Decode base64 encoded JSON to POJO with jackson and spring-boot

Decode base64 encoded JSON to POJO with jackson and spring-boot - java

I have a request coming like this
{
"varA" : "A",
"varB" : "TCFNhbiBKb3NlMRgwFgYDVQQK"
}
where key varB is a base64 encoded JSON string. something like this:
{
"nestedVarB1": "some value here",
"nestedVarB2" : "some other value here"
}
I want to convert it into some POJOs like this:
#Data
public class MyRequest {
private String varA;
private B varB;
}
#Data
public class B {
private String nestedVarB1;
private String nestedVarB2;
}
I went through several solutions on stack overflow like this and this, but I want to convert the JSON directly into an object of type MyRequest maybe by writing some sort of Jackson deserializer.
How can I convert the JSON directly into MyRequest using Jackson and Spring Boot?
Note:
POJOs MyRequest and B are very big and B could be further nested, so doing it manually would be a big task.
I don't have any control over the request coming, it is coming from a third party source. So, can't change the format of the request.

I've done some experiments and here is a simple Jackson Deserializer which should work for you.
Deserializer implements the ContextualDeserializer interface to get access to actual bean property (for example varB). It's necessary for detecting correct result type, because deserializer itself can be attached to a field of any type.
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.ContextualDeserializer;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidFormatException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Base64;
public class Base64Deserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Object> implements ContextualDeserializer {
private Class<?> resultClass;
#Override
public JsonDeserializer<?> createContextual(DeserializationContext context, BeanProperty property) throws JsonMappingException {
this.resultClass = property.getType().getRawClass();
return this;
}
#Override
public Object deserialize(JsonParser parser, DeserializationContext context) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
String value = parser.getValueAsString();
Base64.Decoder decoder = Base64.getDecoder();
try {
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
byte[] decodedValue = decoder.decode(value);
return objectMapper.readValue(decodedValue, this.resultClass);
} catch (IllegalArgumentException | JsonParseException e) {
String fieldName = parser.getParsingContext().getCurrentName();
Class<?> wrapperClass = parser.getParsingContext().getCurrentValue().getClass();
throw new InvalidFormatException(
parser,
String.format("Value for '%s' is not a base64 encoded JSON", fieldName),
value,
wrapperClass
);
}
}
}
Here is an example of mapped class.
public class MyRequest {
private String varA;
#JsonDeserialize(using = Base64Deserializer.class)
private B varB;
public String getVarA() {
return varA;
}
public void setVarA(String varA) {
this.varA = varA;
}
public B getVarB() {
return varB;
}
public void setVarB(B varB) {
this.varB = varB;
}
}

Related

How to deserialize JSON to enum in Java? [duplicate]

How can I deserialize JSON string that contains enum values that are case insensitive? (using Jackson Databind)
The JSON string:
[{"url": "foo", "type": "json"}]
and my Java POJO:
public static class Endpoint {
public enum DataType {
JSON, HTML
}
public String url;
public DataType type;
public Endpoint() {
}
}
in this case,deserializing the JSON with "type":"json" would fail where as "type":"JSON" would work.
But I want "json" to work as well for naming convention reasons.
Serializing the POJO also results in upper case "type":"JSON"
I thought of using #JsonCreator and #JsonGetter:
#JsonCreator
private Endpoint(#JsonProperty("name") String url, #JsonProperty("type") String type) {
this.url = url;
this.type = DataType.valueOf(type.toUpperCase());
}
//....
#JsonGetter
private String getType() {
return type.name().toLowerCase();
}
And it worked. But I was wondering whether there's a better solutuon because this looks like a hack to me.
I can also write a custom deserializer but I got many different POJOs that use enums and it would be hard to maintain.
Can anyone suggest a better way to serialize and deserialize enums with proper naming convention?
I don't want my enums in java to be lowercase!
Here is some test code that I used:
String data = "[{\"url\":\"foo\", \"type\":\"json\"}]";
Endpoint[] arr = new ObjectMapper().readValue(data, Endpoint[].class);
System.out.println("POJO[]->" + Arrays.toString(arr));
System.out.println("JSON ->" + new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(arr));

Jackson 2.9
This is now very simple, using jackson-databind 2.9.0 and above
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
objectMapper.enable(MapperFeature.ACCEPT_CASE_INSENSITIVE_ENUMS);
// objectMapper now deserializes enums in a case-insensitive manner
Full example with tests
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
public class Main {
private enum TestEnum { ONE }
private static class TestObject { public TestEnum testEnum; }
public static void main (String[] args) {
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
objectMapper.enable(MapperFeature.ACCEPT_CASE_INSENSITIVE_ENUMS);
try {
TestObject uppercase =
objectMapper.readValue("{ \"testEnum\": \"ONE\" }", TestObject.class);
TestObject lowercase =
objectMapper.readValue("{ \"testEnum\": \"one\" }", TestObject.class);
TestObject mixedcase =
objectMapper.readValue("{ \"testEnum\": \"oNe\" }", TestObject.class);
if (uppercase.testEnum != TestEnum.ONE) throw new Exception("cannot deserialize uppercase value");
if (lowercase.testEnum != TestEnum.ONE) throw new Exception("cannot deserialize lowercase value");
if (mixedcase.testEnum != TestEnum.ONE) throw new Exception("cannot deserialize mixedcase value");
System.out.println("Success: all deserializations worked");
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

I ran into this same issue in my project, we decided to build our enums with a string key and use #JsonValue and a static constructor for serialization and deserialization respectively.
public enum DataType {
JSON("json"),
HTML("html");
private String key;
DataType(String key) {
this.key = key;
}
#JsonCreator
public static DataType fromString(String key) {
return key == null
? null
: DataType.valueOf(key.toUpperCase());
}
#JsonValue
public String getKey() {
return key;
}
}

Since Jackson 2.6, you can simply do this:
public enum DataType {
#JsonProperty("json")
JSON,
#JsonProperty("html")
HTML
}
For a full example, see this gist.

