Fix for sonar issue

Fix for some sonars. Increase code coverage.

Issue-ID: CLAMP-211
Change-Id: If1b5169ff832fc94886b178226570dc0559fe3c2
Signed-off-by: Gabriel <adam.krysiak@nokia.com>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/OperationalPolicyDelegate.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/OperationalPolicyDelegate.java
index e324b2d..ddadb55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/OperationalPolicyDelegate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/OperationalPolicyDelegate.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  * ============LICENSE_END============================================
+ * Modifications copyright (c) 2018 Nokia
  * ===================================================================
  * 
  */
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
 import org.apache.camel.Handler;
-import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy.OperationalPolicyReq;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy.OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy.PolicyClient;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.config.ClampProperties;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.ModelProperties;
@@ -52,16 +53,17 @@
 
     protected static final EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(OperationalPolicyDelegate.class);
     protected static final EELFLogger metricsLogger = EELFManager.getInstance().getMetricsLogger();
-    /**
-     * Automatically injected by Spring, define in CldsConfiguration as a bean.
-     */
+    private final PolicyClient policyClient;
+    private final ClampProperties refProp;
+    private final OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor attributesConstructor;
+
     @Autowired
-    private PolicyClient policyClient;
-    /**
-     * Automatically injected by Spring, define in CldsConfiguration as a bean.
-     */
-    @Autowired
-    private ClampProperties refProp;
+    public OperationalPolicyDelegate(PolicyClient policyClient, ClampProperties refProp,
+                                     OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor attributesConstructor) {
+        this.policyClient = policyClient;
+        this.refProp = refProp;
+        this.attributesConstructor = attributesConstructor;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Perform activity. Send Operational Policy info to policy api.
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@
      * @param camelExchange
      *            The Camel Exchange object containing the properties
      * @throws BuilderException
-     *             In case of issues with OperationalPolicyReq
+     *             In case of issues with OperationalPolicyRequestAttributesConstructor
      * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
      *             In case of issues with the Charset encoding
      */
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@
         Policy policy = prop.getType(Policy.class);
         if (policy.isFound()) {
             for (PolicyChain policyChain : prop.getType(Policy.class).getPolicyChains()) {
-                Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>> attributes = OperationalPolicyReq.formatAttributes(refProp,
+                Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>> attributes = attributesConstructor.formatAttributes(refProp,
                         prop, prop.getType(Policy.class).getId(), policyChain);
                 responseMessage = policyClient.sendBrmsPolicy(attributes, prop, LoggingUtils.getRequestId());
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09f98f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP CLAMP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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============================================
+ * Modifications copyright (c) 2018 Nokia
+ * ===================================================================
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy;
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.config.ClampProperties;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.ModelProperties;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.PolicyChain;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.PolicyItem;
+import org.onap.policy.api.AttributeType;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.builder.BuilderException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+@Component
+public class OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor {
+
+    private static final EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance()
+            .getLogger(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.class);
+    static final String TEMPLATE_NAME = "templateName";
+    static final String CLOSED_LOOP_CONTROL_NAME = "closedLoopControlName";
+    static final String NOTIFICATION_TOPIC = "notificationTopic";
+    static final String OPERATION_TOPIC = "operationTopic";
+    static final String CONTROL_LOOP_YAML = "controlLoopYaml";
+    static final String CONTROLLER = "controller";
+    static final String RECIPE = "Recipe";
+    static final String MAX_RETRIES = "MaxRetries";
+    static final String RETRY_TIME_LIMIT = "RetryTimeLimit";
+    static final String RESOURCE_ID = "ResourceId";
+    static final String RECIPE_TOPIC = "RecipeTopic";
+    private OperationalPolicyYamlFormatter policyYamlFormatter;
+
+    @Autowired
+    protected OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor(OperationalPolicyYamlFormatter policyYamlFormatter) {
+        this.policyYamlFormatter = policyYamlFormatter;
+    }
+
+    public Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>> formatAttributes(ClampProperties refProp,
+                                                                    ModelProperties modelProperties,
