Which Jackson maven dependencies to include in spring 3.1 project for JAXB JSON marshalling?
java, jaxb, json, marshalling, spring
Solution
The main difference i can see is the license.
The first option uses `jackson-mapper-asl` which uses the apache license, while the second one uses the lgpl license. so it is really a matter of legal.
see here.
Problem
In the code sample available here, one imports the following for JSON JAXB marshalling: ``` <dependency> <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId> <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId> <version>1.5.3</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId> <version>3.1.0.RELEASE</version> </dependency> ``` Yet, this blog post, referring to this blog post, suggests: ``` <!-- Jackson --> <dependency> <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId> <artifactId>jackson-core-lgpl</artifactId> <version>1.3.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId> <artifactId>jackson-mapper-lgpl</artifactId> <version>1.3.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId> <artifactId>jackson-xc</artifactId> <version>1.3.0</version> </dependency> ``` where 'jackson-xc provides the additional Jaxb support'. What is the difference between both set of maven dependencies when it comes to JAXB JSON marhsalling in Spring? Which one should be used preferably?