Java serialization using objectMapper: serialize using private getter - java

I have a private field with a private getter method (because I hope to prevent other users from using the getter outside this class, while I have a use case for this getter within this class), but I hope the field to be serialized using objectMapper. What is a good way to do it? Would appreciate any idea!
#Data
public class TestClass{
#Getter(AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
private String field
}

ObjectMapper by default will serialize only public fields, but you can change it using setVisibility method.
You can do it like this:
TestClass testClass = new TestClass("field");
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
objectMapper.setVisibility(PropertyAccessor.FIELD, JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY);
objectMapper.writeValueAsString(testClass);

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Jackson json only convert selected fields and methods

With jackson there is a way to ignore some fields using #JsonIgnore. Is there a way to do the opposite, and only show fields with are annotated? I'm working with an external class with a lot of fields and I only want to select a small subset of them. I'm getting tons of recursion problems (using some type of ORM) where object A -> B -> A -> B -> A .... which are not even necessary to export.
You can configure the object mapper to ignore absolutely everything unless specified by JsonProperty,
public class JacksonConfig {
public static ObjectMapper getObjectMapper(){
//The marshaller
ObjectMapper marshaller = new ObjectMapper();
//Make it ignore all fields unless we specify them
marshaller.setVisibility(
new VisibilityChecker.Std(
JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.NONE,
JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.NONE,
JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.NONE,
JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.NONE,
JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.NONE
)
);
//Allow empty objects
marshaller.configure( SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS, false );
return marshaller;
}
}
public class MyObject {
private int id;
#JsonProperty
private String name;
private Date date;
//Getters Setters omitted
in this case only name would be serialized.
Sample repo, https://github.com/DarrenForsythe/jackson-ignore-everything
Yes definitely you can; Create a class with only the feilds you need and add the below property in the object mapper and rest is done.
DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES to false
You can use #JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown=true) on the pojo class so only the fields which are available in the pojo class will be mapped and resf will be left out.
For example
Json data
{
"name":"Abhishek",
"age":30,
"city":"Banglore",
"state":"Karnatak"
}
pojo class
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown=true)
Class Person{
private int id;
private String name;
private String city;
}
Here state in not present in the Person class so that field won't be mapped

Use custom object in Jackson constructor

Is there a way to provide the Jackson Deserializer with a default value from "the outside" (e.g. DI container) that it will use when deserializing an object, in this case tagRegistry?
#JsonCreator
public ExtractionRule(#JsonProperty("id") String id,
TagRegistry tagRegistry) {
this.id = id;
this.tagRegistry = tagRegistry;
}
I couldn't find an easy way to do this.
You could try #JacksonInject. Add this member to the ExtractionRule class:
#JacksonInject("tagRegistry")
private TagRegistry tagRegistry;
And inject the tagRegistry to the ObjectMapper before deserialization:
InjectableValues.Std injectableValues = new InjectableValues.Std();
injectableValues.addValue("tagRegistry", tagRegistry);
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
objectMapper.setInjectableValues(injectableValues);
I haven't tried using it in a constructor, not sure if that works.
You can find further examples here:
https://www.logicbig.com/tutorials/misc/jackson/jackson-inject.html
https://www.concretepage.com/jackson-api/jackson-jacksoninject-example#JacksonInject

Serialize #JsonIgnore-d field

I have class with #JsonIgnore-d field:
public class MyClass {
...
#JsonIgnore
private SomeType myfield;
...
// getters & setters
}
Is it possible to configure ObjectWriter so that it includes myfield during serialization even though being ingored?
Rationale: MyClass is serialized in many places and only in single specific one I want to have myfield.
It is possible to configure ObjectMapper to disable a JsonIgnore function. Following are some possible solution you can try with:
1.
Disable JsonIgnore function for a particular annotated field.
You can create a custom JsonIgnore annotation and a custom JacksonAnnotationIntrospector to remove the annotation from mapper context.
Following are the ideas:
Annotate #MyJsonIgnore to the fields that should be ignored while serialization:
#JsonAutoDetect(fieldVisibility = JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY)
public class MyClass {
#MyJsonIgnore
private SomeType myField;
}
#MyJsonIgnore is a simple custom annotation that wrap #JsonIgnore:
#Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
#JacksonAnnotationsInside
#JsonIgnore
public #interface MyJsonIgnore {
}
A custom JacksonAnnotationIntrospector is implemented to remove #MyJsonIgnore from mapper context:
public class DisablingMyJsonIgnoreIntrospector extends JacksonAnnotationIntrospector {
#Override
public boolean isAnnotationBundle(final Annotation ann) {
if (ann.annotationType().equals(MyJsonIgnore.class)) {
return false;
} else {
return super.isAnnotationBundle(ann);
}
}
After that, you can set the introspector on a ObjectMapper during configuration:
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.setAnnotationIntrospector(new DisablingMyJsonIgnoreIntrospector());
It results that the fields annotated with #MyJsonIgnore can be marshaled properly.
2.
Disable JsonIgnore function for the mapper
Your can create a custom JacksonAnnotationIntrospector and override hasIgnoreMarker method to always return false:
public static class DisablingJsonIgnoreIntrospector extends JacksonAnnotationIntrospector {
#Override
public boolean hasIgnoreMarker(final AnnotatedMember m) {
return false;
}
}
hasIgnoreMarker is to check whether there is annotation to ignore json property. Return false will disable the JsonIngore function.
3.
Disable all annotations and specify what kinds of properties are auto-detected for a given ObjectMapper:
final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.disable(MapperFeature.USE_ANNOTATIONS);
mapper.setVisibility(PropertyAccessor.FIELD, JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY);
This simply disable all annotations.
Hope this can help.
One more option is to use the AnnotationIntrospector.nopInstance() if you want to avoid all Jackson's annotations in your pojo including #JsonIgnore e.g.
JsonMapper.builder().annotationIntrospector(AnnotationIntrospector.nopInstance()).build()...
or
new ObjectMapper().setAnnotationIntrospector(AnnotationIntrospector.nopInstance())...

