Jackson Annotations Tutorial

What is Jackson

Jackson is a very popular and efficient java based library to serialize or map java objects to JSON and vice versa. This tutorial will teach you basic and advanced Jackson library Annotations and their usage in a simple and intuitive way.

This Jackson tutorial is based on the latest Jackson 2.20.0-rc1 version.

Features of Jackson

• Easy to use. - jackson API provides a high level facade to simplify commonly used use cases.

• No need to create mapping. - jackson API provides default mapping for most of the objects to be serialized.

• Performance. - jackson is quiet fast and is of low memory footprint and is suitable for large object graphs or systems.

• Clean JSON. - jackson creates a clean and compact JSON results which is easy to read.

• No Dependency. - jackson library does not require any other library apart from jdk.

• Open Source - jackson library is open source and is free to use.

Who Should Learn Jackson

This tutorial is tailored for readers who aim to understand and utilize Jackson for JSON processing while development using Java programming language. In this tutorial, we'll cover all the ways of using Jackson which helps in solving the common problems developers/users face during development while dealing with JSON.

Prerequisites to Learn Jackson

To maximize the benefits of this tutorial, readers should have a basic understanding of Java programming. Knowledge of I/O Operations, File handling will enhance comprehension.

Jackson Jobs and Opportunities

Jackson offers many job opportunities in the field of Development. Companies use Jackson where JSON processing is used heavily, so knowing how to work with it can help you get jobs in tech and research.