How to reuse Jersey's JSON/JAXB for serialization?

Question

I have a JAX-RS REST service implemented using Jersey. One of the cool features of JAX-RS/Jersey is how easily a POJO can be turned into a REST service, simply by sprinkling

Answer 1

With a little Jersey specific bootstrapping, you can use it to create the necessary JSON objects for you. You need to include the following dependencies (you can use bundle, but it will cause problems if you are using Weld for testing):

    
        com.sun.jersey
        jersey-json
        1.12
    
    
        com.sun.jersey
        jersey-client
        1.12
    

From there you can create a JAXB annotated class. The following is an example:

@XmlRootElement
public class TextMessage {
private String text;
    public String getText() { return text; }
    public void setText(String s) { this.text = text; }
}

Then you can create the following unit test:

    TextMessage textMessage = new TextMessage();
    textMessage.setText("hello");
    textMessage.setUuid(UUID.randomUUID());

    // Jersey specific start
    final Providers ps = new Client().getProviders();
    // Jersey specific end
    final MultivaluedMap responseHeaders = new MultivaluedMap() {

        @Override
        public void add(final String key, final Object value) {
        }

        @Override
        public void clear() {
        }

        @Override
        public boolean containsKey(final Object key) {
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean containsValue(final Object value) {
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public Set>> entrySet() {
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        public List