I'm trying to deserialize an existing JSON document using Jackson, and was wondering if it was possible to perform the following translation without resorting to a stack of custom deserialization.
The input JSON looks like this:
{
"type": "foo",
"content": ["a", "b", {"some": "object", "goes": "here"}, 4]
}
The first 3 elements in content don't change, and are always String, String, SomeDataStructure, Integer (optional)
And I would like to deserialize into something like this:
class Foo {
public static class FooContent {
String some;
String goes;
}
String aString;
String bString;
FooContent content;
Integer cInt;
}
Now I've already come across BeanAsArrayDeserializer, which sounds like it might be what I want, but I can't seem to find anything even remotely like a piece of example code to get me started.
So, any ideas?
You can always implement your custom deserializer. See below source code:
import java.io.IOException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
;
public class JacksonTest {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String json = "{\"type\": \"foo\",\"content\": [\"a\", \"b\", {\"some\": \"object\", \"goes\": \"here\"}, 4]}";
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT, true);
mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_EMPTY_JSON_ARRAYS, true);
Root pojo = mapper.readValue(json, Root.class);
System.out.println(pojo);
}
}
class Root {
public String type;
#JsonDeserialize(using = FooDeserializer.class)
public Foo content;
#Override
public String toString() {
return content.toString();
}
}
class Foo {
public static class FooContent {
public String some;
public String goes;
#Override
public String toString() {
return "{" + some + ", " + goes + "}";
}
}
String aString;
String bString;
FooContent content;
Integer cInt;
#Override
public String toString() {
return "Foo [aString=" + aString + ", bString=" + bString + ", content=" + content
+ ", cInt=" + cInt + "]";
}
}
class FooDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Foo> {
#Override
public Foo deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException,
JsonProcessingException {
Foo f = new Foo();
int index = 0;
while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_ARRAY) {
JsonToken token = jp.getCurrentToken();
if (token.isStructStart()) {
f.content = jp.readValueAs(Foo.FooContent.class);
index++;
} else {
switch (index++) {
case 0:
f.aString = jp.getText();
break;
case 1:
f.bString = jp.getText();
break;
case 3:
f.cInt = Integer.parseInt(jp.getText());
break;
}
}
}
return f;
}
}
Above app prints:
Foo [aString=a, bString=b, content={object, here}, cInt=4]
The feature that allows to use the BeanAsArrayDeserializer (internally) is #JsonFormat. You can read some information about it in this blog post.
I also just learned about it recently, but I think a mapping that works for your case would look something like the following. You'd need a wrapper to hold the content field though, which would then be of type Foo.
#JsonFormat(shape = Shape.ARRAY)
#JsonPropertyOrder({ "aString", "bString", "content", "cInt" })
class Foo {
public static class FooContent {
String some;
String goes;
}
#JsonFormat(shape = Shape.STRING)
String aString;
#JsonFormat(shape = Shape.STRING)
String bString;
FooContent content;
#JsonFormat(shape = Shape.NUMBER)
Integer cInt;
}
Related
I'm using Spring 2.6 and we make a GET request via
restTemplate.exchange(url, HttpMethod.GET, httpEntity, ResponseType.class).getBody();
The JSON response can be of two kinds:
1st:
public class ResponseType {
private String data;
}
2nd:
public class ResponseType {
private Subclass data;
}
public class Subclass {
private String classId;
private String detail;
}
In the first version I only get a reference link to the subclass resource.
If the URL contains a 'resolve' flag, than the reference link get expanded already in the first request.
The classId then also specifies what kind of class it is ( 'a.b.c' or 'x.y.z' )
No problem for JSON, but how can I get a mapping in Java?
When having more fields being dynamic (link or instance based on classId) a manual way would be difficult to implement if the combination could be 2 links and 3 objects.
It also could be that a object has the same feature - a filed with a link or a instance of a class specified by classId.
