Application.java

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.ToStringSerializer;
import org.bson.types.ObjectId;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
import org.springframework.http.converter.json.Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder;
import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

@SpringBootApplication
public class Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
    }

    @Configuration
    public static class WebappConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
        @Override
        public void configureMessageConverters(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> converters) {
            Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder builder = new Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder();
            builder
                    .serializerByType(ObjectId.class, new ToStringSerializer());
            MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter converter = new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter(builder.build());
            converters.add(converter);
        }
    }

    @RestController
    public static class MyRestController {

        @ResponseBody
        @RequestMapping("/")
        public Whatever method() {
            return new Whatever();
        }
    }

    public static class Whatever {
        private Map<String, Object> parameters = new HashMap<>();

        public Whatever() {
            parameters.put("tom", "Cat");
            parameters.put("jerry", new ObjectId());
        }

        public Map<String, Object> getParameters() {
            return parameters;
        }

        public void setParameters(Map<String, Object> parameters) {
            this.parameters = parameters;
        }
    }
}

build.gradle

group 'spring-test'
buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.3.2.RELEASE")
    }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'idea'
apply plugin: 'spring-boot'

jar {
    baseName = 'gs-consuming-rest'
    version =  '0.1.0'
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8

dependencies {
    compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb")
    compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web")
    testCompile("junit:junit")
}

task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
    gradleVersion = '2.3'
}