Reducing onboarding backend maven build time

Reducing onboarding backend maven build time

Change-Id: Id0178cbf010e46f741f4bff11e14b0801f14d4b8
Issue-ID: SDC-1189
Signed-off-by: GAUTAMS <gautams@amdocs.com>

28 files changed, 1072 insertions, 592 deletions

diff --git a/openecomp-be/backend/openecomp-sdc-vendor-software-product-manager/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/backend/openecomp-sdc-vendor-software-product-manager/pom.xml
index 22004c2808..2b4057802e 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/backend/openecomp-sdc-vendor-software-product-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/backend/openecomp-sdc-vendor-software-product-manager/pom.xml
@@ -200,11 +200,6 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
             <artifactId>openecomp-tosca-converter-api</artifactId>
             <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
@@ -216,4 +211,8 @@
     </dependencies>
 
 
+    <properties>
+        <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/backend/openecomp-sdc-vendor-software-product-manager/src/test/java/org/openecomp/sdc/vendorsoftwareproduct/informationartifact/InformationArtifactGeneratorImplTest.java b/openecomp-be/backend/openecomp-sdc-vendor-software-product-manager/src/test/java/org/openecomp/sdc/vendorsoftwareproduct/informationartifact/InformationArtifactGeneratorImplTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 925eb7157e..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/backend/openecomp-sdc-vendor-software-product-manager/src/test/java/org/openecomp/sdc/vendorsoftwareproduct/informationartifact/InformationArtifactGeneratorImplTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * SDC
- * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
- * ================================================================================
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-//package org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.informationartifact;
-//
-//import org.openecomp.core.util.UniqueValueUtil;
-//import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.utils.VSPCommon;
-//import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.VendorSoftwareProductConstants;
-//import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.VendorSoftwareProductManager;
-//import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.dao.type.VspDetails;
-//import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.impl.VendorSoftwareProductManagerImpl;
-//import org.openecomp.sdc.versioning.dao.types.Version;
-//import org.testng.Assert;
-//import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
-//import org.testng.annotations.Test;
-//
-//import java.io.File;
-//import java.io.IOException;
-//
-//import static org.testng.Assert.*;
-//
-///**
-// * Created by Talio on 12/6/2016.
-// */
-//public class InformationArtifactGeneratorImplTest {
-//  private static VendorSoftwareProductManager vendorSoftwareProductManager =
-//      new VendorSoftwareProductManagerImpl();
-//  private static String vspId;
-//  private static Version vspActiveVersion;
-//  private static final String USER1 = "vspTestUser1";
-//
-//
-//  @BeforeClass
-//  public void init(){
-//    UniqueValueUtil.deleteUniqueValue(VendorSoftwareProductConstants.UniqueValues.VENDOR_SOFTWARE_PRODUCT_NAME, "Test_download_info");
-//    VspDetails vspDetails = vendorSoftwareProductManager.createVsp
-//        (VSPCommon.createVspDetails(null, null, "Test_download_info", "Test-vsp-empty",
-//            "vendorName", "vlm1Id", "icon", "category", "subCategory", "123", null), USER1);
-//    vspId = vspDetails.getId();
-//    vspActiveVersion = vspDetails.getVersion();
-//  }
-//
-//  @Test
-//  public void testDownloadInformationArtifact() throws IOException {
-//    File informationArtifact =
-//        vendorSoftwareProductManager.getInformationArtifact(vspId, vspActiveVersion, USER1);
-//
-//    Assert.assertNotNull(informationArtifact);
-//  }
-//
-//  @Test
-//  public void negativeTestDownloadInformationArtifactOnNoneExistiongVsp() throws IOException {
-//    try {
-//      File informationArtifact = vendorSoftwareProductManager
-//          .getInformationArtifact("non_existing_id", vspActiveVersion, USER1);
-//    }catch(Exception e){
-//      Assert.assertEquals(e.getMessage(), "Versionable entity VendorSoftwareProduct with id " +
-//          "non_existing_id does not exist.");
-//    }
-//  }
-//
-//}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-enrichment-lib/openecomp-sdc-enrichment-impl/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-enrichment-lib/openecomp-sdc-enrichment-impl/pom.xml
index 0e6015236b..3a4ae67125 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-enrichment-lib/openecomp-sdc-enrichment-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-enrichment-lib/openecomp-sdc-enrichment-impl/pom.xml
@@ -109,4 +109,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
 
+    <properties>
+        <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib/openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-api/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib/openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-api/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f3ee4de5ff..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib/openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-api/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-datatypes-lib</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-    <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-api</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-    
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib/openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-core/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib/openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-core/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 695b929543..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib/openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-core/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-utilities-lib</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-    <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-core</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-    
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib/openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-impl/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib/openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-impl/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d663ad1d67..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib/openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-impl/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-logging-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-    <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-impl</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-    
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 08fcf78942..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<?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>
-
-    <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-    <parent>
-        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
-        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-
-    <modules>
-        <module>openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-api</module>
-        <module>openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-core</module>
-        <module>openecomp-sdc-orchesrtation-impl</module>
-    </modules>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-core/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-core/pom.xml
index b08067b6b4..0535d9dba1 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-core/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-core/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <parallel>classes</parallel>
                     <threadCount>1</threadCount>
-                    <forkCount>0</forkCount>
+                    <forkCount>${fork.count}</forkCount>
                     <printSummary>false</printSummary>
                     <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
                     <rerunFailingTestsCount>1</rerunFailingTestsCount>
@@ -103,12 +103,14 @@
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <logback.configurationFile>src/test/resources/logback-test.xml</logback.configurationFile>
                     </systemPropertyVariables>
-                    <dependenciesToScan>
-                        org.openecomp.sdc:build-helper
-                    </dependenciesToScan>
+                    <useSystemClassLoader>${useSystemClassLoader}</useSystemClassLoader>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <properties>
+        <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/translator/services/heattotosca/helper/impl/NameExtractorServiceImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/translator/services/heattotosca/helper/impl/NameExtractorServiceImpl.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3867dadaeb..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/translator/services/heattotosca/helper/impl/NameExtractorServiceImpl.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============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=========================================================
- */
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/sdc/translator/services/heattotosca/impl/resourcetranslation/BaseFullTranslationTest.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/sdc/translator/services/heattotosca/impl/resourcetranslation/BaseFullTranslationTest.java
index 2387390df9..801f2c67a0 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/sdc/translator/services/heattotosca/impl/resourcetranslation/BaseFullTranslationTest.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-core/src/test/java/org/openecomp/sdc/translator/services/heattotosca/impl/resourcetranslation/BaseFullTranslationTest.java
@@ -18,11 +18,22 @@ package org.openecomp.sdc.translator.services.heattotosca.impl.resourcetranslati
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.collections4.MapUtils;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.Rule;
-import org.junit.rules.TestName;
 import org.openecomp.core.translator.api.HeatToToscaTranslator;
 import org.openecomp.core.translator.datatypes.TranslatorOutput;
 import org.openecomp.core.translator.factory.HeatToToscaTranslatorFactory;
@@ -39,133 +50,116 @@ import org.openecomp.sdc.translator.TestUtils;
 import org.togglz.testing.TestFeatureManager;
 import org.togglz.testing.TestFeatureManagerProvider;
 
