diff --git a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTLayer.java b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTLayer.java
index 011873e..d14eba7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTLayer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTLayer.java
@@ -25,7 +25,16 @@
 
 package it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.decoder;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.decoder.utils.JDOMBuilder;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.authorityurl.AuthorityURLInfo;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.authorityurl.GSAuthorityURLInfoEncoder;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.identifier.GSIdentifierInfoEncoder;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.identifier.IdentifierInfo;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.metadatalink.GSMetadataLinkInfoEncoder;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.metadatalink.ResourceMetadataLinkInfo;
 
 import org.jdom.Element;
 import org.jdom.Namespace;
@@ -97,6 +106,18 @@ public class RESTLayer {
 		this.layerElem = layerElem;
 	}
 
+	public boolean getEnabled(){
+		return Boolean.parseBoolean(layerElem.getChildText("enabled"));
+	}
+	
+	public boolean getQueryable(){
+		return Boolean.parseBoolean(layerElem.getChildText("queryable"));
+	}
+	
+	public boolean getAdvertised(){
+		return Boolean.parseBoolean(layerElem.getChildText("advertised"));
+	}
+	
 	public String getName() {
 		return layerElem.getChildText("name");
 	}
@@ -164,6 +185,62 @@ public class RESTLayer {
         Element atom = resource.getChild("link", Namespace.getNamespace("atom", "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"));
         return atom.getAttributeValue("href");
     }
+    
+    
+	/**
+	 * Decodes the list of AuthorityURLInfo from the GeoServer Layer
+	 * 
+	 * @return the list of GSAuthorityURLInfoEncoder
+	 */
+	public List<GSAuthorityURLInfoEncoder> getEncodedAuthorityURLInfoList() {
+		List<GSAuthorityURLInfoEncoder> authorityURLList = null;
+
+		final Element authorityURLsRoot = layerElem.getChild("authorityURLs");
+		if (authorityURLsRoot != null) {
+			final List<Element> authorityURLs = authorityURLsRoot.getChildren();
+			if (authorityURLs != null) {
+				authorityURLList = new ArrayList<GSAuthorityURLInfoEncoder>(
+						authorityURLs.size());
+				for (Element authorityURL : authorityURLs) {
+					final GSAuthorityURLInfoEncoder authEnc = new GSAuthorityURLInfoEncoder();
+					authEnc.setName(authorityURL
+							.getChildText(AuthorityURLInfo.name.name()));
+					authEnc.setHref(authorityURL
+							.getChildText(AuthorityURLInfo.href.name()));
+					authorityURLList.add(authEnc);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return authorityURLList;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Decodes the list of IdentifierInfo from the GeoServer Layer
+	 * 
+	 * @return the list of IdentifierInfoEncoder
+	 */
+	public List<GSIdentifierInfoEncoder> getEncodedIdentifierInfoList() {
+		List<GSIdentifierInfoEncoder> idList = null;
+
+		final Element idRoot = layerElem.getChild("identifiers");
+		if (idRoot != null) {
+			final List<Element> identifiers = idRoot.getChildren();
+			if (identifiers != null) {
+				idList = new ArrayList<GSIdentifierInfoEncoder>(
+						identifiers.size());
+				for (Element identifier : identifiers) {
+					final GSIdentifierInfoEncoder idEnc = new GSIdentifierInfoEncoder();
+					idEnc.setAuthority(identifier
+							.getChildText(IdentifierInfo.authority.name()));
+					idEnc.setIdentifier(identifier
+							.getChildText(IdentifierInfo.identifier.name()));
+					idList.add(idEnc);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return idList;
+	}
+    
 
 //	protected double getLatLonEdge(String edge) {
 //		Element resource = layerElem.getChild("resource");
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/LayerDecoderTest.java b/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/LayerDecoderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7962769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/LayerDecoderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package it.geosolutions.geoserver.decoder;
+
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.decoder.RESTLayer;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.authorityurl.GSAuthorityURLInfoEncoder;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.identifier.GSIdentifierInfoEncoder;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author eblondel
+ *
+ */
+public class LayerDecoderTest {
+	
+	RESTLayer layer;
+	
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws IOException{
+		File layerFile = new ClassPathResource("testdata/layerExample.xml").getFile();
+	    String layerString = FileUtils.readFileToString(layerFile);
+		layer = RESTLayer.build(layerString);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testEnabled(){
+		Assert.assertEquals(true, layer.getEnabled());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testQueryable(){
+		Assert.assertEquals(true, layer.getQueryable());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testAdvertised(){
+		Assert.assertEquals(true, layer.getAdvertised());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testName() {
+		Assert.assertEquals("tasmania_cities", layer.getName());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testTypeString() {
+		Assert.assertEquals("VECTOR", layer.getTypeString());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testType(){
+		Assert.assertEquals(RESTLayer.Type.VECTOR, layer.getType());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testDefaultStyle() {
+		Assert.assertEquals("capitals", layer.getDefaultStyle());
+  	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testResourceUrl() {
+		Assert.assertEquals(
+				"http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/topp/datastores/taz_shapes/featuretypes/tasmania_cities.xml",
+				layer.getResourceUrl());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testAuthorityURLs() {
+		List<GSAuthorityURLInfoEncoder> authorityURLs = layer
+				.getEncodedAuthorityURLInfoList();
+		Assert.assertEquals("authority1", authorityURLs.get(0).getName());
+		Assert.assertEquals("http://www.authority1.org", authorityURLs.get(0)
+				.getHref());
+		Assert.assertEquals("authority2", authorityURLs.get(1).getName());
+		Assert.assertEquals("http://www.authority2.org", authorityURLs.get(1)
+				.getHref());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testIdentifiers() {
+		List<GSIdentifierInfoEncoder> authorityURLs = layer
+				.getEncodedIdentifierInfoList();
+		Assert.assertEquals("authority1", authorityURLs.get(0).getAuthority());
+		Assert.assertEquals("identifier1", authorityURLs.get(0).getIdentifier());
+		Assert.assertEquals("authority2", authorityURLs.get(1).getAuthority());
+		Assert.assertEquals("identifier2", authorityURLs.get(1).getIdentifier());
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/testdata/layerExample.xml b/src/test/resources/testdata/layerExample.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af98cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/testdata/layerExample.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<layer>
+    <name>tasmania_cities</name>
+    <path>/</path>
+    <type>VECTOR</type>
+    <defaultStyle>
+        <name>capitals</name>
+        <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="alternate" href="http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/styles/capitals.xml" type="application/xml"/>
+    </defaultStyle>
+    <resource class="featureType">
+        <name>tasmania_cities</name>
+        <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="alternate" href="http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/topp/datastores/taz_shapes/featuretypes/tasmania_cities.xml" type="application/xml"/>
+    </resource>
+    <enabled>true</enabled>
+    <queryable>true</queryable>
+    <advertised>true</advertised>
+    <attribution>
+        <logoWidth>0</logoWidth>
+        <logoHeight>0</logoHeight>
+    </attribution>
+	<authorityURLs>
+		<AuthorityURL>
+			<name>authority1</name>
+			<href>http://www.authority1.org</href>
+		</AuthorityURL>
+		<AuthorityURL>
+			<name>authority2</name>
+			<href>http://www.authority2.org</href>
+		</AuthorityURL>
+	</authorityURLs>
+	<identifiers>
+		<Identifier>
+			<authority>authority1</authority>
+			<identifier>identifier1</identifier>
+		</Identifier>
+		<Identifier>
+			<authority>authority2</authority>
+			<identifier>identifier2</identifier>
+		</Identifier>
+	</identifiers>
+</layer>
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