Difference between Jettison and Jackson in JBoss

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Koekiebox picture Koekiebox · Aug 14, 2012 · Viewed 10.9k times · Source

What is the fundmental difference between using RestEasy JSON Provider Jettison (Badgerfish mapping) over Jackson?

What is is pros and cons of using the one over the other?

Answer

jacktrades picture jacktrades · Sep 12, 2012

Jettison is old.

Jackson is arguably the standard Java Library for processing JSON. Jackson is included in Glassfish.

Also some developers has warned me to stay off Badgerfish.

You can implement Jackson in Resteasy, see here.

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