diff --git a/utils/osgi/pom.xml b/utils/osgi/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onlab.onos</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-utils</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-utils-osgi</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>OSGI utilities</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/utils/osgi/src/main/java/org/onlab/osgi/DefaultServiceDirectory.java b/utils/osgi/src/main/java/org/onlab/osgi/DefaultServiceDirectory.java
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+++ b/utils/osgi/src/main/java/org/onlab/osgi/DefaultServiceDirectory.java
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+package org.onlab.osgi;
+
+import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
+import org.osgi.framework.FrameworkUtil;
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation of the service directory using OSGi framework utilities.
+ */
+public class DefaultServiceDirectory implements ServiceDirectory {
+    @Override
+    public <T> T get(Class<T> serviceClass) {
+        BundleContext bc = FrameworkUtil.getBundle(serviceClass).getBundleContext();
+        T impl = bc.getService(bc.getServiceReference(serviceClass));
+        if (impl == null) {
+            throw new ServiceNotFoundException("Service " + serviceClass.getName() + " not found");
+        }
+        return impl;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/utils/osgi/src/main/java/org/onlab/osgi/ServiceDirectory.java b/utils/osgi/src/main/java/org/onlab/osgi/ServiceDirectory.java
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+++ b/utils/osgi/src/main/java/org/onlab/osgi/ServiceDirectory.java
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+package org.onlab.osgi;
+
+/**
+ * Simple abstraction of a service directory where service implementations can
+ * be found by the class name of the interfaces they provide.
+ */
+public interface ServiceDirectory {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns implementation of the specified service class.
+     * @param serviceClass service class
+     * @param <T> type of service
+     * @return implementation class
+     * @throws ServiceNotFoundException if no implementation found
+     */
+    <T> T get(Class<T> serviceClass);
+
+}
diff --git a/utils/osgi/src/main/java/org/onlab/osgi/ServiceNotFoundException.java b/utils/osgi/src/main/java/org/onlab/osgi/ServiceNotFoundException.java
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+++ b/utils/osgi/src/main/java/org/onlab/osgi/ServiceNotFoundException.java
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+package org.onlab.osgi;
+
+/**
+ * Represents condition where some service is not found or not available.
+ */
+public class ServiceNotFoundException extends RuntimeException {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new exception with no message.
+     */
+    public ServiceNotFoundException() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new exception with the supplied message.
+     * @param message error message
+     */
+    public ServiceNotFoundException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new exception with the supplied message and cause.
+     * @param message error message
+     * @param cause cause of the error
+     */
+    public ServiceNotFoundException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/utils/osgi/src/main/java/org/onlab/osgi/TestServiceDirectory.java b/utils/osgi/src/main/java/org/onlab/osgi/TestServiceDirectory.java
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+++ b/utils/osgi/src/main/java/org/onlab/osgi/TestServiceDirectory.java
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+package org.onlab.osgi;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ClassToInstanceMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.MutableClassToInstanceMap;
+
+/**
+ * Service directory implementation suitable for testing.
+ */
+public class TestServiceDirectory implements ServiceDirectory {
+
+    private ClassToInstanceMap<Object> services = MutableClassToInstanceMap.create();
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> T get(Class<T> serviceClass) {
+        return services.getInstance(serviceClass);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a new service to the directory.
+     *
+     * @param serviceClass service class
+     * @param service service instance
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public TestServiceDirectory add(Class serviceClass, Object service) {
+        services.putInstance(serviceClass, service);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/utils/osgi/src/main/javadoc/org/onlab/osgi/package.html b/utils/osgi/src/main/javadoc/org/onlab/osgi/package.html
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+++ b/utils/osgi/src/main/javadoc/org/onlab/osgi/package.html
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+<body>
+Facilities for building testable components in OSGi independent fashion.
+</body>
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diff --git a/utils/pom.xml b/utils/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onlab.onos</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-utils</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <description>Domain agnostic utilities</description>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>osgi</module>
+        <module>rest</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/utils/rest/pom.xml b/utils/rest/pom.xml
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+++ b/utils/rest/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onlab.onos</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-utils</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-utils-rest</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>JAX-RS utilities</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-servlet</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-core</artifactId>
+            <version>1.18.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-grizzly2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.18.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onlab.onos</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-utils-osgi</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/utils/rest/src/main/java/org/onlab/rest/BaseResource.java b/utils/rest/src/main/java/org/onlab/rest/BaseResource.java
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+++ b/utils/rest/src/main/java/org/onlab/rest/BaseResource.java
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+package org.onlab.rest;
+
+import org.onlab.osgi.DefaultServiceDirectory;
+import org.onlab.osgi.ServiceDirectory;
+
+/**
+ * Base abstraction of a JAX-RS resource.
+ */
+public abstract class BaseResource {
+
+    private static ServiceDirectory services = new DefaultServiceDirectory();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets alternate service directory to be used for lookups.
+     * <p>
+     * Intended to ease unit testing and not intended for use in production.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param serviceDirectory alternate service directory
+     */
+    public static void setServiceDirectory(ServiceDirectory serviceDirectory) {
+        services = serviceDirectory;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns reference to the specified service implementation.
+     *
+     * @param service service class
+     * @param <T>     type of service
+     * @return service implementation
+     */
+    protected static <T> T get(Class<T> service) {
+        return services.get(service);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/utils/rest/src/main/javadoc/org/onlab/rest/package.html b/utils/rest/src/main/javadoc/org/onlab/rest/package.html
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+++ b/utils/rest/src/main/javadoc/org/onlab/rest/package.html
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+<body>
+Facilities for building JAX-RS web resources.
+</body>
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