I've got following classes:
public class Container {
private String name;
private Data data;
}
public class Data {
private Long id;
}
When I serialize Container class using Jackson I get
{"name":"Some name","data":{"id":1}}
But I need the result to be:
{"name":"Some name","id":1}
Is it possible (without adding Container.getDataId() method)? If so, how to do it?
update
I've tried to create custom JsonSerializer but the result was same as before
public class JsonDataSerializer extends JsonSerializer {
private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(JsonDataSerializer.class);
@Override
public void serialize(Data value, JsonGenerator jgen,
SerializerProvider provider)
throws IOException,JsonProcessingException {
Long id = (value.getId() == null) ? 0l : value.getId();
jgen.writeStartObject();
jgen.writeNumberField("id", id);
jgen.writeEndObject();
logger.debug("Data id " + id + " serialized to JSON.");
}
}
I've also tried to add @JsonSerialize annotation above Data class, then above getter in Container class. As I mentioned before without any success. My serializer is used, logger logs message.
update 2
When I remove writeStartObject() and writeEndObject() then no JSON is returnesd, only HTTP Status 500 error and no exception is thrown except of what I found in debug output.
DEBUG: org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerExceptionResolver - Resolving exception from handler [com.example.DataController@16be8a0]: org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotWritableException: Could not write JSON: Can not write a field name, expecting a value; nested exception is org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerationException: Can not write a field name, expecting a value
DEBUG: org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.ResponseStatusExceptionResolver - Resolving exception from handler [com.example.DataController@16be8a0]: org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotWritableException: Could not write JSON: Can not write a field name, expecting a value; nested exception is org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerationException: Can not write a field name, expecting a value
DEBUG: org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver - Resolving exception from handler [com.example.DataController@16be8a0]: org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotWritableException: Could not write JSON: Can not write a field name, expecting a value; nested exception is org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerationException: Can not write a field name, expecting a value
解决方案
Jackson 1.9 has introduced JsonUnwrapped annotation which does what you are looking for.