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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.codec.impl;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.packet.Ethernet;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.onosproject.codec.impl.EthernetJsonMatcher.matchesEthernet;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for Ethernet class codec.
+ */
+public class EthernetCodecTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Unit test for the ethernet object codec.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void ethernetCodecTest() {
+        final CodecContext context = new MockCodecContext();
+        final JsonCodec<Ethernet> ethernetCodec = context.codec(Ethernet.class);
+        assertThat(ethernetCodec, notNullValue());
+
+        final Ethernet eth1 = new Ethernet();
+        eth1.setSourceMACAddress("11:22:33:44:55:01");
+        eth1.setDestinationMACAddress("11:22:33:44:55:02");
+        eth1.setPad(true);
+        eth1.setEtherType(Ethernet.TYPE_ARP);
+        eth1.setPriorityCode((byte) 7);
+        eth1.setVlanID((short) 33);
+
+        final ObjectNode eth1Json = ethernetCodec.encode(eth1, context);
+        assertThat(eth1Json, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(eth1Json, matchesEthernet(eth1));
+    }
+}