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Change-Id: Ia427bb3460cda3a896f8faced2de69eaf3807b74
Signed-off-by: Michael Lando <ml636r@att.com>

68 files changed, 5276 insertions, 0 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
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+<?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-core-lib</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>openecomp-config-lib</artifactId>
+
+    <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.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
+            <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
+            <version>6.9.10</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-vendor-software-product-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+</project>
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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
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+/*-
+ * ============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.applicationconfig;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.type.ApplicationConfigEntity;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.type.ConfigurationData;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+public interface ApplicationConfig {
+
+  ConfigurationData getConfigurationData(String namespace, String key);
+
+  void insertValue(String namespace, String key, String value);
+
+  Collection<ApplicationConfigEntity> getListOfConfigurationByNamespace(String namespace);
+}
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
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+/*-
+ * ============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.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() {
+    return AbstractFactory.getInstance(ApplicationConfigFactory.class);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/ApplicationConfigDao.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/ApplicationConfigDao.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.applicationconfig.dao;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.dao.BaseDao;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.type.ApplicationConfigEntity;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.type.ConfigurationData;
+
+
+public interface ApplicationConfigDao extends BaseDao<ApplicationConfigEntity> {
+
+  long getValueTimestamp(String namespace, String key);
+
+  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/dao/ApplicationConfigDaoFactory.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/ApplicationConfigDaoFactory.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.applicationconfig.dao;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.AbstractComponentFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.AbstractFactory;
+
+public abstract class ApplicationConfigDaoFactory
+    extends AbstractComponentFactory<ApplicationConfigDao> {
+
+  public static ApplicationConfigDaoFactory getInstance() {
+    return AbstractFactory.getInstance(ApplicationConfigDaoFactory.class);
+  }
+}
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
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/impl/ApplicationConfigDaoCassandraImpl.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.applicationconfig.dao.impl;
+
+import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSet;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.Row;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.Mapper;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.Result;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.annotations.Accessor;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.annotations.Query;
+import org.openecomp.core.dao.impl.CassandraBaseDao;
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.api.NoSqlDb;
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.factory.NoSqlDbFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.ApplicationConfigDao;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.type.ApplicationConfigEntity;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.type.ConfigurationData;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class ApplicationConfigDaoCassandraImpl extends CassandraBaseDao<ApplicationConfigEntity>
+    implements ApplicationConfigDao {
+
+  private static final NoSqlDb noSqlDb = NoSqlDbFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
+  private static final Mapper<ApplicationConfigEntity> mapper =
+      noSqlDb.getMappingManager().mapper(ApplicationConfigEntity.class);
+  private static final ApplicationConfigAccessor accessor =
+      noSqlDb.getMappingManager().createAccessor(ApplicationConfigAccessor.class);
+
+  @Override
+  protected Mapper<ApplicationConfigEntity> getMapper() {
+    return mapper;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected Object[] getKeys(ApplicationConfigEntity entity) {
+    return new Object[]{entity.getNamespace(), entity.getKey(), entity.getValue()};
+  }
+
+  @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());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void update(ApplicationConfigEntity entity) {
+    accessor.updateApplicationConfigData(entity.getNamespace(), entity.getKey(), entity.getValue());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ApplicationConfigEntity get(ApplicationConfigEntity entity) {
+    return accessor.get(entity.getNamespace(), entity.getKey());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public long getValueTimestamp(String namespace, String key) {
+    ResultSet resultSet = accessor.getValueAndTimestampOfConfigurationValue(namespace, key);
+
+    return resultSet.one().getLong("writetime(value)");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ConfigurationData getConfigurationData(String namespace, String key) {
+    //String value = accessor.getValue(namespace, key).one().getString("value");
+    ResultSet resultSet = accessor.getValueAndTimestampOfConfigurationValue(namespace, key);
+    Row one = resultSet.one();
+
+    if (Objects.nonNull(one)) {
+      return new ConfigurationData(one.getString("value"), one.getLong("writetime(value)"));
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+
+  @Accessor
+  interface ApplicationConfigAccessor {
+
+    @Query("select namespace, key, value from application_config where namespace=?")
+    Result<ApplicationConfigEntity> list(String namespace);
+
+    @Query("insert into application_config (namespace, key, value) values (?,?,?)")
+    ResultSet updateApplicationConfigData(String namespace, String key, String value);
+
+    @Query("select namespace, key, value from application_config where namespace=? and key=?")
+    ApplicationConfigEntity get(String namespace, String key);
+
+    @Query("select value, writetime(value) from application_config where namespace=? and key=?")
+    ResultSet getValueAndTimestampOfConfigurationValue(String namespace, String 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
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+/*-
+ * ============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.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();
+
+  @Override
+  public ApplicationConfigDao createInterface() {
+    return INSTANCE;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/type/ApplicationConfigEntity.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/dao/type/ApplicationConfigEntity.java
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+/*-
+ * ============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.applicationconfig.dao.type;
+
+
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.annotations.ClusteringColumn;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.annotations.PartitionKey;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.annotations.Table;
+
+@Table(keyspace = "dox", name = "application_config")
+public class ApplicationConfigEntity {
+
+  @PartitionKey
+  private String namespace;
+  @ClusteringColumn
+  private String key;
+  private String value;
+
+  /**
+   * Instantiates a new Application config entity.
+   *
+   * @param namespace the namespace
+   * @param key       the key
+   * @param value     the value
+   */
+  public ApplicationConfigEntity(String namespace, String key, String value) {
+    this.namespace = namespace;
+    this.key = key;
+    this.value = value;
+  }
+
+
+  public ApplicationConfigEntity() {
+  }
+
+
+  public String getNamespace() {
+    return namespace;
+  }
+
+  public void setNamespace(String namespace) {
+    this.namespace = namespace;
+  }
+
+  public String getKey() {
+    return key;
+  }
+
+  public void setKey(String key) {
+    this.key = key;
+  }
+
+  public String getValue() {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  public void setValue(String value) {
+    this.value = value;
+  }
+
+}
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
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+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/impl/ApplicationConfigFactoryImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.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();
+
+  @Override
+  public ApplicationConfig createInterface() {
+    return INSTANCE;
+  }
+}
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
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index 0000000000..ff9c9aea87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/impl/ApplicationConfigImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.applicationconfig.impl;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.ApplicationConfig;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.ApplicationConfigDao;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.ApplicationConfigDaoFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.type.ApplicationConfigEntity;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.type.ConfigurationData;
+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.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * The type Application config.
+ */
+public class ApplicationConfigImpl implements ApplicationConfig {
+  private static final ApplicationConfigDao applicationConfigDao =
+      ApplicationConfigDaoFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
+
+  private static final String CONFIGURATION_SEARCH_ERROR = "CONFIGURATION_NOT_FOUND";
+  private static final String CONFIGURATION_SEARCH_ERROR_MSG =
+      "Configuration for namespace %s and key %s was not found";
+
+  @Override
+  public ConfigurationData getConfigurationData(String namespace, String key) {
+    ConfigurationData configurationData = applicationConfigDao.getConfigurationData(namespace, key);
+
+    if (Objects.isNull(configurationData)) {
+      throw new CoreException(new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder()
+          .withCategory(ErrorCategory.APPLICATION)
+          .withId(CONFIGURATION_SEARCH_ERROR)
+          .withMessage(String.format(CONFIGURATION_SEARCH_ERROR_MSG, namespace, key))
+          .build());
+    }
+
+    return configurationData;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void insertValue(String namespace, String key, String value) {
+    ApplicationConfigEntity applicationConfigEntity =
+        new ApplicationConfigEntity(namespace, key, value);
+    applicationConfigDao.create(applicationConfigEntity);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Collection<ApplicationConfigEntity> getListOfConfigurationByNamespace(String namespace) {
+    ApplicationConfigEntity applicationConfigEntity =
+        new ApplicationConfigEntity(namespace, null, null);
+    return applicationConfigDao.list(applicationConfigEntity);
+  }
+}
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
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index 0000000000..53d3797e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/applicationconfig/type/ConfigurationData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.applicationconfig.type;
+
+public class ConfigurationData {
+
+  private String value;
+  private long timeStamp;
+
+  public ConfigurationData(String value, long timeStamp) {
+    this.value = value;
+    this.timeStamp = timeStamp;
+  }
+
+  public String getValue() {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  public void setValue(String value) {
+    this.value = value;
+  }
+
+  public long getTimeStamp() {
+    return timeStamp;
+  }
+
+  public void setTimeStamp(long timeStamp) {
+    this.timeStamp = timeStamp;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19d2cafe8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.ApplicationConfigFactory":"org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.impl.ApplicationConfigFactoryImpl",
+  "org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.ApplicationConfigDaoFactory":"org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.impl.ApplicationConfigDaoFactoryImpl"
+}
\ 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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e256e0b10a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<!--
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+
+
+	<appender name="DEBUG_ROLLING"
+			  class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+		<file>DOX-BE.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;
+
+
+		&lt;!&ndash; accept DEBUG and TRACE level &ndash;&gt;
+
+		<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
+			<fileNamePattern>/DOX-BE.log.%i
+			</fileNamePattern>
+			<minIndex>1</minIndex>
+			<maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
+		</rollingPolicy>
+
+		<triggeringPolicy
+				class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
+			<maxFileSize>20MB</maxFileSize>
+		</triggeringPolicy>
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>%level	[%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss}] - Method=%M,	Desc=&lt;%msg&gt;%n</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+
+	<root level="info">
+		<appender-ref ref="DEBUG_ROLLING" />
+	</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>
+
+</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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40cde1ecb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/sdc/applicationconfig/dao/ApplicationConfigImplDaoTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+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;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.applicationconfig.dao.ApplicationConfigDaoFactory;
+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.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+
+public class ApplicationConfigImplDaoTest {
+
+  private static final String SCHEMA_GENERATOR_INITIALIZATION_ERROR =
+      "SCHEMA_GENERATOR_INITIALIZATION_ERROR";
+  private static final String SCHEMA_GENERATOR_INITIALIZATION_ERROR_MSG =
+      "Error occurred while loading questionnaire schema templates";
+  private static ApplicationConfigDao applicationConfigDao =
+      ApplicationConfigDaoFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
+  private static ApplicationConfig applicationConfig =
+      ApplicationConfigFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
+
+//  @BeforeClass
+  public static void init() {
+    try {
+
+      ApplicationConfigEntity applicationConfigEntity1 =
+          new ApplicationConfigEntity("test - namespace", "vsp", "vspTemplate");
+      ApplicationConfigEntity applicationConfigEntity2 =
+          new ApplicationConfigEntity("test - namespace", "nic", "nicTemplate");
+      ApplicationConfigEntity applicationConfigEntity3 =
+          new ApplicationConfigEntity("test - namespace", "component", "componentTemplate");
+
+      applicationConfigDao.create(applicationConfigEntity1);
+      applicationConfigDao.create(applicationConfigEntity2);
+      applicationConfigDao.create(applicationConfigEntity3);
+
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      throw new CoreException(new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder().
+          withCategory(ErrorCategory.APPLICATION).
+          withId(SCHEMA_GENERATOR_INITIALIZATION_ERROR).
+          withMessage(SCHEMA_GENERATOR_INITIALIZATION_ERROR_MSG).
+          build());
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static String loadFileToString(String path) {
+    return new String(FileUtils.toByteArray(FileUtils.loadFileToInputStream(path)));
+  }
+
+//  @Test
+  public void testApplicationConfigTimestampValue() {
+    ConfigurationData configurationData = applicationConfig
+        .getConfigurationData("test - namespace", CompositionEntityType.vsp.name());
+
+    Assert.assertNotNull(configurationData);
+    Assert.assertNotEquals(configurationData.getTimeStamp(), 0);
+
+  }
+
+//  @Test(dependsOnMethods = "testApplicationConfigTimestampValue")
+  public void testNotExistingApplicationConfigTimestampValue() {
+    try {
+      applicationConfig.getConfigurationData("test - namespace", "aaa");
+    } catch (CoreException ce) {
+      Assert.assertEquals(ce.getMessage(),
+          "Configuration for namespace test - namespace and key aaa was not found");
+    }
+
+  }
+
+//  @Test(dependsOnMethods = "testApplicationConfigTimestampValue")
+  public void testInsertApplicationConfiguration() {
+    String testTemplate = loadFileToString("questionnaire/testTemplate.txt");
+    applicationConfig.insertValue("test_namespace", "test_key", testTemplate);
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(testTemplate,
+        applicationConfig.getConfigurationData("test_namespace", "test_key").getValue());
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/test/resources/questionnaire/testTemplate.txt b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/test/resources/questionnaire/testTemplate.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bb19c5984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-config-lib/src/test/resources/questionnaire/testTemplate.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "general": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "testObject":{
+            "type": "string"
+        }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccb3db833e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <name>openecomp-facade-api</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+
+
+    <dependencies>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-utilities-lib</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-common-lib</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53b8f00fc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/api/AbstractFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.factory.api;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.impl.AbstractFactoryBase;
+
+/**
+ * This class provides generic implementation of an abstract factory. Components exposed as Java
+ * interfaces should have their own concrete factories derived from the given class. This assures
+ * code alignment and consistency across all Service Management components.
