How can I get "JAX-B-like" XMLRootElement class name wrapper in Jackson

Question

When Serializing a pojo with JAXB-JSON it can wrap the root element name around the object data. For example:

@XmlRootElement(name="worker") public class Employee { private int id; private String name; //... }

Can give JSON such as :

{ "worker" : { "id" : 1, "name" : "Ashraf" } }

What are some ways to achieve this using Jackson JSON serialization?

Gonen I · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-08 17:48:37Z

I found an answer. For Jackson 2.2 and above

You need to configure your DTO class as follows:

@JsonRootName(value = "worker")

You need to configure your jackson object mapper as follows:

mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRAP_ROOT_VALUE, true);

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