#JsonIdentityReference does not recognize equal values - jackson

I'm trying to serialize an object (Root), with some duplicated entries of MyObject. Just want store the whole objects one, I'm using #JsonIdentityReference, which works pretty well.
However, I realize that it will generate un-deserializable object, if there're equal objects with different reference. I wonder if there's a configuration in Jackson to change this behavior, thanks!
#Value
#AllArgsConstructor
#NoArgsConstructor(force = true)
class Root {
private List<MyObject> allObjects;
private Map<String, MyObject> objectMap;
}
#Value
#AllArgsConstructor
#NoArgsConstructor(force = true)
#JsonIdentityReference
#JsonIdentityInfo(generator = ObjectIdGenerators.PropertyGenerator.class, property = "id")
class MyObject {
private String id;
private int value;
}
public class Main {
public static void main() throws JsonProcessingException {
// Constructing equal objects
val obj1 = new MyObject("a", 1);
val obj2 = new MyObject("a", 1);
assert obj1.equals(obj2);
val root = new Root(
Lists.newArrayList(obj1),
ImmutableMap.of(
"lorem", obj2
)
);
val objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
val json = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(root);
// {"allObjects":[{"id":"a","value":1}],"objectMap":{"lorem":{"id":"a","value":1}}}
// Note here both obj1 and obj2 are expanded.
// Exception: Already had POJO for id
val deserialized = objectMapper.readValue(json, Root.class);
assert root.equals(deserialized);
}
}
I'm using Jackson 2.10.
Full stacktrace:
Exception in thread "main" com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Already had POJO for id (java.lang.String) [[ObjectId: key=a, type=com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl.PropertyBasedObjectIdGenerator, scope=java.lang.Object]] (through reference chain: Root["objectMap"]->java.util.LinkedHashMap["lorem"]->MyObject["id"])
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(JsonMappingException.java:394)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(JsonMappingException.java:353)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.wrapAndThrow(BeanDeserializerBase.java:1714)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserializeFromObject(BeanDeserializer.java:371)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.deserializeWithObjectId(BeanDeserializerBase.java:1257)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserialize(BeanDeserializer.java:157)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer._readAndBindStringKeyMap(MapDeserializer.java:527)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer.deserialize(MapDeserializer.java:364)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer.deserialize(MapDeserializer.java:29)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl.FieldProperty.deserializeAndSet(FieldProperty.java:138)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.vanillaDeserialize(BeanDeserializer.java:288)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserialize(BeanDeserializer.java:151)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper._readMapAndClose(ObjectMapper.java:4202)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.readValue(ObjectMapper.java:3205)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.readValue(ObjectMapper.java:3173)
at Main.main(Main.java:53)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Already had POJO for id (java.lang.String) [[ObjectId: key=a, type=com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl.PropertyBasedObjectIdGenerator, scope=java.lang.Object]]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.SimpleObjectIdResolver.bindItem(SimpleObjectIdResolver.java:24)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl.ReadableObjectId.bindItem(ReadableObjectId.java:57)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl.ObjectIdValueProperty.deserializeSetAndReturn(ObjectIdValueProperty.java:101)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl.ObjectIdValueProperty.deserializeAndSet(ObjectIdValueProperty.java:83)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserializeFromObject(BeanDeserializer.java:369)
... 14 more

As I mentioned earlier, this setup only works if obj1 == obj2, as the two objects with same ID should be identity-equal. In that case, the second object would also net get expanded during serialization (alwaysAsId = false only expands the first object).
However, if you want to have this setup and are fine with the serialization, you could use a custom Resolver for deserialization that stores a single instance per key:
#JsonIdentityReference(alwaysAsId = false)
#JsonIdentityInfo(generator = ObjectIdGenerators.PropertyGenerator.class, property = "id", resolver = CustomScopeResolver.class)
static class MyObject {
private String id;
// ...
