diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/Dpid.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/Dpid.java
index 4e46d84..ce8a4f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/Dpid.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/Dpid.java
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util;
 
 import org.openflow.util.HexString;
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.DpidDeserializer;
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.DpidSerializer;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.DpidDeserializer;
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.DpidSerializer;
 
 import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.annotate.JsonDeserialize;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/FlowEntryId.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/FlowEntryId.java
index 61ddeb0..7a8f67b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/FlowEntryId.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/FlowEntryId.java
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.FlowEntryIdDeserializer;
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.FlowEntryIdSerializer;
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.FlowEntryIdDeserializer;
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.FlowEntryIdSerializer;
 
 import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.annotate.JsonDeserialize;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/FlowId.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/FlowId.java
index 8592b36..b9652b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/FlowId.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/FlowId.java
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.FlowIdDeserializer;
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.FlowIdSerializer;
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.FlowIdDeserializer;
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.FlowIdSerializer;
 
 import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.annotate.JsonDeserialize;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv4.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv4.java
index 69f0ef5..a9d7d85 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv4.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv4.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util;
 
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.IPv4Deserializer;
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.IPv4Serializer;
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.IPv4Deserializer;
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.IPv4Serializer;
 
 import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.annotate.JsonDeserialize;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv4Net.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv4Net.java
index bc516f5..fdc6dca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv4Net.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv4Net.java
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util;
 
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.IPv4NetDeserializer;
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.IPv4NetSerializer;
 import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.IPv4;
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.IPv4NetDeserializer;
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.IPv4NetSerializer;
 
 import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.annotate.JsonDeserialize;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv6.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv6.java
index 2855a46..82d1db5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv6.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv6.java
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util;
 
 import org.openflow.util.HexString;
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.IPv6Deserializer;
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.IPv6Serializer;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.IPv6Deserializer;
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.IPv6Serializer;
 
 import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.annotate.JsonDeserialize;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv6Net.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv6Net.java
index 7700591..aacb648 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv6Net.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/IPv6Net.java
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util;
 
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.IPv6NetDeserializer;
-import net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers.IPv6NetSerializer;
 import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.IPv6;
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.IPv6NetDeserializer;
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers.IPv6NetSerializer;
 
