diff --git a/checkstyle/src/main/resources/onap-checkstyle/onap-java-style1.8.xml b/checkstyle/src/main/resources/onap-checkstyle/onap-java-style1.8.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkstyle/src/main/resources/onap-checkstyle/onap-java-style1.8.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,268 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
+          "-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.3//EN"
+          "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+
+<!--
+    Checkstyle configuration that checks the Google coding conventions from Google Java Style
+    that can be found at https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html
+
+    Checkstyle is very configurable. Be sure to read the documentation at
+    http://checkstyle.sf.net (or in your downloaded distribution).
+
+    To completely disable a check, just comment it out or delete it from the file.
+
+    Authors: Max Vetrenko, Ruslan Diachenko, Roman Ivanov.
+ -->
+
+<module name = "Checker">
+    <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
+
+    <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+
+    <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, properties, xml"/>
+    <!-- Excludes all 'module-info.java' files              -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_filefilters.html -->
+    <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
+        <property name="fileNamePattern" value="module\-info\.java$"/>
+    </module>
+    <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
+    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
+    <module name="FileTabCharacter">
+        <property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
+    </module>
+
+    <module name="LineLength">
+        <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
+        <property name="max" value="120"/>
+        <property name="ignorePattern" value="^package.*|^import.*|a href|href|http://|https://|ftp://"/>
+    </module>
+
+    <module name="TreeWalker">
+        <module name="OuterTypeFilename"/>
+        <module name="IllegalTokenText">
+            <property name="tokens" value="STRING_LITERAL, CHAR_LITERAL"/>
+            <property name="format"
+             value="\\u00(09|0(a|A)|0(c|C)|0(d|D)|22|27|5(C|c))|\\(0(10|11|12|14|15|42|47)|134)"/>
+            <property name="message"
+             value="Consider using special escape sequence instead of octal value or Unicode escaped value."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters">
+            <property name="allowEscapesForControlCharacters" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowByTailComment" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowNonPrintableEscapes" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
+        <module name="OneTopLevelClass"/>
+        <module name="NoLineWrap"/>
+        <module name="EmptyBlock">
+            <property name="option" value="TEXT"/>
+            <property name="tokens"
+             value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_SWITCH"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="NeedBraces"/>
+        <module name="LeftCurly"/>
+        <module name="RightCurly">
+            <property name="id" value="RightCurlySame"/>
+            <property name="tokens"
+             value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_CATCH, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE,
+                    LITERAL_DO"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="RightCurly">
+            <property name="id" value="RightCurlyAlone"/>
+            <property name="option" value="alone"/>
+            <property name="tokens"
+             value="CLASS_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_WHILE, STATIC_INIT,
+                    INSTANCE_INIT"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="WhitespaceAround">
+            <property name="allowEmptyConstructors" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowEmptyLambdas" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowEmptyMethods" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowEmptyTypes" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowEmptyLoops" value="true"/>
+            <message key="ws.notFollowed"
+             value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not followed by whitespace. Empty blocks may only be represented as '{}' when not part of a multi-block statement (4.1.3)"/>
+            <message key="ws.notPreceded"
+             value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="OneStatementPerLine"/>
+        <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations"/>
+        <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
+        <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
+        <module name="FallThrough"/>
+        <module name="UpperEll"/>
+        <module name="ModifierOrder"/>
+        <module name="EmptyLineSeparator">
+            <property name="allowNoEmptyLineBetweenFields" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
+            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapDot"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="DOT"/>
+            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
+            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapComma"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="COMMA"/>
+            <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
+            <!-- ELLIPSIS is EOL until https://github.com/google/styleguide/issues/258 -->
+            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapEllipsis"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="ELLIPSIS"/>
+            <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
+            <!-- ARRAY_DECLARATOR is EOL until https://github.com/google/styleguide/issues/259 -->
+            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapArrayDeclarator"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="ARRAY_DECLARATOR"/>
+            <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
+            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapMethodRef"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="METHOD_REF"/>
+            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="PackageName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]+(\.[a-z][a-z0-9]*)*$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Package name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="TypeName">
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="MemberName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Member name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="ParameterName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]([a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)?$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Parameter name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="LambdaParameterName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]([a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)?$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+                     value="Lambda parameter name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="CatchParameterName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]([a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)?$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Catch parameter name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="LocalVariableName">
