Spring REST Service: how to configure to remove null objects in json response

Question

I have a spring webservice that returns a json response. I\'m using the example given here to create the service: http://www.mkyong.com/spring-mvc/spring-3-mvc-and-json-exam

Answer 1

@JsonSerialize(include=JsonSerialize.Inclusion.NON_EMPTY)
public class Shop {
    //...
}

for jackson 2.0 or later use @JsonInclude(Include.NON_NULL)

This will remove both empty and null Objects.