The JSON response would be this:
{
"data": "abskasdkjhkjsahfkajdf-linkToResource"
}
or this:
{
"data": {
"classId": "a.b.subclass",
"detail": "some data"
}
}
or this:
{
"data": {
"classId": "a.b.subclass",
"detail": "some data"
"data2": "some-link-id",
"data3": {
"detailB": "foo",
"detailC": "some-link-id"
}
}
}
Here I do have a possible solution for my problem. The logic to print the address only or the POJO relies soley in the CustomItemSerializer. So it is possible to use this without using duplicate code in controllers.
package com.allianz.clana.datamodel.http.epc.test;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.ParseException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer;
import lombok.Data;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
public class JacksonTester2 {
public static void main(String args[]) throws ParseException, JsonProcessingException {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
Item item2 = new Item("link");
Stuff stuff = new Stuff();
stuff.setItem(item2);
stuff.setFoo("foo");
String jsonStringStuff = mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(stuff);
System.out.println(jsonStringStuff);
Item item3 = new Item("{ \"name\":\"ID3\", \"creationDate\":\"1984-12-30\", \"rollNo\": 1 }");
stuff.setItem(item3);
stuff.setFoo("bar");
jsonStringStuff = mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(stuff);
System.out.println(jsonStringStuff);
}
}
class CustomItemSerializer extends StdSerializer<Item> {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public CustomItemSerializer() {
this(null);
}
public CustomItemSerializer(Class<Item> t) {
super(t);
}
#Override
public void serialize(Item item, JsonGenerator generator, SerializerProvider arg2) throws IOException {
if (item != null) {
if (item.getItem() != null) {
System.out.println("ItemA POJO data");
generator.writePOJO(item.getItem());
} else {
System.out.println("raw data with link");
generator.writeString(item.getRawdata());
}
}
}
}
#Data
class Stuff {
Item item;
String foo;
}
#JsonSerialize(using = CustomItemSerializer.class)
#Data
#NoArgsConstructor
class Item {
private String rawdata;
#JsonIgnore
private ItemA item;
public Item(String rawdata) {
this.rawdata = rawdata;
if (rawdata.contains("{")) {
try {
this.item = new ObjectMapper().readerFor(ItemA.class).readValue(rawdata);
} catch (JsonMappingException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
#Data
#NoArgsConstructor
class ItemA{
private String name;
private int rollNo;
private String creationDate;
public ItemA(String name, int rollNo, String dob) {
this.name = name;
this.rollNo = rollNo;
this.creationDate = dob;
}
}
The output looks like this:
raw data with link
{
"item" : "link",
"foo" : "foo"
}
ItemA POJO data
{
"item" : {
"name" : "ID3",
"rollNo" : 1,
"creationDate" : "1984-12-30"
},
"foo" : "bar"
}
The CustomItemSerializer decides if the link is printed or the POJO.
This question already has answers here:
What is use of the annotation #JsonIgnore?
(3 answers)
Closed 5 months ago.
I have a class like
public class MyPojo {
String name,
String age
String sub
}
And map like
map("name":"john","age":21)
Using Jacksons ObjectMapper, I get a string like
{
"name": "john",
"age": "21",
"sub": null
}
but instead I want to exclude the sub:
{
"name": "john",
"age": "21"
}
How can I do that and tell Jackson to skip sub?
P.S. Please keep in mind that I want to have ability to exclude age and include sub without changing the POJO class, so #JsonIgnore doesn't quite fit.
