Json deserialization into other class hierarchy using Jackson

deserialization, jackson, java, json, serialization

Solution

How I solved this problem. Here is a class diagram for an example project:

So i want to get the `ConcreteAAdapter` form `ConcreteA` after deserialization.

My solution is to extend `ClassNameIdResolver` to add functionality to deserialize base class objects into subtype class objects (subtype classes adds no extra functionality and additional fields).

Here is a code which creates `ObjectMapper` for deserialization:

protected ObjectMapper getObjectMapperForDeserialization() {
        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

        StdTypeResolverBuilder typeResolverBuilder = new ObjectMapper.DefaultTypeResolverBuilder(ObjectMapper.DefaultTyping.OBJECT_AND_NON_CONCRETE);
        typeResolverBuilder = typeResolverBuilder.inclusion(JsonTypeInfo.As.PROPERTY);
        typeResolverBuilder.init(JsonTypeInfo.Id.CLASS, new ClassNameIdResolver(SimpleType.construct(Base.class), TypeFactory.defaultInstance()) {
            private HashMap<Class, Class> classes = new HashMap<Class, Class>() {
                {
                    put(ConcreteA.class, ConcreteAAdapter.class);
                    put(ConcreteB.class, ConcreteBAdapter.class);
                    put(ConcreteC.class, ConcreteCAdapter.class);
                }
            };

            @Override
            public String idFromValue(Object value) {
                return (classes.containsKey(value.getClass())) ? value.getClass().getName() : null;
            }

            @Override
            public JavaType typeFromId(String id) {
                try {
                    return classes.get(Class.forName(id)) == null ? super.typeFromId(id) : _typeFactory.constructSpecializedType(_baseType, classes.get(Class.forName(id)));
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                    // todo catch the e
                }
                return super.typeFromId(id);
            }
        });
        mapper.setDefaultTyping(typeResolverBuilder);
        return mapper;
    }

And here is a code which create `ObjectMapper` for serialization:

protected ObjectMapper getObjectMapperForSerialization() {
    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

    StdTypeResolverBuilder typeResolverBuilder = new ObjectMapper.DefaultTypeResolverBuilder(ObjectMapper.DefaultTyping.OBJECT_AND_NON_CONCRETE);
    typeResolverBuilder = typeResolverBuilder.inclusion(JsonTypeInfo.As.PROPERTY);
    typeResolverBuilder.init(JsonTypeInfo.Id.CLASS, new ClassNameIdResolver(SimpleType.construct(Base.class), TypeFactory.defaultInstance()));
    mapper.setDefaultTyping(typeResolverBuilder);

    return mapper;
}

Test code:

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    JacksonUtils JacksonUtils = new JacksonUtilsImpl();

    Collection<Base> data = new LinkedBlockingQueue<Base>();
    data.add(new ConcreteA());
    data.add(new ConcreteB());
    data.add(new ConcreteC());

    String json = JacksonUtils.marshallIntoString(data);

    System.out.println(json);

    Collection<? extends Adapter> adapters = JacksonUtils.unmarshall(json, new TypeReference<ArrayList<Adapter>>() {});

    for (Adapter adapter : adapters) {
        System.out.println(adapter.getClass().getName());
    }
}

Full code of JacksonUtils class:

public class JacksonUtilsImpl implements JacksonUtils {

    @Override
    public byte[] marshall(Collection<Base> data) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream() {
            @Override
            public byte[] toByteArray() {
                return buf;
            }
        };

        getObjectMapperForSerialization().writerWithType(new TypeReference<Collection<Base>>() {}).writeValue(out, data);
        return out.toByteArray();
    }

    @Override
    public String marshallIntoString(Collection<Base> data) throws IOException {
        return getObjectMapperForSerialization().writeValueAsString(data);
    }

    protected ObjectMapper getObjectMapperForSerialization() {
        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

        StdTypeResolverBuilder typeResolverBuilder = new ObjectMapper.DefaultTypeResolverBuilder(ObjectMapper.DefaultTyping.OBJECT_AND_NON_CONCRETE);
        typeResolverBuilder = typeResolverBuilder.inclusion(JsonTypeInfo.As.PROPERTY);
        typeResolverBuilder.init(JsonTypeInfo.Id.CLASS, new ClassNameIdResolver(SimpleType.construct(Base.class), TypeFactory.defaultInstance()));
        mapper.setDefaultTyping(typeResolverBuilder);

        return mapper;
    }

    protected ObjectMapper getObjectMapperForDeserialization() {
        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

        StdTypeResolverBuilder typeResolverBuilder = new ObjectMapper.DefaultTypeResolverBuilder(ObjectMapper.DefaultTyping.OBJECT_AND_NON_CONCRETE);
        typeResolverBuilder = typeResolverBuilder.inclusion(JsonTypeInfo.As.PROPERTY);
        typeResolverBuilder.init(JsonTypeInfo.Id.CLASS, new ClassNameIdResolver(SimpleType.construct(Base.class), TypeFactory.defaultInstance()) {
            private HashMap<Class, Class> classes = new HashMap<Class, Class>() {
                {
                    put(ConcreteA.class, ConcreteAAdapter.class);
                    put(ConcreteB.class, ConcreteBAdapter.class);
                    put(ConcreteC.class, ConcreteCAdapter.class);
                }
            };

            @Override
            public String idFromValue(Object value) {
                return (classes.containsKey(value.getClass())) ? value.getClass().getName() : null;
            }

            @Override
            public JavaType typeFromId(String id) {
                try {
                    return classes.get(Class.forName(id)) == null ? super.typeFromId(id) : _typeFactory.constructSpecializedType(_baseType, classes.get(Class.forName(id)));
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                    // todo catch the e
                }
                return super.typeFromId(id);
            }
        });
        mapper.setDefaultTyping(typeResolverBuilder);
        return mapper;
    }

    @Override
    public Object unmarshall(byte[] json) throws IOException {
        return getObjectMapperForDeserialization().readValue(json, Object.class);
    }

    @Override
    public <T> T unmarshall(InputStream source, TypeReference<T> typeReference) throws IOException {
        return getObjectMapperForDeserialization().readValue(source, typeReference);
    }

    @Override
    public <T> T unmarshall(byte[] json, TypeReference<T> typeReference) throws IOException {
        return getObjectMapperForDeserialization().readValue(json, typeReference);
    }

    @Override
    public <T> Collection<? extends T> unmarshall(String json, Class<? extends Collection<? extends T>> klass) throws IOException {
        return getObjectMapperForDeserialization().readValue(json, klass);
    }


    @Override
    public <T> Collection<? extends T> unmarshall(String json, TypeReference typeReference) throws IOException {
        return getObjectMapperForDeserialization().readValue(json, typeReference);
    }
}

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