In version 2.4.0 you can register a custom serializer for all the Enum types (link to the github issue). Also you can replace the standard Enum deserializer on your own that will be aware about the Enum type. Here is an example:
public class JacksonEnum {
public static enum DataType {
JSON, HTML
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
List<DataType> types = Arrays.asList(JSON, HTML);
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
module.setDeserializerModifier(new BeanDeserializerModifier() {
#Override
public JsonDeserializer<Enum> modifyEnumDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config,
final JavaType type,
BeanDescription beanDesc,
final JsonDeserializer<?> deserializer) {
return new JsonDeserializer<Enum>() {
#Override
public Enum deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException {
Class<? extends Enum> rawClass = (Class<Enum<?>>) type.getRawClass();
return Enum.valueOf(rawClass, jp.getValueAsString().toUpperCase());
}
};
}
});
module.addSerializer(Enum.class, new StdSerializer<Enum>(Enum.class) {
#Override
public void serialize(Enum value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException {
jgen.writeString(value.name().toLowerCase());
}
});
mapper.registerModule(module);
String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(types);
System.out.println(json);
List<DataType> types2 = mapper.readValue(json, new TypeReference<List<DataType>>() {});
System.out.println(types2);
}
}
Output:
["json","html"]
[JSON, HTML]

If you're using Spring Boot 2.1.x with Jackson 2.9 you can simply use this application property:
spring.jackson.mapper.accept-case-insensitive-enums=true

I went for the solution of Sam B. but a simpler variant.
public enum Type {
PIZZA, APPLE, PEAR, SOUP;
#JsonCreator
public static Type fromString(String key) {
for(Type type : Type.values()) {
if(type.name().equalsIgnoreCase(key)) {
return type;
}
}
return null;
}
}

For those who tries to deserialize Enum ignoring case in GET parameters, enabling ACCEPT_CASE_INSENSITIVE_ENUMS will not do any good. It won't help because this option only works for body deserialization. Instead try this:
public class StringToEnumConverter implements Converter<String, Modes> {
#Override
public Modes convert(String from) {
return Modes.valueOf(from.toUpperCase());
}
}
and then
#Configuration
public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
#Override
public void addFormatters(FormatterRegistry registry) {
registry.addConverter(new StringToEnumConverter());
}
}
The answer and code samples are from here

To allow case insensitive deserialization of enums in jackson, simply add the below property to the application.properties file of your spring boot project.
spring.jackson.mapper.accept-case-insensitive-enums=true
If you have the yaml version of properties file, add below property to your application.yml file.
spring:
jackson:
mapper:
accept-case-insensitive-enums: true

With apologies to #Konstantin Zyubin, his answer was close to what I needed - but I didn't understand it, so here's how I think it should go:
If you want to deserialize one enum type as case insensitive - i.e. you don't want to, or can't, modify the behavior of the entire application, you can create a custom deserializer just for one type - by sub-classing StdConverter and force Jackson to use it only on the relevant fields using the JsonDeserialize annotation.
Example:
public class ColorHolder {
public enum Color {
RED, GREEN, BLUE
}
public static final class ColorParser extends StdConverter<String, Color> {
#Override
public Color convert(String value) {
return Arrays.stream(Color.values())
.filter(e -> e.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(value.trim()))
.findFirst()
.orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid value '" + value + "'"));
}
}
#JsonDeserialize(converter = ColorParser.class)
Color color;
}

Problem is releated to com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.EnumResolver. it uses HashMap to hold enum values and HashMap doesn't support case insensitive keys.
in answers above, all chars should be uppercase or lowercase. but I fixed all (in)sensitive problems for enums with that:
https://gist.github.com/bhdrk/02307ba8066d26fa1537
CustomDeserializers.java
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanDescription;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationConfig;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.EnumDeserializer;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleDeserializers;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.EnumResolver;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
public class CustomDeserializers extends SimpleDeserializers {
#Override
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public JsonDeserializer<?> findEnumDeserializer(Class<?> type, DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc) throws JsonMappingException {
return createDeserializer((Class<Enum>) type);
}
private <T extends Enum<T>> JsonDeserializer<?> createDeserializer(Class<T> enumCls) {
T[] enumValues = enumCls.getEnumConstants();
HashMap<String, T> map = createEnumValuesMap(enumValues);
return new EnumDeserializer(new EnumCaseInsensitiveResolver<T>(enumCls, enumValues, map));
}
private <T extends Enum<T>> HashMap<String, T> createEnumValuesMap(T[] enumValues) {
HashMap<String, T> map = new HashMap<String, T>();
// from last to first, so that in case of duplicate values, first wins
for (int i = enumValues.length; --i >= 0; ) {
T e = enumValues[i];
map.put(e.toString(), e);
}
return map;
}
public static class EnumCaseInsensitiveResolver<T extends Enum<T>> extends EnumResolver<T> {
protected EnumCaseInsensitiveResolver(Class<T> enumClass, T[] enums, HashMap<String, T> map) {
super(enumClass, enums, map);
}
#Override
public T findEnum(String key) {
for (Map.Entry<String, T> entry : _enumsById.entrySet()) {
if (entry.getKey().equalsIgnoreCase(key)) { // magic line <--
return entry.getValue();
}
}
return null;
}
}
}
Usage:
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
public class JSON {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SimpleModule enumModule = new SimpleModule();
enumModule.setDeserializers(new CustomDeserializers());
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.registerModule(enumModule);
}
}

