How to serialize transient fields using jackson?

Question

We use JSON serialization with Jackson to expose internal state of the system for debugging properties.

By default jackson does not serialize transient fields - but

Answer 1

You can create a custom getter for that transient field and use @XmlElement attribute. It doesn´t matter the name of that getter.

For example:

public class Person {

     @XmlTransient private String lastname;

     @XmlElement(name="lastname")
     public String getAnyNameOfMethod(){
         return lastname;
     }

}