diff --git a/of-save/lib/src/main/java/org/projectfloodlight/openflow/types/OFAuxId.java b/of-save/lib/src/main/java/org/projectfloodlight/openflow/types/OFAuxId.java
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+package org.projectfloodlight.openflow.types;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.exceptions.OFParseError;
+
+import com.google.common.hash.PrimitiveSink;
+import com.google.common.primitives.Shorts;
+
+public class OFAuxId implements Comparable<OFAuxId>, PrimitiveSinkable {
+    
+    private static final short VALIDATION_MASK = 0xFF;
+    
+    private static final short MAIN_VAL = 0x0000;
+    
+    public static final OFAuxId MAIN = new OFAuxId(MAIN_VAL);
+            
+    private final short id;
+
+    private OFAuxId(short id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public static OFAuxId of(short id) {
+        switch(id) {
+            case MAIN_VAL:
+                return MAIN;
+            default:
+                if ((id & VALIDATION_MASK) != id)
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal Aux id value: " + id);
+                return new OFAuxId(id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static OFAuxId of(int id) {
+        if((id & VALIDATION_MASK) != id)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal Aux id value: "+id);
+        return of((short) id);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "0x" + Integer.toHexString(id);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        final int prime = 31;
+        int result = 1;
+        result = prime * result + id;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) return true;
+        if (obj == null) return false;
+        if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) return false;
+        OFAuxId other = (OFAuxId) obj;
+        if (id != other.id) return false;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public short getValue() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void writeByte(ChannelBuffer c) {
+        c.writeByte(this.id);
+    }
+
+    public static OFAuxId readByte(ChannelBuffer c) throws OFParseError {
+        return OFAuxId.of(c.readUnsignedByte());
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(OFAuxId other) {
+        return Shorts.compare(this.id, other.id);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void putTo(PrimitiveSink sink) {
+        sink.putByte((byte) id);
+    }
+
+}