JsonHelper.java

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package io.fabric8.utils.jaxrs;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;

public class JsonHelper {

    public static String toJson(Object dto) throws JsonProcessingException {
        ObjectMapper mapper = createObjectMapper();
        return mapper.writeValueAsString(dto);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a configured Jackson object mapper for parsing JSON
     */
    public static ObjectMapper createObjectMapper() {
        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
        mapper.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT);
        return mapper;
    }

}