--- /dev/null
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Crop. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.file;
+
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.FlexLogger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.Logger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterService;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.PolicyForwarder;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.PolicyForwardingException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.OptimizationPolicy;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Policy;
+
+/**
+ * This class provides an implementation of {@link PolicyForwarder} interface for forwarding the given policies to
+ * a file directory.
+ */
+public class FilePolicyForwarder implements PolicyForwarder {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = FlexLogger.getLogger(FilePolicyForwarder.class);
+    private FilePolicyForwarderParameterGroup fileForwarderParameters;
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void configure(final String parameterGroupName) {
+        fileForwarderParameters = ParameterService.get(parameterGroupName);
+        try {
+            Path path = Paths.get(fileForwarderParameters.getPath());
+            if (!Files.exists(path)) {
+                Files.createDirectories(path);
+            }
+        } catch (final InvalidPathException | IOException e) {
+            LOGGER.error(e.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void forward(final Collection<Policy> policies) throws PolicyForwardingException {
+        for (Policy policy : policies) {
+            if (policy instanceof OptimizationPolicy) {
+                forwardPolicy((OptimizationPolicy) policy);
+            } else {
+                final String message = new String("Cannot forward policy " + policy
+                        + ". Unsupported policy type " + policy.getClass().getSimpleName());
+                LOGGER.error(message);
+                throw new PolicyForwardingException(message);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to forward a given policy to be logged into a file.
+     *
+     * @param pol the policy
+     * @throws PolicyForwardingException if any exception occurs while forwarding policy
+     */
+    private void forwardPolicy(final OptimizationPolicy pol) throws PolicyForwardingException {
+        final String name = pol.getPolicyName();
+        try {
+            Path path = Paths.get(fileForwarderParameters.getPath(), name);
+            BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(path.toString()));
+            writer.write("policyName: " + name);
+            if (fileForwarderParameters.isVerbose()) {
+                writer.newLine();
+                writer.write("policyType: " + pol.getPolicyType());
+                writer.newLine();
+                writer.write("policyDescription: " + pol.getPolicyDescription());
+                writer.newLine();
+                writer.write("onapName: " + pol.getOnapName());
+                writer.newLine();
+                writer.write("configBodyType: " + pol.getConfigBodyType());
+                writer.newLine();
+                writer.write("configBody: " + pol.getConfigBody());
+                writer.newLine();
+                writer.write("timetolive: " + pol.getTimetolive().toString());
+                writer.newLine();
+                writer.write("guard: " + pol.getGuard());
+                writer.newLine();
+                writer.write("riskLevel: " + pol.getRiskLevel());
+                writer.newLine();
+                writer.write("riskType: " + pol.getRiskType());
+            }
+            writer.close();
+            LOGGER.debug("Sucessfully forwarded the policy to store into file: " + path.toString());
+        } catch (final InvalidPathException | IOException exp) {
+            final String message = "Error sending policy to file under path:" + fileForwarderParameters.getPath();
+            LOGGER.error(message, exp);
+            throw new PolicyForwardingException(message, exp);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 
--- /dev/null
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corp. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.file;
+
+/**
+ * This builder holds all the parameters needed to build an instance of {@link FilePolicyForwarderParameterGroup}
+ * class.
+ */
+public class FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder {
+
+    private String path;
+    private boolean verbose = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Set path to this {@link FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param path the directory to store the policies
+     */
+    public FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder setPath(final String path) {
+        this.path = path;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Set verbose flag to this {@link FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @param verbose the verbose flag
+     */
+    public FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder setVerbose(final boolean verbose) {
+        this.verbose = verbose;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the path of this {@link FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the directory
+     */
+    public String getPath() {
+        return path;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the verbose flag of this {@link FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder} instance.
+     *
+     * @return the verbose
+     */
+    public boolean isVerbose() {
+        return verbose;
+    }
+}
 
--- /dev/null
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corp. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.file;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.validation.ParameterValidationUtils;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.main.parameters.PolicyForwarderConfigurationParameterGroup;
+
+/**
+ * Holds the parameters for the{@link FilePolicyForwarder}.
+ */
+public class FilePolicyForwarderParameterGroup extends PolicyForwarderConfigurationParameterGroup {
+    public static final String POLICY_FORWARDER_PLUGIN_CLASS = FilePolicyForwarder.class.getCanonicalName();
+
+    private String path;
+    private boolean verbose;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for instantiating {@link FilePolicyForwarderParameterGroup} class.
+     *
+     * @param builder the apex forwarder parameter builder
+     */
+    public FilePolicyForwarderParameterGroup(final FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder builder) {
+        this.path = builder.getPath();
+        this.verbose = builder.isVerbose();
+    }
+
+    public String getPath() {
+        return path;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isVerbose() {
+        return verbose;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public GroupValidationResult validate() {
+        final GroupValidationResult validationResult = new GroupValidationResult(this);
+        if (!ParameterValidationUtils.validateStringParameter(path)) {
+            validationResult.setResult("path", ValidationStatus.INVALID,
+                    "must be a non-blank string containing path directory");
+        }
+        return validationResult;
+    }
+}
 
