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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.codec.impl;
+
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.net.Host;
+import org.onosproject.net.HostLocation;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Host JSON codec.
+ */
+public class HostCodec extends AnnotatedCodec<Host> {
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(Host host, CodecContext context) {
+        checkNotNull(host, "Host cannot be null");
+        final JsonCodec<HostLocation> locationCodec = new HostLocationCodec();
+        final ObjectNode result = context.mapper().createObjectNode()
+                .put("id", host.id().toString())
+                .put("mac", host.mac().toString())
+                .put("vlan", host.vlan().toString());
+
+        final ArrayNode jsonIpAddresses = result.putArray("ipAddresses");
+        for (final IpAddress ipAddress : host.ipAddresses()) {
+            jsonIpAddresses.add(ipAddress.toString());
+        }
+        result.set("ipAddresses", jsonIpAddresses);
+        result.set("location", locationCodec.encode(host.location(), context));
+
+        return annotate(result, host, context);
+    }
+
+}
+