diff --git a/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/MappingCodecRegistrator.java b/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/MappingCodecRegistrator.java
index 9540cc8..9354cd8 100644
--- a/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/MappingCodecRegistrator.java
+++ b/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/MappingCodecRegistrator.java
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
 import org.onosproject.codec.CodecService;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.MappingAction;
 import org.onosproject.mapping.addresses.MappingAddress;
 import org.onosproject.mapping.instructions.MappingInstruction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.web.codec.MappingActionCodec;
 import org.onosproject.mapping.web.codec.MappingAddressCodec;
 import org.onosproject.mapping.web.codec.MappingInstructionCodec;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@
     public void activate() {
         codecService.registerCodec(MappingAddress.class, new MappingAddressCodec());
         codecService.registerCodec(MappingInstruction.class, new MappingInstructionCodec());
+        codecService.registerCodec(MappingAction.class, new MappingActionCodec());
 
         log.info("Started");
     }
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@
     public void deactivate() {
         codecService.unregisterCodec(MappingAddress.class);
         codecService.unregisterCodec(MappingInstruction.class);
+        codecService.unregisterCodec(MappingAction.class);
 
         log.info("Stopped");
     }
diff --git a/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/DecodeMappingActionCodecHelper.java b/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/DecodeMappingActionCodecHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64c58fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/DecodeMappingActionCodecHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present 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.mapping.web.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.MappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.MappingActions;
+
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsIllegal;
+
+/**
+ * Decode portion of the mapping action codec.
+ */
+public final class DecodeMappingActionCodecHelper {
+    private final ObjectNode json;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a decode mapping action codec object.
+     *
+     * @param json    JSON object to decode
+     */
+    public DecodeMappingActionCodecHelper(ObjectNode json) {
+        this.json = json;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decodes a no mapping action.
+     *
+     * @return mapping action object decoded from the JSON
+     */
+    private MappingAction decodeNoAction() {
+        return MappingActions.noAction();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decodes a forward mapping action.
+     *
+     * @return mapping action object decoded from the JSON
+     */
+    private MappingAction decodeForwardAction() {
+        return MappingActions.forward();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decodes a native forward mapping action.
+     *
+     * @return mapping action object decoded from the JSON
+     */
+    private MappingAction decodeNativeForwardAction() {
+        return MappingActions.nativeForward();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decodes a drop mapping action.
+     *
+     * @return mapping action object decoded from the JSON
+     */
+    private MappingAction decodeDropAction() {
+        return MappingActions.drop();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decodes the JSON into a mapping action object.
+     *
+     * @return MappingAction object
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the JSON is invalid
+     */
+    public MappingAction decode() {
+       String type =  nullIsIllegal(json.get(MappingActionCodec.TYPE),
+               MappingActionCodec.TYPE + MappingActionCodec.ERROR_MESSAGE).asText();
+
+       if (type.equals(MappingAction.Type.DROP.name())) {
+           return decodeDropAction();
+       } else if (type.equals(MappingAction.Type.FORWARD.name())) {
+           return decodeForwardAction();
+       } else if (type.equals(MappingAction.Type.NATIVE_FORWARD.name())) {
+           return decodeNativeForwardAction();
+       } else if (type.equals(MappingAction.Type.NO_ACTION.name())) {
+           return decodeNoAction();
+       }
+       throw new IllegalArgumentException("MappingAction type "
+                + type + " is not supported");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/EncodeMappingActionCodecHelper.java b/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/EncodeMappingActionCodecHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..370de80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/EncodeMappingActionCodecHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present 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.mapping.web.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.MappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.NoMappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.DropMappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.ForwardMappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.NativeForwardMappingAction;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Encode portion of the mapping action codec.
+ */
+public final class EncodeMappingActionCodecHelper {
+    protected static final Logger log = getLogger(EncodeMappingActionCodecHelper.class);
+    private final MappingAction action;
+    private final CodecContext context;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a mapping action object encoder.
+     *
+     * @param action  mapping action to encode
+     * @param context codec context for the encoding
+     */
+    public EncodeMappingActionCodecHelper(MappingAction action,
+                                          CodecContext context) {
+        this.action = action;
+        this.context = context;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encodes a no mapping action.
+     *
+     * @param result json node that the mapping action attributes are added to
+     */
+    private void encodeNoMappingAction(ObjectNode result) {
+        NoMappingAction noMappingAction = (NoMappingAction) action;
+        result.put(MappingActionCodec.TYPE, noMappingAction.type().name());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encodes a drop mapping action.
