreteFactory.class, BaselineFactoryImpl.class);
  *   }
- * public static ConcreteFactory getInstance() {
+ *   public static ConcreteFactory getInstance() {
  * return AbstractFactory.&lt;IUnknown, ConcreteFactory.class&gt;getInstance(ConcreteFactory.class);
  *   }
  * }
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/impl/AbstractFactoryBase.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/impl/AbstractFactoryBase.java
index e19d9e972f..9353de662b 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/impl/AbstractFactoryBase.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/impl/AbstractFactoryBase.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 package org.openecomp.core.factory.impl;
 
+
 import static org.openecomp.core.utilities.CommonMethods.isEmpty;
 import static org.openecomp.core.utilities.CommonMethods.newInstance;
 
@@ -27,20 +28,16 @@ import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.CoreException;
 import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.ErrorCategory;
 import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.ErrorCode;
 
-
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
-/**
- * The type Abstract factory base.
- */
 public abstract class AbstractFactoryBase {
 
   /**
    * Temporary registry of default implementations. The map keeps class names rather then class
-   * types to allow unloading of those classes from memory by garbage collector if
-   * factory is not actually used.
+   * types to allow unloading of those classes from memory by garbage collector if factory is not
+   * actually used.
    */
   private static Map<String, String> registry = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, String>();
 
@@ -51,8 +48,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractFactoryBase {
       new ConcurrentHashMap<String, AbstractFactoryBase>();
 
   /**
-   * Registers implementor for an abstract factory. The method accepts Java classes rather
-   * then class names to ensure type safety at compilation time.
+   * Registers implementor for an abstract factory. The method accepts Java classes rather then
+   * class names to ensure type safety at compilation time.
    *
    * @param <I>     Java interface type instantiated by abstract factory
    * @param <F>     Type specific abstract factory for concrete Java interface
@@ -78,12 +75,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractFactoryBase {
     registry.put(factory.getName(), impl.getName());
   } // registerFactory
 
-  /**
-   * Register factory.
-   *
-   * @param factoryName the factory name
-   * @param implName    the impl name
-   */
   // TODO: Remove
   protected static void registerFactory(String factoryName, String implName) {
     registry.put(factoryName, implName);
@@ -197,15 +188,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractFactoryBase {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Init.
-   */
   protected void init() {
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Stop.
-   */
   protected void stop() {
   }
 
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/pom.xml
index fdd7dab8bc..62a1eeca89 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/pom.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
          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>
 
+    <artifactId>openecomp-facade-core</artifactId>
+    <name>openecomp-facade-core</name>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+
     <parent>
         <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
@@ -9,28 +13,23 @@
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <artifactId>openecomp-facade-core</artifactId>
-    <name>openecomp-facade-core</name>
-    
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-utilities-lib</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-common-lib</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-
-
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/pom.xml.versionsBackup b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/pom.xml.versionsBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72ce7fab94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/pom.xml.versionsBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<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>
+
+    <artifactId>openecomp-facade-core</artifactId>
+    <name>openecomp-facade-core</name>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-utilities-lib</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-common-lib</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/pom.xml
index c8ee00372c..aa90996e23 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/pom.xml
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
          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>
 
+    <name>openecomp-facade-lib</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-facade-lib</artifactId>
+
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <parent>
         <artifactId>openecomp-core-lib</artifactId>
-        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
         <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <artifactId>openecomp-facade-lib</artifactId>
-    <name>openecomp-facade-lib</name>
-
     <modules>
         <module>openecomp-facade-api</module>
         <module>openecomp-facade-core</module>
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-facade-core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4d0d1faf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<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>
+
+    <name>openecomp-facade-lib</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-facade-lib</artifactId>
+
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-core-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>openecomp-facade-api</module>
+        <module>openecomp-facade-core</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-facade-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/pom.xml
index 4ff52e5e33..bce553cfde 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/pom.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
          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>
 
+    <name>openecomp-nosqldb-api</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-api</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+
     <parent>
         <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
@@ -9,13 +13,9 @@
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <name>openecomp-nosqldb-api</name>
-    <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-api</artifactId>
-    
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
@@ -30,11 +30,16 @@
             <version>${datasatx.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-facade-core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-logging-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/pom.xml.versionsBackup b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/pom.xml.versionsBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..288274d728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/pom.xml.versionsBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<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>
+
+    <name>openecomp-nosqldb-api</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-api</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
+            <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${datasatx.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
+            <artifactId>cassandra-driver-mapping</artifactId>
+            <version>${datasatx.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-facade-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-logging-core</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/util/UniqueValueUtil.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/util/UniqueValueUtil.java
index a82c97c51c..d2dee5e512 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/util/UniqueValueUtil.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/util/UniqueValueUtil.java
@@ -27,21 +27,18 @@ import org.openecomp.core.utilities.CommonMethods;
 import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.CoreException;
 import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.ErrorCategory;
 import org.openecomp.sdc.common.errors.ErrorCode;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.common.utils.CommonUtil;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.context.impl.MdcDataDebugMessage;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
 
-/**
- * The type Unique value util.
- */
 public class UniqueValueUtil {
-  /**
-   * The constant UNIQUE_VALUE_VIOLATION.
-   */
   public static final String UNIQUE_VALUE_VIOLATION = "UNIQUE_VALUE_VIOLATION";
   private static final String UNIQUE_VALUE_VIOLATION_MSG = "%s with the value '%s' already exists.";
 
   private static final UniqueValueDao uniqueValueDao =
       UniqueValueDaoFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
+  private static MdcDataDebugMessage mdcDataDebugMessage = new MdcDataDebugMessage();
 
   /**
    * Create unique value.
@@ -50,12 +47,18 @@ public class UniqueValueUtil {
    * @param uniqueCombination the unique combination
    */
   public static void createUniqueValue(String type, String... uniqueCombination) {
+
+
+    mdcDataDebugMessage.debugEntryMessage(null, null);
+
     Optional<String> value = formatValue(uniqueCombination);
     if (!value.isPresent()) {
       return;
     }
     validateUniqueValue(type, value.get(), uniqueCombination);
     uniqueValueDao.create(new UniqueValueEntity(type, value.get()));
+
+    mdcDataDebugMessage.debugExitMessage(null, null);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -65,11 +68,17 @@ public class UniqueValueUtil {
    * @param uniqueCombination the unique combination
    */
   public static void deleteUniqueValue(String type, String... uniqueCombination) {
+
+
+    mdcDataDebugMessage.debugEntryMessage(null, null);
+
     Optional<String> value = formatValue(uniqueCombination);
     if (!value.isPresent()) {
       return;
     }
     uniqueValueDao.delete(new UniqueValueEntity(type, value.get()));
+
+    mdcDataDebugMessage.debugExitMessage(null, null);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -82,12 +91,18 @@ public class UniqueValueUtil {
    */
   public static void updateUniqueValue(String type, String oldValue, String newValue,
                                        String... uniqueContext) {
+
+
+    mdcDataDebugMessage.debugEntryMessage(null, null);
+
     if ((newValue != null && oldValue != null
         && !newValue.toLowerCase().equals(oldValue.toLowerCase()))
         || newValue == null || oldValue == null) {
       createUniqueValue(type, CommonMethods.concat(uniqueContext, new String[]{newValue}));
       deleteUniqueValue(type, CommonMethods.concat(uniqueContext, new String[]{oldValue}));
     }
+
+    mdcDataDebugMessage.debugExitMessage(null, null);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -97,14 +112,20 @@ public class UniqueValueUtil {
    * @param uniqueCombination the unique combination
    */
   public static void validateUniqueValue(String type, String... uniqueCombination) {
+    mdcDataDebugMessage.debugEntryMessage(null, null);
+
     Optional<String> value = formatValue(uniqueCombination);
     if (!value.isPresent()) {
       return;
     }
     validateUniqueValue(type, value.get(), uniqueCombination);
+
+    mdcDataDebugMessage.debugExitMessage(null, null);
   }
 
   private static void validateUniqueValue(String type, String value, String... uniqueCombination) {
+    mdcDataDebugMessage.debugEntryMessage(null, null);
+
     if (uniqueValueDao.get(new UniqueValueEntity(type, value)) != null) {
       throw new CoreException(new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder()
           .withCategory(ErrorCategory.APPLICATION)
@@ -112,9 +133,15 @@ public class UniqueValueUtil {
           .withMessage(String.format(UNIQUE_VALUE_VIOLATION_MSG, type,
               uniqueCombination[uniqueCombination.length - 1])).build());
     }
+
+    mdcDataDebugMessage.debugExitMessage(null, null);
   }
 
   private static Optional<String> formatValue(String[] uniqueCombination) {
+
+
+    mdcDataDebugMessage.debugEntryMessage(null, null);
+
     if (uniqueCombination == null || uniqueCombination.length == 0
         || uniqueCombination[uniqueCombination.length - 1] == null) {
       return Optional.empty();
@@ -122,6 +149,8 @@ public class UniqueValueUtil {
 
     uniqueCombination[uniqueCombination.length - 1] =
         uniqueCombination[uniqueCombination.length - 1].toLowerCase();
+
+    mdcDataDebugMessage.debugExitMessage(null, null);
     return Optional.of(CommonMethods.arrayToSeparatedString(uniqueCombination, '_'));
   }
 }
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/pom.xml
index 3922acdc7f..f091f47bfd 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/pom.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
          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>
 
+    <name>openecomp-nosqldb-core</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-core</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+
     <parent>
         <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
@@ -9,33 +13,30 @@
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-core</artifactId>
-    <name>openecomp-nosqldb-core</name>
-
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.12.4</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-api</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
-            <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>1.14</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>1.10.19</version>
+            <version>${mockito.all.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>RELEASE</version>
+            <version>4.11</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/pom.xml.versionsBackup b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/pom.xml.versionsBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa859a0db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/pom.xml.versionsBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<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>
+
+    <name>openecomp-nosqldb-core</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-core</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <version>1.10.19</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
+            <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <version>6.8.5</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <version>4.11</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/impl/UniqueValueCassandraDaoImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/impl/UniqueValueCassandraDaoImpl.java
index 31dd602400..a2f34bd329 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/impl/UniqueValueCassandraDaoImpl.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/impl/UniqueValueCassandraDaoImpl.java
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.factory.NoSqlDbFactory;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
-public class UniqueValueCassandraDaoImpl extends CassandraBaseDao<UniqueValueEntity>
-    implements UniqueValueDao {
+public class UniqueValueCassandraDaoImpl extends CassandraBaseDao<UniqueValueEntity> implements
+    UniqueValueDao {
 
   private static NoSqlDb noSqlDb = NoSqlDbFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
   private static Mapper<UniqueValueEntity> mapper =
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraNoSqlDbFactoryImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraNoSqlDbFactoryImpl.java
index 2922925171..134d341d05 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraNoSqlDbFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraNoSqlDbFactoryImpl.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 package org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.impl.cassandra;
 
+
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
 import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.api.NoSqlDb;
 import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.factory.NoSqlDbFactory;
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraSessionFactory.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraSessionFactory.java
index 1b98f095b5..4863e3df0f 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraSessionFactory.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraSessionFactory.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Cluster;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.SSLOptions;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
-
 import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.util.CassandraUtils;
 
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -56,6 +55,8 @@ public class CassandraSessionFactory {
     for (String address : addresses) {
       builder.addContactPoint(address);
     }
+
+    //Check if ssl
     Boolean isSsl = CassandraUtils.isSsl();
     if (isSsl) {
       builder.withSSL(getSslOptions().get());
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ public class CassandraSessionFactory {
     if (isAuthenticate) {
       builder.withCredentials(CassandraUtils.getUser(), CassandraUtils.getPassword());
     }
-
     Cluster cluster = builder.build();
     String keyStore = CassandraUtils.getKeySpace();
     return cluster.connect(keyStore);
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ public class CassandraSessionFactory {
       try {
         context = getSslContext(truststorePath.get(), truststorePassword.get());
       } catch (UnrecoverableKeyException | KeyManagementException
-          | NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyStoreException | CertificateException | IOException e0) {
-        throw new RuntimeException(e0);
+          | NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyStoreException | CertificateException
+          | IOException exception) {
+        throw new RuntimeException(exception);
       }
       String[] css = new String[]{"TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"};
       return Optional.of(new SSLOptions(context, css));
@@ -109,8 +110,8 @@ public class CassandraSessionFactory {
       tmf.init(ts);
 
       ctx.init(null, tmf.getTrustManagers(), new SecureRandom());
-    } catch (Exception e0) {
-      e0.printStackTrace();
+    } catch (Exception exception) {
+      exception.printStackTrace();
     } finally {
       tsf.close();
 
