Merge "Do not use ActorSystem.actorFor as it is deprecated"
[controller.git] / opendaylight / md-sal / sal-distributed-datastore / src / test / java / org / opendaylight / controller / cluster / datastore / ShardTest.java
index a787ab46f230a9e1d444e8b5d32395a9d24f9c7c..3e0bc423972c4c7e4460080f2c13bb099a466042 100644 (file)
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.inOrder;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.DataStoreVersions.CURRENT_VERSION;
 import akka.actor.ActorRef;
+import akka.actor.ActorSelection;
 import akka.actor.PoisonPill;
 import akka.actor.Props;
 import akka.dispatch.Dispatchers;
@@ -35,13 +36,15 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.InOrder;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.DataPersistenceProvider;
-import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.identifiers.ShardIdentifier;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.AbortTransaction;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.AbortTransactionReply;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.BatchedModifications;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.BatchedModificationsReply;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.CanCommitTransaction;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.CanCommitTransactionReply;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.CommitTransaction;
@@ -49,10 +52,13 @@ import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.CommitTransactionR
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.CreateTransaction;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.ForwardedReadyTransaction;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.PeerAddressResolved;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.ReadData;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.ReadDataReply;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.ReadyTransactionReply;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.RegisterChangeListener;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.RegisterChangeListenerReply;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.messages.UpdateSchemaContext;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.modification.DeleteModification;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.modification.MergeModification;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.modification.Modification;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.modification.ModificationPayload;
@@ -82,11 +88,13 @@ import org.opendaylight.controller.md.sal.common.api.data.AsyncDataBroker;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.md.sal.common.api.data.ReadFailedException;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.md.sal.dom.store.impl.InMemoryDOMDataStore;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.md.sal.dom.store.impl.InMemoryDOMDataStoreFactory;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.protobuff.messages.cohort3pc.ThreePhaseCommitCohortMessages;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.protobuff.messages.transaction.ShardTransactionMessages.CreateTransactionReply;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.spi.data.DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.spi.data.DOMStoreWriteTransaction;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.YangInstanceIdentifier;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.YangInstanceIdentifier.PathArgument;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema.ContainerNode;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema.DataContainerChild;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema.MapEntryNode;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema.NormalizedNode;
@@ -96,6 +104,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.Future;
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration;
 
 public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
+
     @Test
     public void testRegisterChangeListener() throws Exception {
         new ShardTestKit(getSystem()) {{
@@ -149,7 +158,7 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
 
                 @Override
                 public Shard create() throws Exception {
-                    return new Shard(shardID, Collections.<ShardIdentifier,String>emptyMap(),
+                    return new Shard(shardID, Collections.<String,String>emptyMap(),
                             newDatastoreContext(), SCHEMA_CONTEXT) {
                         @Override
                         public void onReceiveCommand(final Object message) throws Exception {
@@ -277,7 +286,7 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
             final CountDownLatch recoveryComplete = new CountDownLatch(1);
             class TestShard extends Shard {
                 TestShard() {
-                    super(shardID, Collections.<ShardIdentifier, String>singletonMap(shardID, null),
+                    super(shardID, Collections.<String, String>singletonMap(shardID.toString(), null),
                             newDatastoreContext(), SCHEMA_CONTEXT);
                 }
 
@@ -308,7 +317,7 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
                     Uninterruptibles.awaitUninterruptibly(recoveryComplete, 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
 
             String address = "akka://foobar";
-            shard.underlyingActor().onReceiveCommand(new PeerAddressResolved(shardID, address));
+            shard.underlyingActor().onReceiveCommand(new PeerAddressResolved(shardID.toString(), address));
 
             assertEquals("getPeerAddresses", address,
                     ((TestShard)shard.underlyingActor()).getPeerAddresses().get(shardID.toString()));
@@ -422,42 +431,42 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
 
             waitUntilLeader(shard);
 
-            // Setup 3 simulated transactions with mock cohorts backed by real cohorts.
-
-            InMemoryDOMDataStore dataStore = shard.underlyingActor().getDataStore();
-
-            String transactionID1 = "tx1";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification1 = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort1 = setupMockWriteTransaction("cohort1", dataStore,
-                    TestModel.TEST_PATH, ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), modification1);
+            final String transactionID1 = "tx1";
+            final String transactionID2 = "tx2";
+            final String transactionID3 = "tx3";
 
