CXF: No message body writer found for class - automatically mapping non-simple resources

Question

I am using the CXF rest client which works well for simple data types (eg: Strings, ints). However, when I attempt to use custom Objects I get this:

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Answer 1

None of the above changes worked for me. Please see my worked configuration below:

Dependencies:

            
                org.apache.cxf
                cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs
                3.3.2
            
            
                org.apache.cxf
                cxf-rt-rs-extension-providers
                3.3.2
            
            
                org.codehaus.jackson
                jackson-jaxrs
                1.9.13
            
            
                org.codehaus.jettison
                jettison
                1.4.0
            

web.xml:

     
        cfxServlet
        org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.servlet.CXFNonSpringJaxrsServlet
        
            javax.ws.rs.Application
            com.MyApplication
        
        
            jaxrs.providers
            org.codehaus.jackson.jaxrs.JacksonJsonProvider
        
        
            jaxrs.extensions
             
            json=application/json 
        
        
        1
    
    
        cfxServlet
        /v1/*
    

Enjoy coding .. :)