diff --git a/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/VirtualHostCodec.java b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/VirtualHostCodec.java
index 7515f1c..05ce81e 100644
--- a/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/VirtualHostCodec.java
+++ b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/VirtualHostCodec.java
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@
 public class VirtualHostCodec extends JsonCodec<VirtualHost> {
 
     // JSON field names
-    private static final String NETWORK_ID = "networkId";
-    private static final String HOST_ID = "id";
-    private static final String MAC_ADDRESS = "mac";
-    private static final String VLAN = "vlan";
-    private static final String IP_ADDRESSES = "ipAddresses";
-    private static final String HOST_LOCATION = "location";
+    static final String NETWORK_ID = "networkId";
+    static final String HOST_ID = "id";
+    static final String MAC_ADDRESS = "mac";
+    static final String VLAN = "vlan";
+    static final String IP_ADDRESSES = "ipAddresses";
+    static final String HOST_LOCATION = "location";
 
     private static final String NULL_OBJECT_MSG = "VirtualHost cannot be null";
     private static final String MISSING_MEMBER_MSG = " member is required in VirtualHost";
diff --git a/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/VirtualHostCodecTest.java b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/VirtualHostCodecTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0d003c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/VirtualHostCodecTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package org.onosproject.codec.impl;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onlab.packet.MacAddress;
+import org.onlab.packet.VlanId;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.virtual.DefaultVirtualHost;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.virtual.NetworkId;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.virtual.VirtualHost;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.net.HostId;
+import org.onosproject.net.HostLocation;
+import org.onosproject.net.NetTestTools;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.isOneOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+
+/**
+ * Tests VirtualHostCodec class.
+ */
+
+public class VirtualHostCodecTest {
+
+    private static final String TEST_IP1 = "1.1.1.1";
+    private static final String TEST_IP2 = "2.2.2.2";
+    private static final String TEST_HOST_ID = "12:34:56:78:90:11/1";
+    private static final String TEST_MAC_ADDRESS = "11:11:22:22:33:33";
+    private static final long TEST_NETWORK_ID = 44L;
+    private static final short TEST_VLAN_ID = (short) 12;
+    private static final ConnectPoint CONNECT_POINT =
+            NetTestTools.connectPoint("d1", 1);
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEncode() {
+        MockCodecContext context = new MockCodecContext();
+        NetworkId networkId = NetworkId.networkId(TEST_NETWORK_ID);
+        HostId id = NetTestTools.hid(TEST_HOST_ID);
+        MacAddress mac = MacAddress.valueOf(TEST_MAC_ADDRESS);
+        VlanId vlan = VlanId.vlanId(TEST_VLAN_ID);
+        HostLocation location =
+                new HostLocation(CONNECT_POINT, 0L);
+        Set<IpAddress> ips = ImmutableSet.of(IpAddress.valueOf(TEST_IP1),
+                                             IpAddress.valueOf(TEST_IP2));
+        VirtualHost host =
+                new DefaultVirtualHost(networkId, id, mac, vlan, location, ips);
+        JsonCodec<VirtualHost> codec = context.codec(VirtualHost.class);
+        ObjectNode node = codec.encode(host, context);
+
+        System.out.println(node.toString());
+
+        assertThat(node.get(VirtualHostCodec.NETWORK_ID).asLong(),
+                   is(TEST_NETWORK_ID));
+        assertThat(node.get(VirtualHostCodec.HOST_ID).asText(),
+                   is(TEST_HOST_ID));
+        assertThat(node.get(VirtualHostCodec.MAC_ADDRESS).asText(),
+                   is(TEST_MAC_ADDRESS));
+        assertThat(node.get(VirtualHostCodec.VLAN).asInt(),
+                   is((int) TEST_VLAN_ID));
+        assertThat(node.get(VirtualHostCodec.HOST_LOCATION).get("elementId").asText(),
+                   is(location.deviceId().toString()));
+        assertThat(node.get(VirtualHostCodec.HOST_LOCATION).get("port").asLong(),
+                   is(location.port().toLong()));
+
+        JsonNode jsonIps = node.get(VirtualHostCodec.IP_ADDRESSES);
+        assertThat(jsonIps, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(jsonIps.isArray(), is(true));
+        assertThat(jsonIps.size(), is(ips.size()));
+
+        IntStream.of(0, 1).forEach(index ->
+            assertThat(jsonIps.get(index).asText(),
+                       isOneOf(TEST_IP1, TEST_IP2)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDecode() throws IOException {
+        MockCodecContext context = new MockCodecContext();
+        InputStream jsonStream =
+                VirtualHostCodecTest.class.getResourceAsStream("VirtualHost.json");
+        JsonNode json = context.mapper().readTree(jsonStream);
+        assertThat(json, notNullValue());
+        JsonCodec<VirtualHost> codec = context.codec(VirtualHost.class);
+        VirtualHost virtualHost = codec.decode((ObjectNode) json, context);
+        assertThat(virtualHost, notNullValue());
+
+        assertThat(virtualHost.networkId().id(),
+                   is(TEST_NETWORK_ID));
+        assertThat(virtualHost.id().toString(),
+                   is(NetTestTools.hid(TEST_MAC_ADDRESS + "/12").toString()));
+        assertThat(virtualHost.mac().toString(),
+                   is(TEST_MAC_ADDRESS));
+        assertThat(virtualHost.vlan().id(),
+                   is((short) TEST_VLAN_ID));
+        assertThat(virtualHost.location().deviceId(),
+                   is(CONNECT_POINT.deviceId()));
+        assertThat(virtualHost.location().port().toLong(),
+                   is(CONNECT_POINT.port().toLong()));
+
+
+        assertThat(virtualHost.ipAddresses().contains(IpAddress.valueOf(TEST_IP1)),
+                   is(true));
+        assertThat(virtualHost.ipAddresses().contains(IpAddress.valueOf(TEST_IP2)),
+                   is(true));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/common/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/codec/impl/VirtualHost.json b/core/common/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/codec/impl/VirtualHost.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab5a81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/common/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/codec/impl/VirtualHost.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "networkId": "44",
+  "mac": "11:11:22:22:33:33",
+  "vlan": "12",
+  "ipAddresses": [
+    "1.1.1.1",
+    "2.2.2.2"
+  ],
+  "location": {
+    "elementId": "of:d1",
+    "port": "1"
+  }
+}