Jackson serialization: how to ignore superclass properties

Question

I want to serialize a POJO class which is not under my control, but want to avoid serializing any of the properties which are coming from the superclass, and not from the fi

Answer 1

The good use of inheritance is that the child classes extend or add functionality. So the usual way is to serialize the data.

A workarround would be to use a Value Object (VO) or Data Transfer Object (DTO) with the fields you need to serialize. Steps:

• Create a VO class with the fields that should be serialized.
• Use BeanUtils.copyProperties(target VO, source data) to copy the properties
• Serialize the VO instance.