@@ -121,4 +122,6 @@ public class CassandraSessionFactory {
   private static class ReferenceHolder {
     private static final Session CASSANDRA = newCassandraSession();
   }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/util/ConfigurationManager.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/util/ConfigurationManager.java
index a1c0b528fb..44623ff91b 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/util/ConfigurationManager.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/util/ConfigurationManager.java
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ public class ConfigurationManager {
     if (addresses != null) {
       return addresses.split(",");
     }
-    List locAddresses = (ArrayList) cassandraConfiguration.get(cassandraHostsKey);
+    List lsAddresses = (ArrayList) cassandraConfiguration.get(cassandraHostsKey);
     String[] addressesArray;
-    addressesArray = (String[]) locAddresses.toArray(new String[locAddresses.size()]);
+    addressesArray = (String[]) lsAddresses.toArray(new String[lsAddresses.size()]);
     return addressesArray;
 
   }
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ public class ConfigurationManager {
     InputStream is = null;
     try {
       is = new FileInputStream(file);
-    } catch (FileNotFoundException e0) {
-      e0.printStackTrace();
+    } catch (FileNotFoundException exception) {
+      exception.printStackTrace();
     }
     return is;
   }
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/resources/configuration.yaml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/resources/configuration.yaml
index 0988f50237..1551d867b5 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/resources/configuration.yaml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/resources/configuration.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ identificationHeaderFields:
 
 
 
-# catalog backend hostname
-beFqdn: sdccatalog.att.com
-
 # catalog backend http port
 beHttpPort: 8080
 
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ cassandraConfig:
     cassandraHosts: ['127.0.0.1']
     reconnectTimeout : 30000
     authenticate: false
-    username: sdc_user
+    username: asdc_user
     password: Aa1234%^!
     ssl: false
     truststorePath : /path/path
@@ -152,7 +149,7 @@ informationalServiceArtifacts:
       displayName: Service Artifact Plan
       type: OTHER
   summaryOfImpactsToECOMPElements:
-      displayName: Summary of impacts to ECOMP elements,OSSs, BSSs
+      displayName: Summary of impacts to OPENECOMP elements,OSSs, BSSs
       type: OTHER
   controlLoopFunctions:
       displayName: Control Loop Functions
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/NoSqlDbTest.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/NoSqlDbTest.java
index e53c482b86..25bd6aa380 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/NoSqlDbTest.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/NoSqlDbTest.java
@@ -1,48 +1,68 @@
-package org.openecomp.core.nosqldb;
-
-import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.api.NoSqlDb;
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
 
-import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.factory.NoSqlDbFactory;
+package org.openecomp.core.nosqldb;
 
 import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSet;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Row;
-
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.api.NoSqlDb;
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.factory.NoSqlDbFactory;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+
 public class NoSqlDbTest {
 
-    private static NoSqlDb noSqlDb;
+  private static NoSqlDb noSqlDb;
 
 
-//    @Test
-    public void testNoSqlDbFactoryFactoryInit(){
-        this.noSqlDb = NoSqlDbFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
-        Assert.assertNotNull(this.noSqlDb);
-        Assert.assertEquals(this.noSqlDb.getClass().getName(),"org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.impl.cassandra.CassandraNoSqlDbImpl");
-    }
+  @Test
+  public void testNoSqlDbFactoryFactoryInit() {
+    this.noSqlDb = NoSqlDbFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
+    Assert.assertNotNull(this.noSqlDb);
+    Assert.assertEquals(this.noSqlDb.getClass().getName(),
+        "org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.impl.cassandra.CassandraNoSqlDbImpl");
+  }
 
-//    @Test(dependsOnMethods = {"testNoSqlDbFactoryFactoryInit"})
-    public void testCreateTable(){
-        this.noSqlDb.execute("test.drop",null);
-        this.noSqlDb.execute("test.create",null);
-    }
+  @Test(dependsOnMethods = {"testNoSqlDbFactoryFactoryInit"})
+  public void testCreateTable() {
+    this.noSqlDb.execute("test.drop", null);
+    this.noSqlDb.execute("test.create", null);
+  }
 
-//    @Test(dependsOnMethods = {"testCreateTable"})
-    public void testInsertTable(){
-        this.noSqlDb.insert("test",new String[]{"name","value"},new String[]{"TestName","testValue"});
-        this.noSqlDb.execute("test.insert",new String[]{"TestName2","testValue2"});
-    }
+  @Test(dependsOnMethods = {"testCreateTable"})
+  public void testInsertTable() {
+    this.noSqlDb
+        .insert("test", new String[]{"name", "value"}, new String[]{"TestName", "testValue"});
+    this.noSqlDb.execute("test.insert", new String[]{"TestName2", "testValue2"});
+  }
 
-//    @Test(dependsOnMethod`s = {"testInsertTable"})
-    public void gettestSelectTable(){
-        ResultSet result = this.noSqlDb.execute("test.select.all",null);
-        List<Row> rows = result.all();
-        Assert.assertEquals(rows.size(),2);
-        for (Row row:rows){
-            System.out.format("%s %s\n", row.getString("name"), row.getString("value"));
-        }
+  @Test(dependsOnMethods = {"testInsertTable"})
+  public void gettestSelectTable() {
+    ResultSet result = this.noSqlDb.execute("test.select.all", null);
+    List<Row> rows = result.all();
+    Assert.assertEquals(rows.size(), 2);
+    for (Row row : rows) {
+      System.out.format("%s %s\n", row.getString("name"), row.getString("value"));
     }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/Yaml/YamlUtilTest.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/Yaml/YamlUtilTest.java
index baf9bfb350..1e3305ef18 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/Yaml/YamlUtilTest.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/Yaml/YamlUtilTest.java
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
 package org.openecomp.core.utilities.Yaml;
 
-import org.openecomp.core.utilities.yaml.YamlUtil;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.yaml.YamlUtil;
 import testobjects.yaml.YamlFile;
 
 
@@ -36,12 +56,12 @@ public class YamlUtilTest {
 
 
     /*public void loadCassandraParameters(){
-        YamlUtil yamlutil = new YamlUtil();
+        YamlUtil yamlUtil = new YamlUtil();
         String cassandraKey = "cassandraConfig";
         String configurationFile = "/configuration.yaml";
-        InputStream yamlAsIS = yamlutil.loadYamlFileIs(configurationFile);
-        Map<String, LinkedHashMap<String, Object>> configurationMap = yamlutil.yamlToMap(yamlAsIS);
+        InputStream yamlAsIS = yamlUtil.loadYamlFileIs(configurationFile);
+        Map<String, LinkedHashMap<String, Object>> configurationMap = yamlUtil.yamlToMap(yamlAsIS);
         LinkedHashMap<String, Object> cassandraConfiguration = configurationMap.get(cassandraKey);
         System.out.println(cassandraConfiguration.entrySet());
     }*/
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtilTest.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtilTest.java
index 5cf8988c06..afe2fbbbbb 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtilTest.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtilTest.java
@@ -1,8 +1,27 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
 package org.openecomp.core.utilities.json;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 public class JsonUtilTest {
   @Test
@@ -10,4 +29,4 @@ public class JsonUtilTest {
     System.out.println("as");
   }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/InnerP.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/InnerP.java
index eda4143e3e..1a790ba439 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/InnerP.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/InnerP.java
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
 package testobjects.yaml;
 
+
 public class InnerP {
   String name;
   String label;
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/Parameter.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/Parameter.java
index febcef9c40..4f6f8253cb 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/Parameter.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/Parameter.java
@@ -1,7 +1,28 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
 package testobjects.yaml;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
+
 public class Parameter {
   String name;
   String label;
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/YamlFile.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/YamlFile.java
index 1c4989da37..2eb78e0ab5 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/YamlFile.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/YamlFile.java
@@ -1,7 +1,28 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
 package testobjects.yaml;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
+
 public class YamlFile {
   String heat_template_version;
   String description;
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/pom.xml
index 63683631df..ce06d86b64 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/pom.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
          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>
 
+    <name>openecomp-nosqldb-lib</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-lib</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <parent>
         <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
@@ -9,11 +13,6 @@
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-lib</artifactId>
-    
-    <name>openecomp-nosqldb-lib</name>
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
     <modules>
         <module>openecomp-nosqldb-api</module>
         <module>openecomp-nosqldb-core</module>
@@ -21,13 +20,13 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-api</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a4bfd4ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<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>
+
+    <name>openecomp-nosqldb-lib</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-lib</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>openecomp-nosqldb-api</module>
+        <module>openecomp-nosqldb-core</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/pom.xml
index 3810896784..c139be6f00 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/pom.xml
@@ -2,49 +2,38 @@
          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>
 
+    <name>openecomp-utilities-lib</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-utilities-lib</artifactId>
+
+
     <parent>
         <artifactId>openecomp-core-lib</artifactId>
-        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
         <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <artifactId>openecomp-utilities-lib</artifactId>
-    <name>openecomp-utilities-lib</name>
-
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17</version>
+            <version>${snakeyaml.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4</version>
+            <version>${commons.lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1</version>
+            <version>${commons.collections.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <version>${gson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.10</version>
-
-        </dependency>
-        <!--<dependency>
-            <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
-            <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17</version>
-        </dependency>-->
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
             <version>${commons.codec.version}</version>
@@ -53,12 +42,12 @@
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>RELEASE</version>
+            <version>4.11</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.codehaus.jackson.version}</version>
+            <version>${jackson.mapper.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.everit.json</groupId>
@@ -77,6 +66,11 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-logging-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e448f5a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<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>
+
+    <name>openecomp-utilities-lib</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-utilities-lib</artifactId>
+
+
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-core-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+            <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+            <version>1.17</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>3.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
+            <version>4.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.codec.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <version>4.11</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
+            <version>1.9.13</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.everit.json</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.everit.json.schema</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
+            <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <version>6.8.5</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-logging-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/CommonMethods.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/CommonMethods.java
index 343636bd15..81a82c6298 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/CommonMethods.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/CommonMethods.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package org.openecomp.core.utilities;
 
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
+import org.apache.commons.collections4.MapUtils;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
@@ -36,8 +37,10 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
@@ -45,14 +48,12 @@ import java.util.UUID;
  * This class provides auxiliary static methods.
  */
 public class CommonMethods {
-  //private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CommonMethods.class);
-
-  private static final char[] hexArray = "0123456789ABCDEF".toCharArray();
 
   private static final char[] CHARS = new char[]{
       '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7',
       '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'
   };
+  private static final char[] hexArray = "0123456789ABCDEF".toCharArray();
 
   /**
    * Private default constructor to prevent instantiation of the class objects.
@@ -73,8 +74,8 @@ public class CommonMethods {
       ObjectOutputStream ds = new ObjectOutputStream(byteArray);
       ds.writeObject(object);
       ds.close();
-    } catch (IOException e0) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e0);
+    } catch (IOException exception) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(exception);
     }
 
     return byteArray.toByteArray();
@@ -93,8 +94,8 @@ public class CommonMethods {
       ObjectInputStream stream = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
       obj = (Serializable) stream.readObject();
       stream.close();
-    } catch (IOException | ClassNotFoundException e0) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e0);
+    } catch (IOException | ClassNotFoundException exception) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(exception);
     }
 
     return obj;
@@ -185,8 +186,8 @@ public class CommonMethods {
   /**
    * Converts the array with Long elements to the array with long (primitive type).
    *
-   * @param array input array with Long elements.
-   * @return array with the same elements converted to the long type (primitive).
+   * @param array input array with Long elements
+   * @return array with the same elements converted to the long type (primitive)
    */
   public static long[] toPrimitive(Long[] array) {
     if (array == null) {
@@ -255,12 +256,12 @@ public class CommonMethods {
    * empty.
    *
    * @param <T>   the type parameter
-   * @param left  Elements of this array will be copied to positions from 0 to
-   *              <tt>left.length - 1</tt> in the target array.
-   * @param right Elements of this array will be copied to positions from
-   *              <tt>left.length</tt> to <tt>left.length + right.length</tt>
-   * @return A newly allocate Java array that accommodates elements of source (left/right)
-    arraysor one of source arrays if another is empty, <tt>null</tt> - otherwise.
+   * @param left  Elements of this array will be copied to positions from 0 to <tt>left.length -
+   *              1</tt> in the target array.
+   * @param right Elements of this array will be copied to positions from <tt>left.length</tt> to
+   *              <tt>left.length + right.length</tt>
+   * @return A newly allocate Java array that accommodates elements of source (left/right) arrays
+    orone of source arrays if another is empty, <tt>null</tt> - otherwise.
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public static <T> T[] concat(T[] left, T[] right) {
@@ -288,25 +289,25 @@ public class CommonMethods {
    *
    * @param <B> the type parameter
    * @param <D> the type parameter
-   * @param b0  An object instance to be casted to the specified Java type.
+   * @param b1  An object instance to be casted to the specified Java type.
    * @param cls Target Java type.
    * @return Object instance safely casted to the requested Java type.
-   * @throws ClassCastException In case which is the given object is not instance of the
-   *                            specified Java type.
+   * @throws ClassCastException In case which is the given object is not instance of the specified
+   *                            Java type.
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-  public static <B, D> D cast(B b0, Class<D> cls) {
-    D d0 = null;
-    if (b0 != null) {
-      if (!cls.isInstance(b0)) {
+  public static <B, D> D cast(B b1, Class<D> cls) {
+    D d1 = null;
+    if (b1 != null) {
+      if (!cls.isInstance(b1)) {
         throw new ClassCastException(String
-            .format("Failed to cast from '%s' to '%s'", b0.getClass().getName(), cls.getName()));
+            .format("Failed to cast from '%s' to '%s'", b1.getClass().getName(), cls.getName()));
       } else {
-        d0 = (D) b0;
+        d1 = (D) b1;
       }
     }
 