Converting Object into "something else" before Serializing it using FasterXML Jackson

public void serialize(IPerson person, OutputStream output) throws Exception {}
public void deserialize(InputStream input) throws Exception {}
I have an interface named IPerson, it has basic functionality.
I want to serialize the person object and be able to deserialize it from the deserialize method.
However, the scenario is this I cannot use Java's serializable interface as I can't be sure what implementation of IPerson will be used.
I have chosen to use Jackson's FasterXML, using ObjectMapper m = new ObjectMapper();
The problem I am having is that since IPerson is an interface I cannot serialize it directly using mapper.writerValue(output, person), I figured I must convert this object into something else, say a ByteArray then serialize it?
Also, this would be converting this something else into an object when deserializing? I have minimal experience with what exactly I should convert this object to and how to do so? Any ideas?
When using the default ObjectMapper you will have to make sure the objects you serialize are Java Beans. For non-bean classes you can set field visibility using m.setVisibility(PropertyAccessor.FIELD, Visibility.ANY); or annotate your class using #JsonAutoDetect(fieldVisibility = JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY).
For deserializing you will have to tell the ObjectMapper the target type. This can be done by providing a concrete implementation type to readValue or by storing the classname within the exported JSON. For this you can set m.enableDefaultTypingAsProperty(DefaultTyping.OBJECT_AND_NON_CONCRETE, "__class"); and annotate your objects with #JsonTypeInfo
ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
om.enableDefaultTypingAsProperty(DefaultTyping.OBJECT_AND_NON_CONCRETE, "__class");
IPerson value = new MyPerson();
String s = om.writeValueAsString(value);
IPerson d = om.readValue(s, IPerson.class);
using
interface IPerson {
void doSomething();
}
#JsonTypeInfo(use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.CLASS, property = "__class")
#JsonAutoDetect(fieldVisibility = JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY)
class MyPerson implements IPerson {
String name;
#Override
public void doSomething() {
}
}
Note that, you will need a default constructor for this to work or work with #JsonCreator and #JsonProperty (see jackson-annotations for details)

#JsonIgnore ignored for public getter

Hello I have read all the posts on this, but nothing seems to help
I have a public getter that points to a circular structure that I do not want serialized into Json. I have looked through the other posts and tried the suggestions but nothing works.
Currently, I am using ObjectMapper #JsonIgnore and #JsonAutoDetect like this:
#JsonAutoDetect(fieldVisibility = JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.NONE, getterVisibility = JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.NONE, setterVisibility = JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.NONE)
public class Bah {
#JsonIgnore
public String getFoo() { return foo; }
However, the getter is still being serialized into my Json structure. But when I rename getFoo to something without get (e.g. foo()) it works, but "public getX()" seems to override the #JsonIgnore
What am I missing? I'm sure its something dumb
Thanks
Peter
OK, I got it, and as predicted it was really dumb!
Turns out I had both com.codehaus.jackson and com.fasterxml.jackson in my project. The ObjectMapper came from fasterxml and the annotations came from codehaus >:-P
Now everything is working as expected as expected. Thank you all for the help.
P
Try disabling AUTO_DETECT_GETTERS in your ObjectMapper. You can do this wherever you are instantiating ObjectMapper like this:
ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
om.disable(MapperFeature.AUTO_DETECT_GETTERS);
Or, extend ObjectMapper and use the custom one throughout your project:
public class CustomObjectMapper extends ObjectMapper {
public CustomObjectMapper() {
disable(MapperFeature.AUTO_DETECT_GETTERS);
// more project-wide config
}
}

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