How to set to default to json instead of xml in jersey?

Question

Using jersey jersey.java.net How do I set JSON as the default serialization instead of XML when there is no accept header or .xml suffix is in the URI?

Answer 1

You can assign the quality index to each media type in @Produces annotation. I.e.you can do the following to make Jersey prefer JSON if both XML and JSON are allowed:

@Produces({"application/json;qs=1", "application/xml;qs=.5"})

Answer 2

You should be able to set the @Produces annotation to specify the return format like so:

@Produces( { "application/json" })

How come there is no accepts header?