-            String transactionID2 = "tx2";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification2 = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort2 = setupMockWriteTransaction("cohort2", dataStore,
-                    TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH,
-                    ImmutableNodes.mapNodeBuilder(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME).build(),
-                    modification2);
+            final AtomicReference<DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort> mockCohort1 = new AtomicReference<>();
+            final AtomicReference<DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort> mockCohort2 = new AtomicReference<>();
+            final AtomicReference<DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort> mockCohort3 = new AtomicReference<>();
+            ShardCommitCoordinator.CohortDecorator cohortDecorator = new ShardCommitCoordinator.CohortDecorator() {
+                @Override
+                public DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort decorate(String transactionID, DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort actual) {
+                    if(transactionID.equals(transactionID1)) {
+                        mockCohort1.set(createDelegatingMockCohort("cohort1", actual));
+                        return mockCohort1.get();
+                    } else if(transactionID.equals(transactionID2)) {
+                        mockCohort2.set(createDelegatingMockCohort("cohort2", actual));
+                        return mockCohort2.get();
+                    } else {
+                        mockCohort3.set(createDelegatingMockCohort("cohort3", actual));
+                        return mockCohort3.get();
+                    }
+                }
+            };
 
-            String transactionID3 = "tx3";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification3 = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort3 = setupMockWriteTransaction("cohort3", dataStore,
-                    YangInstanceIdentifier.builder(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH)
-                        .nodeWithKey(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 1).build(),
-                    ImmutableNodes.mapEntry(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 1),
-                    modification3);
+            shard.underlyingActor().getCommitCoordinator().setCohortDecorator(cohortDecorator);
 
             long timeoutSec = 5;
             final FiniteDuration duration = FiniteDuration.create(timeoutSec, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
             final Timeout timeout = new Timeout(duration);
 
-            // Simulate the ForwardedReadyTransaction message for the first Tx that would be sent
-            // by the ShardTransaction.
+            // Send a BatchedModifications message for the first transaction.
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID1, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort1, modification1, true), getRef());
-            ReadyTransactionReply readyReply = ReadyTransactionReply.fromSerializable(
-                    expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS));
-            assertEquals("Cohort path", shard.path().toString(), readyReply.getCohortPath());
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID1, TestModel.TEST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), true), getRef());
+            BatchedModificationsReply batchedReply = expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
+            assertEquals("getCohortPath", shard.path().toString(), batchedReply.getCohortPath());
+            assertEquals("getNumBatched", 1, batchedReply.getNumBatched());
 
             // Send the CanCommitTransaction message for the first Tx.
 
@@ -466,15 +475,16 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
                     expectMsgClass(duration, CanCommitTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS));
             assertEquals("Can commit", true, canCommitReply.getCanCommit());
 
-            // Send the ForwardedReadyTransaction for the next 2 Tx's.
+            // Send BatchedModifications for the next 2 Tx's.
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID2, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort2, modification2, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID2, TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.mapNodeBuilder(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME).build(), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID3, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort3, modification3, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID3, YangInstanceIdentifier.builder(
+                    TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH).nodeWithKey(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 1).build(),
+                    ImmutableNodes.mapEntry(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 1), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
             // Send the CanCommitTransaction message for the next 2 Tx's. These should get queued and
             // processed after the first Tx completes.
@@ -567,16 +577,16 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
 
             assertEquals("Commits complete", true, done);
 
-            InOrder inOrder = inOrder(cohort1, cohort2, cohort3);
-            inOrder.verify(cohort1).canCommit();
-            inOrder.verify(cohort1).preCommit();
-            inOrder.verify(cohort1).commit();
-            inOrder.verify(cohort2).canCommit();
-            inOrder.verify(cohort2).preCommit();
-            inOrder.verify(cohort2).commit();
-            inOrder.verify(cohort3).canCommit();
-            inOrder.verify(cohort3).preCommit();
-            inOrder.verify(cohort3).commit();
+            InOrder inOrder = inOrder(mockCohort1.get(), mockCohort2.get(), mockCohort3.get());
+            inOrder.verify(mockCohort1.get()).canCommit();
+            inOrder.verify(mockCohort1.get()).preCommit();
+            inOrder.verify(mockCohort1.get()).commit();
+            inOrder.verify(mockCohort2.get()).canCommit();
+            inOrder.verify(mockCohort2.get()).preCommit();
+            inOrder.verify(mockCohort2.get()).commit();
+            inOrder.verify(mockCohort3.get()).canCommit();
+            inOrder.verify(mockCohort3.get()).preCommit();
+            inOrder.verify(mockCohort3.get()).commit();
 
             // Verify data in the data store.
 
