Exclude inner class fields using JsonInclude.Include.NON_DEFAULT

Question

@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_DEFAULT)

I have a nested class structure as follows:

public class A{
   String z;
   String y;
   float p;
   List<B> b;
   public static class B{ 
       String x;
       String w;
       float q;
       List<C> c;    
       public static class C{ 
           String v;
           String u;
           float r;
       }
   }
}

I have another class as follows:

public class D{
    List<B> b;
}

In my use case, I am returning class D as part of an API call. String x(in class B) and String v(in class C) will always be non-null. But String w and String u may or may not be null. I want to exclude null fields and default fields ( like 0.0 for float q and float r) from my response and therefore want to use @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_DEFAULT). But I don't want this to happen for all use cases, but only for my use case, i.e. only for class D? Is the following an effective way of achieving it?

@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_DEFAULT)
public class D{
    List<B> b;
}

Will the above way work on the inner classes as well? Please feel free to suggest another method because I'm unable to think of one.