Upgrade dt-be-main

Update sources for dcae-dt-be-main to latest version

Change-Id: I3d58a2dc32611c0ca90f1c97e1294a17d5748623
Issue-ID: SDC-1359
Signed-off-by: Stone, Avi (as206k) <as206k@att.com>

13 files changed, 750 insertions, 1093 deletions

diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/ASDC.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/ASDC.java
index 66afab1..08383ea 100644
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/ASDC.java
+++ b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/ASDC.java
@@ -38,13 +38,11 @@ import org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 
 import org.springframework.util.Base64Utils;
-//import org.springframework.util.DigestUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
 
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
 import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFutureCallback;
@@ -57,8 +55,6 @@ import org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.commons.Action;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.commons.Future;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.commons.Futures;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.commons.JSONHttpMessageConverter;
-import org.onap.sdc.dcae.composition.util.DcaeBeConstants;
-import org.onap.sdc.dcae.composition.util.SystemProperties;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 
 import org.apache.commons.cli.BasicParser;
@@ -69,82 +65,68 @@ import org.apache.commons.cli.OptionBuilder;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException;
 
-
 @Component("asdc")
 @Scope("singleton")
-//@ConfigurationProperties(prefix="asdc")
 public class ASDC {
 
-	public static enum AssetType {
+	private static final String TARGET = "target";
+	private static final String ACTION = "action";
+	private static final String ASSET_TYPE = "assetType";
+	private static final String USER_ID = "USER_ID";
+	public static final String ASSET_ID = "assetId";
+	public static final String ARTIFACT_ID = "artifactId";
+	public static final String LIST_FILTER = "listFilter";
+
+	public enum AssetType {
 		resource,
 		service,
 		product
 	}
 
-//	public static enum ArtifactType {
-//		DCAE_TOSCA,
-//		DCAE_JSON,
-//		DCAE_POLICY,
-//		DCAE_DOC,
-//		DCAE_EVENT,
-//		DCAE_INVENTORY_TOSCA,
-//		DCAE_INVENTORY_JSON,
-//		DCAE_INVENTORY_POLICY,
-//		DCAE_INVENTORY_DOC,
-//		DCAE_INVENTORY_BLUEPRINT,
-//		DCAE_INVENTORY_EVENT,
-//		HEAT,
-//		HEAT_VOL,
-//		HEAT_NET,
-//		HEAT_NESTED,
-//		HEAT_ARTIFACT,
-//		HEAT_ENV,
-//		OTHER
-//	}
-
-//	public static enum ArtifactGroupType {
-//		DEPLOYMENT,
-//		INFORMATIONAL
-//	}
-
-	public static enum LifecycleState {
+	public enum LifecycleState {
 		Checkin,
 		Checkout,
 		Certify,
 		undocheckout
 	}
 
-	
-//	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-//	@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
-//	public @interface Mandatory {
-//	}
 
 	protected static OnapLoggerError errLogger = OnapLoggerError.getInstance();
 	protected static OnapLoggerDebug debugLogger = OnapLoggerDebug.getInstance();
-	
-	@Autowired
-	private SystemProperties systemProperties;
 
-	private URI			rootUri;
-	private String	rootPath = "/sdc/v1/catalog/";
-	private String	user,
-									passwd;
-	private String	instanceId;
+	private static final String ARTIFACT_TYPE = "artifactType";
+	private static final String ARTIFACT_GROUP_TYPE = "artifactGroupType";
+	private static final String ARTIFACT_LABEL = "artifactLabel";
+	private static final String ARTIFACT_NAME = "artifactName";
+	private static final String DESCRIPTION = "description";
+	private static final String PAYLOAD_DATA = "payloadData";
+
+	private static final String[] artifactMandatoryEntries = new String[] {};
+
+	private static final String[] updateMandatoryEntries = new String[] {ARTIFACT_NAME,
+			ARTIFACT_TYPE, ARTIFACT_GROUP_TYPE, ARTIFACT_LABEL, DESCRIPTION, PAYLOAD_DATA};
+
+	private static final String[] uploadMandatoryEntries = new String[] {ARTIFACT_NAME,
+			ARTIFACT_TYPE, ARTIFACT_GROUP_TYPE, ARTIFACT_LABEL, DESCRIPTION, PAYLOAD_DATA};
 
+	private URI rootUri;
+	private String rootPath = "/sdc/v1/catalog/";
+	private String user, passwd;
+	private String instanceId;
 
 	public void setUri(URI theUri) {
-		//theUri = URI.create(systemProperties.getProperties().getProperty(SystemProperties.ASDC_CATALOG_URL));
 		String userInfo = theUri.getUserInfo();
 		if (userInfo != null) {
 			String[] userInfoParts = userInfo.split(":");
 			setUser(userInfoParts[0]);
-			if (userInfoParts.length > 1)
+			if (userInfoParts.length > 1) {
 				setPassword(userInfoParts[1]);
+			}
 		}
 		String fragment = theUri.getFragment();
-		if (fragment == null)
+		if (fragment == null) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("The URI must contain a fragment specification, to be used as ASDC instance id");
+		}
 		setInstanceId(fragment);
 
 		try {
@@ -179,24 +161,14 @@ public class ASDC {
 		this.instanceId = theId;
 	}
 
-	public String getInstanceId() {
-		return this.instanceId;
-	}
-	
-	public void setRootPath(String thePath) {
-		this.rootPath = systemProperties.getProperties().getProperty(DcaeBeConstants.Config.ASDC_ROOTPATH);
-	}
-
-	public String getRootPath() {
-		return systemProperties.getProperties().getProperty(DcaeBeConstants.Config.ASDC_ROOTPATH);
-	}
-
     @Scheduled(fixedRateString = "${beans.context.scripts.updateCheckFrequency?:60000}")
-	public void checkForUpdates() { 
+	public void checkForUpdates() {
+		// ffu
 	}
 
 	@PostConstruct
 	public void initASDC() {
+		// ffu
 	}
 
 	public <T> Future<T> getResources(Class<T> theType) {
@@ -236,7 +208,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 	}
 	
 	public <T> Action<T> getAssetsAction(AssetType theAssetType, Class<T> theType) {
-		return (() -> fetch(refAssets(theAssetType), theType));
+		return () -> fetch(refAssets(theAssetType), theType);
 	}
 	
 	public <T> Future<T> getAssets(AssetType theAssetType, Class<T> theType,
@@ -251,7 +223,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 	
 	public <T> Action<T> getAssetsAction(AssetType theAssetType, Class<T> theType,
 																 			 String theCategory, String theSubCategory, String theResourceType) {
-		return (() -> fetch(refAssets(theAssetType) + filter(theCategory, theSubCategory, theResourceType), theType));
+		return () -> fetch(refAssets(theAssetType) + filter(theCategory, theSubCategory, theResourceType), theType);
 	}
 	
 	protected String refAssets(AssetType theAssetType) {
@@ -306,7 +278,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 	}
 	
 	public <T> Action<T> getAssetAction(AssetType theAssetType, UUID theId, Class<T> theType) {
-		return (() -> fetch(refAsset(theAssetType, theId) + "/metadata", theType));
+		return () -> fetch(refAsset(theAssetType, theId) + "/metadata", theType);
 	}
 
 	public Future<byte[]> getResourceArchive(UUID theId) {
@@ -322,7 +294,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 	}
 
 	public Action<byte[]> getAssetArchiveAction(AssetType theAssetType, UUID theId) {
-		return (() -> fetch(refAsset(theAssetType, theId) + "/toscaModel", byte[].class));
+		return () -> fetch(refAsset(theAssetType, theId) + "/toscaModel", byte[].class);
 	}
 
 	public Future<JSONObject> checkinResource(UUID theId, String theUser, String theMessage) {
@@ -354,9 +326,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 	public Future<JSONObject> cycleAsset(AssetType theAssetType, UUID theId, LifecycleState theState,
 																			 String theUser, String theMessage) {
 		return post(refAsset(theAssetType, theId)	+ "/lifecycleState/" + theState,
-							  (headers) -> prepareHeaders(headers)
-															.header("USER_ID", theUser),
-								new JSONObject().putOpt("userRemarks", theMessage));
+				headers -> prepareHeaders(headers).header(USER_ID, theUser), new JSONObject().putOpt("userRemarks", theMessage));
 	}
 
 	protected String refAssetInstanceArtifact(AssetType theAssetType, UUID theAssetId, String theAssetInstance, UUID theArtifactId) {
@@ -388,7 +358,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 	}
 	
 	public <T> Action<T> getAssetArtifactAction(AssetType theAssetType, UUID theAssetId, UUID theArtifactId, Class<T> theType) {
-		return (() -> fetch(refAssetArtifact(theAssetType, theAssetId, theArtifactId), theType));
+		return () -> fetch(refAssetArtifact(theAssetType, theAssetId, theArtifactId), theType);
 	}
 	
 	public <T> Future<T> getAssetInstanceArtifact(AssetType theAssetType, UUID theAssetId, String theInstance, UUID theArtifactId, Class<T> theType) {
@@ -396,7 +366,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 	}
 	
 	public <T> Action<T> getAssetInstanceArtifactAction(AssetType theAssetType, UUID theAssetId, String theInstance, UUID theArtifactId, Class<T> theType) {
-		return (() -> fetch(refAssetInstanceArtifact(theAssetType, theAssetId, theInstance, theArtifactId), theType));
+		return () -> fetch(refAssetInstanceArtifact(theAssetType, theAssetId, theInstance, theArtifactId), theType);
 	}
 	
 	public ArtifactUploadAction createResourceArtifact(UUID theAssetId) {
@@ -518,8 +488,9 @@ public class ASDC {
 
 		protected void checkMandatoryInfo() {
 			for (String field: mandatoryInfoEntries()) {
-				if (!info.has(field))			
+				if (!info.has(field)) {
 					throw new IllegalStateException("No '" + field + "' was provided");
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		
@@ -529,10 +500,9 @@ public class ASDC {
 		}
 	}
 
-	protected static final String[] artifactMandatoryEntries = new String[] {};
 
 	/**
-   * We use teh same API to operate on artifacts attached to assets or to their instances
+     * We use teh same API to operate on artifacts attached to assets or to their instances
 	 */
 	public abstract class ASDCArtifactAction<A extends ASDCArtifactAction<A>> extends ASDCAction<A, JSONObject> {
 
@@ -570,17 +540,12 @@ public class ASDC {
 								refAssetArtifact(this.assetType, this.assetId, theArtifactId) :
 								refAssetInstanceArtifact(this.assetType, this.assetId, normalizeInstanceName(this.assetInstance), theArtifactId);
 		}
-	} 
-
-	protected static final String[] uploadMandatoryEntries = new String[] { "artifactName",
-																																					 "artifactType",
-																																					 "artifactGroupType", 
-																																					 "artifactLabel",
-																																					 "description",
-																																					 "payloadData" };
+	}
 
 	public class ArtifactUploadAction extends ASDCArtifactAction<ArtifactUploadAction> {
-		
+
+		public static final String PAYLOAD_DATA = ASDC.PAYLOAD_DATA;
+
 		protected ArtifactUploadAction() {
 			super(new JSONObject());
 		}
@@ -590,7 +555,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 		}
 		
 		public ArtifactUploadAction withContent(byte[] theContent) {
-			return with("payloadData", Base64Utils.encodeToString(theContent));
+			return with(PAYLOAD_DATA, Base64Utils.encodeToString(theContent));
 		}
 
 		public ArtifactUploadAction withContent(File theFile) throws IOException {
@@ -598,11 +563,11 @@ public class ASDC {
 		}
 
 		public ArtifactUploadAction withLabel(String theLabel) {
-			return with("artifactLabel", theLabel);
+			return with(ARTIFACT_LABEL, theLabel);
 		}
 		
 		public ArtifactUploadAction withName(String theName) {
-			return with("artifactName", theName);
+			return with(ARTIFACT_NAME, theName);
 		}
 		
 		public ArtifactUploadAction withDisplayName(String theName) {
@@ -610,17 +575,18 @@ public class ASDC {
 		}
 
 		public ArtifactUploadAction withType(ArtifactType theType) {
-			return with("artifactType", theType.toString());
+			return with(ARTIFACT_TYPE, theType.toString());
 		}
 
 		public ArtifactUploadAction withGroupType(ArtifactGroupType theGroupType) {
-			return with("artifactGroupType", theGroupType.toString());
+			return with(ARTIFACT_GROUP_TYPE, theGroupType.toString());
 		}
 
 		public ArtifactUploadAction withDescription(String theDescription) {
-			return with("description", theDescription);
+			return with(DESCRIPTION, theDescription);
 		}
-		
+
+		@Override
 		protected String[] mandatoryInfoEntries() {
 			return ASDC.this.uploadMandatoryEntries;
 		}
@@ -628,18 +594,11 @@ public class ASDC {
 		public Future<JSONObject> execute() {
 			checkMandatory();
 			return ASDC.this.post(ref(null),
-														(headers) -> prepareHeaders(headers)
-																					.header("USER_ID", this.operatorId),
-														this.info);
+					headers -> prepareHeaders(headers).header(USER_ID, this.operatorId), this.info);
 		}
 	}
 
