spring: return JSON from controller as ModelAndVIew

Question

How can I return JSON from spring controller as a view or ModelAndView? I am not interested in using @ResponseBody annotation. Is there any other w

Answer 1

You can use org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper class for writing json strings to output stream. Use the following code snippet in method of your controller:

ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.writeValue(outputStream, model);
outputStream.flush();