I used a modification of Iago Fernández and Paul solution .
I had an enum in my requestobject which needed to be case insensitive
#POST
public Response doSomePostAction(RequestObject object){
//resource implementation
}
class RequestObject{
//other params
MyEnumType myType;
#JsonSetter
public void setMyType(String type){
myType = MyEnumType.valueOf(type.toUpperCase());
}
#JsonGetter
public String getType(){
return myType.toString();//this can change
}
}

Here's how I sometimes handle enums when I want to deserialize in a case-insensitive manner (building on the code posted in the question):
#JsonIgnore
public void setDataType(DataType dataType)
{
type = dataType;
}
#JsonProperty
public void setDataType(String dataType)
{
// Clean up/validate String however you want. I like
// org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.trimToEmpty
String d = StringUtils.trimToEmpty(dataType).toUpperCase();
setDataType(DataType.valueOf(d));
}
If the enum is non-trivial and thus in its own class I usually add a static parse method to handle lowercase Strings.

Deserialize enum with jackson is simple. When you want deserialize enum based in String need a constructor, a getter and a setter to your enum.Also class that use that enum must have a setter which receive DataType as param, not String:
public class Endpoint {
public enum DataType {
JSON("json"), HTML("html");
private String type;
#JsonValue
public String getDataType(){
return type;
}
#JsonSetter
public void setDataType(String t){
type = t.toLowerCase();
}
}
public String url;
public DataType type;
public Endpoint() {
}
public void setType(DataType dataType){
type = dataType;
}
}
When you have your json, you can deserialize to Endpoint class using ObjectMapper of Jackson:
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT);
try {
Endpoint endpoint = mapper.readValue("{\"url\":\"foo\",\"type\":\"json\"}", Endpoint.class);
} catch (IOException e1) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e1.printStackTrace();
}

Map a JSON field (to a value) based on another field (which is a key) using Jackson

{
"key1": {
"parameter1": "String1",
"parameter2": "String2"
},
"key2": {
"parameter1": "String3",
"parameter2": "String4"
},
"key3": {
"parameter1": "String5",
"parameter2": "String6"
}
}
I have the above JSON (/Users/user1/Desktop/responseMap.json) which is basically a Map<String, MockResponse> where MockResponse is the below POJO:
public class MockResponse {
public String parameter1;
public String parameter2;
}
Now, I have another POJO - TestCase, and another JSON - testCase.json as below:
public class TestCase {
public String responseMapFileLocation;
public String mockResponseKey;
public MockResponse mockResponse;
}
testCase.json
{
"responseMapFileLocation": "/Users/user1/Desktop/responseMap.json",
"mockResponseKey": "key1",
"mockResponse": null
}
What I am able to do is first map testCase.json to TestCase using Jackson, then map responseMap.json to Map<String, MockResponse>, then in my code search for mockResponseKey in the map.
But what I want to do is when I map testCase.json to TestCase using Jackson, I want the value of variable mockResponse to set automatically based on the value of variable mockResponseKey using the first JSON map.

You need to write custom deserialiser for TestCase class. In custom deserialiser you can parse basic properties: responseMapFileLocation, mockResponseKey and load mockResponse from other file. To deserialiser MockResponse you can use new ObjectMapper instance. Below code shows how this concept could be implemented:
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.TreeNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.MapType;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
public class JsonApp {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
File jsonFile = new File("./resource/test.json").getAbsoluteFile();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
System.out.println(mapper.readValue(jsonFile, TestCase.class));
}
}
class MockResponse {
public String parameter1;
public String parameter2;
}
#JsonDeserialize(using = TestCaseFromExternalFileDeserializer.class)
class TestCase {
public String responseMapFileLocation;
public String mockResponseKey;
public MockResponse mockResponse;
}
class TestCaseFromExternalFileDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<TestCase> {
private final ObjectMapper mapper;
private final MapType mapType;
public TestCaseFromExternalFileDeserializer() {
mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapType = mapper.getTypeFactory().constructMapType(Map.class, String.class, MockResponse.class);
}
#Override
public TestCase deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException {
TreeNode treeNode = p.readValueAsTree();
TestCase testCase = new TestCase();
testCase.responseMapFileLocation = ((JsonNode) treeNode.get("responseMapFileLocation")).asText();
testCase.mockResponseKey = ((JsonNode) treeNode.get("mockResponseKey")).asText();
parseMockResponse(testCase);
return testCase;
}
private void parseMockResponse(TestCase testCase) throws IOException {
Map<String, MockResponse> map = mapper.readValue(new File(testCase.responseMapFileLocation), mapType);
testCase.mockResponse = map.get(testCase.mockResponseKey);
}
}
You need to implement only toString method for each POJO class. Above code prints:
TestCase{responseMapFileLocation='./resource/responseMap.json', mockResponseKey='key1', mockResponse=MockResponse{parameter1='String1', parameter2='String2'}}
Both JSON files are in resource folder.
See also:
How use jackson ObjectMapper inside custom deserializer?
Jackson Streaming API - if you want to implement MockResponse deserialisation in faster way.

