diff --git a/drivers/bmv2/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/bmv2/ctl/Bmv2TExceptionParser.java b/drivers/bmv2/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/bmv2/ctl/Bmv2TExceptionParser.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-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.drivers.bmv2.ctl;
+
+
+import org.apache.thrift.TException;
+import org.onosproject.bmv2.thriftapi.InvalidMcOperation;
+import org.onosproject.drivers.bmv2.api.runtime.Bmv2RuntimeException;
+
+import static org.onosproject.drivers.bmv2.api.runtime.Bmv2RuntimeException.Code;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class to translate a Thrift exception into a Bmv2RuntimeException.
+ */
+final class Bmv2TExceptionParser {
+
+    private Bmv2TExceptionParser() {
+        // ban constructor.
+    }
+
+    static Bmv2RuntimeException parseTException(TException cause) {
+        try {
+            return new Bmv2RuntimeException(getCode(cause));
+        } catch (ParserException e) {
+            return new Bmv2RuntimeException(e.codeString);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Code getCode(TException e) throws ParserException {
+        if (e instanceof InvalidMcOperation) {
+            switch (((InvalidMcOperation) e).getCode()) {
+                case TABLE_FULL:
+                    return Code.TABLE_FULL;
+                case INVALID_MGID:
+                    return Code.INVALID_MGID;
+                case INVALID_L1_HANDLE:
+                    return Code.INVALID_L1_HANDLE;
+                case INVALID_MGRP_HANDLE:
+                    return Code.INVALID_MGRP_HANDLE;
+                case ERROR:
+                    return Code.MC_GENERAL_ERROR;
+                default:
+                    return Code.MC_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw new ParserException(e.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class ParserException extends Exception {
+
+        private String codeString;
+
+        public ParserException(String codeString) {
+            this.codeString = codeString;
+        }
+    }
+}