Infinite Recursion with Jackson JSON and Hibernate JPA issue

Question

When trying to convert a JPA object that has a bi-directional association into JSON, I keep getting

org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException: Infinite          


        

Answer 1

In my case it was enough to change relation from:

@OneToMany(mappedBy = "county")
private List towns;

to:

@OneToMany
private List towns;

another relation stayed as it was:

@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "county_id")
private County county;