diff --git a/gson/pom.xml b/gson/pom.xml
index 912111374d..9ef775122c 100644
--- a/gson/pom.xml
+++ b/gson/pom.xml
@@ -1,67 +1,74 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-    <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <name>gson</name>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+	<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+	<version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>gson</name>
 
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
-    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    	<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
-    </parent>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
+	</parent>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <!-- utils -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
-            <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-            <version>${joda-time.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- marshalling -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>${gson.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
+	<dependencies>
+		<!-- utils -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+			<version>1.16.10</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+			<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+			<version>${joda-time.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+			<version>${commons-io.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
+			<version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+			<version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- marshalling -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+			<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+			<version>${gson.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <finalName>gson</finalName>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
-    </build>
+	<build>
+		<finalName>gson</finalName>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+				<filtering>true</filtering>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+	</build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <!-- marshalling -->
-        <gson.version>2.8.0</gson.version>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
-        <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
-        <joda-time.version>2.9.6</joda-time.version>
-    </properties>
+	<properties>
+		<!-- marshalling -->
+		<gson.version>2.8.0</gson.version>
+		<!-- util -->
+		<guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
+		<commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
+		<joda-time.version>2.9.6</joda-time.version>
+	</properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/Exclude.java b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/Exclude.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..429cb9d1b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/Exclude.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
+public @interface Exclude {
+}
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diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClass.java b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClass.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc6c498458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MyClass {
+    private long id;
+    private String name;
+    private String other;
+    private MySubClass subclass;
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClassWithAnnotatedFields.java b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClassWithAnnotatedFields.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d41f8a224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClassWithAnnotatedFields.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MyClassWithAnnotatedFields {
+
+    @Expose
+    private long id;
+    @Expose
+    private String name;
+    private String other;
+    @Expose
+    private MySubClassWithAnnotatedFields subclass;
+
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields.java b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ace3583013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MyClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields {
+
+    private long id;
+    private String name;
+    @Exclude
+    private String other;
+    private MySubClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields subclass;
+
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClassWithTransientFields.java b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClassWithTransientFields.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e781a6287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClassWithTransientFields.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MyClassWithTransientFields {
+
+    private long id;
+    private String name;
+    private transient String other;
+    private MySubClassWithTransientFields subclass;
+
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClass.java b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClass.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5adac0697e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MySubClass {
+    private long id;
+    private String description;
+    private String otherVerboseInfo;
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClassWithAnnotatedFields.java b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClassWithAnnotatedFields.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0f7b5d277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClassWithAnnotatedFields.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MySubClassWithAnnotatedFields {
+
+    @Expose private long id;
+    @Expose private String description;
+    private String otherVerboseInfo;
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields.java b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6aa4651b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MySubClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields {
+
+    private long id;
+    private String description;
+    @Exclude 
+    private String otherVerboseInfo;
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClassWithTransientFields.java b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClassWithTransientFields.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4e31b0bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClassWithTransientFields.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MySubClassWithTransientFields {
+
+    private long id;
+    private String description;
+    private transient String otherVerboseInfo;
+}
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/SerializationWithExclusionsUnitTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/SerializationWithExclusionsUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..632d06946b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/SerializationWithExclusionsUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import com.google.gson.ExclusionStrategy;
+import com.google.gson.FieldAttributes;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+
+class SerializationWithExclusionsUnitTest {
+
+    final String expectedResult = "{\"id\":1,\"name\":\"foo\",\"subclass\":{\"id\":42,\"description\":\"the answer\"}}";
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenClassWithTransientFields_whenSerializing_thenCorrectWithoutTransientFields() {
+        MyClassWithTransientFields source = new MyClassWithTransientFields(1L, "foo", "bar", new MySubClassWithTransientFields(42L, "the answer", "Verbose field which we don't want to be serialized"));
+        String jsonString = new Gson().toJson(source);
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenClassAnnotated_whenSerializing_thenCorrectWithoutNotAnnotatedFields() {
+        MyClassWithAnnotatedFields source = new MyClassWithAnnotatedFields(1L, "foo", "bar", new MySubClassWithAnnotatedFields(42L, "the answer", "Verbose field which we don't want to be serialized"));
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().excludeFieldsWithoutExposeAnnotation()
+            .create();
+        String jsonString = gson.toJson(source);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenExclusionStrategyByClassesAndFields_whenSerializing_thenFollowStrategy() {
+        MyClass source = new MyClass(1L, "foo", "bar", new MySubClass(42L, "the answer", "Verbose field which we don't want to be serialized"));
+        ExclusionStrategy strategy = new ExclusionStrategy() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes field) {
+                if (field.getDeclaringClass() == MyClass.class && field.getName()
+                    .equals("other"))
+                    return true;
+                if (field.getDeclaringClass() == MySubClass.class && field.getName()
+                    .equals("otherVerboseInfo"))
+                    return true;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldSkipClass(Class<?> clazz) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        };
+
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().addSerializationExclusionStrategy(strategy)
+            .create();
+        String jsonString = gson.toJson(source);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenExclusionStrategyByStartsWith_whenSerializing_thenFollowStrategy() {
+        MyClass source = new MyClass(1L, "foo", "bar", new MySubClass(42L, "the answer", "Verbose field which we don't want to be serialized"));
+        ExclusionStrategy strategy = new ExclusionStrategy() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldSkipClass(Class<?> clazz) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes field) {
+                return field.getName().startsWith("other");
+            }
+        };
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setExclusionStrategies(strategy)
+            .create();
+        String jsonString = gson.toJson(source);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenExclusionStrategyByCustomAnnotation_whenSerializing_thenFollowStrategy() {
+        MyClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields source = new MyClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields(1L, "foo", "bar", new MySubClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields(42L, "the answer", "Verbose field which we don't want to be serialized"));
+        ExclusionStrategy strategy = new ExclusionStrategy() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldSkipClass(Class<?> clazz) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes field) {
+                return field.getAnnotation(Exclude.class) != null;
+            }
+
+        };
+
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setExclusionStrategies(strategy)
+            .create();
+        String jsonString = gson.toJson(source);
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+}
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