restructured a&ai client

made generics a bit safer and updated groovy tests

Change-Id: I6d7a2567cd9bf795e0cfa4914a7674a4ed5f50c4
Issue-ID: SO-1493
Signed-off-by: Benjamin, Max (mb388a) <mb388a@us.att.com>

19 files changed, 703 insertions, 312 deletions

diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAICommonObjectMapperPatchProvider.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAICommonObjectMapperPatchProvider.java
index 33c9769400..9c8345d4b6 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAICommonObjectMapperPatchProvider.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAICommonObjectMapperPatchProvider.java
@@ -20,16 +20,12 @@
 
 package org.onap.so.client.aai;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperPatchProvider;
 
-public class AAICommonObjectMapperPatchProvider extends AAICommonObjectMapperProvider {
+public class AAICommonObjectMapperPatchProvider extends GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperPatchProvider {
 
 	
 	public AAICommonObjectMapperPatchProvider() {
 		super();
-		EmptyStringToNullSerializer sp = new EmptyStringToNullSerializer(); 
-		SimpleModule emptyStringModule = new SimpleModule();
-		emptyStringModule.addSerializer(String.class, sp);
-		mapper.registerModule(emptyStringModule);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAICommonObjectMapperProvider.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAICommonObjectMapperProvider.java
index 0e2071842f..15bc2ea8ef 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAICommonObjectMapperProvider.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAICommonObjectMapperProvider.java
@@ -20,33 +20,12 @@
 
 package org.onap.so.client.aai;
 
-import org.onap.so.client.policy.CommonObjectMapperProvider;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperProvider;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.AnnotationIntrospector;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.JacksonAnnotationIntrospector;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jaxb.JaxbAnnotationIntrospector;
-
-public class AAICommonObjectMapperProvider extends CommonObjectMapperProvider {
+public class AAICommonObjectMapperProvider extends GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperProvider {
 
 	public AAICommonObjectMapperProvider() {
-		mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-		mapper.setSerializationInclusion(Include.NON_NULL);
-		mapper.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY);
-		mapper.enable(MapperFeature.USE_ANNOTATIONS);
-		mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRAP_ROOT_VALUE, false);
-		mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_VALUE, false);
-		mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
-		AnnotationIntrospector aiJaxb = new JaxbAnnotationIntrospector(TypeFactory.defaultInstance());
-        AnnotationIntrospector aiJackson = new JacksonAnnotationIntrospector();
-        // first Jaxb, second Jackson annotations
-        mapper.setAnnotationIntrospector(AnnotationIntrospector.pair(aiJaxb, aiJackson));
+		super();
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIResourcesClient.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIResourcesClient.java
index 87951d516b..288ac9bc7f 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIResourcesClient.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIResourcesClient.java
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.AAIEdgeLabel;
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.AAIResultWrapper;
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri;
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIUri;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.GraphInventoryResourcesClient;
 import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.entities.uri.Depth;
 
-public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
+public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient implements GraphInventoryResourcesClient<AAIResourcesClient, AAIResourceUri, AAIEdgeLabel, AAIResultWrapper, AAITransactionalClient, AAISingleTransactionClient> {
 			
