diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/BUILD b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/BUILD
index 1d01e80..75b5b42 100644
--- a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/BUILD
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/BUILD
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "//core/api:onos-api-tests",
     "//core/common:onos-core-common-tests",
     "//web/api:onos-rest-tests",
+    "@minimal_json//jar",
 ]
 
 osgi_jar_with_tests(
diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtHostRouteCodec.java b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtHostRouteCodec.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d73979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtHostRouteCodec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.kubevirtnetworking.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpPrefix;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtHostRoute;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsIllegal;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Kubevirt host route codec used for serializing and de-serializing JSON string.
+ */
+public final class KubevirtHostRouteCodec extends JsonCodec<KubevirtHostRoute> {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private static final String DESTINATION = "destination";
+    private static final String NEXTHOP = "nexthop";
+
+    private static final String MISSING_MESSAGE = " is required in KubevirtHostRoute";
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(KubevirtHostRoute hostRoute, CodecContext context) {
+        checkNotNull(hostRoute, "Kubernetes network cannot be null");
+
+        ObjectNode result = context.mapper().createObjectNode()
+                .put(DESTINATION, hostRoute.destination().toString());
+
+        if (hostRoute.nexthop() != null) {
+            result.put(NEXTHOP, hostRoute.nexthop().toString());
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public KubevirtHostRoute decode(ObjectNode json, CodecContext context) {
+        if (json == null || !json.isObject()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        String destination = nullIsIllegal(json.get(DESTINATION).asText(),
+                DESTINATION + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+        JsonNode nexthopJson = json.get(NEXTHOP);
+        IpAddress nexthop = null;
+
+        if (nexthopJson != null) {
+            nexthop = IpAddress.valueOf(nexthopJson.asText());
+        }
+
+        return new KubevirtHostRoute(IpPrefix.valueOf(destination), nexthop);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtIpPoolCodec.java b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtIpPoolCodec.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f5522c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtIpPoolCodec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.kubevirtnetworking.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtIpPool;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsIllegal;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Kubevirt IP pool codec used for serializing and de-serializing JSON string.
+ */
+public final class KubevirtIpPoolCodec extends JsonCodec<KubevirtIpPool> {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private static final String START = "start";
+    private static final String END = "end";
+
+    private static final String MISSING_MESSAGE = " is required in KubevirtIpPool";
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(KubevirtIpPool ipPool, CodecContext context) {
+        checkNotNull(ipPool, "Kubevirt IP pool cannot be null");
+
+        return context.mapper().createObjectNode()
+                .put(START, ipPool.start().toString())
+                .put(END, ipPool.end().toString());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public KubevirtIpPool decode(ObjectNode json, CodecContext context) {
+        if (json == null || !json.isObject()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        String start = nullIsIllegal(json.get(START).asText(), START + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+        String end = nullIsIllegal(json.get(END).asText(), END + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+
+        return new KubevirtIpPool(IpAddress.valueOf(start), IpAddress.valueOf(end));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetworkCodec.java b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetworkCodec.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3416ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetworkCodec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.kubevirtnetworking.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.DefaultKubevirtNetwork;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtHostRoute;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtIpPool;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtNetwork;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsIllegal;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Kubevirt network codec used for serializing and de-serializing JSON string.
