Json and Java - Circular Reference

Question

I\'m having and issue with the Circular reference.

I have Rest Webservices which returns objects to the front end, the issue is when I try to return objects that hav

Answer 1

A @JsonbTransient solved my problem to handel circular references:

@JsonbTransient // javax.json.bind.annotation.JsonbTransient
@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "userId", referencedColumnName = "id", nullable = false)
public AContainedEntity getAContainedEntity() {
       return aContainedEntity;
}