 	public AAIResourcesClient() {
 		super();
@@ -49,37 +50,30 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		this.version = version;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * creates a new object in A&AI
-	 * 
-	 * @param obj - can be any object which will marshal into a valid A&AI payload
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#create(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.lang.Object)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void create(AAIResourceUri uri, Object obj) {
 		RestClient aaiRC = this.createClient(uri);
 		aaiRC.put(obj);
 		return;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * creates a new object in A&AI with no payload body
-	 * 
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#createEmpty(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void createEmpty(AAIResourceUri uri) {
 		RestClient aaiRC = this.createClient(uri);
 		aaiRC.put("");
 		return;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * returns false if the object does not exist in A&AI
-	 * 
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#exists(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public boolean exists(AAIResourceUri uri) {
 		AAIUri forceMinimal = this.addParams(Optional.of(Depth.ZERO), true, uri);
 		try {
@@ -91,12 +85,10 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		}
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Adds a relationship between two objects in A&AI 
-	 * @param uriA
-	 * @param uriB
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#connect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void connect(AAIResourceUri uriA, AAIResourceUri uriB) {
 		AAIResourceUri uriAClone = uriA.clone();
 		RestClient aaiRC = this.createClient(uriAClone.relationshipAPI());
@@ -104,14 +96,10 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		return;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Adds a relationship between two objects in A&AI 
-	 * with a given edge label
-	 * @param uriA
-	 * @param uriB
-	 * @param edge label
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#connect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.AAIEdgeLabel)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void connect(AAIResourceUri uriA, AAIResourceUri uriB, AAIEdgeLabel label) {
 		AAIResourceUri uriAClone = uriA.clone();
 		RestClient aaiRC = this.createClient(uriAClone.relationshipAPI());
@@ -119,13 +107,10 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		return;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Removes relationship from two objects in A&AI
-	 * 
-	 * @param uriA
-	 * @param uriB
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#disconnect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void disconnect(AAIResourceUri uriA, AAIResourceUri uriB) {
 		AAIResourceUri uriAClone = uriA.clone();
 		RestClient aaiRC = this.createClient(uriAClone.relationshipAPI());
@@ -133,12 +118,10 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		return;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Deletes object from A&AI. Automatically handles resource-version.
-	 * 
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#delete(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void delete(AAIResourceUri uri) {
 		AAIResourceUri clone = uri.clone();
 		RestClient aaiRC = this.createClient(clone);
@@ -150,23 +133,20 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		return;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * @param obj - can be any object which will marshal into a valid A&AI payload
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#update(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.lang.Object)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void update(AAIResourceUri uri, Object obj) {
 		RestClient aaiRC = this.createClient(uri);
 		aaiRC.patch(obj);
 		return;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Retrieves an object from A&AI and unmarshalls it into the Class specified
-	 * @param clazz
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#get(java.lang.Class, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public <T> Optional<T> get(Class<T> clazz, AAIResourceUri uri) {
 		try {
 			return this.createClient(uri).get(clazz);
@@ -179,11 +159,10 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		}
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Retrieves an object from A&AI and returns complete response
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#getFullResponse(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public Response getFullResponse(AAIResourceUri uri) {
 		try {
 			return this.createClient(uri).get();
@@ -196,12 +175,10 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		}
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Retrieves an object from A&AI and automatically unmarshalls it into a Map or List 
-	 * @param resultClass
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#get(javax.ws.rs.core.GenericType, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public <T> Optional<T> get(GenericType<T> resultClass, AAIResourceUri uri) {
 		try {
 			return this.createClient(uri).get(resultClass);
@@ -214,12 +191,10 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		}
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Retrieves an object from A&AI wrapped in a helper class which offer additional features
-	 * 
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#get(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAIResultWrapper get(AAIResourceUri uri) {
 		String json;
 		try {
@@ -234,13 +209,10 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		return new AAIResultWrapper(json);
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Retrieves an object from A&AI wrapped in a helper class which offer additional features
-	 * If the object cannot be found in A&AI the method will throw the runtime exception
-	 * included as an argument
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#get(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.lang.Class)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAIResultWrapper get(AAIResourceUri uri, Class<? extends RuntimeException> c) {
 		String json;
 		try {
@@ -285,13 +257,10 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		return result;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Will automatically create the object if it does not exist
-	 * 
-	 * @param obj - Optional object which serializes to a valid A&AI payload
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#createIfNotExists(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.util.Optional)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAIResourcesClient createIfNotExists(AAIResourceUri uri, Optional<Object> obj) {
 		if(!this.exists(uri)){
 			if (obj.isPresent()) {
@@ -304,20 +273,18 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Starts a transaction which encloses multiple A&AI mutations
-	 * 
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#beginTransaction()
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAITransactionalClient beginTransaction() {
 		return new AAITransactionalClient(this.getVersion());
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Starts a transaction groups multiple A&AI mutations
-	 * 
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#beginSingleTransaction()
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAISingleTransactionClient beginSingleTransaction() {
 		return new AAISingleTransactionClient(this.getVersion());
 	}
@@ -333,6 +300,9 @@ public class AAIResourcesClient extends AAIClient {
 		
 		return clone;
 	}
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryResourcesClient#getRestProperties()
+	 */
 	@Override
 	public <T extends RestProperties> T getRestProperties() {
 		return super.getRestProperties();
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIRestClient.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIRestClient.java
index 4f235c35f1..a2651195ee 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIRestClient.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIRestClient.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 import org.onap.so.client.ResponseExceptionMapper;
 import org.onap.so.client.RestClientSSL;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.GraphInventoryPatchConverter;
 import org.onap.so.client.policy.CommonObjectMapperProvider;
 import org.onap.so.utils.TargetEntity;
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public class AAIRestClient extends RestClientSSL {
 	private final AAIProperties aaiProperties;
 	private static final AAICommonObjectMapperProvider standardProvider = new AAICommonObjectMapperProvider();
 
-	private final AAIPatchConverter patchConverter = new AAIPatchConverter();
+	private final GraphInventoryPatchConverter patchConverter = new GraphInventoryPatchConverter();
 	
 	protected AAIRestClient(AAIProperties props, URI uri) {
 		super(props, Optional.of(uri));
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ public class AAIRestClient extends RestClientSSL {
 		return super.patch(convertToPatchFormat(obj), resultClass);
 	}
 	
-	protected AAIPatchConverter getPatchConverter() {
+	protected GraphInventoryPatchConverter getPatchConverter() {
 		return this.patchConverter;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAISingleTransactionClient.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAISingleTransactionClient.java
index 2ecdb7c480..ba65ac3f15 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAISingleTransactionClient.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAISingleTransactionClient.java
@@ -43,19 +43,21 @@ import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.singletransaction.SingleTransactionRespon
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri;
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIUri;
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIUriFactory;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.GraphInventoryPatchConverter;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.GraphInventorySingleTransactionClient;
 import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.exceptions.BulkProcessFailed;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 
-public class AAISingleTransactionClient extends AAIClient {
+public class AAISingleTransactionClient extends AAIClient implements GraphInventorySingleTransactionClient<AAISingleTransactionClient, AAIResourceUri, AAIEdgeLabel> {
 
 	private final SingleTransactionRequest request;
 	private final AAIVersion version;
 	private int actionCount = 0;
 	
