Saturday, December 31, 2011

JAX-RS Tip of the Day: Changing JSON-JAXB Default Mapping

JSON-JAXB marshalling and un-marshalling by default uses a MAPPED configuration by default. However this can be changed by creating a @Provider which can change the default JSONConfiguration.

The example below changes the configuration to use BadgerFish which provides a better representation of an XML document. This representation does not provide the visual clarity that JSON generally provides, and is not generally human readable beyond basic notation. However, as noted that is not the point.

JSONJAXBContextResolver.java


This class specifically handles the Customer object, and maps it to use BadgerFish. Output:

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