Spring Web MVC Json - jackson key/name for array of objects (named array) -

how json, containing java objects, key identifier of array? have following in spring mvc 4.x. use jackson library marshal objects json.

@requestmapping(value="dogs")     public list<dog> getdogs(){         list<dog> list_dogs = new arraylist<dog>();         list_dogs.add(new dog("dog1",1));         list_dogs.add(new dog("dog2",2));         return list_dogs;        } 

i following response: [{"name":"dog1","age":1},{"name":"dog2","age":2}]

i have following:

{     "array": [{         "name": "dog1",         "age": 1     }, {         "name": "dog2",         "age": 2     }] } 

how provide name array?

ok, use map instead of list.

@requestmapping(value="dogs") public map<string, list<dog>> getdogs(){     map<string, list<dog>> map = new hashmap<string, list<dog>>();     list<dog> list_dogs = new arraylist<dog>();     list_dogs.add(new dog("dog1",1));     list_dogs.add(new dog("dog2",2));     map.put("myarray", list_dogs);     //return list_dogs; [{"name":"dog1","age":1},{"name":"dog2","age":2}]     return map;     //{"myarray":[{"name":"dog1","age":1},{"name":"dog2","age":2}]} }  {"myarray":[{"name":"dog1","age":1},{"name":"dog2","age":2}]}