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

I also met the same problem. I used @JsonIdentityInfo's ObjectIdGenerators.PropertyGenerator.class generator type.

That's my solution:

@Entity
@Table(name = "ta_trainee", uniqueConstraints = {@UniqueConstraint(columnNames = {"id"})})
@JsonIdentityInfo(generator = ObjectIdGenerators.PropertyGenerator.class, property = "id")
public class Trainee extends BusinessObject {
...