-    return d0;
+    return d1;
   } // cast
 
   /**
@@ -349,8 +350,8 @@ public class CommonMethods {
       Class<? extends T> impl = (Class<? extends T>) temp;
 
       return newInstance(impl);
-    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e0) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException(e0);
+    } catch (ClassNotFoundException exception) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(exception);
     }
   }
 
@@ -364,10 +365,10 @@ public class CommonMethods {
   public static <T> T newInstance(Class<T> cls) {
     try {
       return cls.newInstance();
-    } catch (InstantiationException e0) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e0);
-    } catch (IllegalAccessException e0) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e0);
+    } catch (InstantiationException exception) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(exception);
+    } catch (IllegalAccessException exception) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(exception);
     }
   }
 
@@ -388,15 +389,15 @@ public class CommonMethods {
   /**
    * Gets stack trace.
    *
-   * @param t0 the t 0
+   * @param throwable the throwable
    * @return the stack trace
    */
-  public static String getStackTrace(Throwable t0) {
-    if (null == t0) {
+  public static String getStackTrace(Throwable throwable) {
+    if (null == throwable) {
       return "";
     }
     StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
-    t0.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
+    throwable.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
     return sw.toString();
   }
 
@@ -416,8 +417,8 @@ public class CommonMethods {
     String str = sw.toString();
     try {
       sw.close();
-    } catch (IOException e0) {
-      System.err.println(e0);
+    } catch (IOException exception) {
+      System.err.println(exception);
     }
     return str;
 
@@ -530,10 +531,10 @@ public class CommonMethods {
   public static String bytesToHex(byte[] bytes) {
     char[] hexChars = new char[bytes.length * 2];
     for (int j = 0; j < bytes.length; j++) {
-      int v0 = bytes[j] & 0xFF;
-      int x0 = j << 1;
-      hexChars[x0] = hexArray[v0 >>> 4];
-      hexChars[x0 + 1] = hexArray[v0 & 0x0F];
+      int var = bytes[j] & 0xFF;
+      int x1 = j << 1;
+      hexChars[x1] = hexArray[var >>> 4];
+      hexChars[x1 + 1] = hexArray[var & 0x0F];
     }
     return new String(hexChars);
   }
@@ -543,13 +544,106 @@ public class CommonMethods {
    *
    * @param <T>     the class of the objects in the set
    * @param element the single element to be contained in the returned Set
-   * @return an immutable set containing only the specified object.The returned set is serializable.
+   * @return an immutable set containing only the specified object. The returned set is
+    serializable.
    */
   public static <T> Set<T> toSingleElementSet(T element) {
     return Collections.singleton(element);
 
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Merge lists of map list.
+   *
+   * @param <T>    the type parameter
+   * @param <S>    the type parameter
+   * @param target the target
+   * @param source the source
+   * @return the list
+   */
+  public static <T, S> List<Map<T, S>> mergeListsOfMap(List<Map<T, S>> target,
+                                                       List<Map<T, S>> source) {
+    List<Map<T, S>> retList = new ArrayList<>();
+    if (Objects.nonNull(target)) {
+      retList.addAll(target);
+    }
+
+    if (Objects.nonNull(source)) {
+      for (Map<T, S> sourceMap : source) {
+        for (Map.Entry<T, S> entry : sourceMap.entrySet()) {
+          mergeEntryInList(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue(), retList);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return retList;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Merge lists list.
+   *
+   * @param <T>    the type parameter
+   * @param target the target
+   * @param source the source
+   * @return the list
+   */
+  public static <T> List<T> mergeLists(List<T> target, List<T> source) {
+    List<T> retList = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    if (Objects.nonNull(source)) {
+      retList.addAll(source);
+    }
+    if (Objects.nonNull(target)) {
+      retList.addAll(target);
+    }
+
+    return retList;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Merge entry in list.
+   *
+   * @param <T>    the type parameter
+   * @param <S>    the type parameter
+   * @param key    the key
+   * @param value  the value
+   * @param target the target
+   */
+  public static <T, S> void mergeEntryInList(T key, S value, List<Map<T, S>> target) {
+    boolean found = false;
+    for (Map<T, S> map : target) {
+      if (map.containsKey(key)) {
+        map.put(key, value);
+        found = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!found) {
+      Map<T, S> newMap = new HashMap<>();
+      newMap.put(key, value);
+      target.add(newMap);
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Merge maps map.
+   *
+   * @param <T>    the type parameter
+   * @param <S>    the type parameter
+   * @param target the target
+   * @param source the source
+   * @return the map
+   */
+  public static <T, S> Map<T, S> mergeMaps(Map<T, S> target, Map<T, S> source) {
+    Map<T, S> retMap = new HashMap<>();
+    if (MapUtils.isNotEmpty(source)) {
+      retMap.putAll(source);
+    }
+    if (MapUtils.isNotEmpty(target)) {
+      retMap.putAll(target);
+    }
+    return retMap;
+  }
 
 }
 
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/file/FileContentHandler.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/file/FileContentHandler.java
index 67a79875d4..c828505932 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/file/FileContentHandler.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/file/FileContentHandler.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 public class FileContentHandler {
+
   private Map<String, byte[]> files = new HashMap<>();
 
   /**
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ public class FileContentHandler {
     files.put(fileName, FileUtils.toByteArray(is));
   }
 
+  public Map<String, byte[]> getFiles() {
+    return files;
+  }
+
   public void setFiles(FileContentHandler extFiles) {
     extFiles.getFileList().stream()
         .forEach(fileName -> this.addFile(fileName, extFiles.getFileContent(fileName)));
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/file/FileUtils.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/file/FileUtils.java
index 72fa9ac7b8..664ccb68c6 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/file/FileUtils.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/file/FileUtils.java
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
 
 package org.openecomp.core.utilities.file;
 
+import org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils;
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.json.JsonUtil;
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.yaml.YamlUtil;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.types.LoggerConstants;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.types.LoggerErrorDescription;
+import org.slf4j.MDC;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
@@ -59,6 +59,23 @@ public class FileUtils {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Gets file input stream.
+   *
+   * @param urlFile the url file
+   * @return the file input stream
+   */
+  public static InputStream getFileInputStream(URL urlFile) {
+    InputStream is;
+    try {
+      assert urlFile != null;
+      is = urlFile.openStream();
+    } catch (IOException exception) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(exception);
+    }
+    return is;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Gets file input streams.
    *
    * @param fileName the file name
@@ -134,9 +151,9 @@ public class FileUtils {
    * @return the input stream
    */
   public static InputStream loadFileToInputStream(String fileName) {
-    URL urlFile = FileUtils.class.getClassLoader().getResource(fileName);
+    URL urlFile = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(fileName);
     try {
-      Enumeration<URL> en = FileUtils.class.getClassLoader().getResources(fileName);
+      Enumeration<URL> en = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResources(fileName);
       while (en.hasMoreElements()) {
         urlFile = en.nextElement();
       }
@@ -248,6 +265,7 @@ public class FileUtils {
     return mapFileContent;
   }
 
+
   /**
    * The enum File extension.
    */
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonSchemaDataGenerator.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonSchemaDataGenerator.java
index 8968eeb323..84e4f6d7c9 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonSchemaDataGenerator.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonSchemaDataGenerator.java
@@ -22,22 +22,17 @@ package org.openecomp.core.utilities.json;
 
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.api.Logger;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.api.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- * The type Json schema data generator.
- */
 public class JsonSchemaDataGenerator {
 
   private static final String ROOT = "root";
-  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JsonSchemaDataGenerator.class);
-  /**
-   * The Include defaults.
-   */
+  private static final Logger logger =
+      (Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(JsonSchemaDataGenerator.class);
   boolean includeDefaults = true;
   private JSONObject root;
   private Map<String, Object> referencesData;
@@ -54,11 +49,6 @@ public class JsonSchemaDataGenerator {
     root = new JSONObject(jsonSchema);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Sets include defaults.
-   *
-   * @param includeDefaults the include defaults
-   */
   public void setIncludeDefaults(boolean includeDefaults) {
     this.includeDefaults = includeDefaults;
   }
@@ -66,15 +56,16 @@ public class JsonSchemaDataGenerator {
   /**
    * Generates json data that conform to the schema according to turned on flags.
    *
-   * @return json that conform to the schema.
+   * @return json that conform to the schema
    */
   public String generateData() {
     referencesData = new HashMap<>();
     JSONObject data = new JSONObject();
 
     generateData(ROOT, root,
-        data); // "root" is dummy name to represent the top level object (which, as apposed to
-    // inner objects, doesn't have a name in the schema)
+        data);
+    // "root" is dummy name to represent the top level object
+    // (which, as apposed to inner objects, doesn't have a name in the schema)
     return data.has(ROOT) ? data.get(ROOT).toString() : data.toString();
   }
 
@@ -161,12 +152,12 @@ public class JsonSchemaDataGenerator {
         default:
           break;
       }
-    } catch (JSONException e0) {
+    } catch (JSONException exception) {
       Object defaultValue = property.get(JsonSchemaKeyword.DEFAULT);
       logger.error(String.format(
           "Invalid schema: '%s' property type is '%s' but it has a default value which is not: %s.",
-          propertyName, propertyType, defaultValue), e0);
-      throw e0;
+          propertyName, propertyType, defaultValue), exception);
+      throw exception;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtil.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtil.java
index 6ae3677a8d..87c75fce62 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtil.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtil.java
@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@
 
 package org.openecomp.core.utilities.json;
 
-
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.JsonIOException;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
 import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
 
-import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils;
 import org.everit.json.schema.EnumSchema;
 import org.everit.json.schema.Schema;
 import org.everit.json.schema.ValidationException;
@@ -82,17 +81,17 @@ public class JsonUtil {
    * @return the t
    */
   public static <T> T json2Object(String json, Class<T> classOfT) {
-    T type;
+    T typ;
     try {
       try (Reader br = new StringReader(json)) {
-        type = new Gson().fromJson(br, classOfT);
-      } catch (IOException e0) {
-        throw e0;
+        typ = new Gson().fromJson(br, classOfT);
+      } catch (IOException exception) {
+        throw exception;
       }
-    } catch (JsonIOException | JsonSyntaxException | IOException e0) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e0);
+    } catch (JsonIOException | JsonSyntaxException | IOException exception) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(exception);
     }
-    return type;
+    return typ;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -109,8 +108,8 @@ public class JsonUtil {
       try (Reader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is))) {
         type = new Gson().fromJson(br, classOfT);
       }
-    } catch (JsonIOException | JsonSyntaxException | IOException e0) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e0);
+    } catch (JsonIOException | JsonSyntaxException | IOException exception) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(exception);
     } finally {
       if (is != null) {
         try {
@@ -153,16 +152,16 @@ public class JsonUtil {
             .collect(Collectors.toList());
   }
 
-  private static String mapValidationExceptionToMessage(ValidationException e0) {
-    if (e0.getViolatedSchema() instanceof EnumSchema) {
-      return mapEnumViolationToMessage(e0);
+  private static String mapValidationExceptionToMessage(ValidationException exception) {
+    if (exception.getViolatedSchema() instanceof EnumSchema) {
+      return mapEnumViolationToMessage(exception);
     }
-    return e0.getMessage();
+    return exception.getMessage();
   }
 
-  private static String mapEnumViolationToMessage(ValidationException e1) {
-    Set<Object> possibleValues = ((EnumSchema) e1.getViolatedSchema()).getPossibleValues();
-    return e1.getMessage().replaceFirst("enum value", possibleValues.size() == 1
+  private static String mapEnumViolationToMessage(ValidationException exception) {
+    Set<Object> possibleValues = ((EnumSchema) exception.getViolatedSchema()).getPossibleValues();
+    return exception.getMessage().replaceFirst("enum value", possibleValues.size() == 1
         ? String.format("value. %s is the only possible value for this field",
             possibleValues.iterator().next())
         : String.format("value. Possible values: %s", CommonMethods
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/yaml/YamlUtil.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/yaml/YamlUtil.java
index 56261f08de..d38bf484e4 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/yaml/YamlUtil.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/yaml/YamlUtil.java
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 
 package org.openecomp.core.utilities.yaml;
 
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.api.Logger;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.api.LoggerFactory;
 import org.openecomp.core.utilities.CommonMethods;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.DumperOptions;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.TypeDescription;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
@@ -45,19 +45,20 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+
 /**
  * The type Yaml util.
  */
 public class YamlUtil {
 
