diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/AuthorizationResourceRequest.java b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/AuthorizationResourceRequest.java
index e99e9131..f696724e 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/AuthorizationResourceRequest.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/AuthorizationResourceRequest.java
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ public AuthorizationResourceRequest(DelegationTokenAuthenticatedURL.Token token)
     super(token);
   }
 
-  public RolesBean readRoles(String serverUrl) {
+  public RoleBean readRoles(String serverUrl) {
     String response = super.get(serverUrl + RESOURCE + ROLES);
     JSONObject jsonObject = JSONUtils.parse(response);
-    RolesBean bean = new RolesBean();
+    RoleBean bean = new RoleBean();
     bean.restore(jsonObject);
     return bean;
   }
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public void dropRole(String serverUrl, MRole role) {
   }
 
   public void grantRevokeRole(String serverUrl, List<MRole> roles, List<MPrincipal> principals, boolean isGrant) {
-    RolesBean rolesBean = new RolesBean(roles);
+    RoleBean rolesBean = new RoleBean(roles);
     PrincipalBean principalsBean = new PrincipalBean(principals);
     // Extract all config inputs including sensitive inputs
     JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ public void grantRevokeRole(String serverUrl, List<MRole> roles, List<MPrincipal
     }
   }
 
-  public RolesBean readRolesByPrincipal(String serverUrl, MPrincipal principal) {
+  public RoleBean readRolesByPrincipal(String serverUrl, MPrincipal principal) {
     String response = super.get(serverUrl + RESOURCE + ROLES
             + "?principal_name=" + UrlSafeUtils.urlEncode(principal.getName())
             + "&principal_type=" + UrlSafeUtils.urlEncode(principal.getType()));
     JSONObject jsonObject = JSONUtils.parse(response);
-    RolesBean bean = new RolesBean();
+    RoleBean bean = new RoleBean();
     bean.restore(jsonObject);
     return bean;
   }
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/SqoopResourceRequests.java b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/SqoopResourceRequests.java
index c962842f..bb5242f7 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/SqoopResourceRequests.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/SqoopResourceRequests.java
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public SubmissionsBean readSubmission(String jArg) {
     return getSubmissionResourceRequest().read(serverUrl, jArg);
   }
 
-  public RolesBean readRoles() {
+  public RoleBean readRoles() {
     return getAuthorizationRequest().readRoles(serverUrl);
   }
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public void revokeRole(List<MRole> roles, List<MPrincipal> principals) {
     getAuthorizationRequest().grantRevokeRole(serverUrl, roles, principals, false);
   }
 
-  public RolesBean readRolesByPrincipal(MPrincipal principal) {
+  public RoleBean readRolesByPrincipal(MPrincipal principal) {
     return getAuthorizationRequest().readRolesByPrincipal(serverUrl, principal);
   }
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/json/RoleBean.java b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/json/RoleBean.java
index ffafddbd..3a034c7e 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/json/RoleBean.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/json/RoleBean.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 @InterfaceStability.Unstable
 public class RoleBean implements JsonBean {
 
-  public static final String ROLE = "role";
+  private static final String ROLES = "roles";
   private static final String NAME = "name";
 
   private List<MRole> roles;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public List<MRole> getRoles() {
   // For "extract"
   public RoleBean(MRole role) {
     this();
-    this.roles = new ArrayList<MRole>();
+    this.roles = new ArrayList<>();
     this.roles.add(role);
   }
 