}
class CustomScopeResolver implements ObjectIdResolver {
Map<String, MyObject> data = new HashMap<>();
#Override
public void bindItem(final IdKey id, final Object pojo) {
data.put(id.key.toString(), (MyObject) pojo);
}
#Override
public Object resolveId(final IdKey id) {
return data.get(id.key);
}
#Override
public ObjectIdResolver newForDeserialization(final Object context) {
return new CustomScopeResolver();
}
#Override
public boolean canUseFor(final ObjectIdResolver resolverType) {
return false;
}
}
NEW EDIT: Apparently, its very easy: Just turn on objectMapper.configure(SerializationFeature.USE_EQUALITY_FOR_OBJECT_ID, true); so that the DefaultSerializerProvider uses a regular Hashmap instead of an IdentityHashMap to manage the serialized beans.
DEPRECATED: Update for Serialization: It is possible to achieve this by adding a custom SerializationProvider:
class CustomEqualObjectsSerializerProvider extends DefaultSerializerProvider {
private final Collection<MyObject> data = new HashSet<>();
private final SerializerProvider src;
private final SerializationConfig config;
private final SerializerFactory f;
public CustomEqualObjectsSerializerProvider(
final SerializerProvider src,
final SerializationConfig config,
final SerializerFactory f) {
super(src, config, f);
this.src = src;
this.config = config;
this.f = f;
}
#Override
public DefaultSerializerProvider createInstance(final SerializationConfig config, final SerializerFactory jsf) {
return new CustomEqualObjectsSerializerProvider(src, this.config, f);
}
#Override
public WritableObjectId findObjectId(final Object forPojo, final ObjectIdGenerator<?> generatorType) {
// check if there is an equivalent pojo, use it if exists
final Optional<MyObject> equivalentObject = data.stream()
.filter(forPojo::equals)
.findFirst();
if (equivalentObject.isPresent()) {
return super.findObjectId(equivalentObject.get(), generatorType);
} else {
if (forPojo instanceof MyObject) {
data.add((MyObject) forPojo);
}
return super.findObjectId(forPojo, generatorType);
}
}
}
#Test
public void main() throws IOException {
// Constructing equal objects
final MyObject obj1 = new MyObject();
obj1.setId("a");
final MyObject obj2 = new MyObject();
obj2.setId("a");
assert obj1.equals(obj2);
final Root root = new Root();
root.setAllObjects(Collections.singletonList(obj1));
root.setObjectMap(Collections.singletonMap(
"lorem", obj2));
final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
objectMapper.setSerializerProvider(
new CustomEqualObjectsSerializerProvider(
objectMapper.getSerializerProvider(),
objectMapper.getSerializationConfig(),
objectMapper.getSerializerFactory()));
final String json = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(root);
System.out.println(json); // second object is not expanded!
}

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HTTP end point property string starts with "is" will get omit [duplicate]

This might be a duplicate. But I cannot find a solution to my Problem.
I have a class
public class MyResponse implements Serializable {
private boolean isSuccess;
public boolean isSuccess() {
return isSuccess;
}
public void setSuccess(boolean isSuccess) {
this.isSuccess = isSuccess;
}
}
Getters and setters are generated by Eclipse.
In another class, I set the value to true, and write it as a JSON string.
System.out.println(new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(myResponse));
In JSON, the key is coming as {"success": true}.
I want the key as isSuccess itself. Is Jackson using the setter method while serializing? How do I make the key the field name itself?
This is a slightly late answer, but may be useful for anyone else coming to this page.
A simple solution to changing the name that Jackson will use for when serializing to JSON is to use the #JsonProperty annotation, so your example would become:
public class MyResponse implements Serializable {
private boolean isSuccess;
#JsonProperty(value="isSuccess")
public boolean isSuccess() {
return isSuccess;
}
public void setSuccess(boolean isSuccess) {
this.isSuccess = isSuccess;
}
}
This would then be serialised to JSON as {"isSuccess":true}, but has the advantage of not having to modify your getter method name.
