import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
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 import org.openecomp.mso.adapters.sdnc.SDNCAdapterRequest;
 import org.openecomp.mso.adapters.sdnc.client.CallbackHeader;
 import org.openecomp.mso.adapters.sdnc.client.SDNCAdapterCallbackRequest;
                        sdncResp.setRespCode(con.getResponseCode());
                        sdncResp.setRespMsg(con.getResponseMessage());
 
-                       in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
-
-                       String inputLine;
-                       //Not parsing the response -it contains a responseHdr section and data section
-                       while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
-                               response.append(inputLine);
+                       if (con.getResponseCode()>= 200 && con.getResponseCode()<=299) { 
+                               in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));   
+                               String inputLine;
+                               //Not parsing the response -it contains a responseHdr section and data section
+                               while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
+                                       response.append(inputLine);
+                               }
+                               in.close();
                        }
-                       in.close();
-
+                       
                        sdncResp.setSdncRespXml(response.toString());
                        msoLogger.info(MessageEnum.RA_RESPONSE_FROM_SDNC, sdncResp.toString(), "SDNC", "");
                        return(sdncResp);