How to pass JSON array from Struts 2 action class to jQuery?

[Dane Loreto]

I creating a Java web application with an action file which generates data from database to a JSON array. Now, I want this JSON array to be passed to jQuery? How is that possible?

FYI. I applied Struts 2, Spring and Hibernate frameworks. I am not using PHP for this app.

This is my Struts 2 action method:

public static String jsonData = null;
public String generateJson() throws Exception
{
    JSONObject json = null;
    JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();

    this.records = this.recordManager.getAllRecords();

    for (RecordEntity record : records)
    {
        json = new JSONObject();

        json.put("id", record.getId());
        json.put("firstname", record.getFirstName());
        json.put("lastname", record.getLastName());
        json.put("due", record.getDue());
        json.put("email", record.getEmail());
        json.put("website", record.getWebsite());
        jsonArray.put(json);
    }

    System.out.println(jsonArray.toString());

    jsonData = jsonArray.toString(); // this jsonData will be passed to jQuery
    return SUCCESS;
}

And this is my jQuery. I am using BootstrapTable so this is the structure, and I want the value of jsonData to be passed to this jQuery:

$('#record').bootstrapTable({
    method : 'get',
    data: jQuery.parseJSON(VALUE_OF_jsonData_HERE),
    cache : ...
    ...
    ...
});

P.S.
I have also asked this question at StackOverFlow > here but I haven't got any answers yet. :(

[Joe Ess]

Struts 2 has a JSON Plugin that will handle the response as JSON.
The alternative is to create the JSON object as you have above, serialize it to the response and tell Struts you've handled it (by returning "NONE").