Note that in this case you could also write the annotation as #JsonProperty("isSuccess") as it only has the single value element
I recently ran into this issue and this is what I found. Jackson will inspect any class that you pass to it for getters and setters, and use those methods for serialization and deserialization. What follows "get", "is" and "set" in those methods will be used as the key for the JSON field ("isValid" for getIsValid and setIsValid).
public class JacksonExample {
private boolean isValid = false;
public boolean getIsValid() {
return isValid;
}
public void setIsValid(boolean isValid) {
this.isValid = isValid;
}
}
Similarly "isSuccess" will become "success", unless renamed to "isIsSuccess" or "getIsSuccess"
Read more here: http://www.citrine.io/blog/2015/5/20/jackson-json-processor
Using both annotations below, forces the output JSON to include is_xxx:
#get:JsonProperty("is_something")
#param:JsonProperty("is_something")
When you are using Kotlin and data classes:
data class Dto(
#get:JsonProperty("isSuccess") val isSuccess: Boolean
)
You might need to add #param:JsonProperty("isSuccess") if you are going to deserialize JSON as well.
EDIT: If you are using swagger-annotations to generate documentation, the property will be marked as readOnly when using #get:JsonProperty. In order to solve this, you can do:
#JsonAutoDetect(isGetterVisibility = JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.NONE)
data class Dto(
#field:JsonProperty(value = "isSuccess") val isSuccess: Boolean
)
You can configure your ObjectMapper as follows:
mapper.setPropertyNamingStrategy(new PropertyNamingStrategy() {
#Override
public String nameForGetterMethod(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMethod method, String defaultName)
{
if(method.hasReturnType() && (method.getRawReturnType() == Boolean.class || method.getRawReturnType() == boolean.class)
&& method.getName().startsWith("is")) {
return method.getName();
}
return super.nameForGetterMethod(config, method, defaultName);
}
});
I didn't want to mess with some custom naming strategies, nor re-creating some accessors.
The less code, the happier I am.
This did the trick for us :
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
#JsonIgnoreProperties({"success", "deleted"}) // <- Prevents serialization duplicates
public class MyResponse {
private String id;
private #JsonProperty("isSuccess") boolean isSuccess; // <- Forces field name
private #JsonProperty("isDeleted") boolean isDeleted;
}
Building upon Utkarsh's answer..
Getter names minus get/is is used as the JSON name.
public class Example{
private String radcliffe;
public getHarryPotter(){
return radcliffe;
}
}
is stored as { "harryPotter" : "whateverYouGaveHere" }
For Deserialization, Jackson checks against both the setter and the field name.
For the Json String { "word1" : "example" }, both the below are valid.
public class Example{
private String word1;
public setword2( String pqr){
this.word1 = pqr;
}
}
public class Example2{
private String word2;
public setWord1(String pqr){
this.word2 = pqr ;
}
}
A more interesting question is which order Jackson considers for deserialization. If i try to deserialize { "word1" : "myName" } with
public class Example3{
private String word1;
private String word2;
public setWord1( String parameter){
this.word2 = parameter ;
}
}
I did not test the above case, but it would be interesting to see the values of word1 & word2 ...
Note: I used drastically different names to emphasize which fields are required to be same.
You can change primitive boolean to java.lang.Boolean (+ use #JsonPropery)
#JsonProperty("isA")
private Boolean isA = false;
public Boolean getA() {
return this.isA;
}
public void setA(Boolean a) {
this.isA = a;
}
Worked excellent for me.
If you are interested in handling 3rd party classes not under your control (like #edmundpie mentioned in a comment) then you add Mixin classes to your ObjectMapper where the property/field names should match the ones from your 3rd party class:
public class MyStack32270422 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ObjectMapper om3rdParty = new ObjectMapper();
om3rdParty .addMixIn(My3rdPartyResponse.class, MixinMyResponse.class);
// add further mixins if required
String jsonString = om3rdParty.writeValueAsString(new My3rdPartyResponse());
System.out.println(jsonString);
}
}
class MixinMyResponse {
// add all jackson annotations here you want to be used when handling My3rdPartyResponse classes
#JsonProperty("isSuccess")
private boolean isSuccess;
}
class My3rdPartyResponse{
private boolean isSuccess = true;
// getter and setter here if desired
}
Basically you add all your Jackson annotations to your Mixin classes as if you would own the class. In my opinion quite a nice solution as you don't have to mess around with checking method names starting with "is.." and so on.