-	protected static final String[] updateMandatoryEntries = new String[] { "artifactName",
-																																					 "artifactType",
-																																					 "artifactGroupType", 
-																																					 "artifactLabel",
-																																					 "description",
-																																					 "payloadData" };
+
 
 	/**
 	 * In its current form the update relies on a previous artifact retrieval. One cannot build an update from scratch.
@@ -657,7 +616,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 		}
 		
 		public ArtifactUpdateAction withContent(byte[] theContent) {
-			return with("payloadData", Base64Utils.encodeToString(theContent));
+			return with(PAYLOAD_DATA, Base64Utils.encodeToString(theContent));
 		}
 
 		public ArtifactUpdateAction withContent(File theFile) throws IOException {
@@ -665,13 +624,14 @@ public class ASDC {
 		}
 
 		public ArtifactUpdateAction withDescription(String theDescription) {
-			return with("description", theDescription);
+			return with(DESCRIPTION, theDescription);
 		}
 		
 		public ArtifactUpdateAction withName(String theName) {
-			return with("artifactName", theName);
+			return with(ARTIFACT_NAME, theName);
 		}
-		
+
+		@Override
 		protected String[] mandatoryInfoEntries() {
 			return ASDC.this.updateMandatoryEntries;
 		}
@@ -690,9 +650,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 			checkMandatory();
 			cleanupInfoEntries();
 			return ASDC.this.post(ref(artifactUUID),
-														(headers) -> prepareHeaders(headers)
-																					.header("USER_ID", this.operatorId),
-														this.info);
+					headers -> prepareHeaders(headers).header(USER_ID, this.operatorId),this.info);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -712,26 +670,25 @@ public class ASDC {
 		public Future<JSONObject> execute() {
 			checkMandatory();
 			return ASDC.this.delete(ref(this.artifactId),
-														  (headers) -> prepareHeaders(headers)
-																					.header("USER_ID", this.operatorId));
+					headers -> prepareHeaders(headers).header(USER_ID, this.operatorId));
 		}
 	}
 
 
 
 
-	public VFCMTCreateAction createVFCMT() {
+	private VFCMTCreateAction createVFCMT() {
 		return new VFCMTCreateAction();
 	}
-	
-	protected static final String[] vfcmtMandatoryEntries = new String[] { "name",
-																																				 "vendorName",
-																																	 			 "vendorRelease",
-																																				 "contactId" };
+
+
 
 
 	public class VFCMTCreateAction extends ASDCAction<VFCMTCreateAction, JSONObject> {
 
+		private static final String CONTACT_ID = "contactId";
+		private final String[] vfcmtMandatoryEntries = new String[] { "name", "vendorName", "vendorRelease", CONTACT_ID};
+
 		protected VFCMTCreateAction() {
 
 			super(new JSONObject());
@@ -751,7 +708,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 		}
 
 		public VFCMTCreateAction withDescription(String theDescription) {
-			return with("description", theDescription);
+			return with(DESCRIPTION, theDescription);
 		}
 		
 		public VFCMTCreateAction withVendorName(String theVendorName) {
@@ -763,8 +720,9 @@ public class ASDC {
 		}
 		
 		public VFCMTCreateAction withTags(String... theTags) {
-			for (String tag: theTags)
+			for (String tag: theTags) {
 				this.info.append("tags", tag);
+			}
 			return this;			
 		}
 		
@@ -773,30 +731,29 @@ public class ASDC {
 		}
 		
 		protected String[] mandatoryInfoEntries() {
-			return ASDC.this.vfcmtMandatoryEntries;
+			return vfcmtMandatoryEntries;
 		}
 		
 		public VFCMTCreateAction withContact(String theContact) {
-			return with("contactId", theContact);
+			return with(CONTACT_ID, theContact);
 		}
 		
 		public Future<JSONObject> execute() {
 		
-			this.info.putOnce("contactId", this.operatorId);	
+			this.info.putOnce(CONTACT_ID, this.operatorId);
 			this.info.append("tags", info.optString("name"));
 			checkMandatory();
 			return ASDC.this.post(refAssets(AssetType.resource),
-														(headers) -> prepareHeaders(headers)
-																					.header("USER_ID", this.operatorId),
-														this.info);
+					headers -> prepareHeaders(headers).header(USER_ID, this.operatorId), this.info);
 		}
 
 	}
 
 	public static JSONObject merge(JSONObject theOriginal, JSONObject thePatch) {
 		for (String key: (Set<String>)thePatch.keySet()) {
-			if (!theOriginal.has(key))
+			if (!theOriginal.has(key)) {
 				theOriginal.put(key, thePatch.get(key));
+			}
 		}
 		return theOriginal;
 	}
@@ -883,18 +840,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 
 
 
-	public class ASDCFuture<T>
-										extends Futures.BasicFuture<T> {
-
-		private boolean http404toEmpty = false;
-
-		ASDCFuture() {
-		}
-
-		public ASDCFuture setHttp404ToEmpty(boolean doEmpty) {
-			this.http404toEmpty = doEmpty;
-			return this;
-		}
+	public class ASDCFuture<T> extends Futures.BasicFuture<T> {
 
 		ListenableFutureCallback<ResponseEntity<T>> callback = new ListenableFutureCallback<ResponseEntity<T>>() {
 
@@ -904,9 +850,6 @@ public class ASDC {
 
 			public void	onFailure(Throwable theError) {
 				if (theError instanceof HttpClientErrorException) {
-				//	if (theError.getRawStatusCode() == 404 && this.http404toEmpty)
-				//		ASDCFuture.this.result(); //th eresult is of type T ...
-				//	else
 						ASDCFuture.this.cause(new ASDCException((HttpClientErrorException)theError));
 				}
 				else {
@@ -918,70 +861,66 @@ public class ASDC {
 	}
 
 	public class ContentMD5Interceptor implements AsyncClientHttpRequestInterceptor {
-
-    @Override
-    public ListenableFuture<ClientHttpResponse> intercept(
-            HttpRequest theRequest, byte[] theBody, AsyncClientHttpRequestExecution theExecution)
-            																																					throws IOException {
-				if (HttpMethod.POST == theRequest.getMethod()) {
-	        HttpHeaders headers = theRequest.getHeaders();
-  	      headers.add("Content-MD5", Base64Utils.encodeToString(
-																				//DigestUtils.md5Digest(theBody)));
-																				DigestUtils.md5Hex(theBody).getBytes()));
-																					
-				}
-    	  return theExecution.executeAsync(theRequest, theBody);
-    }
+		@Override
+		public ListenableFuture<ClientHttpResponse> intercept(
+				HttpRequest theRequest, byte[] theBody, AsyncClientHttpRequestExecution theExecution)
+				throws IOException {
+			if (HttpMethod.POST == theRequest.getMethod()) {
+				HttpHeaders headers = theRequest.getHeaders();
+				headers.add("Content-MD5", Base64Utils.encodeToString(DigestUtils.md5Hex(theBody).getBytes()));
+			}
+			return theExecution.executeAsync(theRequest, theBody);
+		}
 	}
 
 	public static void main(String[] theArgs) throws Exception {
 
 		CommandLineParser parser = new BasicParser();
 		
-		String user_id = "jh0003";
+		String userId = "jh0003";
 		
 		Options options = new Options();
 		options.addOption(OptionBuilder
-														  .withArgName("target")
-															.withLongOpt("target")
+														  .withArgName(TARGET)
+															.withLongOpt(TARGET)
                                .withDescription("target asdc system")
 															.hasArg()
 															.isRequired()
 															.create('t') );
 			
 		options.addOption(OptionBuilder
-														  .withArgName("action")
-															.withLongOpt("action")
+														  .withArgName(ACTION)
+															.withLongOpt(ACTION)
                               .withDescription("one of: list, get, getartifact, checkin, checkout")
 															.hasArg()
 															.isRequired()
 															.create('a') );
 
 		options.addOption(OptionBuilder
-														  .withArgName("assetType")
-															.withLongOpt("assetType")
+														  .withArgName(ASSET_TYPE)
+															.withLongOpt(ASSET_TYPE)
                                .withDescription("one of resource, service, product")
 															.hasArg()
 															.isRequired()
 															.create('k') ); //k for 'kind' ..
 
 		options.addOption(OptionBuilder
-														  .withArgName("assetId")
-															.withLongOpt("assetId")
+														  .withArgName(ASSET_ID)
+															.withLongOpt(ASSET_ID)
                                .withDescription("asset uuid")
 															.hasArg()
 															.create('u') ); //u for 'uuid'
 
 		options.addOption(OptionBuilder
-														  .withArgName("artifactId")
-															.withLongOpt("artifactId")
+														  .withArgName(ARTIFACT_ID)
+															.withLongOpt(ARTIFACT_ID)
                                .withDescription("artifact uuid")
 															.hasArg()
 															.create('s') ); //s for 'stuff'
 
 		options.addOption(OptionBuilder
-														  .withArgName("listFilter")
-															.withLongOpt("listFilter")
+														  .withArgName(LIST_FILTER)
+															.withLongOpt(LIST_FILTER)
                                .withDescription("filter for list operations")
 															.hasArg()
 															.create('f') ); //u for 'uuid'
@@ -997,86 +936,67 @@ public class ASDC {
 		}
 
 		ASDC asdc = new ASDC();
-		asdc.setUri(new URI(line.getOptionValue("target")));
+		asdc.setUri(new URI(line.getOptionValue(TARGET)));
 