+ * The class actually
+ * uses singleton pattern to instantiate and reuse just one instance of a factory. Therefore, each
+ * factory implementation has to be <i>thread-safe</i>.
+ * In a general case, the hierarchy of
+ * factory objects for an Java interface <tt>IUknown</tt> may look as follows:
+ * <pre>
+ *                     AbstractFactory&lt;IUnknown&gt;
+ *                                ^
+ *                                |
+ *   Application code ----> ConcreteFactory
+ *                                ^
+ *                                |
+ *                      +---------+---------+
+ *                      |                   |
+ *             BaselineFactoryImpl   CustomFactoryImpl
+ * </pre>
+ * Where the classes responsibility is: <ul> <li>Abstract factory - common logic to retrieve the
+ * implementation class name from a central repository.</li> <li>Concrete factory - abstract class
+ * that only exposes to application layer the type specific API such as: <ul> <li><tt>public static
+ * ConcreteFactory getInstance()</tt></li> </ul> <li>Baseline factory - out of the box
+ * implementation of concrete factory (that can be replaced by a custom one depending on customer
+ * needs) which actually implements method: <ul> <li><tt>public IUnknown createInterface()</tt></li>
+ * </ul> </ul> The normal concrete factory class may look like:
+ * <pre>
+ * public abstract class ConcreteFactory extends AbstractFactory&lt;IUnknown&gt; {
+ *   static {
+ *     registerFactory(ConcreteFactory.class, BaselineFactoryImpl.class);
+ *   }
+ * public static ConcreteFactory getInstance() {
+ * return AbstractFactory.&lt;IUnknown, ConcreteFactory.class&gt;getInstance(ConcreteFactory.class);
+ *   }
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * @param <I> Java interface type created by the factory.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractFactory<I> extends AbstractFactoryBase {
+
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the interface implementor instance.
+   * <b>Note</b>: It's up to the concrete factory to decide on the actual
+   * implementation of the returned interface. Therefore, the call can get the
+   * same instance per each call in case of singleton implementation or new
+   * instance otherwise. However, the API consumer may not assume anything
+   * regarding the underlying logic and has always go through the factory to
+   * obtain the reference.
+   *
+   * @return Implementor of the exposed Java interface.
+   */
+  public abstract I createInterface();
+
+} // End of 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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e19d9e972f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/impl/AbstractFactoryBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.factory.impl;
+
+import static org.openecomp.core.utilities.CommonMethods.isEmpty;
+import static org.openecomp.core.utilities.CommonMethods.newInstance;
+
+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.
+   */
+  private static Map<String, String> registry = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, String>();
+
+  /**
+   * Cached factory instances.
+   */
+  private static Map<String, AbstractFactoryBase> factoryMap =
+      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.
+   *
+   * @param <I>     Java interface type instantiated by abstract factory
+   * @param <F>     Type specific abstract factory for concrete Java interface
+   * @param factory Java class of a type specific abstract factory
+   * @param impl    Java class of type specific factory implementor
+   */
+  public static <I, F extends AbstractFactoryBase> void registerFactory(Class<F> factory,
+                                                                        Class<? extends F> impl) {
+    if (factory == null) {
+      throw new CoreException(
+          new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder().withId("E0001").withMessage("Mandatory input factory.")
+              .withCategory(ErrorCategory.SYSTEM).build());
+    }
+
+    if (impl == null) {
+      throw new CoreException(
+          new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder().withId("E0001").withMessage("Mandatory input impl.")
+              .withCategory(ErrorCategory.SYSTEM).build());
+    }
+    if (factoryMap != null && factoryMap.containsKey(factory.getName())) {
+      factoryMap.remove(factory.getName());
+    }
+    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);
+  } // registerFactory
+
+  /**
+   * Unregister factory.
+   *
+   * @param <F>     the type parameter
+   * @param factory the factory
+   */
+  public static <F extends AbstractFactoryBase> void unregisterFactory(Class<F> factory) {
+    if (factory == null) {
+      throw new CoreException(
+          new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder().withId("E0001").withMessage("Mandatory input factory.")
+              .withCategory(ErrorCategory.SYSTEM).build());
+    }
+    if (factoryMap != null) {
+      factoryMap.remove(factory.getName());
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Instantiates the configured implementation of an abstract factory.
+   *
+   * @param <I>         Java interface type instantiated by abstract factory
+   * @param <F>         Type specific abstract factory for concrete Java interface
+   * @param factoryType Java class of type specific abstract factory
+   * @return Instance of implementation class
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public static <I, F extends AbstractFactoryBase> F getInstance(Class<F> factoryType) {
+    if (factoryType == null) {
+      throw new CoreException(
+          new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder().withId("E0001")
+              .withMessage("Mandatory input factory type.").withCategory(ErrorCategory.SYSTEM)
+              .build());
+
+    }
+    // Pick up factory instance from cache
+    F factory = (F) factoryMap.get(factoryType.getName());
+    // Check for the first time access
+    if (factory == null) {
+      // Synchronize factory instantiation
+      synchronized (factoryType) {
+        // Re-check the factory instance
+        factory = (F) factoryMap.get(factoryType.getName());
+        if (factory == null) {
+          // Get the implementation class name
+          String implName = registry.get(factoryType.getName());
+
+          if (isEmpty(implName)) {
+            throw new CoreException(
+                new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder().withId("E0001")
+                    .withMessage("Mandatory input factory implementation.")
+                    .withCategory(ErrorCategory.SYSTEM).build());
+          }
+
+          factory = newInstance(implName, factoryType);
+
+          factory.init();
+
+          // Cache the instantiated singleton
+          factoryMap.put(factoryType.getName(), factory);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return factory;
+
+  } // getInstance
+
+
+  /**
+   * Is factory registered boolean.
+   *
+   * @param <F>         the type parameter
+   * @param factoryType the factory type
+   * @return the boolean
+   */
+  public static <F extends AbstractFactoryBase> boolean isFactoryRegistered(Class<F> factoryType) {
+    boolean isFactoryRegistered = false;
+    if (factoryType == null) {
+      throw new CoreException(
+          new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder().withId("E0001")
+              .withMessage("Mandatory input factory type.").withCategory(ErrorCategory.SYSTEM)
+              .build());
+    }
+    // Pick up factory instance from cache
+    F factory = (F) factoryMap.get(factoryType.getName());
+    // Check for the first time access
+    if (factory != null) {
+      isFactoryRegistered = true;
+    } else {
+      // Get the implementation class name
+      String implName = registry.get(factoryType.getName());
+      if (!isEmpty(implName)) {
+        isFactoryRegistered = true;
+      }
+    }
+    return isFactoryRegistered;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stop all.
+   */
+  public static void stopAll() {
+    Collection<AbstractFactoryBase> factorylist = factoryMap.values();
+    for (AbstractFactoryBase factory : factorylist) {
+      factory.stop();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * 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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c5d36abcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<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>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>openecomp-facade-core</artifactId>
+    <name>openecomp-facade-core</name>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+
+    <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>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/AbstractContextFactory.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/AbstractContextFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4e1a85fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/AbstractContextFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +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.factory;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.impl.AbstractFactoryBase;
+
+public abstract class AbstractContextFactory<I, C> extends AbstractFactoryBase {
+  public abstract I createInterface(C contextType);
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/FactoriesConfigImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/FactoriesConfigImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..173f9b15b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/FactoriesConfigImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.factory;
+
+
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.FactoriesConfiguration;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.file.FileUtils;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.json.JsonUtil;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public final class FactoriesConfigImpl implements FactoriesConfiguration {
+
+
+  private static final String FACTORY_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "factoryConfiguration.json";
+  private static Map factoryMap = new HashMap();
+  private static boolean initialized = false;
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  @Override
+  public Map<String, String> getFactoriesMap() {
+    synchronized (this) {
+      if (!initialized) {
+        init();
+        initialized = true;
+      }
+    }
+    return factoryMap;
+  }
+
+  private void init() {
+    List<InputStream> factoryConfigIsList = FileUtils.getFileInputStreams(FACTORY_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+    for (InputStream factoryConfigIs : factoryConfigIsList) {
+      factoryMap.putAll(JsonUtil.json2Object(factoryConfigIs, Map.class));
+    }
+  }
+
+
+}
+
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/FactoryConfig.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/FactoryConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d664cbee38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/FactoryConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.factory;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.FactoriesConfiguration;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.CommonMethods;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public final class FactoryConfig {
+
+  private static final FactoriesConfiguration INSTANCE;
+
+  static {
+
+    try {
+      INSTANCE = CommonMethods.newInstance(
+          "org.openecomp.core.factory.FactoriesConfigImpl", FactoriesConfiguration.class);
+    } catch (Exception exception) {
+      exception.printStackTrace();
+      throw exception;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static Map<String, String> getFactoriesMap() {
+    return INSTANCE.getFactoriesMap();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/api/AbstractComponentFactory.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/api/AbstractComponentFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9cd7749f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/api/AbstractComponentFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.factory.api;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.FactoryConfig;
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.impl.AbstractFactoryBase;
+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 java.util.Map;
+
+public abstract class AbstractComponentFactory<I> extends AbstractFactory<I> {
+
+  static {
+    Registry registry = new RegistryImpl();
+    InitializationHelper.registerFactoryMapping(registry);
+  }
+
+  interface Registry {
+    void register(String factory, String impl);
+  }
+
+  private static class RegistryImpl implements Registry {
+    @Override
+    public void register(String factory, String impl) {
+      AbstractFactoryBase.registerFactory(factory, impl);
+    }
+  }
+
+  static class InitializationHelper {
+
+
+    private static boolean isRegistered = false;
+
+    private InitializationHelper() {
+    }
+
+    static synchronized boolean registerFactoryMapping(Registry registry) {
+
+      boolean done = !isRegistered;
+
+      if (!isRegistered) {
+        registerFactoryMappingImpl(registry);
+        isRegistered = true;
+      }
+
+      return done;
+    }
+
+    private static void registerFactoryMappingImpl(Registry registry) {
+      Map<String, String> factoryMap = FactoryConfig.getFactoriesMap();
+
+      try {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : factoryMap.entrySet()) {
+          String abstractClassName = entry.getKey();
+          String concreteTypeName = entry.getValue();
+
+          if (CommonMethods.isEmpty(concreteTypeName)) {
+            throw new CoreException(
+                new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder().withId("E0003")
+                    .withMessage("Missing configuration value:" + concreteTypeName + ".")
