Jackson JsonView example

JacksonJsonViewExample.java

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonView;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

class Views {

    public static class Normal{}

    public static class WithTitle extends Normal{}

}

class Staff {

    @JsonView(Views.WithTitle.class)
    private String name;
    @JsonView(Views.Normal.class)
    private String title;

    public Staff(String name, String title) {
        this.name = name;
        this.title = title;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public String getTitle() {
        return title;
    }
}

class JacksonJsonViewExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Staff staff = new Staff("Joe Bloggs", "Mr");
        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

        // {"title":"Mr"}
        System.out.println(mapper.writerWithView(Views.Normal.class).writeValueAsString(staff));
        // {"name":"Joe Bloggs","title":"Mr"}
        System.out.println(mapper.writerWithView(Views.WithTitle.class).writeValueAsString(staff));
    }
}