diff --git a/briar-tests/src/org/briarproject/properties/TransportPropertyValidatorTest.java b/briar-tests/src/org/briarproject/properties/TransportPropertyValidatorTest.java
index 5aa57db71440c597f4fd13e3f8d60b3215995c43..27e44e82f6382b2b25627bd9c891aa6793f17b07 100644
--- a/briar-tests/src/org/briarproject/properties/TransportPropertyValidatorTest.java
+++ b/briar-tests/src/org/briarproject/properties/TransportPropertyValidatorTest.java
@@ -1,86 +1,70 @@
 package org.briarproject.properties;
 
 import org.briarproject.BriarTestCase;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
-import org.briarproject.api.data.BdfWriter;
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-
-import org.briarproject.properties.TransportPropertyValidator;
-import org.briarproject.api.properties.TransportProperties;
+import org.briarproject.TestUtils;
+import org.briarproject.api.DeviceId;
+import org.briarproject.api.FormatException;
 import org.briarproject.api.TransportId;
-import org.briarproject.api.sync.MessageId;
 import org.briarproject.api.UniqueId;
-import org.briarproject.api.sync.GroupId;
-import org.briarproject.api.sync.ClientId;
-import org.briarproject.api.DeviceId;
-import org.briarproject.api.data.BdfWriter;
-import org.briarproject.api.data.BdfList;
-import org.briarproject.api.data.BdfReader;
 import org.briarproject.api.clients.ClientHelper;
 import org.briarproject.api.data.BdfDictionary;
-import org.briarproject.api.data.BdfEntry;
+import org.briarproject.api.data.BdfList;
 import org.briarproject.api.data.MetadataEncoder;
-import org.briarproject.api.system.Clock;
-import org.briarproject.api.DeviceId;
-import org.briarproject.api.FormatException;
+import org.briarproject.api.sync.ClientId;
 import org.briarproject.api.sync.Group;
+import org.briarproject.api.sync.GroupId;
 import org.briarproject.api.sync.Message;
-import org.briarproject.api.properties.TransportPropertyManager;
-import org.briarproject.TestUtils;
-import org.briarproject.util.StringUtils;
+import org.briarproject.api.sync.MessageId;
+import org.briarproject.api.system.Clock;
+import org.jmock.Mockery;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.briarproject.api.TransportId.MAX_TRANSPORT_ID_LENGTH;
 import static org.briarproject.api.properties.TransportPropertyConstants.MAX_PROPERTIES_PER_TRANSPORT;
-
-import org.jmock.Expectations;
-import org.jmock.Mockery;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 public class TransportPropertyValidatorTest extends BriarTestCase {
 
-	private TransportId transportId;
-	private MessageId messageId;
-	private GroupId groupId;
-	private ClientId clientId;
-	private DeviceId deviceId;
-
-	private final ClientHelper h;
-	private final MetadataEncoder e;
-	private final Clock c;
-	private final Group g;
+	private final TransportId transportId;
+	private final DeviceId deviceId;
+	private final BdfDictionary bdfDictionary;
+	private final Group group;
+	private final Message message;
 	private final TransportPropertyValidator tpv;
-	private final BdfDictionary d;
 
-    public TransportPropertyValidatorTest () {
+    public TransportPropertyValidatorTest() {
 		transportId = new TransportId("test");
-		messageId = new MessageId(TestUtils.getRandomId());
-		groupId = new GroupId(TestUtils.getRandomId());
-		clientId = new ClientId(TestUtils.getRandomId());
-		deviceId = new DeviceId(TestUtils.getRandomId());
-
-		Mockery context = new Mockery();
-		h = context.mock(ClientHelper.class);
-		e = context.mock(MetadataEncoder.class);
-		c = context.mock(Clock.class);
-		g = new Group(groupId, clientId, TestUtils.getRandomBytes(12));
-		d = new BdfDictionary();
-		tpv = new TransportPropertyValidator(
-				h, e, c);
+	    deviceId = new DeviceId(TestUtils.getRandomId());
+	    bdfDictionary = new BdfDictionary();
+
+	    GroupId groupId = new GroupId(TestUtils.getRandomId());
+	    ClientId clientId = new ClientId(TestUtils.getRandomId());
+	    byte[] descriptor = TestUtils.getRandomBytes(12);
+	    group = new Group(groupId, clientId, descriptor);
+
+	    MessageId messageId = new MessageId(TestUtils.getRandomId());
+	    long timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+	    byte[] body = TestUtils.getRandomBytes(123);
+	    message = new Message(messageId, groupId, timestamp, body);
+
+	    Mockery context = new Mockery();
+	    ClientHelper clientHelper = context.mock(ClientHelper.class);
+	    MetadataEncoder metadataEncoder = context.mock(MetadataEncoder.class);
+	    Clock clock = context.mock(Clock.class);
+
+		tpv = new TransportPropertyValidator(clientHelper, metadataEncoder,
+				clock);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testValidateProperMessage() throws IOException {
 