+                    .withCategory(ErrorCategory.SYSTEM).build());
+
+          }
+
+          registry.register(abstractClassName, concreteTypeName);
+        }
+      } catch (RuntimeException exception) {
+        throw exception;
+      } catch (Exception exception) {
+        throw new RuntimeException(exception);
+      }
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private static <T> Class<T> unsecureCast(Class<?> cls) {
+      return (Class<T>) cls;
+    }
+
+    private static String nameOf(Class<?> clazz) {
+      return (clazz != null) ? clazz.getName() : "null";
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/api/FactoriesConfiguration.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/api/FactoriesConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8086181204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/openecomp-facade-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/factory/api/FactoriesConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.factory.api;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+
+public interface FactoriesConfiguration {
+
+  Map<String, String> getFactoriesMap();
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29e9cce688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-facade-lib/pom.xml
@@ -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>
+
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-core-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0-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>
+    </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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..174f2a36d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<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>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <name>openecomp-nosqldb-api</name>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-api</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openecomp-facade-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
+            <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${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>
+    </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/dao/BaseDao.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/BaseDao.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7623f8181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/BaseDao.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.dao;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+public interface BaseDao<T> {
+
+  Collection<T> list(T entity);
+
+  void create(T entity);
+
+  void update(T entity);
+
+  T get(T entity);
+
+  void delete(T entity);
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/UniqueValueDao.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/UniqueValueDao.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fa4bb23fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/UniqueValueDao.java
@@ -0,0 +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.dao;
+
+
+import org.openecomp.core.dao.types.UniqueValueEntity;
+
+public interface UniqueValueDao extends BaseDao<UniqueValueEntity> {
+
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/UniqueValueDaoFactory.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/UniqueValueDaoFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f57e4fadd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/UniqueValueDaoFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.dao;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.AbstractComponentFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.AbstractFactory;
+
+public abstract class UniqueValueDaoFactory extends AbstractComponentFactory<UniqueValueDao> {
+  public static UniqueValueDaoFactory getInstance() {
+    return AbstractFactory.getInstance(UniqueValueDaoFactory.class);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/types/UniqueValueEntity.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/types/UniqueValueEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1147644253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/types/UniqueValueEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.dao.types;
+
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.annotations.PartitionKey;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.annotations.Table;
+
+@Table(keyspace = "dox", name = "unique_value")
+public class UniqueValueEntity {
+
+  @PartitionKey
+  private String type;
+
+  @PartitionKey(value = 1)
+  private String value;
+
+  public UniqueValueEntity() {
+  }
+
+  public UniqueValueEntity(String type, String value) {
+    this.type = type;
+    this.value = value;
+  }
+
+  public String getType() {
+    return type;
+  }
+
+  public void setType(String type) {
+    this.type = type;
+  }
+
+  public String getValue() {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  public void setValue(String value) {
+    this.value = value;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/api/NoSqlDb.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/api/NoSqlDb.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b13ee71e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/api/NoSqlDb.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.nosqldb.api;
+
+import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSet;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.MappingManager;
+
+public interface NoSqlDb {
+
+  //TODO: remove cassandra types from here!! (like done in SDC...).
+
+  void insert(String tableName, String[] colNames, Object[] values);
+
+  ResultSet execute(String statement);
+
+  ResultSet execute(String statementName, Object... values);
+
+  MappingManager getMappingManager();
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/factory/NoSqlDbFactory.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/factory/NoSqlDbFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ede264f288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/factory/NoSqlDbFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.nosqldb.factory;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.AbstractComponentFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.factory.api.AbstractFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.api.NoSqlDb;
+
+
+public abstract class NoSqlDbFactory extends AbstractComponentFactory<NoSqlDb> {
+
+  public static NoSqlDbFactory getInstance() {
+
+    return AbstractFactory.getInstance(NoSqlDbFactory.class);
+  }
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a82c97c51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/util/UniqueValueUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.util;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.dao.UniqueValueDao;
+import org.openecomp.core.dao.UniqueValueDaoFactory;
+import org.openecomp.core.dao.types.UniqueValueEntity;
+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 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();
+
+  /**
+   * Create unique value.
+   *
+   * @param type              the type
+   * @param uniqueCombination the unique combination
+   */
+  public static void createUniqueValue(String type, String... uniqueCombination) {
+    Optional<String> value = formatValue(uniqueCombination);
+    if (!value.isPresent()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    validateUniqueValue(type, value.get(), uniqueCombination);
+    uniqueValueDao.create(new UniqueValueEntity(type, value.get()));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Delete unique value.
+   *
+   * @param type              the type
+   * @param uniqueCombination the unique combination
+   */
+  public static void deleteUniqueValue(String type, String... uniqueCombination) {
+    Optional<String> value = formatValue(uniqueCombination);
+    if (!value.isPresent()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    uniqueValueDao.delete(new UniqueValueEntity(type, value.get()));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Update unique value.
+   *
+   * @param type          the type
+   * @param oldValue      the old value
+   * @param newValue      the new value
+   * @param uniqueContext the unique context
+   */
+  public static void updateUniqueValue(String type, String oldValue, String newValue,
+                                       String... uniqueContext) {
+    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}));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Validate unique value.
+   *
+   * @param type              the type
+   * @param uniqueCombination the unique combination
+   */
+  public static void validateUniqueValue(String type, String... uniqueCombination) {
+    Optional<String> value = formatValue(uniqueCombination);
+    if (!value.isPresent()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    validateUniqueValue(type, value.get(), uniqueCombination);
+  }
+
+  private static void validateUniqueValue(String type, String value, String... uniqueCombination) {
+    if (uniqueValueDao.get(new UniqueValueEntity(type, value)) != null) {
+      throw new CoreException(new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder()
+          .withCategory(ErrorCategory.APPLICATION)
+          .withId(UNIQUE_VALUE_VIOLATION)
+          .withMessage(String.format(UNIQUE_VALUE_VIOLATION_MSG, type,
+              uniqueCombination[uniqueCombination.length - 1])).build());
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static Optional<String> formatValue(String[] uniqueCombination) {
+    if (uniqueCombination == null || uniqueCombination.length == 0
+        || uniqueCombination[uniqueCombination.length - 1] == null) {
+      return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    uniqueCombination[uniqueCombination.length - 1] =
+        uniqueCombination[uniqueCombination.length - 1].toLowerCase();
+    return Optional.of(CommonMethods.arrayToSeparatedString(uniqueCombination, '_'));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/resources/cassandraStatements.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/resources/cassandraStatements.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e83b9f0126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/resources/cassandraStatements.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "test.select.all": "SELECT * FROM test",
+  "test.drop": "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test",
+  "test.create": "CREATE TABLE test (name text PRIMARY KEY,value text)",
+  "test.insert": "INSERT INTO test (name,value) VALUES ( ?,?)"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d5440508f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-api/src/main/resources/factoryConfiguration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "org.openecomp.core.dao.UniqueValueDaoFactory": "org.openecomp.core.dao.impl.UniqueValueDaoFactoryImpl",
+  "org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.factory.NoSqlDbFactory": "org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.impl.cassandra.CassandraNoSqlDbFactoryImpl"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d799edb961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<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>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+    <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-core</artifactId>
+    <name>openecomp-nosqldb-core</name>
+
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <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>
+        </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>RELEASE</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/CassandraBaseDao.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/impl/CassandraBaseDao.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b3dbc4c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/impl/CassandraBaseDao.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.dao.impl;
+
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.Mapper;
+import org.openecomp.core.dao.BaseDao;
+
+public abstract class CassandraBaseDao<T> implements BaseDao<T> {
+  protected abstract Mapper<T> getMapper();
+
+  protected abstract Object[] getKeys(T entity);
+
+  @Override
+  public void create(T entity) {
+    getMapper().save(entity);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void update(T entity) {
+    getMapper().save(entity);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public T get(T entity) {
+    return getMapper().get(getKeys(entity));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void delete(T entity) {
+    getMapper().delete(entity);
+  }
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31dd602400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/impl/UniqueValueCassandraDaoImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.dao.impl;
+
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.Mapper;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.Result;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.annotations.Accessor;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.annotations.Query;
+import org.openecomp.core.dao.UniqueValueDao;
+import org.openecomp.core.dao.types.UniqueValueEntity;
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.api.NoSqlDb;
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.factory.NoSqlDbFactory;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+public class UniqueValueCassandraDaoImpl extends CassandraBaseDao<UniqueValueEntity>
+    implements UniqueValueDao {
+
+  private static NoSqlDb noSqlDb = NoSqlDbFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
+  private static Mapper<UniqueValueEntity> mapper =
+      noSqlDb.getMappingManager().mapper(UniqueValueEntity.class);
+  private static UniqueValueAccessor accessor =
+      noSqlDb.getMappingManager().createAccessor(UniqueValueAccessor.class);
+
+
+  @Override
+  protected Mapper<UniqueValueEntity> getMapper() {
+    return mapper;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected Object[] getKeys(UniqueValueEntity entity) {
+    return new Object[]{entity.getType(), entity.getValue()};
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Collection<UniqueValueEntity> list(UniqueValueEntity entity) {
+    return accessor.listAll().all();
+  }
+
+  @Accessor
+  interface UniqueValueAccessor {
+
+    @Query("select * from unique_value")
+    Result<UniqueValueEntity> listAll();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/impl/UniqueValueDaoFactoryImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/impl/UniqueValueDaoFactoryImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b717fcbee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/dao/impl/UniqueValueDaoFactoryImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.dao.impl;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.dao.UniqueValueDao;
+import org.openecomp.core.dao.UniqueValueDaoFactory;
+
+public class UniqueValueDaoFactoryImpl extends UniqueValueDaoFactory {
+  private static UniqueValueDao INSTANCE = new UniqueValueCassandraDaoImpl();
+
+  @Override
+  public UniqueValueDao createInterface() {
+    return INSTANCE;
+  }
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2922925171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraNoSqlDbFactoryImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.nosqldb.impl.cassandra;
+
+import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.api.NoSqlDb;
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.factory.NoSqlDbFactory;
+
+public class CassandraNoSqlDbFactoryImpl extends NoSqlDbFactory {
+
+  @Override
+  public NoSqlDb createInterface() {
+
+
+    return new CassandraNoSqlDbImpl(ReferenceHolder.CASSANDRA);
+  }
+
+  protected void stop() {
+    ReferenceHolder.CASSANDRA.close();
+  }
+
+  private static class ReferenceHolder {
+    private static final Session CASSANDRA = CassandraSessionFactory.getSession();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraNoSqlDbImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraNoSqlDbImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcac5f8d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraNoSqlDbImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.nosqldb.impl.cassandra;
+
+import com.datastax.driver.core.BoundStatement;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.PreparedStatement;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSet;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
+import com.datastax.driver.mapping.MappingManager;
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.api.NoSqlDb;
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.util.CassandraUtils;
+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;
+
+class CassandraNoSqlDbImpl implements NoSqlDb {
+
+  private final Session session;
+  private final String keySpace;
+  private final MappingManager mappingManager;
+
+
+  public CassandraNoSqlDbImpl(Session session) {
+    this.session = session;
+    this.keySpace = this.session.getLoggedKeyspace();
+    this.mappingManager = new MappingManager(this.session);
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void insert(String tableName, String[] colNames, Object[] values) {
+    if (colNames.length != values.length) {
+      throw new CoreException((new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder()).withMessage(
+          "number of colmuns[" + colNames.length + "] is not equal to the number of values["
+              + values.length + "].").withId("E0005").withCategory(ErrorCategory.APPLICATION)
+          .build());
+    }
+
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+    sb.append("insert into ")
+        .append(tableName)
+        .append(" (")
+        .append(CommonMethods.arrayToCommaSeparatedString(colNames))
+        .append(") values (")
+        .append(CommonMethods.duplicateStringWithDelimiter("?", ',', values.length))
+        .append(")");
+    System.out.println(sb.toString());
+    PreparedStatement prepared = session.prepare(sb.toString());
+
+    BoundStatement bound;
+    bound = prepared.bind(values);
+    session.execute(bound);
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ResultSet execute(String statement) {
+    return session.execute(statement);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ResultSet execute(String statementName, Object... values) {
+
+    String statement = CassandraUtils.getStatement(statementName);
+    if (statement == null) {
+      statement = statementName;
+    }
+    if (values != null) {
+      PreparedStatement prepared = session.prepare(statement);
+
+      BoundStatement bound;
+      bound = prepared.bind(values);
+      return session.execute(bound);
+    } else {
+      return session.execute(statement);
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public MappingManager getMappingManager() {
+    return mappingManager;
+  }
+
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b98f095b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/impl/cassandra/CassandraSessionFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.nosqldb.impl.cassandra;
+
+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;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.security.KeyManagementException;
+import java.security.KeyStore;
+import java.security.KeyStoreException;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory;
+
+public class CassandraSessionFactory {
+  public static Session getSession() {
+    return ReferenceHolder.CASSANDRA;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * New cassandra session session.
