diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/flowobjective/Objective.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/flowobjective/Objective.java
index 3971b03..fa98b6d 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/flowobjective/Objective.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/flowobjective/Objective.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
 
+import java.util.Optional;
+
 /**
  * Base representation of an flow description.
  */
@@ -84,6 +86,14 @@
     Operation op();
 
     /**
+     * Obtains an optional context.
+     *
+     * @return optional; which will be empty if there is no context.
+     * Otherwise it will return the context.
+     */
+    Optional<ObjectiveContext> context();
+
+    /**
      * An objective builder.
      */
     public interface Builder {