@JsonView is used to control values to be serialized or not.
import java.io.IOException; import java.text.ParseException; import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonView; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper; public class JacksonTester { public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException, ParseException { ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(); Student student = new Student(1, "Mark", 12); String jsonString = mapper .writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter() .withView(Views.Public.class) .writeValueAsString(student); System.out.println(jsonString); } } class Student { @JsonView(Views.Public.class) public int id; @JsonView(Views.Public.class) public String name; @JsonView(Views.Internal.class) public int age; Student(int id, String name, int age) { this.id = id; this.name = name; this.age = age; } } class Views { static class Public {} static class Internal extends Public {} }
{ "id" : 1, "name" : "Mark" }