 import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.annotate.JsonDeserialize;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/DpidDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/DpidDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6b1ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/DpidDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParser;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonToken;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.ObjectCodec;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonDeserializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationContext;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.Dpid;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize a DPID from a string.
+ */
+public class DpidDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Dpid> {
+
+    protected static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DpidDeserializer.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public Dpid deserialize(JsonParser jp,
+			    DeserializationContext ctxt)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+
+	Dpid dpid = null;
+
+	jp.nextToken();		// Move to JsonToken.START_OBJECT
+	while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
+	    String fieldname = jp.getCurrentName();
+	    if ("value".equals(fieldname)) {
+		String value = jp.getText();
+		log.debug("Fieldname: " + fieldname + " Value: " + value);
+		dpid = new Dpid(value);
+	    }
+	}
+	return dpid;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/DpidSerializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/DpidSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0da74d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/DpidSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.Dpid;
+
+/**
+ * Serialize a DPID as a string.
+ */
+public class DpidSerializer extends JsonSerializer<Dpid> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(Dpid dpid, JsonGenerator jGen,
+			  SerializerProvider serializer)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+	jGen.writeStartObject();
+	jGen.writeStringField("value", dpid.toString());
+	jGen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/FlowEntryIdDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/FlowEntryIdDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a15ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/FlowEntryIdDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParser;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonToken;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.ObjectCodec;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonDeserializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationContext;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.FlowEntryId;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize a Flow Entry ID from a string.
+ */
+public class FlowEntryIdDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<FlowEntryId> {
+
+    protected static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FlowEntryIdDeserializer.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public FlowEntryId deserialize(JsonParser jp,
+				   DeserializationContext ctxt)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+
+	FlowEntryId flowEntryId = null;
+
+	jp.nextToken();		// Move to JsonToken.START_OBJECT
+	while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
+	    String fieldname = jp.getCurrentName();
+	    if ("value".equals(fieldname)) {
+		String value = jp.getText();
+		log.debug("Fieldname: " + fieldname + " Value: " + value);
+		flowEntryId = new FlowEntryId(value);
+	    }
+	}
+	return flowEntryId;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/FlowEntryIdSerializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/FlowEntryIdSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00f4d61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/FlowEntryIdSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.FlowEntryId;
+
+/**
+ * Serialize a Flow Entry ID as a hexadecimal string.
+ */
+public class FlowEntryIdSerializer extends JsonSerializer<FlowEntryId> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(FlowEntryId flowEntryId, JsonGenerator jGen,
+			  SerializerProvider serializer)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+	jGen.writeString(flowEntryId.toString());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/FlowIdDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/FlowIdDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e04108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/FlowIdDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParser;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonToken;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.ObjectCodec;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonDeserializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationContext;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.FlowId;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize a Flow ID from a string.
+ */
+public class FlowIdDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<FlowId> {
+
+    protected static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FlowIdDeserializer.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public FlowId deserialize(JsonParser jp,
+			      DeserializationContext ctxt)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+
+	FlowId flowId = null;
+
+	jp.nextToken();		// Move to JsonToken.START_OBJECT
+	while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
+	    String fieldname = jp.getCurrentName();
+	    if ("value".equals(fieldname)) {
+		String value = jp.getText();
+		log.debug("Fieldname: " + fieldname + " Value: " + value);
+		flowId = new FlowId(value);
+	    }
+	}
+	return flowId;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/FlowIdSerializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/FlowIdSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..575126f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/FlowIdSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.FlowId;
+
+/**
+ * Serialize a Flow ID as a hexadecimal string.
+ */
+public class FlowIdSerializer extends JsonSerializer<FlowId> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(FlowId flowId, JsonGenerator jGen,
+			  SerializerProvider serializer)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+	jGen.writeStartObject();
+	jGen.writeStringField("value", flowId.toString());
+	jGen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4Deserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4Deserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13ddc0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4Deserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParser;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonToken;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.ObjectCodec;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonDeserializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationContext;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.IPv4;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize an IPv4 address from a string.
+ */
+public class IPv4Deserializer extends JsonDeserializer<IPv4> {
+
+    protected static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IPv4Deserializer.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public IPv4 deserialize(JsonParser jp,
+			    DeserializationContext ctxt)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+
+	IPv4 ipv4 = null;
+
+	jp.nextToken();		// Move to JsonToken.START_OBJECT
+	while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
+	    String fieldname = jp.getCurrentName();
+	    if ("value".equals(fieldname)) {
+		String value = jp.getText();
+		log.debug("Fieldname: " + fieldname + " Value: " + value);
+		ipv4 = new IPv4(value);
+	    }
+	}
+	return ipv4;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4NetDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4NetDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f30e91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4NetDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParser;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonToken;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.ObjectCodec;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonDeserializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationContext;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.IPv4Net;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize an IPv4Net address from a string.
+ */