-	private final AAIPatchConverter patchConverter = new AAIPatchConverter();
+	private final GraphInventoryPatchConverter patchConverter = new GraphInventoryPatchConverter();
 	
 	protected AAISingleTransactionClient(AAIVersion version) {
 		super();
@@ -63,37 +65,30 @@ public class AAISingleTransactionClient extends AAIClient {
 		this.request = new SingleTransactionRequest();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * creates a new object in A&AI
-	 * 
-	 * @param obj - can be any object which will marshal into a valid A&AI payload
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionClient#create(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.lang.Object)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAISingleTransactionClient create(AAIResourceUri uri, Object obj) {
 		request.getOperations().add(new OperationBodyRequest().withAction("put").withUri(uri.build().toString()).withBody(obj));
 		incrementActionAmount();
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * creates a new object in A&AI with no payload body
-	 * 
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionClient#createEmpty(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAISingleTransactionClient createEmpty(AAIResourceUri uri) {
 		request.getOperations().add(new OperationBodyRequest().withAction("put").withUri(uri.build().toString()).withBody(new HashMap<String, String>()));
 		incrementActionAmount();
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Adds a relationship between two objects in A&AI 
-	 * @param uriA
-	 * @param uriB
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionClient#connect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAISingleTransactionClient connect(AAIResourceUri uriA, AAIResourceUri uriB) {
 		AAIResourceUri uriAClone = uriA.clone();
 		request.getOperations().add(new OperationBodyRequest().withAction("put").withUri(uriAClone.relationshipAPI().build().toString()).withBody(this.buildRelationship(uriB)));
@@ -101,13 +96,10 @@ public class AAISingleTransactionClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * relationship between multiple objects in A&AI - connects A to all objects specified in list
-	 * 
-	 * @param uriA
-	 * @param uris
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionClient#connect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.util.List)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAISingleTransactionClient connect(AAIResourceUri uriA, List<AAIResourceUri> uris) {
 		for (AAIResourceUri uri : uris) {
 			this.connect(uriA, uri);
@@ -115,6 +107,10 @@ public class AAISingleTransactionClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 	
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionClient#connect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.AAIEdgeLabel)
+	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAISingleTransactionClient connect(AAIResourceUri uriA, AAIResourceUri uriB, AAIEdgeLabel label) {
 		AAIResourceUri uriAClone = uriA.clone();
 		RestClient aaiRC = this.createClient(uriAClone.relationshipAPI());
@@ -122,6 +118,10 @@ public class AAISingleTransactionClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 	
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionClient#connect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.util.List, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.AAIEdgeLabel)
+	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAISingleTransactionClient connect(AAIResourceUri uriA, List<AAIResourceUri> uris, AAIEdgeLabel label) {
 		for (AAIResourceUri uri : uris) {
 			this.connect(uriA, uri, label);
@@ -129,13 +129,10 @@ public class AAISingleTransactionClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Removes relationship from two objects in A&AI
-	 * 
-	 * @param uriA
-	 * @param uriB
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionClient#disconnect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAISingleTransactionClient disconnect(AAIResourceUri uriA, AAIResourceUri uriB) {
 		AAIResourceUri uriAClone = uriA.clone();
 		request.getOperations().add(new OperationBodyRequest().withAction("delete").withUri(uriAClone.relationshipAPI().build().toString()).withBody(this.buildRelationship(uriB)));
@@ -143,24 +140,20 @@ public class AAISingleTransactionClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Removes relationship from multiple objects - disconnects A from all objects specified in list
-	 * @param uriA
-	 * @param uris
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionClient#disconnect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.util.List)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAISingleTransactionClient disconnect(AAIResourceUri uriA, List<AAIResourceUri> uris) {
 		for (AAIResourceUri uri : uris) {
 			this.disconnect(uriA, uri);
 		}
 		return this;
 	}
-	/**
-	 * Deletes object from A&AI. Automatically handles resource-version.
-	 * 
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionClient#delete(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAISingleTransactionClient delete(AAIResourceUri uri) {
 		AAIResourcesClient client = new AAIResourcesClient();
 		AAIResourceUri clone = uri.clone();
@@ -172,11 +165,10 @@ public class AAISingleTransactionClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @param obj - can be any object which will marshal into a valid A&AI payload
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionClient#update(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.lang.Object)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAISingleTransactionClient update(AAIResourceUri uri, Object obj) {
 		
 		final String payload = getPatchConverter().convertPatchFormat(obj);
@@ -188,10 +180,10 @@ public class AAISingleTransactionClient extends AAIClient {
 	private void incrementActionAmount() {
 		actionCount++;
 	}
-	/**
-	 * Executes all created transactions in A&AI
-	 * @throws BulkProcessFailed 
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionClient#execute()
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void execute() throws BulkProcessFailed {
 		RestClient client = this.createClient(AAIUriFactory.createResourceUri(AAIObjectType.SINGLE_TRANSACTION));
 		try {
@@ -261,7 +253,7 @@ public class AAISingleTransactionClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this.request;
 	}
 	
-	protected AAIPatchConverter getPatchConverter() {
+	protected GraphInventoryPatchConverter getPatchConverter() {
 		return this.patchConverter;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAITransactionalClient.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAITransactionalClient.java
index 118a3edf1c..dd4cb2f591 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAITransactionalClient.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAITransactionalClient.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 package org.onap.so.client.aai;
 
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -42,8 +40,9 @@ import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.bulkprocess.OperationBody;
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.bulkprocess.Transaction;
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.bulkprocess.Transactions;
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri;
-import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIUri;
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIUriFactory;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.GraphInventoryPatchConverter;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient;
 import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.exceptions.BulkProcessFailed;
 import org.onap.so.jsonpath.JsonPathUtil;
 