+     *
+     * @param result json node that the mapping action attributes are added to
+     */
+    private void encodeDropMappingAction(ObjectNode result) {
+        DropMappingAction dropMappingAction = (DropMappingAction) action;
+        result.put(MappingActionCodec.TYPE, dropMappingAction.type().name());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encodes a forward mapping action.
+     *
+     * @param result json node that the mapping action attributes are added to
+     */
+    private void encodeForwardMappingAction(ObjectNode result) {
+        ForwardMappingAction forwardMappingAction = (ForwardMappingAction) action;
+        result.put(MappingActionCodec.TYPE, forwardMappingAction.type().name());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encodes a native forward mapping action.
+     *
+     * @param result json node that the mapping action attributes are added to
+     */
+    private void encodeNativeForwardMappingAction(ObjectNode result) {
+        NativeForwardMappingAction nativeMappingAction = (NativeForwardMappingAction) action;
+        result.put(MappingActionCodec.TYPE, nativeMappingAction.type().name());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encodes the given mapping instruction into JSON.
+     *
+     * @return JSON object node representing the mapping action
+     */
+    public ObjectNode encode() {
+       final ObjectNode result = context.mapper().createObjectNode()
+               .put(MappingActionCodec.TYPE, action.type().toString());
+
+       switch (action.type()) {
+           case DROP:
+               encodeDropMappingAction(result);
+               break;
+           case FORWARD:
+               encodeForwardMappingAction(result);
+               break;
+           case NATIVE_FORWARD:
+               encodeNativeForwardMappingAction(result);
+               break;
+           case NO_ACTION:
+               encodeNoMappingAction(result);
+               break;
+           default:
+               log.info("Cannot convert mapping action type of {}", action.type());
+               break;
+       }
+       return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/MappingActionCodec.java b/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/MappingActionCodec.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..169d819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/MappingActionCodec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present 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.mapping.web.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.MappingAction;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Mapping action codec.
+ */
+public final class MappingActionCodec extends JsonCodec<MappingAction> {
+
+    protected static final Logger log =
+                            LoggerFactory.getLogger(MappingActionCodec.class);
+
+    protected static final String TYPE = "type";
+    protected static final String ERROR_MESSAGE =
+                                    " not specified in MappingAction";
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(MappingAction action, CodecContext context) {
+        EncodeMappingActionCodecHelper encoder =
+                            new EncodeMappingActionCodecHelper(action, context);
+        return encoder.encode();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MappingAction decode(ObjectNode json, CodecContext context) {
+        DecodeMappingActionCodecHelper decoder =
+                new DecodeMappingActionCodecHelper(json);
+        return decoder.decode();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/test/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/MappingActionCodecTest.java b/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/test/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/MappingActionCodecTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86d259d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/test/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/MappingActionCodecTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present 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.mapping.web.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecService;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.codec.impl.CodecManager;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.MappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.MappingActions;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.NoMappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.DropMappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.ForwardMappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.NativeForwardMappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.web.MappingCodecRegistrator;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.onosproject.mapping.web.codec.MappingActionJsonMatcher.matchesAction;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for MappingActionCodec.
+ */
+public class MappingActionCodecTest {
+
+    private CodecContext context;
+    private JsonCodec<MappingAction> actionCodec;
+    private MappingCodecRegistrator registrator;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up for each test.
+     * Creates a context and fetches the mapping action codec.
+     */
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        CodecManager manager = new CodecManager();
+        registrator = new MappingCodecRegistrator();
+        registrator.codecService = manager;
+        registrator.activate();
+
+        context = new MappingActionCodecTest.MappingTestContext(registrator.codecService);
+        actionCodec = context.codec(MappingAction.class);
+        assertThat(actionCodec, notNullValue());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deactivates the codec registrator.
+     */
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() {
+        registrator.deactivate();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the encoding of no mapping action.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void noActionTest() {
+        final NoMappingAction action = MappingActions.noAction();
+        final ObjectNode actionJson = actionCodec.encode(action, context);
+        assertThat(actionJson, matchesAction(action));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the encoding of drop mapping action.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void dropActionTest() {
+        final DropMappingAction action = MappingActions.drop();
+        final ObjectNode actionJson = actionCodec.encode(action, context);
+        assertThat(actionJson, matchesAction(action));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the encoding of forward mapping action.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void forwardActionTest() {
+        final ForwardMappingAction action = MappingActions.forward();
+        final ObjectNode actionJson = actionCodec.encode(action, context);
+        assertThat(actionJson, matchesAction(action));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the encoding of native forwarding mapping action.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void nativeForwardActionTest() {
+        final NativeForwardMappingAction action = MappingActions.nativeForward();
+        final ObjectNode actionJson = actionCodec.encode(action, context);
+        assertThat(actionJson, matchesAction(action));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test mapping codec context.
