Is there a simple way to serialize an object using Jackson to base64 encoded JSON? (object -> JSON -> base64)
I tried using a custom StdSerializer, but this (of course) results in a endless loop:
class MySerializer extends StdSerializer<Foo> {
public void serialize(Foo value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider) {
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
JsonGenerator newGen = gen.getCodec().getFactory().createGenerator(stringWriter);
gen.getCodec().getFactory().getCodec().writeValue(newGen, value);
String json = stringWriter.toString();
String base64 = new String(Base64.getEncoder().encode(json.getBytes()));
gen.writeString(base64);
}
}
A workaround is to copy all fields to another class and use that class for the intermediate representation:
class TmpFoo {
public String field1;
public int field2;
// ...
}
class MySerializer extends StdSerializer<Foo> {
public void serialize(Foo value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider) {
TmpFoo tmp = new TmpFoo();
tmp.field1 = value.field1;
tmp.field2 = value.field2;
// etc.
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
JsonGenerator newGen = gen.getCodec().getFactory().createGenerator(stringWriter);
gen.getCodec().getFactory().getCodec().writeValue(newGen, tmp); // here "tmp" instead of "value"
String json = stringWriter.toString();
String base64 = new String(Base64.getEncoder().encode(json.getBytes()));
gen.writeString(base64);
}
}
Creating a new ObjectMapper is not desired, because I need all registered modules and serializers of the default ObjectMapper.
I was hoping for some easier way of achieving this.
EDIT: Example
Step 1: Java Object
class Foo {
String field1 = "foo";
int field2 = 42;
}
Step 2: JSON
{"field1":"foo","field2":42}
Step 3: Base64
eyJmaWVsZDEiOiJmb28iLCJmaWVsZDIiOjQyfQ==
According to this site, there is a workaround to avoid this recursion problem:
When we define a custom serializer, Jackson internally overrides the
original BeanSerializer instance [...] our SerializerProvider finds
the customized serializer every time, instead of the default one, and
this causes an infinite loop.
A possible workaround is using BeanSerializerModifier to store the
default serializer for the type Folder before Jackson internally
overrides it.
If I understood the workaround correctly, your Serializer should look like this:
class FooSerializer extends StdSerializer<Foo> {
private final JsonSerializer<Object> defaultSerializer;
public FooSerializer(JsonSerializer<Object> defaultSerializer) {
super(Foo.class);
this.defaultSerializer = defaultSerializer;
}
#Override
public void serialize(Foo value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException {
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
JsonGenerator tempGen = provider.getGenerator().getCodec().getFactory().createGenerator(stringWriter);
defaultSerializer.serialize(value, tempGen, provider);
tempGen.flush();
String json = stringWriter.toString();
String base64 = new String(Base64.getEncoder().encode(json.getBytes()));
gen.writeString(base64);
}
}
In addition to the serializer, a modifier is needed:
public class FooBeanSerializerModifier extends BeanSerializerModifier {
#Override
public JsonSerializer<?> modifySerializer(
SerializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc, JsonSerializer<?> serializer) {
if (beanDesc.getBeanClass().equals(Foo.class)) {
return new FooSerializer((JsonSerializer<Object>) serializer);
}
return serializer;
}
}
Example module:
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
module.setSerializerModifier(new FooBeanSerializerModifier());
mapper.registerModule(module);
EDIT:
I've added flush() to flush the JsonGenerator tempGen.
Also, I've created a minimal test enviroment with JUnit, which verifies your Example with Foo: The github repo can be found here.