@@ -593,40 +603,68 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
             assertTrue("Missing leaf " + TestModel.ID_QNAME.getLocalName(), idLeaf.isPresent());
             assertEquals(TestModel.ID_QNAME.getLocalName() + " value", 1, idLeaf.get().getValue());
 
-            verifyLastLogIndex(shard, 2);
+            verifyLastApplied(shard, 2);
 
             shard.tell(PoisonPill.getInstance(), ActorRef.noSender());
         }};
     }
 
+    private BatchedModifications newBatchedModifications(String transactionID, YangInstanceIdentifier path,
+            NormalizedNode<?, ?> data, boolean ready) {
+        return newBatchedModifications(transactionID, null, path, data, ready);
+    }
+
+    private BatchedModifications newBatchedModifications(String transactionID, String transactionChainID,
+            YangInstanceIdentifier path, NormalizedNode<?, ?> data, boolean ready) {
+        BatchedModifications batched = new BatchedModifications(transactionID, CURRENT_VERSION, transactionChainID);
+        batched.addModification(new WriteModification(path, data));
+        batched.setReady(ready);
+        return batched;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @Test
-    public void testCommitWithPersistenceDisabled() throws Throwable {
-        dataStoreContextBuilder.persistent(false);
+    public void testMultipleBatchedModifications() throws Throwable {
         new ShardTestKit(getSystem()) {{
             final TestActorRef<Shard> shard = TestActorRef.create(getSystem(),
                     newShardProps().withDispatcher(Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId()),
-                    "testCommitPhaseFailure");
+                    "testMultipleBatchedModifications");
 
             waitUntilLeader(shard);
 
-            InMemoryDOMDataStore dataStore = shard.underlyingActor().getDataStore();
+            final String transactionID = "tx";
+            FiniteDuration duration = duration("5 seconds");
 
-            // Setup a simulated transactions with a mock cohort.
+            final AtomicReference<DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort> mockCohort = new AtomicReference<>();
+            ShardCommitCoordinator.CohortDecorator cohortDecorator = new ShardCommitCoordinator.CohortDecorator() {
+                @Override
+                public DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort decorate(String txID, DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort actual) {
+                    if(mockCohort.get() == null) {
+                        mockCohort.set(createDelegatingMockCohort("cohort", actual));
+                    }
 
-            String transactionID = "tx";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            NormalizedNode<?, ?> containerNode = ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME);
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort = setupMockWriteTransaction("cohort", dataStore,
-                    TestModel.TEST_PATH, containerNode, modification);
+                    return mockCohort.get();
+                }
+            };
 
-            FiniteDuration duration = duration("5 seconds");
+            shard.underlyingActor().getCommitCoordinator().setCohortDecorator(cohortDecorator);
+
+            // Send a BatchedModifications to start a transaction.
 
-            // Simulate the ForwardedReadyTransaction messages that would be sent
-            // by the ShardTransaction.
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID, TestModel.TEST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), false), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort, modification, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            // Send a couple more BatchedModifications.
+
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID, TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.mapNodeBuilder(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME).build(), false), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
+
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID, YangInstanceIdentifier.builder(
+                    TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH).nodeWithKey(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 1).build(),
+                    ImmutableNodes.mapEntry(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 1), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
             // Send the CanCommitTransaction message.
 
@@ -640,10 +678,153 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
             shard.tell(new CommitTransaction(transactionID).toSerializable(), getRef());
             expectMsgClass(duration, CommitTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
 