-import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
-import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
-
 
 public class BaseFullTranslationTest {
 
-  public static final String IN_POSTFIX = "/in";
-  public static final String OUT_POSTFIX = "/out";
-
-  @Rule
-  public TestName name = new TestName();
-
-  protected static TestFeatureManager manager;
-  private static File tempDir = new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"));
-
-  @BeforeClass
-  public static void enableToggleableFeatures(){
-    manager = new TestFeatureManager(ToggleableFeature.class);
-    manager.enableAll();
-    TestFeatureManagerProvider.setFeatureManager(manager);
-  }
-
-
-  public static void disableToggleableFeatures() {
-    manager.disableAll();
-    manager = null;
-    TestFeatureManagerProvider.setFeatureManager(null);
-  }
-
-  protected void testTranslationWithInit(String path) throws IOException {
-    byte[] translatedZipFile = initTranslatorAndTranslate(path);
-    testTranslation(path, translatedZipFile);
-  }
-
-  protected byte[] initTranslatorAndTranslate(String path) throws IOException {
-    HeatToToscaTranslator heatToToscaTranslator = HeatToToscaTranslatorFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
-    return translateZipFile(path, heatToToscaTranslator);
-  }
-
-  protected void testTranslation(String basePath, byte[] translatedZipFile) throws IOException {
-
-    URL url = BaseFullTranslationTest.class.getResource(basePath + OUT_POSTFIX);
-    Set<String> expectedResultFileNameSet = new HashSet<>();
-    Map<String, byte[]> expectedResultMap = new HashMap<>();
-
-    String path = url.getPath();
-    File pathFile = new File(path);
-    File[] files = pathFile.listFiles();
-    Assert.assertNotNull("manifest files is empty", files);
-    for (File expectedFile : files) {
-      expectedResultFileNameSet.add(expectedFile.getName());
-      try (FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(expectedFile)) {
-        expectedResultMap.put(expectedFile.getName(), FileUtils.toByteArray(input));
-      }
+    public static final String IN_POSTFIX = "/in";
+    public static final String OUT_POSTFIX = "/out";
+
+
+    protected static TestFeatureManager manager;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void enableToggleableFeatures() {
+        manager = new TestFeatureManager(ToggleableFeature.class);
+        manager.enableAll();
+        TestFeatureManagerProvider.setFeatureManager(manager);
     }
 
-    try (ByteArrayInputStream fis = new ByteArrayInputStream(translatedZipFile);BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);
-         ZipInputStream zis = new ZipInputStream(bis)) {
-      ZipEntry entry;
-      String name;
-      String expected;
-      String actual;
 
-      while ((entry = zis.getNextEntry()) != null) {
+    public static void disableToggleableFeatures() {
+        manager.disableAll();
+        manager = null;
+        TestFeatureManagerProvider.setFeatureManager(null);
+    }
 
-        name = entry.getName()
-            .substring(entry.getName().lastIndexOf(File.separator) + 1, entry.getName().length());
-        if (expectedResultFileNameSet.contains(name)) {
-          expected = new String(expectedResultMap.get(name)).trim().replace("\r", "");
-          actual = new String(FileUtils.toByteArray(zis)).trim().replace("\r", "");
-          assertEquals("difference in file: " + name, expected, actual);
+    protected void testTranslationWithInit(String path) throws IOException {
+        byte[] translatedZipFile = initTranslatorAndTranslate(path);
+        testTranslation(path, translatedZipFile);
+    }
 
