java - JPA EJB Jackson Serialization Infinite Recursion Occurs Even With @JsonManagedReference Annotation -

i feel have done ton of research how jackson's serialization/deserialization occurs , found this blog post helpful. however, despite best efforts, continue receive recursive json. have 2 models - call them company , employee.

company , employee joined in database in normalized table mapping fk's company_id employee_id when employee moves company, still employee. companies have 1:n relationship employees 

from employee model:

@manytoone @jointable(name="company_employee",         joincolumns =             { @joincolumn(name = "employee_id") },         inversejoincolumns =             { @joincolumn(name = "company_id") }) @jsonmanagedreference private company company;  public company getcompany() { return this.company; } public void setcompany(company company) {this.company = company;} 

now, company model:

@onetomany(mappedby="company") @jsonbackreference private list<employee> employees;  public list<employee> getemployees() { return employees; }  public void setemployees(list<employees> employees) {     this.employees = employees; } 

do need @jsonignore on getters or something? have clue missing here? want employees not show when retrieving company or companies. want company appear every employee, however.