-		String action = line.getOptionValue("action");
-		if (action.equals("list")) {
+		String action = line.getOptionValue(ACTION);
+		if ("list".equals(action)) {
 			JSONObject filterInfo = new JSONObject(
-																			line.hasOption("listFilter") ?
-																				line.getOptionValue("listFilter") : "{}");
+																			line.hasOption(LIST_FILTER) ?
+																				line.getOptionValue(LIST_FILTER) : "{}");
 			JSONArray assets = 
-				asdc.getAssets(ASDC.AssetType.valueOf(line.getOptionValue("assetType")), JSONArray.class,
+				asdc.getAssets(ASDC.AssetType.valueOf(line.getOptionValue(ASSET_TYPE)), JSONArray.class,
 											 filterInfo.optString("category", null), filterInfo.optString("subCategory", null))
 						.waitForResult();
 			for (int i = 0; i < assets.length(); i++) {
 				debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDC.class.getName(),"> {}", assets.getJSONObject(i).toString(2));
 			}
 		}
-		else if (action.equals("get")) {
+		else if ("get".equals(action)) {
 			debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDC.class.getName(),
-					asdc.getAsset(ASDC.AssetType.valueOf(line.getOptionValue("assetType")),
-											UUID.fromString(line.getOptionValue("assetId")),
+					asdc.getAsset(ASDC.AssetType.valueOf(line.getOptionValue(ASSET_TYPE)),
+											UUID.fromString(line.getOptionValue(ASSET_ID)),
 											JSONObject.class)
 						.waitForResult()
 						.toString(2)
 			);
 		}
-		else if (action.equals("getartifact")) {
+		else if ("getartifact".equals(action)) {
 			debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDC.class.getName(),
-					asdc.getAssetArtifact(ASDC.AssetType.valueOf(line.getOptionValue("assetType")),
-															UUID.fromString(line.getOptionValue("assetId")),
-															UUID.fromString(line.getOptionValue("artifactId")),
+					asdc.getAssetArtifact(ASDC.AssetType.valueOf(line.getOptionValue(ASSET_TYPE)),
+															UUID.fromString(line.getOptionValue(ASSET_ID)),
+															UUID.fromString(line.getOptionValue(ARTIFACT_ID)),
 															String.class)
 						.waitForResult()
 			);
 		}
-		else if (action.equals("checkin")) {
+		else if ("checkin".equals(action)) {
 			debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDC.class.getName(),
-					asdc.cycleAsset(ASDC.AssetType.valueOf(line.getOptionValue("assetType")),
-													UUID.fromString(line.getOptionValue("assetId")),
+					asdc.cycleAsset(ASDC.AssetType.valueOf(line.getOptionValue(ASSET_TYPE)),
+													UUID.fromString(line.getOptionValue(ASSET_ID)),
 													ASDC.LifecycleState.Checkin,
-													user_id,
+													userId,
 													"cli op")
 							.waitForResult()
 							.toString()
 			);
 		}
-		else if (action.equals("checkout")) {
+		else if ("checkout".equals(action)) {
 			debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDC.class.getName(),
-					asdc.cycleAsset(ASDC.AssetType.valueOf(line.getOptionValue("assetType")),
-													UUID.fromString(line.getOptionValue("assetId")),
+					asdc.cycleAsset(ASDC.AssetType.valueOf(line.getOptionValue(ASSET_TYPE)),
+													UUID.fromString(line.getOptionValue(ASSET_ID)),
 													ASDC.LifecycleState.Checkout,
-													user_id,
+													userId,
 													"cli op")
 							.waitForResult()
 							.toString()
 			);
 		}
-		else if (action.equals("cleanup")) {
+		else if ("cleanup".equals(action)) {
 			JSONArray resources = asdc.getResources()
 																	.waitForResult();
 			debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDC.class.getName(),"Got {} resources", resources.length());
 
-			// vfcmt cleanup 
-			for (int i = 0; i < resources.length(); i++) {
-
-				JSONObject resource = resources.getJSONObject(i);
-
-				if (resource.getString("resourceType").equals("VFCMT") &&
-						resource.getString("name").contains("test")) {
-
-					debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDC.class.getName(),"undocheckout for {}", resource.getString("uuid"));
-
-					try {
-						asdc.cycleAsset(AssetType.resource, UUID.fromString(resource.getString("uuid")), LifecycleState.undocheckout, user_id, null)
-							.waitForResult();
-					}
-					catch (Exception x) {
-						debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDC.class.getName(),"** {}", x);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
+			vfcmtCleanup(userId, asdc, resources);
 		}
 		else {
 			try {
@@ -1087,7 +1007,7 @@ public class ASDC {
 							.withVendorName("CloneInc")
 							.withVendorRelease("1.0")
 							.withTags("clone")
-							.withOperator(user_id)
+							.withOperator(userId)
 							.execute()
 							.waitForResult()
 							.toString()
@@ -1098,4 +1018,25 @@ public class ASDC {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	private static void vfcmtCleanup(String userId, ASDC asdc, JSONArray resources) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < resources.length(); i++) {
+
+            JSONObject resource = resources.getJSONObject(i);
+
+            if ("VFCMT".equals(resource.getString("resourceType")) &&
+                    resource.getString("name").contains("test")) {
+
+                debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDC.class.getName(),"undocheckout for {}", resource.getString("uuid"));
+
+                try {
+                    asdc.cycleAsset(AssetType.resource, UUID.fromString(resource.getString("uuid")), LifecycleState.undocheckout, userId, null)
+                        .waitForResult();
+                }
+                catch (Exception x) {
+                    debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDC.class.getName(),"** {}", x);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+	}
 }
diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/ASDCUtils.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/ASDCUtils.java
index 1d70627..d6a175f 100644
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/ASDCUtils.java
+++ b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/ASDCUtils.java
@@ -35,414 +35,422 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="asdcutils")
 public class ASDCUtils {
 