@@ -51,14 +50,14 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 
-public class AAITransactionalClient extends AAIClient {
+public class AAITransactionalClient extends AAIClient implements GraphInventoryTransactionalClient<AAITransactionalClient, AAIResourceUri, AAIEdgeLabel> {
 
 	private final Transactions transactions;
 	private Transaction currentTransaction;
 	private final AAIVersion version;
 	private int actionCount = 0;
 	
-	private final AAIPatchConverter patchConverter = new AAIPatchConverter();
+	private final GraphInventoryPatchConverter patchConverter = new GraphInventoryPatchConverter();
 	
 	protected AAITransactionalClient(AAIVersion version) {
 		super();
@@ -73,47 +72,39 @@ public class AAITransactionalClient extends AAIClient {
 		currentTransaction = transaction;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * adds an additional transaction and closes the previous transaction
-	 * 
-	 * @return AAITransactionalClient
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient#beginNewTransaction()
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAITransactionalClient beginNewTransaction() {
 		startTransaction();
 		return this;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * creates a new object in A&AI
-	 * 
-	 * @param obj - can be any object which will marshal into a valid A&AI payload
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient#create(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.lang.Object)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAITransactionalClient create(AAIResourceUri uri, Object obj) {
 		currentTransaction.getPut().add(new OperationBody().withUri(uri.build().toString()).withBody(obj));
 		incrementActionAmount();
 		return this;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * creates a new object in A&AI with no payload body
-	 * 
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient#createEmpty(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAITransactionalClient createEmpty(AAIResourceUri uri) {
 		currentTransaction.getPut().add(new OperationBody().withUri(uri.build().toString()).withBody(new HashMap<String, String>()));
 		incrementActionAmount();
 		return this;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Adds a relationship between two objects in A&AI 
-	 * @param uriA
-	 * @param uriB
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient#connect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAITransactionalClient connect(AAIResourceUri uriA, AAIResourceUri uriB) {
 		AAIResourceUri uriAClone = uriA.clone();
 		currentTransaction.getPut().add(new OperationBody().withUri(uriAClone.relationshipAPI().build().toString()).withBody(this.buildRelationship(uriB)));
@@ -121,13 +112,10 @@ public class AAITransactionalClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * relationship between multiple objects in A&AI - connects A to all objects specified in list
-	 * 
-	 * @param uriA
-	 * @param uris
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient#connect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.util.List)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAITransactionalClient connect(AAIResourceUri uriA, List<AAIResourceUri> uris) {
 		for (AAIResourceUri uri : uris) {
 			this.connect(uriA, uri);
@@ -135,6 +123,10 @@ public class AAITransactionalClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 	
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient#connect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.AAIEdgeLabel)
+	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAITransactionalClient connect(AAIResourceUri uriA, AAIResourceUri uriB, AAIEdgeLabel label) {
 		AAIResourceUri uriAClone = uriA.clone();
 		RestClient aaiRC = this.createClient(uriAClone.relationshipAPI());
@@ -142,6 +134,10 @@ public class AAITransactionalClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 	
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient#connect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.util.List, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.AAIEdgeLabel)
+	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAITransactionalClient connect(AAIResourceUri uriA, List<AAIResourceUri> uris, AAIEdgeLabel label) {
 		for (AAIResourceUri uri : uris) {
 			this.connect(uriA, uri, label);
@@ -149,13 +145,10 @@ public class AAITransactionalClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Removes relationship from two objects in A&AI
-	 * 
-	 * @param uriA
-	 * @param uriB
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient#disconnect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAITransactionalClient disconnect(AAIResourceUri uriA, AAIResourceUri uriB) {
 		AAIResourceUri uriAClone = uriA.clone();
 		currentTransaction.getDelete().add(new OperationBody().withUri(uriAClone.relationshipAPI().build().toString()).withBody(this.buildRelationship(uriB)));
@@ -163,24 +156,20 @@ public class AAITransactionalClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Removes relationship from multiple objects - disconnects A from all objects specified in list
-	 * @param uriA
-	 * @param uris
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient#disconnect(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.util.List)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAITransactionalClient disconnect(AAIResourceUri uriA, List<AAIResourceUri> uris) {
 		for (AAIResourceUri uri : uris) {
 			this.disconnect(uriA, uri);
 		}
 		return this;
 	}
-	/**
-	 * Deletes object from A&AI. Automatically handles resource-version.
-	 * 
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient#delete(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAITransactionalClient delete(AAIResourceUri uri) {
 		AAIResourcesClient client = new AAIResourcesClient();
 		AAIResourceUri clone = uri.clone();
@@ -192,11 +181,10 @@ public class AAITransactionalClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * @param obj - can be any object which will marshal into a valid A&AI payload
-	 * @param uri
-	 * @return
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient#update(org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri, java.lang.Object)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public AAITransactionalClient update(AAIResourceUri uri, Object obj) {
 		final String payload = getPatchConverter().convertPatchFormat(obj);
 		currentTransaction.getPatch().add(new OperationBody().withUri(uri.build().toString()).withBody(payload));
@@ -207,10 +195,10 @@ public class AAITransactionalClient extends AAIClient {
 	private void incrementActionAmount() {
 		actionCount++;
 	}
-	/**
-	 * Executes all created transactions in A&AI
-	 * @throws BulkProcessFailed 
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.onap.so.client.aai.GraphInventoryTransactionalClient#execute()
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void execute() throws BulkProcessFailed {
 		RestClient client = this.createClient(AAIUriFactory.createResourceUri(AAIObjectType.BULK_PROCESS));
 		try {
@@ -293,7 +281,7 @@ public class AAITransactionalClient extends AAIClient {
 		return this.transactions;
 	}
 	