-            InOrder inOrder = inOrder(cohort);
-            inOrder.verify(cohort).canCommit();
-            inOrder.verify(cohort).preCommit();
-            inOrder.verify(cohort).commit();
+            InOrder inOrder = inOrder(mockCohort.get());
+            inOrder.verify(mockCohort.get()).canCommit();
+            inOrder.verify(mockCohort.get()).preCommit();
+            inOrder.verify(mockCohort.get()).commit();
+
+            // Verify data in the data store.
+
+            NormalizedNode<?, ?> outerList = readStore(shard, TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH);
+            assertNotNull(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME.getLocalName() + " not found", outerList);
+            assertTrue(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME.getLocalName() + " value is not Iterable",
+                    outerList.getValue() instanceof Iterable);
+            Object entry = ((Iterable<Object>)outerList.getValue()).iterator().next();
+            assertTrue(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME.getLocalName() + " entry is not MapEntryNode",
+                       entry instanceof MapEntryNode);
+            MapEntryNode mapEntry = (MapEntryNode)entry;
+            Optional<DataContainerChild<? extends PathArgument, ?>> idLeaf =
+                    mapEntry.getChild(new YangInstanceIdentifier.NodeIdentifier(TestModel.ID_QNAME));
+            assertTrue("Missing leaf " + TestModel.ID_QNAME.getLocalName(), idLeaf.isPresent());
+            assertEquals(TestModel.ID_QNAME.getLocalName() + " value", 1, idLeaf.get().getValue());
+
+            shard.tell(PoisonPill.getInstance(), ActorRef.noSender());
+        }};
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBatchedModificationsOnTransactionChain() throws Throwable {
+        new ShardTestKit(getSystem()) {{
+            final TestActorRef<Shard> shard = TestActorRef.create(getSystem(),
+                    newShardProps().withDispatcher(Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId()),
+                    "testBatchedModificationsOnTransactionChain");
+
+            waitUntilLeader(shard);
+
+            String transactionChainID = "txChain";
+            String transactionID1 = "tx1";
+            String transactionID2 = "tx2";
+
+            FiniteDuration duration = duration("5 seconds");
+
+            // Send a BatchedModifications to start a chained write transaction and ready it.
+
+            ContainerNode containerNode = ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME);
+            YangInstanceIdentifier path = TestModel.TEST_PATH;
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID1, transactionChainID, path,
+                    containerNode, true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
+
+            // Create a read Tx on the same chain.
+
+            shard.tell(new CreateTransaction(transactionID2, TransactionProxy.TransactionType.READ_ONLY.ordinal() ,
+                    transactionChainID).toSerializable(), getRef());
+
+            CreateTransactionReply createReply = expectMsgClass(duration("3 seconds"), CreateTransactionReply.class);
+
+            getSystem().actorSelection(createReply.getTransactionActorPath()).tell(new ReadData(path), getRef());
+            ReadDataReply readReply = expectMsgClass(duration("3 seconds"), ReadDataReply.class);
+            assertEquals("Read node", containerNode, readReply.getNormalizedNode());
+
+            // Commit the write transaction.
+
+            shard.tell(new CanCommitTransaction(transactionID1).toSerializable(), getRef());
+            CanCommitTransactionReply canCommitReply = CanCommitTransactionReply.fromSerializable(
+                    expectMsgClass(duration, CanCommitTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS));
+            assertEquals("Can commit", true, canCommitReply.getCanCommit());
+
+            shard.tell(new CommitTransaction(transactionID1).toSerializable(), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, CommitTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+
+            // Verify data in the data store.
+
+            NormalizedNode<?, ?> actualNode = readStore(shard, path);
+            assertEquals("Stored node", containerNode, actualNode);
+
+            shard.tell(PoisonPill.getInstance(), ActorRef.noSender());
+        }};
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOnBatchedModificationsWhenNotLeader() {
+        final AtomicBoolean overrideLeaderCalls = new AtomicBoolean();
+        new ShardTestKit(getSystem()) {{
+            Creator<Shard> creator = new Creator<Shard>() {
+                @Override
+                public Shard create() throws Exception {
+                    return new Shard(shardID, Collections.<String,String>emptyMap(),
+                            newDatastoreContext(), SCHEMA_CONTEXT) {
+                        @Override
+                        protected boolean isLeader() {
+                            return overrideLeaderCalls.get() ? false : super.isLeader();
+                        }
+
+                        @Override
+                        protected ActorSelection getLeader() {
+                            return overrideLeaderCalls.get() ? getSystem().actorSelection(getRef().path()) :
+                                super.getLeader();
+                        }
+                    };
+                }
+            };
+
+            TestActorRef<Shard> shard = TestActorRef.create(getSystem(),
+                    Props.create(new DelegatingShardCreator(creator)), "testOnBatchedModificationsWhenNotLeader");
+
+            waitUntilLeader(shard);
+
+            overrideLeaderCalls.set(true);
+
+            BatchedModifications batched = new BatchedModifications("tx", DataStoreVersions.CURRENT_VERSION, "");
+
+            shard.tell(batched, ActorRef.noSender());
+
+            expectMsgEquals(batched);
+
+            shard.tell(PoisonPill.getInstance(), ActorRef.noSender());
+        }};
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitWithPersistenceDisabled() throws Throwable {
+        dataStoreContextBuilder.persistent(false);
+        new ShardTestKit(getSystem()) {{
+            final TestActorRef<Shard> shard = TestActorRef.create(getSystem(),
+                    newShardProps().withDispatcher(Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId()),
+                    "testCommitWithPersistenceDisabled");
+
+            waitUntilLeader(shard);
+
+            String transactionID = "tx";
+            FiniteDuration duration = duration("5 seconds");
+
+            // Send a BatchedModifications to start a transaction.
+
+            NormalizedNode<?, ?> containerNode = ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME);
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID, TestModel.TEST_PATH, containerNode, true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
+
+            // Send the CanCommitTransaction message.
+
+            shard.tell(new CanCommitTransaction(transactionID).toSerializable(), getRef());
+            CanCommitTransactionReply canCommitReply = CanCommitTransactionReply.fromSerializable(
+                    expectMsgClass(duration, CanCommitTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS));
+            assertEquals("Can commit", true, canCommitReply.getCanCommit());
+
+            // Send the CanCommitTransaction message.
+
+            shard.tell(new CommitTransaction(transactionID).toSerializable(), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, CommitTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
 
