diff --git a/apps/vtn/vtnweb/src/main/java/org/onosproject/vtnweb/resources/PortChainWebResource.java b/apps/vtn/vtnweb/src/main/java/org/onosproject/vtnweb/resources/PortChainWebResource.java
index db12bcc..e7b908b 100644
--- a/apps/vtn/vtnweb/src/main/java/org/onosproject/vtnweb/resources/PortChainWebResource.java
+++ b/apps/vtn/vtnweb/src/main/java/org/onosproject/vtnweb/resources/PortChainWebResource.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.vtnweb.resources;
 
-import static javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.NOT_FOUND;
 import static javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.OK;
 import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsNotFound;
 
@@ -37,11 +36,11 @@
 import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.PortChain;
 import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.PortChainId;
 import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.portchain.PortChainService;
-import org.onosproject.vtnweb.web.PortChainCodec;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 
 /**
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@
 public class PortChainWebResource extends AbstractWebResource {
 
     private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PortChainWebResource.class);
-    private final PortChainService service = get(PortChainService.class);
     public static final String PORT_CHAIN_NOT_FOUND = "Port chain not found";
     public static final String PORT_CHAIN_ID_EXIST = "Port chain exists";
     public static final String PORT_CHAIN_ID_NOT_EXIST = "Port chain does not exist with identifier";
@@ -65,10 +63,15 @@
     @GET
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     public Response getPortChains() {
-        Iterable<PortChain> portChains = service.getPortChains();
-        ObjectNode result = new ObjectMapper().createObjectNode();
-        result.set("port_chains", new PortChainCodec().encode(portChains, this));
-        return ok(result).build();
+        Iterable<PortChain> portChains = get(PortChainService.class).getPortChains();
+        ObjectNode result = mapper().createObjectNode();
+        ArrayNode portChainEntry = result.putArray("port_chains");
+        if (portChains != null) {
+            for (final PortChain portChain : portChains) {
+                portChainEntry.add(codec(PortChain.class).encode(portChain, this));
+            }
+        }
+        return ok(result.toString()).build();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -82,14 +85,11 @@
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     public Response getPortPain(@PathParam("chain_id") String id) {
 
-        if (!service.exists(PortChainId.of(id))) {
-            return Response.status(NOT_FOUND).entity(PORT_CHAIN_NOT_FOUND).build();
-        }
-        PortChain portChain = nullIsNotFound(service.getPortChain(PortChainId.of(id)),
+        PortChain portChain = nullIsNotFound(get(PortChainService.class).getPortChain(PortChainId.of(id)),
                                              PORT_CHAIN_NOT_FOUND);
-        ObjectNode result = new ObjectMapper().createObjectNode();
-        result.set("port_chain", new PortChainCodec().encode(portChain, this));
-        return ok(result).build();
+        ObjectNode result = mapper().createObjectNode();
+        result.set("port_chain", codec(PortChain.class).encode(portChain, this));
+        return ok(result.toString()).build();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@
     public Response createPortChain(InputStream stream) {
         try {
             ObjectNode jsonTree = (ObjectNode) mapper().readTree(stream);
-            PortChain portChain = codec(PortChain.class).decode(jsonTree, this);
-            Boolean issuccess = nullIsNotFound(service.createPortChain(portChain), PORT_CHAIN_NOT_FOUND);
+            JsonNode port = jsonTree.get("port_chain");
+            PortChain portChain = codec(PortChain.class).decode((ObjectNode) port, this);
+            Boolean issuccess = nullIsNotFound(get(PortChainService.class).createPortChain(portChain),
+                                               PORT_CHAIN_NOT_FOUND);
             return Response.status(OK).entity(issuccess.toString()).build();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             log.error("Exception while creating port chain {}.", e.toString());
@@ -129,8 +131,10 @@
                                    final InputStream stream) {
         try {
             ObjectNode jsonTree = (ObjectNode) mapper().readTree(stream);
-            PortChain portChain = codec(PortChain.class).decode(jsonTree, this);
-            Boolean result = nullIsNotFound(service.updatePortChain(portChain), PORT_CHAIN_NOT_FOUND);
+            JsonNode port = jsonTree.get("port_chain");
+            PortChain portChain = codec(PortChain.class).decode((ObjectNode) port, this);
+            Boolean result = nullIsNotFound(get(PortChainService.class).updatePortChain(portChain),
+                                            PORT_CHAIN_NOT_FOUND);
             return Response.status(OK).entity(result.toString()).build();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             log.error("Update port chain failed because of exception {}.", e.toString());
@@ -149,7 +153,8 @@
         log.debug("Deletes port chain by identifier {}.", id);
         PortChainId portChainId = PortChainId.of(id);
 
