Jersey/Jackson @JsonIgnore on setter

Question

i have an class with the following annotations:

class A {
public Map<String,List<String>> references;

@JsonProperty
public Map<String,List<String>> getReferences() {
...
}

@JsonIgnore
public void setReferences(Map<String,List<String>>) {
}
...
}
}

What I try is to ignore the json on deserialization. But it doesn't work. Always when JSON String arrives the Jackson lib fill the references attribute. If I use only the @JsonIgnore annotation the getter doesn't work. Are there any solutions for this problem?

Thanks

Answer 1

As of Jackson 2.6, there is a new and improved way to define read-only and write-only properties, using JsonProperty#access() annotation. This is recommended over use of separate JsonIgnore and JsonProperty annotations.

@JsonProperty(access = JsonProperty.Access.READ_ONLY)
public Map<String,List<String>> references;