diff --git a/ovsdb/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ovsdb/controller/OvsdbIfaceId.java b/ovsdb/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ovsdb/controller/OvsdbIfaceId.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.ovsdb.controller;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.MoreObjects.toStringHelper;
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * The class representing a ifaceid. This class is immutable.
+ */
+public class OvsdbIfaceId {
+    private final String value;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor from a String ifaceid.
+     *
+     * @param value the ifaceid to use
+     */
+    public OvsdbIfaceId(String value) {
+        checkNotNull(value, "value is not null");
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the value of the ifaceid.
+     *
+     * @return the value of the ifaceid
+     */
+    public String value() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (obj instanceof OvsdbIfaceId) {
+            final OvsdbIfaceId otherIfaceId = (OvsdbIfaceId) obj;
+            return Objects.equals(this.value, otherIfaceId.value);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return toStringHelper(this).add("value", value).toString();
+    }
+}