<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 
    http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 <groupId>com.mkyong.common</groupId>
 <artifactId>SpringMVC</artifactId>
 <packaging>war</packaging>
 <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 <name>SpringMVC Json Webapp</name>
 <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 <properties>
 <spring.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
 <jackson.version>1.9.10</jackson.version>
 <jdk.version>1.6</jdk.version>
 </properties>
 <dependencies>
 <!-- Spring 3 dependencies -->
 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
  <version>${spring.version}</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
  <version>${spring.version}</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
  <version>${spring.version}</version>
 </dependency>
 <!-- Jackson JSON Mapper -->
 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
  <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
  <version>${jackson.version}</version>
 </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 <build>
 <finalName>SpringMVC</finalName>
 <plugins>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.9</version>
  <configuration>
  <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
  <downloadJavadocs>false</downloadJavadocs>
  <wtpversion>2.0</wtpversion>
  </configuration>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.3.2</version>
  <configuration>
  <source>${jdk.version}</source>
  <target>${jdk.version}</target>
  </configuration>
  </plugin>
 </plugins>
 </build>
</project>

public class Shop {
 String name;
 String staffName[];
 //getter and setter methods
}

import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
import com.mkyong.common.model.Shop;
[@Controller](https://my.oschina.net/u/1774615)
@RequestMapping("/kfc/brands")
public class JSONController {
 @RequestMapping(value="{name}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
 public @ResponseBody Shop getShopInJSON(@PathVariable String name) {
 Shop shop = new Shop();
 shop.setName(name);
 shop.setStaffName(new String[]{"mkyong1", "mkyong2"});
 return shop;
 }
}

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
 xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc" 
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans   
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd">
 <context:component-scan base-package="com.mkyong.common.controller" />
 <mvc:annotation-driven />
</beans>