+                                                                    String modelElementId, PolicyChain policyChain)
+            throws BuilderException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        modelProperties.setCurrentModelElementId(modelElementId);
+        modelProperties.setPolicyUniqueId(policyChain.getPolicyId());
+
+        String globalService = modelProperties.getGlobal().getService();
+
+        Map<String, String> ruleAttributes = prepareRuleAttributes(refProp, modelProperties, modelElementId,
+                policyChain, globalService);
+        Map<String, String> matchingAttributes = prepareMatchingAttributes(refProp, globalService);
+
+        return createAttributesMap(matchingAttributes, ruleAttributes);
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, String> prepareRuleAttributes(ClampProperties clampProperties, ModelProperties modelProperties,
+                                                   String modelElementId, PolicyChain policyChain, String globalService)
+            throws BuilderException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        logger.info("Preparing rule attributes...");
+        String templateName = clampProperties.getStringValue("op.templateName", globalService);
+        String operationTopic = clampProperties.getStringValue("op.operationTopic", globalService);
+        String notificationTopic = clampProperties.getStringValue("op.notificationTopic", globalService);
+
+        Map<String, String> ruleAttributes = new HashMap<>();
+        ruleAttributes.put(TEMPLATE_NAME, templateName);
+        ruleAttributes.put(CLOSED_LOOP_CONTROL_NAME, modelProperties.getControlNameAndPolicyUniqueId());
+        ruleAttributes.put(NOTIFICATION_TOPIC, notificationTopic);
+
+        ImmutableMap<String, String> attributes = createRuleAttributesFromPolicy(clampProperties, modelProperties,
+                modelElementId, policyChain, globalService, operationTopic);
+        ruleAttributes.putAll(attributes);
+        logger.info("Prepared: " + ruleAttributes);
+        return ruleAttributes;
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, String> prepareMatchingAttributes(ClampProperties refProp, String globalService) {
+        logger.info("Preparing matching attributes...");
+        String controller = refProp.getStringValue("op.controller", globalService);
+        Map<String, String> matchingAttributes = new HashMap<>();
+        matchingAttributes.put(CONTROLLER, controller);
+        logger.info("Prepared: " + matchingAttributes);
+        return matchingAttributes;
+    }
+
+    private Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>> createAttributesMap(Map<String, String> matchingAttributes,
+                                                                        Map<String, String> ruleAttributes) {
+        Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>> attributes = new HashMap<>();
+        attributes.put(AttributeType.RULE, ruleAttributes);
+        attributes.put(AttributeType.MATCHING, matchingAttributes);
+        return attributes;
+    }
+
+    private ImmutableMap<String, String> createRuleAttributesFromPolicy(ClampProperties refProp, ModelProperties modelProperties,
+                                                                        String modelElementId, PolicyChain policyChain,
+                                                                        String globalService, String operationTopic)
+            throws BuilderException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(operationTopic)) {
+            // if no operationTopic, then don't format yaml - use first policy
+            String recipeTopic = refProp.getStringValue("op.recipeTopic", globalService);
+            return createRuleAttributesFromPolicyItem(
+                    policyChain.getPolicyItems().get(0), recipeTopic);
+        } else {
+            return createRuleAttributesFromPolicyChain(policyChain, modelProperties,
+                    modelElementId, operationTopic);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private ImmutableMap<String, String> createRuleAttributesFromPolicyItem(PolicyItem policyItem, String recipeTopic) {
+        logger.info("recipeTopic=" + recipeTopic);
+        return ImmutableMap.<String, String>builder()
+                .put(RECIPE_TOPIC, recipeTopic)
+                .put(RECIPE, policyItem.getRecipe())
+                .put(MAX_RETRIES, String.valueOf(policyItem.getMaxRetries()))
+                .put(RETRY_TIME_LIMIT, String.valueOf(policyItem.getRetryTimeLimit()))
+                .put(RESOURCE_ID, String.valueOf(policyItem.getTargetResourceId()))
+                .build();
+    }
+
+    private ImmutableMap<String, String> createRuleAttributesFromPolicyChain(PolicyChain policyChain,
+                                                                             ModelProperties modelProperties,
+                                                                             String modelElementId,
+                                                                             String operationTopic)
+            throws BuilderException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        logger.info("operationTopic=" + operationTopic);
+        String yaml = policyYamlFormatter.formatYaml(modelProperties, modelElementId, policyChain);
+        return ImmutableMap.<String, String>builder()
+                .put(OPERATION_TOPIC, operationTopic)
+                .put(CONTROL_LOOP_YAML, yaml)
+                .build();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyReq.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyReq.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f062dfc..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyReq.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,316 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP CLAMP