+ */
+public final class KubevirtNetworkCodec extends JsonCodec<KubevirtNetwork> {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private static final String NETWORK_ID = "networkId";
+    private static final String TYPE = "type";
+    private static final String NAME = "name";
+    private static final String MTU = "mtu";
+    private static final String SEGMENT_ID = "segmentId";
+    private static final String GATEWAY_IP = "gatewayIp";
+    private static final String CIDR = "cidr";
+    private static final String HOST_ROUTES = "hostRoutes";
+    private static final String IP_POOL = "ipPool";
+
+    private static final String MISSING_MESSAGE = " is required in KubevirtNetwork";
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(KubevirtNetwork network, CodecContext context) {
+        checkNotNull(network, "Kubevirt network cannot be null");
+
+        ObjectNode result = context.mapper().createObjectNode()
+                .put(NETWORK_ID, network.networkId())
+                .put(TYPE, network.type().name())
+                .put(NAME, network.name())
+                .put(MTU, network.mtu())
+                .put(GATEWAY_IP, network.gatewayIp().toString())
+                .put(CIDR, network.cidr());
+
+        if (network.segmentId() != null) {
+            result.put(SEGMENT_ID, network.segmentId());
+        }
+
+        if (network.hostRoutes() != null && !network.hostRoutes().isEmpty()) {
+            ArrayNode hostRoutes = context.mapper().createArrayNode();
+            network.hostRoutes().forEach(hostRoute -> {
+                ObjectNode hostRouteJson =
+                        context.codec(KubevirtHostRoute.class).encode(hostRoute, context);
+                hostRoutes.add(hostRouteJson);
+            });
+            result.set(HOST_ROUTES, hostRoutes);
+        }
+
+        if (network.ipPool() != null) {
+            ObjectNode ipPoolJson = context.codec(KubevirtIpPool.class).encode(network.ipPool(), context);
+            result.set(IP_POOL, ipPoolJson);
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public KubevirtNetwork decode(ObjectNode json, CodecContext context) {
+        if (json == null || !json.isObject()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        String networkId = nullIsIllegal(json.get(NETWORK_ID).asText(),
+                NETWORK_ID + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+        String type = nullIsIllegal(json.get(TYPE).asText(),
+                TYPE + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+        String name = nullIsIllegal(json.get(NAME).asText(),
+                NAME + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+        Integer mtu = nullIsIllegal(json.get(MTU).asInt(),
+                MTU + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+        String gatewayIp = nullIsIllegal(json.get(GATEWAY_IP).asText(),
+                GATEWAY_IP + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+        String cidr = nullIsIllegal(json.get(CIDR).asText(),
+                CIDR + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+
+        KubevirtNetwork.Builder networkBuilder = DefaultKubevirtNetwork.builder()
+                .networkId(networkId)
+                .type(KubevirtNetwork.Type.valueOf(type))
+                .name(name)
+                .mtu(mtu)
+                .gatewayIp(IpAddress.valueOf(gatewayIp))
+                .cidr(cidr);
+
+        JsonNode ipPoolJson = json.get(IP_POOL);
+        if (ipPoolJson != null) {
+            final JsonCodec<KubevirtIpPool>
+                    ipPoolCodec = context.codec(KubevirtIpPool.class);
+            networkBuilder.ipPool(ipPoolCodec.decode(
+                    (ObjectNode) ipPoolJson.deepCopy(), context));
+        }
+
+        // parse host routes
+        Set<KubevirtHostRoute> hostRoutes = new HashSet<>();
+        JsonNode hostRoutesJson = json.get(HOST_ROUTES);
+        if (hostRoutesJson != null) {
+            final JsonCodec<KubevirtHostRoute>
+                    hostRouteCodec = context.codec(KubevirtHostRoute.class);
+
+            IntStream.range(0, hostRoutesJson.size()).forEach(i -> {
+                ObjectNode routeJson = get(hostRoutesJson, i);
+                hostRoutes.add(hostRouteCodec.decode(routeJson, context));
+            });
+        }
+        networkBuilder.hostRoutes(hostRoutes);
+
+        log.trace("Network is {}", networkBuilder.build().toString());
+
+        return networkBuilder.build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtHostRouteJsonMatcher.java b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtHostRouteJsonMatcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4603980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtHostRouteJsonMatcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.kubevirtnetworking.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtHostRoute;
+
+/**
+ * Hamcrest matcher for kubevirt host route interface.
+ */
+public final class KubevirtHostRouteJsonMatcher extends TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher<JsonNode> {
+
+    private final KubevirtHostRoute hostRoute;
+
+    private static final String DESTINATION = "destination";
+    private static final String NEXTHOP = "nexthop";
+
+    private KubevirtHostRouteJsonMatcher(KubevirtHostRoute hostRoute) {
+        this.hostRoute = hostRoute;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean matchesSafely(JsonNode jsonNode, Description description) {
+        // check destination
+        String jsonDestination = jsonNode.get(DESTINATION).asText();
+        String destination = hostRoute.destination().toString();
+        if (!jsonDestination.equals(destination)) {
+            description.appendText("destination was " + jsonDestination);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check nexthop
+        JsonNode jsonNexthop = jsonNode.get(NEXTHOP);
+        if (jsonNexthop != null) {
+            String nexthop = hostRoute.nexthop().toString();
+            if (!jsonNexthop.asText().equals(nexthop)) {
+                description.appendText("nexthop was " + jsonNexthop);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void describeTo(Description description) {
+        description.appendText(description.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory to allocate an kubevirt host route matcher.
