Jerome, Thanks for the response. I am actually providing getters/setters for the class. I also tried to get the JSON representation of the EmployeeList from the Restlet example and that too does not marshall the details (unless I am doing something wrong).
Thanks, Sanjay ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:32:51 +0200 > Subject: RE: JSON Set with JAXRS > > Hi Sanjay, > > The JAX-RS spec doesn't mandate any particular JSON serialization. From what > I see the JSON provider shipped with Restlet/JAX-RS extension supports > automatic serialization of Map instances and of Java beans. > > From the JSONObject(Object bean) Javadocs: > > > * Construct a JSONObject from an Object using bean getters. > > * It reflects on all of the public methods of the object. > > * For each of the methods with no parameters and a name starting > > * with "get" or "is" followed by an uppercase letter, > > * the method is invoked, and a key and the value returned from the getter > method > > * are put into the new JSONObject. > > * > > * The key is formed by removing the "get" or "is" prefix. If the second > remaining > > * character is not upper case, then the first > > * character is converted to lower case. > > * > > * For example, if an object has a method named "getName", and > > * if the result of calling object.getName() is "Larry Fine", > > * then the JSONObject will contain "name": "Larry Fine". > > > Are you providing getters for your Item class? > > Best regards, > Jerome > > > ________________________________ > De : Sanjay Acharya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyé : mardi 5 août 2008 06:11 > À : [email protected] > Objet : RE: JSON Set with JAXRS > > I got this working with a custom MessageBodyWriter. Not sure if there is a > simpler way...anyways :-) > > > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 02:11:54 +0000 > Subject: RE: JSON Set with JAXRS > > I looked at the restlet example of Employees and changed my code to return a > ItemList and got back a better JSON response like: > {"class":"class Item","items":["[EMAIL PROTECTED]","[EMAIL PROTECTED]"]} > > What should I do to get the same back with {[id:10, name=car, id:21, > name=tank]}, i.e., json representation of Item. I would not like to override > the toString() method of Item to be in JSON format. > > Would I need to create custom message body writer for the Item class? > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:38:29 +0000 > Subject: JSON Set with JAXRS > > Greetings, > > I am exploring Restlet's JAXRS support and trying the following in a Resource > class: > > @GET > @ProduceMime("application/json") > public Set getItems() { > .... > return items; > } > > When the call is made, the Resource is invoked, however the returned response > is not a JSON formatted set but something like: > {"empty":false,"class":"class java.util.HashSet"} > > Do I need to write some custom code to handle the mime type? I though JAXB, > JSON etc were pretty much standard and I would > have got back a JSON string like [[....] [....]]? > > Please let me know if I am missing something here. Thanks in advance for any > tips... > > > > ________________________________ > > Your PC, mobile phone, and online services work together like never before. > See how Windows® fits your life > > ________________________________ > Your PC, mobile phone, and online services work together like never before. > See how Windows® fits your life > ________________________________ > Got Game? Win Prizes in the Windows Live Hotmail Mobile Summer Games Trivia > Contest Find out how. _________________________________________________________________ Get more from your digital life. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/default.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Home2_082008
