Here is my controller:
// CREATE NEW TODOITEM FROM SENT JSON
@PostMapping("/todos")
@ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.OK)
public ToDoItem newToDo(
@RequestBody ToDoItem toDoItem,
Principal principal
) {
User currentUser = userService.findLoggedInUser(principal);
return toDoItemService.addToDo(toDoItem, currentUser);
}
toDoItemService.addToDo:
public ToDoItem addToDo(ToDoItem toDoItem, User user) {
String toDoTitle = toDoItem.getTitle();
LocalDate toDoDueDate = toDoItem.getDueDate();
ToDoItem newToDo = new ToDoItem(user, toDoTitle, toDoDueDate);
return toDoItemRepository.save(newToDo);
}
ToDoItem entity (ommited constructors and getters/setters):
@Entity
@Table (name = "TO_DO_ITEMS")
public class ToDoItem extends BaseEntity {
@Column(name = "TITLE", nullable = false)
private String title;
@Column(name = "COMPLETED")
private boolean completed;
@Column(name = "DUE_DATE", nullable = false)
@Convert(converter = LocalDateAttributeConverter.class)
@JsonDeserialize(using = LocalDateDeserializer.class)
@JsonSerialize(using = LocalDateSerializer.class)
private LocalDate dueDate;
// a ToDoItem is only associated with one user
@ManyToOne(cascade=CascadeType.PERSIST)
@JoinColumn(name = "USER_ID")
private User user;
And my toDoItemRepository just extends CrudRepository.
When I shoot:
{
"title":"testtodo3",
"dueDate": [
2015,
12,
6
]
}
at localhost:8080/todos I get this:
{
"id": 1,
"title": "testtodo3",
"completed": false,
"dueDate": [
2015,
12,
6
],
"user": {
"id": 1,
"username": "gruchacz",
"password": "password",
"email": "newUser@example.com"
}
}
Why are all the details of my User visible when I'm returning only ToDoItem (as save from CrudRepository does)? I know my ToDoItem is linked to User, but i would like it to return only ID, title, completed and dueDate WITHOUT user data? I know I could override toString method in ToDoItem entity and return a String from that controller but it's very unelegant and would prefer to retunr just ToDoItem and jackson to handle conversion to JSON.