             NormalizedNode<?, ?> actualNode = readStore(shard, TestModel.TEST_PATH);
             assertEquals(TestModel.TEST_QNAME.getLocalName(), containerNode, actualNode);
@@ -652,6 +833,117 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
         }};
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitWhenTransactionHasNoModifications(){
+        // Note that persistence is enabled which would normally result in the entry getting written to the journal
+        // but here that need not happen
+        new ShardTestKit(getSystem()) {
+            {
+                final TestActorRef<Shard> shard = TestActorRef.create(getSystem(),
+                        newShardProps().withDispatcher(Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId()),
+                        "testCommitWhenTransactionHasNoModifications");
+
+                waitUntilLeader(shard);
+
+                String transactionID = "tx1";
+                MutableCompositeModification modification = new MutableCompositeModification();
+                DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort1");
+                doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(Boolean.TRUE)).when(cohort).canCommit();
+                doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(Boolean.TRUE)).when(cohort).preCommit();
+                doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(Boolean.TRUE)).when(cohort).commit();
+
+                FiniteDuration duration = duration("5 seconds");
+
+                // Simulate the ForwardedReadyTransaction messages that would be sent
+                // by the ShardTransaction.
+
+                shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID, CURRENT_VERSION,
+                        cohort, modification, true), getRef());
+                expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+
+                // Send the CanCommitTransaction message.
+
+                shard.tell(new CanCommitTransaction(transactionID).toSerializable(), getRef());
+                CanCommitTransactionReply canCommitReply = CanCommitTransactionReply.fromSerializable(
+                        expectMsgClass(duration, CanCommitTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS));
+                assertEquals("Can commit", true, canCommitReply.getCanCommit());
+
+                shard.tell(new CommitTransaction(transactionID).toSerializable(), getRef());
+                expectMsgClass(duration, ThreePhaseCommitCohortMessages.CommitTransactionReply.class);
+
+                InOrder inOrder = inOrder(cohort);
+                inOrder.verify(cohort).canCommit();
+                inOrder.verify(cohort).preCommit();
+                inOrder.verify(cohort).commit();
+
+                // Use MBean for verification
+                // Committed transaction count should increase as usual
+                assertEquals(1,shard.underlyingActor().getShardMBean().getCommittedTransactionsCount());
+
+                // Commit index should not advance because this does not go into the journal
+                assertEquals(-1, shard.underlyingActor().getShardMBean().getCommitIndex());
+
+                shard.tell(PoisonPill.getInstance(), ActorRef.noSender());
+
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitWhenTransactionHasModifications(){
+        new ShardTestKit(getSystem()) {
+            {
+                final TestActorRef<Shard> shard = TestActorRef.create(getSystem(),
+                        newShardProps().withDispatcher(Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId()),
+                        "testCommitWhenTransactionHasModifications");
+
+                waitUntilLeader(shard);
+
+                String transactionID = "tx1";
+                MutableCompositeModification modification = new MutableCompositeModification();
+                modification.addModification(new DeleteModification(YangInstanceIdentifier.builder().build()));
+                DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort1");
+                doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(Boolean.TRUE)).when(cohort).canCommit();
+                doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(Boolean.TRUE)).when(cohort).preCommit();
+                doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(Boolean.TRUE)).when(cohort).commit();
+
+                FiniteDuration duration = duration("5 seconds");
+
+                // Simulate the ForwardedReadyTransaction messages that would be sent
+                // by the ShardTransaction.
+
+                shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID, CURRENT_VERSION,
+                        cohort, modification, true), getRef());
+                expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+
+                // Send the CanCommitTransaction message.
+
+                shard.tell(new CanCommitTransaction(transactionID).toSerializable(), getRef());
+                CanCommitTransactionReply canCommitReply = CanCommitTransactionReply.fromSerializable(
+                        expectMsgClass(duration, CanCommitTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS));
+                assertEquals("Can commit", true, canCommitReply.getCanCommit());
+
+                shard.tell(new CommitTransaction(transactionID).toSerializable(), getRef());
+                expectMsgClass(duration, ThreePhaseCommitCohortMessages.CommitTransactionReply.class);
+
+                InOrder inOrder = inOrder(cohort);
+                inOrder.verify(cohort).canCommit();
+                inOrder.verify(cohort).preCommit();
+                inOrder.verify(cohort).commit();
+
+                // Use MBean for verification
+                // Committed transaction count should increase as usual
+                assertEquals(1,shard.underlyingActor().getShardMBean().getCommittedTransactionsCount());
+
+                // Commit index should advance as we do not have an empty modification
+                assertEquals(0, shard.underlyingActor().getShardMBean().getCommitIndex());
+
+                shard.tell(PoisonPill.getInstance(), ActorRef.noSender());
+
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testCommitPhaseFailure() throws Throwable {
         new ShardTestKit(getSystem()) {{
@@ -661,34 +953,40 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
 