-          expectedResultFileNameSet.remove(name);
-        }
-      }
-      if (expectedResultFileNameSet.isEmpty()) {
-        expectedResultFileNameSet.forEach(System.out::println);
-      }
+    protected byte[] initTranslatorAndTranslate(String path) throws IOException {
+        HeatToToscaTranslator heatToToscaTranslator = HeatToToscaTranslatorFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
+        return translateZipFile(path, heatToToscaTranslator);
     }
-    assertEquals(0, expectedResultFileNameSet.size());
-  }
-
-  private byte[] translateZipFile(String basePath, HeatToToscaTranslator heatToToscaTranslator) throws IOException {
-    URL inputFilesUrl = this.getClass().getResource(basePath + IN_POSTFIX);
-    String path = inputFilesUrl.getPath();
-    TestUtils.addFilesToTranslator(heatToToscaTranslator, path);
-    TranslatorOutput translatorOutput = heatToToscaTranslator.translate();
-    Assert.assertNotNull(translatorOutput);
-    if (MapUtils.isNotEmpty(translatorOutput.getErrorMessages()) && MapUtils.isNotEmpty(
-        MessageContainerUtil
-            .getMessageByLevel(ErrorLevel.ERROR, translatorOutput.getErrorMessages()))) {
-      throw new CoreException((new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder()).withMessage(
-          "Error in validation " + getErrorAsString(translatorOutput.getErrorMessages()))
-          .withId("Validation Error").withCategory(ErrorCategory.APPLICATION).build());
+
+    protected void testTranslation(String basePath, byte[] translatedZipFile) throws IOException {
+
+        URL url = BaseFullTranslationTest.class.getResource(basePath + OUT_POSTFIX);
+        Set<String> expectedResultFileNameSet = new HashSet<>();
+        Map<String, byte[]> expectedResultMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+        String path = url.getPath();
+        File pathFile = new File(path);
+        File[] files = pathFile.listFiles();
+        Assert.assertNotNull("manifest files is empty", files);
+        for (File expectedFile : files) {
+            expectedResultFileNameSet.add(expectedFile.getName());
+            try (FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(expectedFile)) {
+                expectedResultMap.put(expectedFile.getName(), FileUtils.toByteArray(input));
+            }
+        }
+
+        try (ByteArrayInputStream fis = new ByteArrayInputStream(translatedZipFile);
+             BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis); ZipInputStream zis = new ZipInputStream(bis)) {
+            ZipEntry entry;
+            String name;
+            String expected;
+            String actual;
+
+            while ((entry = zis.getNextEntry()) != null) {
+
+                name = entry.getName()
+                            .substring(entry.getName().lastIndexOf(File.separator) + 1, entry.getName().length());
+                if (expectedResultFileNameSet.contains(name)) {
+                    expected = new String(expectedResultMap.get(name)).trim().replace("\r", "");
+                    actual = new String(FileUtils.toByteArray(zis)).trim().replace("\r", "");
+                    assertEquals("difference in file: " + name, expected, actual);
+
+                    expectedResultFileNameSet.remove(name);
+                }
+            }
+            if (expectedResultFileNameSet.isEmpty()) {
+                expectedResultFileNameSet.forEach(System.out::println);
+            }
+        }
+        assertEquals(0, expectedResultFileNameSet.size());
     }
 
-    byte[] data = new ToscaFileOutputServiceCsarImpl().createOutputFile(translatorOutput.getToscaServiceModel(), null);
+    private byte[] translateZipFile(String basePath, HeatToToscaTranslator heatToToscaTranslator) throws IOException {
+        URL inputFilesUrl = this.getClass().getResource(basePath + IN_POSTFIX);
+        String path = inputFilesUrl.getPath();
+        TestUtils.addFilesToTranslator(heatToToscaTranslator, path);
+        TranslatorOutput translatorOutput = heatToToscaTranslator.translate();
+        Assert.assertNotNull(translatorOutput);
+        if (MapUtils.isNotEmpty(translatorOutput.getErrorMessages()) && MapUtils.isNotEmpty(
+                MessageContainerUtil.getMessageByLevel(ErrorLevel.ERROR, translatorOutput.getErrorMessages()))) {
+            throw new CoreException((new ErrorCode.ErrorCodeBuilder()).withMessage(
+                    "Error in validation " + getErrorAsString(translatorOutput.getErrorMessages()))
+                                                                      .withId("Validation Error")
+                                                                      .withCategory(ErrorCategory.APPLICATION).build());
+        }
 
-    return data;
-  }
+        byte[] data =
+                new ToscaFileOutputServiceCsarImpl().createOutputFile(translatorOutput.getToscaServiceModel(), null);
 
-  private String getErrorAsString(Map<String, List<ErrorMessage>> errorMessages) {
-    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-    errorMessages.entrySet().forEach(
-        entry -> sb.append("File:").append(entry.getKey()).append(System.lineSeparator())
-            .append(getErrorList(entry.getValue())));
+        return data;
+    }
 
-    return sb.toString();
-  }
+    private String getErrorAsString(Map<String, List<ErrorMessage>> errorMessages) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        errorMessages.entrySet().forEach(
+                entry -> sb.append("File:").append(entry.getKey()).append(System.lineSeparator())
+                           .append(getErrorList(entry.getValue())));
 
-  private String getErrorList(List<ErrorMessage> errors) {
-    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-    errors.forEach(
-        error -> sb.append(error.getMessage()).append("[").append(error.getLevel()).append("]")
-            .append(System.lineSeparator()));
-    return sb.toString();
-  }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    private String getErrorList(List<ErrorMessage> errors) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        errors.forEach(error -> sb.append(error.getMessage()).append("[").append(error.getLevel()).append("]")
+                                  .append(System.lineSeparator()));
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-impl/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-impl/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b59f02f95..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-impl/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <name>openecomp-sdc-translator-impl</name>
-    <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-translator-impl</artifactId>
-
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-translator-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-heat-lib</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-tosca-lib</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- need to be changed to sdk -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-translator-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-sdk/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-sdk/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e48011eb2..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-sdk/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <name>openecomp-sdc-translator-sdk</name>
-    <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-translator-sdk</artifactId>
-
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-lib</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-sdc-translator-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-heat-lib</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openecomp-tosca-lib</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/pom.xml
index bf7f5aa957..814b152daf 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-translator-lib/pom.xml
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
 