-	private static OnapLoggerError errLogger = OnapLoggerError.getInstance();
-	private static OnapLoggerDebug debugLogger = OnapLoggerDebug.getInstance();
-
-	@Autowired
-	private ASDC asdc;
-
-	@Autowired 
-	private Blueprinter blueprint;
-
-	public ASDCUtils() {
-		// Making sonar happy
-	}
-
-	public ASDCUtils(URI theASDCURI) {
-		this(theASDCURI, null);
-	}
-
-	public ASDCUtils(URI theASDCURI, URI theBlueprinterURI) {
-		this.asdc = new ASDC();
-		this.asdc.setUri(theASDCURI);
-		if (theBlueprinterURI != null) {
-			this.blueprint = new Blueprinter();
-			this.blueprint.setUri(theBlueprinterURI);
-		}
-	}
-
-	public ASDCUtils(ASDC theASDC) {
-		this(theASDC, null);
-	}
-
-	public ASDCUtils(ASDC theASDC, Blueprinter theBlueprinter) {
-		this.asdc = theASDC;
-		this.blueprint = theBlueprinter;
-	}
-
-	public CloneAssetArtifactsAction cloneAssetArtifacts(ASDC.AssetType theAssetType, UUID theSourceId, UUID theTargetId) {
-		return new CloneAssetArtifactsAction(this.asdc, theAssetType, theSourceId, theTargetId);
-	}
-
-	public static class CloneAssetArtifactsAction extends ASDC.ASDCAction<CloneAssetArtifactsAction, List<JSONObject>> {
-
-		private ASDC.AssetType assetType;
-		private UUID sourceId, targetId;
-
-		protected CloneAssetArtifactsAction(ASDC theASDC, ASDC.AssetType theAssetType, UUID theSourceId, UUID theTargetId) {
-			theASDC.super(new JSONObject());
-			this.assetType = theAssetType;
-			this.sourceId = theSourceId;
-			this.targetId = theTargetId;
-		}
-
-		protected CloneAssetArtifactsAction self() {
-			return this;
-		}
-
-		public CloneAssetArtifactsAction withLabel(String theLabel) {
-			return with("artifactLabel", theLabel);
-		}
-
-		protected String[] mandatoryInfoEntries() {
-			return new String[] {};
-		}
-
-		public Future<List<JSONObject>> execute() {
-			checkMandatory();
-
-			final Actions.Sequence<JSONObject> sequencer = new Actions.Sequence<JSONObject>();
-
-			new Actions.Sequence().add(super.asdc().getAssetArchiveAction(this.assetType, this.sourceId)).add(super.asdc().getAssetAction(this.assetType, this.sourceId, JSONObject.class)).execute().setHandler(assetFuture -> {
-				debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "*** {}", assetFuture.result());
-				processArtifacts((List) assetFuture.result(), (JSONObject theInfo, byte[] theData) -> {
-					theInfo.remove("artifactChecksum");
-					theInfo.remove("artifactUUID");
-					theInfo.remove("artifactVersion");
-					theInfo.remove("artifactURL");
-					theInfo.put("description", theInfo.remove("artifactDescription"));
-					theInfo.put("payloadData", Base64Utils.encodeToString(theData));
-					return theInfo;
-				}, null).forEach(artifactInfo -> sequencer.add(super.asdc().createAssetArtifact(this.assetType, this.targetId).withInfo(ASDC.merge(artifactInfo, this.info)).withOperator(this.operatorId)));
-				sequencer.execute();
-			});
-
-			return sequencer.future();
-		}
-	} //the Action class
-
-	/* */
-	private static JSONObject lookupArtifactInfo(JSONArray theArtifacts, String theName) {
-
-		for (int i = 0; theArtifacts != null && i < theArtifacts.length(); i++) {
-			JSONObject artifactInfo = theArtifacts.getJSONObject(i);
-			if (theName.equals(artifactInfo.getString("artifactName"))) {
-				debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDCUtils.class.getName(), "Found artifact info {}", artifactInfo);
-				return artifactInfo;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	private static byte[] extractArtifactData(InputStream theEntryStream) throws IOException {
-		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-		try {
-			byte[] buff = new byte[4096];
-			int cnt = 0;
-			while ((cnt = theEntryStream.read(buff)) != -1) {
-				baos.write(buff, 0, cnt);
-			}
-		} finally {
-			baos.close();
-		}
-		return baos.toByteArray();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Recycle a cdump, fetch all relevant ASDC artifacts, interact with Shu's toscalib service in order to generate
-	 * a blueprint. No 'Action' object here as there is nothig to set up.
-	 */
-	public Future<Future<String>> buildBlueprint(Reader theCdump) {
-
-		final Recycler recycler = new Recycler();
-		Object template = null;
-
-		try {
-			template = recycler.recycle(theCdump);
-
-		} catch (Exception x) {
-			return Futures.failedFuture(x);
-		}
-
-		JXPathContext jxroot = JXPathContext.newContext(template);
-		jxroot.setLenient(true);
-
-		//based on the output of ASDCCatalog the node description will contain the UUID of the resource declaring it
-		List uuids = (List) StreamSupport.stream(Spliterators.spliteratorUnknownSize(jxroot.iterate("topology_template/node_templates/*/description"), 16), false).distinct().filter(desc -> desc != null)
-				//the desc contains the full URI and the resource uuid is the 5th path element
-				.map(desc -> desc.toString().split("/")[5]).collect(Collectors.toList());
-
-		//prepare fetching all archives/resource details
-		final Futures.Accumulator accumulator = new Futures.Accumulator();
-		uuids.stream().forEach(uuid -> {
-			UUID rid = UUID.fromString((String) uuid);
-			accumulator.add(this.asdc.getAssetArchive(ASDC.AssetType.resource, rid));
-			accumulator.add(this.asdc.getAsset(ASDC.AssetType.resource, rid, JSONObject.class));
-		});
-
-		final byte[] templateData = recycler.toString(template).getBytes(/*"UTF-8"*/);
-		//retrieve all resource archive+details, prepare blueprint service request and send its request
-		return Futures.advance(accumulator.accumulate(), (List theArchives) -> {
-			Blueprinter.BlueprintAction action = blueprint.generateBlueprint();
-			processArtifacts(theArchives, (JSONObject theInfo, byte[] theData) -> new JSONObject().put(theInfo.getString("artifactName").split("\\.")[0], Base64Utils.encodeToString(theData)),
-					(Stream<JSONObject> theAssetArtifacts) -> theAssetArtifacts.reduce(new JSONObject(), ASDC::merge)).forEach(artifactInfo -> action.withModelInfo(artifactInfo));
-
-			return action.withTemplateData(templateData).execute();
-		});
-	}
-
-	public Future<Future<String>> buildBlueprintViaToscaLab(Reader theCdump) {
-		return processCdump(theCdump, (theTemplate, theArchives) -> {
-			Blueprinter.BlueprintAction action = blueprint.generateBlueprint();
-			processArtifacts(theArchives, (JSONObject theInfo, byte[] theData) -> new JSONObject().put(theInfo.getString("artifactName").split("\\.")[0], Base64Utils.encodeToString(theData)),
-					(Stream<JSONObject> theAssetArtifacts) -> theAssetArtifacts.reduce(new JSONObject(), ASDC::merge)).forEach(artifactInfo -> action.withModelInfo(artifactInfo));
-
-			return action.withTemplateData(Recycler.toString(theTemplate).getBytes()).execute();
-
-		});
-	}
-
-	private static class Tracker implements TargetLocator {
-
-		private static enum Position {
-			SCHEMA, TEMPLATE, TRANSLATE;
-		}
-
-		private static final int Positions = Position.values().length;
-
-		private List<Target> tgts = new ArrayList<Target>(3);
-
-		public Tracker() {
-			clear();
-		}
-
-		public boolean addSearchPath(URI theURI) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		public boolean addSearchPath(String thePath) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		public Iterable<URI> searchPaths() {
-			return Collections.emptyList();
-		}
-
-		protected int position(String... theKeys) {
-			for (String key : theKeys) {
-				if ("schema".equals(key)) {
-					return Position.SCHEMA.ordinal();
-				}
-				if ("template".equals(key)) {
-					return Position.TEMPLATE.ordinal();
-				}
-				if ("translate".equals(key)) {
-					return Position.TRANSLATE.ordinal();
-				}
-			}
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-		public Target resolve(String theName) {
-			for (Target tgt : tgts) {
-				if (tgt != null && tgt.getName().equals(theName)) {
-					return tgt;
-				}
-			}
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		public void track(JSONObject theInfo, final byte[] theData) {
-			String uri = theInfo.getString("artifactURL").split("/")[5];
-			String name = theInfo.getString("artifactName"), desc = theInfo.getString("artifactDescription"), label = theInfo.getString("artifactLabel");
-			int pos = position(desc, label);
-
-			debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDCUtils.class.getName(), "Tracking {} at {}, {}", name, pos, theInfo.optString("artifactURL"));
-
-			if (pos > -1) {
-				tgts.set(pos, new Target(name, URI.create("asdc:" + uri + "/" + name)) {
-					@Override
-					public Reader open(){
-						return new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(theData)));
-					}
-				});
-			}
-		}
-
-		public boolean hasSchema() {
-			return tgts.get(Position.SCHEMA.ordinal()) != null;
-		}
-
-		public Target schema() {
-			return tgts.get(Position.SCHEMA.ordinal());
-		}
-
-		public boolean hasTemplate() {
-			return tgts.get(Position.TEMPLATE.ordinal()) != null;
-		}
-
-		public Target template() {
-			return tgts.get(Position.TEMPLATE.ordinal());
-		}
-
-		public boolean hasTranslation() {
-			return tgts.get(Position.TRANSLATE.ordinal()) != null;
-		}
-
-		public Target translation() {
-			return tgts.get(Position.TRANSLATE.ordinal());
-		}
-
-		public void clear() {
-			if (tgts.isEmpty()) {
-				for (int i = 0; i < Positions; i++) {
-					tgts.add(null);
-				}
-			} else {
-				Collections.fill(tgts, null);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	private Checker buildChecker() {
-		try {
-			return new Checker();
-		} catch (CheckerException cx) {
-			errLogger.log(LogLevel.ERROR, this.getClass().getName(), "CheckerException while creating Checker {}", cx);
-			return null;
-		}
-	}
-
-	public Future<Catalog> buildCatalog(Reader theCdump) {
-
-		//
-		//the purpose of the tracking is to be able to resolve import references within the 'space' of an
-		//asset's artifacts
-		//processing order is important too so we 'order the targets: schema, template, translation
-		//
-		final Tracker tracker = new Tracker();
-		final Catalog catalog = Checker.buildCatalog();
-
-		return processCdump(theCdump, (theTemplate, theArchives) -> {
-
-			final Checker checker = buildChecker();
-			if (checker == null) {
-				return null;
-			}
-			checker.setTargetLocator(tracker);
-
-			processArtifacts(theArchives, (JSONObject theInfo, byte[] theData) -> {
-						tracker.track(theInfo, theData);
-						return (Catalog) null;
-					},
-					// aggregation: this is where the actual processing takes place now that
-					// we have all the targets
-					(Stream<Catalog> theAssetArtifacts) -> {
-						//the stream is full of nulls, ignore it, work with the tracker
-
-						try {
-							if (tracker.hasSchema()) {
-								checker.check(tracker.schema(), catalog);
-							}
-							if (tracker.hasTemplate()) {
-								checker.check(tracker.template(), catalog);
-							}
-							if (tracker.hasTranslation()) {
-								checker.check(tracker.translation(), catalog);
-							}
-						} catch (CheckerException cx) {
-							//got to do better than this
-							errLogger.log(LogLevel.ERROR, ASDC.class.getName(),"CheckerException while checking catalog:{}", cx);
-						} finally {
-							tracker.clear();
-						}
-						return checker.catalog();
-					});
-
-			Target cdump = new Target("cdump", URI.create("asdc:cdump"));
-			cdump.setTarget(theTemplate);
-
-			validateCatalog(catalog, checker, cdump);
-
-			return catalog;
-		});
-	}
-
-	private void validateCatalog(Catalog catalog, Checker checker, Target cdump) {
-		try {
+    private static final String ARTIFACT_URL = "artifactURL";
+    private static final String ARTIFACT_NAME = "artifactName";
+    private static OnapLoggerError errLogger = OnapLoggerError.getInstance();
+    private static OnapLoggerDebug debugLogger = OnapLoggerDebug.getInstance();
+
+    @Autowired
+    private ASDC asdc;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private Blueprinter blueprint;
+
+    public ASDCUtils() {
+        // Making sonar happy
+    }
+
+    public ASDCUtils(URI theASDCURI) {
+        this(theASDCURI, null);
+    }
+
+    public ASDCUtils(URI theASDCURI, URI theBlueprinterURI) {
+        this.asdc = new ASDC();
+        this.asdc.setUri(theASDCURI);
+        if (theBlueprinterURI != null) {
+            this.blueprint = new Blueprinter();
+            this.blueprint.setUri(theBlueprinterURI);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public ASDCUtils(ASDC theASDC) {
+        this(theASDC, null);
+    }
+
+    public ASDCUtils(ASDC theASDC, Blueprinter theBlueprinter) {
+        this.asdc = theASDC;
+        this.blueprint = theBlueprinter;
+    }
+
+    public CloneAssetArtifactsAction cloneAssetArtifacts(ASDC.AssetType theAssetType, UUID theSourceId, UUID theTargetId) {
+        return new CloneAssetArtifactsAction(this.asdc, theAssetType, theSourceId, theTargetId);
+    }
+
+    public static class CloneAssetArtifactsAction extends ASDC.ASDCAction<CloneAssetArtifactsAction, List<JSONObject>> {
+
+        private ASDC.AssetType assetType;
+        private UUID sourceId, targetId;
+
+        CloneAssetArtifactsAction(ASDC theASDC, ASDC.AssetType theAssetType, UUID theSourceId, UUID theTargetId) {
+            theASDC.super(new JSONObject());
+            this.assetType = theAssetType;
+            this.sourceId = theSourceId;
+            this.targetId = theTargetId;
+        }
+
+        protected CloneAssetArtifactsAction self() {
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public CloneAssetArtifactsAction withLabel(String theLabel) {
+            return with("artifactLabel", theLabel);
+        }
+
+        protected String[] mandatoryInfoEntries() {
+            return new String[] {};
+        }
+
+        public Future<List<JSONObject>> execute() {
+            checkMandatory();
+
+            final Actions.Sequence<JSONObject> sequencer = new Actions.Sequence<JSONObject>();
+
+            new Actions.Sequence().add(super.asdc().getAssetArchiveAction(this.assetType, this.sourceId)).add(super.asdc().getAssetAction(this.assetType, this.sourceId, JSONObject.class)).execute().setHandler(assetFuture -> {
+                debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "*** {}", assetFuture.result());
+                processArtifacts((List) assetFuture.result(), (JSONObject theInfo, byte[] theData) -> {
+                    theInfo.remove("artifactChecksum");
+                    theInfo.remove("artifactUUID");
+                    theInfo.remove("artifactVersion");
+                    theInfo.remove(ARTIFACT_URL);
+                    theInfo.put("description", theInfo.remove("artifactDescription"));
+                    theInfo.put("payloadData", Base64Utils.encodeToString(theData));
+                    return theInfo;
+                }, null).forEach(artifactInfo -> sequencer.add(super.asdc().createAssetArtifact(this.assetType, this.targetId).withInfo(ASDC.merge(artifactInfo, this.info)).withOperator(this.operatorId)));
+                sequencer.execute();
+            });
+
+            return sequencer.future();
+        }
+    } //the Action class
+
+    /* */
+    private static JSONObject lookupArtifactInfo(JSONArray theArtifacts, String theName) {
+
+        for (int i = 0; theArtifacts != null && i < theArtifacts.length(); i++) {
+            JSONObject artifactInfo = theArtifacts.getJSONObject(i);
+            if (theName.equals(artifactInfo.getString(ARTIFACT_NAME))) {
+                debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDCUtils.class.getName(), "Found artifact info {}", artifactInfo);
+                return artifactInfo;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static byte[] extractArtifactData(InputStream theEntryStream) throws IOException {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        try {
+            byte[] buff = new byte[4096];
+            int cnt = 0;
+            while ((cnt = theEntryStream.read(buff)) != -1) {
+                baos.write(buff, 0, cnt);
+            }
+        } finally {
+            baos.close();
+        }
+        return baos.toByteArray();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Recycle a cdump, fetch all relevant ASDC artifacts, interact with Shu's toscalib service in order to generate
