try resolving response example as json

modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/main/java/io/swagger/jaxrs/Reader.java

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 import io.swagger.models.properties.Property;
 import io.swagger.models.properties.RefProperty;
 import io.swagger.util.BaseReaderUtils;
+import io.swagger.util.Json;
 import io.swagger.util.ParameterProcessor;
 import io.swagger.util.PathUtils;
 import io.swagger.util.ReflectionUtils;
@@ -1045,9 +1046,14 @@ private Map<String, Object> parseExamples(Example examples) {
             if(prop.mediaType().equals("") && prop.value().equals("")){
                 continue;
             }
-
+            Object exampleValue = null;
+            try {
+                exampleValue = Json.mapper().readTree(prop.value());
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                exampleValue = prop.value();
+            }
             map = map == null ? new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>() : map;
-            map.put(prop.mediaType(), prop.value());
+            map.put(prop.mediaType(), exampleValue);
         }
         return map;
     }

modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/test/java/io/swagger/ReaderTest.java

@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 package io.swagger;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jaxb.JaxbAnnotationModule;
+import io.swagger.annotations.Api;
+import io.swagger.annotations.ApiOperation;
+import io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponse;
+import io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponses;
+import io.swagger.annotations.Example;
+import io.swagger.annotations.ExampleProperty;
 import io.swagger.converter.ModelConverters;
 import io.swagger.jaxrs.Reader;
 import io.swagger.models.ExternalDocs;
 import io.swagger.models.Model;
 import io.swagger.models.Operation;
+import io.swagger.models.Pet;
 import io.swagger.models.Swagger;
 import io.swagger.models.Tag;
 import io.swagger.models.parameters.BodyParameter;
@@ -42,6 +50,7 @@
 import io.swagger.resources.RsMultipleConsumesProducesResource;
 import io.swagger.resources.SimpleMethods;
 import io.swagger.util.Json;
+import io.swagger.util.Yaml;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
@@ -50,7 +59,9 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.OPTIONS;
 import javax.ws.rs.POST;
 import javax.ws.rs.PUT;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
@@ -465,6 +476,35 @@ public void testSubResourceHasTheRightApiPath() {
 
     }
 
+    @Test(description = "Test Response Example")
+    public void testResponseExample() {
+        Swagger swagger = getSwagger(ResponseExampleResource.class);
+        assertNotNull(swagger);
+        assertNotNull(swagger.getPath("/v1/example"));
+        assertEquals(swagger.getPaths().size(), 1);
+        assertTrue(swagger.getPath("/v1/example").getGet().getResponses().get("200").getExamples().get("application/json") instanceof JsonNode);
+
+    }
+
+    @Api
+    @Path("/v1")
+    public class ResponseExampleResource {
+        @Path("example")
+        @ApiOperation(value = "aa")
+        @ApiResponses({
+                @ApiResponse(code = 200, message = "test", response = Pet.class,
+                        examples = @Example(value =
+                                {
+                                        @ExampleProperty(mediaType = "application/json", value = "{\"id\" : 1, \"name\" : \"test\"}")
+                                }
+                        ))
+        })
+        @GET
+        public Response getResource() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test(description = "Resolve Model with XML Properties starting with is prefix per #2635")
     public void testModelResolverXMLPropertiesName() {
         final MyClass myClass = new MyClass();