if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
logger.debug("Metric getting initialized");
MetricService metricService = getMetricservice();
+ // Check for the metric service created before trying to create registry using
+ // the metricService object
+ if (metricService == null) {
+ // Cannot find service reference for org.onap.appc.metricservice.MetricService
+ throw new NullPointerException("org.onap.appc.metricservice.MetricService is null. " +
+ "Failed to init Metric");
+ }
metricRegistry = metricService.createRegistry("APPC");
DispatchingFuntionMetric dispatchingFuntionMetric = metricRegistry.metricBuilderFactory().
dispatchingFunctionCounterBuilder().