diff --git a/src/device/service/Tools.py b/src/device/service/Tools.py
index 6a62a75e71f0e02adb7fb1b70e4568b382494980..8717254cb59ad1b83a6e65ca3c1ba68757663674 100644
--- a/src/device/service/Tools.py
+++ b/src/device/service/Tools.py
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ def populate_endpoints(
         elif resource_key.startswith('/endpoints/endpoint'):
             endpoint_uuid = resource_value['uuid']
             _device_uuid = resource_value.get('device_uuid')
-            endpoint_name = resource_value.get('name')
 
             if _device_uuid is None:
                 # add endpoint to current device
@@ -185,11 +184,17 @@ def populate_endpoints(
                 device_endpoint = new_sub_devices[_device_uuid].device_endpoints.add()
                 device_endpoint.endpoint_id.device_id.device_uuid.uuid = _device_uuid
 
-            device_endpoint.endpoint_id.topology_id.context_id.context_uuid.uuid = DEFAULT_CONTEXT_NAME
-            device_endpoint.endpoint_id.topology_id.topology_uuid.uuid = DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_NAME
-            
             device_endpoint.endpoint_id.endpoint_uuid.uuid = endpoint_uuid
+
+            endpoint_context_uuid = resource_value.get('context_uuid', DEFAULT_CONTEXT_NAME)
+            device_endpoint.endpoint_id.topology_id.context_id.context_uuid.uuid = endpoint_context_uuid
+
+            endpoint_topology_uuid = resource_value.get('topology_uuid', DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_NAME)
+            device_endpoint.endpoint_id.topology_id.topology_uuid.uuid = endpoint_topology_uuid
+
+            endpoint_name = resource_value.get('name')
             if endpoint_name is not None: device_endpoint.name = endpoint_name
+
             device_endpoint.endpoint_type = resource_value.get('type', '-')
 
