Deserialize json to java using jackson - issues with special characters

Question

I am using jackson (jersey and jetty) for my REST webservices - and all is going well. But I have a requirement to include a special character in one of the name value pairs in json post request. i.e. json request (in post body)-

{
  "id": "1",
   "print-color" : "red"
}

//"-" in "print-color" is giving problems.

Now inside my corresponding java bean for this object Item.java class, I cant make a property with name print-color (because "-" is not allowed). How do I deal with it in mapping?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You could try following in Java POJO:

@JsonProperty("print-color")