There is an automatic mapping using POJO to JSON mapping. The simple act of
annotating a class as an @XmlRootElement is sufficient to provide automatic
mapping for JSON, and XML with just setting
@Produces({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON}), or
@Consumes({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON}). If you want to change the default
provider, or change the JSON mapping to something like BadgerFish you need
to change the JSONJAXBContext.
I am sure you already saw this, but I will post it anyway.
http://jersey.java.net/nonav/documentation/latest/json.html
John
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On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Tatu Saloranta <tsaloranta_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Arun Gupta <arun.p.gupta_at_oracle.com>
> wrote:
> > Jersey Client API has to suck up a relatively complex JSON document from
> a
> > REST endpoint. What are my options for mapping this JSON document to a
> > corresponding JAXB class ?
>
> Do you actually need a JAXB (annotated) class? Or just a regular POJO?
>
> If POJO, just write it to match structure of JSON -- after all, JSON
> is object notation, meaning that there is natural correlation between
> POJO properties, JSON data.
>
> And even for JAXB basic POJOs typically work fine; annotations are
> mostly needed to override default behavior.
>
> > Use org.json APIs ? Would be rather time consuming!
>
> No there is no need for such extreme measures. :)
>
> -+ Tatu +-
>