             waitUntilLeader(shard);
 
-            // Setup 2 simulated transactions with mock cohorts. The first one fails in the
-            // commit phase.
+            // Setup 2 mock cohorts. The first one fails in the commit phase.
 
-            String transactionID1 = "tx1";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification1 = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort1 = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort1");
+            final String transactionID1 = "tx1";
+            final DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort1 = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort1");
             doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(Boolean.TRUE)).when(cohort1).canCommit();
             doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(null)).when(cohort1).preCommit();
             doReturn(Futures.immediateFailedFuture(new IllegalStateException("mock"))).when(cohort1).commit();
 
-            String transactionID2 = "tx2";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification2 = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort2 = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort2");
+            final String transactionID2 = "tx2";
+            final DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort2 = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort2");
             doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(Boolean.TRUE)).when(cohort2).canCommit();
 
+            ShardCommitCoordinator.CohortDecorator cohortDecorator = new ShardCommitCoordinator.CohortDecorator() {
+                @Override
+                public DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort decorate(String transactionID,
+                        DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort actual) {
+                    return transactionID1.equals(transactionID) ? cohort1 : cohort2;
+                }
+            };
+
+            shard.underlyingActor().getCommitCoordinator().setCohortDecorator(cohortDecorator);
+
             FiniteDuration duration = duration("5 seconds");
             final Timeout timeout = new Timeout(duration);
 
-            // Simulate the ForwardedReadyTransaction messages that would be sent
-            // by the ShardTransaction.
+            // Send BatchedModifications to start and ready each transaction.
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID1, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort1, modification1, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID1, TestModel.TEST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID2, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort2, modification2, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID2, TestModel.TEST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
             // Send the CanCommitTransaction message for the first Tx.
 
@@ -741,19 +1039,27 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
             waitUntilLeader(shard);
 
             String transactionID = "tx1";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort1");
+            final DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort1");
             doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(Boolean.TRUE)).when(cohort).canCommit();
             doReturn(Futures.immediateFailedFuture(new IllegalStateException("mock"))).when(cohort).preCommit();
 
+            ShardCommitCoordinator.CohortDecorator cohortDecorator = new ShardCommitCoordinator.CohortDecorator() {
+                @Override
+                public DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort decorate(String transactionID,
+                        DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort actual) {
+                    return cohort;
+                }
+            };
+
+            shard.underlyingActor().getCommitCoordinator().setCohortDecorator(cohortDecorator);
+
             FiniteDuration duration = duration("5 seconds");
 
-            // Simulate the ForwardedReadyTransaction messages that would be sent
-            // by the ShardTransaction.
+            // Send BatchedModifications to start and ready a transaction.
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort, modification, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID, TestModel.TEST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
             // Send the CanCommitTransaction message.
 