You can use java.util.Optional in your POJO class. You can convert Map to POJO and after that serialise it ignoring null-s. Optional allows to distinguish map.put("property", null) from not setting property at all. See below example:
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jdk8.Jdk8Module;
import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
import lombok.Data;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Optional;
public class DateApp {
private final static JsonMapper JSON_MAPPER = JsonMapper.builder()
.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT)
.addModule(new Jdk8Module())
.build();
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put("name", "John");
map.put("age", 21);
MyPojo pojo = JSON_MAPPER.convertValue(map, MyPojo.class);
System.out.println(pojo);
System.out.println("JSON:");
JSON_MAPPER.writeValue(System.out, pojo);
}
}
#Data
#NoArgsConstructor
#AllArgsConstructor
#JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
class MyPojo {
private Optional<String> name;
private Optional<String> age;
private Optional<String> sub;
}
Above code prints:
MyPojo(name=Optional[John], age=Optional[21], sub=null)
JSON:
{
"name" : "John",
"age" : "21"
}
You can try this approach in order to avoid the null attributes in the final json.
I have used ObjectMapper object and set the below property to avoid null attributes in the json.
mapper.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL);
Code as follows:
MyPojo.java
public class MyPojo {
private String name;
private String age;
private String sub;
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getAge() {
return age;
}
public void setAge(String age) {
this.age = age;
}
public String getSub() {
return sub;
}
public void setSub(String sub) {
this.sub = sub;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "MyPojo{" +
"name=" + name +
", age=" + age +
", sub=" + sub +
'}';
}
}
Test.java
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonProcessingException {
Map<String,String> inputMap = new HashMap<>();
inputMap.put("age","21");
inputMap.put("name","John");
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL);
MyPojo p = mapper.convertValue(inputMap,MyPojo.class);
System.out.println(p);
System.out.println(mapper.writeValueAsString(p));
}
}
Output:
MyPojo{name=John, age=21, sub=null}
{"name":"John","age":"21"}
You can create your custom serializer.
Just include your map in the serializer code
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
#JsonSerialize(using = MyPojoSerializer.class)
public class MyPojo {
String name;
String age;
String sub;
}
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
public class MyPojoSerializer extends JsonSerializer<MyPojo> {
#Override
public void serialize(MyPojo myPojo, JsonGenerator jGen, SerializerProvider serializerProvider) throws IOException {
jGen.writeStartObject();
// Map map = ....
for (final Field field : myPojo.getClass().getDeclaredFields()) {
ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(field);
final String fieldName = field.getName();
final Object fieldValue = ReflectionUtils.getField(field, myPojo);
if (map.containsKey(fieldName)) {
jGen.writeFieldName(fieldName);
jGen.writeObject(fieldValue);
}
}
jGen.writeEndObject();
}
}
I have a JSON file
{
"readServiceAuthorizationResponse": {
"serviceAuthorization": {
"serviceAuthorizationId": "50043~220106065198",
"status": "Approved",
"receivedDate": "2022-1-6 1:21:12 PM",
"providerFirstName": "Ranga",
"providerLastName": "Thalluri",
"organizationName": "General Hospital",
"serviceLines": [{
"statusReason": "Approved",
"procedureDescription": "Room & board ward general classification",
"requestedQuantity": "1.00",
"approvedQuantity": "1.00",
"deniedQuantity": "",
"quantityUnitOfMeasure": "Day(s)",
"providers": [{
"providerFirstName": "Ranga",
"providerLastName": "Thalluri",
"organizationName": ""
}]
}]
}
}
}
My Java to read this into an object is this:
package com.shawn.dto;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public class ServiceAuthorizationDTO {
public String serviceAuthorizationId;
public String status;
public String receivedDate;
public String providerFirstName;
public String providerLastName;
public String organizationName;
public ServiceLine[] serviceLines;
public static ServiceAuthorizationDTO create(String json) {
ObjectMapper m = new ObjectMapper();
try {
Outer outer = m.readValue(json, Outer.class);
return outer.readServiceAuthorizationResponse.serviceAuthorization;
} catch (Exception e) {
return null;
}
}
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
static class ReadServiceAuthorizationResponse {
public ServiceAuthorizationDTO serviceAuthorization;
}
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
static class Outer {
public ReadServiceAuthorizationResponse readServiceAuthorizationResponse;
}
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public static class ServiceLine {
String statusReason;
String procedureDescription;
String requestedQuantity;
String approvedQuantity;
String deniedQuantity;
String quantityUnitOfMeasure;
Provider[] providers;
}
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public static class Provider {
String providerFirstName;
String providerLastName;
String organizationName;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
String json = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("c:/temp/test.json")));
ServiceAuthorizationDTO dao = ServiceAuthorizationDTO.create(json);
System.out.println("serviceAuthorizationId: " + dao.serviceAuthorizationId);
System.out.println("serviceLines[0].procedureDescription: " + dao.serviceLines[0].procedureDescription);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
When I run it I get this:
serviceAuthorizationId: 50043~220106065198
serviceLines[0].procedureDescription: null
The outer fields in the object like providerId are read from the JSON. But the serviceLines array shows 1 element, and all fields in that class are empty.
