Spring @ReponseBody @RequestBody with abstract class
abstract-class, jackson, json, spring
Solution
ref link
I just found the answer myself and here is the reference link.
What I have done is added some code above the abstract class
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonSubTypes;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo.*;
@JsonTypeInfo(use = Id.NAME, include = As.PROPERTY, property = "type")
@JsonSubTypes({
@JsonSubTypes.Type(value = Cat.class, name = "cat"),
@JsonSubTypes.Type(value = Dog.class, name = "dog")
})
public abstract class Animal{}
Then in the json input in HTML,
var inputjson = {
"type":"cat",
//blablabla
};
After submitting the json and finally in the controller,
@RequestMapping(value = "/animal", method = RequestMethod.POST, produces = "application/json; charset=utf-8", consumes=MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
public @ResponseBody insertanimal(@RequestBody Animal tmp) {
return tmp;
}
In this case variable tmp is automatically converted to a `Dog` or `Cat` object, depending on json input.
Problem
Suppose I have three classes. ``` public abstract class Animal {} public class Cat extends Animal {} public class Dog extends Animal {} ``` Can I do something like this? Input: a JSON which it is Dog or Cat Output: a dog/cat depends on input object type I don't understand why the following code doesn't work. Or should I use two separate methods to handle new dog and cat? ``` @RequestMapping(value = "/animal", method = RequestMethod.POST, produces = "application/json; charset=utf-8") private @ResponseBody <T extends Animal>T insertAnimal(@RequestBody T animal) { return animal; } ``` Error message: HTTP Status 500 - Request processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Type variable 'T' can not be resolved