Ignore json response fields dynamically in RESTEasy/jackson

[niku shah]

Hi,

I have developed Restful service using RESTEasy framework and Jackson for json response.

I am using data layer to return plain POJO class object(setters and getters), which gets returned from REST service as JSON.

My question is:
How to modify/filter response (without modifying POJO), to send back only few fields based on condition and not all fields of the POJO.

Thanks in advance,
Nikesh

[Ulf Dittmer]

Maybe use another POJO class that is created from the one that has too many fields, and copy those fields to it that you want to transfer.

[niku shah]

Thanks for the quick response.

Actually I am looking for a solution to avoid creating more POJOs if dynamically fields can be excluded.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Search for "jackson custom serialization"; you'll have to do some extra effort in that case.

[niku shah]

Many thanks Ulf Dittmer,

Following link helped in achieving the desired result.

Exclude JSON Fields dynamically