diff --git a/apps/cfm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/soam/web/DmCreateCodec.java b/apps/cfm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/soam/web/DmCreateCodec.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.soam.web;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsIllegal;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.Mep.Priority;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.identifier.MepId;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.soam.SoamConfigException;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.soam.StartTime;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.soam.StopTime;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.soam.delay.DefaultDelayMeasurementCreate;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.soam.delay.DelayMeasurementCreate;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.soam.delay.DelayMeasurementCreate.DmCreateBuilder;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.soam.delay.DelayMeasurementCreate.DmType;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.soam.delay.DelayMeasurementCreate.MeasurementOption;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.soam.delay.DelayMeasurementCreate.Version;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
+/**
+ * Encode and decode to/from JSON to DelayMeasurementCreate object.
+ */
+public class DmCreateCodec extends JsonCodec<DelayMeasurementCreate> {
+
+    private static final String VERSION = "version";
+    private static final String DM = "dm";
+    private static final String DM_CFG_TYPE = "dmCfgType";
+    private static final String DMDMM = "DMDMM";
+    private static final String REMOTE_MEP_ID = "remoteMepId";
+    private static final String PRIORITY = "priority";
+    private static final String MEASUREMENTS_ENABLED = "measurementsEnabled";
+    private static final String BINS_PER_FD_INTERVAL = "binsPerFdInterval";
+    private static final String BINS_PER_IFDV_INTERVAL = "binsPerIfdvInterval";
+    private static final String IFDV_SELECTION_OFFSET = "ifdvSelectionOffset";
+    private static final String BINS_PER_FDR_INTERVAL = "binsPerFdrInterval";
+    private static final String FRAME_SIZE = "frameSize";
+    private static final String MESSAGE_PERIOD_MS = "messagePeriodMs";
+    private static final String MEASUREMENT_INTERVAL_MINS = "measurementIntervalMins";
+    private static final String ALIGN_MEASUREMENT_INTERVALS = "alignMeasurementIntervals";
+    private static final String ALIGN_MEASUREMENT_OFFSET_MINS = "alignMeasurementOffsetMins";
+    private static final String START_TIME = "startTime";
+    private static final String STOP_TIME = "stopTime";
+
+    @Override
+    public DelayMeasurementCreate decode(ObjectNode json,
+            CodecContext context) {
+
+        if (json == null || !json.isObject()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        JsonNode dmNode = json.get(DM);
+        Version version = Version.Y17312011;
+        if (dmNode.get(VERSION) != null) {
+            version = Version.valueOf(dmNode.get(VERSION).asText());
+        }
+        DmType dmCfgType = DmType.DMDMM;
+        if (dmNode.get(DM_CFG_TYPE) != null) {
+            dmCfgType = DmType.valueOf(dmNode.get(DM_CFG_TYPE).asText(DMDMM));
+        }
+        MepId remoteMepId = MepId.valueOf(
+                nullIsIllegal(dmNode.get(REMOTE_MEP_ID), REMOTE_MEP_ID + " is required")
+                .shortValue());
+        Priority prio = Priority.valueOf(nullIsIllegal(dmNode.get(PRIORITY),
+                PRIORITY + " is required in the format 'PRIOn'").asText());
+
+        try {
+            DmCreateBuilder builder = DefaultDelayMeasurementCreate
+                    .builder(dmCfgType, version, remoteMepId, prio);
+
+            if (dmNode.get(MEASUREMENTS_ENABLED) != null) {
+                context.codec(MeasurementOption.class)
+                    .decode((ArrayNode) (dmNode.get(MEASUREMENTS_ENABLED)), context)
+                    .forEach(builder::addToMeasurementsEnabled);
+            }
+
+            if (dmNode.get(BINS_PER_FD_INTERVAL) != null) {
+                builder = builder.binsPerFdInterval(
+                        (short) dmNode.get(BINS_PER_FD_INTERVAL).asInt());
+            }
+            if (dmNode.get(BINS_PER_IFDV_INTERVAL) != null) {
+                builder = builder.binsPerIfdvInterval(
+                        (short) dmNode.get(BINS_PER_IFDV_INTERVAL).asInt());
+            }
+            if (dmNode.get(IFDV_SELECTION_OFFSET) != null) {
+                builder = builder.ifdvSelectionOffset(
+                        (short) dmNode.get(IFDV_SELECTION_OFFSET).asInt());
+            }
+            if (dmNode.get(BINS_PER_FDR_INTERVAL) != null) {
+                builder = builder.binsPerFdrInterval(
+                        (short) dmNode.get(BINS_PER_FDR_INTERVAL).asInt());
+            }
+            if (dmNode.get(FRAME_SIZE) != null) {
+                builder = (DmCreateBuilder) builder.frameSize(
+                        (short) dmNode.get(FRAME_SIZE).asInt());
+            }
+            if (dmNode.get(MESSAGE_PERIOD_MS) != null) {
+                builder = (DmCreateBuilder) builder.messagePeriod(Duration.ofMillis(
+                        dmNode.get(MESSAGE_PERIOD_MS).asInt()));
+            }
+            if (dmNode.get(MEASUREMENT_INTERVAL_MINS) != null) {
+                builder = (DmCreateBuilder) builder.measurementInterval(
+                        Duration.ofMinutes(
+                        dmNode.get(MEASUREMENT_INTERVAL_MINS).asInt()));
+            }
+            if (dmNode.get(ALIGN_MEASUREMENT_INTERVALS) != null) {
+                builder = (DmCreateBuilder) builder.alignMeasurementIntervals(
+                        dmNode.get(ALIGN_MEASUREMENT_INTERVALS).asBoolean());
+            }
+            if (dmNode.get(ALIGN_MEASUREMENT_OFFSET_MINS) != null) {
+                builder = (DmCreateBuilder) builder.alignMeasurementOffset(Duration.ofMinutes(
+                        dmNode.get(ALIGN_MEASUREMENT_OFFSET_MINS).asInt()));
+            }
+            if (dmNode.get(START_TIME) != null) {
+                builder = (DmCreateBuilder) builder.startTime(context.codec(StartTime.class)
+                .decode((ObjectNode) dmNode.get(START_TIME), context));
+            }
+            if (dmNode.get(STOP_TIME) != null) {
+                builder = (DmCreateBuilder) builder.stopTime(context.codec(StopTime.class)
+                .decode((ObjectNode) dmNode.get(STOP_TIME), context));
+            }
+
+            return builder.build();
+        } catch (SoamConfigException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(DelayMeasurementCreate dm, CodecContext context) {
+        checkNotNull(dm, "DM cannot be null");
+        ObjectNode result = context.mapper().createObjectNode()
+                .put(DM_CFG_TYPE, dm.dmCfgType().name())
+                .put(VERSION, dm.version().name())
+                .put(REMOTE_MEP_ID, dm.remoteMepId().id())
+                .put(PRIORITY, dm.priority().name());
+
+        if (dm.measurementsEnabled() != null) {
+            result.set(MEASUREMENTS_ENABLED, new DmMeasurementOptionCodec()
+                    .encode(dm.measurementsEnabled(), context));
+        }
+
+        if (dm.messagePeriod() != null) {
+            result.put(MESSAGE_PERIOD_MS, dm.messagePeriod().toMillis());
+        }
+        if (dm.frameSize() != null) {
+            result.put(FRAME_SIZE, dm.frameSize());
+        }
+
+
+        return result;
+    }
+}