-        Boolean issuccess = nullIsNotFound(service.removePortChain(portChainId), PORT_CHAIN_NOT_FOUND);
+        Boolean issuccess = nullIsNotFound(get(PortChainService.class).removePortChain(portChainId),
+                                           PORT_CHAIN_NOT_FOUND);
         if (!issuccess) {
             log.debug("Port Chain identifier {} does not exist", id);
         }
diff --git a/apps/vtn/vtnweb/src/test/java/org/onosproject/vtnweb/resources/PortChainResourceTest.java b/apps/vtn/vtnweb/src/test/java/org/onosproject/vtnweb/resources/PortChainResourceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cb2c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/vtn/vtnweb/src/test/java/org/onosproject/vtnweb/resources/PortChainResourceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014-2015 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.vtnweb.resources;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.anyObject;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.osgi.ServiceDirectory;
+import org.onlab.osgi.TestServiceDirectory;
+import org.onlab.rest.BaseResource;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecService;
+import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.FlowClassifierId;
+import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.PortChain;
+import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.PortChainId;
+import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.PortPairGroupId;
+import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.TenantId;
+import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.portchain.PortChainService;
+import org.onosproject.vtnweb.web.SfcCodecContext;
+
+import com.eclipsesource.json.JsonObject;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.UniformInterfaceException;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for port chain REST APIs.
+ */
+public class PortChainResourceTest extends VtnResourceTest {
+
+    final PortChainService portChainService = createMock(PortChainService.class);
+
+    PortChainId portChainId1 = PortChainId.of("78dcd363-fc23-aeb6-f44b-56dc5e2fb3ae");
+    TenantId tenantId1 = TenantId.tenantId("d382007aa9904763a801f68ecf065cf5");
+    private final List<PortPairGroupId> portPairGroupList1 = Lists.newArrayList();
+    private final List<FlowClassifierId> flowClassifierList1 = Lists.newArrayList();
+
+
+    final MockPortChain portChain1 = new MockPortChain(portChainId1, tenantId1, "portChain1",
+                                                       "Mock port chain", portPairGroupList1,
+                                                       flowClassifierList1);
+
+    /**
+     * Mock class for a port chain.
+     */
+    private static class MockPortChain implements PortChain {
+
+        private final PortChainId portChainId;
+        private final TenantId tenantId;
+        private final String name;
+        private final String description;
+        private final List<PortPairGroupId> portPairGroupList;
+        private final List<FlowClassifierId> flowClassifierList;
+
+        public MockPortChain(PortChainId portChainId, TenantId tenantId,
+                             String name, String description,
+                             List<PortPairGroupId> portPairGroupList,
+                             List<FlowClassifierId> flowClassifierList) {
+
+            this.portChainId = portChainId;
+            this.tenantId = tenantId;
+            this.name = name;
+            this.description = description;
+            this.portPairGroupList = portPairGroupList;
+            this.flowClassifierList = flowClassifierList;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public PortChainId portChainId() {
+            return portChainId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public TenantId tenantId() {
+            return tenantId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String name() {
+            return name;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String description() {
+            return description;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<PortPairGroupId> portPairGroups() {
+            return  ImmutableList.copyOf(portPairGroupList);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<FlowClassifierId> flowClassifiers() {
+            return ImmutableList.copyOf(flowClassifierList);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean exactMatch(PortChain portChain) {
+            return this.equals(portChain) &&
+                    Objects.equals(this.portChainId, portChain.portChainId()) &&
+                    Objects.equals(this.tenantId, portChain.tenantId());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up the global values for all the tests.
+     */
+    @Before
