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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+# ONAP
+# ================================================================================
+# 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=========================================================
+#
+
+# #################################
+# Usage
+# #################################
+
+function usage {
+    echo
+    echo "Usage: $(basename $0) <application-name> <zipped-application-version> <download-directory>"
+    echo "Example: $(basename $0) controlloop 1.2.0 /opt/policy/config/drools"
+    echo
+}
+
+# #################################
+# snapshot url computation
+# #################################
+
+function url_snapshot {
+    if [[ $DEBUG == y ]]; then
+        echo "-- ${FUNCNAME[0]} --"
+        set -x
+    fi
+
+    APP_URL="${APP_URL}/snapshots/org/onap/policy/drools-applications/${APP_NAME}/packages/apps-${APP_NAME}/${APP_VERSION}"
+
+    local APP_METADATA_URL="${APP_URL}/maven-metadata.xml"
+    local APP_SNAPSHOT_VERSION=$(curl --silent "${APP_METADATA_URL}" | grep -Po "(?<=<value>).*(?=</value>)" | sort -V | tail -1)
+
+    if [[ -z ${APP_SNAPSHOT_VERSION} ]]; then
+        echo "ERROR: cannot compute SNAPSHOT version"
+        usage
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    APP_URL="${APP_URL}/apps-${APP_NAME}-${APP_SNAPSHOT_VERSION}.zip"
+}
+
+# #################################
+# release url computation
+# #################################
+
+function url_release {
+    if [[ $DEBUG == y ]]; then
+        echo "-- ${FUNCNAME[0]} --"
+        set -x
+    fi
+
+    APP_URL="${APP_URL}/releases/org/onap/policy/drools-applications/${APP_NAME}/packages/apps-${APP_NAME}/${APP_VERSION}/apps-${APP_NAME}-${APP_VERSION}.zip"
+}
+
+# #################################
+# Main
+# #################################
+
+if [[ $DEBUG == y ]]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+
+APP_NAME=$1
+if [[ -z ${APP_NAME} ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: no APPLICATION NAME provided (ie. controlloop)"
+    usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+APP_VERSION=$2
+if [[ -z ${APP_VERSION} ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: no APPLICATION VERSION provided"
+    usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+DOWNLOAD_DIR=$3
+if [[ -z ${DOWNLOAD_DIR} ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: no DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY provided"
+    usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -d ${DOWNLOAD_DIR} ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: ${DOWNLOAD_DIR} is not a directory"
+    usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+APP_GROUP_ID="org.onap.policy.drools-applications.${APP_NAME}.packages"
+APP_ARTIFACT_ID="apps-${APP_NAME}"
+APP_BASE_URL="https://nexus.onap.org/content/repositories"
+
+APP_URL="${APP_BASE_URL}"
+
+if [[ ${APP_VERSION} =~ \-SNAPSHOT$ ]]; then
+    url_snapshot
+else
+    url_release
+fi
+
+wget "${APP_URL}" -O "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}"/apps-"${APP_NAME}".zip
+if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: cannot download ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/apps-${APP_NAME}.zip"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "APP ${APP_NAME} stored at ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/apps-${APP_NAME}.zip"
+ls -l "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}"/apps-"${APP_NAME}".zip