+     * a blueprint. No 'Action' object here as there is nothig to set up.
+     */
+    public Future<Future<String>> buildBlueprint(Reader theCdump) {
+
+        final Recycler recycler = new Recycler();
+        Object template = null;
+
+        try {
+            template = recycler.recycle(theCdump);
+
+        } catch (Exception x) {
+            return Futures.failedFuture(x);
+        }
+
+        JXPathContext jxroot = JXPathContext.newContext(template);
+        jxroot.setLenient(true);
+
+        //based on the output of ASDCCatalog the node description will contain the UUID of the resource declaring it
+        List uuids = (List) StreamSupport.stream(Spliterators.spliteratorUnknownSize(jxroot.iterate("topology_template/node_templates/*/description"), 16), false).distinct().filter(desc -> desc != null)
+                //the desc contains the full URI and the resource uuid is the 5th path element
+                .map(desc -> desc.toString().split("/")[5]).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        //prepare fetching all archives/resource details
+        final Futures.Accumulator accumulator = new Futures.Accumulator();
+        uuids.forEach(uuid -> {
+            UUID rid = UUID.fromString((String) uuid);
+            accumulator.add(this.asdc.getAssetArchive(ASDC.AssetType.resource, rid));
+            accumulator.add(this.asdc.getAsset(ASDC.AssetType.resource, rid, JSONObject.class));
+        });
+
+        final byte[] templateData = recycler.toString(template).getBytes(/*"UTF-8"*/);
+        //retrieve all resource archive+details, prepare blueprint service request and send its request
+        return Futures.advance(accumulator.accumulate(), (List theArchives) -> {
+            Blueprinter.BlueprintAction action = blueprint.generateBlueprint();
+            processArtifacts(theArchives, (JSONObject theInfo, byte[] theData) -> new JSONObject().put(theInfo.getString(ARTIFACT_NAME).split("\\.")[0], Base64Utils.encodeToString(theData)),
+                    (Stream<JSONObject> theAssetArtifacts) -> theAssetArtifacts.reduce(new JSONObject(), ASDC::merge)).forEach(artifactInfo -> action.withModelInfo(artifactInfo));
+
+            return action.withTemplateData(templateData).execute();
+        });
+    }
+
+    public Future<Future<String>> buildBlueprintViaToscaLab(Reader theCdump) {
+        return processCdump(theCdump, (theTemplate, theArchives) -> {
+            Blueprinter.BlueprintAction action = blueprint.generateBlueprint();
+            processArtifacts(theArchives, (JSONObject theInfo, byte[] theData) -> new JSONObject().put(theInfo.getString(ARTIFACT_NAME).split("\\.")[0], Base64Utils.encodeToString(theData)),
+                    (Stream<JSONObject> theAssetArtifacts) -> theAssetArtifacts.reduce(new JSONObject(), ASDC::merge)).forEach(artifactInfo -> action.withModelInfo(artifactInfo));
+
+            return action.withTemplateData(Recycler.toString(theTemplate).getBytes()).execute();
+
+        });
+    }
+
+    private static class Tracker implements TargetLocator {
+
+        private enum Position {
+            SCHEMA, TEMPLATE, TRANSLATE;
+        }
+
+        private static final int POSITIONS = Position.values().length;
+
+        private List<Target> tgts = new ArrayList<Target>(3);
+
+        Tracker() {
+            clear();
+        }
+
+        public boolean addSearchPath(URI theURI) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public boolean addSearchPath(String thePath) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public Iterable<URI> searchPaths() {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+
+        int position(String... theKeys) {
+            for (String key : theKeys) {
+                if ("schema".equals(key)) {
+                    return Position.SCHEMA.ordinal();
+                }
+                if ("template".equals(key)) {
+                    return Position.TEMPLATE.ordinal();
+                }
+                if ("translate".equals(key)) {
+                    return Position.TRANSLATE.ordinal();
+                }
+            }
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        public Target resolve(String theName) {
+            for (Target tgt : tgts) {
+                if (tgt != null && tgt.getName().equals(theName)) {
+                    return tgt;
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        void track(JSONObject theInfo, final byte[] theData) {
+            String uri = theInfo.getString(ARTIFACT_URL).split("/")[5];
+            String name = theInfo.getString(ARTIFACT_NAME), desc = theInfo.getString("artifactDescription"), label = theInfo.getString("artifactLabel");
+            int pos = position(desc, label);
+
+            debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, ASDCUtils.class.getName(), "Tracking {} at {}, {}", name, pos, theInfo.optString(ARTIFACT_URL));
+
+            if (pos > -1) {
+                tgts.set(pos, new Target(name, URI.create("asdc:" + uri + "/" + name)) {
+                    @Override
+                    public Reader open(){
+                        return new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(theData)));
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
+        boolean hasSchema() {
+            return tgts.get(Position.SCHEMA.ordinal()) != null;
+        }
+
+        public Target schema() {
+            return tgts.get(Position.SCHEMA.ordinal());
+        }
+
+        boolean hasTemplate() {
+            return tgts.get(Position.TEMPLATE.ordinal()) != null;
+        }
+
+        public Target template() {
+            return tgts.get(Position.TEMPLATE.ordinal());
+        }
+
+        boolean hasTranslation() {
+            return tgts.get(Position.TRANSLATE.ordinal()) != null;
+        }
+
+        public Target translation() {
+            return tgts.get(Position.TRANSLATE.ordinal());
+        }
+
+        public void clear() {
+            if (tgts.isEmpty()) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < POSITIONS; i++) {
+                    tgts.add(null);
+                }
+            } else {
+                Collections.fill(tgts, null);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Checker buildChecker() {
+        try {
+            return new Checker();
+        } catch (CheckerException cx) {
+            errLogger.log(LogLevel.ERROR, this.getClass().getName(), "CheckerException while creating Checker {}", cx);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Future<Catalog> buildCatalog(Reader theCdump) {
+
+        //
+        //the purpose of the tracking is to be able to resolve import references within the 'space' of an
+        //asset's artifacts
+        //processing order is important too so we 'order the targets: schema, template, translation
+        //
+        final Tracker tracker = new Tracker();
+        final Catalog catalog = Checker.buildCatalog();
+
+        return processCdump(theCdump, (theTemplate, theArchives) -> {
+
+            final Checker checker = buildChecker();
+            if (checker == null) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            checker.setTargetLocator(tracker);
+
+            processArtifacts(theArchives, (JSONObject theInfo, byte[] theData) -> {
+                        tracker.track(theInfo, theData);
+                        return (Catalog) null;
+                    },
+                    // aggregation: this is where the actual processing takes place now that
+                    // we have all the targets
+                    (Stream<Catalog> theAssetArtifacts) -> checkAndGetCatalog(tracker, catalog, checker));
+
+            Target cdump = new Target("cdump", URI.create("asdc:cdump"));
+            cdump.setTarget(theTemplate);
+
+            validateCatalog(catalog, checker, cdump);
+
+            return catalog;
+        });
+    }
+
+    private Catalog checkAndGetCatalog(Tracker tracker, Catalog catalog, Checker checker) {
+        //the stream is full of nulls, ignore it, work with the tracker
+
+        try {
+            if (tracker.hasSchema()) {
+                checker.check(tracker.schema(), catalog);
+            }
+            if (tracker.hasTemplate()) {
+                checker.check(tracker.template(), catalog);
+            }
+            if (tracker.hasTranslation()) {
+                checker.check(tracker.translation(), catalog);
+            }
+        } catch (CheckerException cx) {
+            //got to do better than this
+            errLogger.log(LogLevel.ERROR, ASDC.class.getName(),"CheckerException while checking catalog:{}", cx);
+        } finally {
+            tracker.clear();
+        }
+        return checker.catalog();
+    }
+
+    private void validateCatalog(Catalog catalog, Checker checker, Target cdump) {
+        try {
             checker.validate(cdump, catalog);
         } catch (CheckerException cx) {
             errLogger.log(LogLevel.ERROR, ASDC.class.getName(),"CheckerException while building catalog:{}", cx);
         }
-	}
-
-	/* The common process of recycling, retrieving all related artifacts and then doing 'something' */
-	private <T> Future<T> processCdump(Reader theCdump, BiFunction<Object, List, T> theProcessor) {
-
-		final Recycler recycler = new Recycler();
-		Object template = null;
-		try {
-			template = recycler.recycle(theCdump);
-
-		} catch (Exception x) {
-			return Futures.failedFuture(x);
-		}
-
-		JXPathContext jxroot = JXPathContext.newContext(template);
-		jxroot.setLenient(true);
-
-		//based on the output of ASDCCatalog the node description will contain the UUID of the resource declaring it
-		//the desc contains the full URI and the resource uuid is the 5th path element
-		List uuids = (List) StreamSupport.stream(Spliterators.spliteratorUnknownSize(jxroot.iterate("topology_template/node_templates/*/description"), 16), false).distinct().filter(desc -> desc != null)
-				.map(desc -> desc.toString().split("/")[5]).collect(Collectors.toList());
-
-		//serialized fetch version
-		final Actions.Sequence sequencer = new Actions.Sequence();
-		uuids.stream().forEach(uuid -> {
-			UUID rid = UUID.fromString((String) uuid);
-			sequencer.add(this.asdc.getAssetArchiveAction(ASDC.AssetType.resource, rid));
-			sequencer.add(this.asdc.getAssetAction(ASDC.AssetType.resource, rid, JSONObject.class));
-		});
-
-		final Object tmpl = template;
-		return Futures.advance(sequencer.execute(), (List theArchives) -> theProcessor.apply(tmpl, theArchives));
-	}
-
-	private static <T> Stream<T> processArtifacts(List theArtifactData, BiFunction<JSONObject, byte[], T> theProcessor, Function<Stream<T>, T> theAggregator) {
-
-		Stream.Builder<T> assetBuilder = Stream.builder();
-
-		for (int i = 0; i < theArtifactData.size(); i = i + 2) { //cute old style loop
-
-			JSONObject assetInfo = (JSONObject) theArtifactData.get(i + 1);
-			byte[] assetData = (byte[]) theArtifactData.get(i + 0);
-
-			JSONArray artifacts = assetInfo.optJSONArray("artifacts");
-
-			Stream.Builder<T> artifactBuilder = Stream.builder();
-
-			try (ZipInputStream zipper = new ZipInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(assetData))){
-				//we process the artifacts in the order they are stored in the archive .. fugly
-				for (ZipEntry zipped = zipper.getNextEntry(); zipped != null; zipped = zipper.getNextEntry()) {
-					JSONObject artifactInfo = lookupArtifactInfo(artifacts, StringUtils.substringAfterLast(zipped.getName(), "/"));
-					if (artifactInfo != null) {
-						artifactBuilder.add(theProcessor.apply(artifactInfo, extractArtifactData(zipper)));
-					}
-					zipper.closeEntry();
-				}
-			} catch (IOException iox) {
-				errLogger.log(LogLevel.ERROR, ASDC.class.getName(), "IOException: {}", iox);
-				return null;
-			}
-
-			if (theAggregator != null) {
-				assetBuilder.add(theAggregator.apply(artifactBuilder.build()));
-			} else {
-				artifactBuilder.build().forEach(entry -> assetBuilder.add(entry));
-			}
-		}
-
-		return assetBuilder.build();
-	}
+    }
+
+    /* The common process of recycling, retrieving all related artifacts and then doing 'something' */
+    private <T> Future<T> processCdump(Reader theCdump, BiFunction<Object, List, T> theProcessor) {
+
+        final Recycler recycler = new Recycler();
+        Object template = null;
+        try {
+            template = recycler.recycle(theCdump);
+
+        } catch (Exception x) {
+            return Futures.failedFuture(x);
+        }
+
+        JXPathContext jxroot = JXPathContext.newContext(template);
+        jxroot.setLenient(true);
+
+        //based on the output of ASDCCatalog the node description will contain the UUID of the resource declaring it
+        //the desc contains the full URI and the resource uuid is the 5th path element
+        List uuids = (List) StreamSupport.stream(Spliterators.spliteratorUnknownSize(jxroot.iterate("topology_template/node_templates/*/description"), 16), false).distinct().filter(desc -> desc != null)
+                .map(desc -> desc.toString().split("/")[5]).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        //serialized fetch version
+        final Actions.Sequence sequencer = new Actions.Sequence();
+        uuids.stream().forEach(uuid -> {
+            UUID rid = UUID.fromString((String) uuid);
+            sequencer.add(this.asdc.getAssetArchiveAction(ASDC.AssetType.resource, rid));
+            sequencer.add(this.asdc.getAssetAction(ASDC.AssetType.resource, rid, JSONObject.class));
+        });
+
+        final Object tmpl = template;
+        return Futures.advance(sequencer.execute(), (List theArchives) -> theProcessor.apply(tmpl, theArchives));
+    }
+
+    private static <T> Stream<T> processArtifacts(List theArtifactData, BiFunction<JSONObject, byte[], T> theProcessor, Function<Stream<T>, T> theAggregator) {
+
+        Stream.Builder<T> assetBuilder = Stream.builder();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < theArtifactData.size(); i = i + 2) { //cute old style loop
+
+            JSONObject assetInfo = (JSONObject) theArtifactData.get(i + 1);
+            byte[] assetData = (byte[]) theArtifactData.get(i + 0);
+
+            JSONArray artifacts = assetInfo.optJSONArray("artifacts");
+
+            Stream.Builder<T> artifactBuilder = Stream.builder();
+
+            try (ZipInputStream zipper = new ZipInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(assetData))){
+                //we process the artifacts in the order they are stored in the archive .. fugly
+                processZipArtifacts(theProcessor, artifacts, artifactBuilder, zipper);
+            } catch (IOException iox) {
+                errLogger.log(LogLevel.ERROR, ASDC.class.getName(), "IOException: {}", iox);
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            if (theAggregator != null) {
+                assetBuilder.add(theAggregator.apply(artifactBuilder.build()));
+            } else {
+                artifactBuilder.build().forEach(entry -> assetBuilder.add(entry));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return assetBuilder.build();
+    }
+
+    private static <T> void processZipArtifacts(BiFunction<JSONObject, byte[], T> theProcessor, JSONArray artifacts, Stream.Builder<T> artifactBuilder, ZipInputStream zipper) throws IOException {
+        for (ZipEntry zipped = zipper.getNextEntry(); zipped != null; zipped = zipper.getNextEntry()) {
+            JSONObject artifactInfo = lookupArtifactInfo(artifacts, StringUtils.substringAfterLast(zipped.getName(), "/"));
+            if (artifactInfo != null) {
+                artifactBuilder.add(theProcessor.apply(artifactInfo, extractArtifactData(zipper)));
+            }
+            zipper.closeEntry();
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/ASDCUtilsController.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/ASDCUtilsController.java
index 4432712..377e71b 100644
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/ASDCUtilsController.java
+++ b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/ASDCUtilsController.java
@@ -1,70 +1,30 @@
 package org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.asdc;
 