     <modules>
         <module>openecomp-sdc-translator-api</module>
-        <module>openecomp-sdc-translator-sdk</module>
         <module>openecomp-sdc-translator-core</module>
-        <module>openecomp-sdc-translator-impl</module>
     </modules>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-tosca-converter-lib/openecomp-tosca-converter-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/impl/ToscaConverterManagerImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-tosca-converter-lib/openecomp-tosca-converter-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/impl/ToscaConverterManagerImpl.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4917533dd8..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-tosca-converter-lib/openecomp-tosca-converter-core/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/impl/ToscaConverterManagerImpl.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-package org.openecomp.core.impl;
-
-import org.openecomp.core.converter.ToscaConverter;
-import org.openecomp.core.converter.api.ToscaConverterManager;
-import org.openecomp.core.utilities.file.FileContentHandler;
-import org.openecomp.core.utilities.file.FileUtils;
-import org.openecomp.core.utilities.json.JsonUtil;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.api.Logger;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.logging.api.LoggerFactory;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.tosca.datatypes.ToscaServiceModel;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-public class ToscaConverterManagerImpl implements ToscaConverterManager {
-
-  private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ToscaConverterManagerImpl.class.getName());
-  private static List<ToscaConverter> toscaConverters;
-  private static final String toscaConverterFileName = "ToscaConverters.json";
-  private static final String TOSCA_CONVERTER_IMPL_FORMAT_ERROR = "Failed to construct TOSCA converter for '%s' implementation.";
-
-  static {
-    toscaConverters = getConvertersList();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ToscaServiceModel convert(String csarName, FileContentHandler fileContentHandler) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  private static List<ToscaConverter> getConvertersList(){
-    List<ToscaConverter> toscaConvertersList = new ArrayList<>();
-    Map<String, String> convertersMap = FileUtils.readViaInputStream(toscaConverterFileName,
-            stream -> JsonUtil.json2Object(stream, Map.class));
-    return getToscaConvertersList(toscaConvertersList, convertersMap);
-  }
-
-  private static List<ToscaConverter> getToscaConvertersList(
-      List<ToscaConverter> toscaConvertersList, Map<String, String> convertersMap) {
-    for(String implClassName : convertersMap.values()){
-      try{
-        Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(implClassName);
-        Constructor<?> constructor = clazz.getConstructor();
-        toscaConvertersList.add((ToscaConverter) constructor.newInstance());
-      }catch (Exception ex){
-        LOGGER.debug(String.format(TOSCA_CONVERTER_IMPL_FORMAT_ERROR, implClassName), ex);
-        continue;
-      }
-    }
-    return toscaConvertersList;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-tosca-converter-lib/openecomp-tosca-converter-core/src/resources/ToscaConverters.json b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-tosca-converter-lib/openecomp-tosca-converter-core/src/resources/ToscaConverters.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e1cddeb854..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-tosca-converter-lib/openecomp-tosca-converter-core/src/resources/ToscaConverters.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "ToscaConverter" : "org.openecomp.core.converter.impl.ToscaConverterImpl"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-tosca-lib/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-tosca-lib/pom.xml
index c6f8aa17a0..eedc6cb521 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-tosca-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-tosca-lib/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
             <version>${sdc-tosca-parser.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+        <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
+    </properties>
 
 
 </project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/lib/pom.xml
index d031dd4d04..f59c05628d 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
         <module>openecomp-healing-lib</module>
         <module>openecomp-sdc-activity-log-lib</module>
         <module>openecomp-tosca-converter-lib</module>
-        <module>openecomp-sdc-orchestration-lib</module>
         <module>openecomp-sdc-notification-lib</module>
         <module>openecomp-item-permissions-lib</module>
         <module>openecomp-conflict-lib</module>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/pom.xml
index 03613c4438..786ef92d38 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/pom.xml
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@
             <version>${togglz.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>build-helper</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -59,9 +52,62 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${java.source}</source>
                     <target>${java.target}</target>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/package-info.java</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding</groupId>
+                <artifactId>compile-helper-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>pre-compile-helper</goal>
+                            <goal>pre-test-compile-helper</goal>
+                            <goal>post-compile-helper</goal>
+                            <goal>post-test-run-helper</goal>
+                            <goal>init-helper</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludePackaging>pom</excludePackaging>
+                    <excludeDependencies>test,runtime</excludeDependencies>
+                    <staleThreshold>10000</staleThreshold>
+                    <mainSourceLocation>${basedir}/src/main/java</mainSourceLocation>
+                    <testSourceLocation>${basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceLocation>
+                    <mainResourceLocation>${basedir}/src/main/resources</mainResourceLocation>
+                    <testResourceLocation>${basedir}/src/test/resources</testResourceLocation>
+                    <mainCompiledLocation>${project.build.directory}/classes</mainCompiledLocation>
+                    <testCompiledLocation>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testCompiledLocation>
+                    <compiledFilesList>
+                        ${project.build.directory}/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/createdFiles.lst
+                    </compiledFilesList>
+                    <inputSourceFilesList>
+                        ${project.build.directory}/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/inputFiles.lst
+                    </inputSourceFilesList>
+                    <inputTestFilesList>
+                        ${project.build.directory}/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/testCompile/default-testCompile/inputFiles.lst
+                    </inputTestFilesList>
+                    <compiledTestFilesList>
+                        ${project.build.directory}/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/testCompile/default-testCompile/createdFiles.lst
+                    </compiledTestFilesList>
+                    <buildState>
+                        <moduleBuildDataFile>${project.build.directory}/build-data/ModuleDependencies.dat
+                        </moduleBuildDataFile>
+                        <resourceBuildDataFile>${project.build.directory}/build-data/ResourceDependencies.dat
+                        </resourceBuildDataFile>
+                        <project>${project}</project>
+                        <buildStateFilePath>org.openecomp.sdc:sdc-onboarding/target/build-data/BuildState.dat
+                        </buildStateFilePath>
+                        <resourceStateFilePath>org.openecomp.sdc:sdc-onboarding/target/build-data/ResourceState.dat
+                        </resourceStateFilePath>
+                    </buildState>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-             <plugin>
+            <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${mvn.license.version}</version>
@@ -202,20 +248,20 @@
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
-        <modules>
-            <module>/api</module>
-            <module>/lib</module>
-            <module>/tools/swagger-ui</module>
-            <module>/tools/zusammen-tools</module>
-            <module>/backend</module>
-        </modules>
+    <modules>
+        <module>/api</module>
+        <module>/lib</module>
+        <module>/tools/swagger-ui</module>
+        <module>/tools/zusammen-tools</module>
+        <module>/backend</module>
+    </modules>
     <profiles>
         <!--<profile>-->
-            <!--<id>docker-staging</id>-->
-            <!--<properties>-->
-                <!--<docker.tag>${project.version}-STAGING-${maven.build.timestamp}</docker.tag>-->
-                <!--<docker.latest.tag>${project.version}-STAGING-latest</docker.latest.tag>-->
-            <!--</properties>-->
+        <!--<id>docker-staging</id>-->
+        <!--<properties>-->
+        <!--<docker.tag>${project.version}-STAGING-${maven.build.timestamp}</docker.tag>-->
+        <!--<docker.latest.tag>${project.version}-STAGING-latest</docker.latest.tag>-->
+        <!--</properties>-->
         <!--</profile>-->
 