@@ -61,9 +61,16 @@ public RoleBean() {
   @Override
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public JSONObject extract(boolean skipSensitive) {
-    JSONObject role = new JSONObject();
-    role.put(ROLE, extractRole(roles.get(0)));
-    return role;
+    JSONArray rolesArray = extractRoles();
+    JSONObject roles = new JSONObject();
+    roles.put(ROLES, rolesArray);
+    return roles;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void restore(JSONObject json) {
+    JSONArray rolesArray = JSONUtils.getJSONArray(json, ROLES);
+    restoreRoles(rolesArray);
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -84,15 +91,8 @@ private JSONObject extractRole(MRole role) {
     return object;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void restore(JSONObject json) {
-    roles = new ArrayList<MRole>();
-    JSONObject obj = JSONUtils.getJSONObject(json, ROLE);
-    roles.add(restoreRole(obj));
-  }
-
   protected void restoreRoles(JSONArray array) {
-    roles = new ArrayList<MRole>();
+    roles = new ArrayList<>();
     for (Object obj : array) {
       roles.add(restoreRole(obj));
     }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/json/RolesBean.java b/common/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/json/TestRoleBean.java
similarity index 50%
rename from common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/json/RolesBean.java
rename to common/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/json/TestRoleBean.java
index c09ba959..1974113f 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/json/RolesBean.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/json/TestRoleBean.java
@@ -17,47 +17,41 @@
  */
 package org.apache.sqoop.json;
 
-import org.apache.sqoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
-import org.apache.sqoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
 import org.apache.sqoop.model.MRole;
-import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-@InterfaceAudience.Private
-@InterfaceStability.Unstable
-public class RolesBean extends RoleBean {
+import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertEquals;
 
-  private static final String ROLES = "roles";
+public class TestRoleBean {
 
-  // For "extract"
-  public RolesBean(MRole role) {
-    super(role);
-  }
+  @Test
+  public void testLinkSerialization() {
+    MRole godRole = new MRole("god");
+    MRole janitorRole = new MRole("janitor");
+    List<MRole> roles = new LinkedList<>();
+    roles.add(godRole);
+    roles.add(janitorRole);
 
-  public RolesBean(List<MRole> roles) {
-    super(roles);
+    // Serialize it to JSON object
+    RoleBean outputBean = new RoleBean(roles);
+    JSONObject json = outputBean.extract(false);
 
-  }
+    // "Move" it across network in text form
+    String jsonString = json.toJSONString();
 
-  // For "restore"
-  public RolesBean() {
-  }
+    // Retrieved transferred object
+    JSONObject parsedJson = JSONUtils.parse(jsonString);
+    RoleBean inputBean = new RoleBean(roles);
+    inputBean.restore(parsedJson);
 
-  @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-  public JSONObject extract(boolean skipSensitive) {
-    JSONArray rolesArray = super.extractRoles();
-    JSONObject roles = new JSONObject();
-    roles.put(ROLES, rolesArray);
-    return roles;
-  }
+    assertEquals(inputBean.getRoles().size(), 2);
+    assertEquals(inputBean.getRoles().get(0).getName(), "god");
+    assertEquals(inputBean.getRoles().get(1).getName(), "janitor");
 
-  @Override
-  public void restore(JSONObject json) {
-    JSONArray rolesArray = JSONUtils.getJSONArray(json, ROLES);
-    restoreRoles(rolesArray);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/handler/AuthorizationRequestHandler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/handler/AuthorizationRequestHandler.java
index 45bf4d0c..6cd77e9b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/handler/AuthorizationRequestHandler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/handler/AuthorizationRequestHandler.java
@@ -145,12 +145,12 @@ private JsonBean getRoles(RequestContext ctx) {
       MPrincipal principal = new MPrincipal(principal_name, principal_type);
       manager.logAuditEvent(ctx.getUserName(),
               ctx.getRequest().getRemoteAddr(), "get", "roles by principal", principal.toString());
-      return new RolesBean(handler.getRolesByPrincipal(principal));
+      return new RoleBean(handler.getRolesByPrincipal(principal));
     } else {
       // get all roles in the system
       manager.logAuditEvent(ctx.getUserName(),
               ctx.getRequest().getRemoteAddr(), "get", "roles", "all");
-      return new RolesBean(handler.getAllRoles());
+      return new RoleBean(handler.getAllRoles());
     }
   }
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ private JsonBean grantRevokeRole(RequestContext ctx, boolean isGrant) {
     AuthorizationHandler handler = AuthorizationManager.getInstance().getAuthorizationHandler();
     AuditLoggerManager manager = AuditLoggerManager.getInstance();
 
-    RolesBean rolesBean = new RolesBean();
+    RoleBean rolesBean = new RoleBean();
     PrincipalBean principalsBean = new PrincipalBean();
 
     try {