Easing data and objects representation with JSON-B

This recipe will show you how you can use the power of the new JSON-B API to give some flexibility to your data representation, and also help to transform your objects into JSON messages.

Getting ready

Start by adding the Java EE dependency:

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax</groupId>
            <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
            <version>8.0</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

How to do it...

1. We first create a User class with some customization (details ahead):

public class User {

    private Long id;

    @JsonbProperty("fullName")
    private String name;

    private String email;

    @JsonbTransient
    private Double privateNumber;

    @JsonbDateFormat(JsonbDateFormat.DEFAULT_LOCALE)
    private Date dateCreated;

    public User(Long id, String name, String email, ...