diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index ab342c2..bd30562 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ PLATFORM_SRCS=$(PLATFORM)/dglogging.cpp
 UTIL=./util
 UTIL_SRCS=$(UTIL)/graphanalyzer.cpp \
           $(UTIL)/nodenameutils.cpp \
+          $(UTIL)/processorcontainergenerator.cpp \
           $(NULL)
 
 # Test Utilities
diff --git a/unit-test/full/test_list.h b/unit-test/full/test_list.h
index 11f22b9..df68c54 100644
--- a/unit-test/full/test_list.h
+++ b/unit-test/full/test_list.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "test_graphstatestore.h"
 #include "test_graphtestutils.h"
 #include "test_nodenameutils.h"
+#include "test_processorcontainergenerator.h"
 #include "test_testsplitterdetector.h"
 #include "test_topicstate.h"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ typedef int (*test_fp)(void);
     graphstatestore_testsuite, \
     graphtestutils_testsuite, \
     nodenameutils_testsuite, \
+    processorcontainergenerator_testsuite, \
     testsplitterdetector_testsuite, \
     topicstate_testsuite, \
 }
diff --git a/unit-test/full/test_processorcontainergenerator.cpp b/unit-test/full/test_processorcontainergenerator.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8ae8a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unit-test/full/test_processorcontainergenerator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Nest Labs, Inc.
+//
+// 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.
+
+#include "nltest.h"
+#include "errortype.hpp"
+
+#include "test_processorcontainergenerator.h"
+
+#include "processorcontainergenerator.hpp"
+#include "graph.hpp"
+#include "detector.hpp"
+#include "nodenameutils.hpp"
+
+#include <typeinfo>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+
+#define HPP_DIR               "tmptest/cpp/"
+
+#define SUITE_DECLARATION(name, test_ptr) { #name, test_ptr, setup_##name, teardown_##name }
+
+using namespace DetectorGraph;
+
+static int setup_processorcontainergenerator(void *inContext)
+{
+    int r;
+
+    r = system("mkdir -p " HPP_DIR);
+
+    return r;
+}
+
+static int teardown_processorcontainergenerator(void *inContext)
+{
+    int r = 0;
+
+    r = system("rm -fR " HPP_DIR "*");
+
+    return r;
+}
+
+// TODO(DGRAPH-3): do actual stuff here.
+static void Test_EmptyGraph(nlTestSuite *inSuite, void *inContext)
+{
+    Graph graph;
+    ProcessorContainerGenerator processorContainerGenerator(graph);
+    processorContainerGenerator.GenerateClass(HPP_DIR "emptygraph.hpp");
+}
+
+struct TestTopicStateA : public DetectorGraph::TopicState {};
+struct TestTopicStateB : public DetectorGraph::TopicState {};
+class TestDetectorA : public DetectorGraph::Detector
+, public SubscriberInterface<TestTopicStateA>
+, public Publisher<TestTopicStateB>
+{
+public:
+    TestDetectorA(Graph* graph)
+    : DetectorGraph::Detector(graph)
+    {
+        Subscribe<TestTopicStateA>(this);
+        SetupPublishing<TestTopicStateB>(this);
+    }
+
+    void Evaluate(const TestTopicStateA& aTestTopicStateA)
+    {
+
+        Publisher<TestTopicStateB>::Publish(TestTopicStateB());
+    }
+};
+
+// TODO(DGRAPH-3): TEST actual stuff here.
+static void Test_GetVertexMeta(nlTestSuite *inSuite, void *inContext)
+{
+    Graph graph;
+    TestDetectorA detectorA(&graph);
+
+    ProcessorContainerGenerator processorContainerGenerator(graph);
+    processorContainerGenerator.SetStringFilter(&NodeNameUtils::GetDemangledName);
+    std::vector<ProcessorContainerGenerator::VertexMeta> vertices = processorContainerGenerator.GetVerticesData();
+
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < vertices.size(); i++)
+    {
+        const ProcessorContainerGenerator::VertexMeta& vertexMeta = vertices[i];
+        printf("Vertex %d, Type %d, Class=%s, Instance=%s\n", i, int(vertexMeta.type),
+            vertexMeta.className.c_str(), vertexMeta.instanceName.c_str());
+    }
+}
+
+// TODO(DGRAPH-3): TEST actual stuff here.
