diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DatabaseSerializer.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DatabaseSerializer.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.store.primitives.impl;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+import org.onlab.util.KryoNamespace;
+import org.onlab.util.Match;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
+import org.onosproject.store.serializers.KryoNamespaces;
+import org.onosproject.store.serializers.KryoSerializer;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.DatabaseUpdate;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.Transaction;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.Versioned;
+
+import net.kuujo.copycat.cluster.internal.MemberInfo;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.AppendRequest;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.AppendResponse;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.CommitRequest;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.CommitResponse;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.PollRequest;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.PollResponse;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.QueryRequest;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.QueryResponse;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.ReplicaInfo;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.SyncRequest;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.SyncResponse;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.VoteRequest;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.raft.protocol.VoteResponse;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.util.serializer.SerializerConfig;
+
+/**
+ * Serializer for DatabaseManager's interaction with Copycat.
+ */
+public class DatabaseSerializer extends SerializerConfig {
+
+    private static final KryoNamespace COPYCAT = KryoNamespace.newBuilder()
+            .nextId(KryoNamespace.FLOATING_ID)
+            .register(AppendRequest.class)
+            .register(AppendResponse.class)
+            .register(SyncRequest.class)
+            .register(SyncResponse.class)
+            .register(VoteRequest.class)
+            .register(VoteResponse.class)
+            .register(PollRequest.class)
+            .register(PollResponse.class)
+            .register(QueryRequest.class)
+            .register(QueryResponse.class)
+            .register(CommitRequest.class)
+            .register(CommitResponse.class)
+            .register(ReplicaInfo.class)
+            .register(MemberInfo.class)
+            .build();
+
+    private static final KryoNamespace ONOS_STORE = KryoNamespace.newBuilder()
+            .nextId(KryoNamespace.FLOATING_ID)
+            .register(Versioned.class)
+            .register(DatabaseUpdate.class)
+            .register(DatabaseUpdate.Type.class)
+            .register(Result.class)
+            .register(UpdateResult.class)
+            .register(Result.Status.class)
+            .register(DefaultTransaction.class)
+            .register(Transaction.State.class)
+            .register(org.onosproject.store.primitives.impl.CommitResponse.class)
+            .register(Match.class)
+            .register(NodeId.class)
+            .build();
+
+    private static final KryoSerializer SERIALIZER = new KryoSerializer() {
+        @Override
+        protected void setupKryoPool() {
+            serializerPool = KryoNamespace.newBuilder()
+                    .register(KryoNamespaces.BASIC)
+                    .register(COPYCAT)
+                    .register(ONOS_STORE)
+                    .build();
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public ByteBuffer writeObject(Object object) {
+        return ByteBuffer.wrap(SERIALIZER.encode(object));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> T readObject(ByteBuffer buffer) {
+        return SERIALIZER.decode(buffer);
+    }
+}
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