-  private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(YamlUtil.class);
+  private static Logger logger = (Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(YamlUtil.class);
 
   /**
    * Yaml to object t.
    *
    * @param <T>         the type parameter
    * @param yamlContent the yaml content
-   * @param typClass    the typ class
+   * @param typClass      the t class
    * @return the t
    */
   public <T> T yamlToObject(String yamlContent, Class<T> typClass) {
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ public class YamlUtil {
    *
    * @param <T>         the type parameter
    * @param yamlContent the yaml content
-   * @param typClass    the typ class
+   * @param typClass      the t class
    * @return the t
    */
   public <T> T yamlToObject(InputStream yamlContent, Class<T> typClass) {
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ public class YamlUtil {
           yamlContent.close();
         }
       } catch (IOException ignore) {
-        //nothing to dd
+        //do nothing
       }
     }
   }
@@ -111,8 +112,8 @@ public class YamlUtil {
   /**
    * Gets constructor.
    *
-   * @param <T>      the type parameter
-   * @param typClass the typ class
+   * @param <T>    the type parameter
+   * @param typClass the t class
    * @return the constructor
    */
   public <T> Constructor getConstructor(Class<T> typClass) {
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ public class YamlUtil {
     return new MyPropertyUtils();
   }
 
+
   /**
    * Yaml to map map.
    *
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ public class YamlUtil {
    * Object to yaml string.
    *
    * @param <T> the type parameter
-   * @param obj the obj
+   * @param obj   the obj
    * @return the string
    */
   public <T> String objectToYaml(Object obj) {
@@ -192,6 +194,16 @@ public class YamlUtil {
 
   private class CustomRepresenter extends Representer {
     @Override
+    protected MappingNode representJavaBean(Set<Property> properties, Object javaBean) {
+      //remove the bean type from the output yaml (!! ...)
+      if (!classTags.containsKey(javaBean.getClass())) {
+        addClassTag(javaBean.getClass(), Tag.MAP);
+      }
+
+      return super.representJavaBean(properties, javaBean);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     protected NodeTuple representJavaBeanProperty(Object javaBean, Property property,
                                                   Object propertyValue, Tag customTag) {
       if (propertyValue == null) {
@@ -205,16 +217,6 @@ public class YamlUtil {
             : defaultNode;
       }
     }
-
-    @Override
-    protected MappingNode representJavaBean(Set<Property> properties, Object javaBean) {
-      //remove the bean type from the output yaml (!! ...)
-      if (!classTags.containsKey(javaBean.getClass())) {
-        addClassTag(javaBean.getClass(), Tag.MAP);
-      }
-
-      return super.representJavaBean(properties, javaBean);
-    }
   }
 
 
@@ -222,6 +224,14 @@ public class YamlUtil {
    * The type My property utils.
    */
   public class MyPropertyUtils extends PropertyUtils {
+    //Unsorted properties
+    @Override
+    protected Set<Property> createPropertySet(Class<? extends Object> type, BeanAccess bnAccess)
+        throws IntrospectionException {
+      return new LinkedHashSet<Property>(getPropertiesMap(type,
+          BeanAccess.FIELD).values());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Property getProperty(Class<?> type, String name) throws IntrospectionException {
       if (name.equals("default")) {
@@ -230,14 +240,6 @@ public class YamlUtil {
       return super.getProperty(type, name);
     }
 
-    //Unsorted properties
-    @Override
-    protected Set<Property> createPropertySet(Class<? extends Object> type, BeanAccess beanAccess)
-        throws IntrospectionException {
-      return new LinkedHashSet<Property>(getPropertiesMap(type,
-          BeanAccess.FIELD).values());
-    }
-
   }
 
   /**
@@ -255,16 +257,6 @@ public class YamlUtil {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected Map<Object, Object> constructMapping(MappingNode node) {
-      try {
-        return super.constructMapping(node);
-      } catch (IllegalStateException exception) {
-        throw new ParserException("while parsing MappingNode", node.getStartMark(),
-            exception.getMessage(), node.getEndMark());
-      }
-    }
-
-    @Override
     protected Map<Object, Object> createDefaultMap() {
       final Map<Object, Object> delegate = super.createDefaultMap();
       return new AbstractMap<Object, Object>() {
@@ -282,6 +274,17 @@ public class YamlUtil {
         }
       };
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Map<Object, Object> constructMapping(MappingNode node) {
+      try {
+        return super.constructMapping(node);
+      } catch (IllegalStateException exception) {
+        throw new ParserException("while parsing MappingNode",
+            node.getStartMark(), exception.getMessage(),
+            node.getEndMark());
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonSchemaDataGeneratorTest.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonSchemaDataGeneratorTest.java
index 83c87737d2..ba34d07034 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonSchemaDataGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonSchemaDataGeneratorTest.java
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
 package org.openecomp.core.utilities.json;
 
-import org.openecomp.core.utilities.file.FileUtils;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.file.FileUtils;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -47,4 +67,4 @@ public class JsonSchemaDataGeneratorTest {
     JSONObject dataJson = new JSONObject(data);
     Assert.assertTrue(expectedData.similar(dataJson));
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtilTest.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtilTest.java
index e232f72f38..6b8805797a 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtilTest.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtilTest.java
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
 package org.openecomp.core.utilities.json;
 