+     *
+     * @param route kubevirt host route object we are looking for
+     * @return matcher
+     */
+    public static KubevirtHostRouteJsonMatcher matchesKubevirtHostRoute(KubevirtHostRoute route) {
+        return new KubevirtHostRouteJsonMatcher(route);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtIpPoolJsonMatcher.java b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtIpPoolJsonMatcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6217335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtIpPoolJsonMatcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.kubevirtnetworking.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtIpPool;
+
+/**
+ * Hamcrest matcher for kubevirt IP pool interface.
+ */
+public final class KubevirtIpPoolJsonMatcher extends TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher<JsonNode> {
+
+    private final KubevirtIpPool ipPool;
+    private static final String START = "start";
+    private static final String END = "end";
+
+    private KubevirtIpPoolJsonMatcher(KubevirtIpPool ipPool) {
+        this.ipPool = ipPool;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean matchesSafely(JsonNode jsonNode, Description description) {
+        // check start
+        String jsonStart = jsonNode.get(START).asText();
+        String start = ipPool.start().toString();
+        if (!jsonStart.equals(start)) {
+            description.appendText("start was " + jsonStart);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check end
+        String jsonEnd = jsonNode.get(END).asText();
+        String end = ipPool.end().toString();
+        if (!jsonEnd.equals(end)) {
+            description.appendText("end was " + jsonEnd);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void describeTo(Description description) {
+        description.appendText(ipPool.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory to allocate an kubevirt IP pool matcher.
+     *
+     * @param ipPool kubevirt IP pool object we are looking for
+     * @return matcher
+     */
+    public static KubevirtIpPoolJsonMatcher matchesKubevirtIpPool(KubevirtIpPool ipPool) {
+        return new KubevirtIpPoolJsonMatcher(ipPool);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetworkCodecTest.java b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetworkCodecTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..285b190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetworkCodecTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.kubevirtnetworking.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpPrefix;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.codec.impl.CodecManager;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.DefaultKubevirtNetwork;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtHostRoute;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtIpPool;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtNetwork;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.codec.KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher.matchesKubevirtNetwork;
+import static org.onosproject.net.NetTestTools.APP_ID;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for KubevirtNetwork codec.
+ */
+public final class KubevirtNetworkCodecTest {
+
+    MockCodecContext context;
+
+    JsonCodec<KubevirtNetwork> kubevirtNetworkCodec;
+    JsonCodec<KubevirtHostRoute> kubevirtHostRouteCodec;
+    JsonCodec<KubevirtIpPool> kubevirtIpPoolCodec;
+
+    final CoreService mockCoreService = createMock(CoreService.class);
+    private static final String REST_APP_ID = "org.onosproject.rest";
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        context = new MockCodecContext();
+        kubevirtNetworkCodec = new KubevirtNetworkCodec();
+        kubevirtHostRouteCodec = new KubevirtHostRouteCodec();
+        kubevirtIpPoolCodec = new KubevirtIpPoolCodec();
+
+        assertThat(kubevirtNetworkCodec, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(kubevirtHostRouteCodec, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(kubevirtIpPoolCodec, notNullValue());
+
+        expect(mockCoreService.registerApplication(REST_APP_ID))
+                .andReturn(APP_ID).anyTimes();
+        replay(mockCoreService);
+        context.registerService(CoreService.class, mockCoreService);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the kubevirt network encoding.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testKubevirtNetworkEncode() {
+        KubevirtHostRoute hostRoute1 = new KubevirtHostRoute(IpPrefix.valueOf("10.10.10.0/24"),
+                IpAddress.valueOf("20.20.20.1"));
+        KubevirtHostRoute hostRoute2 = new KubevirtHostRoute(IpPrefix.valueOf("20.20.20.0/24"),
+                IpAddress.valueOf("10.10.10.1"));
+
+        KubevirtIpPool ipPool = new KubevirtIpPool(IpAddress.valueOf("10.10.10.100"),
+                IpAddress.valueOf("10.10.10.200"));
+
+        KubevirtNetwork network = DefaultKubevirtNetwork.builder()
+                .networkId("net-1")
+                .name("net-1")
+                .type(KubevirtNetwork.Type.FLAT)
+                .gatewayIp(IpAddress.valueOf("10.10.10.1"))
+                .mtu(1500)
+                .cidr("10.10.10.0/24")
+                .hostRoutes(ImmutableSet.of(hostRoute1, hostRoute2))
+                .ipPool(ipPool)
+                .build();
+
+        ObjectNode networkJson = kubevirtNetworkCodec.encode(network, context);
+        assertThat(networkJson, matchesKubevirtNetwork(network));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the kubevirt network decoding.
