@JsonProperty Json object inside Json object

jackson, java, json

Solution

A helpful reference for using `@JsonProperty` annotations in a constructor is provided by StaxMan. A simple example shown below:

public class Address {
    private String address;
    private String city;
    private String state;
    private String zip;

    // Constructors, getters/setters
}

public class Location {
    private boolean needsRecoding;
    private Double longitude;
    private Double latitude;
    private Address humanAddress;

    public Location() {
        super();
    }

    @JsonCreator
    public Location(
        @JsonProperty("needs_recoding") boolean needsRecoding,
        @JsonProperty("longitude") Double longitude,
        @JsonProperty("latitude") Double latitude,
        @JsonProperty("human_address") Address humanAddress) {

        super();
        this.needsRecoding = needsRecoding;
        this.longitude = longitude;
        this.latitude = latitude;
        this.humanAddress = humanAddress;
    }

    // getters/setters
}

Alternately, you may deserialize content directly into a JSON object tree. Illustrated below with a slight modification of the `Location` class example:

public class Location {
    private boolean needsRecoding;
    private Double longitude;
    private Double latitude;

    // Note the use of JsonNode, as opposed to an explicitly created POJO
    private JsonNode humanAddress;

    public Location() {
        super();
    }

    @JsonCreator
    public Location(
        @JsonProperty("needs_recoding") boolean needsRecoding,
        @JsonProperty("longitude") Double longitude,
        @JsonProperty("latitude") Double latitude,
        @JsonProperty("human_address") JsonNode humanAddress) {

        super();
        this.needsRecoding = needsRecoding;
        this.longitude = longitude;
        this.latitude = latitude;
        this.humanAddress = humanAddress;
    }

    // getters/setters
}

Problem

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