Grails - grails.converters.JSON - removing the class name

Question

Is there a way to remove the class field in a JSON converter?

Example:

import testproject.*
import grails.converters.*  
emp = new Employee()  
emp         


        

Answer 1

You can customize the fields to be excluded (including the class name) using the setExcludes method provided in the grails.converters.JSON

def converter = emp  as JSON
converter.setExcludes(Employee.class, ["class",""])

and then, you can use it just like according to your requirements,

println converter.toString()
converter.render(new java.io.FileWriter("/path/to/my/file.xml"))
converter.render(response)