+     *
+     * @throws IOException io exception
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testKubevirtNetworkDecode() throws IOException {
+        KubevirtNetwork network = getKubevirtNetwork("KubevirtNetwork.json");
+
+        assertThat(network.networkId(), is("network-1"));
+        assertThat(network.name(), is("network-1"));
+        assertThat(network.type().name(), is("FLAT"));
+        assertThat(network.cidr(), is("10.10.0.0/24"));
+        assertThat(network.gatewayIp().toString(), is("10.10.0.1"));
+        assertThat(network.ipPool().start().toString(), is("10.10.10.100"));
+        assertThat(network.ipPool().end().toString(), is("10.10.10.200"));
+    }
+
+    private KubevirtNetwork getKubevirtNetwork(String resourceName) throws IOException {
+        InputStream jsonStream = KubevirtNetworkCodecTest.class.getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
+        JsonNode json = context.mapper().readTree(jsonStream);
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(json, notNullValue());
+        KubevirtNetwork network = kubevirtNetworkCodec.decode((ObjectNode) json, context);
+        assertThat(network, notNullValue());
+        return network;
+    }
+
+    private class MockCodecContext implements CodecContext {
+
+        private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        private final CodecManager manager = new CodecManager();
+        private final Map<Class<?>, Object> services = new HashMap<>();
+
+        /**
+         * Constructs a new mock codec context.
+         */
+        public MockCodecContext() {
+            manager.activate();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ObjectMapper mapper() {
+            return mapper;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public <T> JsonCodec<T> codec(Class<T> entityClass) {
+            if (entityClass == KubevirtHostRoute.class) {
+                return (JsonCodec<T>) kubevirtHostRouteCodec;
+            }
+
+            if (entityClass == KubevirtIpPool.class) {
+                return (JsonCodec<T>) kubevirtIpPoolCodec;
+            }
+
+            return manager.getCodec(entityClass);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public <T> T getService(Class<T> serviceClass) {
+            return (T) services.get(serviceClass);
+        }
+
+        // for registering mock services
+        public <T> void registerService(Class<T> serviceClass, T impl) {
+            services.put(serviceClass, impl);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetworkJsonArrayMatcher.java b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetworkJsonArrayMatcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6701c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetworkJsonArrayMatcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.kubevirtnetworking.codec;
+
+import com.eclipsesource.json.JsonArray;
+import com.eclipsesource.json.JsonObject;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtNetwork;
+
+public final class KubevirtNetworkJsonArrayMatcher extends TypeSafeMatcher<JsonArray> {
+
+    private final KubevirtNetwork network;
+    private String reason = "";
+
+    public KubevirtNetworkJsonArrayMatcher(KubevirtNetwork network) {
+        this.network = network;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean matchesSafely(JsonArray json) {
+        boolean networkFound = false;
+        for (int jsonNetworkIndex = 0; jsonNetworkIndex < json.size(); jsonNetworkIndex++) {
+            final JsonObject jsonNode = json.get(jsonNetworkIndex).asObject();
+
+            final String networkId = network.networkId();
+            final String jsonNetworkId = jsonNode.get("networkId").asString();
+            if (jsonNetworkId.equals(networkId)) {
+                networkFound = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!networkFound) {
+            reason = "Network with networkId " + network.networkId() + " not found";
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void describeTo(Description description) {
+        description.appendText(reason);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory to allocate a network array matcher.
+     *
+     * @param network network object we are looking for
+     * @return matcher
+     */
+    public static KubevirtNetworkJsonArrayMatcher hasNetwork(KubevirtNetwork network) {
+        return new KubevirtNetworkJsonArrayMatcher(network);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher.java b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..215e289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/java/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.kubevirtnetworking.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtHostRoute;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtIpPool;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtNetwork;
+
+/**
+ * Hamcrest matcher for kubevirt network.