 
@@ -37,4 +57,4 @@ public class JsonUtilTest {
     Assert.assertEquals(validationErrors.get(2),
         "#/phoneNumber/0/code: expected type: Number, found: String");
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37930ff9b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<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>
+
+    <name>openecomp-zusammen-api</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-zusammen-api</artifactId>
+
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-zusammen-lib</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-logging-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-facade-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.amdocs.zusammen</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zusammen-adaptor-inbound-api</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-datatypes-lib</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>3.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/api/ZusammenAdaptor.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/api/ZusammenAdaptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1495ed27a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/api/ZusammenAdaptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.api;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.Element;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.ElementInfo;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.ZusammenElement;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Id;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ElementContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Info;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Item;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ItemVersion;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ItemVersionData;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.itemversion.Tag;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.ImmutablePair;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public interface ZusammenAdaptor {
+
+  Collection<Item> listItems(SessionContext context);
+
+  Id createItem(SessionContext context, Info info);
+
+  void updateItem(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Info info);
+
+  // TODO: 4/4/2017 fix this workaround when versionId will be recieved from UI
+  Optional<ItemVersion> getFirstVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId);
+
+  Id createVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id baseVersionId,
+                   ItemVersionData itemVersionData);
+
+  void updateVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId,
+                     ItemVersionData itemVersionData);
+
+  void tagVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId, Tag tag);
+
+  void resetVersionHistory(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId, String changeRef);
+
+  Optional<ElementInfo> getElementInfo(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                       Id elementId);
+
+  Optional<Element> getElement(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                               String elementId); // TODO: 4/3/2017 change to Id
+
+  Optional<Element> getElementByName(
+      SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext, Id parentElementId,
+      String elementName);
+
+  Collection<ElementInfo> listElements(SessionContext context,
+                                       ElementContext elementContext,
+                                       Id parentElementId);
+
+  Collection<Element> listElementData(SessionContext context,
+                                      ElementContext elementContext,
+                                      Id parentElementId);
+
+  /**
+   * Lists the sub elements of the element named <elementName> which is a sub element of <parentElementId>
+   * @param context
+   * @param elementContext
+   * @param parentElementId
+   * @param elementName
+   * @return
+   */
+  Collection<ElementInfo> listElementsByName(
+      SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext, Id parentElementId,
+      String elementName);
+
+  Optional<ElementInfo> getElementInfoByName(
+      SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext, Id parentElementId,
+      String elementName);
+
+  Optional<Element> saveElement(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                ZusammenElement element, String message);
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/api/ZusammenAdaptorFactory.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/api/ZusammenAdaptorFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53981ba478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/api/ZusammenAdaptorFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.api;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.AbstractComponentFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.AbstractFactory;
+
+public abstract class ZusammenAdaptorFactory extends AbstractComponentFactory<ZusammenAdaptor> {
+
+  public static ZusammenAdaptorFactory getInstance() {
+    return AbstractFactory.getInstance(ZusammenAdaptorFactory.class);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/api/ZusammenUtil.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/api/ZusammenUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3df6151fae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/api/ZusammenUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.api;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.ZusammenElement;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.UserInfo;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Action;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Info;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ItemVersionData;
+
+public class ZusammenUtil {
+  // TODO: 3/19/2017 add user and tenant args
+  public static SessionContext createSessionContext() {
+    SessionContext sessionContext = new SessionContext();
+    sessionContext.setUser(new UserInfo("GLOBAL_USER"));
+    sessionContext.setTenant("dox");
+    return sessionContext;
+  }
+
+  public static ZusammenElement buildStructuralElement(String structureElementName,
+                                                       Action action) {
+    ZusammenElement element = new ZusammenElement();
+    Info info = new Info();
+    info.setName(structureElementName);
+    element.setInfo(info);
+    if (action != null) {
+      element.setAction(action);
+    }
+    return element;
+  }
+
+  // TODO: 4/24/2017 remove upon working with more than one single version
+  public static ItemVersionData createFirstVersionData() {
+    Info info = new Info();
+    info.setName("main version");
+    ItemVersionData itemVersionData = new ItemVersionData();
+    itemVersionData.setInfo(info);
+    return itemVersionData;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30abb9bfed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-api/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "org.openecomp.core.zusammen.api.ZusammenAdaptorFactory": "org.openecomp.core.zusammen.impl.ZusammenAdaptorFactoryImpl"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb418eae8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<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>
+
+    <name>openecomp-zusammen-core</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-zusammen-core</artifactId>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-zusammen-lib</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-zusammen-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.amdocs.zusammen</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zusammen-commons-utils</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.amdocs.zusammen</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zusammen-adaptor-inbound-api</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.amdocs.zusammen</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zusammen-adaptor-inbound-impl</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-zusammen-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>cassandra-driver-mapping</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.amdocs.zusammen.plugin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zusammen-search-index-empty-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-logging-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-datatypes-lib</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-facade-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/db/ZusammenConnector.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/db/ZusammenConnector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f746d706e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/db/ZusammenConnector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.db;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.Element;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.ElementInfo;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.ZusammenElement;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Id;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ElementContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Info;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Item;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ItemVersion;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ItemVersionData;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.itemversion.Tag;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.response.Response;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public interface ZusammenConnector {
+
+  Collection<Item> listItems(SessionContext context);
+
+  Id createItem(SessionContext context, Info info);
+
+  void updateItem(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Info info);
+
+
+  Collection<ItemVersion> listVersions(SessionContext context, Id itemId);
+
+  Id createVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id baseVersionId,
+                   ItemVersionData itemVersionData);
+
+  void updateVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId,
+                     ItemVersionData itemVersionData);
+
+  void tagVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId, Tag tag);
+
+  void resetVersionHistory(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId, String changeRef);
+
+
+  Collection<ElementInfo> listElements(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                       Id parentElementId);
+
+  Response<ElementInfo> getElementInfo(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext, Id
+      elementId);
+
+  Response<Element> getElement(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext, Id elementId);
+
+  Optional<Element> saveElement(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                ZusammenElement element, String message);
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/db/ZusammenConnectorFactory.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/db/ZusammenConnectorFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31a8bf598d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/db/ZusammenConnectorFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.db;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.AbstractComponentFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.AbstractFactory;
+
+public abstract class ZusammenConnectorFactory extends AbstractComponentFactory<ZusammenConnector> {
+
+  public static ZusammenConnectorFactory getInstance() {
+    return AbstractFactory.getInstance(ZusammenConnectorFactory.class);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/db/impl/ZusammenConnectorFactoryImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/db/impl/ZusammenConnectorFactoryImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3916521dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/db/impl/ZusammenConnectorFactoryImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.db.impl;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.item.ElementAdaptorFactory;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.item.ItemAdaptorFactory;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.item.ItemVersionAdaptorFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.db.ZusammenConnector;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.db.ZusammenConnectorFactory;
+
+public class ZusammenConnectorFactoryImpl extends ZusammenConnectorFactory {
+  private static final ZusammenConnector INSTANCE =
+      new ZusammenConnectorImpl(ItemAdaptorFactory.getInstance(),
+          ItemVersionAdaptorFactory.getInstance(),
+          ElementAdaptorFactory.getInstance());
+
+  @Override
+  public ZusammenConnector createInterface() {
+    return INSTANCE;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/db/impl/ZusammenConnectorImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/db/impl/ZusammenConnectorImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8aa8e129df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/db/impl/ZusammenConnectorImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.db.impl;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.item.ElementAdaptorFactory;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.item.ItemAdaptorFactory;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.item.ItemVersionAdaptorFactory;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.Element;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.ElementInfo;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.ZusammenElement;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Id;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Space;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ElementContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Info;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Item;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ItemVersion;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ItemVersionData;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.itemversion.Tag;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.response.Response;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.response.ReturnCode;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.db.ZusammenConnector;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.impl.CassandraConnectionInitializer;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.impl.ItemElementLoggerTargetServiceName;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.datatypes.error.ErrorLevel;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.context.impl.MdcDataErrorMessage;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.types.LoggerConstants;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.types.LoggerErrorCode;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public class ZusammenConnectorImpl implements ZusammenConnector {
+
+  private ItemAdaptorFactory itemAdaptorFactory;
+  private ItemVersionAdaptorFactory versionAdaptorFactory;
+  private ElementAdaptorFactory elementAdaptorFactory;
+
+  public ZusammenConnectorImpl(
+      ItemAdaptorFactory itemAdaptorFactory,
+      ItemVersionAdaptorFactory versionAdaptorFactory,
+      ElementAdaptorFactory elementAdaptorFactory) {
+    this.itemAdaptorFactory = itemAdaptorFactory;
+    this.versionAdaptorFactory = versionAdaptorFactory;
+    this.elementAdaptorFactory = elementAdaptorFactory;
+    CassandraConnectionInitializer.setCassandraConnectionPropertiesToSystem();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Collection<Item> listItems(SessionContext context) {
+    Response<Collection<Item>> response =
+        itemAdaptorFactory.createInterface(context).list(context);
+    if (response.isSuccessful()) {
+      return response.getValue();
+    } else {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Id createItem(SessionContext context, Info info) {
+    Response<Id> response = itemAdaptorFactory.createInterface(context).create(context, info);
+    if (response.isSuccessful()) {
+      return response.getValue();
+    } else {
+      throw new RuntimeException(
+          "failed to create Item. message:" + response.getReturnCode().getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void updateItem(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Info info) {
+    Response<Void> response =
+        itemAdaptorFactory.createInterface(context).update(context, itemId, info);
+
+    if (!response.isSuccessful()) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("failed to update Item . ItemId:" + itemId + "" +
+          " message:" + response.getReturnCode().getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Collection<ItemVersion> listVersions(SessionContext context, Id itemId) {
+    Response<Collection<ItemVersion>> versions =
+        versionAdaptorFactory.createInterface(context).list(context, Space.PRIVATE, itemId);
+    if (!versions.isSuccessful()) {
+      logErrorMessageToMdc(ItemElementLoggerTargetServiceName.ITEM_VERSION_RETRIEVAL, versions
+          .getReturnCode());
+      throw new RuntimeException(versions.getReturnCode().getMessage()); // TODO: 3/26/2017
+    }
+    return versions.getValue();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Id createVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id baseVersionId,
+                          ItemVersionData itemVersionData) {
+    Response<Id> response = versionAdaptorFactory.createInterface(context).create(context, itemId,
+        baseVersionId, itemVersionData);
+    if (response.isSuccessful()) {
+      return response.getValue();
+    } else {
+      throw new RuntimeException("failed to create Item Version. ItemId:" + itemId + " based " +
+          "on:" + baseVersionId +
+          " message:" + response
+          .getReturnCode().getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void updateVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId,
+                            ItemVersionData itemVersionData) {
+    Response<Void> response = versionAdaptorFactory.createInterface(context)
+        .update(context, itemId, versionId, itemVersionData);
+    if (!response.isSuccessful()) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(
+          String.format("failed to create Item Version. ItemId: %s, versionId: %s, message: %s",
+              itemId.getValue(), versionId.getValue(), response.getReturnCode().getMessage()));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void tagVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId, Tag tag) {
+    Response<Void> response = versionAdaptorFactory.createInterface(context)
+        .tag(context, itemId, versionId, null, tag);
+    if (!response.isSuccessful()) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(String.format(
+          "failed to tag Item Version with tag %s. ItemId: %s, versionId: %s, message: %s",
+          tag.getName(), itemId.getValue(), versionId.getValue(), response.getReturnCode()
+              .getMessage()));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void resetVersionHistory(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId,
+                                  String changeRef) {
+    Response<Void> response = versionAdaptorFactory.createInterface(context)
+        .resetHistory(context, itemId, versionId, changeRef);
+    if (!response.isSuccessful()) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(String.format(
+          "failed to reset Item Version back to %s. ItemId: %s, versionId: %s, message: %s",
+          changeRef, itemId.getValue(), versionId.getValue(),
+          response.getReturnCode().getMessage()));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Collection<ElementInfo> listElements(SessionContext context,
+                                              ElementContext elementContext,
+                                              Id parentElementId) {
+    Response<Collection<ElementInfo>> elementInfosResponse = elementAdaptorFactory
+        .createInterface(context).list(context, elementContext, parentElementId);
+    if (elementInfosResponse.isSuccessful()) {
+      return elementInfosResponse.getValue();
+    } else {
+      logErrorMessageToMdc(ItemElementLoggerTargetServiceName.ELEMENT_GET_BY_PROPERTY,
+          elementInfosResponse.getReturnCode());
+      throw new RuntimeException(elementInfosResponse.getReturnCode().getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<ElementInfo> getElementInfo(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                              Id elementId) {
+    return elementAdaptorFactory.createInterface(context)
+        .getInfo(context, elementContext, elementId);
+  }
+
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Element> getElement(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                      Id elementId) {
+    return elementAdaptorFactory.createInterface(context).get(context, elementContext, elementId);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Optional<Element> saveElement(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                       ZusammenElement element, String message) {
+    Response<Element> saveResponse = elementAdaptorFactory.createInterface(context)
+        .save(context, elementContext, element, message);
+    return saveResponse.isSuccessful()
+        ? Optional.of(saveResponse.getValue())