Any ideas? This is the first time I've used real objects with JSON. I've always mapped it into Map objects and pulled the fields out manually. Thanks.
Fields in classes ServiceLine and Provider have package-private access modifiers. Jackson can't deserialize into private fields with its default settings. Because it needs getter or setter methods.
Solution 1: Make fields public
public static class ServiceLine {
public String statusReason;
public String procedureDescription;
public String requestedQuantity;
public String approvedQuantity;
public String deniedQuantity;
public String quantityUnitOfMeasure;
public Provider[] providers;
}
Solution 2: Use #JsonAutoDetect annotation
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
#JsonAutoDetect(fieldVisibility = JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY)
public class ServiceLine {
String statusReason;
String procedureDescription;
String requestedQuantity;
String approvedQuantity;
String deniedQuantity;
String quantityUnitOfMeasure;
Provider[] providers;
}
Solution 3: Change visibility on the ObjectMapper (doc)
public static ServiceAuthorizationDTO create(String json) {
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
try {
objectMapper.setVisibility(PropertyAccessor.FIELD, JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY);
Outer outer = objectMapper.readValue(json, Outer.class);
return outer.readServiceAuthorizationResponse.serviceAuthorization;
} catch (Exception e) {
return null;
}
}
I am consuming a "RESTful" service (via RestTemplate) that produces JSON as follows:
{
"id": "abcd1234",
"name": "test",
"connections": {
"default": "http://foo.com/api/",
"dev": "http://dev.foo.com/api/v2"
},
"settings": {
"foo": "{\n \"fooId\": 1, \"token\": \"abc\"}",
"bar": "{\"barId\": 2, \"accountId\": \"d7cj3\"}"
}
}
Note the settings.foo and settings.bar values, which cause issues on deserialization. I would like to be able to deserialize into objects (e.g., settings.getFoo().getFooId(), settings.getFoo().getToken()).
I was able to solve this specifically for an instance of Foo with a custom deserializer:
public class FooDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Foo> {
#Override
public Foo deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctx) throws IOException {
JsonNode node = jp.getCodec().readTree(jp);
String text = node.toString();
String trimmed = text.substring(1, text.length() - 1);
trimmed = trimmed.replace("\\", "");
trimmed = trimmed.replace("\n", "");
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
JsonNode obj = mapper.readTree(trimmed);
Foo result = mapper.convertValue(obj, Foo.class);
return result;
}
}
#Data
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public class Settings {
#JsonDeserialize(using = FooDeserializer.class)
private Foo foo;
private Bar bar;
}
However, now if I want to deserialize settings.bar, I need to implement another custom deserializer. So I implemented a generic deserializer as follows:
public class QuotedObjectDeserializer<T> extends JsonDeserializer<T> implements ContextualDeserializer {
private Class<?> targetType;
private ObjectMapper mapper;
public QuotedObjectDeserializer(Class<?> targetType, ObjectMapper mapper) {
this.targetType = targetType;
this.mapper = mapper;
}
#Override
public JsonDeserializer<T> createContextual(DeserializationContext context, BeanProperty property) {
this.targetType = property.getType().containedType(1).getRawClass();
return new QuotedObjectDeserializer<T>(this.targetType, this.mapper);
}
#Override
public T deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext context) throws IOException {
JsonNode node = jp.getCodec().readTree(jp);
String text = node.toString();
String trimmed = text.substring(1, text.length() - 1);
trimmed = trimmed.replace("\\", "");
trimmed = trimmed.replace("\n", "");
JsonNode obj = this.mapper.readTree(trimmed);
return this.mapper.convertValue(obj, this.mapper.getTypeFactory().constructType(this.targetType));
}
}
Now I'm not sure how to actually use the deserializer, as annotating Settings.Foo with #JsonDeserialize(using = QuotedObjectDeserializer.class) obviously does not work.