EDIT: Alternative 2
Another (simple) option is using a wrapper class with generics:
public class Base64Wrapper<T> {
private final T wrapped;
private Base64Wrapper(T wrapped) {
this.wrapped = wrapped;
}
public T getWrapped() {
return this.wrapped;
}
public static <T> Base64Wrapper<T> of(T wrapped) {
return new Base64Wrapper<>(wrapped);
}
}
public class Base64WrapperSerializer extends StdSerializer<Base64Wrapper> {
public Base64WrapperSerializer() {
super(Base64Wrapper.class);
}
#Override
public void serialize(Base64Wrapper value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException {
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
JsonGenerator tempGen = provider.getGenerator().getCodec().getFactory().createGenerator(stringWriter);
provider.defaultSerializeValue(value.getWrapped(), tempGen);
tempGen.flush();
String json = stringWriter.toString();
String base64 = new String(Base64.getEncoder().encode(json.getBytes()));
gen.writeString(base64);
}
}
An example usecase would be:
final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
module.addSerializer(new Base64WrapperSerializer());
mapper.registerModule(module);
final Foo foo = new Foo();
final Base64Wrapper<Foo> base64Wrapper = Base64Wrapper.of(foo);
final String base64Json = mapper.writeValueAsString(base64Wrapper);
This example can be found in this GitHub (branch: wrapper) repo, verifing you BASE64 String from your foo example with JUnit testing.
Instead of creating new object you may convert existing one into map. Like in the example below
import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
public class FooSerializer extends StdSerializer<Foo> {
public FooSerializer() {
super(Foo.class);
}
#Override
public void serialize(Foo foo, JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, SerializerProvider serializerProvider) {
try {
ObjectMapper mapper = (ObjectMapper) jsonGenerator.getCodec();
var map = toMap(foo); // if you need class info for deserialization than use toMapWithClassInfo
String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(map);
jsonGenerator.writeString(Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(json.getBytes(UTF_8)));
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
}
public static Map<String, Object> toMap(Object o) throws Exception {
Map<String, Object> result = new HashMap<>();
Field[] declaredFields = o.getClass().getDeclaredFields();
for (Field field : declaredFields) {
field.setAccessible(true);
result.put(field.getName(), field.get(o));
}
return result;
}
public static Map<String, Object> toMapWithClassInfo(Object obj) throws Exception {
Map<String, Object> result = new HashMap<>();
BeanInfo info = Introspector.getBeanInfo(obj.getClass());
for (PropertyDescriptor pd : info.getPropertyDescriptors()) {
Method reader = pd.getReadMethod();
if (reader != null)
result.put(pd.getName(), reader.invoke(obj));
}
return result;
}
}
I'm providing 2 ways of converting into map: with and without class info. Choose the one, applicable to your problem.
To serialize object jackson search #JsonValue method. You can add encodedJsonString method annotated by #JsonValue in Foo class.
Try with this:
#Getter
#Setter
public class Foo implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public String field1;
public int field2;
#JsonValue
public String toEncodedJsonString() {
try {
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
new ObjectOutputStream(baos).writeObject(this);
return org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.encodeBase64String(baos.toByteArray());
}catch (Exception ex){
}
return null;
}
}
I'm trying to create a custom serializer for a class A's instance variable.
The problem is that the variable is of a "standard" built in type (List<List<String>>)
I found out that you can in theory create a custom serializer for a type to be used ONLY within your class using mix-ins; so in theory if I could create a custom serializer for List<List<String>>, I could mix-in it into class A that way.
But how do I create a custom serializer for List<List<String>>?
I think it can be something like this. I don't know the logic you want to use, when serialize, so I wrote simple json array[][]
private static class ListListSerializer extends StdSerializer<List<List<String>>>{
protected ListListSerializer(Class<List<List<String>>> t) {
super(t);
}
protected ListListSerializer(){
this(null);
}
#Override
public void serialize(List<List<String>> lists, JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, SerializerProvider serializerProvider) throws IOException {
jsonGenerator.writeStartArray();
for (List<String> strings : lists) {
jsonGenerator.writeStartArray();
for (String string : strings) {
jsonGenerator.writeString(string);
}
jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();
}
jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();
}
}
As example without mixIn
private static class YourObject {
private List<List<String>> myStrings = new ArrayList<>();
public YourObject() {
List<String> a = Arrays.asList("a","b","c");
List<String> b = Arrays.asList("d","f","g");
myStrings.add(a);
myStrings.add(b);
}
#JsonSerialize(using = ListListSerializer.class)
public Object getMyStrings(){
return myStrings;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
System.out.println(mapper.writeValueAsString(new YourObject()));
}
The output is
{"myStrings":[["a","b","c"],["d","f","g"]]}
Is that what you are trying to do?
