How to wrap JSON response in a parent object
You could make a new Object to serialize:
class ResponseWrapper { private List<User> elements; ResponseWrapper(List<User> elements) { this.elements = elements; }}Then return an instance of ResponseWrapper in your controller method:
@RequestMapping(value = "/users", method = GET,produces = "application/xml") @ResponseBody public ResponseEntity<ResponseWrapper> getPartnersByDate(@RequestParam("type") String type, @RequestParam("id") String id) throws ParseException { List<User> usersList = userService.getUsersByType(type); ResponseWrapper wrapper = new ResponseWrapper(usersList); return new ResponseEntity<ResponseWrapper>(wrapper, HttpStatus.OK);}