+public class IPv4NetDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<IPv4Net> {
+
+    protected static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IPv4NetDeserializer.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public IPv4Net deserialize(JsonParser jp,
+			       DeserializationContext ctxt)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+
+	IPv4Net ipv4Net = null;
+
+	jp.nextToken();		// Move to JsonToken.START_OBJECT
+	while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
+	    String fieldname = jp.getCurrentName();
+	    if ("value".equals(fieldname)) {
+		String value = jp.getText();
+		log.debug("Fieldname: " + fieldname + " Value: " + value);
+		ipv4Net = new IPv4Net(value);
+	    }
+	}
+	return ipv4Net;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4NetSerializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4NetSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2580550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4NetSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.IPv4Net;
+
+/**
+ * Serialize an IPv4Net address as a string.
+ */
+public class IPv4NetSerializer extends JsonSerializer<IPv4Net> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(IPv4Net ipv4Net, JsonGenerator jGen,
+			  SerializerProvider serializer)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+	jGen.writeStartObject();
+	jGen.writeStringField("value", ipv4Net.toString());
+	jGen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4Serializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4Serializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49dc140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4Serializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.IPv4;
+
+/**
+ * Serialize an IPv4 address as a string.
+ */
+public class IPv4Serializer extends JsonSerializer<IPv4> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(IPv4 ipv4, JsonGenerator jGen,
+			  SerializerProvider serializer)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+	jGen.writeStartObject();
+	jGen.writeStringField("value", ipv4.toString());
+	jGen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6Deserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6Deserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36109e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6Deserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParser;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonToken;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.ObjectCodec;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonDeserializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationContext;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.IPv6;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize an IPv6 address from a string.
+ */
+public class IPv6Deserializer extends JsonDeserializer<IPv6> {
+
+    protected static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IPv6Deserializer.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public IPv6 deserialize(JsonParser jp,
+			    DeserializationContext ctxt)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+
+	IPv6 ipv6 = null;
+
+	jp.nextToken();		// Move to JsonToken.START_OBJECT
+	while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
+	    String fieldname = jp.getCurrentName();
+	    if ("value".equals(fieldname)) {
+		String value = jp.getText();
+		log.debug("Fieldname: " + fieldname + " Value: " + value);
+		ipv6 = new IPv6(value);
+	    }
+	}
+	return ipv6;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6NetDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6NetDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff3a0ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6NetDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParser;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonToken;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.ObjectCodec;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonDeserializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationContext;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.IPv6Net;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize an IPv6Net address from a string.
+ */
+public class IPv6NetDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<IPv6Net> {
+
+    protected static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IPv6NetDeserializer.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public IPv6Net deserialize(JsonParser jp,
+			       DeserializationContext ctxt)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+
+	IPv6Net ipv6Net = null;
+
+	jp.nextToken();		// Move to JsonToken.START_OBJECT
+	while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
+	    String fieldname = jp.getCurrentName();
+	    if ("value".equals(fieldname)) {
+		String value = jp.getText();
+		log.debug("Fieldname: " + fieldname + " Value: " + value);
+		ipv6Net = new IPv6Net(value);
+	    }
+	}
+	return ipv6Net;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6NetSerializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6NetSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0837d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6NetSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.IPv6Net;
+
+/**
+ * Serialize an IPv6Net address as a string.
+ */
+public class IPv6NetSerializer extends JsonSerializer<IPv6Net> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(IPv6Net ipv6Net, JsonGenerator jGen,
+			  SerializerProvider serializer)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+	jGen.writeStartObject();
+	jGen.writeStringField("value", ipv6Net.toString());
+	jGen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6Serializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6Serializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4ac122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6Serializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;
+
+import net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.IPv6;
+
+/**
+ * Serialize an IPv6 address as a string.
+ */
+public class IPv6Serializer extends JsonSerializer<IPv6> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(IPv6 ipv6, JsonGenerator jGen,
+			  SerializerProvider serializer)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+	jGen.writeStartObject();
+	jGen.writeStringField("value", ipv6.toString());
+	jGen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/MACAddressDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/MACAddressDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86ed2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/MACAddressDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParser;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonToken;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.ObjectCodec;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonDeserializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationContext;
+
+import net.floodlightcontroller.util.MACAddress;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize a MAC address from a string.
+ */
+public class MACAddressDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<MACAddress> {
+
+    protected static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MACAddressDeserializer.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public MACAddress deserialize(JsonParser jp,
+				  DeserializationContext ctxt)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+
+	MACAddress mac = null;
+
+	jp.nextToken();		// Move to JsonToken.START_OBJECT
+	while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
+	    String fieldname = jp.getCurrentName();
+	    if ("value".equals(fieldname)) {
+		String value = jp.getText();
+		log.debug("Fieldname: " + fieldname + " Value: " + value);
+		mac = MACAddress.valueOf(value);
+	    }
+	}
+	return mac;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/MACAddressSerializer.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/MACAddressSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85c8dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/util/serializers/MACAddressSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;
+
+import net.floodlightcontroller.util.MACAddress;
+
+/**
+ * Serialize a MAC address as a string.
+ */
+public class MACAddressSerializer extends JsonSerializer<MACAddress> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(MACAddress mac, JsonGenerator jGen,
+			  SerializerProvider serializer)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+	jGen.writeStartObject();
+	jGen.writeStringField("value", mac.toString());
+	jGen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}