+ */
+public final class KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher extends TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher<JsonNode> {
+
+    private final KubevirtNetwork network;
+    private static final String NETWORK_ID = "networkId";
+    private static final String TYPE = "type";
+    private static final String NAME = "name";
+    private static final String MTU = "mtu";
+    private static final String SEGMENT_ID = "segmentId";
+    private static final String GATEWAY_IP = "gatewayIp";
+    private static final String CIDR = "cidr";
+    private static final String HOST_ROUTES = "hostRoutes";
+    private static final String IP_POOL = "ipPool";
+
+    private KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher(KubevirtNetwork network) {
+        this.network = network;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean matchesSafely(JsonNode jsonNode, Description description) {
+        // check network ID
+        String jsonNetworkId = jsonNode.get(NETWORK_ID).asText();
+        String networkId = network.networkId();
+        if (!jsonNetworkId.equals(networkId)) {
+            description.appendText("network ID was " + jsonNetworkId);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check type
+        String jsonType = jsonNode.get(TYPE).asText();
+        String type = network.type().name();
+        if (!jsonType.equals(type)) {
+            description.appendText("network type was " + jsonType);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check name
+        String jsonName = jsonNode.get(NAME).asText();
+        String name = network.name();
+        if (!jsonName.equals(name)) {
+            description.appendText("network name was " + jsonName);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check MTU
+        int jsonMtu = jsonNode.get(MTU).asInt();
+        int mtu = network.mtu();
+        if (jsonMtu != mtu) {
+            description.appendText("network MTU was " + jsonMtu);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check gateway IP
+        String jsonGatewayIp = jsonNode.get(GATEWAY_IP).asText();
+        String gatewayIp = network.gatewayIp().toString();
+        if (!jsonGatewayIp.equals(gatewayIp)) {
+            description.appendText("gateway IP was " + jsonGatewayIp);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check CIDR
+        String jsonCidr = jsonNode.get(CIDR).asText();
+        String cidr = network.cidr();
+        if (!jsonCidr.equals(cidr)) {
+            description.appendText("CIDR was " + jsonCidr);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check segment ID
+        JsonNode jsonSegmentId = jsonNode.get(SEGMENT_ID);
+        if (jsonSegmentId != null) {
+            String segmentId = network.segmentId();
+            if (!jsonSegmentId.asText().equals(segmentId)) {
+                description.appendText("segment ID was " + jsonSegmentId.asText());
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // check ip pool
+        JsonNode jsonIpPool = jsonNode.get(IP_POOL);
+        if (jsonIpPool != null) {
+            KubevirtIpPool ipPool = network.ipPool();
+            KubevirtIpPoolJsonMatcher ipPoolMatcher =
+                    KubevirtIpPoolJsonMatcher.matchesKubevirtIpPool(ipPool);
+            if (ipPoolMatcher.matches(jsonIpPool)) {
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                description.appendText("IP pool was " + jsonIpPool.toString());
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // check host routes
+        JsonNode jsonHostRoutes = jsonNode.get(HOST_ROUTES);
+        if (jsonHostRoutes != null) {
+            if (jsonHostRoutes.size() != network.hostRoutes().size()) {
+                description.appendText("host routes size was " + jsonHostRoutes.size());
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            for (KubevirtHostRoute hostRoute : network.hostRoutes()) {
+                boolean routeFound = false;
+                for (int routeIndex = 0; routeIndex < jsonHostRoutes.size(); routeIndex++) {
+                    KubevirtHostRouteJsonMatcher routeMatcher =
+                            KubevirtHostRouteJsonMatcher.matchesKubevirtHostRoute(hostRoute);
+                    if (routeMatcher.matches(jsonHostRoutes.get(routeIndex))) {
+                        routeFound = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (!routeFound) {
+                    description.appendText("Host route not found " + hostRoute.toString());
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void describeTo(Description description) {
+        description.appendText(network.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory to allocate an kubevirt network matcher.
+     *
+     * @param network kubevirt network object we are looking for
+     * @return matcher
+     */
+    public static KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher
+                    matchesKubevirtNetwork(KubevirtNetwork network) {
+        return new KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher(network);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetwork.json b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetwork.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df048ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-networking/app/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/kubevirtnetworking/codec/KubevirtNetwork.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "networkId": "network-1",
+  "name": "network-1",
+  "type": "FLAT",
+  "mtu": 1500,
+  "cidr": "10.10.0.0/24",
+  "gatewayIp": "10.10.0.1",
+  "ipPool": {
+    "start": "10.10.10.100",
+    "end": "10.10.10.200"
+  }
+}
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