there is another method for this problem.
just define a new sub-class extends PropertyNamingStrategy and pass it to ObjectMapper instance.
here is a code snippet may be help more:
mapper.setPropertyNamingStrategy(new PropertyNamingStrategy() {
#Override
public String nameForGetterMethod(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMethod method, String defaultName) {
String input = defaultName;
if(method.getName().startsWith("is")){
input = method.getName();
}
//copy from LowerCaseWithUnderscoresStrategy
if (input == null) return input; // garbage in, garbage out
int length = input.length();
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(length * 2);
int resultLength = 0;
boolean wasPrevTranslated = false;
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
{
char c = input.charAt(i);
if (i > 0 || c != '_') // skip first starting underscore
{
if (Character.isUpperCase(c))
{
if (!wasPrevTranslated && resultLength > 0 && result.charAt(resultLength - 1) != '_')
{
result.append('_');
resultLength++;
}
c = Character.toLowerCase(c);
wasPrevTranslated = true;
}
else
{
wasPrevTranslated = false;
}
result.append(c);
resultLength++;
}
}
return resultLength > 0 ? result.toString() : input;
}
});
The accepted answer won't work for my case.
In my case, the class is not owned by me. The problematic class comes from 3rd party dependencies, so I can't just add #JsonProperty annotation in it.
To solve it, inspired by #burak answer above, I created a custom PropertyNamingStrategy as follow:
mapper.setPropertyNamingStrategy(new PropertyNamingStrategy() {
#Override
public String nameForSetterMethod(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMethod method, String defaultName)
{
if (method.getParameterCount() == 1 &&
(method.getRawParameterType(0) == Boolean.class || method.getRawParameterType(0) == boolean.class) &&
method.getName().startsWith("set")) {
Class<?> containingClass = method.getDeclaringClass();
String potentialFieldName = "is" + method.getName().substring(3);
try {
containingClass.getDeclaredField(potentialFieldName);
return potentialFieldName;
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
// do nothing and fall through
}
}
return super.nameForSetterMethod(config, method, defaultName);
}
#Override
public String nameForGetterMethod(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMethod method, String defaultName)
{
if(method.hasReturnType() && (method.getRawReturnType() == Boolean.class || method.getRawReturnType() == boolean.class)
&& method.getName().startsWith("is")) {
Class<?> containingClass = method.getDeclaringClass();
String potentialFieldName = method.getName();
try {
containingClass.getDeclaredField(potentialFieldName);
return potentialFieldName;
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
// do nothing and fall through
}
}
return super.nameForGetterMethod(config, method, defaultName);
}
});
Basically what this does is, before serializing and deserializing, it checks in the target/source class which property name is present in the class, whether it is isEnabled or enabled property.
Based on that, the mapper will serialize and deserialize to the property name that is exist.

how to mock and test inside/outside get and set methods?