+     */
+    private class MappingTestContext implements CodecContext {
+        private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        private final CodecService manager;
+
+        /**
+         * Constructs a new mock codec context.
+         */
+        public MappingTestContext(CodecService manager) {
+            this.manager = manager;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ObjectMapper mapper() {
+            return mapper;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public <T> JsonCodec<T> codec(Class<T> entityClass) {
+            return manager.getCodec(entityClass);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public <T> T getService(Class<T> serviceClass) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/test/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/MappingActionJsonMatcher.java b/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/test/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/MappingActionJsonMatcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94ba91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mappingmanagement/web/src/test/java/org/onosproject/mapping/web/codec/MappingActionJsonMatcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present 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.mapping.web.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.MappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.NoMappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.DropMappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.ForwardMappingAction;
+import org.onosproject.mapping.actions.NativeForwardMappingAction;
+/**
+ * Hamcrest matcher for mapping actions.
+ */
+public final class MappingActionJsonMatcher
+        extends TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher<JsonNode> {
+
+    private final MappingAction action;
+
+    /**
+     * A default constructor.
+     *
+     * @param action mapping action
+     */
+    private MappingActionJsonMatcher(MappingAction action) {
+        this.action = action;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Matches the contents of a no mapping action.
+     *
+     * @param node        JSON action to match
+     * @param description object used for recording errors
+     * @return true if contents match, false otherwise
+     */
+    private boolean matchNoAction(JsonNode node, Description description) {
+        NoMappingAction actionToMatch = (NoMappingAction) action;
+        final String jsonType = node.get(MappingActionCodec.TYPE).textValue();
+        if (!actionToMatch.type().name().equals(jsonType)) {
+            description.appendText("type was " + jsonType);
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Matches the contents of a drop mapping action.
+     *
+     * @param node        JSON action to match
+     * @param description object used for recording errors
+     * @return true if the contents match, false otherwise
+     */
+    private boolean matchDropAction(JsonNode node, Description description) {
+        DropMappingAction actionToMatch = (DropMappingAction) action;
+        final String jsonType = node.get(MappingActionCodec.TYPE).textValue();
+        if (!actionToMatch.type().name().equals(jsonType)) {
+            description.appendText("type was " + jsonType);
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Matches the contents of a forward mapping action.
+     *
+     * @param node        JSON action to match
+     * @param description object used for recording errors
+     * @return true if the contents match, false otherwise
+     */
+    private boolean matchForwardAction(JsonNode node, Description description) {
+        ForwardMappingAction actionToMatch = (ForwardMappingAction) action;
+        final String jsonType = node.get(MappingActionCodec.TYPE).textValue();
+        if (!actionToMatch.type().name().equals(jsonType)) {
+            description.appendText("type was " + jsonType);
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Matches the contents of a native forward mapping action.
+     *
+     * @param node        JSON action to match
+     * @param description object used for recording errors
+     * @return true if the contents match, false otherwise
+     */
+    private boolean matchNativeForwardAction(JsonNode node, Description description) {
+        NativeForwardMappingAction actionToMatch = (NativeForwardMappingAction) action;
+        final String jsonType = node.get(MappingActionCodec.TYPE).textValue();
+        if (!actionToMatch.type().name().equals(jsonType)) {
+            description.appendText("type was " + jsonType);
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean matchesSafely(JsonNode jsonNode, Description description) {
+
+        // check type
+        final JsonNode jsonTypeNode = jsonNode.get(MappingActionCodec.TYPE);
+        final String jsonType = jsonTypeNode.textValue();
+        final String type = action.type().name();
+        if (!jsonType.equals(type)) {
+            description.appendText("type was " + type);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (action instanceof NoMappingAction) {
+            return matchNoAction(jsonNode, description);
+        } else if (action instanceof DropMappingAction) {
+            return matchDropAction(jsonNode, description);
+        } else if (action instanceof ForwardMappingAction) {
+            return matchForwardAction(jsonNode, description);
+        } else if (action instanceof NativeForwardMappingAction) {
+            return matchNativeForwardAction(jsonNode, description);
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void describeTo(Description description) {
+        description.appendText(action.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory to allocate a mapping action matcher.
+     *
+     * @param action action object we are looking for
+     * @return matcher
+     */
+    public static MappingActionJsonMatcher matchesAction(MappingAction action) {
+        return new MappingActionJsonMatcher(action);
+    }
+}