Tweaking the getter setter in your Test class and marking the field as private I was able to make it dynamic (Imports are from org.codehaus.jackson package)
class TestCase {
private String responseMapFileLocation;
private String mockResponseKey;
#JsonIgnore
private MockResponse mockResponse; //else value will be override in json value
public String getResponseMapFileLocation() {
return responseMapFileLocation;
}
public void setResponseMapFileLocation(String responseMapFileLocation) {
this.responseMapFileLocation = responseMapFileLocation;
}
public String getMockResponseKey() {
return mockResponseKey;
}
public void setMockResponseKey(String mockResponseKey1) throws IOException {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
Map<String, MockResponse> map = mapper.readValue(new File("C:\\Users\\Json1.json"), TypeFactory.mapType(HashMap.class, String.class, MockResponse.class));
this.mockResponse = map.get(mockResponseKey1);
this.mockResponseKey = mockResponseKey1;
}
public MockResponse getMockResponse() {
return mockResponse;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "TestCase [responseMapFileLocation=" + responseMapFileLocation + ", mockResponseKey=" + mockResponseKey
+ ", mockResponse=" + mockResponse + "]";
}
}
class MockResponse {
public String parameter1;
public String parameter2;
#Override
public String toString() {
return "MockResponse [parameter1=" + parameter1 + ", parameter2=" + parameter2 + "]";
}
}
and Running below code
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
TestCase testCase = mapper.readValue(new File("C:\\UsersJson2.json"), TestCase.class);
System.out.println(testCase);
}
output will be
TestCase [responseMapFileLocation=/Users/user1/Desktop/responseMap.json, mockResponseKey=key1, mockResponse=MockResponse [parameter1=String1, parameter2=String2]]

What you are asking for is not possible with just Jackson. Jackson is primarily a marshalling/unmarshalling tool, converting JSONs to Objects and vice versa. In other words, the value of the object must be known at the time of unmarshalling.
However you can unmarshal your json as a HashMap using the code:
new JSONObject(map);
search for the MockResponse-as-a-string using the mockResponseKey and then unmarshal that code into a new MockResponse.

Can A Data Field in JSON format be parsed? [duplicate]

I am trying to include raw JSON inside a Java object when the object is (de)serialized using Jackson. In order to test this functionality, I wrote the following test:
public static class Pojo {
public String foo;
#JsonRawValue
public String bar;
}
#Test
public void test() throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
String foo = "one";
String bar = "{\"A\":false}";
Pojo pojo = new Pojo();
pojo.foo = foo;
pojo.bar = bar;
String json = "{\"foo\":\"" + foo + "\",\"bar\":" + bar + "}";
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
String output = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(pojo);
System.out.println(output);
assertEquals(json, output);
Pojo deserialized = objectMapper.readValue(output, Pojo.class);
assertEquals(foo, deserialized.foo);
assertEquals(bar, deserialized.bar);
}
The code outputs the following line:
{"foo":"one","bar":{"A":false}}
The JSON is exactly how I want things to look. Unfortunately, the code fails with an exception when attempting to read the JSON back in to the object. Here is the exception:
org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException: Can not deserialize instance of java.lang.String out of START_OBJECT token
at [Source: java.io.StringReader#d70d7a; line: 1, column: 13] (through reference chain: com.tnal.prism.cobalt.gather.testing.Pojo["bar"])
Why does Jackson function just fine in one direction but fail when going the other direction? It seems like it should be able to take its own output as input again. I know what I'm trying to do is unorthodox (the general advice is to create an inner object for bar that has a property named A), but I don't want to interact with this JSON at all. My code is acting as a pass-through for this code -- I want to take in this JSON and send it back out again without touching a thing, because when the JSON changes I don't want my code to need modifications.
Thanks for the advice.
EDIT: Made Pojo a static class, which was causing a different error.

#JsonRawValue is intended for serialization-side only, since the reverse direction is a bit trickier to handle. In effect it was added to allow injecting pre-encoded content.
I guess it would be possible to add support for reverse, although that would be quite awkward: content will have to be parsed, and then re-written back to "raw" form, which may or may not be the same (since character quoting may differ).
This for general case. But perhaps it would make sense for some subset of problems.
But I think a work-around for your specific case would be to specify type as 'java.lang.Object', since this should work ok: for serialization, String will be output as is, and for deserialization, it will be deserialized as a Map. Actually you might want to have separate getter/setter if so; getter would return String for serialization (and needs #JsonRawValue); and setter would take either Map or Object. You could re-encode it to a String if that makes sense.

Following #StaxMan answer, I've made the following works like a charm:
public class Pojo {
Object json;
#JsonRawValue
public String getJson() {
// default raw value: null or "[]"
return json == null ? null : json.toString();
}
public void setJson(JsonNode node) {
this.json = node;
}
}
And, to be faithful to the initial question, here is the working test:
public class PojoTest {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
#Test
public void test() throws IOException {
Pojo pojo = new Pojo("{\"foo\":18}");
String output = mapper.writeValueAsString(pojo);
assertThat(output).isEqualTo("{\"json\":{\"foo\":18}}");
Pojo deserialized = mapper.readValue(output, Pojo.class);
assertThat(deserialized.json.toString()).isEqualTo("{\"foo\":18}");
// deserialized.json == {"foo":18}
}
}

I was able to do this with a custom deserializer (cut and pasted from here)
package etc;
import java.io.IOException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.TreeNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
/**
* Keeps json value as json, does not try to deserialize it
* #author roytruelove
*
*/
public class KeepAsJsonDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<String> {
#Override
public String deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
throws IOException {
TreeNode tree = jp.getCodec().readTree(jp);
return tree.toString();
}
}
Use it by annotating the desired member like this:
#JsonDeserialize(using = KeepAsJsonDeserializer.class)
private String value;

#JsonSetter may help. See my sample ('data' is supposed to contain unparsed JSON):
class Purchase
{
String data;
#JsonProperty("signature")
String signature;
#JsonSetter("data")
void setData(JsonNode data)
{
this.data = data.toString();
}
}