I dont know why but Im always getting NullPointer and no idea why and how exactly this test should looks like. Its about method: webServiceTemplate():
#Configuration
public class ErdConfiguration {
#Autowired
private EJwtProperties eJwtProperties;
public Jaxb2Marshaller marshaller() {
Jaxb2Marshaller marshaller = new Jaxb2Marshaller();
// this package must match the package in the <generatePackage> specified in pom.xml
marshaller.setContextPath("erdUserRoles.wsdl");
return marshaller;
}
public WebServiceTemplate webServiceTemplate() {
WebServiceTemplate webServiceTemplate = new WebServiceTemplate();
webServiceTemplate.setMarshaller(marshaller());
webServiceTemplate.setUnmarshaller(marshaller());
webServiceTemplate.setDefaultUri(eJwtProperties.getRoles().getErdServiceUri());
return webServiceTemplate;
}
}
and EJwtProperties class which it uses:
public class EJwtProperties {
private Map<String, String> claims = new HashMap<>();
private String signingKey;
private SourceTokenConfig sourceToken = new SourceTokenConfig();
private RolesConfig roles = new RolesConfig();
private List<String> generateEjwtRoles = Collections.emptyList();
private boolean cacheDisabled = false;
#Data
public static class SourceTokenConfig {
private boolean embedSourceToken = false;
private String embeddedTokenClaimName = "source-token";
}
#Data
public static class RolesConfig {
private boolean rolesEnabled = false;
private String rolesClaimName = "roles";
private String erdAppId;
private String erdServiceUri;
}
}
My code so far looks like this and got null pointer while Im trying to check getRoles() in when-thenReturn :
#Mock
private EJwtProperties eJwtProperties;
#InjectMocks
private ErdConfiguration underTest;
Jaxb2Marshaller marshaller;
#BeforeEach
void setUp() {
MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
}
#Test
void webServiceTemplateTest() {
EJwtProperties.RolesConfig roles = new EJwtProperties.RolesConfig();
roles.setErdServiceUri("testErdServiceUri");
eJwtProperties.setRoles(roles);
underTest = new ErdConfiguration();
when(eJwtProperties.getRoles()).thenReturn(roles); //this one passed
when(eJwtProperties.getRoles().getErdServiceUri()).thenReturn(roles.getErdServiceUri()); //here nullPointer
// underTest.webServiceTemplate(); //this is what I was planning to do next
//assertEquals(underTest.webServiceTemplate(), eJwtProperties.getRoles().getErdServiceUri()); //or this
// assertEquals(marshaller, underTest.webServiceTemplate().getMarshaller());
// assertEquals(marshaller, underTest.webServiceTemplate().getUnmarshaller());
}
}
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How to generate data class from class instance

I've got some configuration values in a JSON file which I want to parse via gson to a data-class. I want to generate a new class, based on the created data-class where the values are final.
This all should happen during my CI-Pipeline and the generated class should then be used when my application is running.
Simple example to clarify:
I've got this data class
data class MyDataClass(val name:String, val age:Int)
and via parsing (gson) a instance like this is created
MyDataClass("john", 42)
Is there a way to create a (data) class based on the new instance of MyDataClass so anything like this will be created?
class MyDataClassFinal{
val name = "john"
val age = 42
}
Use .copy() and modify only the parameters you need to. For example:
val joe = MyDataClass(“Joe”, 42)
val mary = joe.copy(name = “Mary”) // age is 42
I've got some configuration values in a json file wich I want to parse via gson to a data-class. I want to generate a new class, based on the created data-class where the values are final.
There is nothing for you to do here. The data class, as you've described it, is final. It is not open so the class is final and the fields are vals and only set via constructor, so they can't be changed, so they too are final.
You can see the Java equivalent of the class by going to doing a search for "Actions", looking for Kotlin Bytecode, then hit Decompile to see the Java source. It looks like this:
#Metadata(
mv = {1, 1, 18},
bv = {1, 0, 3},
k = 1,
