diff --git a/apps/mappingmanagement/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/cli/MappingCommand.java b/apps/mappingmanagement/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/cli/MappingCommand.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present 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.mapping.cli;
+
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+
+/**
+ * A command for querying mapping information.
+ */
+public class MappingCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/mappingmanagement/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/cli/package-info.java b/apps/mappingmanagement/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/cli/package-info.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * CLI implementation for LISP mapping.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.mapping.cli;