From 3aa58f7244c6123972cd98851a3e9dcd6652d75a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: asgar <sammoham@in.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:08:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add a private constructor in AAIUtils.java

Change-Id: I7a2beeede4cb8303b7f9801532a651895cbce389
Issue-ID: AAI-1566
Signed-off-by: Mohamed Asgar Samiulla <sammoham@in.ibm.com>
---
 .../src/main/java/org/onap/aai/util/AAIUtils.java  | 51 +++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/onap/aai/util/AAIUtils.java b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/onap/aai/util/AAIUtils.java
index ce53d86e..ba2cf9e2 100644
--- a/aai-core/src/main/java/org/onap/aai/util/AAIUtils.java
+++ b/aai-core/src/main/java/org/onap/aai/util/AAIUtils.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * ================================================================================
  * Copyright © 2017-2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
  * ================================================================================
+ *  Modifications Copyright © 2018 IBM.
+ * ================================================================================
  * 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
@@ -26,27 +28,34 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 public class AAIUtils {
+    
+    /**
+     * Instantiates AAIUtils.
+     */
+    private AAIUtils() {
+        // prevent instantiation
+    }
 
-	/**
-	 * Null check.
-	 *
-	 * @param <T> the generic type
-	 * @param iterable the iterable
-	 * @return the iterable
-	 */
-	public static <T> Iterable<T> nullCheck(Iterable<T> iterable) {
-		return iterable == null ? Collections.<T>emptyList() : iterable;
-	}
+    /**
+     * Null check.
+     *
+     * @param <T> the generic type
+     * @param iterable the iterable
+     * @return the iterable
+     */
+    public static <T> Iterable<T> nullCheck(Iterable<T> iterable) {
+        return iterable == null ? Collections.<T>emptyList() : iterable;
+    }
 
-	/**
-	 * Gen date.
-	 *
-	 * @return the string
-	 */
-	public static String genDate() {
-		Date date = new Date();
-		DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("YYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS");
-		formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
-		return formatter.format(date);
-	}	
+    /**
+     * Gen date.
+     *
+     * @return the string
+     */
+    public static String genDate() {
+        Date date = new Date();
+        DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("YYMMdd-HH:mm:ss:SSS");
+        formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
+        return formatter.format(date);
+    }    
 }
-- 
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