         <profile>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/build-helper/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/tools/build-helper/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bcdf52a79e..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/tools/build-helper/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-<?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>
-
-    <artifactId>build-helper</artifactId>
-
-    <parent>
-        <artifactId>sdc-onboarding</artifactId>
-        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../../onboarding</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-
-    <properties>
-        <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
-        <pmd.skip>true</pmd.skip>
-    </properties>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-
-</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/build-helper/src/main/java/org/openecomp/onboarding/build/test/StaleCodeDetectionTest.java b/openecomp-be/tools/build-helper/src/main/java/org/openecomp/onboarding/build/test/StaleCodeDetectionTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 69f77357ae..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/tools/build-helper/src/main/java/org/openecomp/onboarding/build/test/StaleCodeDetectionTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright © 2016-2017 European Support Limited
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.onboarding.build.test;
-
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-
-public class StaleCodeDetectionTest {
-
-    private static final String JAVA_EXT = ".java";
-    private static final String CLASS_EXT = ".class";
-
-    @Test
-    public void checkIfStale() {
-
-        String moduleLocation = System.getProperty("basedir");
-        if (isStale(moduleLocation + File.separator + "target" + File.separator + "test-classes",
-                moduleLocation + File.separator + "src" + File.separator + "test" + File.separator + "java")) {
-            Assert.fail("****** Please remove 'target' directory manually under path " + moduleLocation);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private boolean isStale(String compiledCodeLocation, String javaSourceLocation) {
-        File compiledFiles = new File(compiledCodeLocation);
-        File[] list = compiledFiles.listFiles((dir, file) -> file.endsWith(CLASS_EXT) && file.indexOf('$') == -1);
-        if (list == null || list.length == 0) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        File candidate = Collections.min(Arrays.asList(list),
-                (file1, file2) -> file1.lastModified() >= file2.lastModified() ? 1 : -1);
-        String sourceFilePath = javaSourceLocation + candidate.getAbsolutePath().replace(compiledCodeLocation, "")
-                                                              .replace(CLASS_EXT, JAVA_EXT);
-        return !Paths.get(sourceFilePath).toFile().exists();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3891558b66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?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>
+
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding</groupId>
+    <artifactId>compile-helper-plugin</artifactId>
+    <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>sdc-onboarding</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../../onboarding</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${maven-core.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>${maven-plugin-annotations.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-plugin-plugin.version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/BuildState.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/BuildState.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..888622f959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/BuildState.java
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.RESOURCES_CHANGED;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+
+public class BuildState {
+
+    private static Map<String, Long> fullBuildData = new HashMap<>();
+    private static Map<String, Long> fullResourceBuildData = new HashMap<>();
+    private static Map<String, Object> moduleBuildData = new HashMap<>();
+    private static Map<String, Object> resourceBuildData = new HashMap<>();
+
+    private static File buildStateFile;
+    private static File resourceStateFile;
+    private File moduleBuildDataFile;
+    private File resourceBuildDataFile;
+    private MavenProject project;
+    private String buildStateFilePath;
+    private String resourceStateFilePath;
+
+    private void readFullBuildState() {
+        buildStateFile = initialize(this::getBuildStateFile, fullBuildData,
+                buildStateFilePath.substring(0, buildStateFilePath.indexOf('/')), project);
+    }
+
+    private void readResourceBuildState() {
+        resourceStateFile = initialize(this::getResourceStateFile, fullResourceBuildData,
+                resourceStateFilePath.substring(0, resourceStateFilePath.indexOf('/')), project);
+
+    }
+
+    private File initialize(BiFunction<String, MavenProject, File> funct, Map store, String moduleCoordinate,
+            MavenProject proj) {
+        File file = funct.apply(moduleCoordinate, proj);
+        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file); ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);) {
+            if (store.isEmpty()) {
+                store.putAll(HashMap.class.cast(ois.readObject()));
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            store.clear();
+        }
+        return file;
+    }
+
+    private void writeFullBuildState() throws IOException {
+        writeState(buildStateFile, fullBuildData);
+    }
+
+    private void writeFullResourceBuildState() throws IOException {
+        writeState(resourceStateFile, fullResourceBuildData);
+    }
+
+    private void writeState(File file, Map store) throws IOException {
+        try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file); ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos)) {
+            oos.writeObject(store);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private File getBuildStateFile(String moduleCoordinate, MavenProject proj) {
+        return getStateFile(moduleCoordinate, proj, buildStateFilePath);
+    }
+
+    private File getResourceStateFile(String moduleCoordinate, MavenProject proj) {
+        return getStateFile(moduleCoordinate, proj, resourceStateFilePath);
+    }
+
+    private File getStateFile(String moduleCoordinate, MavenProject proj, String filePath) {
+        return new File(getTopParentProject(moduleCoordinate, proj).getBasedir(),
+                filePath.substring(filePath.indexOf('/') + 1));
+    }
+
+    private MavenProject getTopParentProject(String moduleCoordinate, MavenProject proj) {
+        if (getModuleCoordinate(proj).equals(moduleCoordinate) || proj.getParent() == null) {
+            return proj;
+        } else {
+            return getTopParentProject(moduleCoordinate, proj.getParent());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String getModuleCoordinate(MavenProject project) {
+        return project.getGroupId() + ":" + project.getArtifactId();
+    }
+
+    void addModuleBuildTime(String moduleCoordinates, Long buildTime) {
+        Long lastTime = fullBuildData.put(moduleCoordinates, buildTime);
+        try {
+            if (lastTime == null || !lastTime.equals(buildTime)) {
+                writeFullBuildState();
+            }
+        } catch (IOException ignored) {
+            // ignored. No need to handle. System will take care.
+        }
+    }
+
+    void addResourceBuildTime(String moduleCoordinates, Long buildTime) {
+        if (project.getProperties().containsKey(RESOURCES_CHANGED)) {
+            Long lastTime = fullResourceBuildData.put(moduleCoordinates, buildTime);
+            try {
+                writeFullResourceBuildState();
+            } catch (IOException ignored) {
+                // ignored. No need to handle. System will take care.
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void addModuleBuildData(String moduleCoordinates, Map moduleBuildDependencies) {
+        moduleBuildData.put(moduleCoordinates, moduleBuildDependencies);
+    }
+
+    Map<String, Object> readModuleBuildData() {
+        return readBuildData(moduleBuildDataFile);
