diff --git a/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/types/BGPHeader.java b/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/types/BGPHeader.java
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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.bgpio.types;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Provides BGP Message Header which is common for all the Messages.
+ */
+
+public class BGPHeader {
+
+    /*      0                   1                   2                   3
+          0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+          +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+          |                                                               |
+          +                                                               +
+          |                                                               |
+          +                                                               +
+          |                           Marker                              |
+          +                                                               +
+          |                                                               |
+          +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+          |          Length               |      Type     |
+          +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+    */
+
+    protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BGPHeader.class);
+
+    public static final int MARKER_LENGTH = 16;
+    public static final short DEFAULT_HEADER_LENGTH = 19;
+
+    private byte[] marker;
+    private byte type;
+    private short length;
+
+    /**
+     * Reset fields.
+     */
+    public BGPHeader() {
+        this.marker = null;
+        this.length = 0;
+        this.type = 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructors to initialize parameters.
+     *
+     * @param marker field in BGP header
+     * @param length message length
+     * @param type message type
+     */
+    public BGPHeader(byte[] marker, short length, byte type) {
+        this.marker = marker;
+        this.length = length;
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets marker field.
+     *
+     * @param value marker field
+     */
+    public void setMarker(byte[] value) {
+        this.marker = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets message type.
+     *
+     * @param value message type
+     */
+    public void setType(byte value) {
+        this.type = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets message length.
+     *
+     * @param value message length
+     */
+    public void setLength(short value) {
+        this.length = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns message length.
+     *
+     * @return message length
+     */
+    public short getLength() {
+        return this.length;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns message marker.
+     *
+     * @return message marker
+     */
+    public byte[] getMarker() {
+        return this.marker;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns message type.
+     *
+     * @return message type
+     */
+    public byte getType() {
+        return this.type;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes Byte stream of BGP header to channel buffer.
+     *
+     * @param cb ChannelBuffer
+     * @return length index of message header
+     */
+    public int write(ChannelBuffer cb) {
+
+        cb.writeBytes(getMarker(), 0, MARKER_LENGTH);
+
+        int headerLenIndex = cb.writerIndex();
+        cb.writeShort((short) 0);
+        cb.writeByte(type);
+
+        return headerLenIndex;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Read from channel buffer and Returns BGP header.
+     *
+     * @param cb ChannelBuffer
+     * @return object of BGPHeader
+     */
+    public static BGPHeader read(ChannelBuffer cb) {
+
+        byte[] marker = new byte[MARKER_LENGTH];
+        byte type;
+        short length;
+        cb.readBytes(marker, 0, MARKER_LENGTH);
+        length = cb.readShort();
+        type = cb.readByte();
+        return new BGPHeader(marker, length, type);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/types/BGPValueType.java b/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/types/BGPValueType.java
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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.bgpio.types;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction which Provides the BGP of TLV format.
+ */
+public interface BGPValueType {
+    /**
+     * Returns the Type of BGP Message.
+     *
+     * @return short value of type
+     */
+    short getType();
+
+    /**
+     * Writes the byte Stream of BGP Message to channel buffer.
+     *
+     * @param cb channel buffer
+     * @return length written to channel buffer
+     */
+    int write(ChannelBuffer cb);
+}
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