Grails json rendering as map

Question

I am trying to render a json response from grails controller action. Here is my code:

render ([message:"voila Sent Successfully!"]) as JSON

But in the gsp, it is rendering like:

['message':'Email Sent Successfully!']

Above text is actually a string(as its typeof in jquery ajax call gives a string in the success event handler), so how do I render it as a JSON?

I am using grails 2.4.5 and the JSON class is actually grails.converters.JSON (not grails.converters.deep.JSON)

Answer 1

Just do as

render ([message:"voila Sent Successfully!"] as JSON ) i.e inserting as JSON

within parentheses.