diff --git a/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/rest/FlowObjectiveResourceTest.java b/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/rest/FlowObjectiveResourceTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.rest;
+
+import com.eclipsesource.json.JsonObject;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource;
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.osgi.ServiceDirectory;
+import org.onlab.osgi.TestServiceDirectory;
+import org.onlab.rest.BaseResource;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecService;
+import org.onosproject.codec.impl.CodecManager;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.net.NetTestTools;
+import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.FlowObjectiveService;
+import org.onosproject.rest.resources.CoreWebApplication;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.anyObject;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.anyShort;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expectLastCall;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.verify;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.onosproject.net.NetTestTools.APP_ID;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for flow objectives REST APIs.
+ */
+public class FlowObjectiveResourceTest extends ResourceTest {
+    final FlowObjectiveService mockFlowObjectiveService = createMock(FlowObjectiveService.class);
+    CoreService mockCoreService = createMock(CoreService.class);
+    public static final String REST_APP_ID = "org.onosproject.rest";
+
+    public FlowObjectiveResourceTest() {
+        super(CoreWebApplication.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up the global values for all the tests.
+     */
+    @Before
+    public void setUpTest() {
+        // Mock Core Service
+        expect(mockCoreService.getAppId(anyShort()))
+                .andReturn(NetTestTools.APP_ID).anyTimes();
+        expect(mockCoreService.registerApplication(REST_APP_ID))
+                .andReturn(APP_ID).anyTimes();
+        replay(mockCoreService);
+
+        // Register the services needed for the test
+        final CodecManager codecService = new CodecManager();
+        codecService.activate();
+        ServiceDirectory testDirectory =
+                new TestServiceDirectory()
+                        .add(FlowObjectiveService.class, mockFlowObjectiveService)
+                        .add(CodecService.class, codecService)
+                        .add(CoreService.class, mockCoreService);
+
+        BaseResource.setServiceDirectory(testDirectory);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Cleans up and verifies the mocks.
+     */
+    @After
+    public void tearDownTest() {
+        verify(mockFlowObjectiveService);
+        verify(mockCoreService);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests creating a filtering objective with POST.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testFilteringObjectivePost() {
+        mockFlowObjectiveService.filter(anyObject(), anyObject());
+        prepareService();
+        testObjectiveCreation("post-filter-objective.json", "of:0000000000000001", "filter");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests creating a forwarding objective with POST.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testForwardingObjectivePost() {
+        mockFlowObjectiveService.forward(anyObject(), anyObject());
+        prepareService();
+        testObjectiveCreation("post-forward-objective.json", "of:0000000000000001", "forward");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests creating a next objective with POST.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testNextObjectivePost() {
+        mockFlowObjectiveService.next(anyObject(), anyObject());
+        prepareService();
+        testObjectiveCreation("post-next-objective.json", "of:0000000000000001", "next");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests obtaining a global unique nextId with GET.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testNextId() {
+        expect(mockFlowObjectiveService.allocateNextId()).andReturn(10).anyTimes();
+        prepareService();
+
+        WebResource rs = resource();
+        final String response = rs.path("flowobjectives/next").get(String.class);
+        final JsonObject result = JsonObject.readFrom(response);
+        assertThat(result, notNullValue());
+
+        assertThat(result.names(), hasSize(1));
+        assertThat(result.names().get(0), is("nextId"));
+        final int jsonNextId = result.get("nextId").asInt();
+        assertThat(jsonNextId, is(10));
+    }
+
+    private void prepareService() {
+        expectLastCall();
+        replay(mockFlowObjectiveService);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A base class for testing various objective creation.
+     *
+     * @param jsonFile json file path
+     * @param deviceId device id in string format
+     * @param method objective method
+     */
+    private void testObjectiveCreation(String jsonFile, String deviceId, String method) {
+        WebResource rs = resource();
+        InputStream jsonStream = FlowsResourceTest.class
+                .getResourceAsStream(jsonFile);
+
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        sb.append("flowobjectives");
+        sb.append("/");
+        sb.append(deviceId);
+        sb.append("/");
+        sb.append(method);
+
+        ClientResponse response = rs.path(sb.toString())
+                .type(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE)
+                .post(ClientResponse.class, jsonStream);
+        assertThat(response.getStatus(), is(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_CREATED));
+        String location = response.getLocation().getPath();
+        assertThat(location, Matchers.startsWith("/" + sb.toString()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/web/api/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/rest/post-filter-objective.json b/web/api/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/rest/post-filter-objective.json
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+{
+  "priority": 1,
+  "isPermanent": false,
+  "deviceId": "of:0000000000000001",
+  "timeout": 1,
+  "type": "PERMIT",
+  "operation": "ADD",
+  "conditions": [
+    {
+      "type": "IN_PORT",
+      "port": 23
+    }
+  ],
+  "meta": {
+    "instructions": [
+      {
+        "type": "OUTPUT",
+        "port": -3
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "DROP"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/web/api/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/rest/post-forward-objective.json b/web/api/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/rest/post-forward-objective.json
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+{
+  "priority": 1,
+  "isPermanent": false,
+  "timeout": 1,
+  "flag": "SPECIFIC",
+  "operation": "ADD",
+  "selector": {
+    "criteria": [
+      {
+        "type": "ETH_TYPE",
+        "ethType": "0x806"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "treatment":
+  {
+    "instructions":
+    [
+      {"type":"OUTPUT","port":-3},
+      {"type":"DROP"}
+    ]
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/web/api/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/rest/post-next-objective.json b/web/api/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/rest/post-next-objective.json
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+{
+  "id": 1,
+  "type": "FAILOVER",
+  "operation": "ADD",
+  "treatments": [
+    {
+      "instructions": [
+        {
+          "type": "OUTPUT",
+          "port": -3
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "DROP"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "meta": {
+    "criteria": [
+      {
+        "type": "IN_PORT",
+        "port": 23
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/web/api/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/rest/post-objective-policy.json b/web/api/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/rest/post-objective-policy.json
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