Ampersand#8212; special character decoding
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In our Jersey REST service, we are sending back Ampersand#8212 to the browser client, as an element in a JSON object.But the browser JQuery client instead of decoding it to a literal - is displaying it as Ampersand#8212;, the encoded value itself. Wondering if I have to make any settings change in Jersey or JSON resolver for the client browser to understand it as a literal - I am sending the output JSON from Jersey in UTF-16 format. Appreciate any help