Morphia Interface for List of enum does not work (unmarshalling) - morphia

Question

I have the following interface
#JsonTypeInfo(use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.CLASS, include = JsonTypeInfo.As.PROPERTY, property = "className")
public interface InfoChartInformation {
public String name();
}
And the following implementation (enum):
public class InfoChartSummary {
public static enum Immobilien implements InfoChartInformation {
CITY, CONSTRUCTION_DATE;
}
public static enum Cars implements InfoChartInformation {
POWER, MILEAGE;
}
}
Then I use all of It in the following entity:
#Entity(noClassnameStored = true)
#Converters(InfoChartInformationMorphiaConverter.class)
public class TestEntity{
#Id
public ObjectId id;
#Embedded
public List<InfoChartInformation> order;
}
Jackson, in order to detect the type on the unmarshalling time, will add to every enum on the list the className.
I thought morphia would do the same, but there's no field className in the List of enum and the unmarshalling cannot be done correctly: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to com.mongodb
.DBObject
I guess the correct behavior should be to save all the enum route (package+name), not only the enum name. At least in that way the unmarshalling could be performed. There's a way morphia supports that by default or I need to create my own converter (similar to this) ?

Answer 1

I tried creating a Custom Converter:
public class InfoChartInformationMorphiaConverter extends TypeConverter{
public InfoChartInformationMorphiaConverter() {
super(InfoChartInformation.class);
}
#Override
public Object decode(Class targetClass, Object fromDBObject, MappedField optionalExtraInfo) {
if (fromDBObject == null) {
return null;
}
String clazz = fromDBObject.toString().substring(0, fromDBObject.toString().lastIndexOf("."));
String value = fromDBObject.toString().substring(fromDBObject.toString().lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
try {
return Enum.valueOf((Class)Class.forName(clazz), value);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
return null;
}
}
#Override
public Object encode(final Object value, final MappedField optionalExtraInfo) {
return value.getClass().getName() + "." + ((InfoChartInformation) value).name();
}
}
Then, I added the converter information to morphia morphia.getMapper().getConverters().addConverter(new InfoChartInformationMorphiaConverter());.
However, when serializing (or marshalling) the object to save it into the database, the custom converter is ignored and the Enum is saved using the default Morphia converter (only the enum name).
If I use in the TestEntity class only an attribute InfoChartInformation; instead of the List<>InfoChartInformation>, my customer converter will work. However I need support for List

Answer 2

Use:
public class InfoChartInformationMorphiaConverter extends TypeConverter implements SimpleValueConverter
It is a marker interface required to make your Convertor work.