@Configuration public class JacksonConfig { @Bean @Primary @ConditionalOnMissingBean(ObjectMapper.class) public ObjectMapper jacksonObjectMapper(Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder builder) { ObjectMapper objectMapper = builder.createXmlMapper(false).build(); objectMapper.getSerializerProvider().setNullValueSerializer(new JsonSerializer<Object>() { @Override public void serialize(Object o, JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, SerializerProvider serializerProvider) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException { jsonGenerator.writeString(""); } }); return objectMapper; } }