Merge "flow validators can be skipped via an annotation"

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bpmn/MSOCommonBPMN/src/main/java/org/onap/so/bpmn/common/validation/FlowValidatorRunner.java b/bpmn/MSOCommonBPMN/src/main/java/org/onap/so/bpmn/common/validation/FlowValidatorRunner.java
index 636c8e32cf..5352fc2fe0 100644
--- a/bpmn/MSOCommonBPMN/src/main/java/org/onap/so/bpmn/common/validation/FlowValidatorRunner.java
+++ b/bpmn/MSOCommonBPMN/src/main/java/org/onap/so/bpmn/common/validation/FlowValidatorRunner.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public abstract class FlowValidatorRunner<S extends FlowValidator, E extends Flo
 	protected List<FlowValidator> filterValidators(List<? extends FlowValidator> validators, String bbName) {
 		return validators.stream()
 				.filter(item -> {
-					return item.shouldRunFor(bbName);
+					return !item.getClass().isAnnotationPresent(Skip.class) && item.shouldRunFor(bbName);
 				})
 				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(item -> {
 					Priority p = Optional.ofNullable(item.getClass().getAnnotation(Priority.class)).orElse(new Priority() {
diff --git a/bpmn/MSOCommonBPMN/src/main/java/org/onap/so/bpmn/common/validation/Skip.java b/bpmn/MSOCommonBPMN/src/main/java/org/onap/so/bpmn/common/validation/Skip.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0148e8f10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpmn/MSOCommonBPMN/src/main/java/org/onap/so/bpmn/common/validation/Skip.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package org.onap.so.bpmn.common.validation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface Skip {
+
+}