I have written custom serializer and deserializer for com.google.common.collect.Table class. But it is not getting called while persisting that object in MongoDB. I am using Spring 4, Spring-MongoDB 1.9 and Jackson 2.8.4. Below are the class and configuration. Could you please let me know what's wrong with this. I want these class to be called while persisting and retrieving from MongoDB.
public class TableSeserializer extends StdSerializer<Table> {
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public TableSeserializer() {
this(Table.class);
}
public TableSeserializer(Class<Table> t) {
super(t);
}
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
#Override
public void serialize(Table value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider)
throws IOException {
gen.writeStartObject();
value.rowMap().forEach((i,map) ->{
try {
gen.writeNumber((int)i);
((Map)map).forEach((k,v)->{
try {
gen.writeStartObject();
Object object = ((Map)map).get(k);
if (object instanceof HTMLInputTag) {
HTMLInputTag inputTag = (HTMLInputTag) object;
gen.writeObjectField(inputTag.getId(),inputTag);
}else{
gen.writeObjectField(object.toString(),object);
}
gen.writeEndObject();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
});
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
});
gen.writeEndObject();
}
}
public class TableDeserializer extends StdDeserializer<Table<Integer, String, HTMLInputTag>> {
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
protected TableDeserializer(Class<?> vc) {
super(vc);
}
public TableDeserializer() {
this(null);
}
#Override
public Table<Integer, String, HTMLInputTag> deserialize(JsonParser jsonparser, DeserializationContext ctxt)
throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
String data = jsonparser.getText();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
JsonNode node = mapper.readTree(data);
return null;
}
}
Spring configuration
#Override
public void configureMessageConverters(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> converters) {
SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
module.addSerializer(Table.class, new TableSeserializer());
module.addDeserializer(Table.class, new TableDeserializer());
Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder builder = new Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder().modules(module);
converters.add(jacksonConverter(builder));
}
#Bean
MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter jacksonConverter(Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder builder) {
return new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter(builder.build());
}
Annotation in class
public class OrganizationAttributeMetaData extends CommonDomainAttributes implements Cloneable, Serializable {
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private String attributeName;
private int orgid;
private String uniquecode; //3 Character unique code to uniquely identify
#JsonDeserialize(using=TableDeserializer.class)
#JsonSerialize(using=TableSeserializer.class)
Table<Integer, String, HTMLInputTag> htmlAttributes = null; //row,identifier and HTML
}
You really mixed some things ;) MongoDB indeed stores data in JSON-like format (BSON - Binary JSON) but it has nothing to do with Jackson - which is used (like the way you showed) to serialize/deserialize objects sent over HTTP.
In Spring Data MongoDB you need to implement and configure custom converters. More about that can be read here.
Let's imagine I have the following POJO:
class Pojo {
String s;
Object o;
Map<String, String> m;
}
And at runtime, I want default serialization / deserialization for all properties except one. Typically, I want to replace a field by its ID in a database when serializing, similarly to this other question.
For example, I want to replace o by a string obtained from an external mapping (for example: object1 <=> "123" and object2 <=> "456"):
serialization: read o and replace (so if o is object1, serialize as string "123")
deserialization: read "123", query some table to get the original value of o back (i.e. object1), recreate a Pojo object with o = object1.
I understand that Modules would be one way to do that but I'm not sure how to use them while keeping the automatic BeanSerializer/Deserializer for the properties that don't need to be changed.
Can someone give an example (even contrived) or an alternative approach?
Notes:
I can't use annotations or Mixins as the changes are unknown at compile time (i.e. any properties might be changed in a way that is not determinable).
This other question points to using a CustomSerializerFactory, which seems to do the job. Unfortunately, the official site indicates that it is not the recommended approach any more and that modules should be used instead.
Edit
To be a little clearer, I can do the following with Mixins for example:
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(MongoBsonFactory.createFactory());
mapper.addMixInAnnotations(Pojo.class, PojoMixIn.class);
ObjectReader reader = mapper.reader(Pojo.class);
DBEncoder dbEncoder = DefaultDBEncoder.FACTORY.create();
OutputBuffer buffer = new BasicOutputBuffer();
dbEncoder.writeObject(buffer, o);
with the following Mixin:
abstract class PojoMixIn {
#JsonIgnore Object o;
}
And then add the required string to the JSON content. But I would need to know at compile time that it is the o field that needs to be replaced, which I don't.