+    }
+
+    void saveModuleBuildData(String moduleCoordinate) {
+        saveBuildData(moduleBuildDataFile, moduleBuildData.get(moduleCoordinate));
+    }
+
+    void saveResourceBuildData(String moduleCoordinate) {
+        saveBuildData(resourceBuildDataFile, resourceBuildData.get(moduleCoordinate));
+    }
+
+    private void saveBuildData(File file, Object dataToSave) {
+        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        if (dataToSave != null) {
+            try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
+                 ObjectOutputStream ois = new ObjectOutputStream(fos)) {
+                ois.writeObject(dataToSave);
+            } catch (IOException ignored) {
+                //ignored. do nothing. system will take care.
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Map<String, Object> readResourceBuildData() {
+        return readBuildData(resourceBuildDataFile);
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Object> readBuildData(File file) {
+        try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file); ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis)) {
+            return HashMap.class.cast(ois.readObject());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return new HashMap<>();
+        }
+    }
+
+    void addResourceBuildData(String moduleCoordinates, Map currentModuleResourceBuildData) {
+        resourceBuildData.put(moduleCoordinates, currentModuleResourceBuildData);
+    }
+
+    Long getBuildTime(String moduleCoordinates) {
+        if (fullBuildData.isEmpty()) {
+            readFullBuildState();
+            readResourceBuildState();
+        }
+        Long buildTime = fullBuildData.get(moduleCoordinates);
+        return buildTime == null ? 0 : buildTime;
+    }
+
+    Long getResourceBuildTime(String moduleCoordinates) {
+        Long resourceBuildTime = fullResourceBuildData.get(moduleCoordinates);
+        return resourceBuildTime == null ? 0 : resourceBuildTime;
+    }
+
+    boolean isCompileMust(String moduleCoordinates, Collection<String> dependencies) {
+        return isMust(this::getBuildTime, moduleCoordinates, dependencies);
+    }
+
+    boolean isTestMust(String moduleCoordinates, Collection<String> dependencies) {
+        return isMust(this::getResourceBuildTime, moduleCoordinates, dependencies);
+    }
+
+    private boolean isMust(Function<String, Long> funct, String moduleCoordinates, Collection<String> dependencies) {
+        Long time = funct.apply(moduleCoordinates);
+        if (time == null || time == 0) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        for (String module : dependencies) {
+            Long buildTime = funct.apply(module);
+            if (buildTime >= time) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    void markModuleDirty(File file) throws IOException {
+        if (file.exists()) {
+            Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(file.toPath());
+            Iterator<String> itr = lines.iterator();
+            while (itr.hasNext()) {
+                String line = itr.next();
+                Path path = Paths.get(line);
+                if (path.toFile().exists()) {
+                    if (path.toFile().setLastModified(System.currentTimeMillis())) {
+                        break;
+                    } else {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/Constants.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/Constants.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96abc47882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/Constants.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+public class Constants {
+
+    public static final String JACOCO_SKIP = "jacoco.skip";
+    public static final String FORK_COUNT = "fork.count";
+    public static final String JAVA_EXT = ".java";
+    public static final String CLASS_EXT = ".class";
+    public static final String SKIP_TEST_RUN = "skipTestRun";
+    public static final String MAIN = "main";
+    public static final String TEST = "test";
+    public static final String JAVA = "java";
+    public static final String RESOURCES_CHANGED = "resourcesChanged";
+    public static final String UNICORN = "unicorn";
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/InitializationHelperMojo.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/InitializationHelperMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbf6f69c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/InitializationHelperMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.FORK_COUNT;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.JACOCO_SKIP;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.UNICORN;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+
+@Mojo(name = "init-helper", threadSafe = true, defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.PRE_CLEAN,
+        requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.NONE)
+public class InitializationHelperMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true)
+    private MavenProject project;
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+
+        if (System.getProperties().containsKey(JACOCO_SKIP) && Boolean.FALSE.equals(Boolean.valueOf(
+                System.getProperties().getProperty(JACOCO_SKIP)))) {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(FORK_COUNT, "1");
+        } else {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(FORK_COUNT, "0");
+        }
+
+        if (System.getProperties().containsKey(UNICORN)) {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty("classes", "classes/**/*.class");
+            project.getProperties().setProperty("testClasses", "test-classes/**/*.class");
+            project.getProperties().setProperty("mavenStatus", "maven-status/**");
+            project.getProperties().setProperty("pmd", "pmd/**");
+            project.getProperties().setProperty("customGeneratedSources", "generated-sources/custom/**");
+
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PostCompileHelperMojo.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PostCompileHelperMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ab373509e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PostCompileHelperMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.CLASS_EXT;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.JAVA_EXT;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.MAIN;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.RESOURCES_CHANGED;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.SKIP_TEST_RUN;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.UNICORN;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+
+@Mojo(name = "post-compile-helper", threadSafe = true, defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.PROCESS_TEST_CLASSES,
+        requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.TEST)
+public class PostCompileHelperMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true)
+    private MavenProject project;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.artifact.groupId}:${project.artifact.artifactId}")
+    private String moduleCoordinates;
+    @Parameter
+    private Long staleThreshold;
+    @Parameter
+    private String excludePackaging;
+    @Parameter
+    private List<String> excludeDependencies;
+    @Parameter
+    private File mainSourceLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File testSourceLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File mainCompiledLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File testCompiledLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File inputSourceFilesList;
+    @Parameter
+    private File inputTestFilesList;
+    @Parameter
+    private BuildState buildState;
+    @Parameter
+    private File mainResourceLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File testResourceLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File compiledTestFilesList;
+
+
+    private File[] getCompiledClasses(File compiledFiles) {
+        if (!compiledFiles.exists()) {
+            return new File[0];
+        }
+        File[] list = null;
+        try {
+            list = Files.walk(Paths.get(compiledFiles.getAbsolutePath()))
+                        .filter(p -> p.toFile().getAbsolutePath().endsWith(CLASS_EXT)).map(p -> p.toFile())