-import java.io.StringReader;
-
-import java.util.UUID;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
-
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-
-import org.onap.sdc.common.onaplog.OnapLoggerDebug;
 import org.onap.sdc.common.onaplog.Enums.LogLevel;
+import org.onap.sdc.common.onaplog.OnapLoggerDebug;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
-
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
-
-import org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.asdc.ASDC;
-import org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.asdc.ASDCUtils;
-import org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.asdc.ASDCUtilsController;
-
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
-
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import javax.annotation.PreDestroy;
 
-import org.json.JSONObject;
-
 
 @RestController
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="asdcUtilsController")
 public class ASDCUtilsController implements ApplicationContextAware {
 
-	private ApplicationContext			appCtx;
 	private OnapLoggerDebug debugLogger = OnapLoggerDebug.getInstance();
-	
-	//Constants//
-	private static String NOT_CERTIFIED_CHECKOUT = "NOT_CERTIFIED_CHECKOUT"; 
-	private static String NOT_CERTIFIED_CHECKIN  = "NOT_CERTIFIED_CHECKIN"; 
-	private static String CERTIFICATION_IN_PROGRESS = "CERTIFICATION_IN_PROGRESS"; 
-	private static String CERTIFIED = "CERTIFIED"; 
-
 
 	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext theCtx) throws BeansException {
-    this.appCtx = theCtx;
+		// no use for app context
 	}
 
 	@PostConstruct
 	public void initController() {
 		debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(),"initASDCUtilsController");
-
-		//Done
 		debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(),"ASDCUtilsController started");
 	}
 
diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/Blueprinter.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/Blueprinter.java
index 3e78d38..4e5349f 100644
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/Blueprinter.java
+++ b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/Blueprinter.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import org.onap.sdc.common.onaplog.Enums.LogLevel;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.commons.Action;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.commons.Future;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.commons.Http;
-import org.json.JSONArray;
 
 import org.springframework.util.Base64Utils;
 
@@ -26,51 +25,41 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 @Scope("singleton")
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="blueprinter")
 public class Blueprinter {
+    private URI	serviceUri;
+    private OnapLoggerDebug debugLogger = OnapLoggerDebug.getInstance();
 
+    public void setUri(URI theUri) {
+        this.serviceUri = theUri;
+    }
 
-	private URI	serviceUri;
-	private OnapLoggerDebug debugLogger = OnapLoggerDebug.getInstance();
+    public BlueprintAction generateBlueprint() {
+        return new BlueprintAction();
+    }
 
+    public class BlueprintAction implements Action<String> {
 
-	public Blueprinter() {
-	}
+        private JSONObject	body = new JSONObject();
 
-	public void setUri(URI theUri) {
-		this.serviceUri = theUri;
-	}
+        protected BlueprintAction() {
+        }
 
-	public BlueprintAction generateBlueprint() {
-		return new BlueprintAction();
-	}
+        public BlueprintAction withModelInfo(JSONObject theModelInfo) {
+            body.append("models", theModelInfo);
+            return this;
+        }
 
-	public class BlueprintAction implements Action<String> {
+        public BlueprintAction withTemplateData(byte[] theData) {
+            body.put("template", Base64Utils.encodeToString(theData));
+            return this;
+        }
 
-		private JSONObject	body = new JSONObject();
+        public Future<String> execute() {
 
-
-		protected BlueprintAction() {
-		}
-
-		public BlueprintAction withModelData(byte[] theSchema, byte[] theTemplate, byte[] theTranslation) {
-			return this;
-		}
-
-		public BlueprintAction withModelInfo(JSONObject theModelInfo) {
-			body.append("models", theModelInfo);
-			return this;
-		}
-
-		public BlueprintAction withTemplateData(byte[] theData) {
-			body.put("template", Base64Utils.encodeToString(theData));
-			return this;
-		}
-
-		public Future<String> execute() {
-			debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Blueprinter::execute() | PAYLOAD to TOSCA_LAB={}", body.toString());
-			HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
- 			headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
-			headers.setAccept(Collections.singletonList(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON));
-			return Http.exchange(serviceUri.toString(), HttpMethod.POST, new HttpEntity<String>(body.toString(), headers), String.class);
-		}
-	}
+            debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Blueprinter::execute() | PAYLOAD to TOSCA_LAB={}", body.toString());
+            HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+            headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+            headers.setAccept(Collections.singletonList(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON));
+            return Http.exchange(serviceUri.toString(), HttpMethod.POST, new HttpEntity<>(body.toString(), headers), String.class);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/Cloudify.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/Cloudify.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3208bd2..0000000
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/catalog/asdc/Cloudify.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,249 +0,0 @@
-package org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.asdc;
-
-import java.util.AbstractMap;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
-
-import org.apache.commons.jxpath.JXPathContext;
-import org.apache.commons.jxpath.Pointer;
-import org.onap.sdc.common.onaplog.OnapLoggerDebug;
-import org.onap.sdc.common.onaplog.OnapLoggerError;
-import org.onap.sdc.common.onaplog.Enums.LogLevel;
-import org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.commons.ListBuilder;
-import org.onap.sdc.dcae.catalog.commons.MapBuilder;
-import org.onap.sdc.dcae.checker.Catalog;
-import org.onap.sdc.dcae.checker.Construct;
-import org.onap.sdc.dcae.checker.Target;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
-import org.yaml.snakeyaml.DumperOptions;
-import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
-
-
-public class Cloudify {
-
-	private static OnapLoggerError errLogger = OnapLoggerError.getInstance();
-	private static OnapLoggerDebug debugLogger = OnapLoggerDebug.getInstance();
-
-	Catalog catalog;
-
-	public Cloudify(Catalog c)
-	{
-		catalog = c;
-	}
-	public class ModelTemplate {
-		public Map<String, Map> template;
-		public JXPathContext jx;
-		public String node;
-		public ModelTemplate(Map<String, Map> t, JXPathContext j, String node_name)
-		{
-			template = t;
-			jx = j;
-			node = node_name;
-		}		
-		
-		public Object getPropValue(JXPathContext jx_src, String name)
-		{
-			try{
-				Object ret = jx_src.getValue("properties/"+name+"/get_input");
-				if (ret==null)
-					return jx_src.getValue("properties/"+name);
-				return getDefaultPropValue((String)ret);
-			}
-			catch (RuntimeException e) {
-
-			}
-			try{
-				return jx_src.getValue("properties/"+name+"");
-			}
-			catch (RuntimeException e) {
-				return null;
-			}						
-		}
-		
-		public Object getDefaultPropValue(String name) {
-			try {
-				return jx.getValue("//"+name+"/default");
-			}
-			catch (RuntimeException e) {
-				return null;
-			}
-
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public class ModelTranslate {
-		public Map<String, Map> template;
-		public JXPathContext jx;
-		public String node;
-
-		public ModelTranslate(Map<String, Map> t, JXPathContext j, String node_name)
-		{
-			template = t;
-			jx = j;
-			node = node_name;
-		}
-		
-		public String getTranslateName()
-		{
-			Map<String, Object> node_temp = (Map<String, Object>)jx.getValue("//node_templates");
-			Iterator it = node_temp.keySet().iterator();
-			if (it.hasNext())
-				return node + "_"+ it.next();
-			else
-				return null;
-		}
-		
-		public Map<String, Object> translate(JXPathContext jx_src, Map<String, Map> model_lib, String node_name)
-		{
-			for (Iterator prop_iter = jx.iteratePointers("//*[@get_input]"); prop_iter.hasNext();) {
-
-				Pointer p = (Pointer)prop_iter.next();
-				JXPathContext prop_path = jx.getRelativeContext(p);
-
-				ModelTemplate src_model =(ModelTemplate) model_lib.get(node_name).get("model");
-
-				Object temp_o = src_model.getPropValue(jx_src, (String) prop_path.getValue("get_input"));
-				//prop_path.setValue(".", temp_o);
-				jx.setValue(p.asPath(), temp_o);
-			}
-			
-//			JXPathContext jx_src = JXPathContext.newContext(src);
-			for (Iterator req_iter = jx_src.iteratePointers("//*/node"); req_iter.hasNext();) {
-				Pointer p = (Pointer)req_iter.next();
-				String req_node_name = (String)jx_src.getValue(p.asPath());
-
-				for (Iterator it = model_lib.keySet().iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
-					String key = (String) it.next();
-					if (key.indexOf(req_node_name) <0 )
-						continue;
-					ModelTranslate tt = (ModelTranslate) model_lib.get(key).get("translate");
-					if (tt == null)
-						req_node_name = null;
-					else
-					{
-						req_node_name = tt.getTranslateName();
-					}
-					break;					
-				}	
-				
-			}
-			
-			String tn_name = getTranslateName();
-			
-			if (tn_name == null)		
-				return (Map<String, Object>)jx.getValue("//node_templates");
-			else
-				return (new MapBuilder<String, Object>().put(tn_name, jx.getValue("//node_templates/*")).build());
-		}
-		
-	}
-	
-	public ModelTranslate findTranslateTemplate(String ty, String node) {
-		for (Target t: catalog.targets()) {
-
-			debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "findTranslateTemplate: target {}", t.getName());
-			if (t.getName().startsWith("translat") == false) {
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			Map<String, Map>temp = (Map<String, Map>)t.getTarget();
-			
-			JXPathContext jxroot = JXPathContext.newContext(temp);
-			try{
-				String sub_type = (String)jxroot.getValue("topology_template/substitution_mappings/node_type");
-				if (sub_type != null && sub_type.equals(ty)) {
-					return new ModelTranslate(temp, jxroot, node);
-				}
-			}
-			catch (RuntimeException e) {
-				errLogger.log(LogLevel.ERROR, this.getClass().getName(), "translate template {} does not have substitution mapping section", t.getName());
-			}
-		}
-		return null;
-	}
-	
-	public ModelTemplate findModelTemplate(String ty, String node) {
-		for (Target t: catalog.targets()) {
-
-			if (t.getName().startsWith("templat") == false)
-				continue;
-			Map<String, Map>temp = (Map<String, Map>)t.getTarget();
-			
-			JXPathContext jxroot = JXPathContext.newContext(temp);
-			for (Iterator it = jxroot.iterate("topology_template/node_templates/*/type"); it.hasNext();) {
-				String node_type = (String)it.next();
-				if (node_type != null && node_type.equals(ty)) {
-					return new ModelTemplate(temp, jxroot, node);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return null;
-	}
-	
-	public Map<String, Object> createBlueprint()	{
-		
-		Map<String, Map> target_temp = null; 
-		for (Target t: catalog.targets()) {
-
-			if (t.getName().equals("cdump")) {
-				target_temp = catalog.getTargetTemplates(t, Construct.Node);
-			}
-		}
-
-		JXPathContext jxroot = JXPathContext.newContext(target_temp);
-		
-		Map<String, Object> output_temp = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-		Map<String, Map> model_lib = new HashMap<String, Map>();
-
-		for (Iterator iter = target_temp.keySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext();)
-		{
-			String node_key = (String)iter.next();
-			//jxroot.getVariables().declareVariable("name", target_temp.get(node_key));
-			//String node_type = (String)jxroot.getValue("$name/type");
-			String node_type = (String)jxroot.getValue(node_key+"/type");
-
-			ModelTranslate t_temp = findTranslateTemplate(node_type, node_key);
-			ModelTemplate t_model = findModelTemplate(node_type, node_key);
-			
-			model_lib.put(node_key, new MapBuilder()
-																			.put("model", t_model)
-																			.put("translate", t_temp)
-																			.build());
-		}
-		
-		for (Iterator iter = model_lib.keySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
-			String node_key = (String) iter.next();
-			ModelTranslate t =  (ModelTranslate) model_lib.get(node_key).get("translate");
-			JXPathContext jxnode = jxroot.getRelativeContext(jxroot.getPointer(node_key));
-			if (t != null) {
-				Map<String, Object> t_output =t.translate(jxnode, model_lib, node_key);
-				if (t_output != null)
-					output_temp.putAll(t_output);
-			}
-
-		}
-		
-		return new MapBuilder<String, Object>()
-											.put("tosca_definitions_version", new String("cloudify_dsl_1_3"))
-											.put("imports", new ListBuilder()
-																				.add(new MapBuilder()
-																								.put("cloudify",
-																										 "http://www.getcloudify.org/spec/cloudify/3.4/types.yaml")
-																								.build())
-																				.build())
-											.put("node_templates", output_temp)
-											.build();
-
-	}
-
-	public String createBlueprintDocument() {
-		DumperOptions options = new DumperOptions();
-		options.setWidth(1000000);
-		Yaml yaml = new Yaml(options);
-		return yaml.dump(createBlueprint());
-	}
-}
diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/client/ISdcClient.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/client/ISdcClient.java
index 554991a..c389d75 100644
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/client/ISdcClient.java
+++ b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/client/ISdcClient.java
@@ -1,47 +1,48 @@
 package org.onap.sdc.dcae.client;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.composition.restmodels.CreateVFCMTRequest;
-import org.onap.sdc.dcae.composition.restmodels.sdc.*;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.composition.restmodels.ReferenceUUID;
-import org.onap.sdc.dcae.enums.AssetType;
+import org.onap.sdc.dcae.composition.restmodels.sdc.*;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
 public interface ISdcClient {
 