-	protected AAIPatchConverter getPatchConverter() {
+	protected GraphInventoryPatchConverter getPatchConverter() {
 		return this.patchConverter;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/entities/AAIResultWrapper.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/entities/AAIResultWrapper.java
index 77ea9bcdfe..9b3f98baa4 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/entities/AAIResultWrapper.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/entities/AAIResultWrapper.java
@@ -20,96 +20,22 @@
 
 package org.onap.so.client.aai.entities;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
 
-
-import org.onap.so.client.aai.AAICommonObjectMapperProvider;
-import org.onap.so.jsonpath.JsonPathUtil;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.entities.GraphInventoryResultWrapper;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-
-public class AAIResultWrapper implements Serializable {
+public class AAIResultWrapper extends GraphInventoryResultWrapper implements Serializable {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 5895841925807816737L;
-	private final String jsonBody;
-	private final ObjectMapper mapper;
-	private final transient Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AAIResultWrapper.class);
+	private final static transient Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AAIResultWrapper.class);
 	
 	public AAIResultWrapper(String json) {
-		this.jsonBody = json;
-		this.mapper = new AAICommonObjectMapperProvider().getMapper();
+		super(json, logger);
 	}
 	
 	public AAIResultWrapper(Object aaiObject) {
-		this.mapper = new AAICommonObjectMapperProvider().getMapper();
-		this.jsonBody = mapObjectToString(aaiObject);
-	}
-	
-	protected String mapObjectToString(Object aaiObject) {
-		try {
-			return mapper.writeValueAsString(aaiObject);
-		} catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
-			logger.warn("could not parse object into json - defaulting to {}");
-			return "{}";
-		}
+		super(aaiObject, logger);
 	}
-	public Optional<Relationships> getRelationships() {
-		final String path = "$.relationship-list";
-		if (isEmpty()) {
-			return Optional.empty();
-		}
-		Optional<String> result = JsonPathUtil.getInstance().locateResult(jsonBody, path);
-		if (result.isPresent()) {
-			return Optional.of(new Relationships(result.get()));
-		} else {
-			return Optional.empty();
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public String getJson() {
-		if(jsonBody == null) {
-			return "{}";
-		} else {
-			return jsonBody;
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public Map<String, Object> asMap() {
-		if (isEmpty()) {
-			return new HashMap<>();
-		}
-		try {
-			return mapper.readValue(this.jsonBody, new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>(){});
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			return new HashMap<>();
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public <T> Optional<T> asBean(Class<T> clazz) {
-		if (isEmpty()) {
-			return Optional.empty();
-		}
-		try {
-			return Optional.of(mapper.readValue(this.jsonBody, clazz));
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			return Optional.empty();
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public boolean isEmpty() {
-		return jsonBody == null;
-	}
-	@Override
-	public String toString() {
-		return this.getJson();
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/EmptyStringToNullSerializer.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/EmptyStringToNullSerializer.java
index 1120ebe0b9..e21386f809 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/EmptyStringToNullSerializer.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/EmptyStringToNullSerializer.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
  */
 
-package org.onap.so.client.aai;
+package org.onap.so.client.graphinventory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperPatchProvider.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperPatchProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47c9e77b84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperPatchProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP - SO
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 - 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.so.client.graphinventory;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
+
+public class GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperPatchProvider extends GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperProvider {
+
+	
+	public GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperPatchProvider() {
+		super();
+		EmptyStringToNullSerializer sp = new EmptyStringToNullSerializer(); 
+		SimpleModule emptyStringModule = new SimpleModule();
+		emptyStringModule.addSerializer(String.class, sp);
+		mapper.registerModule(emptyStringModule);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperProvider.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9857424a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP - SO
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.so.client.graphinventory;
+
+import org.onap.so.client.policy.CommonObjectMapperProvider;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.AnnotationIntrospector;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.JacksonAnnotationIntrospector;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jaxb.JaxbAnnotationIntrospector;
+
+public class GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperProvider extends CommonObjectMapperProvider {
+
+	public GraphInventoryCommonObjectMapperProvider() {
+		mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+		mapper.setSerializationInclusion(Include.NON_NULL);
+		mapper.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY);
+		mapper.enable(MapperFeature.USE_ANNOTATIONS);
+		mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRAP_ROOT_VALUE, false);
+		mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_VALUE, false);
+		mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
+		AnnotationIntrospector aiJaxb = new JaxbAnnotationIntrospector(TypeFactory.defaultInstance());
+        AnnotationIntrospector aiJackson = new JacksonAnnotationIntrospector();
+        // first Jaxb, second Jackson annotations
+        mapper.setAnnotationIntrospector(AnnotationIntrospector.pair(aiJaxb, aiJackson));
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIPatchConverter.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryPatchConverter.java
index 6ccb592409..00e597b189 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIPatchConverter.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryPatchConverter.java
@@ -18,29 +18,31 @@
  * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
  */
 
-package org.onap.so.client.aai;
+package org.onap.so.client.graphinventory;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.onap.so.client.aai.AAICommonObjectMapperPatchProvider;
+import org.onap.so.client.aai.AAICommonObjectMapperProvider;
 import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.exceptions.GraphInventoryPatchDepthExceededException;
 import org.onap.so.jsonpath.JsonPathUtil;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 
-public class AAIPatchConverter {
+public class GraphInventoryPatchConverter {
 
 	private static final AAICommonObjectMapperProvider standardProvider = new AAICommonObjectMapperProvider();
 	private static final AAICommonObjectMapperPatchProvider patchProvider = new AAICommonObjectMapperPatchProvider();
 	private static final Pattern LOCATE_COMPLEX_OBJECT = Pattern.compile("^((?!relationship-list).)+?\\['[^\\[\\]]+?'\\]$");
 