- * ================================================================================
- * 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============================================
- * Modifications copyright (c) 2018 Nokia
- * ===================================================================
- *
- */
-
-package org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy;
-
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
-
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-import java.net.URLEncoder;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import javax.ws.rs.BadRequestException;
-
-import org.onap.clamp.clds.config.ClampProperties;
-import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.Global;
-import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.ModelProperties;
-import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.PolicyChain;
-import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.PolicyItem;
-import org.onap.policy.api.AttributeType;
-import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Policy;
-import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.PolicyResult;
-import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Target;
-import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.TargetType;
-import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.builder.BuilderException;
-import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.builder.ControlLoopPolicyBuilder;
-import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.builder.Message;
-import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.builder.Results;
-import org.onap.policy.sdc.Resource;
-import org.onap.policy.sdc.ResourceType;
-import org.onap.policy.sdc.Service;
-
-/**
- * Construct an Operational Policy request given CLDS objects.
- */
-public class OperationalPolicyReq {
-
-    private static final EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(OperationalPolicyReq.class);
-
-    protected OperationalPolicyReq() {
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Format Operational Policy attributes.
-     *
-     * @param refProp
-     * @param prop
-     * @param modelElementId
-     * @param policyChain
-     * @return
-     * @throws BuilderException
-     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
-     */
-    public static Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>> formatAttributes(ClampProperties refProp,
-        ModelProperties prop, String modelElementId, PolicyChain policyChain)
-            throws BuilderException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
-        Global global = prop.getGlobal();
-        prop.setCurrentModelElementId(modelElementId);
-        prop.setPolicyUniqueId(policyChain.getPolicyId());
-        String templateName = refProp.getStringValue("op.templateName", global.getService());
-        String operationTopic = refProp.getStringValue("op.operationTopic", global.getService());
-        String notificationTopic = refProp.getStringValue("op.notificationTopic", global.getService());
-        String controller = refProp.getStringValue("op.controller", global.getService());
-        String recipeTopic = refProp.getStringValue("op.recipeTopic", global.getService());
-        // ruleAttributes
-        logger.info("templateName=" + templateName);
-        logger.info("notificationTopic=" + notificationTopic);
-        Map<String, String> ruleAttributes = new HashMap<>();
-        ruleAttributes.put("templateName", templateName);
-        ruleAttributes.put("closedLoopControlName", prop.getControlNameAndPolicyUniqueId());
-        ruleAttributes.put("notificationTopic", notificationTopic);
-        if (operationTopic == null || operationTopic.isEmpty()) {
-            logger.info("recipeTopic=" + recipeTopic);
-            // if no operationTopic, then don't format yaml - use first policy
-            // from list
-            PolicyItem policyItem = policyChain.getPolicyItems().get(0);
-            ruleAttributes.put("RecipeTopic", recipeTopic);
-            String recipe = policyItem.getRecipe();
-            String maxRetries = String.valueOf(policyItem.getMaxRetries());
-            String retryTimeLimit = String.valueOf(policyItem.getRetryTimeLimit());
-            String targetResourceId = String.valueOf(policyItem.getTargetResourceId());
-            logger.info("recipe=" + recipe);
-            logger.info("maxRetries=" + maxRetries);
-            logger.info("retryTimeLimit=" + retryTimeLimit);
-            logger.info("targetResourceId=" + targetResourceId);
-            ruleAttributes.put("Recipe", recipe);
-            ruleAttributes.put("MaxRetries", maxRetries);
-            ruleAttributes.put("RetryTimeLimit", retryTimeLimit);
-            ruleAttributes.put("ResourceId", targetResourceId);
-        } else {
-            logger.info("operationTopic=" + operationTopic);
-            // format yaml
-            String yaml = formatYaml(refProp, prop, modelElementId, policyChain);
-            ruleAttributes.put("operationTopic", operationTopic);
-            ruleAttributes.put("controlLoopYaml", yaml);
-        }
-        // matchingAttributes
-        Map<String, String> matchingAttributes = new HashMap<>();
-        matchingAttributes.put("controller", controller);
-        Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>> attributes = new HashMap<>();
-        attributes.put(AttributeType.RULE, ruleAttributes);
-        attributes.put(AttributeType.MATCHING, matchingAttributes);
-        return attributes;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Format Operational OpenLoop Policy yaml.
-     *
-     * @param refProp
-     * @param prop
-     * @param modelElementId
-     * @param policyChain
-     * @return
-     * @throws BuilderException