+   *
+   * @return the session
+   */
+  public static Session newCassandraSession() {
+    Cluster.Builder builder = Cluster.builder();
+    String[] addresses = CassandraUtils.getAddresses();
+    for (String address : addresses) {
+      builder.addContactPoint(address);
+    }
+    Boolean isSsl = CassandraUtils.isSsl();
+    if (isSsl) {
+      builder.withSSL(getSslOptions().get());
+    }
+    int port = CassandraUtils.getCassandraPort();
+    if (port > 0) {
+      builder.withPort(port);
+    }
+    //Check if user/pass
+    Boolean isAuthenticate = CassandraUtils.isAuthenticate();
+    if (isAuthenticate) {
+      builder.withCredentials(CassandraUtils.getUser(), CassandraUtils.getPassword());
+    }
+
+    Cluster cluster = builder.build();
+    String keyStore = CassandraUtils.getKeySpace();
+    return cluster.connect(keyStore);
+  }
+
+  private static Optional<SSLOptions> getSslOptions() {
+    Optional<String> truststorePath = Optional.of(CassandraUtils.getTruststore());
+    Optional<String> truststorePassword = Optional.of(CassandraUtils.getTruststorePassword());
+
+    if (truststorePath.isPresent() && truststorePassword.isPresent()) {
+      SSLContext context;
+      try {
+        context = getSslContext(truststorePath.get(), truststorePassword.get());
+      } catch (UnrecoverableKeyException | KeyManagementException
+          | NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyStoreException | CertificateException | IOException e0) {
+        throw new RuntimeException(e0);
+      }
+      String[] css = new String[]{"TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"};
+      return Optional.of(new SSLOptions(context, css));
+    }
+    return Optional.absent();
+  }
+
+  private static SSLContext getSslContext(String truststorePath, String truststorePassword)
+      throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyStoreException, CertificateException, IOException,
+      UnrecoverableKeyException, KeyManagementException {
+    FileInputStream tsf = null;
+    SSLContext ctx = null;
+    try {
+      tsf = new FileInputStream(truststorePath);
+      ctx = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
+
+      KeyStore ts = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS");
+      ts.load(tsf, truststorePassword.toCharArray());
+      TrustManagerFactory tmf =
+          TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
+      tmf.init(ts);
+
+      ctx.init(null, tmf.getTrustManagers(), new SecureRandom());
+    } catch (Exception e0) {
+      e0.printStackTrace();
+    } finally {
+      tsf.close();
+
+    }
+    return ctx;
+  }
+
+  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/CassandraUtils.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/util/CassandraUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a88d0e521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/util/CassandraUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.nosqldb.util;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.file.FileUtils;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.json.JsonUtil;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class CassandraUtils {
+
+
+  private static final String CASSANDRA_STATEMENT_DEFINITION_FILE = "cassandraStatements.json";
+  private static Map<String, String> statementMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+  public static String[] getAddresses() {
+    return ConfigurationManager.getInstance().getAddresses();
+
+  }
+
+  public static String getKeySpace() {
+    return ConfigurationManager.getInstance().getKeySpace();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets statement.
+   *
+   * @param statementName the statement name
+   * @return the statement
+   */
+  public static String getStatement(String statementName) {
+    if (statementMap.size() == 0) {
+      InputStream statementJson = FileUtils.getFileInputStream(CASSANDRA_STATEMENT_DEFINITION_FILE);
+      statementMap = JsonUtil.json2Object(statementJson, Map.class);
+    }
+    return statementMap.get(statementName);
+  }
+
+  public static String getUser() {
+
+    return ConfigurationManager.getInstance().getUsername();
+  }
+
+  public static String getPassword() {
+    return ConfigurationManager.getInstance().getPassword();
+
+  }
+
+  public static String getTruststore() {
+    return ConfigurationManager.getInstance().getTruststorePath();
+
+  }
+
+  public static String getTruststorePassword() {
+    return ConfigurationManager.getInstance().getTruststorePassword();
+
+  }
+
+  public static int getCassandraPort() {
+    return ConfigurationManager.getInstance().getSslPort();
+
+  }
+
+  public static boolean isSsl() {
+    return ConfigurationManager.getInstance().isSsl();
+
+  }
+
+  public static boolean isAuthenticate() {
+    return ConfigurationManager.getInstance().isAuthenticate();
+  }
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1c0b528fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/util/ConfigurationManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.nosqldb.util;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.yaml.YamlUtil;
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * The type Configuration manager.
+ */
+public class ConfigurationManager {
+
+  private static final String CONFIGURATION_YAML_FILE = "configuration.yaml";
+  private static final String cassandraKey = "cassandraConfig";
+  private static final String DEFAULT_KEYSPACE_NAME = "dox";
+  private static final String CASSANDRA_ADDRESSES = "cassandra.addresses";
+  private static final String CASSANDRA_DOX_KEY_STORE = "cassandra.dox.keystore";
+  private static final String CASSANDRA_AUTHENTICATE = "cassandra.authenticate";
+  private static final String CASSANDRA_USER = "cassandra.user";
+  private static final String CASSANDRA_PASSWORD = "cassandra.password";
+  private static final String CASSANDRA_PORT = "cassandra.port";
+  private static final String CASSANDRA_SSL = "cassandra.ssl";
+  private static final String CASSANDRA_TRUSTSTORE = "cassandra.Truststore";
+  private static final String CASSANDRA_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD = "cassandra.TruststorePassword";
+  private static final String cassandraHostsKey = "cassandraHosts";
+  private static final String cassandraPortKey = "port";
+  private static final String cassandraUsernameKey = "username";
+  private static final String cassandraPasswordKey = "password";
+  private static final String cassandraAuthenticateKey = "authenticate";
+  private static final String cassandraSSLKey = "ssl";
+  private static final String cassandraTruststorePathKey = "truststorePath";
+  private static final String cassandraTruststorePasswordKey = "truststorePassword";
+  private static ConfigurationManager instance = null;
+  private final LinkedHashMap<String, Object> cassandraConfiguration;
+
+
+  private ConfigurationManager() {
+    YamlUtil yamlUtil = new YamlUtil();
+    String configurationYamlFile = System.getProperty(CONFIGURATION_YAML_FILE);
+    InputStream yamlAsString;
+    if (configurationYamlFile != null) {
+      yamlAsString = getConfigFileIs(configurationYamlFile);
+    } else {
+      //Load from resources
+      yamlAsString = yamlUtil.loadYamlFileIs("/" + CONFIGURATION_YAML_FILE);
+    }
+    Map<String, LinkedHashMap<String, Object>> configurationMap = yamlUtil.yamlToMap(yamlAsString);
+    cassandraConfiguration = configurationMap.get(cassandraKey);
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets instance.
+   *
+   * @return the instance
+   */
+  public static ConfigurationManager getInstance() {
+    if (instance == null) {
+      instance = new ConfigurationManager();
+    }
+    return instance;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get addresses string [ ].
+   *
+   * @return the string [ ]
+   */
+  public String[] getAddresses() {
+
+    String addresses = System.getProperty(CASSANDRA_ADDRESSES);
+    if (addresses != null) {
+      return addresses.split(",");
+    }
+    List locAddresses = (ArrayList) cassandraConfiguration.get(cassandraHostsKey);
+    String[] addressesArray;
+    addressesArray = (String[]) locAddresses.toArray(new String[locAddresses.size()]);
+    return addressesArray;
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets key space.
+   *
+   * @return the key space
+   */
+  public String getKeySpace() {
+    String keySpace = System.getProperty(CASSANDRA_DOX_KEY_STORE);
+    if (keySpace == null) {
+      //keySpace = cassandraConfiguration.get(cassandraKeySpaceKey);
+      //if (keySpace == null)
+      keySpace = DEFAULT_KEYSPACE_NAME;
+    }
+    return keySpace;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets username.
+   *
+   * @return the username
+   */
+  public String getUsername() {
+    String username = System.getProperty(CASSANDRA_USER);
+    if (username == null) {
+      username = (String) cassandraConfiguration.get(cassandraUsernameKey);
+    }
+    return username;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets password.
+   *
+   * @return the password
+   */
+  public String getPassword() {
+    String password = System.getProperty(CASSANDRA_PASSWORD);
+    if (password == null) {
+      password = (String) cassandraConfiguration.get(cassandraPasswordKey);
+    }
+    return password;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets truststore path.
+   *
+   * @return the truststore path
+   */
+  public String getTruststorePath() {
+    String truststorePath = System.getProperty(CASSANDRA_TRUSTSTORE);
+    if (truststorePath == null) {
+      truststorePath = (String) cassandraConfiguration.get(cassandraTruststorePathKey);
+    }
+    return truststorePath;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets truststore password.
+   *
+   * @return the truststore password
+   */
+  public String getTruststorePassword() {
+    String truststorePassword = System.getProperty(CASSANDRA_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD);
+    if (truststorePassword == null) {
+      truststorePassword = (String) cassandraConfiguration.get(cassandraTruststorePasswordKey);
+    }
+    return truststorePassword;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets ssl port.
+   *
+   * @return the ssl port
+   */
+  public int getSslPort() {
+    int port;
+    String sslPort = System.getProperty(CASSANDRA_PORT);
+    if (sslPort == null) {
+      sslPort = (String) cassandraConfiguration.get(cassandraPortKey);
+      if (sslPort == null) {
+        sslPort = "0";
+      }
+    }
+    port = Integer.valueOf(sslPort);
+    return port;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Is ssl boolean.
+   *
+   * @return the boolean
+   */
+  public boolean isSsl() {
+    return getBooleanResult(CASSANDRA_SSL, cassandraSSLKey);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Is authenticate boolean.
+   *
+   * @return the boolean
+   */
+  public boolean isAuthenticate() {
+    return getBooleanResult(CASSANDRA_AUTHENTICATE, cassandraAuthenticateKey);
+  }
+
+  private Boolean getBooleanResult(String property, String key) {
+    Boolean res;
+    String value;
+    if (System.getProperty(property) == null) {
+      value = String.valueOf(cassandraConfiguration.get(key));
+    } else {
+      value = System.getProperty(property);
+    }
+
+    res = Boolean.valueOf(value);
+
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  private InputStream getConfigFileIs(String file) {
+    InputStream is = null;
+    try {
+      is = new FileInputStream(file);
+    } catch (FileNotFoundException e0) {
+      e0.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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0988f50237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/main/resources/configuration.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+identificationHeaderFields:
+   - HTTP_IV_USER
+   - HTTP_CSP_FIRSTNAME
+   - HTTP_CSP_LASTNAME
+   - HTTP_IV_REMOTE_ADDRESS
+   - HTTP_CSP_WSTYPE
+
+
+
+# catalog backend hostname
+beFqdn: sdccatalog.att.com
+
+# catalog backend http port
+beHttpPort: 8080
+
+# catalog backend http context
+beContext: /sdc/rest/config/get
+
+# catalog backend protocol
+beProtocol: http
+
+# catalog backend ssl port
+beSslPort: 8443
+
+version: 1.0
+released: 2012-11-30
+
+titanCfgFile: /home/vagrant/catalog-be/config/catalog-be/titan.properties
+titanInMemoryGraph: false
+titanLockTimeout: 30
+titanReconnectIntervalInSeconds: 3
+titanHealthCheckReadTimeout: 1
+esReconnectIntervalInSeconds: 3
+uebHealthCheckReconnectIntervalInSeconds: 15
+uebHealthCheckReadTimeout: 4
+
+# Protocols
+protocols:
+   - http
+   - https
+
+# Users
+users:
+    tom: passwd
+    bob: passwd
+
+neo4j:
+    host: neo4jhost
+    port: 7474
+    user: neo4j
+    password: "12345"
+
+cassandraConfig:
+    cassandraHosts: ['127.0.0.1']
+    reconnectTimeout : 30000
+    authenticate: false
+    username: sdc_user
+    password: Aa1234%^!
+    ssl: false
+    truststorePath : /path/path
+    truststorePassword : Aa123456
+    keySpaces:
+        - { name: dox, replicationStrategy: SimpleStrategy, replicationInfo: ['1']}
+        - { name: sdcartifact, replicationStrategy: SimpleStrategy, replicationInfo: ['1']}
+
+#Application-specific settings of ES
+elasticSearch:
+    # Mapping of index prefix to time-based frame. For example, if below is configured:
+    #
+    # - indexPrefix: auditingevents
+    #    creationPeriod: minute
+    #
+    # then ES object of type which is mapped to "auditingevents-*" template, and created on 2015-12-23 13:24:54, will enter "auditingevents-2015-12-23-13-24" index.
+    # Another object created on 2015-12-23 13:25:54, will enter "auditingevents-2015-12-23-13-25" index.
+    # If creationPeriod: month, both of the above will enter "auditingevents-2015-12" index.
+    #
+    # PLEASE NOTE: the timestamps are created in UTC/GMT timezone! This is needed so that timestamps will be correctly presented in Kibana.
+    #
+    # Legal values for creationPeriod - year, month, day, hour, minute, none (meaning no time-based behaviour).
+    #
+    # If no creationPeriod is configured for indexPrefix, default behavour is creationPeriod: month.
