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+/**
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * org.onap.aai
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright © 2017-2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright © 2017-2018 European Software Marketing Ltd.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.aai.babel.csar.vnfcatalog;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.onap.aai.babel.service.data.BabelArtifact;
+import org.onap.aai.babel.service.data.BabelArtifact.ArtifactType;
+
+/**
+ * This class is responsible for converting a collection of VendorImageConfigurations into an instance of a
+ * BabelArtifact.
+ */
+class ConfigurationsToBabelArtifactConverter {
+ private ConfigurationsToBabelArtifactConverter() {}
+
+ /**
+ * This method converts a collection of VendorImageConfiguration objects into an instance of a BabelArtifact.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * The method will convert the configurations objects into JSON and this will be stored in the BabelArtifact's
+ * payload property.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * The method will return null if there are no configurations (null or empty) to process.
+ *
+ * @param configurations collection of VendorImageConfiguration objects into an instance of a BabelArtifact
+ * @return BabelArtifact instance representing the configurations or null if there are no configurations.
+ */
+ static BabelArtifact convert(List<VendorImageConfiguration> configurations) {
+ if (configurations != null && !configurations.isEmpty()) {
+ String payload = new Gson().toJson(configurations, configurations.getClass());
+ return new BabelArtifact("vnfVendorImageConfigurations", ArtifactType.VNFCATALOG, payload);
+ } else {
+ return null;
+ }
+ }
+}