I'm pretty sure you only have to register MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter
(the easiest way to do that is through <mvc:annotation-driven /> in XML or @EnableWebMvc in Java)
See:
Here's a working example:
Maven POM
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion><groupId>test</groupId><artifactId>json</artifactId><packaging>war</packaging>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version><name>json test</name>
<dependencies>
<dependency><!-- spring mvc -->
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId><artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId><version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency><!-- jackson -->
<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId><artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId><version>1.4.2</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build><plugins>
<!-- javac --><plugin><groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId><artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version><configuration><source>1.6</source><target>1.6</target></configuration></plugin>
<!-- jetty --><plugin><groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId><artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>7.4.0.v20110414</version></plugin>
</plugins></build>
</project>
in folder src/main/webapp/WEB-INF
web.xml
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"
version="2.4">
<servlet><servlet-name>json</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>json</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
json-servlet.xml
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
<import resource="classpath:mvc-context.xml" />
</beans>
in folder src/main/resources:
mvc-context.xml
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">
<mvc:annotation-driven />
<context:component-scan base-package="test.json" />
</beans>
In folder src/main/java/test/json
TestController.java
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/test")
public class TestController {
@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, value = "math")
@ResponseBody
public Result math(@RequestBody final Request request) {
final Result result = new Result();
result.setAddition(request.getLeft() + request.getRight());
result.setSubtraction(request.getLeft() - request.getRight());
result.setMultiplication(request.getLeft() * request.getRight());
return result;
}
}
Request.java
public class Request implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1513207428686438208L;
private int left;
private int right;
public int getLeft() {return left;}
public void setLeft(int left) {this.left = left;}
public int getRight() {return right;}
public void setRight(int right) {this.right = right;}
}
Result.java
public class Result implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -5054749880960511861L;
private int addition;
private int subtraction;
private int multiplication;
public int getAddition() { return addition; }
public void setAddition(int addition) { this.addition = addition; }
public int getSubtraction() { return subtraction; }
public void setSubtraction(int subtraction) { this.subtraction = subtraction; }
public int getMultiplication() { return multiplication; }
public void setMultiplication(int multiplication) { this.multiplication = multiplication; }
}
You can test this setup by executing mvn jetty:run on the command line, and then sending a POST request:
URL: http://localhost:8080/test/math
mime type: application/json
post body: { "left": 13 , "right" : 7 }
I used the Poster Firefox plugin to do this.
Here's what the response looks like:
{"addition":20,"subtraction":6,"multiplication":91}