-     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
-     */
-    protected static String formatOpenLoopYaml(ClampProperties refProp, ModelProperties prop, String modelElementId,
-        PolicyChain policyChain) throws BuilderException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
-        // get property objects
-        Global global = prop.getGlobal();
-        prop.setCurrentModelElementId(modelElementId);
-        prop.setPolicyUniqueId(policyChain.getPolicyId());
-        // convert values to SDC objects
-        Service service = new Service(global.getService());
-        Resource[] vfResources = convertToResource(global.getResourceVf(), ResourceType.VF);
-        // create builder
-        ControlLoopPolicyBuilder builder = ControlLoopPolicyBuilder.Factory.buildControlLoop(prop.getControlName(),
-            policyChain.getTimeout(), service, vfResources);
-        // builder.setTriggerPolicy(refProp.getStringValue("op.openloop.policy"));
-        // Build the specification
-        Results results = builder.buildSpecification();
-        validate(results);
-        return URLEncoder.encode(results.getSpecification(), "UTF-8");
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Format Operational Policy yaml.
-     *
-     * @param refProp
-     * @param prop
-     * @param modelElementId
-     * @param policyChain
-     * @return
-     * @throws BuilderException
-     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
-     */
-    protected static String formatYaml(ClampProperties refProp, ModelProperties prop, String modelElementId,
-        PolicyChain policyChain) throws BuilderException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
-        // get property objects
-        Global global = prop.getGlobal();
-        prop.setCurrentModelElementId(modelElementId);
-        prop.setPolicyUniqueId(policyChain.getPolicyId());
-        // convert values to SDC objects
-        Service service = new Service(global.getService());
-        Resource[] vfResources = convertToResource(global.getResourceVf(), ResourceType.VF);
-        Resource[] vfcResources = convertToResource(global.getResourceVfc(), ResourceType.VFC);
-        // create builder
-        ControlLoopPolicyBuilder builder = ControlLoopPolicyBuilder.Factory.buildControlLoop(prop.getControlName(),
-            policyChain.getTimeout(), service, vfResources);
-        builder.addResource(vfcResources);
-        // process each policy
-        Map<String, Policy> policyObjMap = new HashMap<>();
-        List<PolicyItem> policyItemList = orderParentFirst(policyChain.getPolicyItems());
-        for (PolicyItem policyItem : policyItemList) {
-            String policyName = policyItem.getRecipe() + " Policy";
-            Target target = new Target();
-            target.setType(TargetType.VM);
-            // We can send target type as VM/VNF for most of recipes
-            if (policyItem.getRecipeLevel() != null && !policyItem.getRecipeLevel().isEmpty()) {
-                target.setType(TargetType.valueOf(policyItem.getRecipeLevel()));
-            }
-            target.setResourceID(policyItem.getTargetResourceId());
-            String actor = policyItem.getActor();
-            Map<String, String> payloadMap = policyItem.getRecipePayload();
-            Policy policyObj;
-            if (policyItemList.indexOf(policyItem) == 0) {
-                String policyDescription = policyItem.getRecipe()
-                    + " Policy - the trigger (no parent) policy - created by CLDS";
-                policyObj = builder.setTriggerPolicy(policyName, policyDescription, actor, target,
-                    policyItem.getRecipe(), payloadMap, policyItem.getMaxRetries(), policyItem.getRetryTimeLimit());
-            } else {
-                Policy parentPolicyObj = policyObjMap.get(policyItem.getParentPolicy());
-                String policyDescription = policyItem.getRecipe() + " Policy - triggered conditionally by "
-                    + parentPolicyObj.getName() + " - created by CLDS";
-                policyObj = builder.setPolicyForPolicyResult(policyName, policyDescription, actor, target,
-                    policyItem.getRecipe(), payloadMap, policyItem.getMaxRetries(), policyItem.getRetryTimeLimit(),
-                    parentPolicyObj.getId(), convertToPolicyResult(policyItem.getParentPolicyConditions()));
-                logger.info("policyObj.id=" + policyObj.getId() + "; parentPolicyObj.id=" + parentPolicyObj.getId());
-            }
-            policyObjMap.put(policyItem.getId(), policyObj);
-        }
-        // Build the specification
-        Results results = builder.buildSpecification();
-        validate(results);
-        return URLEncoder.encode(results.getSpecification(), "UTF-8");
-    }
-
-    protected static void validate(Results results) {
-        if (results.isValid()) {
-            logger.info("results.getSpecification()=" + results.getSpecification());
-        } else {
-            // throw exception with error info
-            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-            sb.append("Operation Policy validation problem: ControlLoopPolicyBuilder failed with following messages: ");
-            for (Message message : results.getMessages()) {
-                sb.append(message.getMessage());
-                sb.append("; ");
-            }
-            throw new BadRequestException(sb.toString());
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Order list of PolicyItems so that parents come before any of their
-     * children
-     *
-     * @param inOrigList
-     * @return
-     */
-    private static List<PolicyItem> orderParentFirst(List<PolicyItem> inOrigList) {
-        List<PolicyItem> inList = new ArrayList<>();
-        inList.addAll(inOrigList);
-        List<PolicyItem> outList = new ArrayList<>();
-        int prevSize = 0;