             sample_types : Dict[int, str] = resource_value.get('sample_types', {})
diff --git a/src/device/service/drivers/emulated/Tools.py b/src/device/service/drivers/emulated/Tools.py
index 4770cc6e6d2b2ccbf86d1e3764e62f03b48837e2..0ac92bf56d5538a5ed4d3e7c53bc480d5ecd40bd 100644
--- a/src/device/service/drivers/emulated/Tools.py
+++ b/src/device/service/drivers/emulated/Tools.py
@@ -13,34 +13,74 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import logging
-from typing import Any, Dict, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple
 from common.proto.kpi_sample_types_pb2 import KpiSampleType
+from common.type_checkers.Checkers import chk_attribute, chk_string, chk_type
 from device.service.driver_api._Driver import RESOURCE_ENDPOINTS
 from .Constants import SPECIAL_RESOURCE_MAPPINGS
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-def compose_resource_endpoint(endpoint_data : Dict[str, Any]) -> Tuple[str, Any]:
-    endpoint_uuid = endpoint_data.get('uuid')
-    if endpoint_uuid is None: return None
-    endpoint_resource_path = SPECIAL_RESOURCE_MAPPINGS.get(RESOURCE_ENDPOINTS)
-    endpoint_resource_key = '{:s}/endpoint[{:s}]'.format(endpoint_resource_path, endpoint_uuid)
-
-    endpoint_type = endpoint_data.get('type')
-    if endpoint_type is None: return None
-
-    endpoint_sample_types = endpoint_data.get('sample_types')
-    if endpoint_sample_types is None: return None
-
-    sample_types = {}
-    for endpoint_sample_type in endpoint_sample_types:
-        try:
-            metric_name = KpiSampleType.Name(endpoint_sample_type).lower().replace('kpisampletype_', '')
-        except: # pylint: disable=bare-except
-            LOGGER.warning('Unsupported EndPointSampleType({:s})'.format(str(endpoint_sample_type)))
-            continue
-        monitoring_resource_key = '{:s}/state/{:s}'.format(endpoint_resource_key, metric_name)
-        sample_types[endpoint_sample_type] = monitoring_resource_key
-
-    endpoint_resource_value = {'uuid': endpoint_uuid, 'type': endpoint_type, 'sample_types': sample_types}
-    return endpoint_resource_key, endpoint_resource_value
+def process_optional_string_field(
+    endpoint_data : Dict[str, Any], field_name : str, endpoint_resource_value : Dict[str, Any]
+) -> None:
+    field_value = chk_attribute(field_name, endpoint_data, 'endpoint_data', default=None)
+    if field_value is None: return
+    chk_string('endpoint_data.{:s}'.format(field_name), field_value)
+    if len(field_value) > 0: endpoint_resource_value[field_name] = field_value
+
+def compose_resource_endpoint(endpoint_data : Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[Tuple[str, Dict]]:
+    try:
+        # Check type of endpoint_data
+        chk_type('endpoint_data', endpoint_data, dict)
+
+        # Check endpoint UUID (mandatory)
+        endpoint_uuid = chk_attribute('uuid', endpoint_data, 'endpoint_data')
+        chk_string('endpoint_data.uuid', endpoint_uuid, min_length=1)
+        endpoint_resource_path = SPECIAL_RESOURCE_MAPPINGS.get(RESOURCE_ENDPOINTS)
+        endpoint_resource_key = '{:s}/endpoint[{:s}]'.format(endpoint_resource_path, endpoint_uuid)
+        endpoint_resource_value = {'uuid': endpoint_uuid}
+
+        # Check endpoint optional string fields
+        process_optional_string_field(endpoint_data, 'name', endpoint_resource_value)
+        process_optional_string_field(endpoint_data, 'type', endpoint_resource_value)
+        process_optional_string_field(endpoint_data, 'context_uuid', endpoint_resource_value)
+        process_optional_string_field(endpoint_data, 'topology_uuid', endpoint_resource_value)
+
+        # Check endpoint sample types (optional)
+        endpoint_sample_types = chk_attribute('sample_types', endpoint_data, 'endpoint_data', default=[])
+        chk_type('endpoint_data.sample_types', endpoint_sample_types, list)
+        sample_types = {}
+        sample_type_errors = []
+        for i,endpoint_sample_type in enumerate(endpoint_sample_types):
+            field_name = 'endpoint_data.sample_types[{:d}]'.format(i)
+            try:
+                chk_type(field_name, endpoint_sample_type, (int, str))
+                if isinstance(endpoint_sample_type, int):
+                    metric_name = KpiSampleType.Name(endpoint_sample_type)
+                    metric_id = endpoint_sample_type
+                elif isinstance(endpoint_sample_type, str):
+                    metric_id = KpiSampleType.Value(endpoint_sample_type)
+                    metric_name = endpoint_sample_type
+                else:
+                    str_type = str(type(endpoint_sample_type))
+                    raise Exception('Bad format: {:s}'.format(str_type)) # pylint: disable=broad-exception-raised
+            except Exception as e: # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
+                MSG = 'Unsupported {:s}({:s}) : {:s}'
+                sample_type_errors.append(MSG.format(field_name, str(endpoint_sample_type), str(e)))
+
+            metric_name = metric_name.lower().replace('kpisampletype_', '')
+            monitoring_resource_key = '{:s}/state/{:s}'.format(endpoint_resource_key, metric_name)
+            sample_types[metric_id] = monitoring_resource_key
+
+        if len(sample_type_errors) > 0:
+            # pylint: disable=broad-exception-raised
+            raise Exception('Malformed Sample Types:\n{:s}'.format('\n'.join(sample_type_errors)))
+
+        if len(sample_types) > 0:
+            endpoint_resource_value['sample_types'] = sample_types
+
+        return endpoint_resource_key, endpoint_resource_value
+    except: # pylint: disable=bare-except
+        LOGGER.exception('Problem composing endpoint({:s})'.format(str(endpoint_data)))
+        return None