Is there a way to annotate properties to use a generic custom deserializer? Or, perhaps more likely, is there a way to configure the default deserializers to handle the stringy objects returned in my example JSON?
Edit: The problem here is specifically deserializing settings.foo and settings.bar as objects. The JSON representation has these objects wrapped in quotes (and polluted with escape sequences), so they are deserialized as Strings.
Sorry about the length of the code here. There are plenty of shortcuts here (no encapsulation; added e to defaulte to avoid keyword etc.) but the intent is there
Model class:
package com.odwyer.rian.test;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ReflectionToStringBuilder;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
public class Model {
public String id;
public String name;
public Connections connections;
public Settings settings;
public static class Connections {
public String defaulte;
public String dev;
#Override
public String toString() {
return ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(this);
}
}
public static class Foo {
public Foo () {}
#JsonCreator
public static Foo create(String str) throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
return (new ObjectMapper()).readValue(str, Foo.class);
}
public Integer fooId;
public String token;
#Override
public String toString() {
return ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(this);
}
}
public static class Bar {
public Bar() {}
#JsonCreator
public static Bar create(String str) throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
return (new ObjectMapper()).readValue(str, Bar.class);
}
public Integer barId;
public String accountId;
#Override
public String toString() {
return ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(this);
}
}
public static class Settings {
public Foo foo;
public Bar bar;
#Override
public String toString() {
return ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(this);
}
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(this);
}
}
The caller:
package com.odwyer.rian.test;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Scanner;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
public class TestClass {
private static ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
Scanner file = new Scanner(new File("test.json"));
String jsonStr = file.useDelimiter("\\Z").next();
Model model = objectMapper.readValue(jsonStr, Model.class);
System.out.println(model.toString());
}
}
The result (too much hassle to format out but it is all there!):
com.odwyer.rian.test.Model#190083e[id=abcd1234,name=test,connections=com.odwyer.rian.test.Model$Connections#170d1f3f[defaulte=http://foo.com/api/,dev=http://dev.foo.com/api/v2],settings=com.odwyer.rian.test.Model$Settings#5e7e6ceb[foo=com.odwyer.rian.test.Model$Foo#3e20e8c4[fooId=1,token=abc],bar=com.odwyer.rian.test.Model$Bar#6291bbb9[barId=2,accountId=d7cj3]]]
The key, courtesy of Ted and his post (https://stackoverflow.com/a/8369322/2960707) is the #JsonCreator annotation
In the below example, I have a primary class - A and its subclass - B. Both can be used as a property in the general class X.
public class A
{
#JsonProperty("primary_key")
public final String primaryKey;
#JsonCreator
A(#JsonProperty("primary_key") String primaryKey)
{
this.primaryKey = primaryKey;
}
}
public class B extends A
{
#JsonProperty("secondary_key")
public final String secondaryKey;
#JsonCreator
B(#JsonProperty("primary_key") String primaryKey, #JsonProperty("secondary_key") String secondaryKey)
{
super(primaryKey);
this.secondaryKey = secondaryKey;
}
}
public class X
{
#JsonProperty("keys")
public final A keys;
#JsonCreator
X(#JsonProperty("keys") A keys)
{
this.keys = keys;
}
}
How can I use Jackson Polymorphic feature in order to correctly deserialize the below given json into their respective classes:
JSON A :
{ "keys" :{
"primary_key" : "abc"
}
}
JSON B :
{ "keys" : {
"primary_key" : "abc",
"secondary_key" : "xyz"
}
}
Expected Result: Map keys object to Class A for JSON A and Class B for JSON B.