This is a problem with your inner classes. The Pojo class is a non-static inner class of your test class, and Jackson cannot instantiate that class. So it can serialize, but not deserialize.
Redefine your class like this:
public static class Pojo {
public String foo;
#JsonRawValue
public String bar;
}
Note the addition of static

Adding to Roy Truelove's great answer, this is how to inject the custom deserialiser in response to appearance of #JsonRawValue:
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module;
#Component
public class ModuleImpl extends Module {
#Override
public void setupModule(SetupContext context) {
context.addBeanDeserializerModifier(new BeanDeserializerModifierImpl());
}
}
import java.util.Iterator;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonRawValue;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanDescription;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationConfig;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBuilder;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerModifier;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.SettableBeanProperty;
public class BeanDeserializerModifierImpl extends BeanDeserializerModifier {
#Override
public BeanDeserializerBuilder updateBuilder(DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc, BeanDeserializerBuilder builder) {
Iterator<SettableBeanProperty> it = builder.getProperties();
while (it.hasNext()) {
SettableBeanProperty p = it.next();
if (p.getAnnotation(JsonRawValue.class) != null) {
builder.addOrReplaceProperty(p.withValueDeserializer(KeepAsJsonDeserialzier.INSTANCE), true);
}
}
return builder;
}
}

This easy solution worked for me:
public class MyObject {
private Object rawJsonValue;
public Object getRawJsonValue() {
return rawJsonValue;
}
public void setRawJsonValue(Object rawJsonValue) {
this.rawJsonValue = rawJsonValue;
}
}
So I was able to store raw value of JSON in rawJsonValue variable and then it was no problem to deserialize it (as object) with other fields back to JSON and send via my REST. Using #JsonRawValue didnt helped me because stored JSON was deserialized as String, not as object, and that was not what I wanted.

This even works in a JPA entity:
private String json;
#JsonRawValue
public String getJson() {
return json;
}
public void setJson(final String json) {
this.json = json;
}
#JsonProperty(value = "json")
public void setJsonRaw(JsonNode jsonNode) {
// this leads to non-standard json, see discussion:
// setJson(jsonNode.toString());
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
JsonGenerator generator =
new JsonFactory(objectMapper).createGenerator(stringWriter);
generator.writeTree(n);
setJson(stringWriter.toString());
}
Ideally the ObjectMapper and even JsonFactory are from the context and are configured so as to handle your JSON correctly (standard or with non-standard values like 'Infinity' floats for example).

Here is a full working example of how to use Jackson modules to make #JsonRawValue work both ways (serialization and deserialization):
public class JsonRawValueDeserializerModule extends SimpleModule {
public JsonRawValueDeserializerModule() {
setDeserializerModifier(new JsonRawValueDeserializerModifier());
}
private static class JsonRawValueDeserializerModifier extends BeanDeserializerModifier {
#Override
public BeanDeserializerBuilder updateBuilder(DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc, BeanDeserializerBuilder builder) {
builder.getProperties().forEachRemaining(property -> {
if (property.getAnnotation(JsonRawValue.class) != null) {
builder.addOrReplaceProperty(property.withValueDeserializer(JsonRawValueDeserializer.INSTANCE), true);
}
});
return builder;
}
}
private static class JsonRawValueDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<String> {
private static final JsonDeserializer<String> INSTANCE = new JsonRawValueDeserializer();
#Override
public String deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
return p.readValueAsTree().toString();
}
}
}
Then you can register the module after creating the ObjectMapper:
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
objectMapper.registerModule(new JsonRawValueDeserializerModule());
String json = "{\"foo\":\"one\",\"bar\":{\"A\":false}}";
Pojo deserialized = objectMapper.readValue(json, Pojo.class);

I had the exact same issue.
I found the solution in this post :
Parse JSON tree to plain class using Jackson or its alternatives
Check out the last answer.
By defining a custom setter for the property that takes a JsonNode as parameter and calls the toString method on the jsonNode to set the String property, it all works out.

Using an object works fine both ways... This method has a bit of overhead deserializing the raw value in two times.
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
RawJsonValue value = new RawJsonValue();
value.setRawValue(new RawHello(){{this.data = "universe...";}});
String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(value);
System.out.println(json);
RawJsonValue result = mapper.readValue(json, RawJsonValue.class);
json = mapper.writeValueAsString(result.getRawValue());
System.out.println(json);
RawHello hello = mapper.readValue(json, RawHello.class);
System.out.println(hello.data);
RawHello.java
public class RawHello {
public String data;
}
RawJsonValue.java
public class RawJsonValue {
private Object rawValue;
public Object getRawValue() {
return rawValue;
}
public void setRawValue(Object value) {
this.rawValue = value;
}
}

I had a similar problem, but using a list with a lot of JSON itens (List<String>).
public class Errors {
private Integer status;
private List<String> jsons;
}
I managed the serialization using the #JsonRawValue annotation. But for deserialization I had to create a custom deserializer based on Roy's suggestion.
public class Errors {
private Integer status;
#JsonRawValue
#JsonDeserialize(using = JsonListPassThroughDeserialzier.class)
private List<String> jsons;
}
Below you can see my "List" deserializer.
public class JsonListPassThroughDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<List<String>> {
#Override
public List<String> deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext cxt) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
if (jp.getCurrentToken() == JsonToken.START_ARRAY) {
final List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_ARRAY) {
list.add(jp.getCodec().readTree(jp).toString());
}
return list;
}
throw cxt.instantiationException(List.class, "Expected Json list");
}
}

Customize jackson unmarshalling behavior

I am using Jackson fasterxml for unmarshalling JSON. In my object there are two kinds of properties:Input properties and Calculated properties. In the input JSON, I get only input values.
The calculated values are actually dependent on input values. I have to populate these values before the object gets referred. So I am just checking if there are any hooks provided by Jackson so that I can do my calculations there. For example JAXB provides afterUnmarshal method to customize the unmarshaling behavior:
void afterUnmarshal(Unmarshaller u, Object parent)
But I could not find similar information about customizing Jackson. Are any such framework hooks provided by Jackson to customize the unmarshaling behavior?