-        while (!inList.isEmpty()) {
-            // check if there's a loop in the policy chain (the inList should
-            // have been reduced by at least one)
-            if (inList.size() == prevSize) {
-                throw new BadRequestException("Operation Policy validation problem: loop in Operation Policy chain");
-            }
-            prevSize = inList.size();
-            // the following loop should remove at least one PolicyItem from the
-            // inList
-            Iterator<PolicyItem> inListItr = inList.iterator();
-            while (inListItr.hasNext()) {
-                PolicyItem inItem = inListItr.next();
-                // check for trigger policy (no parent)
-                String parent = inItem.getParentPolicy();
-                if (parent == null || parent.length() == 0) {
-                    if (!outList.isEmpty()) {
-                        throw new BadRequestException(
-                            "Operation Policy validation problem: more than one trigger policy");
-                    } else {
-                        outList.add(inItem);
-                        inListItr.remove();
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    // check if this PolicyItem's parent has been processed
-                    for (PolicyItem outItem : outList) {
-                        if (outItem.getId().equals(parent)) {
-                            // if the inItem parent is already in the outList,
-                            // then add inItem to outList and remove from inList
-                            outList.add(inItem);
-                            inListItr.remove();
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return outList;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Convert a List of resource strings to an array of Resource objects.
-     *
-     * @param stringList
-     * @param resourceType
-     * @return
-     */
-    protected static Resource[] convertToResource(List<String> stringList, ResourceType resourceType) {
-        if (stringList == null || stringList.isEmpty()) {
-            return new Resource[0];
-        }
-        return stringList.stream().map(stringElem -> new Resource(stringElem, resourceType)).toArray(Resource[]::new);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Convert a List of policy result strings to an array of PolicyResult
-     * objects.
-     *
-     * @param prList
-     * @return
-     */
-    protected static PolicyResult[] convertToPolicyResult(List<String> prList) {
-        if (prList == null || prList.isEmpty()) {
-            return new PolicyResult[0];
-        }
-        return prList.stream().map(PolicyResult::toResult).toArray(PolicyResult[]::new);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyYamlFormatter.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyYamlFormatter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..550c4dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyYamlFormatter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP CLAMP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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============================================
+ * Modifications copyright (c) 2018 Nokia
+ * ===================================================================
+ *
+ */
+package org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy;
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.Global;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.ModelProperties;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.PolicyChain;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.PolicyItem;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.PolicyResult;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Target;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.TargetType;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.builder.BuilderException;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.builder.ControlLoopPolicyBuilder;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.builder.Message;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.builder.Results;
+import org.onap.policy.sdc.Resource;
+import org.onap.policy.sdc.ResourceType;
+import org.onap.policy.sdc.Service;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.BadRequestException;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+@Component
+class OperationalPolicyYamlFormatter {
+    private static final EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(OperationalPolicyYamlFormatter.class);
+
+
+    String formatYaml(ModelProperties prop, String modelElementId,
+                             PolicyChain policyChain) throws BuilderException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        // get property objects
+        Global global = prop.getGlobal();
+        prop.setCurrentModelElementId(modelElementId);
+        prop.setPolicyUniqueId(policyChain.getPolicyId());
+        // convert values to SDC objects
+        Service service = new Service(global.getService());
+        Resource[] vfResources = convertToResources(global.getResourceVf(), ResourceType.VF);
+        Resource[] vfcResources = convertToResources(global.getResourceVfc(), ResourceType.VFC);
+        // create builder
+        ControlLoopPolicyBuilder builder = ControlLoopPolicyBuilder.Factory.buildControlLoop(prop.getControlName(),
+                policyChain.getTimeout(), service, vfResources);
+        builder.addResource(vfcResources);
+        // process each policy
+        Map<String, Policy> policyObjMap = new HashMap<String, Policy>();
+        List<PolicyItem> policyItemList = orderParentFirst(policyChain.getPolicyItems());
+        for (PolicyItem policyItem : policyItemList) {
+            String policyName = policyItem.getRecipe() + " Policy";
+            Target target = new Target();