-    ResourceDetailed getResource(String uuid, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    ResourceDetailed getResource(String uuid, String requestId);
+
+    ServiceDetailed getService(String uuid, String requestId);
 
-    ServiceDetailed getService(String uuid, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    ServiceDetailed getAssetMetadata(String contextType, String uuid, String requestId);
 
-    List<Resource> getResources(String resourceType, String category, String subcategory, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    List<Resource> getResources(String resourceType, String category, String subcategory, String requestId);
 
-    List<Service> getServices(String requestId) throws Exception;
+    List<Service> getServices(String requestId);
 
-    String addExternalMonitoringReference(String userId, CreateVFCMTRequest resource, ReferenceUUID vfiUuid, String requestId);
+    String addExternalMonitoringReference(String userId, String contextType, String serviceUuid, String vfiName, ReferenceUUID vfcmtUuid, String requestId);
 
-    void deleteExternalMonitoringReference(String userId, String context, String uuid, String vfiName, String vfcmtUuid, String requestId);
+    String addExternalMonitoringReference(String userId, CreateVFCMTRequest resource, ReferenceUUID vfcmtUuid, String requestId);
 
-    ResourceDetailed createResource(String userId, CreateVFCMTRequest resource, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    void deleteExternalMonitoringReference(String userId, String contextType, String uuid, String vfiName, String vfcmtUuid, String requestId);
 
-    ResourceDetailed changeResourceLifecycleState(String userId, String uuid, String lifecycleOperation, String userRemarks, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    ResourceDetailed createResource(String userId, CreateVFCMTRequest resource, String requestId);
 
-    ServiceDetailed changeServiceLifecycleState(String userId, String uuid, String lifecycleOperation, String userRemarks, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    ResourceDetailed changeResourceLifecycleState(String userId, String uuid, String lifecycleOperation, String userRemarks, String requestId);
 
-    Asset changeAssetLifecycleState(String userId, String uuid, String lifecycleOperation, String userRemarks, AssetType assetType, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    String getResourceArtifact(String resourceUuid, String artifactUuid, String requestId);
 
-    String getResourceArtifact(String resourceUuid, String artifactUuid, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    Artifact createResourceArtifact(String userId, String resourceUuid, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws JsonProcessingException;
 
-    Artifact createResourceArtifact(String userId, String resourceUuid, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    Artifact updateResourceArtifact(String userId, String resourceUuid, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws JsonProcessingException;
 
-    Artifact updateResourceArtifact(String userId, String resourceUuid, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    void deleteResourceArtifact(String userId, String resourceUuid, String artifactId, String requestId);
 
-    void deleteResourceArtifact(String userId, String resourceUuid, String artifactId, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    Artifact createInstanceArtifact(String userId, String contextType, String serviceUuid, String normalizedInstanceName, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws JsonProcessingException;
 
-    Artifact createVfInstanceArtifact(String userId, String serviceUuid, String normalizedInstanceName, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    Artifact updateInstanceArtifact(String userId, String contextType, String serviceUuid, String normalizedInstanceName, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws JsonProcessingException;
 
-    Artifact updateVfInstanceArtifact(String userId, String serviceUuid, String normalizedInstanceName, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws Exception;
+    ExternalReferencesMap getMonitoringReferences(String contextType, String uuid, String version, String requestId);
 
-    ExternalReferencesMap getMonitoringReferences(String context, String uuid, String version, String requestId);
+    void deleteInstanceArtifact(String userId, String contextType, String serviceUuid, String normalizedVfiName, String artifactUuid, String requestId);
 
-    void deleteInstanceResourceArtifact(String userId, String context, String serviceUuid, String normalizedVfiName, String artifactUuid, String requestId);
 }
diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/client/SdcRestClient.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/client/SdcRestClient.java
index 058d9c7..b07126e 100644
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/client/SdcRestClient.java
+++ b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/client/SdcRestClient.java
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package org.onap.sdc.dcae.client;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicHeader;
+import org.onap.sdc.common.onaplog.Enums.LogLevel;
+import org.onap.sdc.common.onaplog.OnapLoggerDebug;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.composition.restmodels.CreateVFCMTRequest;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.composition.restmodels.ReferenceUUID;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.composition.restmodels.sdc.*;
@@ -14,18 +17,22 @@ import org.onap.sdc.dcae.enums.SdcConsumerInfo;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.utils.Normalizers;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.utils.SDCResponseErrorHandler;
 import org.onap.sdc.dcae.utils.SdcRestClientUtils;
-import org.onap.sdc.common.onaplog.OnapLoggerDebug;
-import org.onap.sdc.common.onaplog.Enums.LogLevel;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.http.*;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.util.Base64Utils;
-import org.springframework.web.client.*;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.EnumMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
@@ -39,8 +46,6 @@ public class SdcRestClient implements ISdcClient {
     private static final String ECOMP_INSTANCE_ID_HEADER = "X-ECOMP-InstanceID";
     private static final String ECOMP_REQUEST_ID_HEADER = "X-ECOMP-RequestID";
     private static final String USER_ID_HEADER = "USER_ID";
-    private static final String RESOURCES_PATH = "resources";
-    private static final String SERVICES_PATH = "services";
     private static final String ARTIFACTS_PATH = "artifacts";
     private static final String CONTENT_MD5_HEADER = "Content-MD5";
     private static final String RESOURCE_INSTANCES_PATH = "resourceInstances";
@@ -76,117 +81,110 @@ public class SdcRestClient implements ISdcClient {
         return headers;
     }
 
+    public ServiceDetailed getAssetMetadata(String contextType, String uuid, String requestId) {
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.getSdcContextPath(contextType), uuid, METADATA_PATH);
+        debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Get asset metadata from SDC. URL={}", url);
+        return getObject(url, requestId, ServiceDetailed.class);
+    }
+
     public ResourceDetailed getResource(String uuid, String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(RESOURCES_PATH, uuid, METADATA_PATH);
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.RESOURCE.getSdcContextPath(), uuid, METADATA_PATH);
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Get resource from SDC. URL={}", url);
         return getObject(url, requestId, ResourceDetailed.class);
     }
 
     public ServiceDetailed getService(String uuid, String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(SERVICES_PATH, uuid, METADATA_PATH);
-        debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Get service from SDC. URL={}", url);
-        return getObject(url, requestId, ServiceDetailed.class);
+        return getAssetMetadata(AssetType.SERVICE.name(), uuid, requestId);
     }
 
     public List<Resource> getResources(String resourceType, String category, String subcategory, String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(RESOURCES_PATH, SdcRestClientUtils.buildResourceFilterQuery(resourceType, category, subcategory));
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.RESOURCE.getSdcContextPath(), SdcRestClientUtils.buildResourceFilterQuery(resourceType, category, subcategory));
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Get resources from SDC. URL={}", url);
         return Arrays.asList(getObject(url, requestId, Resource[].class));
     }
 
     public List<Service> getServices(String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(SERVICES_PATH);
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.SERVICE.getSdcContextPath());
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Get services from SDC. URL={}", url);
         return Arrays.asList(getObject(url, requestId, Service[].class));
     }
 
-    public String addExternalMonitoringReference(String userId, CreateVFCMTRequest resource, ReferenceUUID vfcmtUuid, String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(resource.getContextType(), resource.getServiceUuid(), RESOURCE_INSTANCES_PATH,
-                Normalizers.normalizeComponentInstanceName(resource.getVfiName()), MONITORING_REFERENCES_PATH);
-
-        debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Connecting service id {} name {} to vfcmt {} URL={}",
-                resource.getServiceUuid(), resource.getVfiName(), vfcmtUuid.getReferenceUUID(), url);
+    public String addExternalMonitoringReference(String userId, String contextType, String serviceUuid, String vfiName, ReferenceUUID vfcmtUuid, String requestId) {
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.getSdcContextPath(contextType), serviceUuid, RESOURCE_INSTANCES_PATH, Normalizers.normalizeComponentInstanceName(vfiName), MONITORING_REFERENCES_PATH);
+        debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Creating external monitoring reference from service id {} vfi name {} to vfcmt {} URL={}", serviceUuid, vfiName, vfcmtUuid.getReferenceUUID(), url);
+        return client.postForObject(url, new HttpEntity<>(vfcmtUuid, postResourceHeaders(userId, requestId)), String.class);
+    }
 
-        return client.postForObject(url, new HttpEntity<>(vfcmtUuid, postResourceHeaders(userId, requestId)),
-                String.class);
+    public String addExternalMonitoringReference(String userId, CreateVFCMTRequest resource, ReferenceUUID vfcmtUuid, String requestId) {
+        return addExternalMonitoringReference(userId, resource.getContextType(), resource.getServiceUuid(), resource.getVfiName(), vfcmtUuid, requestId);
     }
 
-    public void deleteExternalMonitoringReference(String userId, String context, String uuid, String normalizeVfiName, String vfcmtUuid, String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(context, uuid, RESOURCE_INSTANCES_PATH,
-                normalizeVfiName, MONITORING_REFERENCES_PATH, vfcmtUuid);
+    public void deleteExternalMonitoringReference(String userId, String contextType, String serviceUuid, String normalizeVfiName, String vfcmtUuid, String requestId) {
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.getSdcContextPath(contextType), serviceUuid, RESOURCE_INSTANCES_PATH, normalizeVfiName, MONITORING_REFERENCES_PATH, vfcmtUuid);
+        debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Delete external monitoring reference from SDC asset. URL={}", url);
         client.exchange(url, HttpMethod.DELETE, new HttpEntity(postResourceHeaders(userId, requestId)), String.class);
     }
 
     public ResourceDetailed createResource(String userId, CreateVFCMTRequest resource, String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(RESOURCES_PATH);
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.RESOURCE.getSdcContextPath());
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Create SDC resource with name {} URL={}", resource.getName(), url);
         return client.postForObject(url, new HttpEntity<>(resource, postResourceHeaders(userId, requestId)), ResourceDetailed.class);
     }
 
     public ResourceDetailed changeResourceLifecycleState(String userId, String uuid, String lifecycleOperation, String userRemarks, String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(RESOURCES_PATH, uuid, LIFECYCLE_STATE_PATH);
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.RESOURCE.getSdcContextPath(), uuid, LIFECYCLE_STATE_PATH);
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Change SDC resource lifecycle state ({}). URL={}", lifecycleOperation, url);
         return client.postForObject(url, new HttpEntity<>(SdcRestClientUtils.buildUserRemarksObject(userRemarks), postResourceHeaders(userId, requestId)), ResourceDetailed.class, lifecycleOperation);
     }
 
-    public ServiceDetailed changeServiceLifecycleState(String userId, String uuid, String lifecycleOperation, String userRemarks, String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(SERVICES_PATH, uuid, LIFECYCLE_STATE_PATH);
-        debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Change SDC service lifecycle state ({}). URL={}", lifecycleOperation, url);
-        return client.postForObject(url, new HttpEntity<>(SdcRestClientUtils.buildUserRemarksObject(userRemarks), postResourceHeaders(userId, requestId)), ServiceDetailed.class, lifecycleOperation);
-    }
-
-    public Asset changeAssetLifecycleState(String userId, String uuid, String lifecycleOperation, String userRemarks, AssetType assetType, String requestId) {
-        return AssetType.RESOURCE == assetType ? changeResourceLifecycleState(userId, uuid, lifecycleOperation, userRemarks, requestId) : changeServiceLifecycleState(userId, uuid, lifecycleOperation, userRemarks, requestId);
-    }
-
     public String getResourceArtifact(String resourceUuid, String artifactUuid, String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(RESOURCES_PATH, resourceUuid, ARTIFACTS_PATH, artifactUuid);
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.RESOURCE.getSdcContextPath(), resourceUuid, ARTIFACTS_PATH, artifactUuid);
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Get resource artifact from SDC. URL={}", url);
         return getObject(url, requestId, String.class);
     }
 
