diff --git a/common/Makefile.am b/common/Makefile.am
index 5ec4e232..d77ea310 100644
--- a/common/Makefile.am
+++ b/common/Makefile.am
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ libswsscommon_la_SOURCES = \
     exec.cpp                  \
     subscriberstatetable.cpp  \
     timestamp.cpp             \
-    warm_restart.cpp
+    warm_restart.cpp          \
+    redisutility.cpp
 
 libswsscommon_la_CXXFLAGS = $(DBGFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_COMMON) $(LIBNL_CFLAGS)
 libswsscommon_la_CPPFLAGS = $(DBGFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_COMMON) $(LIBNL_CPPFLAGS)
diff --git a/common/boolean.h b/common/boolean.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12219f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/boolean.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <ios>
+
+namespace swss
+{
+class Boolean
+{
+public:
+    Boolean() = default;
+    Boolean(bool boolean) : m_boolean(boolean)
+    {
+    }
+    operator bool() const
+    {
+        return m_boolean;
+    }
+    operator bool&()
+    {
+        return m_boolean;
+    }
+protected:
+    bool m_boolean;
+};
+
+class AlphaBoolean : public Boolean
+{
+public:
+    AlphaBoolean() = default;
+    AlphaBoolean(bool boolean) : Boolean(boolean)
+    {
+    }
+};
+
+static inline std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const AlphaBoolean &b)
+{
+    return out << std::boolalpha << (bool)(b);
+}
+
+static inline std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &in, AlphaBoolean &b)
+{
+    return in >> std::boolalpha >> (bool &)(b);
+}
+
+static inline std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const Boolean &b)
+{
+    return out << (bool)(b);
+}
+
+static inline std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &in, Boolean &b)
+{
+    return in >> (bool &)(b);
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/common/redisutility.cpp b/common/redisutility.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d1d0ece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/redisutility.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#include "redisutility.h"
+#include "stringutility.h"
+
+#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+
+
+boost::optional<std::string> swss::fvsGetValue(
+    const std::vector<FieldValueTuple> &fvt,
+    const std::string &field,
+    bool case_insensitive)
+{
+    boost::optional<std::string> ret;
+
+    for (auto itr = fvt.begin(); itr != fvt.end(); itr++)
+    {
+        bool is_equal = false;
+        if (case_insensitive)
+        {
+            is_equal = boost::iequals(fvField(*itr), field);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            is_equal = (fvField(*itr) == field);
+        }
+        if (is_equal)
+        {
+            ret = fvValue(*itr);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/redisutility.h b/common/redisutility.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3da0ac66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/redisutility.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "rediscommand.h"
+
+#include <boost/optional.hpp>
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+namespace swss
+{
+boost::optional<std::string> fvsGetValue(
+    const std::vector<FieldValueTuple> &fvt,
+    const std::string &field,
+    bool case_insensitive = false);
+}
diff --git a/common/stringutility.h b/common/stringutility.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c569fbe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/stringutility.h
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "logger.h"
+#include "tokenize.h"
+#include "schema.h"
+
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+#include <boost/algorithm/hex.hpp>
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <cctype>
+
+namespace swss {
+
+template<typename T>
+static inline void lexical_convert(const std::string &str, T &t)
+{
+    t = boost::lexical_cast<T>(str);
+}
+
+namespace lexical_convert_detail
+{
+
+    template <typename T, typename... Args>
+    void lexical_convert(
+        std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator begin,
+        std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator end,
+        T &t)
+    {
+        if (begin == end)
+        {
+            SWSS_LOG_THROW("Insufficient corpus");
+        }
+        auto cur_itr = begin++;
+        if (begin != end)
+        {
+            SWSS_LOG_THROW("Too much corpus");
+        }
+        swss::lexical_convert(*cur_itr, t);
+    }
+
+    template <typename T, typename... Args>
+    void lexical_convert(
+        std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator begin,
+        std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator end,
+        T &t,
+        Args &... args)
+    {
