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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.main.parameters;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+
+import java.io.FileReader;
+
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.FlexLogger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.logging.flexlogger.Logger;
+import org.onap.policy.common.parameters.GroupValidationResult;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.main.PolicyDistributionException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.main.startstop.DistributionCommandLineArguments;
+
+/**
+ * This class handles reading, parsing and validating of policy distribution parameters from JSON files.
+ */
+public class DistributionParameterHandler {
+ private static final Logger LOGGER = FlexLogger.getLogger(DistributionParameterHandler.class);
+
+ /**
+ * Read the parameters from the parameter file.
+ *
+ * @param arguments the arguments passed to policy distribution
+ * @return the parameters read from the configuration file
+ * @throws PolicyDistributionException on parameter exceptions
+ */
+ public DistributionParameterGroup getParameters(final DistributionCommandLineArguments arguments)
+ throws PolicyDistributionException {
+ DistributionParameterGroup distributionParameterGroup = null;
+
+ // Read the parameters
+ try {
+ // Read the parameters from JSON using Gson
+ final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+ .create();
+ distributionParameterGroup = gson.fromJson(new FileReader(arguments.getFullConfigurationFilePath()),
+ DistributionParameterGroup.class);
+ } catch (final Exception e) {
+ final String errorMessage = "error reading parameters from \"" + arguments.getConfigurationFilePath()
+ + "\"\n" + "(" + e.getClass().getSimpleName() + "):" + e.getMessage();
+ LOGGER.error(errorMessage, e);
+ throw new PolicyDistributionException(errorMessage, e);
+ }
+
+ // The JSON processing returns null if there is an empty file
+ if (distributionParameterGroup == null) {
+ final String errorMessage = "no parameters found in \"" + arguments.getConfigurationFilePath() + "\"";
+ LOGGER.error(errorMessage);
+ throw new PolicyDistributionException(errorMessage);
+ }
+
+ // validate the parameters
+ final GroupValidationResult validationResult = distributionParameterGroup.validate();
+ if (!validationResult.isValid()) {
+ String returnMessage =
+ "validation error(s) on parameters from \"" + arguments.getConfigurationFilePath() + "\"\n";
+ returnMessage += validationResult.getResult();
+
+ LOGGER.error(returnMessage);
+ throw new PolicyDistributionException(returnMessage);
+ }
+
+ return distributionParameterGroup;
+ }
+}