Please suggest alternative suggestions too.
It feels like a pretty common problem and there is no easy annotations way to solve it (Or maybe i just cant find one):
Jackson Polymorphic Deserialization - Can you require the existence of a field instead of a specific value?
Deserializing polymorphic types with Jackson
One thing you can do is to add custom deserializer to your object mapper. Here is nice demo of this approach: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19464580/1032167
Here is demo related to your example:
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.ObjectCodec;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Main4 {
private static final String jsonA = "{ \"keys\" : { \"primary_key\" : \"abc\" } }";
private static final String jsonB =
"{ \"keys\" : { \"primary_key\" : \"abc\", \"secondary_key\" : \"xyz\" } }";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
SimpleModule idAsRefModule = new SimpleModule("ID-to-ref");
idAsRefModule.addDeserializer(A.class, new AJsonDeserializer());
mapper.registerModule(idAsRefModule);
X tl = mapper.readValue(jsonA, X.class);
System.out.println(tl);
X t2 = mapper.readValue(jsonB, X.class);
System.out.println(t2);
}
public static class AJsonDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<A>{
#Override
public A deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext dc)
throws IOException {
ObjectCodec codec = jp.getCodec();
JsonNode node = codec.readTree(jp);
if (node.has("secondary_key")) {
return codec.treeToValue(node, B.class);
}
return new A(node.findValue("primary_key").asText());
}
}
public static class A
{
#JsonProperty("primary_key")
public final String primaryKey;
#JsonCreator
A(#JsonProperty("primary_key") String primaryKey)
{
this.primaryKey = primaryKey;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "A{" +
"primaryKey='" + primaryKey + '\'' +
'}';
}
}
public static class B extends A
{
#JsonProperty("secondary_key")
public final String secondaryKey;
#JsonCreator
B(#JsonProperty("primary_key") String primaryKey,
#JsonProperty("secondary_key") String secondaryKey)
{
super(primaryKey);
this.secondaryKey = secondaryKey;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "B{" +
"primaryKey='" + primaryKey + '\'' +
"secondaryKey='" + secondaryKey + '\'' +
'}';
}
}
public static class X
{
#JsonProperty("keys")
public final A keys;
#JsonCreator
X(#JsonProperty("keys") A keys)
{
this.keys = keys;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "X{" +
"keys=" + keys +
'}';
}
}
}
But you will have to create one more super class if you want to use default A deserializer or look here how you can solve this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18405958/1032167
If I understoon correctly, simply passing the values will work, without any config. I believe this is what you are looking for:
public class Test {
private static final String JSON = "{\"keys\":{\"primary_key\":\"abc\",\"secondary_key\":\"xyz\"}}";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
X x = mapper.readValue(JSON, X.class);
System.out.println(mapper.writeValueAsString(x));
}
}
class A {
private String primary_key;
public String getPrimary_key() {
return primary_key;
}
public void setPrimary_key(String primary_key) {
this.primary_key = primary_key;
}
}
class B extends A {
private String secondary_key;
public String getSecondary_key() {
return secondary_key;
}
public void setSecondary_key(String secondary_key) {
this.secondary_key = secondary_key;
}
}
class X {
private B keys;
public B getKeys() {
return keys;
}
public void setKeys(B keys) {
this.keys = keys;
}
}
Output will be:
{"keys":{"primary_key":"abc","secondary_key":"xyz"}}
In case this is not what you expect, please provide another explanation and I will edit the answer as needed.