Generate JSON string for template

[Thomas Keller]

I want to generate a JSON string that I put into a velocity template. How can I leverage the existing Jackson Mapper that is apparently used behind the scenes to generate JSON for REST requests? I specifically do not want to use a third-party JSON generation tool, because the generated JSON must be compatible with that that is later read by Jackson when the data are returned to the server via REST.

[Thomas Keller · Accepted solution]

Nevermind, I used new Gson().toJson(...) and skipped the idea of using Jackson in both areas. Fingers crossed that this continues to work.