+            target.setType(TargetType.VM);
+            // We can send target type as VM/VNF for most of recipes
+            if (policyItem.getRecipeLevel() != null && !policyItem.getRecipeLevel().isEmpty()) {
+                target.setType(TargetType.valueOf(policyItem.getRecipeLevel()));
+            }
+            target.setResourceID(policyItem.getTargetResourceId());
+            String actor = policyItem.getActor();
+            Map<String, String> payloadMap = policyItem.getRecipePayload();
+            Policy policyObj;
+            if (policyItemList.indexOf(policyItem) == 0) {
+                String policyDescription = policyItem.getRecipe()
+                        + " Policy - the trigger (no parent) policy - created by CLDS";
+                policyObj = builder.setTriggerPolicy(policyName, policyDescription, actor, target,
+                        policyItem.getRecipe(), payloadMap, policyItem.getMaxRetries(), policyItem.getRetryTimeLimit());
+            } else {
+                Policy parentPolicyObj = policyObjMap.get(policyItem.getParentPolicy());
+                String policyDescription = policyItem.getRecipe() + " Policy - triggered conditionally by "
+                        + parentPolicyObj.getName() + " - created by CLDS";
+                policyObj = builder.setPolicyForPolicyResult(policyName, policyDescription, actor, target,
+                        policyItem.getRecipe(), payloadMap, policyItem.getMaxRetries(), policyItem.getRetryTimeLimit(),
+                        parentPolicyObj.getId(), convertToPolicyResults(policyItem.getParentPolicyConditions()));
+                logger.info("policyObj.id=" + policyObj.getId() + "; parentPolicyObj.id=" + parentPolicyObj.getId());
+            }
+            policyObjMap.put(policyItem.getId(), policyObj);
+        }
+        // Build the specification
+        Results results = builder.buildSpecification();
+        validate(results);
+        return URLEncoder.encode(results.getSpecification(), "UTF-8");
+    }
+
+    private List<PolicyItem> orderParentFirst(List<PolicyItem> inOrigList) {
+        List<PolicyItem> inList = new ArrayList<>();
+        inList.addAll(inOrigList);
+        List<PolicyItem> outList = new ArrayList<>();
+        int prevSize = 0;
+        while (!inList.isEmpty()) {
+            // check if there's a loop in the policy chain (the inList should
+            // have been reduced by at least one)
+            if (inList.size() == prevSize) {
+                throw new BadRequestException("Operation Policy validation problem: loop in Operation Policy chain");
+            }
+            prevSize = inList.size();
+            // the following loop should remove at least one PolicyItem from the
+            // inList
+            Iterator<PolicyItem> inListItr = inList.iterator();
+            while (inListItr.hasNext()) {
+                PolicyItem inItem = inListItr.next();
+                // check for trigger policy (no parent)
+                String parent = inItem.getParentPolicy();
+                if (parent == null || parent.length() == 0) {
+                    if (!outList.isEmpty()) {
+                        throw new BadRequestException(
+                                "Operation Policy validation problem: more than one trigger policy");
+                    } else {
+                        outList.add(inItem);
+                        inListItr.remove();
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    // check if this PolicyItem's parent has been processed
+                    for (PolicyItem outItem : outList) {
+                        if (outItem.getId().equals(parent)) {
+                            // if the inItem parent is already in the outList,
+                            // then add inItem to outList and remove from inList
+                            outList.add(inItem);
+                            inListItr.remove();
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return outList;
+    }
+
+    private void validate(Results results) {
+        if (results.isValid()) {
+            logger.info("results.getSpecification()=" + results.getSpecification());
+        } else {
+            // throw exception with error info
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+            sb.append("Operation Policy validation problem: ControlLoopPolicyBuilder failed with following messages: ");
+            for (Message message : results.getMessages()) {
+                sb.append(message.getMessage());
+                sb.append("; ");
+            }
+            throw new BadRequestException(sb.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    Resource[] convertToResources(List<String> stringList, ResourceType resourceType) {
+        if (stringList == null || stringList.isEmpty()) {
+            return new Resource[0];
+        }
+        return stringList.stream().map(stringElem -> new Resource(stringElem, resourceType)).toArray(Resource[]::new);
+    }
+
+    PolicyResult[] convertToPolicyResults(List<String> prList) {
+        if (prList == null || prList.isEmpty()) {
+            return new PolicyResult[0];
+        }
+        return prList.stream().map(PolicyResult::toResult).toArray(PolicyResult[]::new);
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/ClampTimer.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/ClampTimer.java
index 794e2b4..d08e73a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/ClampTimer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/ClampTimer.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  * ============LICENSE_END============================================
+ * Modifications copyright (c) 2018 Nokia
  * ===================================================================
  *
  */
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
 