 	
-	protected String convertPatchFormat(Object obj) {
+	public String convertPatchFormat(Object obj) {
 		return validatePatchObject(marshallObjectToPatchFormat(obj));
 	}
 	
-	protected String validatePatchObject(String payload) {
+	public String validatePatchObject(String payload) {
 		if (hasComplexObject(payload)) {
 			throw new GraphInventoryPatchDepthExceededException(payload);
 		}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryResourcesClient.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryResourcesClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fbe286b98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryResourcesClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package org.onap.so.client.graphinventory;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.GenericType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+
+import org.onap.so.client.RestProperties;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.entities.GraphInventoryEdgeLabel;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.entities.GraphInventoryResultWrapper;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.entities.uri.GraphInventoryUri;
+
+public interface GraphInventoryResourcesClient<Self, Uri extends GraphInventoryUri, EdgeLabel extends GraphInventoryEdgeLabel, Wrapper extends GraphInventoryResultWrapper, TransactionalClient, SingleTransactionClient> {
+
+	/**
+	 * creates a new object in GraphInventory
+	 * 
+	 * @param obj - can be any object which will marshal into a valid GraphInventory payload
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	void create(Uri uri, Object obj);
+
+	/**
+	 * creates a new object in GraphInventory with no payload body
+	 * 
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	void createEmpty(Uri uri);
+
+	/**
+	 * returns false if the object does not exist in GraphInventory
+	 * 
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean exists(Uri uri);
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds a relationship between two objects in GraphInventory 
+	 * @param uriA
+	 * @param uriB
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	void connect(Uri uriA, Uri uriB);
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds a relationship between two objects in GraphInventory 
+	 * with a given edge label
+	 * @param uriA
+	 * @param uriB
+	 * @param edge label
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	void connect(Uri uriA, Uri uriB, EdgeLabel label);
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes relationship from two objects in GraphInventory
+	 * 
+	 * @param uriA
+	 * @param uriB
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	void disconnect(Uri uriA, Uri uriB);
+
+	/**
+	 * Deletes object from GraphInventory. Automatically handles resource-version.
+	 * 
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	void delete(Uri uri);
+
+	/**
+	 * @param obj - can be any object which will marshal into a valid GraphInventory payload
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	void update(Uri uri, Object obj);
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves an object from GraphInventory and unmarshalls it into the Class specified
+	 * @param clazz
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	<T> Optional<T> get(Class<T> clazz, Uri uri);
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves an object from GraphInventory and returns complete response
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Response getFullResponse(Uri uri);
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves an object from GraphInventory and automatically unmarshalls it into a Map or List 
+	 * @param resultClass
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	<T> Optional<T> get(GenericType<T> resultClass, Uri uri);
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves an object from GraphInventory wrapped in a helper class which offer additional features
+	 * 
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Wrapper get(Uri uri);
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves an object from GraphInventory wrapped in a helper class which offer additional features
+	 * If the object cannot be found in GraphInventory the method will throw the runtime exception
+	 * included as an argument
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Wrapper get(Uri uri, Class<? extends RuntimeException> c);
+
+	/**
+	 * Will automatically create the object if it does not exist
+	 * 
+	 * @param obj - Optional object which serializes to a valid GraphInventory payload
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self createIfNotExists(Uri uri, Optional<Object> obj);
+
+	/**
+	 * Starts a transaction which encloses multiple GraphInventory mutations
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	TransactionalClient beginTransaction();
+
+	/**
+	 * Starts a transaction groups multiple GraphInventory mutations
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	SingleTransactionClient beginSingleTransaction();
+
+	<T extends RestProperties> T getRestProperties();
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventorySingleTransactionClient.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventorySingleTransactionClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1aa2252d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventorySingleTransactionClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package org.onap.so.client.graphinventory;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.entities.GraphInventoryEdgeLabel;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.entities.uri.GraphInventoryUri;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.exceptions.BulkProcessFailed;
+
+public interface GraphInventorySingleTransactionClient<Self, Uri extends GraphInventoryUri, EdgeLabel extends GraphInventoryEdgeLabel> {
+
+	/**
+	 * creates a new object in A&AI
+	 * 
+	 * @param obj - can be any object which will marshal into a valid A&AI payload
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self create(Uri uri, Object obj);
+
+	/**
+	 * creates a new object in A&AI with no payload body
+	 * 
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self createEmpty(Uri uri);
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds a relationship between two objects in A&AI 
+	 * @param uriA
+	 * @param uriB
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self connect(Uri uriA, Uri uriB);
+
+	/**
+	 * relationship between multiple objects in A&AI - connects A to all objects specified in list
+	 * 
+	 * @param uriA
+	 * @param uris
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self connect(Uri uriA, List<Uri> uris);
+
+	Self connect(Uri uriA, Uri uriB, EdgeLabel label);
+
+	Self connect(Uri uriA, List<Uri> uris, EdgeLabel label);
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes relationship from two objects in A&AI
+	 * 
+	 * @param uriA
+	 * @param uriB
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self disconnect(Uri uriA, Uri uriB);
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes relationship from multiple objects - disconnects A from all objects specified in list
+	 * @param uriA
+	 * @param uris
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self disconnect(Uri uriA, List<Uri> uris);
+
+	/**
+	 * Deletes object from A&AI. Automatically handles resource-version.
+	 * 
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self delete(Uri uri);
+
+	/**
+	 * @param obj - can be any object which will marshal into a valid A&AI payload
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self update(Uri uri, Object obj);
+
+	/**
+	 * Executes all created transactions in A&AI
+	 * @throws BulkProcessFailed 
+	 */
+	void execute() throws BulkProcessFailed;
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryTransactionalClient.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryTransactionalClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7362c85da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryTransactionalClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package org.onap.so.client.graphinventory;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.entities.GraphInventoryEdgeLabel;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.entities.uri.GraphInventoryUri;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.exceptions.BulkProcessFailed;
+
+public interface GraphInventoryTransactionalClient<Self, Uri extends GraphInventoryUri, EdgeLabel extends GraphInventoryEdgeLabel> {
+
+	/**
+	 * adds an additional transaction and closes the previous transaction
+	 * 
+	 * @return Self
+	 */
+	Self beginNewTransaction();
+
+	/**
+	 * creates a new object in A&AI
+	 * 
+	 * @param obj - can be any object which will marshal into a valid A&AI payload
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self create(Uri uri, Object obj);
