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+#!/bin/bash
+# 
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+# org.onap.dmaap
+# ================================================================================
+# Copyright (C) 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=========================================================
+# 
+#
+
+#
+# starts a mock server container named $1-mock
+# and runs init-mock-$1.sh to initialize it
+# modifies global var IP to provide the IP address of the started container
+function start_mock() {
+	IP=""
+	app=$1
+	port=${2:-1080}
+	docker run --name ${app}-mock -d jamesdbloom/mockserver /opt/mockserver/run_mockserver.sh -logLevel INFO -serverPort ${port} -proxyPort 1090
+	IP=`get-instance-ip.sh ${app}-mock`
+
+	# Wait for initialization
+	for i in {1..10}; do
+    	curl -sS ${IP}:${port} && break
+    	echo sleep $i
+    	sleep $i
+	done
+
+	set -x
+	${WORKSPACE}/test/csit/scripts/dmaap-buscontroller/init-mock-${app}.sh ${IP}
+	set +x
+
+	# this is the output of this function	
+	#echo "$IP"
+}
+