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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.api.main;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class to support API tests.
+ *
+ * @author Liam Fallon (liam.fallon@est.tech)
+ */
+public final class ApiTestSupportUtilities {
+ private ApiTestSupportUtilities() {
+ // prevent instantiation of this class
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Convert a YAML string to a JSON string.
+ *
+ * @param yamlString the Yaml string.
+ * @return the JSON string
+ * @throws CoderException on encoding JSON errors
+ */
+ public static final String yaml2Json(final String yamlString) throws CoderException {
+ Object yamlObject = new Yaml().load(yamlString);
+ return new StandardCoder().encode(yamlObject);
+ }
+}