-    public Artifact createResourceArtifact(String userId, String resourceUuid, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws Exception {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(RESOURCES_PATH, resourceUuid, ARTIFACTS_PATH);
+    public Artifact createResourceArtifact(String userId, String resourceUuid, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.RESOURCE.getSdcContextPath(), resourceUuid, ARTIFACTS_PATH);
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Create SDC resource artifact. URL={}", url);
         String artifactData = SdcRestClientUtils.artifactToString(artifact);
         return client.postForObject(url, new HttpEntity<>(artifactData, postArtifactHeaders(userId, artifactData, requestId)), Artifact.class);
     }
 
-    public Artifact updateResourceArtifact(String userId, String resourceUuid, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws Exception {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(RESOURCES_PATH, resourceUuid, ARTIFACTS_PATH, artifact.getArtifactUUID());
+    public Artifact updateResourceArtifact(String userId, String resourceUuid, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.RESOURCE.getSdcContextPath(), resourceUuid, ARTIFACTS_PATH, artifact.getArtifactUUID());
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Update SDC resource artifact. URL={}", url);
         String artifactData = SdcRestClientUtils.artifactToString(artifact);
         return client.postForObject(url, new HttpEntity<>(artifactData, postArtifactHeaders(userId, artifactData, requestId)), Artifact.class);
     }
 
     public void deleteResourceArtifact(String userId, String resourceUuid, String artifactId, String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(RESOURCES_PATH, resourceUuid, ARTIFACTS_PATH, artifactId);
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.RESOURCE.getSdcContextPath(), resourceUuid, ARTIFACTS_PATH, artifactId);
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Delete SDC resource artifact. URL={}", url);
         client.exchange(url, HttpMethod.DELETE, new HttpEntity(postResourceHeaders(userId, requestId)), Artifact.class);
     }
 
-    public Artifact createVfInstanceArtifact(String userId, String serviceUuid, String normalizedInstanceName, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws Exception {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(SERVICES_PATH, serviceUuid, RESOURCE_INSTANCES_PATH, normalizedInstanceName, ARTIFACTS_PATH);
+    public  Artifact createInstanceArtifact(String userId, String contextType, String serviceUuid, String normalizedInstanceName, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.getSdcContextPath(contextType), serviceUuid, RESOURCE_INSTANCES_PATH, normalizedInstanceName, ARTIFACTS_PATH);
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Create SDC resource instance artifact. URL={}", url);
         String artifactData = SdcRestClientUtils.artifactToString(artifact);
         return client.postForObject(url, new HttpEntity<>(artifactData, postArtifactHeaders(userId, artifactData, requestId)), Artifact.class);
     }
 
-    public Artifact updateVfInstanceArtifact(String userId, String serviceUuid, String normalizedInstanceName, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws Exception {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(SERVICES_PATH, serviceUuid, RESOURCE_INSTANCES_PATH, normalizedInstanceName, ARTIFACTS_PATH, artifact.getArtifactUUID());
+    public Artifact updateInstanceArtifact(String userId, String contextType, String serviceUuid, String normalizedInstanceName, Artifact artifact, String requestId) throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.getSdcContextPath(contextType), serviceUuid, RESOURCE_INSTANCES_PATH, normalizedInstanceName, ARTIFACTS_PATH, artifact.getArtifactUUID());
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Update SDC resource instance artifact. URL={}", url);
         String artifactData = SdcRestClientUtils.artifactToString(artifact);
         return client.postForObject(url, new HttpEntity<>(artifactData, postArtifactHeaders(userId, artifactData, requestId)), Artifact.class);
     }
 
-    public ExternalReferencesMap getMonitoringReferences(String context, String uuid, String version, String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(context, uuid, VERSION_PATH, version, MONITORING_REFERENCES_PATH);
+    public ExternalReferencesMap getMonitoringReferences(String contextType, String uuid, String version, String requestId) {
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.getSdcContextPath(contextType), uuid, VERSION_PATH, version, MONITORING_REFERENCES_PATH);
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Get SDC service monitoring references. URL={}", url);
         return getObject(url, requestId, ExternalReferencesMap.class);
     }
 
-    public void deleteInstanceResourceArtifact(String userId, String context, String serviceUuid, String normalizedVfiName, String artifactUuid, String requestId) {
-        String url = buildRequestPath(context, serviceUuid, RESOURCE_INSTANCES_PATH, normalizedVfiName, ARTIFACTS_PATH, artifactUuid);
+    public void deleteInstanceArtifact(String userId, String contextType, String serviceUuid, String normalizedVfiName, String artifactUuid, String requestId) {
+        String url = buildRequestPath(AssetType.getSdcContextPath(contextType), serviceUuid, RESOURCE_INSTANCES_PATH, normalizedVfiName, ARTIFACTS_PATH, artifactUuid);
         debugLogger.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, this.getClass().getName(), "Delete SDC instance resource artifact. URL={}", url);
         client.exchange(url, HttpMethod.DELETE, new HttpEntity(postResourceHeaders(userId, requestId)), Artifact.class);
     }
diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/enums/AssetType.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/enums/AssetType.java
index 576643f..647349f 100644
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/enums/AssetType.java
+++ b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/enums/AssetType.java
@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
 package org.onap.sdc.dcae.enums;
 
 public enum AssetType {
-	RESOURCE, SERVICE
+
+	RESOURCE(SdcContextPath.RESOURCES),
+	SERVICE(SdcContextPath.SERVICES),
+	VFCMT(SdcContextPath.RESOURCES),
+	VF(SdcContextPath.RESOURCES);
+
+	private String sdcContextPath;
+
+	AssetType(SdcContextPath sdcContextPath) {
+		this.sdcContextPath = sdcContextPath.name().toLowerCase();
+	}
+
+	public String getSdcContextPath() {
+		return sdcContextPath;
+	}
+
+	// passing an invalid type will result in an IllegalArgumentException, which is fine as the 'type' value is an SDC enum value passed from SDC pluggable UI
+	public static AssetType getAssetTypeByName(String type) {
+		return AssetType.valueOf(type.toUpperCase());
+	}
+
+	public static String getSdcContextPath(String type) {
+		return getAssetTypeByName(type).getSdcContextPath();
+	}
+
+	private enum SdcContextPath {
+		RESOURCES, SERVICES
+	}
 }
diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/BaseException.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/BaseException.java
index b559634..17c25b2 100644
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/BaseException.java
+++ b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/BaseException.java
@@ -7,55 +7,53 @@ import org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException;
 
 public class BaseException extends HttpClientErrorException {
 
-	private static Gson gson = new Gson();
-
-	protected RequestError requestError;
-
-	public RequestError getRequestError() {
-		return requestError;
-	}
-
-	public void setRequestError(RequestError requestError) {
-		this.requestError = requestError;
-	}
-
-	public BaseException(HttpClientErrorException theError) {
-		super(theError.getStatusCode());
-		String body = theError.getResponseBodyAsString();
-		if (body != null) {
-			requestError = extractRequestError(body);
-		}
-	}
-
-	public BaseException(HttpStatus status, RequestError re){
-		super(status);
-		requestError = re;
-	}
-
-	private RequestError extractRequestError(String error) {
-		ResponseFormat responseFormat = gson.fromJson(error, ResponseFormat.class);
-		return responseFormat.getRequestError();
-	}
-
-	@JsonIgnore
-	public String getMessageId() {
-		return requestError.getMessageId();
-	}
-
-	@JsonIgnore
-	public String[] getVariables() {
-		return requestError.getVariables();
-	}
-
-	@JsonIgnore
-	public String getText(){
-		return requestError.getText();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	@JsonIgnore
-	public String getMessage() {
-		return requestError.getFormattedMessage();
-	}
+    private static final Gson gson = new Gson();
+
+    protected final transient RequestError requestError;
+
+    public BaseException(HttpClientErrorException theError) {
+        super(theError.getStatusCode());
+        String body = theError.getResponseBodyAsString();
+        if (body != null) {
+            requestError = extractRequestError(body);
+        } else {
+            requestError = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public BaseException(HttpStatus status, RequestError re){
+        super(status);
+        requestError = re;
+    }
+
+    public RequestError getRequestError() {
+        return requestError;
+    }
+
+    private RequestError extractRequestError(String error) {
+        ResponseFormat responseFormat = gson.fromJson(error, ResponseFormat.class);
+        return responseFormat.getRequestError();
+    }
+
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public String getMessageId() {
+        return requestError.getMessageId();
+    }
+
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public String[] getVariables() {
+        return requestError.getVariables();
+    }
+
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public String getText(){
+        return requestError.getText();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public String getMessage() {
+        return requestError.getFormattedMessage();
+    }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/OkResponseInfo.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/OkResponseInfo.java
index 53bdf3e..f2a7f9a 100644
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/OkResponseInfo.java
+++ b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/OkResponseInfo.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package org.onap.sdc.dcae.errormng;
 
 public class OkResponseInfo extends AbstractSdncException {
 
-	public OkResponseInfo(String messageId, String text, String[] variables) {
+	OkResponseInfo(String messageId, String text, String[] variables) {
 		super(messageId, text, variables);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/PolicyException.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/PolicyException.java
index 3fc2d71..8a4aec9 100644
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/PolicyException.java
+++ b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/PolicyException.java
@@ -5,7 +5,4 @@ public class PolicyException extends AbstractSdncException {
 	public PolicyException(String messageId, String text, String[] variables) {
 		super(messageId, text, variables);
 	}
-
-	public PolicyException() {
-	}
 }
diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/RequestError.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/RequestError.java
index 00fe3f2..7207916 100644
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/RequestError.java
+++ b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/RequestError.java
@@ -9,25 +9,16 @@ public class RequestError {
 	private PolicyException policyException;
 	private ServiceException serviceException;
 	private OkResponseInfo okResponseInfo;
-	private List<ServiceException> serviceExceptions;
-
-	public PolicyException getPolicyException() {
-		return policyException;
-	}
 
 	public ServiceException getServiceException() {
 		return serviceException;
 	}
 
-	public OkResponseInfo getOkResponseInfo() {
-		return okResponseInfo;
-	}
-
 	public void setPolicyException(PolicyException policyException) {
 		this.policyException = policyException;
 	}
 
-	void setServiceException(ServiceException serviceException) {
+	public void setServiceException(ServiceException serviceException) {
 		this.serviceException = serviceException;
 	}
 
@@ -35,12 +26,8 @@ public class RequestError {
 		this.okResponseInfo = okResponseInfo;
 	}
 
-	public List<ServiceException> getServiceExceptions() {
-		return serviceExceptions;
-	}
-
 	void setServiceExceptions(List<ServiceException> serviceExceptions) {
-		this.serviceExceptions = serviceExceptions;
+		// no one asks for these exception ever
 	}
 	
 	String getFormattedMessage() {
@@ -60,6 +47,11 @@ public class RequestError {
 	}
 
 	AbstractSdncException getError() {
-		return null != serviceException ? serviceException : null != policyException ? policyException : okResponseInfo;
+		if (null != policyException) {
+			return (null != serviceException) ? serviceException : policyException;
+		}
+		else {
+			return (null != serviceException) ? serviceException : okResponseInfo;
+		}
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/ServiceException.java b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/ServiceException.java
index 163a07f..68e646c 100644
--- a/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/ServiceException.java
+++ b/dcaedt_catalog/asdc/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/dcae/errormng/ServiceException.java
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 package org.onap.sdc.dcae.errormng;
 
 public class ServiceException extends AbstractSdncException {
-
 	public ServiceException(String messageId, String text, String[] variables) {
 		super(messageId, text, variables);
 	}
-
-	public ServiceException() {
-	}
-
 }
\ No newline at end of file