+
+    indicesTimeFrequency:
+      - indexPrefix: auditingevents
+        creationPeriod: month
+      - indexPrefix: monitoring_events
+        creationPeriod: month
+
+artifactTypes:
+   - CHEF
+   - PUPPET
+   - SHELL
+   - YANG
+   - YANG_XML
+   - HEAT
+   - BPEL
+   - DG_XML
+   - MURANO_PKG
+   - OTHER
+
+licenseTypes:
+   - User
+   - Installation
+   - CPU
+
+#Deployment artifacts placeHolder
+deploymentResourceArtifacts:
+  heat:
+      displayName: "HEAT Template"
+      type: HEAT
+
+deploymentResourceInstanceArtifacts:
+  heatEnv:
+      displayName: "HEAT ENV"
+      type: HEAT_ENV
+      description: "Auto-generated HEAT Environment deployment artifact"
+      fileExtension: "env"
+
+#Informational artifacts placeHolder
+excludeResourceCategory:
+  - Generic
+informationalResourceArtifacts:
+  features:
+      displayName: Features
+      type: OTHER
+  capacity:
+      displayName: Capacity
+      type: OTHER
+  vendorTestResult:
+      displayName: Vendor Test Result
+      type: OTHER
+  testScripts:
+      displayName: Test Scripts
+      type: OTHER
+  cloudQuestionnaire:
+      displayName: Cloud Questionnaire (completed)
+      type: OTHER
+  HEATTemplateFromVendor:
+      displayName: HEAT Template from Vendor
+      type: HEAT
+
+excludeServiceCategory:
+
+informationalServiceArtifacts:
+  messageFlows:
+      displayName: Message Flows
+      type: OTHER
+  instantiationFlows:
+      displayName: Management Flows
+      type: OTHER
+  serviceArtifactPlan:
+      displayName: Service Artifact Plan
+      type: OTHER
+  summaryOfImpactsToECOMPElements:
+      displayName: Summary of impacts to ECOMP elements,OSSs, BSSs
+      type: OTHER
+  controlLoopFunctions:
+      displayName: Control Loop Functions
+      type: OTHER
+  dimensioningInfo:
+      displayName: Dimensioning Info
+      type: OTHER
+  affinityRules:
+      displayName: Affinity Rules
+      type: OTHER
+  operationalPolicies:
+      displayName: Operational Policies
+      type: OTHER
+  serviceSpecificPolicies:
+      displayName: Service-specific Policies
+      type: OTHER
+  engineeringRules:
+      displayName: Engineering Rules (ERD)
+      type: OTHER
+  distributionInstructions:
+      displayName: Distribution Instructions
+      type: OTHER
+  certificationTestResults:
+      displayName: TD Certification Test Results
+      type: OTHER
+  deploymentVotingRecord:
+      displayName: Deployment Voting Record
+      type: OTHER
+  serviceQuestionnaire:
+      displayName: Service Questionnaire
+      type: OTHER
+
+serviceApiArtifacts:
+  configuration:
+      displayName: Configuration
+      type: OTHER
+  instantiation:
+      displayName: Instantiation
+      type: OTHER
+  monitoring:
+      displayName: Monitoring
+      type: OTHER
+  reporting:
+      displayName: Reporting
+      type: OTHER
+  logging:
+      displayName: Logging
+      type: OTHER
+  testing:
+      displayName: Testing
+      type: OTHER
+
+
+additionalInformationMaxNumberOfKeys: 50
+
+systemMonitoring:
+    enabled: false
+    isProxy: false
+    probeIntervalInSeconds: 15
+
+defaultHeatArtifactTimeoutMinutes: 60
+
+serviceDeploymentArtifacts:
+
+resourceDeploymentArtifacts:
+    HEAT:
+        acceptedTypes:
+            - yaml
+            - yml
+
+resourceInformationalDeployedArtifacts:
+    YANG_XML:
+        acceptedTypes:
+            - xml
+
+
+unLoggedUrls:
+   - /sdc2/rest/healthCheck
+
+cleanComponentsConfiguration:
+    cleanIntervalInMinutes: 1440
+    componentsToClean:
+       - Resource
+
+artifactsIndex: resources
+
+heatEnvArtifactHeader:
+    " # _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________\n
+  #|                                    					    AT&T Proprietary (Restricted)           								 	  |\n
+  #|                                     Only for use by authorized individuals or any above-designated team(s)                            |\n
+  #|                                          within the AT&T companies and not for general distribution      							  |\n
+  #|_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|\n"
+heatEnvArtifactFooter:
+    " # _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________\n
+  #|                                    					    AT&T Proprietary (Restricted)           								 	  |\n
+  #|                                     Only for use by authorized individuals or any above-designated team(s)                            |\n
+  #|                                          within the AT&T companies and not for general distribution      							  |\n
+  #|_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|\n"
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e53c482b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/nosqldb/NoSqlDbTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.nosqldb;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.api.NoSqlDb;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.nosqldb.factory.NoSqlDbFactory;
+
+import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSet;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.Row;
+
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class NoSqlDbTest {
+
+    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(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(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"));
+        }
+    }
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..baf9bfb350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/Yaml/YamlUtilTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.utilities.Yaml;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.yaml.YamlUtil;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import testobjects.yaml.YamlFile;
+
+
+public class YamlUtilTest {
+
+  String yamlContent;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setup() {
+    initYamlFileContent();
+  }
+
+  void initYamlFileContent() {
+    yamlContent = "heat_template_version: ss\n" +
+        "description: ab\n" +
+        "parameters:\n" +
+        "  jsa_net_name:    \n" +
+        "    description: network name of jsa log network\n" +
+        "    hidden: true\n" +
+        "    inner:\n" +
+        "        inner1:\n" +
+        "            name: shiri\n" +
+        "        inner2:\n" +
+        "            name: avi";
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldConvertSimpleYamlToObject() {
+    new YamlUtil().yamlToObject(yamlContent, YamlFile.class);
+  }
+
+
+    /*public void loadCassandraParameters(){
+        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);
+        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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cf8988c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtilTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.utilities.json;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class JsonUtilTest {
+  @Test
+  public void abc() {
+    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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eda4143e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/InnerP.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package testobjects.yaml;
+
+public class InnerP {
+  String name;
+  String label;
+
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  public String getLabel() {
+    return label;
+  }
+
+  public void setLabel(String label) {
+    this.label = 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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..febcef9c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/Parameter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package testobjects.yaml;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class Parameter {
+  String name;
+  String label;
+  String description;
+  String paramDefault;
+  boolean hidden;
+  Map<String, InnerP> inner;
+
+  public Map<String, InnerP> getInner() {
+    return inner;
+  }
+
+  public void setInner(Map<String, InnerP> inner) {
+    this.inner = inner;
+  }
+
+  public String getParamDefault() {
+    return paramDefault;
+  }
+
+  public void setParamDefault(String paramDefault) {
+    this.paramDefault = paramDefault;
+  }
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  public String getLabel() {
+    return label;
+  }
+
+  public void setLabel(String label) {
+    this.label = label;
+  }
+
+  public String getDescription() {
+    return description;
+  }
+
+  public void setDescription(String description) {
+    this.description = description;
+  }
+
+  public String getDefault() {
+    return paramDefault;
+  }
+
+  public void setDefault(String paramDefault) {
+    this.paramDefault = paramDefault;
+  }
+
+  public boolean isHidden() {
+    return hidden;
+  }
+
+  public void setHidden(boolean hidden) {
+    this.hidden = hidden;
+  }
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c4989da37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-core/src/test/java/testobjects/yaml/YamlFile.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package testobjects.yaml;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class YamlFile {
+  String heat_template_version;
+  String description;
+  Map<String, Parameter> parameters;
+
+
+  public YamlFile() {
+  }
+
+  public String getHeat_template_version() {
+    return heat_template_version;
+  }
+
+  public void setHeat_template_version(String heat_template_version) {
+    this.heat_template_version = heat_template_version;
+  }
+
+  public String getDescription() {
+    return description;
+  }
+
+  public void setDescription(String description) {
+    this.description = description;
+  }
+
+  public Map<String, Parameter> getParameters() {
+    return parameters;
+  }
+
+  public void setParameters(Map<String, Parameter> parameters) {
+    this.parameters = parameters;
+  }
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb1d810547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-nosqldb-lib/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<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>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>openecomp-nosqldb-lib</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+    <name>openecomp-nosqldb-lib</name>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7a53a32f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<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>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-core-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>openecomp-utilities-lib</artifactId>
+    <name>openecomp-utilities-lib</name>
+
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+            <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+            <version>1.14</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>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>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <version>RELEASE</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.codehaus.jackson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.everit.json</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.everit.json.schema</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.everit.json.schema.version}</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>
+    </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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..343636bd15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/CommonMethods.java
@@ -0,0 +1,555 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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;
+
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+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 default constructor to prevent instantiation of the class objects.
+   */
+  private CommonMethods() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Serializes an object instance into byte array.
+   *
+   * @param object An instance to be serialized.
+   * @return Java array of bytes.
+   * @see #deserializeObject(byte[]) #deserializeObject(byte[])
+   */
+  public static byte[] serializeObject(Serializable object) {
+    ByteArrayOutputStream byteArray = new ByteArrayOutputStream(2048);
+    try {
+      ObjectOutputStream ds = new ObjectOutputStream(byteArray);
+      ds.writeObject(object);
+      ds.close();
+    } catch (IOException e0) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e0);
+    }
+
+    return byteArray.toByteArray();
+  } // serializeObject
+
+  /**
+   * Deserializes an object instance.
+   *
+   * @param bytes Java array of bytes.
+   * @return Deserialized instance of an object.
+   * @see #serializeObject(Serializable) #serializeObject(Serializable)
+   */
+  public static Serializable deserializeObject(byte[] bytes) {
+    Serializable obj = null;
+    try {
+      ObjectInputStream stream = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
+      obj = (Serializable) stream.readObject();
+      stream.close();
+    } catch (IOException | ClassNotFoundException e0) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e0);
+    }
+
+    return obj;
+  } // deserializeObject
+
+  /**
+   * Encodes binary byte stream to ASCII format.
+   *
+   * @param binary An Java array of bytes in binary format.
+   * @return An Java array of bytes encoded in ASCII format.
+   * @see #decode(byte[]) #decode(byte[])
+   */
+  public static byte[] encode(byte[] binary) {
+    return Base64.encodeBase64(binary);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Decodes ASCII byte stream into binary format.
+   *
+   * @param ascii An Java array of bytes in ASCII format.
+   * @return An Java array of bytes encoded in binary format.
+   * @see #encode(byte[]) #encode(byte[])
+   */
+  public static byte[] decode(byte[] ascii) {
+    return Base64.decodeBase64(ascii);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks whether the given <tt>Object</tt> is empty.
+   *
+   * @param obj Object to be checked.
+   * @return <tt>true</tt> - if the Object is null, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
+   */
+  public static boolean isEmpty(Object obj) {
+    return obj == null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks whether the given <tt>Object</tt> is empty.
+   *
+   * @param byteArray Object to be checked.
+   * @return <tt>true</tt> - if the Object is null, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
+   */
+  public static boolean isEmpty(byte[] byteArray) {
+    return (byteArray == null || byteArray.length == 0);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks whether the given <tt>String</tt> is empty.
+   *
+   * @param str String object to be checked.
+   * @return <tt>true</tt> - if the String is null or empty, <tt>false</tt> - otherwise.
+   */
+  public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
+    return str == null || str.length() == 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks whether the given Java array is empty.
+   *
+   * @param array Java array to be checked.
+   * @return <tt>true</tt> - if the array is null or empty, <tt>false</tt> - otherwise.
+   */
+  public static boolean isEmpty(Object[] array) {
+    return array == null || array.length == 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks whether the given collection is empty.
+   *
+   * @param collection A collection to be checked.
+   * @return <tt>true</tt> - if the collection is null or empty, <tt>false</tt> - otherwise.
+   */
+  public static boolean isEmpty(Collection<?> collection) {
+    return collection == null || collection.isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks whether the given map is empty.
+   *
+   * @param map A map to be checked.
+   * @return <tt>true</tt> - if the map is null or empty, <tt>false</tt> - otherwise.
+   */
+  public static boolean isEmpty(Map<?, ?> map) {
+    return map == null || map.isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * 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).
+   */
+  public static long[] toPrimitive(Long[] array) {
+    if (array == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    long[] result = new long[array.length];
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      result[i] = array[i] != null ? array[i] : 0L;
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts a collection to Java array.
+   *
+   * @param <T>  Java type of the collection element.
