Spring MVC and Jackson mapping do not return the root element in json

Question

I am having one issue with Spring MVC and its json support. I make one ajax call to get some data and I want to get that data in json format including the root value. I am

Answer 1

Wrap your "Issuers" in a generic holder-object. That's what I do when working with Jackson and Spring.

class JSONResponse {

    private Object collection;

    public JSONResponse(Object collection) {
        this.collection = collection;
    }
    public Object getCollection() {
        return collection;
    }
}

...

@RequestMappin(...)
@ResponseBody
public Object someHandler(...) {
    ...
    return new JSONResponse(issuers);
}