+        if (begin == end)
+        {
+            SWSS_LOG_THROW("Insufficient corpus");
+        }
+        swss::lexical_convert(*(begin++), t);
+        return lexical_convert(begin, end, args...);
+    }
+
+}
+
+template <typename T, typename... Args>
+void lexical_convert(const std::vector<std::string> &strs, T &t, Args &... args)
+{
+    lexical_convert_detail::lexical_convert(strs.begin(), strs.end(), t, args...);
+}
+
+namespace join_detail
+{
+
+    template <typename T>
+    void join(std::ostringstream &ostream, char, const T &t)
+    {
+        ostream << t;
+    }
+
+    template <typename T, typename... Args>
+    void join(std::ostringstream &ostream, char delimiter, const T &t, const Args &... args)
+    {
+        ostream << t << delimiter;
+        join(ostream, delimiter, args...);
+    }
+
+}
+
+template <typename T, typename... Args>
+static inline std::string join(char delimiter, const T &t, const Args &... args)
+{
+    std::ostringstream ostream;
+    join_detail::join(ostream, delimiter, t, args...);
+    return ostream.str();
+}
+
+static inline bool hex_to_binary(const std::string &hex_str, std::uint8_t *buffer, size_t buffer_length)
+{
+    if (hex_str.length() != (buffer_length * 2))
+    {
+        SWSS_LOG_DEBUG("Buffer length isn't sufficient");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    try
+    {
+        boost::algorithm::unhex(hex_str, buffer);
+    }
+    catch(const boost::algorithm::non_hex_input &e)
+    {
+        SWSS_LOG_DEBUG("Invalid hex string %s", hex_str.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+static inline void hex_to_binary(const std::string &s, T &value)
+{
+    return hex_to_binary(s, &value, sizeof(T));
+}
+
+static inline std::string binary_to_hex(const void *buffer, size_t length)
+{
+    std::string s;
+    auto buf = static_cast<const std::uint8_t *>(buffer);
+
+    boost::algorithm::hex(
+        buf,
+        buf + length,
+        std::back_inserter<std::string>(s));
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 9fbf48ea..25827bab 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ tests_SOURCES = redis_ut.cpp                \
                 logger_ut.cpp               \
                 redis_multi_ns_ut.cpp       \
                 fdb_flush.cpp               \
+                stringutility_ut.cpp        \
+                redisutility_ut.cpp         \
+                boolean_ut.cpp              \
                 main.cpp
 
 tests_CFLAGS = $(DBGFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_COMMON) $(CFLAGS_GTEST) $(LIBNL_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/tests/boolean_ut.cpp b/tests/boolean_ut.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8a214ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/boolean_ut.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#include "common/boolean.h"
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+#include <sstream>
+
+TEST(BOOLEAN, boolean)
+{
+    swss::Boolean b;
+
+    b = true;
+    std::ostringstream ost;
+    ost << b;
+    EXPECT_EQ(ost.str(), "1");
+
+    b = false;
+    std::ostringstream osf;
+    osf << b;
+    EXPECT_EQ(osf.str(), "0");
+
+    b = false;
+    std::istringstream ist("1");
+    ist >> b;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(b);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(ist.fail());
+
+    b = true;
+    std::istringstream isf("0");
+    isf >> b;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(b);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(isf.fail());
+}
+
+TEST(BOOLEAN, alpha_boolean)
+{
+    swss::AlphaBoolean bt(true);
+    swss::AlphaBoolean bf(false);
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(bt);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(bf);
+
+    std::ostringstream ost;
+    ost << bt;
+    EXPECT_EQ(ost.str(), "true");
+
+    std::ostringstream osf;
+    osf << bf;
+    EXPECT_EQ(osf.str(), "false");
+
+    std::istringstream is;
+
+    bt = false;
+    is.str("true");
+    is >> bt;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(bt);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(is.fail());
+    is.clear();
+
+    bt = false;
+    is.str("true123");
+    int i;
+    is >> bt >> i;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(bt);
+    EXPECT_EQ(i, 123);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(is.fail());
+    is.clear();
+
+    bf = true;
+    is.str("false");
+    is >> bf;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(bf);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(is.fail());
+    is.clear();
+
+    bf = true;
+    is.str("abdef");
+    EXPECT_FALSE(is >> bt);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(is.fail());
+    is.clear();
+}
