org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException: Infinite recursion (StackOverflowError)

Question

I am trying out some very basic webservice. I get this exception everytime I try to return the Prtnr object.

Uncaught exception thrown in one of the service met         


        

Answer 1

This is quite a common scenario for me when you are trying to convert entity classes into JSON format. The simplest solution is just to use @JsonIgnore on the reverse mapping to break the cycle.