I think #JsonSerialize and #JsonDeserialize is what you need. These annotations give you control on the serialization/deserialization of particular fields. This question shows elegant way to combine them into one annotation.
UPD. For this complex scenario you could take a look at BeanSerializerModifier/BeanDeserializerModifier classes. The idea is to modify general BeanSerializer/BeanDeserializer with your custom logic for particular fields and let basic implementation to do other stuff. Will post an example some time later.
UPD2. As I see, one of the way could be to use changeProperties method and assign your own serializer.
UPD3. Updated with working example of custom serializer. Deserialization could be done in similar way.
UPD4. Updated example with full custom serialization/deserialization. (I have used jakson-mapper-asl-1.9.8)
public class TestBeanSerializationModifiers {
static final String PropertyName = "customProperty";
static final String CustomValue = "customValue";
static final String BaseValue = "baseValue";
// Custom serialization
static class CustomSerializer extends JsonSerializer<Object> {
#Override
public void serialize(Object value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
String customValue = CustomValue; // someService.getCustomValue(value);
jgen.writeString(customValue);
}
}
static class MyBeanSerializerModifier extends BeanSerializerModifier {
#Override
public List<BeanPropertyWriter> changeProperties(SerializationConfig config, BasicBeanDescription beanDesc, List<BeanPropertyWriter> beanProperties) {
for (int i = 0; i < beanProperties.size(); i++) {
BeanPropertyWriter beanPropertyWriter = beanProperties.get(i);
if (PropertyName.equals(beanPropertyWriter.getName())) {
beanProperties.set(i, beanPropertyWriter.withSerializer(new CustomSerializer()));
}
}
return beanProperties;
}
}
// Custom deserialization
static class CustomDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Object> {
#Override
public Object deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
// serialized value, 'customValue'
String serializedValue = jp.getText();
String baseValue = BaseValue; // someService.restoreOldValue(serializedValue);
return baseValue;
}
}
static class MyBeanDeserializerModifier extends BeanDeserializerModifier {
#Override
public BeanDeserializerBuilder updateBuilder(DeserializationConfig config, BasicBeanDescription beanDesc, BeanDeserializerBuilder builder) {
Iterator<SettableBeanProperty> beanPropertyIterator = builder.getProperties();
while (beanPropertyIterator.hasNext()) {
SettableBeanProperty settableBeanProperty = beanPropertyIterator.next();
if (PropertyName.equals(settableBeanProperty.getName())) {
SettableBeanProperty newSettableBeanProperty = settableBeanProperty.withValueDeserializer(new CustomDeserializer());
builder.addOrReplaceProperty(newSettableBeanProperty, true);
break;
}
}
return builder;
}
}
static class Model {
private String customProperty = BaseValue;
private String[] someArray = new String[]{"one", "two"};
public String getCustomProperty() {
return customProperty;
}
public void setCustomProperty(String customProperty) {
this.customProperty = customProperty;
}
public String[] getSomeArray() {
return someArray;
}
public void setSomeArray(String[] someArray) {
this.someArray = someArray;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SerializerFactory serializerFactory = BeanSerializerFactory
.instance
.withSerializerModifier(new MyBeanSerializerModifier());
DeserializerFactory deserializerFactory = BeanDeserializerFactory
.instance
.withDeserializerModifier(new MyBeanDeserializerModifier());
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
objectMapper.setSerializerFactory(serializerFactory);
objectMapper.setDeserializerProvider(new StdDeserializerProvider(deserializerFactory));
try {
final String fileName = "test-serialization.json";
// Store, "customValue" -> json
objectMapper.writeValue(new File(fileName), new Model());
// Restore, "baseValue" -> model
Model model = objectMapper.readValue(new File(fileName), Model.class);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
I am developing a REST interface for my app using Jackson to serialize my POJO domain objects to JSON representation. I want to customize the serialization for some types to add additional properties to the JSON representation that do not exist in POJOs (e.g. add some metadata, reference data, etc). I know how to write my own JsonSerializer, but in that case I would need to explicitly call JsonGenerator.writeXXX(..) methods for each property of my object while all I need is just to add an additional property. In other words I would like to be able to write something like:
#Override
public void serialize(TaxonomyNode value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider) {
jgen.writeStartObject();
jgen.writeAllFields(value); // <-- The method I'd like to have
jgen.writeObjectField("my_extra_field", "some data");
jgen.writeEndObject();
}
or (even better) to somehow intercept the serialization before the jgen.writeEndObject() call, e.g.:
#Override void beforeEndObject(....) {
jgen.writeObjectField("my_extra_field", "some data");
}
I thought I could extend BeanSerializer and override its serialize(..) method but it's declared final and also I couldn't find an easy way to create a new instance of BeanSerializer without providing it with all the type metadata details practically duplicating a good portion of Jackson. So I've given up on doing that.
