How do I disable fail_on_empty_beans in Jackson?

Question

Using jackson 2.1, how do I disable the fail_on_empty beans that the error message seems to want me to disable?

I\'m assuming this is just the simplest

Answer 1

If you use org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper, then pls. use the following lines

mapper.configure(SerializationConfig.Feature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS, false);

Answer 2

T o fix this issue configure your JsonDataFormat class like below

ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.disable(SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS);

which is almost equivalent to,

mapper.configure(SerializationConfig.Feature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS, false);

Answer 3

Adding a solution here for a different problem, but one that manifests with the same error... Take care when constructing json on the fly (as api responses or whatever) to escape literal double quotes in your string members. You may be consuming your own malformed json.

Answer 4

If you are using Spring Boot, you can set the following property in application.properties file. spring.jackson.serialization.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS=false

Answer 5

You can also get the same issue if your class doesn't contain any public methods/properties. I normally have dedicated DTOs for API requests and responses, declared public, but forgot in one case to make the methods public as well - which caused the "empty" bean in the first place.

Answer 6

In Jersey Rest Services just use the JacksonFeatures annotation ...

@JacksonFeatures(serializationDisable = {SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS})
public Response getSomething() {
    Object entity = doSomething();
    return Response.ok(entity).build();
}