+            <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]([a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)?$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Local variable name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="ClassTypeParameterName">
+            <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Class type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="MethodTypeParameterName">
+            <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Method type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="InterfaceTypeParameterName">
+            <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Interface type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="NoFinalizer"/>
+        <module name="GenericWhitespace">
+            <message key="ws.followed"
+             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is followed by whitespace."/>
+            <message key="ws.preceded"
+             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is preceded with whitespace."/>
+            <message key="ws.illegalFollow"
+             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' should followed by whitespace."/>
+            <message key="ws.notPreceded"
+             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="Indentation">
+            <property name="basicOffset" value="4"/>
+            <property name="braceAdjustment" value="0"/>
+            <property name="caseIndent" value="4"/>
+            <property name="throwsIndent" value="4"/>
+            <property name="lineWrappingIndentation" value="4"/>
+            <property name="arrayInitIndent" value="4"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="AbbreviationAsWordInName">
+            <property name="ignoreFinal" value="false"/>
+            <property name="allowedAbbreviationLength" value="1"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrder"/>
+        <module name="VariableDeclarationUsageDistance"/>
+        <module name="CustomImportOrder">
+            <property name="sortImportsInGroupAlphabetically" value="true"/>
+            <property name="separateLineBetweenGroups" value="true"/>
+            <property name="customImportOrderRules" value="STATIC###THIRD_PARTY_PACKAGE"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="MethodParamPad"/>
+        <module name="NoWhitespaceBefore">
+            <property name="tokens"
+             value="COMMA, SEMI, POST_INC, POST_DEC, DOT, ELLIPSIS, METHOD_REF"/>
+            <property name="allowLineBreaks" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="ParenPad"/>
+        <module name="OperatorWrap">
+            <property name="option" value="NL"/>
+            <property name="tokens"
+             value="BAND, BOR, BSR, BXOR, DIV, EQUAL, GE, GT, LAND, LE, LITERAL_INSTANCEOF, LOR,
+                    LT, MINUS, MOD, NOT_EQUAL, PLUS, QUESTION, SL, SR, STAR, METHOD_REF "/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="AnnotationLocation">
+            <property name="id" value="AnnotationLocationMostCases"/>
+            <property name="tokens"
+             value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="AnnotationLocation">
+            <property name="id" value="AnnotationLocationVariables"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
+            <property name="allowSamelineMultipleAnnotations" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="NonEmptyAtclauseDescription"/>
+        <module name="InvalidJavadocPosition"/>
+        <module name="JavadocTagContinuationIndentation"/>
+        <module name="SummaryJavadoc">
+            <property name="forbiddenSummaryFragments"
+             value="^@return the *|^This method returns |^A [{]@code [a-zA-Z0-9]+[}]( is a )"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="JavadocParagraph"/>
+        <module name="AtclauseOrder">
+            <property name="tagOrder" value="@param, @return, @throws, @deprecated"/>
+            <property name="target"
+             value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, VARIABLE_DEF"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="JavadocMethod">
+            <property name="scope" value="public"/>
+            <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowMissingThrowsTags" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowMissingReturnTag" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test"/>
+            <property name="allowThrowsTagsForSubclasses" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="MissingJavadocMethod">
+            <property name="scope" value="public"/>
+            <property name="minLineCount" value="2"/>
+            <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="MethodName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Method name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="SingleLineJavadoc">
+            <property name="ignoreInlineTags" value="false"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="EmptyCatchBlock">
+            <property name="exceptionVariableName" value="expected"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="CommentsIndentation"/>
+    </module>
+</module>
diff --git a/oparent/pom.xml b/oparent/pom.xml
index ec1c865..6fc37e3 100644
--- a/oparent/pom.xml
+++ b/oparent/pom.xml
@@ -273,6 +273,60 @@
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>[1.8,)</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <!-- overrides oparent's existing checkstyle to check java 8 code -->
+      <id>checkstyle-jdk8</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <!--
+              - override the original oparent checkstyle configuration to
+              - use a later version of checkstyle which is jdk8 aware, and
+              - use an updated checkstyle config that conforms to onap style and the later checkstyle format.
+              -->
+            <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.0</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <!-- because google's latest style is not supported by plugin's default  version-->
+                <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
+                <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+                <version>8.24</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>onap-license</id>
+                <configuration>
+                  <!-- this config not supported by checkstyle any more -->
+                  <sourceDirectory combine.self="override"/>
+                  <sourceDirectories>
+                    <sourceDirectory>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</sourceDirectory>
+                  </sourceDirectories>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+              <execution>
+                <id>onap-java-style</id>
+                <configuration>
+                  <!-- Use Google Java Style Guide:
+                     https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/blob/master/src/main/resources/google_checks.xml
+                     with minor changes -->
+                  <configLocation>onap-checkstyle/onap-java-style${maven.compiler.source}.xml</configLocation>
+                  <!-- this config not supported by checkstyle any more -->
+                  <sourceDirectory combine.self="override"/>
+                  <sourceDirectories>
+                    <sourceDirectory>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</sourceDirectory>
+                  </sourceDirectories>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>