+static void Test_SingleDetector(nlTestSuite *inSuite, void *inContext)
+{
+    Graph graph;
+    TestDetectorA detectorA(&graph);
+
+    ProcessorContainerGenerator processorContainerGenerator(graph);
+    processorContainerGenerator.SetStringFilter(&NodeNameUtils::GetDemangledName);
+    processorcontainergenerator.SetOutputClassName("TestAGraph");
+    processorContainerGenerator.GenerateClass(HPP_DIR "singledetector.hpp");
+}
+
+static const nlTest sTests[] = {
+    NL_TEST_DEF("Test_EmptyGraph", Test_EmptyGraph),
+    NL_TEST_DEF("Test_GetVertexMeta", Test_GetVertexMeta),
+    NL_TEST_DEF("Test_SingleDetector", Test_SingleDetector),
+    NL_TEST_SENTINEL()
+};
+
+//This function creates the Suite (i.e: the name of your test and points to the array of test functions)
+extern "C"
+int processorcontainergenerator_testsuite(void)
+{
+    nlTestSuite theSuite = SUITE_DECLARATION(processorcontainergenerator, &sTests[0]);
+    nlTestRunner(&theSuite, NULL);
+    return nlTestRunnerStats(&theSuite);
+}
diff --git a/unit-test/full/test_processorcontainergenerator.h b/unit-test/full/test_processorcontainergenerator.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caf4eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unit-test/full/test_processorcontainergenerator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 Nest Labs, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef DETECTORGRAPH_UNIT_TEST_PROCESSORCONTAINERGENERATOR_H_
+#define DETECTORGRAPH_UNIT_TEST_PROCESSORCONTAINERGENERATOR_H_
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+    int processorcontainergenerator_testsuite(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/util/processorcontainergenerator.cpp b/util/processorcontainergenerator.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db4a831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/processorcontainergenerator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Nest Labs, Inc.
+//
+// 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.
+
+#include "processorcontainergenerator.hpp"
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <list>
+#include <typeinfo>
+
+#include "dglogging.hpp"
+
+namespace DetectorGraph
+{
+
+ProcessorContainerGenerator::ProcessorContainerGenerator(Graph& aGraph)
+:   mGraph(aGraph)
+,   mStringFilter(NULL)
+,   mProcessorContainerName("GeneratedProcessorContainer")
+{
+}
+
+void ProcessorContainerGenerator::SetStringFilter(std::string (*aStringFilter)(const std::string&))
+{
+    mStringFilter = aStringFilter;
+}
+
+void ProcessorContainerGenerator::SetOutputClassName(const std::string& aClassName)
+{
+    mProcessorContainerName = aClassName;
+}
+
+std::vector<ProcessorContainerGenerator::VertexMeta> ProcessorContainerGenerator::GetVerticesData()
+{
+    std::vector<VertexMeta> vertexMetaVector;
+    DetectorGraph::ErrorType r;
+    r = mGraph.TopoSortGraph();
+    if (r != DetectorGraph::ErrorType_Success)
+    {
+        DG_LOG("Failed to get graph's Topological Sort.");
+        DG_ASSERT(false);
+    }
+
+    for (std::list< Vertex* >::const_iterator vertexIt = mGraph.GetVertices().begin();
+        vertexIt != mGraph.GetVertices().end();
+        ++vertexIt)
+    {
+        const Vertex* vertex = (*vertexIt);
+        VertexMeta vertexMetadata;
+        vertexMetadata.className = GetClassName(vertex->GetName());
+        vertexMetadata.type = vertex->GetVertexType();
+        vertexMetadata.instanceName = GetInstanceName(vertexMetadata.className, vertexMetadata.type);
+
+        vertexMetaVector.push_back(vertexMetadata);
+    }
+
+    return vertexMetaVector;
+}
+
+void ProcessorContainerGenerator::GenerateClass(const std::string& aOutFilePath)
+{
+    ofstream cppHeaderFile;
+    cppHeaderFile.open(aOutFilePath.c_str());
+
+    if (cppHeaderFile.is_open())
+    {
+        std::vector<ProcessorContainerGenerator::VertexMeta> vertices = GetVerticesData();
+
+        cppHeaderFile << "#include \"graph.hpp\"" << endl;
+        cppHeaderFile << "#include \"detector.hpp\"" << endl;
+        cppHeaderFile << "#include \"processorcontainer.hpp\"" << endl;
+
+        cppHeaderFile << endl;
+
+        cppHeaderFile << "class " << mProcessorContainerName << " : public DetectorGraph::ProcessorContainer" << endl;
+        cppHeaderFile << "{" << endl;
+        cppHeaderFile << "public:" << endl;
+        cppHeaderFile << "    " << mProcessorContainerName << "()" << endl;
+
+        for (unsigned nodeIndex = 0; nodeIndex < vertices.size(); nodeIndex++)
+        {
+            if (nodeIndex == 0)
+            {
+                cppHeaderFile << "    : ";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                cppHeaderFile << "    , ";
+            }
+
+            if (vertices[nodeIndex].type == DetectorGraph::Vertex::kDetectorVertex)