My question is - how to customize Jackson's serialization to add additional stuff to the JSON output for particular POJOs without introducing too much of the boilerplate code and reusing as much as possible of the default Jackson behaviour.
Jackson 2.5 introduced the #JsonAppend annotation, which can be used to add "virtual" properties during serialization. It can be used with the mixin functionality to avoid modifying the original POJO.
The following example adds an ApprovalState property during serialization:
#JsonAppend(
attrs = {
#JsonAppend.Attr(value = "ApprovalState")
}
)
public static class ApprovalMixin {}
Register the mixin with the ObjectMapper:
mapper.addMixIn(POJO.class, ApprovalMixin.class);
Use an ObjectWriter to set the attribute during serialization:
ObjectWriter writer = mapper.writerFor(POJO.class)
.withAttribute("ApprovalState", "Pending");
Using the writer for serialization will add the ApprovalState field to the ouput.
Since (I think) Jackson 1.7 you can do this with a BeanSerializerModifier and extending BeanSerializerBase. I've tested the example below with Jackson 2.0.4.
import java.io.IOException;
import org.junit.Test;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerationException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanDescription;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationConfig;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanSerializerModifier;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl.ObjectIdWriter;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.BeanSerializerBase;
public class JacksonSerializeWithExtraField {
#Test
public void testAddExtraField() throws Exception
{
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.registerModule(new SimpleModule() {
public void setupModule(SetupContext context) {
super.setupModule(context);
context.addBeanSerializerModifier(new BeanSerializerModifier() {
public JsonSerializer<?> modifySerializer(
SerializationConfig config,
BeanDescription beanDesc,
JsonSerializer<?> serializer) {
if (serializer instanceof BeanSerializerBase) {
return new ExtraFieldSerializer(
(BeanSerializerBase) serializer);
}
return serializer;
}
});
}
});
mapper.writeValue(System.out, new MyClass());
//prints {"classField":"classFieldValue","extraField":"extraFieldValue"}
}
class MyClass {
private String classField = "classFieldValue";
public String getClassField() {
return classField;
}
public void setClassField(String classField) {
this.classField = classField;
}
}
class ExtraFieldSerializer extends BeanSerializerBase {
ExtraFieldSerializer(BeanSerializerBase source) {
super(source);
}
ExtraFieldSerializer(ExtraFieldSerializer source,
ObjectIdWriter objectIdWriter) {
super(source, objectIdWriter);
}
ExtraFieldSerializer(ExtraFieldSerializer source,
String[] toIgnore) {
super(source, toIgnore);
}
protected BeanSerializerBase withObjectIdWriter(
ObjectIdWriter objectIdWriter) {
return new ExtraFieldSerializer(this, objectIdWriter);
}
protected BeanSerializerBase withIgnorals(String[] toIgnore) {
return new ExtraFieldSerializer(this, toIgnore);
}
public void serialize(Object bean, JsonGenerator jgen,
SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException,
JsonGenerationException {
jgen.writeStartObject();
serializeFields(bean, jgen, provider);
jgen.writeStringField("extraField", "extraFieldValue");
jgen.writeEndObject();
}
}
}
You can do this (previous version did not work with Jackson after 2.6, but this works with Jackson 2.7.3):
public static class CustomModule extends SimpleModule {
public CustomModule() {
addSerializer(CustomClass.class, new CustomClassSerializer());
}
private static class CustomClassSerializer extends JsonSerializer {
#Override
public void serialize(Object value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException {
//Validate.isInstanceOf(CustomClass.class, value);
jgen.writeStartObject();
JavaType javaType = provider.constructType(CustomClass.class);
BeanDescription beanDesc = provider.getConfig().introspect(javaType);
JsonSerializer<Object> serializer = BeanSerializerFactory.instance.findBeanSerializer(provider,
javaType,
beanDesc);
// this is basically your 'writeAllFields()'-method:
serializer.unwrappingSerializer(null).serialize(value, jgen, provider);
jgen.writeObjectField("my_extra_field", "some data");
jgen.writeEndObject();
}
}
}
Update:
I tried it out with Jackson 2.9.0 and 2.9.6 and it worked as expected with both. Perhaps try this out: http://jdoodle.com/a/z99 (run it locally - jdoodle apparently can't handle Jackson).
