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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.codec.impl;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiHeaderModel;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiHeaderTypeModel;
+
+/**
+ * Codec for PiHeaderModel.
+ */
+public class PiHeaderModelCodec extends JsonCodec<PiHeaderModel> {
+    private static final String NAME = "name";
+    private static final String TYPE = "type";
+    private static final String IS_META = "isMetadata";
+    private static final String INDEX = "index";
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(PiHeaderModel header, CodecContext context) {
+        ObjectNode result = context.mapper().createObjectNode();
+        ObjectNode headerTypeData = context.encode(header.type(), PiHeaderTypeModel.class);
+        result.put(NAME, header.name());
+        result.set(TYPE, headerTypeData);
+        result.put(IS_META, header.isMetadata());
+        result.put(INDEX, header.index());
+        return result;
+    }
+}