+        : Optional.empty(); // TODO: 3/21/2017 error?
+  }
+
+  private void logErrorMessageToMdc(ItemElementLoggerTargetServiceName
+                                        itemElementLoggerTargetServiceName,
+                                    ReturnCode returnCode) {
+    logErrorMessageToMdc(itemElementLoggerTargetServiceName, returnCode.toString());
+  }
+
+  private void logErrorMessageToMdc(ItemElementLoggerTargetServiceName
+                                        itemElementLoggerTargetServiceName,
+                                    String message) {
+    MdcDataErrorMessage.createErrorMessageAndUpdateMdc(LoggerConstants.TARGET_ENTITY_DB,
+        itemElementLoggerTargetServiceName.getDescription(),
+        ErrorLevel.ERROR.name(),
+        LoggerErrorCode.BUSINESS_PROCESS_ERROR.getErrorCode(),
+        message);
+  }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/impl/CassandraConnectionInitializer.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/impl/CassandraConnectionInitializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47cb57c5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/impl/CassandraConnectionInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.impl;
+
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.util.CassandraUtils;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
+
+/**
+ * @author Avrahamg
+ * @since April 25, 2017
+ */
+
+public class CassandraConnectionInitializer implements ServletContextListener {
+  @Override
+  public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent) {
+    setCassandraConnectionPropertiesToSystem();
+  }
+
+  public static void setCassandraConnectionPropertiesToSystem() {
+    if (!System.getProperties().containsKey("cassandra.nodes")) {
+      System.setProperty("cassandra.nodes", StringUtils.join(CassandraUtils.getAddresses(), ','));
+    }
+    if (!System.getProperties().containsKey("cassandra.authenticate")) {
+      System
+          .setProperty("cassandra.authenticate",
+              CassandraUtils.isAuthenticate() ? "true" : "false");
+    }
+    if (!System.getProperties().containsKey("cassandra.ssl")) {
+      System.setProperty("cassandra.ssl",
+          CassandraUtils.isSsl() ? "true" : "false");
+    }
+    if (!System.getProperties().containsKey("cassandra.truststore")) {
+      System.setProperty("cassandra.truststore", CassandraUtils.getTruststore());
+    }
+    if (!System.getProperties().containsKey("cassandra.truststore.password")) {
+      System.setProperty("cassandra.truststore.password", CassandraUtils.getTruststorePassword());
+    }
+    if (!System.getProperties().containsKey("cassandra.user")) {
+      System.setProperty("cassandra.user", CassandraUtils.getUser());
+    }
+    if (!System.getProperties().containsKey("cassandra.password")) {
+      System.setProperty("cassandra.password", CassandraUtils.getPassword());
+    }
+    if (!System.getProperties().containsKey("cassandra.keyspace")) {
+      System.setProperty("cassandra.keyspace", "zusammen");
+    }
+  }
+
+  //       -Dcassandra.nodes=10.147.97.145  -Dcassandra.keyspace=zusammen -Dcassandra.authenticate=true -Dcassandra.ssl=true
+  // -Dcassandra.truststore=/apps/jetty/base/be/config/.truststore -Dcassandra.truststore.password=Aa123456
+  // -Dcassandra.user=asdc_user -Dcassandra.password=Aa1234%^!
+
+  @Override
+  public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent) {
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/impl/ItemElementLoggerTargetServiceName.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/impl/ItemElementLoggerTargetServiceName.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a4466a3c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/impl/ItemElementLoggerTargetServiceName.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.impl;
+
+/**
+ * @author Avrahamg.
+ * @since February 19, 2017
+ */
+public enum ItemElementLoggerTargetServiceName {
+  ITEM_CREATION("Item Creation"),
+  ITEM_VERSION_CREATION("Item Version Creation"),
+  ELEMENT_CREATION("Element Creation"),
+  ELEMENT_UPDATE("Element Update"),
+  ELEMENT_LIST("Element List"),
+  ELEMENT_GET("Element Get"),
+  ELEMENT_GET_BY_PROPERTY("Element Get By Property"),
+  ITEM_RETRIEVAL("Item retrieval"),
+  ITEM_VERSION_RETRIEVAL("Item version retrieval)");
+
+  private final String description;
+
+  public String getDescription() {
+    return description;
+  }
+
+  ItemElementLoggerTargetServiceName(String description) {
+    this.description = description;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/impl/ZusammenAdaptorFactoryImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/impl/ZusammenAdaptorFactoryImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edc1abf108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/impl/ZusammenAdaptorFactoryImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.impl;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.api.ZusammenAdaptor;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.api.ZusammenAdaptorFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.db.ZusammenConnectorFactory;
+
+public class ZusammenAdaptorFactoryImpl extends ZusammenAdaptorFactory {
+  private static final ZusammenAdaptor INSTANCE =
+      new ZusammenAdaptorImpl(ZusammenConnectorFactory.getInstance().createInterface());
+
+  @Override
+  public ZusammenAdaptor createInterface() {
+    return INSTANCE;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/impl/ZusammenAdaptorImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/impl/ZusammenAdaptorImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad4839bd00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/impl/ZusammenAdaptorImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.impl;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.Element;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.ElementInfo;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.adaptor.inbound.api.types.item.ZusammenElement;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Id;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Action;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ElementContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Info;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Item;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ItemVersion;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ItemVersionData;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.itemversion.Tag;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.response.Response;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.response.ReturnCode;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.api.ZusammenAdaptor;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.db.ZusammenConnector;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.datatypes.error.ErrorLevel;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.context.impl.MdcDataErrorMessage;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.types.LoggerConstants;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.types.LoggerErrorCode;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class ZusammenAdaptorImpl implements ZusammenAdaptor {
+
+  private ZusammenConnector connector;
+
+  public ZusammenAdaptorImpl(ZusammenConnector connector) {
+    this.connector = connector;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Optional<ItemVersion> getFirstVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId) {
+    Collection<ItemVersion> versions = connector.listVersions(context, itemId);
+    if(versions == null || versions.size()==0) {
+      return Optional.empty();
+    }
+    List<ItemVersion> itemVersions = new ArrayList<>(versions);
+    sortItemVersionListByModificationTimeDescOrder(itemVersions);
+    ItemVersion itemVersion = itemVersions.iterator().next();
+
+    return Optional.ofNullable(itemVersion);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Optional<ElementInfo> getElementInfo(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                              Id elementId) {
+    Response<ElementInfo> response = connector.getElementInfo(context, elementContext, elementId);
+    return response.isSuccessful() ? Optional.ofNullable(response.getValue()) : Optional.empty();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Optional<Element> getElement(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                      String elementId) {
+    Response<Element> response = connector.getElement(context, elementContext, new Id(elementId));
+    return response.isSuccessful() ? Optional.ofNullable(response.getValue()) : Optional.empty();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Optional<Element> getElementByName(
+      SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext, Id parentElementId,
+      String elementName) {
+    Collection<ElementInfo> elementInfos =
+        connector.listElements(context, elementContext, parentElementId);
+    Predicate<ElementInfo> elementInfoPredicate = elementInfo -> elementInfo.getInfo() != null
+        && elementName.equals(elementInfo.getInfo().getName());
+    return getFirstElementInfo(elementInfos, elementInfoPredicate)
+        .map(elementInfo -> getElement(context, elementContext, elementInfo.getId().getValue()))
+        .orElse(Optional.empty());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Collection<ElementInfo> listElements(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                              Id parentElementId) {
+    return connector.listElements(context, elementContext, parentElementId);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Collection<Element> listElementData(SessionContext context,
+                                             ElementContext elementContext,
+                                             Id parentElementId) {
+
+    Collection<ElementInfo> elementInfoList = connector.listElements(context, elementContext,
+        parentElementId);
+    if (elementInfoList != null) {
+      return elementInfoList.stream().map(elementInfo -> connector.getElement(context,
+          elementContext, elementInfo.getId()).getValue()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    return new ArrayList<>();
+
+  }
+
+
+  @Override
+  public Collection<ElementInfo> listElementsByName(
+      SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext, Id parentElementId,
+      String elementName) {
+    Optional<ElementInfo> elementInfoByName =
+        getElementInfoByName(context, elementContext, parentElementId, elementName);
+
+    return elementInfoByName.isPresent()
+        ? connector.listElements(context, elementContext, elementInfoByName.get().getId())
+        : new ArrayList<>();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Optional<ElementInfo> getElementInfoByName(
+      SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext, Id parentElementId,
+      String elementName) {
+    Collection<ElementInfo> elementInfos =
+        connector.listElements(context, elementContext, parentElementId);
+    return getFirstElementInfo(elementInfos,
+        elementInfo -> elementInfo.getInfo() != null &&
+            elementName.equals(elementInfo.getInfo().getName()));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Optional<Element> saveElement(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                       ZusammenElement element, String message) {
+    enrichElementHierarchyRec(context, elementContext, null, element);
+    return connector.saveElement(context, elementContext, element, message);
+  }
+
+  private void enrichElementHierarchyRec(SessionContext context, ElementContext
+      elementContext, Id parentElementId, ZusammenElement element) {
+    if (element.getAction() == Action.CREATE) {
+      return;
+    }
+    locateElementAndUpdateAction(context, elementContext, parentElementId, element);
+    element.getSubElements().forEach(subElement -> enrichElementHierarchyRec(
+        context, elementContext, element.getElementId(), (ZusammenElement) subElement));
+  }
+
+  // should be applied only for structural elements
+  private void locateElementAndUpdateAction(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                            Id parentElementId, ZusammenElement element) {
+    if (element.getElementId() != null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    Optional<ElementInfo> elementInfo =
+        getElementInfoByName(context, elementContext, parentElementId, element.getInfo().getName());
+    if (elementInfo.isPresent()) {
+      element.setElementId(elementInfo.get().getId());
+      if (element.getAction() == null) {
+        element.setAction(Action.IGNORE);
+      }
+    } else {
+      element.setAction(Action.CREATE);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private Optional<ElementInfo> getFirstElementInfo(Collection<ElementInfo> elementInfos,
+                                                    Predicate<ElementInfo> elementInfoPredicate) {
+    return elementInfos.stream()
+        .filter(elementInfoPredicate)
+        .findFirst();
+  }
+
+  private void logErrorMessageToMdc(ItemElementLoggerTargetServiceName
+                                        itemElementLoggerTargetServiceName,
+                                    ReturnCode returnCode) {
+    logErrorMessageToMdc(itemElementLoggerTargetServiceName, returnCode.toString());
+  }
+
+  private void logErrorMessageToMdc(ItemElementLoggerTargetServiceName
+                                        itemElementLoggerTargetServiceName,
+                                    String message) {
+    MdcDataErrorMessage.createErrorMessageAndUpdateMdc(LoggerConstants.TARGET_ENTITY_DB,
+        itemElementLoggerTargetServiceName.getDescription(),
+        ErrorLevel.ERROR.name(),
+        LoggerErrorCode.BUSINESS_PROCESS_ERROR.getErrorCode(),
+        message);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Id createItem(SessionContext context, Info info) {
+    return connector.createItem(context, info);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Id createVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id baseVersionId, ItemVersionData
+      itemVersionData) {
+    return connector.createVersion(context, itemId, baseVersionId, itemVersionData);
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Collection<Item> listItems(SessionContext context) {
+    return connector.listItems(context);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void updateVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId,
+                            ItemVersionData itemVersionData) {
+    connector.updateVersion(context, itemId, versionId, itemVersionData);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void tagVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId, Tag tag) {
+    connector.tagVersion(context, itemId, versionId, tag);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void resetVersionHistory(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId,
+                                  String changeRef) {
+    connector.resetVersionHistory(context, itemId, versionId, changeRef);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void updateItem(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Info info) {
+    connector.updateItem(context, itemId, info);
+  }
+
+  private static void sortItemVersionListByModificationTimeDescOrder(
+      List<ItemVersion> itemVersions) {
+    itemVersions.sort((o1, o2) -> ((Integer)o2.getId().getValue().length())
+        .compareTo( (o1.getId().getValue().length())));
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb20b04531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-core/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "org.openecomp.core.zusammen.db.ZusammenConnectorFactory": "org.openecomp.core.zusammen.db.impl.ZusammenConnectorFactoryImpl"
+}
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diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c41ca730c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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.openecomp.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-zusammen-lib</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>openecomp-zusammen-plugin</artifactId>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.amdocs.zusammen</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zusammen-sdk</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.amdocs.zusammen</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zusammen-commons-db-api</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.amdocs.zusammen</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zusammen-commons-db-impl</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.amdocs.zusammen.plugin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>zusammen-state-store-cassandra-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/ZusammenPluginConstants.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/ZusammenPluginConstants.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9e6091fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/ZusammenPluginConstants.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016-2017 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin;
+
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Id;
+
+public class ZusammenPluginConstants {
+  public static final String PUBLIC_SPACE = "public";
+  public static final Id ROOT_ELEMENTS_PARENT_ID = Id.ZERO;
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/ZusammenPluginUtil.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/ZusammenPluginUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59afa70e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/ZusammenPluginUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016-2017 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Id;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Space;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.plugin.statestore.cassandra.dao.types.ElementEntityContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.sdk.collaboration.types.CollaborationElement;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.utils.fileutils.FileUtils;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.types.ElementEntity;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+public class ZusammenPluginUtil {
+
+  public static String getSpaceName(SessionContext context, Space space) {
+    switch (space) {
+      case PUBLIC:
+        return ZusammenPluginConstants.PUBLIC_SPACE;
+      case PRIVATE:
+        return ZusammenPluginUtil.getPrivateSpaceName(context);
+      default:
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Space %s is not supported.", space));
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static String getPrivateSpaceName(SessionContext context) {
+    return context.getUser().getUserName();
+  }
+
+  public static ElementEntity getElementEntity(CollaborationElement element) {
+    ElementEntity elementEntity = new ElementEntity(element.getId());
+    elementEntity.setNamespace(element.getNamespace());
+    elementEntity.setParentId(element.getParentId() == null
+        ? ZusammenPluginConstants.ROOT_ELEMENTS_PARENT_ID
+        : element.getParentId());
+    elementEntity.setInfo(element.getInfo());
+    elementEntity.setRelations(element.getRelations());
+    if (element.getData() != null) {
+      elementEntity.setData(ByteBuffer.wrap(FileUtils.toByteArray(element.getData())));
+    }
+    if (element.getSearchableData() != null) {
+      elementEntity.setSearchableData(
+          ByteBuffer.wrap(FileUtils.toByteArray(element.getSearchableData())));
+    }
+    if (element.getVisualization() != null) {
+      elementEntity.setVisualization(
+          ByteBuffer.wrap(FileUtils.toByteArray(element.getVisualization())));
+    }
+    return elementEntity;
+  }
+
+  public static CollaborationElement getCollaborationElement(
+      ElementEntityContext elementEntityContext, ElementEntity elementEntity) {
+    Id parentId =
+        ZusammenPluginConstants.ROOT_ELEMENTS_PARENT_ID.equals(elementEntity.getParentId())
+            ? null
+            : elementEntity.getParentId();
+    CollaborationElement element = new CollaborationElement(elementEntityContext.getItemId(),
+        elementEntityContext.getVersionId(), elementEntity.getNamespace(), elementEntity.getId());
+
+    element.setParentId(parentId);
+    element.setInfo(elementEntity.getInfo());
+    element.setRelations(elementEntity.getRelations());
+
+    if (elementEntity.getData() != null) {
+      element.setData(new ByteArrayInputStream(elementEntity.getData().array()));
+    }
+    if (elementEntity.getSearchableData() != null) {
+      element.setSearchableData(
+          new ByteArrayInputStream(elementEntity.getSearchableData().array()));
+    }
+    if (elementEntity.getVisualization() != null) {
+      element.setVisualization(new ByteArrayInputStream(elementEntity.getVisualization().array()));
+    }
+    element.setSubElements(elementEntity.getSubElementIds());