d1 = {"\u0000 \n\u0002\u0018\u0002\n\u0002\u0010\u0000\n\u0000\n\u0002\u0010\u000e\n\u0000\n\u0002\u0010\b\n\u0002\b\t\n\u0002\u0010\u000b\n\u0002\b\u0004\b\u0086\b\u0018\u00002\u00020\u0001B\u0015\u0012\u0006\u0010\u0002\u001a\u00020\u0003\u0012\u0006\u0010\u0004\u001a\u00020\u0005¢\u0006\u0002\u0010\u0006J\t\u0010\u000b\u001a\u00020\u0003HÆ\u0003J\t\u0010\f\u001a\u00020\u0005HÆ\u0003J\u001d\u0010\r\u001a\u00020\u00002\b\b\u0002\u0010\u0002\u001a\u00020\u00032\b\b\u0002\u0010\u0004\u001a\u00020\u0005HÆ\u0001J\u0013\u0010\u000e\u001a\u00020\u000f2\b\u0010\u0010\u001a\u0004\u0018\u00010\u0001HÖ\u0003J\t\u0010\u0011\u001a\u00020\u0005HÖ\u0001J\t\u0010\u0012\u001a\u00020\u0003HÖ\u0001R\u0011\u0010\u0004\u001a\u00020\u0005¢\u0006\b\n\u0000\u001a\u0004\b\u0007\u0010\bR\u0011\u0010\u0002\u001a\u00020\u0003¢\u0006\b\n\u0000\u001a\u0004\b\t\u0010\n¨\u0006\u0013"},
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)
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#NotNull
private final String name;
private final int age;
#NotNull
public final String getName() {
return this.name;
}
public final int getAge() {
return this.age;
}
public MyDataClass(#NotNull String name, int age) {
Intrinsics.checkParameterIsNotNull(name, "name");
super();
this.name = name;
this.age = age;
}
#NotNull
public final String component1() {
return this.name;
}
public final int component2() {
return this.age;
}
#NotNull
public final MyDataClass copy(#NotNull String name, int age) {
Intrinsics.checkParameterIsNotNull(name, "name");
return new MyDataClass(name, age);
}
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if ((var3 & 1) != 0) {
var1 = var0.name;
}
if ((var3 & 2) != 0) {
var2 = var0.age;
}
return var0.copy(var1, var2);
}
#NotNull
public String toString() {
return "MyDataClass(name=" + this.name + ", age=" + this.age + ")";
}
public int hashCode() {
String var10000 = this.name;
return (var10000 != null ? var10000.hashCode() : 0) * 31 + this.age;
}
public boolean equals(#Nullable Object var1) {
if (this != var1) {
if (var1 instanceof MyDataClass) {
MyDataClass var2 = (MyDataClass)var1;
if (Intrinsics.areEqual(this.name, var2.name) && this.age == var2.age) {
return true;
}
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declare generic parents statement in aspectj

Is it possible to use generic types with declare parents such that a class defined with generics implements an interface with the same generic types
i.e declare parents: AClass<Generic1,Generic2> implements
AnInterface<Generic1,Generic2>
What I am saying is whether it is possible to pass the generic types of the child to parents
Kind of. Check this out:
Generic class:
package de.scrum_master.app;
public class KeyValuePair<K,V> {
private K key;
private V value;
KeyValuePair(K key, V value) {
this.key = key;
this.value = value;
}
public K getKey() { return key; }
public V getValue() { return value; }
#Override
public String toString() {
return "KeyValuePair [key=" + key + ", value=" + value + "]";
}
}
Generic interface:
package de.scrum_master.app;
public interface KeyValueComparator<K, V> {
boolean equalsKey(K otherKey);
boolean equalsValue(V otherValue);
}
Aspect with ITD:
The ITD (inter-type definition) makes sure that the class implements the interface and also gets method implementations for the interface at the same time.
package de.scrum_master.aspect;
import de.scrum_master.app.KeyValuePair;
import de.scrum_master.app.KeyValueComparator;
public aspect InterfaceIntroductionAspect {
declare parents : KeyValuePair implements KeyValueComparator;
public boolean KeyValuePair.equalsKey(K otherKey) {
return this.getKey().equals(otherKey);
}
public boolean KeyValuePair.equalsValue(V otherValue) {
return this.getValue().equals(otherValue);
}
}
Driver application:
Create two different types of class objects and try to cast them both to the introduced interface:
package de.scrum_master.app;
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) {
KeyValuePair<Integer, String> pair1 = new KeyValuePair<>(11, "eleven");
System.out.println(pair1);
KeyValueComparator<Integer, String> comparator1 = (KeyValueComparator<Integer, String>) pair1;
System.out.println("equalsKey = " + comparator1.equalsKey(12));
System.out.println("equalsValue = " + comparator1.equalsValue("eleven"));
KeyValuePair<String, Integer> pair2 = new KeyValuePair<>("twelve", 12);
System.out.println(pair2);
KeyValueComparator<String, Integer> comparator2 = (KeyValueComparator<String, Integer>) pair2;
System.out.println("equalsKey = " + comparator2.equalsKey("twelve"));
System.out.println("equalsValue = " + comparator2.equalsValue(11));
}
}
Output:
KeyValuePair [key=11, value=eleven]
equalsKey = false
equalsValue = true
KeyValuePair [key=twelve, value=12]
equalsKey = true
equalsValue = false

Jackson 2.1.2 Polymorphic Deserialization throws JsonMappingException. Why?

