Initial sketch of codecs and REST API approach.
FIxed typos and defects.
ONOS-81

Change-Id: I789444a181abea509c354966545c927e305710d1
diff --git a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/codec/impl/ConnectPointCodec.java b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/codec/impl/ConnectPointCodec.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.onlab.onos.codec.impl;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onlab.onos.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onlab.onos.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.ConnectPoint;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Connection point JSON codec.
+ */
+public class ConnectPointCodec extends JsonCodec<ConnectPoint> {
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(ConnectPoint point, CodecContext context) {
+        checkNotNull(point, "Connect point cannot be null");
+        return context.mapper().createObjectNode()
+                .put("device", point.deviceId().toString())
+                .put("port", point.port().toString());
+    }
+
+}