Unwrap only some properties with Jackson - jackson

Question

Assuming I have this objects:
class Person {
String name;
Household getHousehold();
}
class Household {
Set<Address> getAddresses();
String householdId;
}
which would normally be serialized as follows
{
"name": "XXX",
"household": {
"addresses": [...]
}
}
Is there a way to configure Jackson with annotations / mix-ins to obtain this (ie. without using DTO) ?
{
"name": "XXX",
"addresses": [...],
"household": {
"householdId": 123
}
}

Answer 1

You can configure the unwrapping of a specific property by both using mixins and annotations:
1. Mixins
Assuming you define the following mixin:
public abstract class UnwrappedAddresses {
#JsonUnwrapped
public abstract Household getHouseHold();
}
And then add a custom module to your objectMapper which applies the mixin to the Person class as follows:
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
objectMapper .registerModule(new SimpleModule() {
#Override
public void setupModule(SetupContext context) {
context.setMixInAnnotations(Person.class, UnwrappedAddresses.class);
}
});
This approach does not change the Household serialization as a single item, but just unwraps a household item when it's encapsulated in a Person object.
2. Annotations
Just add #JsonUnwrapped to your getHouseHold() method.
EDIT: After post changes.
What you want is basically to change the output of the json, which can be done by using the #JsonAnyGetter annotation(which can dynamically add new properties to your pojo).
Your expected result can be achieved by ignoring the household property and unwrapping it with the help of the #JsonAnyGetter.
#JsonIgnoreProperties("houseHold")
public static class Person {
String name;
Household houseHold;
#JsonAnyGetter
public Map<String,Object> properties(){
Map<String,Object> additionalProps=new HashMap<>();
additionalProps.put("addresses", new ArrayList<>(houseHold.getAddresses()));
Map<String,Object> houseHolProps=new HashMap<>();
houseHolProps.put("houseHoldId", houseHold.id);
additionalProps.put("houseHold", houseHolProps);
return additionalProps;
}
..getters&setters omitted
}
Which would after serialization return
{"name":"name",
"houseHold":{"houseHoldId":0},
"addresses":[
{"houseNo":2,"street":"abc"},
{"houseNo":1,"street":"str"}
]
}