+                        .sorted(this::compare).collect(Collectors.toList()).toArray(new File[0]);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        if (list == null || list.length == 0) {
+            return new File[0];
+        }
+        return list;
+    }
+
+    private int compare(File file1, File file2) {
+        if (file1.lastModified() > file2.lastModified()) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        if (file1.lastModified() < file2.lastModified()) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    private File[] getStaleCompiledClasses(File[] compiledClasses, File javaSourceLocation) {
+        List<File> staleFiles = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (File file : compiledClasses) {
+            String classLocation = file.getAbsolutePath().replace(
+                    project.getBasedir().getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + "target" + File.separator, "");
+            String classLocationWithPackageOnly =
+                    classLocation.substring(classLocation.indexOf(File.separatorChar) + 1);
+            String sourceFilePath = javaSourceLocation.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + classLocationWithPackageOnly
+                                                                                                    .replace(CLASS_EXT,
+                                                                                                            JAVA_EXT);
+            if (Paths.get(sourceFilePath).toFile().exists()) {
+                return staleFiles.toArray(new File[0]);
+            } else {
+                staleFiles.add(file);
+            }
+        }
+        return staleFiles.toArray(new File[0]);
+    }
+
+    private boolean deleteAll(File[] files) {
+        for (File file : files) {
+            if (!file.delete()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        if (!System.getProperties().containsKey(UNICORN)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (project.getPackaging().equals(excludePackaging)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        String moduleLocation = project.getBasedir().getAbsolutePath();
+
+        File[] mainClasses = getCompiledClasses(mainCompiledLocation);
+        processStaleClassesIfAny(mainClasses, mainSourceLocation, inputSourceFilesList);
+
+        File[] testClasses = getCompiledClasses(testCompiledLocation);
+        processStaleClassesIfAny(testClasses, testSourceLocation, inputTestFilesList);
+
+        if (mainClasses.length == 0 && testClasses.length == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+        buildState.addModuleBuildTime(project.getGroupId() + ":" + project.getArtifactId(),
+                mainClasses.length > 0 ? mainClasses[mainClasses.length - 1].lastModified() :
+                        testClasses.length > 0 ? testClasses[testClasses.length - 1].lastModified() : 0);
+        buildState.saveModuleBuildData(moduleCoordinates);
+        Map<String, Object> resourceBuildData = getCurrentResourceBuildData();
+        Map<String, Object> lastTimeResourceBuildData = buildState.readResourceBuildData();
+        boolean resourceDataSame = resourceBuildData.equals(lastTimeResourceBuildData);
+        if (!resourceDataSame) {
+            buildState.addResourceBuildData(moduleCoordinates, resourceBuildData);
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+        }
+        boolean resourceMainBuildDataSameWithPreviousBuild =
+                lastTimeResourceBuildData.get(MAIN) != null && resourceBuildData.get(MAIN)
+                                                                                .equals(lastTimeResourceBuildData
+                                                                                                .get(MAIN));
+        if (!resourceMainBuildDataSameWithPreviousBuild) {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(RESOURCES_CHANGED, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
+        }
+        if (!project.getProperties().containsKey(SKIP_TEST_RUN)) {
+            if (compiledTestFilesList.exists()
+                        && compiledTestFilesList.lastModified() > System.currentTimeMillis() - staleThreshold) {
+                project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void processStaleClassesIfAny(File[] classes, File sourceLocation, File listFile)
+            throws MojoExecutionException {
+        if (classes.length > 0) {
+            List<File> list = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(classes));
+            File[] staleClasses = null;
+            boolean allStale = listFile.isFile() && listFile.length() == 0;
+            if (allStale) {
+                staleClasses = classes;
+                listFile.delete();
+            } else {
+                list.removeIf(f -> f.lastModified() > classes[classes.length - 1].lastModified() - staleThreshold);
+                staleClasses = getStaleCompiledClasses(list.toArray(new File[0]), sourceLocation);
+            }
+            if (!deleteAll(staleClasses)) {
+                throw new MojoExecutionException(
+                        "****** Please remove 'target' directory manually under path " + project.getBasedir()
+                                                                                                .getAbsolutePath());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Object> getCurrentResourceBuildData() {
+        HashMap<String, Object> resourceBuildStateData = new HashMap<>();
+        try {
+            resourceBuildStateData.put("main", readResources(mainResourceLocation));
+            resourceBuildStateData.put("test", readResources(testResourceLocation));
+            resourceBuildStateData.put("dependency", getDependencies());
+        } catch (IOException ioException) {
+            throw new UncheckedIOException(ioException);
+        }
+        return resourceBuildStateData;
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Long> readResources(File file) throws IOException {
+        Map<String, Long> resources = new HashMap<>();
+        if (file.exists()) {
+            List<Path> list = Files.walk(Paths.get(file.getAbsolutePath())).filter(Files::isRegularFile)
+                                   .collect(Collectors.toList());
+            for (Path path : list) {
+                resources.put(path.toFile().getAbsolutePath(), path.toFile().lastModified());
+            }
+        }
+        return resources;
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, String> getDependencies() {
+        Map<String, String> dependencies = new HashMap<>();
+        for (Artifact d : project.getArtifacts()) {
+            dependencies.put(d.getGroupId() + ":" + d.getArtifactId(), d.getVersion());
+        }
+        return dependencies;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PostTestRunHelperMojo.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PostTestRunHelperMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b326f3ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PostTestRunHelperMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.SKIP_TEST_RUN;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.UNICORN;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+
+@Mojo(name = "post-test-run-helper", threadSafe = true, defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.TEST,
+        requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.NONE)
+public class PostTestRunHelperMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    @Parameter
+    private BuildState buildState;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.artifact.groupId}:${project.artifact.artifactId}")
+    private String moduleCoordinates;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true)
+    private MavenProject project;
+    @Parameter
+    private String excludePackaging;
+
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+        if (!System.getProperties().containsKey(UNICORN)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (project.getPackaging().equals(excludePackaging)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        buildState.saveResourceBuildData(moduleCoordinates);
+        if (project.getProperties().containsKey(SKIP_TEST_RUN) && !Boolean.valueOf(
+                project.getProperties().getProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN))) {