--- /dev/null
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corp. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.file;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ValidationStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of {@link FilePolicyForwarderParameterGroup}.
+ */
+public class FilePolicyForwarderParameterGroupTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBuilderAndGetters() {
+        final FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder builder = new FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder();
+        builder.setPath("/tmp").setVerbose(true);
+        final FilePolicyForwarderParameterGroup configurationParameters =
+                new FilePolicyForwarderParameterGroup(builder);
+        configurationParameters.setName("myConfiguration");
+
+        assertEquals("myConfiguration", configurationParameters.getName());
+        assertTrue(configurationParameters.isVerbose());
+        assertEquals("/tmp", configurationParameters.getPath());
+        assertEquals(ValidationStatus.CLEAN, configurationParameters.validate().getStatus());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInvalidPath() {
+        final FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder builder = new FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder();
+        builder.setPath("").setVerbose(false);
+        final FilePolicyForwarderParameterGroup configurationParameters =
+                new FilePolicyForwarderParameterGroup(builder);
+        configurationParameters.setName("myConfiguration");
+
+        assertEquals(ValidationStatus.INVALID, configurationParameters.validate().getStatus());
+    }
+}
 
--- /dev/null
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corp. 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.file;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterGroup;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.ParameterService;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.PolicyForwardingException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.OptimizationPolicy;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.model.Policy;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform unit test of {@link FilePolicyForwarder}.
+ *
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class FilePolicyForwarderTest {
+    @ClassRule
+    public static TemporaryFolder tempFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
+
+    private static final boolean VERBOSE = true;
+    private static final String GROUP_NAME = "fileConfiguration";
+
+    /**
+     * Set up.
+     */
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUp() {
+        final FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder builder = new FilePolicyForwarderParameterBuilder();
+        builder.setPath(tempFolder.getRoot().getAbsolutePath().toString()).setVerbose(VERBOSE);
+        final ParameterGroup parameterGroup = new FilePolicyForwarderParameterGroup(builder);
+        parameterGroup.setName(GROUP_NAME);
+        ParameterService.register(parameterGroup);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tear down.
+     */
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void tearDown() {
+        ParameterService.deregister(GROUP_NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testForwardPolicy() {
+        final Collection<Policy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        final OptimizationPolicy policy = new OptimizationPolicy();
+
+        policy.setPolicyName("test");
+        policy.setPolicyDescription("test");
+        policy.setOnapName("");
+        policy.setConfigBody("");
+        policy.setConfigBodyType("");
+        policy.setTimetolive(new Date());
+        policy.setGuard("");
+        policy.setRiskLevel("");
+        policy.setRiskType("");
+        policies.add(policy);
+
+        final FilePolicyForwarder forwarder = new FilePolicyForwarder();
+        forwarder.configure(GROUP_NAME);
+
+        try {
+            forwarder.forward(policies);
+            Path path = Paths.get(tempFolder.getRoot().getAbsolutePath().toString(), policy.getPolicyName());
+            assertTrue(Files.exists(path));
+        } catch (final Exception exp) {
+            fail("Test must not throw an exception");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testForwardPolicyError() {
+        final Collection<Policy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        OptimizationPolicy policy = new OptimizationPolicy();
+        policy.setPolicyName("test");
+        policy.setPolicyDescription("test");
+        policy.setOnapName("");
+        policy.setConfigBody("");
+        policy.setConfigBodyType("");
+        policy.setTimetolive(new Date());
+        policy.setGuard("");
+        policy.setRiskLevel("");
+        policy.setRiskType("");
+
+        OptimizationPolicy spy = Mockito.spy(policy);
+        Mockito.when(spy.getRiskType()).thenThrow(IOException.class);
+        policies.add(spy);
+
+        final FilePolicyForwarder forwarder = new FilePolicyForwarder();
+        forwarder.configure(GROUP_NAME);
+
+        try {
+            forwarder.forward(policies);
+            fail("Test must throw an exception");
+        } catch (final Exception exp) {
+            assertTrue(exp.getMessage().contains("Error sending policy"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testForwardUnsupportedPolicy() {
+        final Collection<Policy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        final FilePolicyForwarder forwarder = new FilePolicyForwarder();
+        forwarder.configure(GROUP_NAME);
+
+        final Policy policy = new UnsupportedPolicy();
+        policies.add(policy);
+
+        try {
+            forwarder.forward(policies);
+            fail("Test must throw an exception");
+        } catch (final Exception exp) {
+            assertTrue(exp.getMessage().contains("Cannot forward policy"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    class UnsupportedPolicy implements Policy {
+
+        @Override
+        public String getPolicyName() {
+            return "unsupported";
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getPolicyType() {
+            return "unsupported";
+        }
+    }
+}