+   * @param col  Collection to be converted to array
+   * @param type Java type of collection/array element
+   * @return An Java array of collection elements, or empty array if collection is null or empty.
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public static <T> T[] toArray(Collection<? extends T> col, Class<T> type) {
+    int length = isEmpty(col) ? 0 : col.size();
+    T[] array = (T[]) Array.newInstance(type, length);
+    return col != null ? col.toArray(array) : array;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets an universally unique identifier (UUID).
+   *
+   * @return String representation of generated UUID.
+   */
+  public static String nextUuId() {
+    UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
+
+    StringBuilder buff = new StringBuilder(32);
+    long2string(uuid.getMostSignificantBits(), buff);
+    long2string(uuid.getLeastSignificantBits(), buff);
+
+    return buff.toString();
+  }
+
+  private static void long2string(long lng, StringBuilder buff) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+      long nextByte = lng & 0xF000000000000000L;
+      lng <<= 4;
+      boolean isNegative = nextByte < 0;
+      nextByte = rightShift(nextByte, 60);
+
+      if (isNegative) {
+        nextByte |= 0x08;
+      }
+
+      buff.append(CHARS[(int) nextByte]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static long rightShift(long lng, int num) {
+    return lng >>> num;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Concatenates two Java arrays. The method allocates a new array and copies
+   * all elements to it or returns one of input arrays if another one is
+   * 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.
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public static <T> T[] concat(T[] left, T[] right) {
+    T[] res = null;
+
+    if (isEmpty(left)) {
+      res = right;
+    } else if (isEmpty(right)) {
+      res = left;
+    } else {
+      res = (T[]) Array.newInstance(left[0].getClass(), left.length + right.length);
+      System.arraycopy(left, 0, res, 0, left.length);
+      System.arraycopy(right, 0, res, left.length, right.length);
+    }
+
+    return res;
+  } // concat
+
+  /**
+   * Casts an object to the class or interface represented by the specified
+   * <tt>Class</tt> object. The method logic is similar to Java method
+   * <tt>Class.cast(Object)</tt> with the only difference that unlike Java's
+   * version the type name of the current object instance is specified in the
+   * error message if casting fails to simplify error tracking.
+   *
+   * @param <B> the type parameter
+   * @param <D> the type parameter
+   * @param b0  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.
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public static <B, D> D cast(B b0, Class<D> cls) {
+    D d0 = null;
+    if (b0 != null) {
+      if (!cls.isInstance(b0)) {
+        throw new ClassCastException(String
+            .format("Failed to cast from '%s' to '%s'", b0.getClass().getName(), cls.getName()));
+      } else {
+        d0 = (D) b0;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return d0;
+  } // cast
+
+  /**
+   * New instance object.
+   *
+   * @param classname the classname
+   * @return the object
+   */
+  public static Object newInstance(String classname) {
+    return newInstance(classname, Object.class);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * New instance t.
+   *
+   * @param <T>       the type parameter
+   * @param classname the classname
+   * @param cls       the cls
+   * @return the t
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public static <T> T newInstance(String classname, Class<T> cls) {
+
+    if (isEmpty(classname)) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+    }
+
+    if (cls == null) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      Class<?> temp = Class.forName(classname);
+
+      if (!cls.isAssignableFrom(temp)) {
+        throw new ClassCastException(
+            String.format("Failed to cast from '%s' to '%s'", classname, cls.getName()));
+      }
+
+      Class<? extends T> impl = (Class<? extends T>) temp;
+
+      return newInstance(impl);
+    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e0) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(e0);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * New instance t.
+   *
+   * @param <T> the type parameter
+   * @param cls the cls
+   * @return the t
+   */
+  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);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets resources path.
+   *
+   * @param resourceName the resource name
+   * @return the resources path
+   */
+  public static String getResourcesPath(String resourceName) {
+    URL resourceUrl = CommonMethods.class.getClassLoader().getResource(resourceName);
+    String resourcePath = resourceUrl.getPath();
+    String dirPath = resourcePath.substring(0, resourcePath.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
+
+    return dirPath;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets stack trace.
+   *
+   * @param t0 the t 0
+   * @return the stack trace
+   */
+  public static String getStackTrace(Throwable t0) {
+    if (null == t0) {
+      return "";
+    }
+    StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+    t0.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
+    return sw.toString();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Print stack trace string.
+   *
+   * @return the string
+   */
+  public static String printStackTrace() {
+
+    StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+    StackTraceElement[] trace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
+    for (StackTraceElement traceElement : trace) {
+      sw.write("\t  " + traceElement);
+      sw.write(System.lineSeparator());
+    }
+    String str = sw.toString();
+    try {
+      sw.close();
+    } catch (IOException e0) {
+      System.err.println(e0);
+    }
+    return str;
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Is equal object boolean.
+   *
+   * @param obj1 the obj 1
+   * @param obj2 the obj 2
+   * @return the boolean
+   */
+  public static boolean isEqualObject(Object obj1, Object obj2) {
+    boolean isEqualValue = false;
+    if (obj1 == null && obj2 == null) {
+      isEqualValue = true;
+    }
+
+    if (!isEqualValue && obj1 != null && obj2 != null && obj1.equals(obj2)) {
+      isEqualValue = true;
+    }
+    return isEqualValue;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts array of strings to comma-separated string.
+   *
+   * @param arr array of strings
+   * @return the string
+   */
+  public static String arrayToCommaSeparatedString(String[] arr) {
+    return arrayToSeparatedString(arr, ',');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Collection to comma separated string string.
+   *
+   * @param elementCollection the element collection
+   * @return the string
+   */
+  public static String collectionToCommaSeparatedString(Collection<String> elementCollection) {
+    List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
+    elementCollection.stream().forEach(element -> list.add(element));
+    return listToSeparatedString(list, ',');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts array of strings to string separated with specified character.
+   *
+   * @param arr       array of strings
+   * @param separator the separator
+   * @return the string
+   */
+  public static String arrayToSeparatedString(String[] arr, char separator) {
+    return listToSeparatedString(Arrays.asList(arr), separator);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts array of strings to string separated with specified character.
+   *
+   * @param list      array of strings
+   * @param separator the separator
+   * @return the string
+   */
+  public static String listToSeparatedString(List<String> list, char separator) {
+    String res = null;
+    if (null != list) {
+      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+      int sz = list.size();
+      for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
+        if (i > 0) {
+          sb.append(separator);
+        }
+        sb.append(list.get(i));
+      }
+      res = sb.toString();
+    }
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Duplicate string with delimiter string.
+   *
+   * @param arg                  the arg
+   * @param separator            the separator
+   * @param numberOfDuplications the number of duplications
+   * @return the string
+   */
+  public static String duplicateStringWithDelimiter(String arg, char separator,
+                                                    int numberOfDuplications) {
+    String res = null;
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < numberOfDuplications; i++) {
+      if (i > 0) {
+        sb.append(separator);
+      }
+      sb.append(arg);
+    }
+    res = sb.toString();
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Bytes to hex string.
+   *
+   * @param bytes the bytes
+   * @return the string
+   */
+  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];
+    }
+    return new String(hexChars);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * To single element set set.
+   *
+   * @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.
+   */
+  public static <T> Set<T> toSingleElementSet(T element) {
+    return Collections.singleton(element);
+
+  }
+
+
+}
+
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67a79875d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/file/FileContentHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.file;
+
+import org.apache.commons.collections4.MapUtils;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class FileContentHandler {
+  private Map<String, byte[]> files = new HashMap<>();
+
+  /**
+   * Gets file content.
+   *
+   * @param fileName the file name
+   * @return the file content
+   */
+  public InputStream getFileContent(String fileName) {
+
+    byte[] content = files.get(fileName);
+    if (content == null || content.length == 0) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    ByteArrayInputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(content);
+    return is;
+  }
+
+  public void addFile(String fileName, byte[] contect) {
+    files.put(fileName, contect);
+  }
+
+  public void addFile(String fileName, InputStream is) {
+
+    files.put(fileName, FileUtils.toByteArray(is));
+  }
+
+  public void setFiles(FileContentHandler extFiles) {
+    extFiles.getFileList().stream()
+        .forEach(fileName -> this.addFile(fileName, extFiles.getFileContent(fileName)));
+  }
+
+  public Set<String> getFileList() {
+    return files.keySet();
+  }
+
+  public void putAll(Map<String, byte[]> files) {
+    this.files = files;
+  }
+
+  public void addAll(FileContentHandler other) {
+    this.files.putAll(other.files);
+  }
+
+  public boolean isEmpty() {
+    return MapUtils.isEmpty(this.files);
+  }
+
+  public void remove(String fileName) {
+    files.remove(fileName);
+  }
+
+  public boolean containsFile(String fileName) {
+    return files.containsKey(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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72fa9ac7b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/file/FileUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.file;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.json.JsonUtil;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.yaml.YamlUtil;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
+
+/**
+ * The type File utils.
+ */
+public class FileUtils {
+
+  /**
+   * Gets file input stream.
+   *
+   * @param fileName the file name
+   * @return the file input stream
+   */
+  public static InputStream getFileInputStream(String fileName) {
+    URL urlFile = FileUtils.class.getClassLoader().getResource(fileName);
+    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
+   * @return the file input streams
+   */
+  public static List<InputStream> getFileInputStreams(String fileName) {
+    Enumeration<URL> urlFiles;
+    List<InputStream> streams = new ArrayList<>();
+    InputStream is;
+    URL url;
+    try {
+      urlFiles = FileUtils.class.getClassLoader().getResources(fileName);
+      while (urlFiles.hasMoreElements()) {
+        url = urlFiles.nextElement();
+        is = url.openStream();
+        streams.add(is);
+      }
+
+
+    } catch (IOException exception) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(exception);
+    }
+    return streams;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Convert to bytes byte [ ].
+   *
+   * @param object    the object
+   * @param extension the extension
+   * @return the byte [ ]
+   */
+  public static byte[] convertToBytes(Object object, FileExtension extension) {
+    if (object != null) {
+      if (extension.equals(FileExtension.YAML) || extension.equals(FileExtension.YML)) {
+        return new YamlUtil().objectToYaml(object).getBytes();
+      } else {
+        return JsonUtil.object2Json(object).getBytes();
+      }
+    } else {
+      return new byte[]{};
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Convert to input stream input stream.
+   *
+   * @param object    the object
+   * @param extension the extension
+   * @return the input stream
+   */
+  public static InputStream convertToInputStream(Object object, FileExtension extension) {
+    if (object != null) {
+
+      byte[] content;
+
+      if (extension.equals(FileExtension.YAML) || extension.equals(FileExtension.YML)) {
+        content = new YamlUtil().objectToYaml(object).getBytes();
+      } else {
+        content = JsonUtil.object2Json(object).getBytes();
+
+      }
+      return new ByteArrayInputStream(content);
+    } else {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load file to input stream input stream.
+   *
+   * @param fileName the file name
+   * @return the input stream
+   */
+  public static InputStream loadFileToInputStream(String fileName) {
+    URL urlFile = FileUtils.class.getClassLoader().getResource(fileName);
+    try {
+      Enumeration<URL> en = FileUtils.class.getClassLoader().getResources(fileName);
+      while (en.hasMoreElements()) {
+        urlFile = en.nextElement();
+      }
+    } catch (IOException | NullPointerException exception) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(exception);
+    }
+    try {
+      if (urlFile != null) {
+        return urlFile.openStream();
+      } else {
+        throw new RuntimeException();
+      }
+    } catch (IOException | NullPointerException exception) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(exception);
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * To byte array byte [ ].
+   *
+   * @param input the input
+   * @return the byte [ ]
+   */
+  public static byte[] toByteArray(InputStream input) {
+    ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    try {
+      copy(input, output);
+    } catch (IOException exception) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(
+          "error will convertion input stream to byte array:" + exception.getMessage());
+    }
+    return output.toByteArray();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Copy int.
+   *
+   * @param input  the input
+   * @param output the output
+   * @return the int
+   * @throws IOException the io exception
+   */
+  public static int copy(InputStream input, OutputStream output) throws IOException {
+    long count = copyLarge(input, output);
+    return count > 2147483647L ? -1 : (int) count;
+  }
+
+  private static long copyLarge(InputStream input, OutputStream output) throws IOException {
+    return copyLarge(input, output, new byte[4096]);
+  }
+
+  private static long copyLarge(InputStream input, OutputStream output, byte[] buffer)
+      throws IOException {
+    long count = 0L;
+
+    int n1;
+    if (input == null) {
+      return count;
+    }
+    for (; -1 != (n1 = input.read(buffer)); count += (long) n1) {
+      output.write(buffer, 0, n1);
+    }
+
+    return count;
+
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets file without extention.