I'd rather recommend to keep your model objects immutable by using constructor creators. That is, all the JSON values are passed to a constructor which would initialize the other calculated properties.
Anyway, if you want to customize an object after deserialization (without writing a deserializer for every type) you can modify the deserializer in a way that at the end it calls a special method(s) of a newly constructed instance. Here is an example which would work for all the classes that implements a special interface (one can consider using an annotation to mark the post construct methods).
public class JacksonPostConstruct {
public static interface PostConstructor {
void postConstruct();
}
public static class Bean implements PostConstructor {
private final String field;
#JsonCreator
public Bean(#JsonProperty("field") String field) {
this.field = field;
}
public void postConstruct() {
System.out.println("Post construct: " + toString());
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "Bean{" +
"field='" + field + '\'' +
'}';
}
}
private static class PostConstructDeserializer extends DelegatingDeserializer {
private final JsonDeserializer<?> deserializer;
public PostConstructDeserializer(JsonDeserializer<?> deserializer) {
super(deserializer);
this.deserializer = deserializer;
}
#Override
protected JsonDeserializer<?> newDelegatingInstance(JsonDeserializer<?> newDelegatee) {
return deserializer;
}
#Override
public Object deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException {
Object result = _delegatee.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
if (result instanceof PostConstructor) {
((PostConstructor) result).postConstruct();
}
return result;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
module.setDeserializerModifier(new BeanDeserializerModifier() {
#Override
public JsonDeserializer<?> modifyDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config,
BeanDescription beanDesc,
final JsonDeserializer<?> deserializer) {
return new PostConstructDeserializer(deserializer);
}
});
mapper.registerModule(module);
String json = "{\"field\":\"value\"}";
System.out.println(mapper.readValue(json, Bean.class));
}
}
Output:
Post construct: Bean{field='value'}
Bean{field='value'}

Let's assume that your JSON looks like this:
{
"input1" : "Input value",
"input2" : 3
}
And your POJO class looks like this:
class Entity {
private String input1;
private int input2;
private String calculated1;
private long calculated2;
...
}
In this case you can write a custom deserializer for your Entity class:
class EntityJsonDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Entity> {
#Override
public Entity deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException,
JsonProcessingException {
InnerEntity innerEntity = jp.readValueAs(InnerEntity.class);
Entity entity = new Entity();
entity.setInput1(innerEntity.input1);
entity.setInput2(innerEntity.input2);
entity.recalculate();
return entity;
}
public static class InnerEntity {
public String input1;
public int input2;
}
}
In above class you can see that Entity has a recalculate method. It could look like this:
public void recalculate() {
calculated1 = input1 + input2;
calculated2 = input1.length() + input2;
}
You can also move this logic to your deserializer class.
Now, you have to inform Jackson that you want to use your custom deserializer:
#JsonDeserialize(using = EntityJsonDeserializer.class)
class Entity {
...
}
The example below shows how to use these classes:
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
System.out.println(mapper.readValue(json, Entity.class));
This program prints:
Entity [input1=Input value, input2=3, calculated1=Input value3, calculated2=14]

How do I use a custom Serializer with Jackson?

I have two Java classes that I want to serialize to JSON using Jackson:
public class User {
public final int id;
public final String name;
public User(int id, String name) {
this.id = id;
this.name = name;
}
}
public class Item {
public final int id;
public final String itemNr;
public final User createdBy;
public Item(int id, String itemNr, User createdBy) {
this.id = id;
this.itemNr = itemNr;
this.createdBy = createdBy;
}
}
I want to serialize an Item to this JSON:
{"id":7, "itemNr":"TEST", "createdBy":3}
with User serialized to only include the id. I will also be able to serilize all user objects to JSON like:
{"id":3, "name": "Jonas", "email": "jonas#example.com"}
So I guess that I need to write a custom serializer for Item and tried with this:
public class ItemSerializer extends JsonSerializer<Item> {
#Override
public void serialize(Item value, JsonGenerator jgen,
SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException,
JsonProcessingException {
jgen.writeStartObject();
jgen.writeNumberField("id", value.id);
jgen.writeNumberField("itemNr", value.itemNr);
jgen.writeNumberField("createdBy", value.user.id);
jgen.writeEndObject();
}
}
I serialize the JSON with this code from Jackson How-to: Custom Serializers:
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
SimpleModule simpleModule = new SimpleModule("SimpleModule",
new Version(1,0,0,null));
simpleModule.addSerializer(new ItemSerializer());
mapper.registerModule(simpleModule);
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
try {
mapper.writeValue(writer, myItem);
} catch (JsonGenerationException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (JsonMappingException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
But I get this error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: JsonSerializer of type com.example.ItemSerializer does not define valid handledType() (use alternative registration method?)
at org.codehaus.jackson.map.module.SimpleSerializers.addSerializer(SimpleSerializers.java:62)
at org.codehaus.jackson.map.module.SimpleModule.addSerializer(SimpleModule.java:54)
at com.example.JsonTest.main(JsonTest.java:54)
How can I use a custom Serializer with Jackson?
This is how I would do it with Gson:
public class UserAdapter implements JsonSerializer<User> {
#Override
public JsonElement serialize(User src, java.lang.reflect.Type typeOfSrc,
JsonSerializationContext context) {
return new JsonPrimitive(src.id);
}
}
GsonBuilder builder = new GsonBuilder();
builder.registerTypeAdapter(User.class, new UserAdapter());
Gson gson = builder.create();
String json = gson.toJson(myItem);
System.out.println("JSON: "+json);
But I need to do it with Jackson now, since Gson doesn't have support for interfaces.

