Question

How can I map a simple JSON object {"status" : "successful"} automaticly map to my Java Enum within JAX-RS?

public enum Status {
    SUCESSFUL ("successful"), 
    ERROR ("error");

    private String status;

    private Status(String status) {
        this.status = status;
    }
}

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Answer 1

The following JAXB annotations should do it. (I tested using Jettison but I’ve not tried other providers):

@XmlType(name = "status")
@XmlEnum
public enum Status {
    @XmlEnumValue(value = "successful")
    SUCESSFUL, 
    @XmlEnumValue(value = "error")
    ERROR;
}