-		BdfDictionary result;
-		final BdfList m = BdfList.of(deviceId, transportId.getString(), 4, d);
+		BdfList body = BdfList.of(deviceId, transportId.getString(), 4,
+				bdfDictionary);
 
-		result = tpv.validateMessage(m, g, 1L);
+	    BdfDictionary result = tpv.validateMessage(message, group, body);
 
 		assertEquals("test", result.getString("transportId"));
 		assertEquals(result.getLong("version").longValue(), 4);
@@ -90,63 +74,64 @@ public class TransportPropertyValidatorTest extends BriarTestCase {
     public void testValidateWrongVersionValue() throws IOException {
 
 		/* Will create a negative version number */
-		BdfList m = BdfList.of(deviceId, transportId.getString(), -1, d);
-		tpv.validateMessage(m, g, 1L);
+		BdfList body = BdfList.of(deviceId, transportId.getString(), -1,
+				bdfDictionary);
+		tpv.validateMessage(message, group, body);
 	}
 
     @Test(expected = FormatException.class)
     public void testValidateWrongVersionType() throws IOException {
 
 		/* Instead of sending a version number I'm sending a dict */
-		BdfList m = BdfList.of(deviceId, transportId.getString(), d, d);
-		tpv.validateMessage(m, g, 1L);
+		BdfList body = BdfList.of(deviceId, transportId.getString(),
+				bdfDictionary, bdfDictionary);
+		tpv.validateMessage(message, group, body);
 	}
 
     @Test(expected = FormatException.class)
     public void testValidateShortDeviceId() throws IOException {
 
 		/* Will create a Device Id with a short length, getRaw should work */
-		BdfList m = BdfList.of(new byte[UniqueId.LENGTH-1],
-				transportId.getString(), 1, d);
-		tpv.validateMessage(m, g, 1L);
+		BdfList body = BdfList.of(new byte[UniqueId.LENGTH - 1],
+				transportId.getString(), 1, bdfDictionary);
+		tpv.validateMessage(message, group, body);
 	}
 
     @Test(expected = FormatException.class)
 	public void testValidateLongDeviceId() throws IOException {
 
-		BdfList m = BdfList.of(new byte[UniqueId.LENGTH+1],
-				transportId.getString(), 1, d);
-		tpv.validateMessage(m, g, 1L);
+		BdfList body = BdfList.of(new byte[UniqueId.LENGTH + 1],
+				transportId.getString(), 1, bdfDictionary);
+		tpv.validateMessage(message, group, body);
 	}
 
     @Test(expected = FormatException.class)
 	public void testValidateWrongDeviceId() throws IOException {
 
-		BdfList m = BdfList.of(d, transportId.getString(), 1, d);
-		tpv.validateMessage(m, g, 1L);
+		BdfList body = BdfList.of(bdfDictionary, transportId.getString(), 1,
+				bdfDictionary);
+		tpv.validateMessage(message, group, body);
 	}
 
-    @Test(expected =FormatException.class)
+    @Test(expected = FormatException.class)
     public void testValidateLongTransportId() throws IOException {
 
 		/* Generate a string or arbitrary length for the transport id*/
-		String wrongTransportIdString = TestUtils.createRandomString(MAX_TRANSPORT_ID_LENGTH + 1);
-		BdfList m = BdfList.of(deviceId, wrongTransportIdString, 4, d);
-
-		tpv.validateMessage(m, g, 1L);
+		String wrongTransportIdString =
+				TestUtils.createRandomString(MAX_TRANSPORT_ID_LENGTH + 1);
+		BdfList body = BdfList.of(deviceId, wrongTransportIdString, 4,
+				bdfDictionary);
+		tpv.validateMessage(message, group, body);
 	}
 
     @Test(expected = FormatException.class)
     public void testValidateTooManyProperties() throws IOException {
 
 		/* Generate a big map for the BdfDictionary*/
-		HashMap map = new HashMap();
+	    BdfDictionary d = new BdfDictionary();
 		for (int i = 0; i < MAX_PROPERTIES_PER_TRANSPORT + 1; i++)
-			map.put("" + i, "" + i);
-		BdfDictionary d = new BdfDictionary(map);
-
-		BdfList m = BdfList.of(deviceId, transportId.getString(), 4, d);
-
-		tpv.validateMessage(m, g, 1L);
+			d.put(String.valueOf(i), i);
+		BdfList body = BdfList.of(deviceId, transportId.getString(), 4, d);
+		tpv.validateMessage(message, group, body);
 	}
 }