The @JsonRootName annotation can be used to wrap an object to serialize with a top-level element. We can pass the name as a parameter to @JsonRootName annotation. We can use the "WRAP_ROOT_VALUE" feature of SerializationFeature enum that can be enabled to make root value wrapped within a single property JSON object where the key is a root name.
Example
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonRootName; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper; import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature; public class JsonRootNameAnnotationTest { public static void main(String args[]) throws JsonProcessingException { ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(); String jsonString = mapper.enable(SerializationFeature.WRAP_ROOT_VALUE).writeValueAsString(new Employee()); System.out.println(jsonString); } } @JsonRootName(value = "user") class Employee { public int empId = 125; public String empName = "Raja Ramesh"; }
Output
{"user":{"empId":125,"empName":"Raja Ramesh"}}