+            {
+                cppHeaderFile << vertices[nodeIndex].instanceName << "(&mGraph)" << endl;
+            }
+            else if (vertices[nodeIndex].type == DetectorGraph::Vertex::kTopicVertex)
+            {
+                cppHeaderFile << vertices[nodeIndex].instanceName << "(mGraph.ResolveTopic<";
+                cppHeaderFile << vertices[nodeIndex].className << ">())" << endl;
+            }
+        }
+        cppHeaderFile << "    {" << endl;
+        cppHeaderFile << "    }" << endl;
+
+        for (unsigned nodeIndex = 0; nodeIndex < vertices.size(); nodeIndex++)
+        {
+            if (vertices[nodeIndex].type == DetectorGraph::Vertex::kDetectorVertex)
+            {
+                cppHeaderFile << "    " << vertices[nodeIndex].className << " ";
+                cppHeaderFile << vertices[nodeIndex].instanceName << ";" << endl;
+            }
+            else if (vertices[nodeIndex].type == DetectorGraph::Vertex::kTopicVertex)
+            {
+                cppHeaderFile << "    " << vertices[nodeIndex].className << "* ";
+                cppHeaderFile << vertices[nodeIndex].instanceName << ";" << endl;
+            }
+        }
+        cppHeaderFile << "};" << endl;
+
+        cppHeaderFile.close();
+
+        DG_LOG("Sorted DetectorGraph::ProcessorContainer header file created at: %s", aOutFilePath.c_str());
+    }
+}
+
+std::string ProcessorContainerGenerator::GetClassName(const char* aCompilerName) const
+{
+    std::string retString = std::string(aCompilerName);
+    if (mStringFilter)
+    {
+        retString = mStringFilter(retString);
+    }
+
+    return retString;
+}
+
+std::string ProcessorContainerGenerator::GetInstanceName(const std::string& aClassName, DetectorGraph::Vertex::VertexType type) const
+{
+    std::string instanceName = aClassName;
+
+    std::string::size_type lastNamespaceDelimiterPos;
+    lastNamespaceDelimiterPos = instanceName.rfind("::");
+    if (lastNamespaceDelimiterPos != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        lastNamespaceDelimiterPos += 2; // "::".size()
+        instanceName.erase(0, lastNamespaceDelimiterPos);
+    }
+
+    if (type == DetectorGraph::Vertex::kDetectorVertex)
+    {
+        return "m" + instanceName;
+    }
+    else if (type == DetectorGraph::Vertex::kTopicVertex)
+    {
+        instanceName.erase(0, 6); // "Topic<".size()
+        instanceName.erase(instanceName.size()-1, 1); // ">"
+        instanceName.append("Topic");
+        return "mp" + instanceName;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return instanceName;
+    }
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/util/processorcontainergenerator.hpp b/util/processorcontainergenerator.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a885da6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/processorcontainergenerator.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Nest Labs, Inc.
+//
+// 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.
+
+#ifndef DETECTORGRAPH_UTIL_PROCESSORCONTAINERGENERATOR_HPP_
+#define DETECTORGRAPH_UTIL_PROCESSORCONTAINERGENERATOR_HPP_
+
+
+#include "graph.hpp"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace DetectorGraph
+{
+
+using namespace std;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Class that provides debugging/diagnostics to a DetectorGraph detector graph
+ *
+ * This is just an early prototype.
+ *
+ * TODO(DGRAPH-3):
+ * - Add Lite vs. Full style options
+ * - Add Generate Topics bool?
+ * - Upstream Lite TopicContainer API.
+ */
+class ProcessorContainerGenerator
+{
+public:
+    struct VertexMeta
+    {
+        std::string className;
+        std::string instanceName;
+        DetectorGraph::Vertex::VertexType type;
+    };
+
+    ProcessorContainerGenerator(Graph& aGraph);
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Sets a string-filter to cleanup compiler-generated names
+     * (through typeid(*this).name()).
+     */
+    void SetStringFilter(std::string (*aStringFilter)(const std::string&));
+
+    void SetOutputClassName(const std::string& aClassName);
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Print a C++ header for an ordered ProcessContainer
+     */
+    void GenerateClass(const std::string& aOutFilePath);
+
+    std::vector<VertexMeta> GetVerticesData();
+
+private:
+    std::string GetClassName(const char* aCompilerName) const;
+    std::string GetInstanceName(const std::string& aNodeName, DetectorGraph::Vertex::VertexType type) const;
+
+private:
+    Graph& mGraph;
+    std::string (*mStringFilter)(const std::string&);
+    std::string mProcessorContainerName;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // DETECTORGRAPH_UTIL_PROCESSORCONTAINERGENERATOR_HPP_