target/
 .idea
 *.iml
+.checkstyle
 
                                        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
                                        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                                </exclusion>
+                               <exclusion>
+                                       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                                       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-json</artifactId>
+                               </exclusion>
                        </exclusions>
                </dependency>
 
-               <dependency>
-                       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
-               </dependency>
-
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                        <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
                        <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
                </dependency>
 
+               <dependency>
+                       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+                       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+               </dependency>
+
                <!-- Testing -->
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 
 
 logging.config=${CONFIG_HOME}/logback-spring.xml
 
-spring.profiles.active=secure
-
-management.endpoints.web.base-path=/fproxy
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+spring.profiles.active=secure
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         "test.auth.access\\|tenants\\|read",
         "test.auth.access\\|vservers\\|read"
       ]     
-    },
-    {
-      "uri": "\/rproxy\/.*",
-      "permissions": [
-       "org\\.access\\|rproxy\\|get"
-       ]
     }
   ]
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                                        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                                        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
                                </exclusion>
+                               <exclusion>
+                                       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                                       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-json</artifactId>
+                               </exclusion>
                        </exclusions>
                </dependency>
 
                        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-aop</artifactId>
                </dependency>
 
-               <dependency>
-                       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
-               </dependency>
-
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
                        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-                       <version>2.8.5</version><!--$NO-MVN-MAN-VER$-->
                </dependency>
 
                <dependency>
 
 package org.onap.aaf.rproxy;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.security.Principal;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import javax.annotation.Resource;
 import javax.servlet.Filter;
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ReverseProxyAuthorizationFilter.class);
 
-    private ReverseProxyAuthorization[] reverseProxyAuthorizations = new ReverseProxyAuthorization[] {};
+    private List<ReverseProxyAuthorization> reverseProxyAuthorizations = new ArrayList<>();
 
     @Resource
     private ReverseProxyURIAuthorizationProperties reverseProxyURIAuthorizationProperties;
             try (InputStream inputStream =
                     new FileInputStream(new File(reverseProxyURIAuthorizationProperties.getConfigurationFile()));
                     JsonReader jsonReader = new JsonReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream))) {
-                reverseProxyAuthorizations = new Gson().fromJson(jsonReader, ReverseProxyAuthorization[].class);
+                List<ReverseProxyAuthorization> untrimmedList = new Gson().fromJson(jsonReader,
+                        new TypeToken<ArrayList<ReverseProxyAuthorization>>() {}.getType());
+                untrimmedList.removeAll(Collections.singleton(null));
+                reverseProxyAuthorizations = untrimmedList;
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new ServletException("Authorizations config file not found.", e);
             }
 
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
-import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.InvalidEndpointRequestException;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+import org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 @RestController
                 restTemplate.postForEntity(forwardProxyURI, credentialCacheData, String.class);
 
         if (!response.getStatusCode().is2xxSuccessful()) {
-            throw new InvalidEndpointRequestException("Error posting to credential cache.",
-                    "Status code: " + response.getStatusCodeValue() + " Message: " + response.getBody());
+            throw new HttpClientErrorException(response.getStatusCode(),
+                    "Error posting to credential cache. Message: " + response.getBody());
         }
     }
 
 
 
 logging.config=${CONFIG_HOME}/logback-spring.xml
 
-spring.profiles.default=secure,cadi
-
-# For Spring Boot Actuator endpoints
-management.endpoints.web.base-path=/rproxy
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+spring.profiles.default=secure,cadi
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