Though this question is already answered, I found another way that requires no special Jackson hooks.
static class JsonWrapper<T> {
#JsonUnwrapped
private T inner;
private String extraField;
public JsonWrapper(T inner, String field) {
this.inner = inner;
this.extraField = field;
}
public T getInner() {
return inner;
}
public String getExtraField() {
return extraField;
}
}
static class BaseClass {
private String baseField;
public BaseClass(String baseField) {
this.baseField = baseField;
}
public String getBaseField() {
return baseField;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonProcessingException {
Object input = new JsonWrapper<>(new BaseClass("inner"), "outer");
System.out.println(new ObjectMapper().writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(input));
}
Outputs:
{
"baseField" : "inner",
"extraField" : "outer"
}
For writing collections, you can simply use a view:
public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonProcessingException {
List<BaseClass> inputs = Arrays.asList(new BaseClass("1"), new BaseClass("2"));
//Google Guava Library <3
List<JsonWrapper<BaseClass>> modInputs = Lists.transform(inputs, base -> new JsonWrapper<>(base, "hello"));
System.out.println(new ObjectMapper().writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(modInputs));
}
Output:
[ {
"baseField" : "1",
"extraField" : "hello"
}, {
"baseField" : "2",
"extraField" : "hello"
} ]
Another and perhaps the most simple solution:
Make serialisation a 2-step process. First create a Map<String,Object> like:
Map<String,Object> map = req.mapper().convertValue( result, new TypeReference<Map<String,Object>>() {} );
then add the properties you want like:
map.put( "custom", "value" );
then serialise this to json:
String json = req.mapper().writeValueAsString( map );
For my use case, I could use a much simpler way. In a the base class I have for all my "Jackson Pojos" I add:
protected Map<String,Object> dynamicProperties = new HashMap<String,Object>();
...
public Object get(String name) {
return dynamicProperties.get(name);
}
// "any getter" needed for serialization
#JsonAnyGetter
public Map<String,Object> any() {
return dynamicProperties;
}
#JsonAnySetter
public void set(String name, Object value) {
dynamicProperties.put(name, value);
}
I can now deserialize to Pojo, work with fields and reserialize witjout losing any properties. I can also add/change non pojo properties:
// Pojo fields
person.setFirstName("Annna");
// Dynamic field
person.set("ex", "test");
(Got it from Cowtowncoder)
We can use reflection to get all the fields of the object you want to parse.