     public ClampTimer(int seconds) {
         timer = new Timer();
-        timer.schedule(new CleanupTask(), seconds*1000);
+        timer.schedule(new CleanupTask(), seconds*1000L);
     }
 
     class CleanupTask extends TimerTask {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c257ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP CLAMP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Nokia 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.clamp.clds.client.req.policy;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Matchers;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.config.ClampProperties;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.ModelProperties;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.PolicyChain;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.ResourceFileUtil;
+import org.onap.policy.api.AttributeType;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.ControlLoopPolicy;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Policy;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Target;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.TargetType;
+import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.builder.BuilderException;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructorTest {
+
+    private static final String CONTROL_NAME = "ClosedLoop-d4629aee-970f-11e8-86c9-02552dda865e";
+    private ModelProperties modelProperties;
+    private PolicyChain policyChain;
+
+    private OperationalPolicyYamlFormatter operationalPolicyYamlFormatter = new OperationalPolicyYamlFormatter();
+    private OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor operationalPolicyAttributesConstructor =
+            new OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor(operationalPolicyYamlFormatter);
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        String modelProp = ResourceFileUtil
+                .getResourceAsString("example/model-properties/policy/modelBpmnProperties.json");
+        modelProperties = new ModelProperties("CLAMPDemoVFW_v1_0_3af8daec-6f10-4027-a3540",
+                CONTROL_NAME, "PUT", false, "{}", modelProp);
+        policyChain = readPolicyChainFromResources();
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldFormatRequestAttributes() throws IOException, BuilderException {
+        // given
+        ClampProperties mockClampProperties = createMockClampProperties(ImmutableMap.<String, String>builder()
+                .put("op.templateName", "ClosedLoopControlName")
+                .put("op.notificationTopic", "POLICY-CL-MGT")
+                .put("op.controller", "amsterdam")
+                .put("op.recipeTopic", "APPC")
+                .build());
+
+        //when
+        Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>> requestAttributes
+                = operationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.formatAttributes(mockClampProperties, modelProperties,
+                "789875c1-e788-432f-9a76-eac8ed889734", policyChain);
+        //then
+        Assertions.assertThat(requestAttributes).containsKeys(AttributeType.MATCHING, AttributeType.RULE);
+        Assertions.assertThat(requestAttributes.get(AttributeType.MATCHING))
+                .contains(Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.CONTROLLER, "amsterdam"));
+
+        Map<String, String> ruleParameters = requestAttributes.get(AttributeType.RULE);
+        Assertions.assertThat(ruleParameters).containsExactly(
+                Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.MAX_RETRIES, "3"),
+                Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.TEMPLATE_NAME, "ClosedLoopControlName"),
+                Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.NOTIFICATION_TOPIC, "POLICY-CL-MGT"),
+                Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.RECIPE_TOPIC, "APPC"),
+                Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.RECIPE, "healthCheck"),
+                Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.RESOURCE_ID,
+                        "cdb69724-57d5-4a22-b96c-4c345150fd0e"),
+                Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.RETRY_TIME_LIMIT, "180"),
+                Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.CLOSED_LOOP_CONTROL_NAME, CONTROL_NAME + "_1")
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldFormatRequestAttributesWithProperControlLoopYaml() throws IOException, BuilderException {
+        //given
+        ClampProperties mockClampProperties = createMockClampProperties(ImmutableMap.<String, String>builder()
+                .put("op.templateName", "ClosedLoopControlName")
+                .put("op.operationTopic", "APPP-CL")
+                .put("op.notificationTopic", "POLICY-CL-MGT")
+                .put("op.controller", "amsterdam")
+                .put("op.recipeTopic", "APPC")
+                .build());
+
+        Policy expectedPolicy = new Policy("6f76ad0b-ea9d-4a92-8d7d-6a6367ce2c77", "healthCheck Policy",
+                "healthCheck Policy - the trigger (no parent) policy - created by CLDS", "APPC",
+                null, new Target(TargetType.VM, "cdb69724-57d5-4a22-b96c-4c345150fd0e"),
+                "healthCheck", 3, 180);
+
+        //when
+        Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>> requestAttributes = operationalPolicyAttributesConstructor
+                .formatAttributes(mockClampProperties, modelProperties,
+                        "789875c1-e788-432f-9a76-eac8ed889734", policyChain);
+
+        //then
+        Assertions.assertThat(requestAttributes)
+                .containsKeys(AttributeType.MATCHING, AttributeType.RULE);
+        Assertions.assertThat(requestAttributes
+                .get(AttributeType.MATCHING))
+                .contains(Assertions.entry("controller", "amsterdam"));
+
+        Map<String, String> ruleParameters = requestAttributes.get(AttributeType.RULE);
+        Assertions.assertThat(ruleParameters).contains(
+                Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.OPERATION_TOPIC, "APPP-CL"),
+                Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.TEMPLATE_NAME, "ClosedLoopControlName"),
+                Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.NOTIFICATION_TOPIC, "POLICY-CL-MGT"),
+                Assertions.entry(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.CLOSED_LOOP_CONTROL_NAME, CONTROL_NAME + "_1")
+        );
+
+        String controlLoopYaml = URLDecoder.decode(
+                ruleParameters.get(OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.CONTROL_LOOP_YAML), "UTF-8");
+        ControlLoopPolicy controlLoopPolicy = new Yaml().load(controlLoopYaml);
+
+        Assertions.assertThat(controlLoopPolicy.getControlLoop().getControlLoopName()).isEqualTo(CONTROL_NAME);
+        Assertions.assertThat(controlLoopPolicy.getPolicies())
+                .usingElementComparatorIgnoringFields("id")
+                .containsExactly(expectedPolicy);
+    }
+
+
+    private ClampProperties createMockClampProperties(ImmutableMap<String, String> propertiesMap) {
+        ClampProperties props = Mockito.mock(ClampProperties.class);
+        propertiesMap.forEach((property, value) ->
+                Mockito.when(props.getStringValue(Matchers.matches(property), Matchers.any())).thenReturn(value)
+        );
+        return props;
+    }
+
+    private PolicyChain readPolicyChainFromResources() throws IOException {
+        String policyChainText = ResourceFileUtil
+                .getResourceAsString("example/operational-policy/json-policy-chain.json");
+        JsonNode policyChainNode = new ObjectMapper().readTree(policyChainText);
+        return new PolicyChain(policyChainNode);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyReqTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyYamlFormatterTest.java
similarity index 64%
rename from src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyReqTest.java
rename to src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyYamlFormatterTest.java
index d5e3069..046d739 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyReqTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/policy/OperationalPolicyYamlFormatterTest.java
@@ -17,53 +17,55 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  * ============LICENSE_END============================================
+ * Modifications copyright (c) 2018 Nokia
  * ===================================================================
- * 
+ *
  */
 