You can put #JsonSerialize(using = CustomDateSerializer.class) over any date field of object to be serialized.
public class CustomDateSerializer extends SerializerBase<Date> {
public CustomDateSerializer() {
super(Date.class, true);
}
#Override
public void serialize(Date value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider)
throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'ZZZ (z)");
String format = formatter.format(value);
jgen.writeString(format);
}
}

As mentioned, #JsonValue is a good way. But if you don't mind a custom serializer, there's no need to write one for Item but rather one for User -- if so, it'd be as simple as:
public void serialize(Item value, JsonGenerator jgen,
SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException,
JsonProcessingException {
jgen.writeNumber(id);
}
Yet another possibility is to implement JsonSerializable, in which case no registration is needed.
As to error; that is weird -- you probably want to upgrade to a later version. But it is also safer to extend org.codehaus.jackson.map.ser.SerializerBase as it will have standard implementations of non-essential methods (i.e. everything but actual serialization call).

I tried doing this too, and there is a mistake in the example code on the Jackson web page that fails to include the type (.class) in the call to addSerializer() method, which should read like this:
simpleModule.addSerializer(Item.class, new ItemSerializer());
In other words, these are the lines that instantiate the simpleModule and add the serializer (with the prior incorrect line commented out):
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
SimpleModule simpleModule = new SimpleModule("SimpleModule",
new Version(1,0,0,null));
// simpleModule.addSerializer(new ItemSerializer());
simpleModule.addSerializer(Item.class, new ItemSerializer());
mapper.registerModule(simpleModule);
FYI: Here is the reference for the correct example code: http://wiki.fasterxml.com/JacksonFeatureModules

Use #JsonValue:
public class User {
int id;
String name;
#JsonValue
public int getId() {
return id;
}
}
#JsonValue only works on methods so you must add the getId method.
You should be able to skip your custom serializer altogether.

I wrote an example for a custom Timestamp.class serialization/deserialization, but you could use it for what ever you want.
When creating the object mapper do something like this:
public class JsonUtils {
public static ObjectMapper objectMapper = null;
static {
objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
SimpleModule s = new SimpleModule();
s.addSerializer(Timestamp.class, new TimestampSerializerTypeHandler());
s.addDeserializer(Timestamp.class, new TimestampDeserializerTypeHandler());
objectMapper.registerModule(s);
};
}
for example in java ee you could initialize it with this:
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import javax.ws.rs.ext.ContextResolver;
import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
#Provider
public class JacksonConfig implements ContextResolver<ObjectMapper> {
private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
public JacksonConfig() {
objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
SimpleModule s = new SimpleModule();
s.addSerializer(Timestamp.class, new TimestampSerializerTypeHandler());
s.addDeserializer(Timestamp.class, new TimestampDeserializerTypeHandler());
objectMapper.registerModule(s);
};
#Override
public ObjectMapper getContext(Class<?> type) {
return objectMapper;
}
}
where the serializer should be something like this:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.sql.Timestamp;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
public class TimestampSerializerTypeHandler extends JsonSerializer<Timestamp> {
#Override
public void serialize(Timestamp value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
String stringValue = value.toString();
if(stringValue != null && !stringValue.isEmpty() && !stringValue.equals("null")) {
jgen.writeString(stringValue);
} else {
jgen.writeNull();
}
}
#Override
public Class<Timestamp> handledType() {
return Timestamp.class;
}
}
and deserializer something like this:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.sql.Timestamp;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
public class TimestampDeserializerTypeHandler extends JsonDeserializer<Timestamp> {
#Override
public Timestamp deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ds) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
SqlTimestampConverter s = new SqlTimestampConverter();
String value = jp.getValueAsString();
if(value != null && !value.isEmpty() && !value.equals("null"))
return (Timestamp) s.convert(Timestamp.class, value);
return null;
}
#Override
public Class<Timestamp> handledType() {
return Timestamp.class;
}
}

