Spring MVC 4: “application/json” Content Type is not being set correctly

Question

I have a controller mapped with the following annotation:

@RequestMapping(value = \"/json\", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = \"application/json\")
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Answer 1

Use jackson library and @ResponseBody annotation on return type for the Controller.

This works if you wish to return POJOs represented as JSon. If you woud like to return String and not POJOs as JSon please refer to Sotirious answer.