+
+	/**
+	 * creates a new object in A&AI with no payload body
+	 * 
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self createEmpty(Uri uri);
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds a relationship between two objects in A&AI 
+	 * @param uriA
+	 * @param uriB
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self connect(Uri uriA, Uri uriB);
+
+	/**
+	 * relationship between multiple objects in A&AI - connects A to all objects specified in list
+	 * 
+	 * @param uriA
+	 * @param uris
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self connect(Uri uriA, List<Uri> uris);
+
+	Self connect(Uri uriA, Uri uriB, EdgeLabel label);
+
+	Self connect(Uri uriA, List<Uri> uris, EdgeLabel label);
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes relationship from two objects in A&AI
+	 * 
+	 * @param uriA
+	 * @param uriB
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self disconnect(Uri uriA, Uri uriB);
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes relationship from multiple objects - disconnects A from all objects specified in list
+	 * @param uriA
+	 * @param uris
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self disconnect(Uri uriA, List<Uri> uris);
+
+	/**
+	 * Deletes object from A&AI. Automatically handles resource-version.
+	 * 
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self delete(Uri uri);
+
+	/**
+	 * @param obj - can be any object which will marshal into a valid A&AI payload
+	 * @param uri
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Self update(Uri uri, Object obj);
+
+	/**
+	 * Executes all created transactions in A&AI
+	 * @throws BulkProcessFailed 
+	 */
+	void execute() throws BulkProcessFailed;
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/entities/GraphInventoryResultWrapper.java b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/entities/GraphInventoryResultWrapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc1ce0063b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/entities/GraphInventoryResultWrapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP - SO
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.entities;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.onap.so.client.aai.AAICommonObjectMapperProvider;
+import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.Relationships;
+import org.onap.so.jsonpath.JsonPathUtil;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+public class GraphInventoryResultWrapper implements Serializable {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 5895841925807816727L;
+	protected final String jsonBody;
+	protected final ObjectMapper mapper;
+	private final transient Logger logger;
+	
+	protected GraphInventoryResultWrapper(String json, Logger logger) {
+		this.jsonBody = json;
+		this.mapper = new AAICommonObjectMapperProvider().getMapper();
+		this.logger = logger;
+	}
+	
+	protected GraphInventoryResultWrapper(Object aaiObject, Logger logger) {
+		this.mapper = new AAICommonObjectMapperProvider().getMapper();
+		this.jsonBody = mapObjectToString(aaiObject);
+		this.logger = logger;
+	}
+	
+	protected String mapObjectToString(Object aaiObject) {
+		try {
+			return mapper.writeValueAsString(aaiObject);
+		} catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+			logger.warn("could not parse object into json - defaulting to {}");
+			return "{}";
+		}
+	}
+	public Optional<Relationships> getRelationships() {
+		final String path = "$.relationship-list";
+		if (isEmpty()) {
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
+		Optional<String> result = JsonPathUtil.getInstance().locateResult(jsonBody, path);
+		if (result.isPresent()) {
+			return Optional.of(new Relationships(result.get()));
+		} else {
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public String getJson() {
+		if(jsonBody == null) {
+			return "{}";
+		} else {
+			return jsonBody;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public Map<String, Object> asMap() {
+		if (isEmpty()) {
+			return new HashMap<>();
+		}
+		try {
+			return mapper.readValue(this.jsonBody, new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>(){});
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			return new HashMap<>();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public <T> Optional<T> asBean(Class<T> clazz) {
+		if (isEmpty()) {
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
+		try {
+			return Optional.of(mapper.readValue(this.jsonBody, clazz));
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isEmpty() {
+		return jsonBody == null;
+	}
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return this.getJson();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIRestClientTest.java b/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIRestClientTest.java
index ad15417b71..95b30f934b 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIRestClientTest.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIRestClientTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import org.onap.so.client.RestClientSSL;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.GraphInventoryPatchConverter;
 import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.exceptions.GraphInventoryPatchDepthExceededException;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ public class AAIRestClientTest {
 	public void verifyPatchValidation() throws URISyntaxException {
 		AAIRestClient client = new AAIRestClient(props, new URI(""));
 		AAIRestClient spy = spy(client);
-		AAIPatchConverter patchValidatorMock = mock(AAIPatchConverter.class);
+		GraphInventoryPatchConverter patchValidatorMock = mock(GraphInventoryPatchConverter.class);
 		doReturn(patchValidatorMock).when(spy).getPatchConverter();
 		String payload = "{}";
 		doReturn(Response.ok().build()).when(spy).method(eq("PATCH"), any());
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAISingleTransactionClientTest.java b/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAISingleTransactionClientTest.java
index 428fa276db..27637126c6 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAISingleTransactionClientTest.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAISingleTransactionClientTest.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.singletransaction.SingleTransactionRespon
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri;
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIUriFactory;
 import org.onap.so.client.defaultproperties.DefaultAAIPropertiesImpl;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.GraphInventoryPatchConverter;
 import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONAssert;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ public class AAISingleTransactionClientTest {
 	@Test
 	public void confirmPatchFormat() {
 		AAISingleTransactionClient singleTransaction = spy(new AAISingleTransactionClient(AAIVersion.LATEST));
-		AAIPatchConverter mock = mock(AAIPatchConverter.class);
+		GraphInventoryPatchConverter mock = mock(GraphInventoryPatchConverter.class);
 		doReturn(mock).when(singleTransaction).getPatchConverter();
 		singleTransaction.update(uriA, "{}");
 		verify(mock, times(1)).convertPatchFormat(any());
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAITransactionalClientTest.java b/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAITransactionalClientTest.java
index 621375882b..342e3b1aa4 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAITransactionalClientTest.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAITransactionalClientTest.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.onap.aai.domain.yang.Relationship;
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIResourceUri;
 import org.onap.so.client.aai.entities.uri.AAIUriFactory;
 import org.onap.so.client.defaultproperties.DefaultAAIPropertiesImpl;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.GraphInventoryPatchConverter;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ public class AAITransactionalClientTest {
 	@Test
 	public void confirmPatchFormat() {
 		AAITransactionalClient client = spy(new AAITransactionalClient(AAIVersion.LATEST));
-		AAIPatchConverter mock = mock(AAIPatchConverter.class);
+		GraphInventoryPatchConverter mock = mock(GraphInventoryPatchConverter.class);
 		doReturn(mock).when(client).getPatchConverter();
 		client.update(uriA, "{}");
 		verify(mock, times(1)).convertPatchFormat(any());
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIPatchConverterTest.java b/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryPatchConverterTest.java
index 0d4490f51d..d24b3ff147 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/aai/AAIPatchConverterTest.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/org/onap/so/client/graphinventory/GraphInventoryPatchConverterTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
  */
 
