MessageBodyWriter not found for media type=application/json

Question

I am facing issues while consuming JAX-RS services as JSON.

Below I have added my code.

This is my service class:

//Sets the path to base URL         


        

Answer 1

You have to convert the response to JSON using Gson.toJson(object).

For example:

return Response.status(Status.OK).entity(new Gson().toJson(Student)).build();

Answer 2

You've to create empty constructor because JAX-RS initializes the classes... Your constructor must have no arguments:

@XmlRootElement
public class Student implements Serializable {

    public String first_name;
    public String last_name;

    public String getFirst_name() {
        return first_name;
    }

    public void setFirst_name(String first_name) {
        this.first_name = first_name;
    }

    public String getLast_name() {
        return last_name;
    }

    public void setLast_name(String last_name) {
        this.last_name = last_name;
    }

    public Student()
    {
        first_name = "Fahad";
        last_name = "Mullaji";
    }


 public Student()
    {
    }
}

Answer 3

Ensure that you have following JARS in place: 1) jackson-core-asl-1.9.13 2) jackson-jaxrs-1.9.13 3) jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13 4) jackson-xc-1.9.13

Answer 4

I was in the same situation where
- I was not using Maven or Ant,
- I finished this Vogella tutorial on Jersey,
- and I was getting the MessageBodyWriter error when trying to use @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).

This answer by @peeskillet solves the problem - you have to use the Jackson *.jar files that are available from the FasterXML Jackson Download page. You'll need the core files as well as the jaxrs files.

I added them to my WebContent/WEB-INF/lib folder where I have my Jersey *.jar files per the above tutorial, and made the small change to the web.xml file below (again, as originally shared by @peeskillet):

<param-name>jersey.config.server.provider.packages</param-name>
<param-value>
    your.other.package.here, com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.json 
</param-value>

The important part being com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.json.