Infinite Recursion with Jackson JSON and Hibernate JPA issue

Question

When trying to convert a JPA object that has a bi-directional association into JSON, I keep getting

org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException: Infinite          


        

Answer 1

you can use DTO pattern create class TraineeDTO without any anotation hiberbnate and you can use jackson mapper to convert Trainee to TraineeDTO and bingo the error message disapeare :)