diff --git a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/CoreWebApplication.java b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/CoreWebApplication.java
index 06248fa..8d02f54 100644
--- a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/CoreWebApplication.java
+++ b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/CoreWebApplication.java
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
                 ConfigWebResource.class,
                 PathsWebResource.class,
                 StatisticsWebResource.class,
-                MetricsWebResource.class
+                MetricsWebResource.class,
+                FlowObjectiveWebResource.class
         );
     }
 }
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diff --git a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/FlowObjectiveWebResource.java b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/FlowObjectiveWebResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74d8569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/FlowObjectiveWebResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+/*
+ * 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.resources;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.FilteringObjective;
+import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.FlowObjectiveService;
+import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.ForwardingObjective;
+import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.NextObjective;
+import org.onosproject.rest.AbstractWebResource;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+
+/**
+ * Manage flow objectives.
+ */
+@Path("flowobjectives")
+public class FlowObjectiveWebResource extends AbstractWebResource {
+
+    public static final String DEVICE_INVALID =
+            "Invalid deviceId in objective creation request";
+    public static final String POLICY_INVALID = "Invalid policy";
+
+    final FlowObjectiveService flowObjectiveService = get(FlowObjectiveService.class);
+    final ObjectNode root = mapper().createObjectNode();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates and installs a new filtering objective for the specified device.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @param stream   filtering objective JSON
+     * @return status of the request - CREATED if the JSON is correct,
+     * BAD_REQUEST if the JSON is invalid
+     * @onos.rsModel FilteringObjective
+     */
+    @POST
+    @Path("{deviceId}/filter")
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response createFilteringObjective(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId,
+                                             InputStream stream) {
+        URI location = null;
+        try {
+            ObjectNode jsonTree = (ObjectNode) mapper().readTree(stream);
+            if (validateDeviceId(deviceId, jsonTree)) {
+                DeviceId did = DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId);
+                FilteringObjective filteringObjective =
+                        codec(FilteringObjective.class).decode(jsonTree, this);
+                flowObjectiveService.filter(did, filteringObjective);
+                location = new URI(Integer.toString(filteringObjective.id()));
+            }
+        } catch (IOException | URISyntaxException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+
+        return Response
+                .created(location)
+                .build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates and installs a new forwarding objective for the specified device.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @param stream   forwarding objective JSON
+     * @return status of the request - CREATED if the JSON is correct,
+     * BAD_REQUEST if the JSON is invalid
+     * @onos.rsModel ForwardingObjective
+     */
+    @POST
+    @Path("{deviceId}/forward")
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response createForwardingObjective(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId,
+                                              InputStream stream) {
+        URI location = null;
+        try {
+            ObjectNode jsonTree = (ObjectNode) mapper().readTree(stream);
+            if (validateDeviceId(deviceId, jsonTree)) {
+                DeviceId did = DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId);
+                ForwardingObjective forwardingObjective =
+                        codec(ForwardingObjective.class).decode(jsonTree, this);
+                flowObjectiveService.forward(did, forwardingObjective);
+                location = new URI(Integer.toString(forwardingObjective.id()));
+            }
+        } catch (IOException | URISyntaxException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+
+        return Response
+                .created(location)
+                .build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates and installs a new next objective for the specified device.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @param stream   next objective JSON
+     * @return status of the request - CREATED if the JSON is correct,
+     * BAD_REQUEST if the JSON is invalid
+     * @onos.rsModel NextObjective
+     */
+    @POST
+    @Path("{deviceId}/next")
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response createNextObjective(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId,
+                                        InputStream stream) {
+        URI location = null;
+        try {
+            ObjectNode jsonTree = (ObjectNode) mapper().readTree(stream);
+            if (validateDeviceId(deviceId, jsonTree)) {
+                DeviceId did = DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId);
+                NextObjective nextObjective =
+                        codec(NextObjective.class).decode(jsonTree, this);
+                flowObjectiveService.next(did, nextObjective);
+                location = new URI(Integer.toString(nextObjective.id()));
+            }
+        } catch (IOException | URISyntaxException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+
+        return Response
+                .created(location)
+                .build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the globally unique nextId.
+     *
+     * @return nextId
+     * @onos.rsModel nextid
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Path("next")
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response getNextId() {
+        root.put("nextId", flowObjectiveService.allocateNextId());
+        return ok(root).build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Installs the filtering rules onto the specified device.
+     *
+     * @param stream filtering rule JSON
+     * @return status of the request
+     * @onos.rsModel ObjectivePolicy
+     */
+    @POST
+    @Path("policy")
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public void initPolicy(InputStream stream) {
+
+        try {
+            ObjectNode jsonTree = (ObjectNode) mapper().readTree(stream);
+            JsonNode policyJson = jsonTree.get("policy");
+
+            if (policyJson == null || policyJson.asText().isEmpty()) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(POLICY_INVALID);
+            }
+
+            flowObjectiveService.initPolicy(policyJson.asText());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the deviceId that is contained in json string against the
+     * input deviceId.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @param node     object node
+     * @return validity
+     */
+    private boolean validateDeviceId(String deviceId, ObjectNode node) {
+        JsonNode specifiedDeviceId = node.get("deviceId");
+
+        if (specifiedDeviceId != null &&
+                !specifiedDeviceId.asText().equals(deviceId)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(DEVICE_INVALID);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}