@@ -788,16 +1094,24 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
             final FiniteDuration duration = duration("5 seconds");
 
             String transactionID = "tx1";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort1");
+            final DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort1");
             doReturn(Futures.immediateFailedFuture(new IllegalStateException("mock"))).when(cohort).canCommit();
 
-            // Simulate the ForwardedReadyTransaction messages that would be sent
-            // by the ShardTransaction.
+            ShardCommitCoordinator.CohortDecorator cohortDecorator = new ShardCommitCoordinator.CohortDecorator() {
+                @Override
+                public DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort decorate(String transactionID,
+                        DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort actual) {
+                    return cohort;
+                }
+            };
+
+            shard.underlyingActor().getCommitCoordinator().setCohortDecorator(cohortDecorator);
+
+            // Send BatchedModifications to start and ready a transaction.
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort, modification, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID, TestModel.TEST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
             // Send the CanCommitTransaction message.
 
@@ -841,14 +1155,9 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
                 }
             };
 
-            MutableCompositeModification modification = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort = setupMockWriteTransaction("cohort1", dataStore,
-                    TestModel.TEST_PATH, ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME),
-                    modification, preCommit);
-
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort, modification, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID, TestModel.TEST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
             shard.tell(new CanCommitTransaction(transactionID).toSerializable(), getRef());
             CanCommitTransactionReply canCommitReply = CanCommitTransactionReply.fromSerializable(
@@ -882,42 +1191,26 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
 
             final FiniteDuration duration = duration("5 seconds");
 
-            InMemoryDOMDataStore dataStore = shard.underlyingActor().getDataStore();
-
             writeToStore(shard, TestModel.TEST_PATH, ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME));
             writeToStore(shard, TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH,
                     ImmutableNodes.mapNodeBuilder(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME).build());
 
-            // Create 1st Tx - will timeout
+            // Create and ready the 1st Tx - will timeout
 
             String transactionID1 = "tx1";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification1 = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort1 = setupMockWriteTransaction("cohort1", dataStore,
-                    YangInstanceIdentifier.builder(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH)
-                        .nodeWithKey(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 1).build(),
-                    ImmutableNodes.mapEntry(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 1),
-                    modification1);
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID1, YangInstanceIdentifier.builder(
+                    TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH).nodeWithKey(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 1).build(),
+                ImmutableNodes.mapEntry(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 1), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
-            // Create 2nd Tx
+            // Create and ready the 2nd Tx
 
-            String transactionID2 = "tx3";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification2 = new MutableCompositeModification();
+            String transactionID2 = "tx2";
             YangInstanceIdentifier listNodePath = YangInstanceIdentifier.builder(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH)
-                .nodeWithKey(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 2).build();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort2 = setupMockWriteTransaction("cohort3", dataStore,
-                    listNodePath,
-                    ImmutableNodes.mapEntry(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 2),
-                    modification2);
-
-            // Ready the Tx's
-
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID1, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort1, modification1, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
-
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID2, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort2, modification2, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+                    .nodeWithKey(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 2).build();
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID2, listNodePath,
+                    ImmutableNodes.mapEntry(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME, TestModel.ID_QNAME, 2), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
             // canCommit 1st Tx. We don't send the commit so it should timeout.
 
@@ -954,38 +1247,23 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
 
             final FiniteDuration duration = duration("5 seconds");
 
-            InMemoryDOMDataStore dataStore = shard.underlyingActor().getDataStore();
-
             String transactionID1 = "tx1";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification1 = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort1 = setupMockWriteTransaction("cohort1", dataStore,
-                    TestModel.TEST_PATH, ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), modification1);
-
             String transactionID2 = "tx2";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification2 = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort2 = setupMockWriteTransaction("cohort2", dataStore,
-                    TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH,
-                    ImmutableNodes.mapNodeBuilder(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME).build(),
-                    modification2);
-
             String transactionID3 = "tx3";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification3 = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort3 = setupMockWriteTransaction("cohort3", dataStore,
-                    TestModel.TEST_PATH, ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), modification3);
 
-            // Ready the Tx's
+            // Send a BatchedModifications to start transactions and ready them.
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID1, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort1, modification1, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID1, TestModel.TEST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID2, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort2, modification2, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID2,TestModel.OUTER_LIST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.mapNodeBuilder(TestModel.OUTER_LIST_QNAME).build(), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID3, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort3, modification3, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID3, TestModel.TEST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
             // canCommit 1st Tx.
 
