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i trying make these properties don't serialized, reason no matter still getting serialized , sent down client. have tried using @jsonignoreproperties({"dobefore","doafter","doaftercomplete"}), have tried using @jsonignore on getters, , have tried both , doesn't seem make difference. here's class looks like:

@jsonignoreproperties({"dobefore","doafter","doaftercomplete"}) public class action {     //for reordering actions default actions     private string dobefore;     private string doafter;     private string doaftercomplete;      private string eventid;     private list<actionargument> arguments;     //action perform when action done     private list<action> oncompleteactions;      public action() {}      public action(string eventid, list<actionargument> arguments, list<action> oncompleteactions)     {         this.eventid = eventid;         this.arguments = arguments;         this.oncompleteactions = oncompleteactions;     }      public string geteventid()     {         return eventid;     }     public void seteventid(string eventid)     {         this.eventid = eventid;     }     public list<actionargument> getarguments()     {         return arguments;     }     public void setarguments(list<actionargument> arguments)     {         this.arguments = arguments;     }     public list<action> getoncompleteactions()     {         return oncompleteactions;     }     public void setoncompleteactions(list<action> oncompleteactions)     {         this.oncompleteactions = oncompleteactions;     }      @jsonignore public string getdobefore()     {         return dobefore;     }      public void setdobefore(string dobefore)     {         this.dobefore = dobefore;     }      @jsonignore public string getdoafter()     {         return doafter;     }      public void setdoafter(string doafter)     {         this.doafter = doafter;     }      @jsonignore public string getdoaftercomplete()     {         return doaftercomplete;     }      public void setdoaftercomplete(string doaftercomplete)     {         this.doaftercomplete = doaftercomplete;     } } 

you can use @jsonignore on each getter , setter. seems easier see ones ignored. plus can have property ignored serialization , not ignored deserialization. (that assume remote client isn't using same code, doesn't it.)

it works me jersey/jackson. jaxrs framework using?

for jersey, need section in web.xml file:

<servlet>     <servlet-name>myjaxrsservlet</servlet-name>     <servlet-class>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.servletcontainer</servlet-class>     <init-param>         <param-name>com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages</param-name>         <param-value>com.mycompany.transformation</param-value>     </init-param>     <init-param>         <param-name>com.sun.jersey.api.json.pojomappingfeature</param-name>         <param-value>true</param-value>     </init-param>     <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> 

this tell scan packages com.mycompany.transformation.** annotations.