ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper(); MyObject myObject = objectMapper.readValue(jsonString, MyObject.class); String jsonString = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(myObject); ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper(); objectMapper.disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS); objectMapper.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT); JsonFactory jsonFactory = new JsonFactory(); JsonParser jsonParser = jsonFactory.createParser(jsonFile); while (jsonParser.nextToken() != null) { } public class MyObject { @JsonProperty("id") private String objectId; @JsonIgnore private String secretData; } ObjectReader objectReader = objectMapper.reader().forType(MyObject.class); MyObject myObject = new MyObject(); objectReader.readValue(jsonString, myObject);