+    return element;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/collaboration/ElementCollaborationStore.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/collaboration/ElementCollaborationStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93ee2d058b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/collaboration/ElementCollaborationStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.collaboration;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Id;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ElementContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.plugin.statestore.cassandra.dao.types.ElementEntityContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.sdk.collaboration.types.CollaborationElement;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.ZusammenPluginConstants;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.ZusammenPluginUtil;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.ElementRepository;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.ElementRepositoryFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.types.ElementEntity;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.ZusammenPluginUtil.getSpaceName;
+
+
+public class ElementCollaborationStore {
+
+  public Collection<CollaborationElement> listElements(SessionContext context,
+                                                       ElementContext elementContext,
+                                                       Id elementId) {
+    ElementEntityContext elementEntityContext =
+        new ElementEntityContext(ZusammenPluginUtil.getPrivateSpaceName(context), elementContext);
+
+    if (elementId == null) {
+      elementId = ZusammenPluginConstants.ROOT_ELEMENTS_PARENT_ID;
+    }
+
+    ElementRepository elementRepository = getElementRepository(context);
+    return elementRepository.get(context, elementEntityContext, new ElementEntity(elementId))
+        .map(ElementEntity::getSubElementIds).orElse(new HashSet<>()).stream()
+        .map(subElementId -> elementRepository
+            .get(context, elementEntityContext, new ElementEntity(subElementId)).get())
+        .filter(Objects::nonNull)
+        .map(subElement -> ZusammenPluginUtil
+            .getCollaborationElement(elementEntityContext, subElement))
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
+  public CollaborationElement getElement(SessionContext context, ElementContext elementContext,
+                                         Id elementId) {
+    ElementEntityContext elementEntityContext =
+        new ElementEntityContext(ZusammenPluginUtil.getPrivateSpaceName(context), elementContext);
+    return getElementRepository(context)
+        .get(context, elementEntityContext, new ElementEntity(elementId))
+        .map(elementEntity -> ZusammenPluginUtil
+            .getCollaborationElement(elementEntityContext, elementEntity))
+        .orElse(null);
+  }
+
+  public void createElement(SessionContext context, CollaborationElement element) {
+    getElementRepository(context)
+        .create(context,
+            new ElementEntityContext(getSpaceName(context, element.getSpace()),
+                element.getItemId(), element.getVersionId()),
+            ZusammenPluginUtil.getElementEntity(element));
+  }
+
+  public void updateElement(SessionContext context, CollaborationElement element) {
+    getElementRepository(context)
+        .update(context,
+            new ElementEntityContext(getSpaceName(context, element.getSpace()),
+                element.getItemId(), element.getVersionId()),
+            ZusammenPluginUtil.getElementEntity(element));
+  }
+
+  public void deleteElement(SessionContext context, CollaborationElement element) {
+    deleteElementHierarchy(getElementRepository(context),
+        context,
+        new ElementEntityContext(getSpaceName(context, element.getSpace()),
+            element.getItemId(), element.getVersionId()),
+        ZusammenPluginUtil.getElementEntity(element));
+  }
+
+  private void deleteElementHierarchy(ElementRepository elementRepository, SessionContext context,
+                                      ElementEntityContext elementEntityContext,
+                                      ElementEntity elementEntity) {
+    Optional<ElementEntity> retrieved =
+        elementRepository.get(context, elementEntityContext, elementEntity);
+    if (!retrieved.isPresent()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    retrieved.get().getSubElementIds().stream()
+        .map(ElementEntity::new)
+        .forEach(subElementEntity -> deleteElementHierarchy(
+            elementRepository, context, elementEntityContext, subElementEntity));
+
+    // only for the first one the parentId will populated (so it'll be removed from its parent)
+    elementRepository.delete(context, elementEntityContext, elementEntity);
+  }
+
+  protected ElementRepository getElementRepository(SessionContext context) {
+    return ElementRepositoryFactory.getInstance().createInterface(context);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/collaboration/VersionCollaborationStore.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/collaboration/VersionCollaborationStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae23b6e8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/collaboration/VersionCollaborationStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.collaboration;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Id;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Space;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Action;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.itemversion.Tag;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.plugin.statestore.cassandra.dao.types.ElementEntityContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.sdk.collaboration.types.CollaborationElementChange;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.sdk.collaboration.types.CollaborationMergeChange;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.ZusammenPluginUtil;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.ElementRepository;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.ElementRepositoryFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.types.ElementEntity;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import static org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.ZusammenPluginUtil.getSpaceName;
+
+public class VersionCollaborationStore {
+
+  public void tagItemVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId, Id changeId,
+                             Tag tag) {
+    if (changeId != null) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+          "In this plugin implementation tag is supported only on versionId");
+    }
+    copyElements(context, getSpaceName(context, Space.PRIVATE), itemId, versionId, tag.getName());
+  }
+
+  public CollaborationMergeChange resetItemVersionHistory(SessionContext context, Id itemId,
+                                                          Id versionId, String changeRef) {
+    ElementRepository elementRepository = getElementRepository(context);
+    ElementEntityContext elementContext =
+        new ElementEntityContext(getSpaceName(context, Space.PRIVATE), itemId, versionId);
+
+    CollaborationMergeChange resetChange = new CollaborationMergeChange();
+
+    Collection<ElementEntity> versionElements = elementRepository.list(context, elementContext);
+    versionElements.stream()
+        .map(elementEntity ->
+            convertElementEntityToElementChange(elementEntity, elementContext, Action.DELETE))
+        .forEach(resetChange.getChangedElements()::add);
+
+    elementContext.setChangeRef(changeRef);
+    Collection<ElementEntity> changeRefElements = elementRepository.list(context, elementContext);
+    changeRefElements.stream()
+        .map(elementEntity ->
+            convertElementEntityToElementChange(elementEntity, elementContext, Action.CREATE))
+        .forEach(resetChange.getChangedElements()::add);
+
+    return resetChange; // TODO: 4/19/2017 version change...
+  }
+
+  private void copyElements(SessionContext context, String space, Id itemId, Id sourceVersionId,
+                            String targetTag) {
+    ElementRepository elementRepository = getElementRepository(context);
+    ElementEntityContext elementContext = new ElementEntityContext(space, itemId, sourceVersionId);
+
+    Collection<ElementEntity> versionElements = elementRepository.list(context, elementContext);
+
+    elementContext.setChangeRef(targetTag);
+    versionElements
+        .forEach(elementEntity -> elementRepository.create(context, elementContext, elementEntity));
+  }
+
+  private CollaborationElementChange convertElementEntityToElementChange(
+      ElementEntity elementEntity, ElementEntityContext elementContext, Action action) {
+    CollaborationElementChange elementChange = new CollaborationElementChange();
+    elementChange
+        .setElement(ZusammenPluginUtil.getCollaborationElement(elementContext, elementEntity));
+    elementChange.setAction(action);
+    return elementChange;
+  }
+
+  protected ElementRepository getElementRepository(SessionContext context) {
+    return ElementRepositoryFactory.getInstance().createInterface(context);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/ElementRepository.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/ElementRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..468b6f0a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/ElementRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.plugin.statestore.cassandra.dao.types.ElementEntityContext;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.types.ElementEntity;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public interface ElementRepository {
+
+  Collection<ElementEntity> list(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext);
+
+  void create(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext, ElementEntity element);
+
+  void update(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext, ElementEntity element);
+
+  void delete(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext, ElementEntity element);
+
+  Optional<ElementEntity> get(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext,
+                              ElementEntity element);
+
+  void createNamespace(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext,
+                       ElementEntity element);
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/ElementRepositoryFactory.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/ElementRepositoryFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c541302d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/ElementRepositoryFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.utils.facade.api.AbstractComponentFactory;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.utils.facade.api.AbstractFactory;
+
+public abstract class ElementRepositoryFactory extends AbstractComponentFactory<ElementRepository> {
+  public static ElementRepositoryFactory getInstance() {
+    return AbstractFactory.getInstance(ElementRepositoryFactory.class);
+  }
+
+  public abstract ElementRepository createInterface(SessionContext context);
+}
+
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/impl/CassandraDaoUtils.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/impl/CassandraDaoUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20a1e1803f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/impl/CassandraDaoUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.impl;
+
+import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.commons.db.api.cassandra.CassandraConnectorFactory;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.commons.db.api.cassandra.types.CassandraContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+
+class CassandraDaoUtils {
+
+  static <T> T getAccessor(SessionContext context, Class<T> classOfT) {
+    return CassandraConnectorFactory.getInstance().createInterface(getCassandraContext(context))
+        .getMappingManager()
+        .createAccessor(classOfT);
+  }
+
+  static Session getSession(SessionContext context) {
+    return CassandraConnectorFactory.getInstance().createInterface(getCassandraContext(context))
+        .getMappingManager()
+        .getSession();
+  }
+
+  private static CassandraContext getCassandraContext(SessionContext context) {
+    CassandraContext cassandraContext = new CassandraContext();
+    cassandraContext.setTenant(context.getTenant());
+    return cassandraContext;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/impl/CassandraElementRepository.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/impl/CassandraElementRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12fd2dabba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/impl/CassandraElementRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,358 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016-2017 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.impl;
+
+import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSet;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.Row;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.annotations.Accessor;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.annotations.Param;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.annotations.Query;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Id;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Namespace;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Info;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Relation;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.plugin.statestore.cassandra.dao.types.ElementEntityContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.utils.fileutils.json.JsonUtil;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.ElementRepository;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.types.ElementEntity;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class CassandraElementRepository implements ElementRepository {
+
+  @Override
+  public Collection<ElementEntity> list(SessionContext context,
+                                        ElementEntityContext elementContext) {
+    Set<String> elementIds = getVersionElementIds(context, elementContext);
+
+    return elementIds.stream()
+        .map(elementId -> get(context, elementContext, new ElementEntity(new Id(elementId))).get())
+        .filter(Objects::nonNull)
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void create(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext,
+                     ElementEntity element) {
+    createElement(context, elementContext, element);
+    addElementToParent(context, elementContext, element);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void update(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext,
+                     ElementEntity element) {
+    updateElement(context, elementContext, element);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void delete(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext,
+                     ElementEntity element) {
+    removeElementFromParent(context, elementContext, element);
+    deleteElement(context, elementContext, element);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Optional<ElementEntity> get(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext,
+                                     ElementEntity element) {
+    Row row = getElementAccessor(context).get(
+        elementContext.getSpace(),
+        elementContext.getItemId().toString(),
+        getVersionId(elementContext),
+        element.getId().toString()).one();
+
+    return row == null ? Optional.empty() : Optional.of(getElementEntity(element, row));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void createNamespace(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext,
+                              ElementEntity element) {
+    getElementNamespaceAccessor(context).create(
+        elementContext.getSpace(),
+        elementContext.getItemId().toString(),
+        element.getId().toString(),
+        element.getNamespace().toString());
+  }
+
+  private String getVersionId(ElementEntityContext elementContext) {
+    return elementContext.getChangeRef() == null
+        ? elementContext.getVersionId().toString()
+        : elementContext.getChangeRef();
+  }
+
+  private ElementNamespaceAccessor getElementNamespaceAccessor(SessionContext context) {
+    return CassandraDaoUtils.getAccessor(context, ElementNamespaceAccessor.class);
+  }
+
+  private ElementAccessor getElementAccessor(SessionContext context) {
+    return CassandraDaoUtils.getAccessor(context, ElementAccessor.class);
+  }
+
+  private VersionElementsAccessor getVersionElementsAccessor(SessionContext context) {
+    return CassandraDaoUtils.getAccessor(context, VersionElementsAccessor.class);
+  }
+
+  private void createElement(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext,
+                             ElementEntity element) {
+    Set<String> subElementIds =
+        element.getSubElementIds().stream().map(Id::toString).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    String versionId = getVersionId(elementContext);
+
+    getElementAccessor(context).create(
+        elementContext.getSpace(),
+        elementContext.getItemId().toString(),
+        versionId,
+        element.getId().toString(),
+        element.getParentId().toString(),
+        element.getNamespace().toString(),
+        JsonUtil.object2Json(element.getInfo()),
+        JsonUtil.object2Json(element.getRelations()),
+        element.getData(),
+        element.getSearchableData(),
+        element.getVisualization(),
+        subElementIds);
+
+    getVersionElementsAccessor(context).addElements(
+        Collections.singleton(element.getId().toString()),
+        elementContext.getSpace(),
+        elementContext.getItemId().toString(),
+        versionId);
+  }
+
+  private void updateElement(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext,
+                             ElementEntity element) {
+    getElementAccessor(context).update(
+        JsonUtil.object2Json(element.getInfo()),
+        JsonUtil.object2Json(element.getRelations()),
+        element.getData(),
+        element.getSearchableData(),
+        element.getVisualization(),
+        elementContext.getSpace(),
+        elementContext.getItemId().toString(),
+        elementContext.getVersionId().toString(),
+        element.getId().toString());
+  }
+
+  private void deleteElement(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext,
+                             ElementEntity element) {
+    String versionId = getVersionId(elementContext);
+
+    getElementAccessor(context).delete(
+        elementContext.getSpace(),
+        elementContext.getItemId().toString(),
+        versionId,
+        element.getId().toString());
+
+    getVersionElementsAccessor(context).removeElements(
+        Collections.singleton(element.getId().toString()),
+        elementContext.getSpace(),
+        elementContext.getItemId().toString(),
+        versionId);
+  }
+
+  private void addElementToParent(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext,
+                                  ElementEntity element) {
+    getElementAccessor(context).addSubElements(
+        Collections.singleton(element.getId().toString()),
+        elementContext.getSpace(),
+        elementContext.getItemId().toString(),
+        getVersionId(elementContext),
+        element.getParentId().toString());
+  }
+
+  private void removeElementFromParent(SessionContext context, ElementEntityContext elementContext,
+                                       ElementEntity element) {
+    if (element.getParentId() == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    getElementAccessor(context).removeSubElements(
+        Collections.singleton(element.getId().toString()),
+        elementContext.getSpace(),
+        elementContext.getItemId().toString(),
+        getVersionId(elementContext),
+        element.getParentId().toString());
+  }
+
+  private ElementEntity getElementEntity(ElementEntity element, Row row) {
+    element.setNamespace(getNamespace(row.getString(ElementField.NAMESPACE)));
+    element.setParentId(new Id(row.getString(ElementField.PARENT_ID)));
+    element.setInfo(json2Object(row.getString(ElementField.INFO), Info.class));
+    element.setRelations(
+        json2Object(row.getString(ElementField.RELATIONS), new TypeToken<ArrayList<Relation>>() {
+        }.getType()));
+    element.setData(row.getBytes(ElementField.DATA));
+    element.setSearchableData(row.getBytes(ElementField.SEARCHABLE_DATA));
+    element.setVisualization(row.getBytes(ElementField.VISUALIZATION));
+    element.setSubElementIds(row.getSet(ElementField.SUB_ELEMENT_IDS, String.class)
+        .stream().map(Id::new).collect(Collectors.toSet()));
+    return element;
+  }
+
+  private Namespace getNamespace(String namespaceStr) {
+    Namespace namespace = new Namespace();
+    if (namespaceStr != null) {
+      namespace.setValue(namespaceStr);
+    }
+    return namespace;
+  }
+
+  private static <T> T json2Object(String json, Type typeOfT) {
+    return json == null ? null : JsonUtil.json2Object(json, typeOfT);
+  }
+
+  private Set<String> getVersionElementIds(SessionContext context,
+                                           ElementEntityContext elementContext) {
+    Row row = getVersionElementsAccessor(context).get(
+        elementContext.getSpace(),
+        elementContext.getItemId().toString(),
+        getVersionId(elementContext)).one();