 package org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy;
 
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.PolicyResult;
 import org.onap.policy.sdc.Resource;
 import org.onap.policy.sdc.ResourceType;
 
-public class OperationalPolicyReqTest {
+public class OperationalPolicyYamlFormatterTest {
+
+    private OperationalPolicyYamlFormatter policyYamlFormatter = new OperationalPolicyYamlFormatter();
 
     @Test
     public void shouldConvertGivenStringsToResourceObjects()
-        throws NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException, IllegalAccessException,
-        IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException {
+            throws SecurityException,
+            IllegalArgumentException {
 
         //given
         List<String> stringList = Arrays.asList("test1", "test2", "test3", "test4");
 
         //when
-        Resource[] resources = OperationalPolicyReq.convertToResource(stringList, ResourceType.VF);
+        Resource[] resources = policyYamlFormatter.convertToResources(stringList, ResourceType.VF);
 
         //then
-        assertThat(resources).extracting(Resource::getResourceName)
-            .containsExactly("test1", "test2", "test3", "test4");
+        Assertions.assertThat(resources).extracting(Resource::getResourceName)
+                .containsExactly("test1", "test2", "test3", "test4");
     }
 
     @Test
     public void shouldConvertGivenStringsToPolicyResults()
-        throws NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException, IllegalAccessException,
-        IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException {
+            throws SecurityException,
+            IllegalArgumentException {
         //given
         List<String> stringList = Arrays.asList("FAILURE", "SUCCESS", "FAILURE_GUARD", "FAILURE_TIMEOUT");
 
         //when
-        PolicyResult[] policyResults = OperationalPolicyReq.convertToPolicyResult(stringList);
+        PolicyResult[] policyResults = policyYamlFormatter.convertToPolicyResults(stringList);
 
         //then
-        assertThat(policyResults)
-            .containsExactly(PolicyResult.FAILURE, PolicyResult.SUCCESS,
-                PolicyResult.FAILURE_GUARD, PolicyResult.FAILURE_TIMEOUT);
+        Assertions.assertThat(policyResults)
+                .containsExactly(PolicyResult.FAILURE, PolicyResult.SUCCESS,
+                        PolicyResult.FAILURE_GUARD, PolicyResult.FAILURE_TIMEOUT);
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/OperationPolicyReqItCase.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/OperationPolicyReqItCase.java
index 69dad53..ad58ea1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/OperationPolicyReqItCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/OperationPolicyReqItCase.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  * ============LICENSE_END============================================
+ * Modifications copyright (c) 2018 Nokia
  * ===================================================================
  * 
  */
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy.OperationalPolicyReq;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy.OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.config.ClampProperties;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsEvent;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.properties.ModelProperties;
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@
     @Autowired
     private ClampProperties refProp;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor operationalPolicyAttributesConstructor;
+
     @Test
     public void formatAttributesTest() throws IOException, BuilderException {
         String modelBpmnProp = ResourceFileUtil
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@
         List<Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>>> attributes = new ArrayList<>();
         if (modelProperties.getType(Policy.class).isFound()) {
             for (PolicyChain policyChain : modelProperties.getType(Policy.class).getPolicyChains()) {
-                attributes.add(OperationalPolicyReq.formatAttributes(refProp, modelProperties,
+                attributes.add(operationalPolicyAttributesConstructor.formatAttributes(refProp, modelProperties,
                         modelProperties.getType(Policy.class).getId(), policyChain));
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/PolicyClientItCase.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/PolicyClientItCase.java
index c6fc09d..2400d4a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/PolicyClientItCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/it/PolicyClientItCase.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  * ============LICENSE_END============================================
+ * Modifications copyright (c) 2018 Nokia
  * ===================================================================
  * 
  */
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy.OperationalPolicyReq;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy.OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.policy.PolicyClient;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.tca.TcaRequestFormatter;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.config.ClampProperties;
@@ -64,7 +65,10 @@
     @Autowired
     private ClampProperties refProp;
     @Autowired
-    protected PolicyClient policyClient;
+    private PolicyClient policyClient;
+    @Autowired
+    private OperationalPolicyAttributesConstructor operationalPolicyAttributesConstructor;
+
     String modelProp;
     String modelBpmnProp;
     String modelName;
@@ -87,8 +91,8 @@
         if (policy.isFound()) {
             for (PolicyChain policyChain : policy.getPolicyChains()) {
                 String operationalPolicyRequestUuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-                Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>> attributes = OperationalPolicyReq.formatAttributes(refProp,
-                        prop, policy.getId(), policyChain);
+                Map<AttributeType, Map<String, String>> attributes = operationalPolicyAttributesConstructor
+                        .formatAttributes(refProp, prop, policy.getId(), policyChain);
                 policyClient.sendBrmsPolicy(attributes, prop, operationalPolicyRequestUuid);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/example/operational-policy/json-policy-chain.json b/src/test/resources/example/operational-policy/json-policy-chain.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..037b4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/example/operational-policy/json-policy-chain.json
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name": "pname",
+    "value": "healthCheck Policy"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "pid",
+    "value": "1"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "timeout",
+    "value": "180"
+  },
+  {
+    "policyConfigurations": [
+      [
+        {
+          "name": "recipe",
+          "value": [
+            "healthCheck"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "maxRetries",
+          "value": [
+            "3"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "retryTimeLimit",
+          "value": [
+            "180"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "_id",
+          "value": [
+            "789875c1-e788-432f-9a76-eac8ed889734"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "parentPolicy",
+          "value": [
+            ""
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "actor",
+          "value": [
+            "APPC"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "targetResourceId",
+          "value": [
+            "cdb69724-57d5-4a22-b96c-4c345150fd0e"
+          ]
+        }
+
+      ]
+    ]
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file