diff --git a/tests/redisutility_ut.cpp b/tests/redisutility_ut.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6257580d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/redisutility_ut.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#include "common/redisutility.h"
+#include "common/stringutility.h"
+#include "common/boolean.h"
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+TEST(REDISUTILITY, fvsGetValue)
+{
+    std::vector<swss::FieldValueTuple> fvt;
+    fvt.push_back(std::make_pair("int", "123"));
+    fvt.push_back(std::make_pair("bool", "true"));
+    fvt.push_back(std::make_pair("string", "name"));
+
+    auto si = swss::fvsGetValue(fvt, "int");
+    EXPECT_TRUE(si);
+    auto sb = swss::fvsGetValue(fvt, "bool");
+    EXPECT_TRUE(sb);
+    auto ss = swss::fvsGetValue(fvt, "string");
+    EXPECT_TRUE(ss);
+
+    int i;
+    swss::AlphaBoolean b;
+    std::string s;
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(swss::lexical_convert({*si, *sb, *ss}, i, b, s));
+    EXPECT_EQ(i, 123);
+    EXPECT_EQ(b, true);
+    EXPECT_EQ(s, "name");
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(swss::fvsGetValue(fvt, "Int"));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(swss::fvsGetValue(fvt, "Int", true));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(swss::fvsGetValue(fvt, "double"));
+}
diff --git a/tests/stringutility_ut.cpp b/tests/stringutility_ut.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f217c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stringutility_ut.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#include "common/stringutility.h"
+#include "common/boolean.h"
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+#include <array>
+#include <string>
+
+TEST(STRINGUTILITY, cast_int)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(swss::lexical_convert("123", i));
+    EXPECT_EQ(i, 123);
+
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(swss::lexical_convert("0", i));
+    EXPECT_EQ(i, 0);
+
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(swss::lexical_convert("-123", i));
+    EXPECT_EQ(i, -123);
+
+    EXPECT_THROW(swss::lexical_convert("123:", i), boost::bad_lexical_cast);
+}
+
+TEST(STRINGUTILITY, cast_alpha_bool)
+{
+    swss::AlphaBoolean b;
+
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(swss::lexical_convert("true", b));
+    EXPECT_EQ(b, true);
+
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(swss::lexical_convert("false", b));
+    EXPECT_EQ(b, false);
+
+    EXPECT_THROW(swss::lexical_convert("True", b), boost::bad_lexical_cast);
+
+    EXPECT_THROW(swss::lexical_convert("abcdefg", b), boost::bad_lexical_cast);
+}
+
+TEST(STRINGUTILITY, cast_mix)
+{
+    int i;
+    swss::AlphaBoolean b;
+    std::string s;
+
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(swss::lexical_convert(swss::tokenize("123:true:name", ':'), i, b, s));
+    EXPECT_EQ(i, 123);
+    EXPECT_EQ(b, true);
+    EXPECT_EQ("name", s);
+
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(swss::lexical_convert({"123", "true", "name"}, i, b, s));
+    EXPECT_EQ(i, 123);
+    EXPECT_EQ(b, true);
+    EXPECT_EQ("name", s);
+
+    std::vector<std::string> attrs{"123", "true", "name"};
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(swss::lexical_convert(attrs, i, b, s));
+
+    EXPECT_THROW(swss::lexical_convert({"123"}, i, b), std::runtime_error);
+    EXPECT_THROW(swss::lexical_convert(attrs, i, i, i), boost::bad_lexical_cast);
+}
+
+TEST(STRINGUTILITY, join)
+{
+    EXPECT_EQ(swss::join(':', 123, true, std::string("name")), "123:1:name");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(swss::join(':', 123, swss::AlphaBoolean(true), std::string("name")), "123:true:name");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(swss::join('|', 123, swss::AlphaBoolean(false), std::string("name")), "123|false|name");
+}
+
+TEST(STRINGUTILITY, hex_to_binary)
+{
+    std::array<std::uint8_t, 5> a;
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(swss::hex_to_binary("01020aff05", a.data(), a.size()));
+    EXPECT_EQ(a, (std::array<std::uint8_t, 5>{0x1, 0x2, 0x0a, 0xff, 0x5}));
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(swss::hex_to_binary("01020AFF05", a.data(), a.size()));
+    EXPECT_EQ(a, (std::array<std::uint8_t, 5>{0x1, 0x2, 0x0A, 0xFF, 0x5}));
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(swss::hex_to_binary("01020", a.data(), a.size()));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(swss::hex_to_binary("0101010101010101", a.data(), a.size()));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(swss::hex_to_binary("xxxx", a.data(), a.size()));
+}
+
+TEST(STRINGUTILITY, binary_to_hex)
+{
+    std::array<std::uint8_t, 5> a{0x1, 0x2, 0x0a, 0xff, 0x5};
+    EXPECT_EQ(swss::binary_to_hex(a.data(), a.size()), "01020AFF05");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(swss::binary_to_hex(nullptr, 0), "");
+}