Deserializing from JSON using foreign key
问题 I have a many to one relationship: A *<-->1 B and I want to deserialize A from a JSON having B 's primary key ( B exists in db with that primary key): { "b": 1 } I have tried the following: @Entity @Table(name = "table_a") @JsonIdentityInfo(generator = ObjectIdGenerators.PropertyGenerator.class, property = "id") public class A implements Serializable { @JsonIgnore @ManyToOne(fetch=FetchType.LAZY) @JoinColumn(name = "b", unique = true, nullable = false) private B b; } and @Entity @Table(name =