How to test if JSON path does not include a specific element, or if the element is present it is null?

Question

I have been writing some simple unit testing routines for a simple spring web application. When I add @JsonIgnore annotation on a getter method of a resource, the resulting json

Answer 1

I had the same problem with the newer version. It looks to me that the doesNotExist() function will verify that the key is not in the result:

.andExpect(jsonPath("$.password").doesNotExist())