+    public void setUpTest() {
+        SfcCodecContext context = new SfcCodecContext();
+        ServiceDirectory testDirectory = new TestServiceDirectory()
+        .add(PortChainService.class, portChainService)
+        .add(CodecService.class, context.codecManager());
+        BaseResource.setServiceDirectory(testDirectory);
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Cleans up.
+     */
+    @After
+    public void tearDownTest() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the result of the rest api GET when there are no port chains.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testPortChainsEmpty() {
+
+        expect(portChainService.getPortChains()).andReturn(null).anyTimes();
+        replay(portChainService);
+        final WebResource rs = resource();
+        final String response = rs.path("port_chains").get(String.class);
+        assertThat(response, is("{\"port_chains\":[]}"));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the result of a rest api GET for port chain id.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetPortChainId() {
+
+        final Set<PortChain> portChains = new HashSet<>();
+        portChains.add(portChain1);
+
+        expect(portChainService.exists(anyObject())).andReturn(true).anyTimes();
+        expect(portChainService.getPortChain(anyObject())).andReturn(portChain1).anyTimes();
+        replay(portChainService);
+
+        final WebResource rs = resource();
+        final String response = rs.path("port_chains/1278dcd4-459f-62ed-754b-87fc5e4a6751").get(String.class);
+        final JsonObject result = JsonObject.readFrom(response);
+        assertThat(result, notNullValue());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that a fetch of a non-existent port chain object throws an exception.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testBadGet() {
+        expect(portChainService.getPortChain(anyObject()))
+        .andReturn(null).anyTimes();
+        replay(portChainService);
+        WebResource rs = resource();
+        try {
+            rs.path("port_chains/78dcd363-fc23-aeb6-f44b-56dc5aafb3ae").get(String.class);
+            fail("Fetch of non-existent port chain did not throw an exception");
+        } catch (UniformInterfaceException ex) {
+            assertThat(ex.getMessage(),
+                       containsString("returned a response status of"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests creating a port chain with POST.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testPost() {
+
+        expect(portChainService.createPortChain(anyObject()))
+        .andReturn(true).anyTimes();
+        replay(portChainService);
+
+        WebResource rs = resource();
+        InputStream jsonStream = PortChainResourceTest.class.getResourceAsStream("post-PortChain.json");
+
+        ClientResponse response = rs.path("port_chains")
+                .type(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE)
+                .post(ClientResponse.class, jsonStream);
+        assertThat(response.getStatus(), is(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests deleting a port chain.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testDelete() {
+        expect(portChainService.removePortChain(anyObject()))
+        .andReturn(true).anyTimes();
+        replay(portChainService);
+
+        WebResource rs = resource();
+
+        String location = "port_chains/1278dcd4-459f-62ed-754b-87fc5e4a6751";
+
+        ClientResponse deleteResponse = rs.path(location)
+                .type(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE)
+                .delete(ClientResponse.class);
+        assertThat(deleteResponse.getStatus(),
+                   is(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_NO_CONTENT));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/vtn/vtnweb/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/vtnweb/resources/post-PortChain.json b/apps/vtn/vtnweb/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/vtnweb/resources/post-PortChain.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..488e290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/vtn/vtnweb/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/vtnweb/resources/post-PortChain.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{"port_pair": {
+    "id": "1278dcd4-459f-62ed-754b-87fc5e4a6751",
+    "name": "PC2",
+    "tenant_id": "d382007aa9904763a801f68ecf065cf5",
+    "description": "Two flows and two port-pair-groups",
+    "flow_classifiers": [
+        "456a4a34-2e9c-14ae-37fb-765feae2eb05",
+        "4a334cd4-fe9c-4fae-af4b-321c5e2eb051"
+    ],
+    "port_pair_groups": [
+        "4512d643-24fc-4fae-af4b-321c5e2eb3d1",
+        "4a634d49-76dc-4fae-af4b-321c5e23d651"
+    ]
+  }
+}