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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.routeservice.rest;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecService;
+import org.onosproject.routeservice.Route;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the JSON codec brokering service for route service app.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class RouteServiceCodecRegistrator {
+
+    private static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RouteServiceCodecRegistrator.class);
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected CodecService codecService;
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        codecService.registerCodec(Route.class, new RouteCodec());
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+}