1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/catalog-be/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/be/components/property/PropertyDeclarator.java b/catalog-be/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/be/components/property/PropertyDeclarator.java
index a5add358d7..c0f76288b2 100644
--- a/catalog-be/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/be/components/property/PropertyDeclarator.java
+++ b/catalog-be/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/be/components/property/PropertyDeclarator.java
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package org.openecomp.sdc.be.components.property;
 
 import fj.data.Either;
+import java.util.List;
 import org.openecomp.sdc.be.model.Component;
 import org.openecomp.sdc.be.model.ComponentInstancePropInput;
 import org.openecomp.sdc.be.model.InputDefinition;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.be.model.PolicyDefinition;
 import org.openecomp.sdc.be.model.operations.api.StorageOperationStatus;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 public interface PropertyDeclarator {
 
     /**
@@ -27,4 +27,21 @@ public interface PropertyDeclarator {
      */
     StorageOperationStatus unDeclarePropertiesAsInputs(Component component, InputDefinition input);
 
+    /**
+     * creates a list of policies from the given list of properties and updates the properties accordingly
+     * @param component the container
+     * @param propertiesOwnerId the id of the owner of the properties to declare (e.g ComponentInstance, Policy, Group etc)
+     * @param propsToDeclare the list of properties that are being declared as inputs
+     * @return the list of policies that were created from the given properties
+     */
+    Either<List<PolicyDefinition>, StorageOperationStatus> declarePropertiesAsPolicies(Component component, String propertiesOwnerId, List<ComponentInstancePropInput> propsToDeclare);
+
+    /**
+     * returns the values of declared properties to each original state before it was declared as an policy.
+     * this function is to be called when an policy, that was created by declaring a property, is deleted.
+     * @param component the container of the input to be deleted
+     * @param policy the policy to be deleted
+     */
+    StorageOperationStatus unDeclarePropertiesAsPolicies(Component component, PolicyDefinition policy);
+
 }