Cyclic references in a bidirectional many to many relationship

Question

I\'m having a bidirectional many to many relationship in my entities. See the example below:

public class Collaboration {

    @JsonManagedReference(\"COLLAB         


        

Answer 1

very handy interface implementation is provided in jackson 2 library as

@Entity
@JsonIdentityInfo(generator=ObjectIdGenerators.PropertyGenerator.class, property="id")
public class Collaboration { ....

in maven

    com.fasterxml.jackson.core
    jackson-core
    2.0.2