+   *
+   * @param fileName the file name
+   * @return the file without extention
+   */
+  public static String getFileWithoutExtention(String fileName) {
+    if (!fileName.contains(".")) {
+      return fileName;
+    }
+    return fileName.substring(0, fileName.lastIndexOf("."));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets file content map from zip.
+   *
+   * @param zipData the zip data
+   * @return the file content map from zip
+   * @throws IOException the io exception
+   */
+  public static FileContentHandler getFileContentMapFromZip(byte[] zipData) throws IOException {
+    ZipEntry zipEntry;
+    FileContentHandler mapFileContent = new FileContentHandler();
+    try {
+      ZipInputStream inputZipStream;
+
+      byte[] fileByteContent;
+      String currentEntryName;
+      inputZipStream = new ZipInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(zipData));
+
+      while ((zipEntry = inputZipStream.getNextEntry()) != null) {
+        currentEntryName = zipEntry.getName();
+        fileByteContent = FileUtils.toByteArray(inputZipStream);
+        mapFileContent.addFile(currentEntryName, fileByteContent);
+      }
+
+    } catch (RuntimeException exception) {
+      throw new IOException(exception);
+    }
+    return mapFileContent;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The enum File extension.
+   */
+  public enum FileExtension {
+
+    /**
+     * Json file extension.
+     */
+    JSON("json"),
+    /**
+     * Yaml file extension.
+     */
+    YAML("yaml"),
+    /**
+     * Yml file extension.
+     */
+    YML("yml");
+
+    private String displayName;
+
+    FileExtension(String displayName) {
+      this.displayName = displayName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets display name.
+     *
+     * @return the display name
+     */
+    public String getDisplayName() {
+      return displayName;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8968eeb323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonSchemaDataGenerator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.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.
+   */
+  boolean includeDefaults = true;
+  private JSONObject root;
+  private Map<String, Object> referencesData;
+
+  /**
+   * Instantiates a new Json schema data generator.
+   *
+   * @param jsonSchema the json schema
+   */
+  public JsonSchemaDataGenerator(String jsonSchema) {
+    if (jsonSchema == null) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input string jsonSchema can not be null");
+    }
+    root = new JSONObject(jsonSchema);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets include defaults.
+   *
+   * @param includeDefaults the include defaults
+   */
+  public void setIncludeDefaults(boolean includeDefaults) {
+    this.includeDefaults = includeDefaults;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Generates json data that conform to the schema according to turned on flags.
+   *
+   * @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)
+    return data.has(ROOT) ? data.get(ROOT).toString() : data.toString();
+  }
+
+  private void generateData(String propertyName, JSONObject property, JSONObject propertyData) {
+    if (property.has(JsonSchemaKeyword.TYPE)) {
+      String propertyType = property.getString(JsonSchemaKeyword.TYPE);
+      if (JsonSchemaKeyword.OBJECT.equals(propertyType)) {
+        generateObjectData(propertyName, property, propertyData);
+      } else {
+        generatePrimitiveData(propertyType, propertyName, property, propertyData);
+      }
+    } else if (property.has(JsonSchemaKeyword.REF)) {
+      generateReferenceData(propertyName, property.getString(JsonSchemaKeyword.REF), propertyData);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void generateObjectData(String propertyName, JSONObject property,
+                                  JSONObject propertyData) {
+    JSONObject subProperties = property.getJSONObject(JsonSchemaKeyword.PROPERTIES);
+
+    JSONObject subPropertiesData = new JSONObject();
+    for (String subPropertyName : subProperties.keySet()) {
+      generateData(subPropertyName, subProperties.getJSONObject(subPropertyName),
+          subPropertiesData);
+    }
+
+    if (subPropertiesData.length() > 0) {
+      propertyData.put(propertyName, subPropertiesData);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void generateReferenceData(String propertyName, String referencePath,
+                                     JSONObject propertyData) {
+    if (referencesData.containsKey(referencePath)) {
+      Object referenceData = referencesData.get(referencePath);
+      if (referenceData != null) {
+        propertyData.put(propertyName, referenceData);
+      }
+    } else {
+      generateData(propertyName, resolveReference(referencePath), propertyData);
+      referencesData.put(referencePath, propertyData.opt(propertyName));
+    }
+  }
+
+  private JSONObject resolveReference(String referencePath) {
+    String[] keys = referencePath.replaceFirst("#/", "").split("/");
+
+    JSONObject reference = root;
+    for (String key : keys) {
+      reference = reference.getJSONObject(key);
+    }
+    return reference;
+  }
+
+  private void generatePrimitiveData(String propertyType, String propertyName, JSONObject property,
+                                     JSONObject propertyData) {
+    if (includeDefaults) {
+      populateWithDefaultValue(propertyType, propertyName, property, propertyData);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void populateWithDefaultValue(String propertyType, String propertyName,
+                                        JSONObject property, JSONObject propertyData) {
+    if (!property.has(JsonSchemaKeyword.DEFAULT)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    try {
+      switch (propertyType) {
+        case JsonSchemaKeyword.ARRAY:
+          propertyData.put(propertyName, property.getJSONArray(JsonSchemaKeyword.DEFAULT));
+          break;
+        case JsonSchemaKeyword.BOOLEAN:
+          propertyData.put(propertyName, property.getBoolean(JsonSchemaKeyword.DEFAULT));
+          break;
+        case JsonSchemaKeyword.INTEGER:
+          propertyData.put(propertyName, property.getInt(JsonSchemaKeyword.DEFAULT));
+          break;
+        case JsonSchemaKeyword.NUMBER:
+          propertyData.put(propertyName, property.getDouble(JsonSchemaKeyword.DEFAULT));
+          break;
+        case JsonSchemaKeyword.STRING:
+          propertyData.put(propertyName, property.getString(JsonSchemaKeyword.DEFAULT));
+          break;
+        default:
+          break;
+      }
+    } catch (JSONException e0) {
+      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;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class JsonSchemaKeyword {
+    private static final String DEFAULT = "default";
+    private static final String TYPE = "type";
+    private static final String PROPERTIES = "properties";
+    private static final String ARRAY = "array";
+    private static final String BOOLEAN = "boolean";
+    private static final String INTEGER = "integer";
+    private static final String NUMBER = "number";
+    private static final String STRING = "string";
+    private static final String OBJECT = "object";
+    private static final String REF = "$ref";
+  }
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ae3677a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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 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.everit.json.schema.EnumSchema;
+import org.everit.json.schema.Schema;
+import org.everit.json.schema.ValidationException;
+import org.everit.json.schema.loader.SchemaLoader;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.CommonMethods;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+/**
+ * The type Json util.
+ */
+public class JsonUtil {
+
+  /**
+   * Object 2 json string.
+   *
+   * @param obj the obj
+   * @return the string
+   */
+  //TODO: refactor all other ugly code to use this
+  public static String object2Json(Object obj) {
+    return sbObject2Json(obj).toString();
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sb object 2 json string buffer.
+   *
+   * @param obj the obj
+   * @return the string buffer
+   */
+  public static StringBuffer sbObject2Json(Object obj) {
+    return new StringBuffer((new GsonBuilder()).setPrettyPrinting().create().toJson(obj));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Json 2 object t.
+   *
+   * @param <T>      the type parameter
+   * @param json     the json
+   * @param classOfT the class of t
+   * @return the t
+   */
+  public static <T> T json2Object(String json, Class<T> classOfT) {
+    T type;
+    try {
+      try (Reader br = new StringReader(json)) {
+        type = new Gson().fromJson(br, classOfT);
+      } catch (IOException e0) {
+        throw e0;
+      }
+    } catch (JsonIOException | JsonSyntaxException | IOException e0) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e0);
+    }
+    return type;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Json 2 object t.
+   *
+   * @param <T>      the type parameter
+   * @param is       the is
+   * @param classOfT the class of t
+   * @return the t
+   */
+  public static <T> T json2Object(InputStream is, Class<T> classOfT) {
+    T type;
+    try {
+      try (Reader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is))) {
+        type = new Gson().fromJson(br, classOfT);
+      }
+    } catch (JsonIOException | JsonSyntaxException | IOException e0) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e0);
+    } finally {
+      if (is != null) {
+        try {
+          is.close();
+        } catch (IOException ignore) {
+          //do nothing
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return type;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Is valid json boolean.
+   *
+   * @param json the json
+   * @return the boolean
+   */
+  //todo check https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java as replacement for this code
+  public static boolean isValidJson(String json) {
+    try {
+      return new JsonParser().parse(json).isJsonObject();
+    } catch (JsonSyntaxException jse) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Validate list.
+   *
+   * @param json       the json
+   * @param jsonSchema the json schema
+   * @return the list
+   */
+  public static List<String> validate(String json, String jsonSchema) {
+    List<ValidationException> validationErrors = validateUsingEverit(json, jsonSchema);
+    return validationErrors == null ? null
+        : validationErrors.stream().map(JsonUtil::mapValidationExceptionToMessage)
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
+  private static String mapValidationExceptionToMessage(ValidationException e0) {
+    if (e0.getViolatedSchema() instanceof EnumSchema) {
+      return mapEnumViolationToMessage(e0);
+    }
+    return e0.getMessage();
+  }
+
+  private static String mapEnumViolationToMessage(ValidationException e1) {
+    Set<Object> possibleValues = ((EnumSchema) e1.getViolatedSchema()).getPossibleValues();
+    return e1.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
+            .collectionToCommaSeparatedString(
+                possibleValues.stream().map(Object::toString).collect(Collectors.toList()))));
+  }
+
+  private static List<ValidationException> validateUsingEverit(String json, String jsonSchema) {
+    if (json == null || jsonSchema == null) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input strings json and jsonSchema can not be null");
+    }
+
+    Schema schemaObj = SchemaLoader.load(new JSONObject(jsonSchema));
+    try {
+      schemaObj.validate(new JSONObject(json));
+    } catch (ValidationException ve) {
+      return CollectionUtils.isEmpty(ve.getCausingExceptions()) ? Collections.singletonList(ve)
+          : ve.getCausingExceptions();
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56261f08de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/yaml/YamlUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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.CommonMethods;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.DumperOptions;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.TypeDescription;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Constructor;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.introspector.BeanAccess;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.introspector.Property;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.introspector.PropertyUtils;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.MappingNode;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.NodeTuple;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.Tag;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserException;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.representer.Representer;
+
+import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.AbstractMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+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);
+
+  /**
+   * Yaml to object t.
+   *
+   * @param <T>         the type parameter
+   * @param yamlContent the yaml content
+   * @param typClass    the typ class
+   * @return the t
+   */
+  public <T> T yamlToObject(String yamlContent, Class<T> typClass) {
+    Constructor constructor = getConstructor(typClass);
+    constructor.setPropertyUtils(getPropertyUtils());
+    TypeDescription yamlFileDescription = new TypeDescription(typClass);
+    constructor.addTypeDescription(yamlFileDescription);
+    Yaml yaml = new Yaml(constructor);
+    T yamlObj = (T) yaml.load(yamlContent);
+    yamlObj.toString();
+    return yamlObj;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Yaml to object t.
+   *
+   * @param <T>         the type parameter
+   * @param yamlContent the yaml content
+   * @param typClass    the typ class
+   * @return the t
+   */
+  public <T> T yamlToObject(InputStream yamlContent, Class<T> typClass) {
+    try {
+      Constructor constructor = getConstructor(typClass);
+      constructor.setPropertyUtils(getPropertyUtils());
+      TypeDescription yamlFileDescription = new TypeDescription(typClass);
+      constructor.addTypeDescription(yamlFileDescription);
+      Yaml yaml = new Yaml(constructor);
+      T yamlObj = (T) yaml.load(yamlContent);
+      if (yamlObj != null) {
+        yamlObj.toString();
+        return yamlObj;
+      } else {
+        throw new RuntimeException();
+      }
+    } catch (Exception exception) {
+      logger.error("Error will trying to convert yaml to object:" + exception.getMessage());
+      throw new RuntimeException(exception);
+    } finally {
+      try {
+        if (yamlContent != null) {
+          yamlContent.close();
+        }
+      } catch (IOException ignore) {
+        //nothing to dd
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Gets constructor.
+   *
+   * @param <T>      the type parameter
+   * @param typClass the typ class
+   * @return the constructor
+   */
+  public <T> Constructor getConstructor(Class<T> typClass) {
+    return new StrictMapAppenderConstructor(typClass);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets property utils.