+    return row == null
+        ? new HashSet<>()
+        : row.getSet(CassandraElementRepository.VersionElementsField.ELEMENT_IDS, String.class);
+  }
+
+  /*
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS element_namespace (
+	space text,
+	item_id text,
+	element_id text,
+	namespace text,
+	PRIMARY KEY (( space, item_id, element_id ))
+);
+   */
+  @Accessor
+  interface ElementNamespaceAccessor {
+    @Query(
+        "UPDATE element_namespace SET namespace=:ns " +
+            "WHERE space=:space AND item_id=:item AND element_id=:id ")
+    void create(@Param("space") String space,
+                @Param("item") String itemId,
+                @Param("id") String elementId,
+                @Param("ns") String namespace);
+  }
+
+  /*
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS element (
+	space text,
+	item_id text,
+	version_id text,
+	element_id text,
+	parent_id text,
+	namespace text,
+	info text,
+	relations text,
+	data blob,
+	searchable_data blob,
+	visualization blob,
+	sub_element_ids set<text>,
+	PRIMARY KEY (( space, item_id, version_id, element_id ))
+);
+   */
+  @Accessor
+  interface ElementAccessor {
+    @Query(
+        "UPDATE element SET parent_id=:parentId, namespace=:ns, info=:info, relations=:rels, " +
+            "data=:data, searchable_data=:searchableData, visualization=:visualization, " +
+            "sub_element_ids=sub_element_ids+:subs " +
+            "WHERE space=:space AND item_id=:item AND version_id=:ver AND element_id=:id ")
+    void create(@Param("space") String space,
+                @Param("item") String itemId,
+                @Param("ver") String versionId,
+                @Param("id") String elementId,
+                @Param("parentId") String parentElementId,
+                @Param("ns") String namespace,
+                @Param("info") String info,
+                @Param("rels") String relations,
+                @Param("data") ByteBuffer data,
+                @Param("searchableData") ByteBuffer searchableData,
+                @Param("visualization") ByteBuffer visualization,
+                @Param("subs") Set<String> subElementIds);
+
+    @Query("UPDATE element SET info=?, relations=?, data=?, searchable_data=?, visualization=?" +
+        " WHERE space=? AND item_id=? AND version_id=? AND element_id=?  ")
+    void update(String info, String relations, ByteBuffer data, ByteBuffer searchableData,
+                ByteBuffer visualization, String space, String itemId, String versionId,
+                String elementId);
+
+    @Query("DELETE FROM element WHERE space=? AND item_id=? AND version_id=? AND element_id=?")
+    void delete(String space, String itemId, String versionId, String elementId);
+
+    @Query("SELECT parent_id, namespace, info, relations, data, searchable_data, visualization, " +
+        "sub_element_ids FROM element " +
+        "WHERE space=? AND item_id=? AND version_id=? AND element_id=? ")
+    ResultSet get(String space, String itemId, String versionId, String elementId);
+
+    @Query("UPDATE element SET sub_element_ids=sub_element_ids+? " +
+        " WHERE space=? AND item_id=? AND version_id=? AND element_id=?  ")
+    void addSubElements(Set<String> subElementIds, String space, String itemId, String versionId,
+                        String elementId);
+
+    @Query("UPDATE element SET sub_element_ids=sub_element_ids-? " +
+        " WHERE space=? AND item_id=? AND version_id=? AND element_id=? ")
+    void removeSubElements(Set<String> subElementIds, String space, String itemId, String versionId,
+                           String elementId);
+  }
+
+  private static final class ElementField {
+    private static final String NAMESPACE = "namespace";
+    private static final String PARENT_ID = "parent_id";
+    private static final String INFO = "info";
+    private static final String RELATIONS = "relations";
+    private static final String DATA = "data";
+    private static final String SEARCHABLE_DATA = "searchable_data";
+    private static final String VISUALIZATION = "visualization";
+    private static final String SUB_ELEMENT_IDS = "sub_element_ids";
+  }
+
+  /*
+  CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS version_elements (
+    space text,
+    item_id text,
+    version_id text,
+    element_ids set<text>,
+    PRIMARY KEY (( space, item_id, version_id ))
+  );
+   */
+  @Accessor
+  interface VersionElementsAccessor {
+
+    @Query("UPDATE version_elements SET element_ids=element_ids+? " +
+        "WHERE space=? AND item_id=? AND version_id=?")
+    void addElements(Set<String> elementIds, String space, String itemId, String versionId);
+
+    @Query("UPDATE version_elements SET element_ids=element_ids-? " +
+        "WHERE space=? AND item_id=? AND version_id=?")
+    void removeElements(Set<String> elementIds, String space, String itemId, String versionId);
+
+    @Query("SELECT element_ids FROM version_elements WHERE space=? AND item_id=? AND version_id=?")
+    ResultSet get(String space, String itemId, String versionId);
+  }
+
+  private static final class VersionElementsField {
+    private static final String ELEMENT_IDS = "element_ids";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/impl/CassandraElementRepositoryFactory.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/impl/CassandraElementRepositoryFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3072a6502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/impl/CassandraElementRepositoryFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016-2017 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.impl;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.ElementRepository;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.ElementRepositoryFactory;
+
+public class CassandraElementRepositoryFactory extends ElementRepositoryFactory {
+
+  private static final ElementRepository INSTANCE = new CassandraElementRepository();
+
+  @Override
+  public ElementRepository createInterface(SessionContext context) {
+    return INSTANCE;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/types/ElementEntity.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/types/ElementEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1663d83427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/dao/types/ElementEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016-2017 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.types;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Id;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Namespace;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Info;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Relation;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class ElementEntity {
+  private Id id;
+  private Id parentId;
+  private Namespace namespace;
+  private Info info;
+  private Collection<Relation> relations = Collections.emptyList();
+  private ByteBuffer data;
+  private ByteBuffer searchableData;
+  private ByteBuffer visualization;
+  private Set<Id> subElementIds = Collections.emptySet();
+
+  public ElementEntity(Id id) {
+    this.id = id;
+  }
+
+  public Id getParentId() {
+    return parentId;
+  }
+
+  public void setParentId(Id parentId) {
+    this.parentId = parentId;
+  }
+
+  public Id getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public void setId(Id id) {
+    this.id = id;
+  }
+
+  public Namespace getNamespace() {
+    return namespace;
+  }
+
+  public void setNamespace(Namespace namespace) {
+    this.namespace = namespace;
+  }
+
+  public Info getInfo() {
+    return info;
+  }
+
+  public void setInfo(Info info) {
+    this.info = info;
+  }
+
+  public Collection<Relation> getRelations() {
+    return relations;
+  }
+
+  public void setRelations(Collection<Relation> relations) {
+    this.relations = relations;
+  }
+
+  public ByteBuffer getData() {
+    return data;
+  }
+
+  public void setData(ByteBuffer data) {
+    this.data = data;
+  }
+
+  public ByteBuffer getSearchableData() {
+    return searchableData;
+  }
+
+  public void setSearchableData(ByteBuffer searchableData) {
+    this.searchableData = searchableData;
+  }
+
+  public ByteBuffer getVisualization() {
+    return visualization;
+  }
+
+  public void setVisualization(ByteBuffer visualization) {
+    this.visualization = visualization;
+  }
+
+  public Set<Id> getSubElementIds() {
+    return subElementIds;
+  }
+
+  public void setSubElementIds(Set<Id> subElementIds) {
+    this.subElementIds = subElementIds;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals(Object o) {
+    if (this == o) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    ElementEntity that = (ElementEntity) o;
+
+    return id.equals(that.id);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int hashCode() {
+    return id.hashCode();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/main/CassandraCollaborationStorePluginImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/main/CassandraCollaborationStorePluginImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bf9a8d25e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/main/CassandraCollaborationStorePluginImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016-2017 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.main;
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.commons.health.data.HealthInfo;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Id;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.Namespace;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ElementContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.Info;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.item.ItemVersionData;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.itemversion.ItemVersionHistory;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.itemversion.Tag;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.response.Response;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.response.ZusammenException;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.sdk.collaboration.CollaborationStore;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.sdk.collaboration.types.CollaborationElement;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.sdk.collaboration.types.CollaborationMergeChange;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.sdk.collaboration.types.CollaborationMergeResult;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.sdk.collaboration.types.CollaborationPublishResult;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.collaboration.ElementCollaborationStore;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.collaboration.VersionCollaborationStore;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+public class CassandraCollaborationStorePluginImpl implements CollaborationStore {
+
+  private VersionCollaborationStore versionCollaborationStore = new VersionCollaborationStore();
+  private ElementCollaborationStore elementCollaborationStore = new ElementCollaborationStore();
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> createItem(SessionContext context, Id id, Info info) {
+    // done by state store
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> deleteItem(SessionContext context, Id id) {
+    // done by state store
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> createItemVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId, Id id2,
+                                          ItemVersionData itemVersionData) {
+    // done by state store
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> updateItemVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId,
+                                          ItemVersionData itemVersionData) {
+    // done by state store
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> deleteItemVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId) {
+    // done by state store
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> tagItemVersion(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId, Id changeId,
+                                       Tag tag) {
+    versionCollaborationStore.tagItemVersion(context, itemId, versionId, changeId, tag);
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<CollaborationPublishResult> publishItemVersion(SessionContext context,
+                                                                 Id itemId, Id versionId,
+                                                                 String s) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("publishItemVersion");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<CollaborationMergeResult> syncItemVersion(SessionContext context, Id id,
+                                                            Id id1) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("syncItemVersion");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<CollaborationMergeResult> mergeItemVersion(SessionContext context, Id id,
+                                                             Id id1, Id id2) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("mergeItemVersion");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<ItemVersionHistory> listItemVersionHistory(SessionContext context, Id id,
+                                                             Id id1) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("listItemVersionHistory");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<CollaborationMergeChange> resetItemVersionHistory(SessionContext context,
+                                                                    Id itemId, Id versionId,
+                                                                    String changeRef) {
+    return new Response<>(versionCollaborationStore.resetItemVersionHistory(context, itemId, versionId, changeRef));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Collection<CollaborationElement>> listElements(SessionContext context,
+                                                                 ElementContext elementContext,
+                                                                 Namespace namespace,
+                                                                 Id elementId) {
+    return new Response<>(
+        elementCollaborationStore.listElements(context, elementContext, elementId));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<CollaborationElement> getElement(SessionContext context,
+                                                   ElementContext elementContext,
+                                                   Namespace namespace, Id elementId) {
+    return new Response<>(elementCollaborationStore.getElement(context, elementContext, elementId));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> createElement(SessionContext context, CollaborationElement element) {
+    elementCollaborationStore.createElement(context, element);
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> updateElement(SessionContext context, CollaborationElement element) {
+    elementCollaborationStore.updateElement(context, element);
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> deleteElement(SessionContext context, CollaborationElement element) {
+    elementCollaborationStore.deleteElement(context, element);
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> commitElements(SessionContext context, Id itemId, Id versionId, String s) {
+    // not needed
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<HealthInfo> checkHealth(SessionContext sessionContext) throws ZusammenException {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/main/CassandraStateStorePluginImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/main/CassandraStateStorePluginImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4767b2872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/zusammen/plugin/main/CassandraStateStorePluginImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016-2017 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.main;
+
+
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.SessionContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.datatypes.response.Response;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.plugin.statestore.cassandra.StateStoreImpl;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.plugin.statestore.cassandra.dao.types.ElementEntityContext;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.sdk.state.types.StateElement;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.ElementRepositoryFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.types.ElementEntity;
+
+import static org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.ZusammenPluginUtil.getSpaceName;
+
+public class CassandraStateStorePluginImpl extends StateStoreImpl {
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> createElement(SessionContext context, StateElement element) {
+    ElementEntity elementEntity = new ElementEntity(element.getId());
+    elementEntity.setNamespace(element.getNamespace());
+
+    ElementRepositoryFactory.getInstance().createInterface(context)
+        .createNamespace(context,
+            new ElementEntityContext(getSpaceName(context, element.getSpace()),
+                element.getItemId(), element.getVersionId()),
+            elementEntity);
+    // create element is done by collaboration store
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> updateElement(SessionContext context, StateElement element) {
+    // done by collaboration store
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Response<Void> deleteElement(SessionContext context, StateElement element) {
+    // done by collaboration store
+    return new Response(Void.TYPE);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd1e293b4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.ElementRepositoryFactory": "org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.dao.impl.CassandraElementRepositoryFactory"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/resources/zusammen.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/resources/zusammen.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e90d80f016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/openecomp-zusammen-plugin/src/main/resources/zusammen.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "configuration": {
+    "level": 10,
+    "plugins": {
+      "zusammen_state_store": {
+        "implementationClass": "org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.main.CassandraStateStorePluginImpl"
+      },
+      "zusammen_collaborative_store": {
+        "implementationClass": "org.openecomp.core.zusammen.plugin.main.CassandraCollaborationStorePluginImpl",
+        "properties": {
+          "master.branch": "main",
+          "private.path": "C:\\git\\private",
+          "public.path": "C:\\git\\public",
+          "blueprint.path": "C:\\git\\BP",
+          "public.url": "C:\\git\\public"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "properties": {
+
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cded9524b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-zusammen-lib/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<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>
+
+    <name>openecomp-zusammen-lib</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-zusammen-lib</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-core-lib</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    </parent>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>openecomp-zusammen-api</module>
+        <module>openecomp-zusammen-core</module>
+        <module>openecomp-zusammen-plugin</module>
+    </modules>
+
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/pom.xml
index 95a6ce7c45..2c8726e802 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/pom.xml
@@ -2,22 +2,23 @@
          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>
 
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+    <name>openecomp-core-lib</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-core-lib</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
     <parent>
         <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
         <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-
-    <artifactId>openecomp-core-lib</artifactId>
-    <name>openecomp-core-lib</name>
-
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
     <modules>
         <module>/openecomp-facade-lib</module>
         <module>/openecomp-nosqldb-lib</module>
         <module>/openecomp-utilities-lib</module>
         <module>/openecomp-config-lib</module>
+        <module>/openecomp-zusammen-lib</module>
     </modules>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d02ce28af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/pom.xml.versionsBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<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>
+
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+    <name>openecomp-core-lib</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-core-lib</artifactId>
+
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>/openecomp-facade-lib</module>
+        <module>/openecomp-nosqldb-lib</module>
+        <module>/openecomp-utilities-lib</module>
+        <module>/openecomp-config-lib</module>
+    </modules>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file