Jackson's Polymorphic Serialize/Deserialize capability is really cool, or would be if I could figure out how to apply it to my problem at hand. There is a pretty good article at http://programmerbruce.blogspot.com/2011/05/deserialize-json-with-jackson-into.html that I have been unable to adapt to my simplified problem.
In a nutshell, I am able to get Jackson 2.1.2 to Serialize a class hierarchy into JSON string with type information. I am unable, however, to get Jackson 2.1.2 to Deserialize that JSON String back into my class hierarchy. Below is a Unit Test that exposes this issue.
The class hierarchy is simple enough; Base Class with just two direct Subclasses. Further, the JSON output appears to respect my Jackson #JsonTypeInfo and produces a believable string from mapper.writeValueAsString
{"type":"dog","name":"King","breed":"Collie"}
But my call to mapper.readValue( jsonOfKing, Animal.class ) stacktraces with...
FAILED: testJacksonSerializeDeserialize
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: No suitable constructor found for type [simple type, class org.rekdev.fasterjacksonwtf.PolymorphismTests$Dog]: can not instantiate from JSON object (need to add/enable type information?)
at [Source: java.io.StringReader#32b3a5a0; line: 1, column: 14]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException.from(JsonMappingException.java:164)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserializeFromObjectUsingNonDefault(BeanDeserializer.java:400)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserializeFromObject(BeanDeserializer.java:289)
....
Here's my unit test.
import org.testng.annotations.*;
import static org.testng.Assert.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonSubTypes.Type;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
public class PolymorphismTests {
#Test
public void testJacksonSerializeDeserialize() throws Exception {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
Animal king = new Dog();
king.name = "King";
( (Dog) king ).breed = "Collie";
String jsonOfKing = mapper.writeValueAsString( king );
// JsonMappingException right here!
Animal actualKing = mapper.readValue( jsonOfKing, Animal.class );
assertEquals( king, actualKing );
}
#JsonTypeInfo( use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME, include = JsonTypeInfo.As.PROPERTY, property = "type" )
#JsonSubTypes( { #Type( value = Cat.class, name = "cat" ), #Type( value = Dog.class, name = "dog" ) } )
abstract class Animal {
public String name;
#Override
public abstract boolean equals( Object obj );
#Override
public abstract int hashCode();
}
class Dog extends Animal {
public String breed;
#Override
public boolean equals( Object obj ) {
if ( this == obj ) {
return true;
}
if ( obj == null ) {
return false;
}
if ( getClass() != obj.getClass() ) {
return false;
}
final Dog that = (Dog) obj;
boolean equals = name.equals( that.name ) && breed.equals( that.breed );
return equals;
}
#Override
public int hashCode() {
int hashCode = name.hashCode() + breed.hashCode();
return hashCode;
}
}
class Cat extends Animal {
public String favoriteToy;
#Override
public boolean equals( Object obj ) {
if ( this == obj ) {
return true;
}
if ( obj == null ) {
return false;
}
if ( getClass() != obj.getClass() ) {
return false;
}
final Cat that = (Cat) obj;
boolean equals = name.equals( that.name ) && favoriteToy.equals( that.favoriteToy );
return equals;
}
#Override
public int hashCode() {
int hashCode = name.hashCode() + favoriteToy.hashCode();
return hashCode;
}
}
}
Why won't the ObjectMapper allow me to readValue process the JSON produced by the ObjectMapper.writeValue()?
Make your inner classes static, like:
static class Dog extends Animal { ... }
otherwise things will not work (since non-static inner classes require so-called "implicit this" argument to refer to an instance of enclosing class).