+   *
+   * @return the property utils
+   */
+  protected PropertyUtils getPropertyUtils() {
+    return new MyPropertyUtils();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Yaml to map map.
+   *
+   * @param yamlContent the yaml content
+   * @return the map
+   */
+  public Map<String, LinkedHashMap<String, Object>> yamlToMap(InputStream yamlContent) {
+    Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+    Map<String, LinkedHashMap<String, Object>> yamlData =
+        (Map<String, LinkedHashMap<String, Object>>) yaml.load(yamlContent);
+    return yamlData;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Object to yaml string.
+   *
+   * @param <T> the type parameter
+   * @param obj the obj
+   * @return the string
+   */
+  public <T> String objectToYaml(Object obj) {
+    DumperOptions options = new DumperOptions();
+    options.setPrettyFlow(true);
+    options.setDefaultFlowStyle(DumperOptions.FlowStyle.BLOCK);
+    Representer representer = new CustomRepresenter();
+    representer.addClassTag(obj.getClass(), Tag.MAP);
+    representer.setPropertyUtils(new MyPropertyUtils());
+
+    Yaml yaml = new Yaml(representer, options);
+    return yaml.dump(obj);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load yaml file is input stream.
+   *
+   * @param yamlFullFileName the yaml full file name
+   * @return the input stream
+   */
+  public InputStream loadYamlFileIs(String yamlFullFileName) {
+    return CommonMethods.class.getResourceAsStream(yamlFullFileName);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Is yaml file content valid boolean.
+   *
+   * @param yamlFullFileName the yaml full file name
+   * @return the boolean
+   */
+  public boolean isYamlFileContentValid(String yamlFullFileName) {
+    Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+    try {
+      Object loadResult = yaml.load(yamlFullFileName);
+      if (loadResult == null) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return true;
+    } catch (Exception exception) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  private class CustomRepresenter extends Representer {
+    @Override
+    protected NodeTuple representJavaBeanProperty(Object javaBean, Property property,
+                                                  Object propertyValue, Tag customTag) {
+      if (propertyValue == null) {
+        return null;
+      } else {
+        NodeTuple defaultNode =
+            super.representJavaBeanProperty(javaBean, property, propertyValue, customTag);
+
+        return property.getName().equals("_default")
+            ? new NodeTuple(representData("default"), defaultNode.getValueNode())
+            : 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);
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * The type My property utils.
+   */
+  public class MyPropertyUtils extends PropertyUtils {
+    @Override
+    public Property getProperty(Class<?> type, String name) throws IntrospectionException {
+      if (name.equals("default")) {
+        name = "_default";
+      }
+      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());
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The type Strict map appender constructor.
+   */
+  protected class StrictMapAppenderConstructor extends Constructor {
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new Strict map appender constructor.
+     *
+     * @param theRoot the the root
+     */
+    public StrictMapAppenderConstructor(Class<?> theRoot) {
+      super(theRoot);
+    }
+
+    @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>() {
+        @Override
+        public Object put(Object key, Object value) {
+          if (delegate.containsKey(key)) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("duplicate key: " + key);
+          }
+          return delegate.put(key, value);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Set<Entry<Object, Object>> entrySet() {
+          return delegate.entrySet();
+        }
+      };
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83c87737d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonSchemaDataGeneratorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.utilities.json;
+
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.file.FileUtils;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+public class JsonSchemaDataGeneratorTest {
+
+  public static final String SCHEMA_WITHOUT_DEFAULTS = new String(
+      FileUtils.toByteArray(FileUtils.getFileInputStream("jsonUtil/json_schema/aSchema.json")));
+  public static final String SCHEMA_WITH_REFS_AND_DEFAULTS = new String(FileUtils.toByteArray(
+      FileUtils.getFileInputStream("jsonUtil/json_schema/schemaWithRefsAndDefaults.json")));
+  public static final String SCHEMA_WITH_INVALID_DEFAULT = new String(FileUtils.toByteArray(
+      FileUtils.getFileInputStream("jsonUtil/json_schema/schemaWithInvalidDefault.json")));
+  public static final String SCHEMA_NIC = new String(
+      FileUtils.toByteArray(FileUtils.getFileInputStream("jsonUtil/json_schema/nicSchema.json")));
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSchemaWithoutDefaults() {
+    testGenerate(SCHEMA_WITHOUT_DEFAULTS, new JSONObject());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSchemaWithRefsAndDefaults() {
+    testGenerate(SCHEMA_WITH_REFS_AND_DEFAULTS,
+        new JSONObject(
+            "{\"cityOfBirth\":\"Tel Aviv\",\"address\":{\"city\":\"Tel Aviv\"},\"phoneNumber\":[{\"code\":1,\"location\":\"Home\"},{\"code\":2,\"location\":\"Office\"}]}"));
+  }
+
+  @Test(expectedExceptions = JSONException.class)
+  public void testSchemaWithInvalidDefault() {
+    testGenerate(SCHEMA_WITH_INVALID_DEFAULT, null);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testNicQuestionnaireSchema() {
+    testGenerate(SCHEMA_NIC,
+        new JSONObject("{\"ipConfiguration\":{\"ipv4Required\":true,\"ipv6Required\":false}}"));
+  }
+
+  private void testGenerate(String schema, JSONObject expectedData) {
+    JsonSchemaDataGenerator jsonSchemaDataGenerator = new JsonSchemaDataGenerator(schema);
+    String data = jsonSchemaDataGenerator.generateData();
+    System.out.println(data);
+    JSONObject dataJson = new JSONObject(data);
+    Assert.assertTrue(expectedData.similar(dataJson));
+  }
+}
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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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e232f72f38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/utilities/json/JsonUtilTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package org.openecomp.core.utilities.json;
+
+
+import org.openecomp.core.utilities.file.FileUtils;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class JsonUtilTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testValidJsonValidate() throws Exception {
+    String json =
+        new String(FileUtils.toByteArray(FileUtils.getFileInputStream("jsonUtil/json/a.json")));
+    String jsonSchema = new String(
+        FileUtils.toByteArray(FileUtils.getFileInputStream("jsonUtil/json_schema/aSchema.json")));
+
+    List<String> validationErrors = JsonUtil.validate(json, jsonSchema);
+    Assert.assertNull(validationErrors);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInValidJsonValidate() throws Exception {
+    String json = new String(
+        FileUtils.toByteArray(FileUtils.getFileInputStream("jsonUtil/json/a_invalid.json")));
+    String jsonSchema = new String(
+        FileUtils.toByteArray(FileUtils.getFileInputStream("jsonUtil/json_schema/aSchema.json")));
+
+    List<String> validationErrors = JsonUtil.validate(json, jsonSchema);
+    Assert.assertNotNull(validationErrors);
+    Assert.assertEquals(validationErrors.size(), 3);
+    Assert.assertEquals(validationErrors.get(0),
+        "#/cityOfBirth: Paris is not a valid value. Possible values: New York,Tel Aviv,London");
+    Assert.assertEquals(validationErrors.get(1),
+        "#/address: {\"streetAddress\":\"21 2nd Street\",\"city\":\"Paris\"} is not a valid value. {\"streetAddress\":\"21 2nd Street\",\"city\":\"New York\"} is the only possible value for this field");
+    Assert.assertEquals(validationErrors.get(2),
+        "#/phoneNumber/0/code: expected type: Number, found: String");
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json/a.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json/a.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3320d5fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json/a.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "address": {
+    "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street",
+    "city": "New York"
+  },
+  "phoneNumber": [
+    {
+      "location": "home",
+      "code": 44
+    }
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json/a_invalid.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json/a_invalid.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a02522ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json/a_invalid.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "address": {
+    "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street",
+    "city": "Paris"
+  },
+  "phoneNumber": [
+    {
+      "location": "home",
+      "code": "test"
+    }
+  ],
+  "cityOfBirth": "Paris"
+}
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diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json_schema/aSchema.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json_schema/aSchema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a77e38df87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json_schema/aSchema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+  "type": "object",
+  "definitions": {
+    "city": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "enum": [
+        "Tel Aviv",
+        "New York",
+        "London"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "properties": {
+    "address": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "streetAddress": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "city": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/city"
+        }
+      },
+      "enum": [
+        {
+          "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street",
+          "city": "New York"
+        }
+      ],
+      "required": [
+        "streetAddress",
+        "city"
+      ]
+    },
+    "phoneNumber": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "location": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "code": {
+            "type": "integer"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "location",
+          "code"
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "cityOfBirth" : { "$ref"  : "#/definitions/city"}
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "address",
+    "phoneNumber"
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json_schema/nicSchema.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json_schema/nicSchema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d96de6aa31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json_schema/nicSchema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "protocols": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "protocols": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": [
+              "TCP",
+              "UDP",
+              "SCTP",
+              "IPsec"
+            ]
+          },
+          "minItems": 1
+        },
+        "protocolWithHighestTrafficProfile": {
+          "$ref": "#/properties/protocols/properties/protocols/items"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "ipConfiguration": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "ipv4Required": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true
+        },
+        "ipv6Required": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "network": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "networkDescription": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "pattern": "[A-Za-z]+",
+          "maxLength": 300
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "sizing": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "definitions": {
+        "peakAndAvg": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "properties": {
+            "peak": {
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            "avg": {
+              "type": "number"
+            }
+          },
+          "additionalProperties": false
+        },
+        "packetsAndBytes": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "properties": {
+            "packets": {
+              "$ref": "#/properties/sizing/definitions/peakAndAvg"
+            },
+            "bytes": {
+              "$ref": "#/properties/sizing/definitions/peakAndAvg"
+            }
+          },
+          "additionalProperties": false
+        }
+      },
+      "properties": {
+        "describeQualityOfService": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "inflowTrafficPerSecond": {
+          "$ref": "#/properties/sizing/definitions/packetsAndBytes"
+        },
+        "outflowTrafficPerSecond": {
+          "$ref": "#/properties/sizing/definitions/packetsAndBytes"
+        },
+        "flowLength": {
+          "$ref": "#/properties/sizing/definitions/packetsAndBytes"
+        },
+        "acceptableJitter": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "properties": {
+            "mean": {
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            "max": {
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            "variable": {
+              "type": "number"
+            }
+          },
+          "additionalProperties": false
+        },
+        "acceptablePacketLoss": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "minimum": 0,
+          "maximum": 100
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}
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diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json_schema/schemaWithInvalidDefault.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json_schema/schemaWithInvalidDefault.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..100d17f48e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json_schema/schemaWithInvalidDefault.json
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+  "definitions": {
+    "city": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "enum": [
+        "Tel Aviv",
+        "New York",
+        "London"
+      ],
+      "default": "Tel Aviv"
+    }
+  },
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "address": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "streetAddress": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "default" : 7
+        },
+        "city": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/city"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "streetAddress",
+        "city"
+      ]
+    },
+    "phoneNumber": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "location": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "code": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "default": 777
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "location",
+          "code"
+        ]
+      },
+      "default": [
+        {
+          "location": "Home",
+          "code": 1
+        },
+        {
+          "location": "Office",
+          "code": 2
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "cityOfBirth" : { "$ref"  : "#/definitions/city"}
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "address",
+    "phoneNumber"
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json_schema/schemaWithRefsAndDefaults.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json_schema/schemaWithRefsAndDefaults.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de027b9d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/openecomp-utilities-lib/src/test/resources/jsonUtil/json_schema/schemaWithRefsAndDefaults.json
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+  "definitions": {
+    "city": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "enum": [
+        "Tel Aviv",
+        "New York",
+        "London"
+      ],
+      "default": "Tel Aviv"
+    },
+    "zipCode" : {
+      "type" : "integer"
+    }
+  },
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "address": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "streetAddress": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "city": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/city"
+        },
+        "cityZipCode" : {"$ref" : "#/definitions/zipCode"}
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "streetAddress",
+        "city"
+      ]
+    },
+    "phoneNumber": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "location": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "locationZipCode" : {"$ref" : "#/definitions/zipCode"},
+          "code": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "default": 777
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "location",
+          "code"
+        ]
+      },
+      "default": [
+        {
+          "location": "Home",
+          "code": 1
+        },
+        {
+          "location": "Office",
+          "code": 2
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "cityOfBirth" : { "$ref"  : "#/definitions/city"}
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "address",
+    "phoneNumber"
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..312b085424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-core-lib/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<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>
+        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.core</groupId>
+    <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>
+    </modules>
+</project>
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