These are behavior patterns I have noticed while trying to understand Jackson serialization.
1) Assume there is an object Classroom and a class Student. I've made everything public and final for ease.
public class Classroom {
public final double double1 = 1234.5678;
public final Double Double1 = 91011.1213;
public final Student student1 = new Student();
}
public class Student {
public final double double2 = 1920.2122;
public final Double Double2 = 2324.2526;
}
2) Assume that these are the serializers we use for serializing the objects into JSON. The writeObjectField uses the object's own serializer if it is registered with the object mapper; if not, then it serializes it as a POJO. The writeNumberField exclusively only accepts primitives as arguments.
public class ClassroomSerializer extends StdSerializer<Classroom> {
public ClassroomSerializer(Class<Classroom> t) {
super(t);
}
#Override
public void serialize(Classroom value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException, JsonGenerationException {
jgen.writeStartObject();
jgen.writeObjectField("double1-Object", value.double1);
jgen.writeNumberField("double1-Number", value.double1);
jgen.writeObjectField("Double1-Object", value.Double1);
jgen.writeNumberField("Double1-Number", value.Double1);
jgen.writeObjectField("student1", value.student1);
jgen.writeEndObject();
}
}
public class StudentSerializer extends StdSerializer<Student> {
public StudentSerializer(Class<Student> t) {
super(t);
}
#Override
public void serialize(Student value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException, JsonGenerationException {
jgen.writeStartObject();
jgen.writeObjectField("double2-Object", value.double2);
jgen.writeNumberField("double2-Number", value.double2);
jgen.writeObjectField("Double2-Object", value.Double2);
jgen.writeNumberField("Double2-Number", value.Double2);
jgen.writeEndObject();
}
}
3) Register only a DoubleSerializer with DecimalFormat output pattern ###,##0.000, in SimpleModule and the output is:
{
"double1" : 1234.5678,
"Double1" : {
"value" : "91,011.121"
},
"student1" : {
"double2" : 1920.2122,
"Double2" : {
"value" : "2,324.253"
}
}
}
You can see that the POJO serialization differentiates between double and Double, using the DoubleSerialzer for Doubles and using a regular String format for doubles.
4) Register DoubleSerializer and ClassroomSerializer, without the StudentSerializer. We expect that the output is such that if we write a double as an object, it behaves like a Double, and if we write a Double as a number, it behaves like a double. The Student instance variable should be written as a POJO and follow the pattern above since it does not register.
{
"double1-Object" : {
"value" : "1,234.568"
},
"double1-Number" : 1234.5678,
"Double1-Object" : {
"value" : "91,011.121"
},
"Double1-Number" : 91011.1213,
"student1" : {
"double2" : 1920.2122,
"Double2" : {
"value" : "2,324.253"
}
}
}
5) Register all serializers. The output is:
{
"double1-Object" : {
"value" : "1,234.568"
},
"double1-Number" : 1234.5678,
"Double1-Object" : {
"value" : "91,011.121"
},
"Double1-Number" : 91011.1213,
"student1" : {
"double2-Object" : {
"value" : "1,920.212"
},
"double2-Number" : 1920.2122,
"Double2-Object" : {
"value" : "2,324.253"
},
"Double2-Number" : 2324.2526
}
}
exactly as expected.
Another important note: If you have multiple serializers for the same class registered with the same Module, then the Module will select the serializer for that class that is most recently added to the list. This should not be used - it's confusing and I am not sure how consistent this is
Moral: if you want to customize serialization of primitives in your object, you must write your own serializer for the object. You cannot rely on the POJO Jackson serialization.

Jackson's JSON Views might be a simpler way of achieving your requirements, especially if you have some flexibility in your JSON format.
If {"id":7, "itemNr":"TEST", "createdBy":{id:3}} is an acceptable representation then this will be very easy to achieve with very little code.
You would just annotate the name field of User as being part of a view, and specify a different view in your serialisation request (the un-annotated fields would be included by default)
For example:
Define the views:
public class Views {
public static class BasicView{}
public static class CompleteUserView{}
}
Annotate the User:
public class User {
public final int id;
#JsonView(Views.CompleteUserView.class)
public final String name;
public User(int id, String name) {
this.id = id;
this.name = name;
}
}
And serialise requesting a view which doesn't contain the field you want to hide (non-annotated fields are serialised by default):
objectMapper.getSerializationConfig().withView(Views.BasicView.class);

In my case (Spring 3.2.4 and Jackson 2.3.1), XML configuration for custom serializer:
<mvc:annotation-driven>
<mvc:message-converters register-defaults="false">
<bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter">
<property name="objectMapper">
<bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean">
<property name="serializers">
<array>
<bean class="com.example.business.serializer.json.CustomObjectSerializer"/>
</array>
</property>
</bean>
</property>
</bean>
</mvc:message-converters>
</mvc:annotation-driven>
was in unexplained way overwritten back to default by something.
This worked for me:
CustomObject.java
#JsonSerialize(using = CustomObjectSerializer.class)
public class CustomObject {
private Long value;
public Long getValue() {
return value;
}
public void setValue(Long value) {
this.value = value;
}
}
CustomObjectSerializer.java
public class CustomObjectSerializer extends JsonSerializer<CustomObject> {
#Override
public void serialize(CustomObject value, JsonGenerator jgen,
SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException,JsonProcessingException {
jgen.writeStartObject();
jgen.writeNumberField("y", value.getValue());
jgen.writeEndObject();
}
#Override
public Class<CustomObject> handledType() {
return CustomObject.class;
}
}
No XML configuration (<mvc:message-converters>(...)</mvc:message-converters>) is needed in my solution.

The problem in your case is the ItemSerializer is missing the method handledType() which needs to be overridden from JsonSerializer
public class ItemSerializer extends JsonSerializer<Item> {
#Override
public void serialize(Item value, JsonGenerator jgen,
SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException,
JsonProcessingException {
jgen.writeStartObject();
jgen.writeNumberField("id", value.id);
jgen.writeNumberField("itemNr", value.itemNr);
jgen.writeNumberField("createdBy", value.user.id);
jgen.writeEndObject();
}
#Override
public Class<Item> handledType()
{
return Item.class;
}
}
Hence you are getting the explicit error that handledType() is not defined
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: JsonSerializer of type com.example.ItemSerializer does not define valid handledType()
Hope it helps someone. Thanks for reading my answer.

If your only requirement in your custom serializer is to skip serializing the name field of User, mark it as transient. Jackson will not serialize or deserialize transient fields.
[ see also: Why does Java have transient fields? ]

You have to override method handledType and everything will work
#Override
public Class<Item> handledType()
{
return Item.class;
}

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