@@ -1030,30 +1308,37 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
 
             // Setup 2 simulated transactions with mock cohorts. The first one will be aborted.
 
-            String transactionID1 = "tx1";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification1 = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort1 = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort1");
+            final String transactionID1 = "tx1";
+            final DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort1 = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort1");
             doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(Boolean.TRUE)).when(cohort1).canCommit();
             doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(null)).when(cohort1).abort();
 
-            String transactionID2 = "tx2";
-            MutableCompositeModification modification2 = new MutableCompositeModification();
-            DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort2 = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort2");
+            final String transactionID2 = "tx2";
+            final DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort cohort2 = mock(DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort.class, "cohort2");
             doReturn(Futures.immediateFuture(Boolean.TRUE)).when(cohort2).canCommit();
 
             FiniteDuration duration = duration("5 seconds");
             final Timeout timeout = new Timeout(duration);
 
-            // Simulate the ForwardedReadyTransaction messages that would be sent
-            // by the ShardTransaction.
+            ShardCommitCoordinator.CohortDecorator cohortDecorator = new ShardCommitCoordinator.CohortDecorator() {
+                @Override
+                public DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort decorate(String transactionID,
+                        DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort actual) {
+                    return transactionID1.equals(transactionID) ? cohort1 : cohort2;
+                }
+            };
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID1, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort1, modification1, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            shard.underlyingActor().getCommitCoordinator().setCohortDecorator(cohortDecorator);
 
-            shard.tell(new ForwardedReadyTransaction(transactionID2, CURRENT_VERSION,
-                    cohort2, modification2, true), getRef());
-            expectMsgClass(duration, ReadyTransactionReply.SERIALIZABLE_CLASS);
+            // Send BatchedModifications to start and ready each transaction.
+
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID1, TestModel.TEST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
+
+            shard.tell(newBatchedModifications(transactionID2, TestModel.TEST_PATH,
+                    ImmutableNodes.containerNode(TestModel.TEST_QNAME), true), getRef());
+            expectMsgClass(duration, BatchedModificationsReply.class);
 
             // Send the CanCommitTransaction message for the first Tx.
 
@@ -1141,7 +1426,7 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
             Creator<Shard> creator = new Creator<Shard>() {
                 @Override
                 public Shard create() throws Exception {
-                    return new Shard(shardID, Collections.<ShardIdentifier,String>emptyMap(),
+                    return new Shard(shardID, Collections.<String,String>emptyMap(),
                             newDatastoreContext(), SCHEMA_CONTEXT) {
 
                         DelegatingPersistentDataProvider delegating;
@@ -1242,13 +1527,13 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
         final DatastoreContext persistentContext = DatastoreContext.newBuilder().
                 shardJournalRecoveryLogBatchSize(3).shardSnapshotBatchCount(5000).persistent(true).build();
 
-        final Props persistentProps = Shard.props(shardID, Collections.<ShardIdentifier, String>emptyMap(),
+        final Props persistentProps = Shard.props(shardID, Collections.<String, String>emptyMap(),
                 persistentContext, SCHEMA_CONTEXT);
 
         final DatastoreContext nonPersistentContext = DatastoreContext.newBuilder().
                 shardJournalRecoveryLogBatchSize(3).shardSnapshotBatchCount(5000).persistent(false).build();
 
-        final Props nonPersistentProps = Shard.props(shardID, Collections.<ShardIdentifier, String>emptyMap(),
+        final Props nonPersistentProps = Shard.props(shardID, Collections.<String, String>emptyMap(),
                 nonPersistentContext, SCHEMA_CONTEXT);
 
         new ShardTestKit(getSystem()) {{
@@ -1267,6 +1552,7 @@ public class ShardTest extends AbstractShardTest {
             shard2.tell(PoisonPill.getInstance(), ActorRef.noSender());
 
         }};
+
     }
 
     @Test