#JsonSerialize(using=CustomSerializer.class)
class Test{
int id;
String name;
String hash;
}
In custom serializer, we have our serialize method like this :
#Override
public void serialize(Test value, JsonGenerator jgen,
SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException,
JsonProcessingException {
jgen.writeStartObject();
Field[] fields = value.getClass().getDeclaredFields();
for (Field field : fields) {
try {
jgen.writeObjectField(field.getName(), field.get(value));
} catch (IllegalArgumentException | IllegalAccessException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
jgen.writeObjectField("extra_field", "whatever_value");
jgen.writeEndObject();
}
Inspired from what wajda said and written in this gist:
Here is how to add a listener for bean serialization in jackson 1.9.12. In this example, the listerner is considered as a Chain Of Command which interface is :
public interface BeanSerializerListener {
void postSerialization(Object value, JsonGenerator jgen) throws IOException;
}
MyBeanSerializer.java:
public class MyBeanSerializer extends BeanSerializerBase {
private final BeanSerializerListener serializerListener;
protected MyBeanSerializer(final BeanSerializerBase src, final BeanSerializerListener serializerListener) {
super(src);
this.serializerListener = serializerListener;
}
#Override
public void serialize(final Object bean, final JsonGenerator jgen, final SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException, JsonGenerationException {
jgen.writeStartObject();
if (_propertyFilterId != null) {
serializeFieldsFiltered(bean, jgen, provider);
} else {
serializeFields(bean, jgen, provider);
}
serializerListener.postSerialization(bean, jgen);
jgen.writeEndObject();
}
}
MyBeanSerializerBuilder.java:
public class MyBeanSerializerBuilder extends BeanSerializerBuilder {
private final BeanSerializerListener serializerListener;
public MyBeanSerializerBuilder(final BasicBeanDescription beanDesc, final BeanSerializerListener serializerListener) {
super(beanDesc);
this.serializerListener = serializerListener;
}
#Override
public JsonSerializer<?> build() {
BeanSerializerBase src = (BeanSerializerBase) super.build();
return new MyBeanSerializer(src, serializerListener);
}
}
MyBeanSerializerFactory.java:
public class MyBeanSerializerFactory extends BeanSerializerFactory {
private final BeanSerializerListener serializerListener;
public MyBeanSerializerFactory(final BeanSerializerListener serializerListener) {
super(null);
this.serializerListener = serializerListener;
}
#Override
protected BeanSerializerBuilder constructBeanSerializerBuilder(final BasicBeanDescription beanDesc) {
return new MyBeanSerializerBuilder(beanDesc, serializerListener);
}
}
The last class below shows how to provide it using Resteasy 3.0.7:
#Provider
public class ObjectMapperProvider implements ContextResolver<ObjectMapper> {
private final MapperConfigurator mapperCfg;
public ObjectMapperProvider() {
mapperCfg = new MapperConfigurator(null, null);
mapperCfg.setAnnotationsToUse(new Annotations[]{Annotations.JACKSON, Annotations.JAXB});
mapperCfg.getConfiguredMapper().setSerializerFactory(serializerFactory);
}
#Override
public ObjectMapper getContext(final Class<?> type) {
return mapperCfg.getConfiguredMapper();
}
}
We can extend BeanSerializer, but with little trick.
First, define a java class to wrapper your POJO.
#JsonSerialize(using = MixinResultSerializer.class)
public class MixinResult {
private final Object origin;
private final Map<String, String> mixed = Maps.newHashMap();
#JsonCreator
public MixinResult(#JsonProperty("origin") Object origin) {
this.origin = origin;
}
public void add(String key, String value) {
this.mixed.put(key, value);
}
public Map<String, String> getMixed() {
return mixed;
}
public Object getOrigin() {
return origin;
}
}
Then，implement your custom serializer.
public final class MixinResultSerializer extends BeanSerializer {
public MixinResultSerializer() {
super(SimpleType.construct(MixinResult.class), null, new BeanPropertyWriter[0], new BeanPropertyWriter[0]);
}
public MixinResultSerializer(BeanSerializerBase base) {
super(base);
}
#Override
protected void serializeFields(Object bean, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException {
if (bean instanceof MixinResult) {
MixinResult mixin = (MixinResult) bean;
Object origin = mixin.getOrigin();
BeanSerializer serializer = (BeanSerializer) provider.findValueSerializer(SimpleType.construct(origin.getClass()));
new MixinResultSerializer(serializer).serializeFields(origin, gen, provider);
mixin.getMixed().entrySet()
.stream()
.filter(entry -> entry.getValue() != null)
.forEach((entry -> {
try {
gen.writeFieldName(entry.getKey());
gen.writeRawValue(entry.getValue());
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
}));
} else {
super.serializeFields(bean, gen, provider);
}
}
}
This way, we can handle the case that origin object using jackson annotations to custom serialize behavior.
I needed this ability as well; in my case, to support field expansion on REST services. I ended up developing a tiny framework to solve this problem, and it's open sourced on github. It's also available in the maven central repository.
It takes care of all the work. Simply wrap the POJO in a MorphedResult, and then add or remove properties at will. When serialized, the MorphedResult wrapper disappears and any 'changes' appear in the serialized JSON object.
