Serialize one class in two different ways with Jackson

Question

In one of our projects we use a java webapp talking to a MongoDB instance. In the database, we use DBRefs to keep track of some object relations. We (de)seriali

Answer 1

Use a custom JSONSerializer and apply your logic in the serialize method:

public static class FooReference {
    public DBRef foo;

    @JsonSerialize(using = CustomSerializer.class)
    public Foo getFoo() {
        return foo.fetch();
    }
}

public class CustomSerializer extends JsonSerializer