+            if (!System.getProperties().containsKey("skipTests")) {
+                buildState.addResourceBuildTime(moduleCoordinates, System.currentTimeMillis());
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PreCompileHelperMojo.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PreCompileHelperMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..faa3167e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PreCompileHelperMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.MAIN;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.SKIP_TEST_RUN;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.TEST;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.UNICORN;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+
+@Mojo(name = "pre-compile-helper", threadSafe = true, defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.GENERATE_SOURCES,
+        requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.TEST)
+public class PreCompileHelperMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true)
+    private MavenProject project;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.artifact.groupId}:${project.artifact.artifactId}")
+    private String moduleCoordinates;
+    @Parameter
+    private String excludePackaging;
+    @Parameter
+    private List<String> excludeDependencies;
+    @Parameter
+    private File mainCompiledLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File testCompiledLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File inputSourceFilesList;
+    @Parameter
+    private File inputTestFilesList;
+    @Parameter
+    private BuildState buildState;
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        if (!System.getProperties().containsKey(UNICORN)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (project.getPackaging().equals(excludePackaging)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Map<String, Object> moduleBuildData = getCurrentModuleBuildData();
+        Map<String, Object> lastTimeModuleBuildData = buildState.readModuleBuildData();
+
+        boolean buildDataSameWithPreviousBuild = lastTimeModuleBuildData.get(MAIN) != null && moduleBuildData.get(MAIN)
+                                                                                                             .equals(lastTimeModuleBuildData
+                                                                                                                             .get(MAIN));
+        boolean isFirstBuild = buildState.getBuildTime(moduleCoordinates) == 0;
+
+        if (isCompileNeeded(HashMap.class.cast(moduleBuildData.get(MAIN)).keySet(), isFirstBuild,
+                buildDataSameWithPreviousBuild)) {
+            try {
+                buildState.markModuleDirty(inputSourceFilesList);
+                buildState.markModuleDirty(inputTestFilesList);
+                project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, "false");
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!moduleBuildData.get(TEST).equals(lastTimeModuleBuildData.get(TEST))) {
+            try {
+                buildState.markModuleDirty(inputTestFilesList);
+                project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!moduleBuildData.equals(lastTimeModuleBuildData)) {
+            buildState.addModuleBuildData(moduleCoordinates, moduleBuildData);
+        }
+
+        if (inputSourceFilesList.isFile() && inputSourceFilesList.length() == 0) {
+            if (!inputSourceFilesList.delete()) {
+                throw new MojoExecutionException(
+                        "****** Please remove 'target' directory manually under path " + project.getBasedir()
+                                                                                                .getAbsolutePath());
+            }
+        }
+        if (inputTestFilesList.isFile() && inputTestFilesList.length() == 0) {
+            if (!inputTestFilesList.delete()) {
+                throw new MojoExecutionException(
+                        "****** Please remove 'target' directory manually under path " + project.getBasedir()
+                                                                                                .getAbsolutePath());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean isCompileNeeded(Collection<String> dependencyCoordinates, boolean isFirstBuild,
+            boolean buildDataSame) {
+        return isFirstBuild || !buildDataSame || buildState.isCompileMust(moduleCoordinates, dependencyCoordinates);
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Object> getCurrentModuleBuildData() {
+        Map<String, Object> moduleBuildData = new HashMap<>();
+        moduleBuildData.put(MAIN, new HashMap<String, String>());
+        moduleBuildData.put(TEST, new HashMap<String, String>());
+        if (project.getArtifacts() == null || project.getArtifacts().isEmpty()) {
+            return moduleBuildData;
+        }
+        for (Artifact dependency : project.getArtifacts()) {
+            if (excludeDependencies.contains(dependency.getScope())) {
+                HashMap.class.cast(moduleBuildData.get(TEST))
+                             .put(dependency.getGroupId() + ":" + dependency.getArtifactId(), dependency.getVersion());
+                continue;
+            }
+            HashMap.class.cast(moduleBuildData.get(MAIN))
+                         .put(dependency.getGroupId() + ":" + dependency.getArtifactId(), dependency.getVersion());
+        }
+        return moduleBuildData;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PreTestCompileHelperMojo.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PreTestCompileHelperMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e711cb0ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PreTestCompileHelperMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.JACOCO_SKIP;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.SKIP_TEST_RUN;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.RESOURCES_CHANGED;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.UNICORN;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+
+@Mojo(name = "pre-test-compile-helper", threadSafe = true, defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.GENERATE_TEST_RESOURCES,
+        requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.TEST)
+public class PreTestCompileHelperMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    @Parameter
+    private File compiledFilesList;
+    @Parameter
+    private Long staleThreshold;
+    @Parameter
+    private File inputTestFilesList;
+    @Parameter
+    private BuildState buildState;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true)
+    private MavenProject project;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.artifact.groupId}:${project.artifact.artifactId}")
+    private String moduleCoordinates;
+    @Parameter
+    private String excludePackaging;
+
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+        if (!System.getProperties().containsKey(UNICORN)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (project.getPackaging().equals(excludePackaging)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (compiledFilesList.exists()
+                    && compiledFilesList.lastModified() > System.currentTimeMillis() - staleThreshold) {
+            try {
+                buildState.markModuleDirty(inputTestFilesList);
+                project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+            }
+        }
+        boolean isTestMust = buildState.isTestMust(moduleCoordinates,
+                project.getDependencies().stream().map(d -> d.getGroupId() + ":" + d.getArtifactId())
+                       .collect(Collectors.toList()));
+        if (isTestMust) {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(RESOURCES_CHANGED, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
+            if (!project.getProperties().containsKey(SKIP_TEST_RUN)) {
+                project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+            }
+        }
+        if (!project.getProperties().containsKey(SKIP_TEST_RUN)) {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
+        }
+        if (System.getProperties().containsKey(JACOCO_SKIP) && Boolean.FALSE.equals(Boolean.valueOf(
+                System.getProperties().getProperty(JACOCO_SKIP)))) {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+        }
+    }
+}