MorphedResult<?> result = new MorphedResult<>(pojo);
result.addExpansionData("my_extra_field", "some data");
See the github page for more details and examples. Be sure to register the libraries 'filter' with Jackson's object mapper like so:
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.setFilters(new FilteredResultProvider());
This google groups thread points to the BeanSerializerModifier.changeProperties method:
https://groups.google.com/g/jackson-user/c/uYIxbRZhsIM/m/1QpLh7G72C0J
It looks like this method makes the least interference with the object serialization, which is very convenient if you have other serialization customizations.
You can add more objects to the given beanProperties list.
Suppose, we have this bean to be serialized:
public class MyClass {
private final String name;
private final String description;
public MyClass(String name, String description) {
this.name = name;
this.description = description;
}
#JsonProperty(access = JsonProperty.Access.READ_ONLY)
public String getName() {
return name;
}
#JsonProperty(access = JsonProperty.Access.READ_ONLY)
public String getDescription() {
return description;
}
}
Then you can add a SerializerModifier to your ObjectMapper instance.
The most interesting parts are the MyBeanSerializerModifier.changeProperties and the CustomPropertyWriter.value methods.
private void addSerializationCustomization(ObjectMapper objectMapper,
SomeAdditionalDataFactory dataFactory) {
SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
BeanSerializerModifier modifier = new MyBeanSerializerModifier(dataFactory);
module.setSerializerModifier(modifier);
objectMapper.registerModule(module);
}
private static class MyBeanSerializerModifier extends BeanSerializerModifier {
private final SomeAdditionalDataFactory dataFactory;
public MyBeanSerializerModifier(SomeAdditionalDataFactory dataFactory) {
this.dataFactory = dataFactory;
}
#Override
public List<BeanPropertyWriter> changeProperties(SerializationConfig config,
BeanDescription beanDesc,
List<BeanPropertyWriter> beanProperties) {
if (MyClass.class.isAssignableFrom(beanDesc.getBeanClass())) {
Map<String, Function<MyClass, String>> additionalFields = Map.of(
"someData1",
myObj -> dataFactory.getSomeData1(myObj),
"someData2",
myObj -> dataFactory.getSomeData2(myObj),
"someData3",
myObj -> dataFactory.getSomeData3(myObj)
);
JavaType javaType = SimpleType.constructUnsafe(String.class);
for (Map.Entry<String, Function<MyClass, String>> entry : additionalFields.entrySet()) {
VirtualAnnotatedMember member = new VirtualAnnotatedMember(
null, beanDesc.getBeanClass(), entry.getKey(), javaType);
BeanPropertyDefinition definition = SimpleBeanPropertyDefinition
.construct(config, member, new PropertyName(entry.getKey()));
BeanPropertyWriter writer = new CustomPropertyWriter<>(
definition, javaType, entry.getValue());
beanProperties.add(writer);
}
}
return super.changeProperties(config, beanDesc, beanProperties);
}
}
private static class CustomPropertyWriter<T> extends VirtualBeanPropertyWriter {
private final Function<T, String> getter;
public CustomPropertyWriter(BeanPropertyDefinition propDef,
JavaType declaredType,
Function<T, String> getter) {
super(propDef, null, declaredType);
this.getter = getter;
}
#Override
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
protected Object value(Object bean,
JsonGenerator gen,
SerializerProvider prov) throws Exception {
return getter.apply((T) bean);
}
#Override
public VirtualBeanPropertyWriter withConfig(MapperConfig<?> config,
AnnotatedClass declaringClass,
BeanPropertyDefinition propDef,
JavaType type) {
throw new IllegalStateException("Should not be called on this type");
}
}
After looking more on the Jackson source code I concluded that it's simply impossible to achieve without writing my own BeanSerializer, BeanSerializerBuilder and BeanSerializerFactory and provide some extension points like:
/*
/**********************************************************
/* Extension points
/**********************************************************
*/
protected void beforeEndObject(T bean, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException, JSONException {
// May be overridden
}
protected void afterStartObject(T bean, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException, JSONException {
// May be overridden
}
Unfortunately I had to copy and paste entire Jackson's BeanSerializer source code to MyCustomBeanSerializer because the former is not developed for extensions declaring all the fields and some important methods (like serialize(...)) as final