diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 537fcc931e..9e6b07955d 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     <module>runnel</module>
     <module>management</module>
     <module>client-message-tracker</module>
+    <module>state-format</module>
   </modules>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/state-format/pom.xml b/state-format/pom.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cf19860b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/state-format/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Copyright Terracotta, Inc.
+
+    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.
+
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.terracotta.internal</groupId>
+    <artifactId>build-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../build-parent</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>state-format</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <name>state-format</name>
+
+  <properties>
+    <java.build.version>1.8</java.build.version>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.terracotta</groupId>
+      <artifactId>entity-common-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${terracotta-apis.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <version>2.8.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.12</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.19</version>
+        <configuration>
+            <forkCount>2C</forkCount>
+            <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
+            <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-fork-${surefire.forkNumber}</workingDirectory>
+            <argLine>-Xmx2G -Djava.awt.headless=true</argLine>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/state-format/src/main/java/com/tc/state/ObjectStateReporter.java b/state-format/src/main/java/com/tc/state/ObjectStateReporter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80010ce568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/state-format/src/main/java/com/tc/state/ObjectStateReporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Terracotta, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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 com.tc.state;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.terracotta.entity.StateDumpCollector;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class ObjectStateReporter {
+  private final StateDumpCollector collector;
+  private final ObjectMapper mapper;
+  private final ObjectNode object;
+
+  public ObjectStateReporter(StateDumpCollector collector) {
+    this.collector = collector;
+    this.mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    this.object = mapper.createObjectNode();
+  }
+  
+  public ObjectNode getBaseObject() {
+    return object;
+  }
+  
+  public void finish() {
+    try {
+      collector.addState(StateDumpCollector.JSON_STATE_KEY, mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(this.object));
+    } catch (IOException ioe) {
+      collector.addState("error", ioe.getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/state-format/src/test/java/com/tc/state/ObjectStateReporterTest.java b/state-format/src/test/java/com/tc/state/ObjectStateReporterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..399b780be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/state-format/src/test/java/com/tc/state/ObjectStateReporterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Terracotta, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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 com.tc.state;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.terracotta.entity.StateDumpCollector;
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class ObjectStateReporterTest {
+  
+  public ObjectStateReporterTest() {
+  }
+  
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setUpClass() {
+  }
+  
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void tearDownClass() {
+  }
+  
+  @Before
+  public void setUp() {
+  }
+  
+  @After
+  public void tearDown() {
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCheckFormatting() throws Throwable {
+    ObjectStateReporter reporter = new ObjectStateReporter(new StateDumpCollector() {
+      @Override
+      public StateDumpCollector subStateDumpCollector(String string) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); //To change body of generated methods, choose Tools | Templates.
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void addState(String string, String string1) {
+        Assert.assertEquals(StateDumpCollector.JSON_STATE_KEY, string);
+        System.out.println(string1);
+      }
+    });
+    
+    ObjectNode node = reporter.getBaseObject();
+    node.put("test", 1);
+    node.put("testString", "check");
+    ObjectNode sub = node.with("subNode");
+    sub.put("subIsHere", true);
+    ArrayNode array = sub.withArray("array");
+    for (int x=0;x<5;x++) {
+      array.add(x);
+    }
+    reporter.finish();
+  }
+}