-package org.onap.so.client.aai;
+package org.onap.so.client.graphinventory;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import org.onap.aai.domain.yang.GenericVnf;
+import org.onap.so.client.aai.AAICommonObjectMapperProvider;
+import org.onap.so.client.graphinventory.GraphInventoryPatchConverter;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
@@ -42,13 +44,13 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 
 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
-public class AAIPatchConverterTest {
+public class GraphInventoryPatchConverterTest {
 
 	private ObjectMapper mapper = new AAICommonObjectMapperProvider().getMapper();
 
 	@Test
 	public void convertObjectToPatchFormatTest() throws URISyntaxException, JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
-		AAIPatchConverter validator = new AAIPatchConverter();
+		GraphInventoryPatchConverter validator = new GraphInventoryPatchConverter();
 		GenericVnf vnf = new GenericVnf();
 		vnf.setIpv4Loopback0Address("");
 		String result = validator.marshallObjectToPatchFormat(vnf);
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ public class AAIPatchConverterTest {
 	
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToPatchFormatTest() throws URISyntaxException, JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
-		AAIPatchConverter validator = new AAIPatchConverter();
+		GraphInventoryPatchConverter validator = new GraphInventoryPatchConverter();
 		String payload = "{\"ipv4-loopback0-address\":\"\"}";
 		String result = validator.marshallObjectToPatchFormat(payload);
 		
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ public class AAIPatchConverterTest {
 	
 	@Test
 	public void convertStringToPatchFormatNull_Test() throws URISyntaxException, JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
-		AAIPatchConverter validator = new AAIPatchConverter();
+		GraphInventoryPatchConverter validator = new GraphInventoryPatchConverter();
 		String payload = "{\"ipv4-loopback0-address\": null}";
 		String result = validator.marshallObjectToPatchFormat(payload);
 		System.out.println(result);
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ public class AAIPatchConverterTest {
 	
 	@Test
 	public void convertMapToPatchFormatTest() throws URISyntaxException, JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
-		AAIPatchConverter validator = new AAIPatchConverter();
+		GraphInventoryPatchConverter validator = new GraphInventoryPatchConverter();
 		HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
 		map.put("ipv4-loopback0-address", "");
 		map.put("ipv4-loopback1-address", "192.168.1.1");
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ public class AAIPatchConverterTest {
 	
 	@Test
 	public void hasComplexObjectTest() {
-		AAIPatchConverter validator = new AAIPatchConverter();
+		GraphInventoryPatchConverter validator = new GraphInventoryPatchConverter();
 		String hasNesting = "{ \"hello\" : \"world\", \"nested\" : { \"key\" : \"value\" } }";
 		String noNesting = "{ \"hello\" : \"world\" }";
 		String arrayCase = "{ \"hello\" : \"world\", \"nestedSimple\" : [\"value1\" , \"value2\"], \"nestedComplex\" : [{\"key\" : \"value\"}]}";