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Example of Polymorphic Deserialization using Jackson
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonSubTypes;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.PropertyNamingStrategy;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonNaming;
@JsonTypeInfo(use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME, include = JsonTypeInfo.As.PROPERTY, property = "type")
@JsonSubTypes({
@JsonSubTypes.Type(value=AudioAttachment.class, name="audio"),
@JsonSubTypes.Type(value=LinkAttachment.class, name="link")
})
public class Attachment {
}
@JsonNaming(PropertyNamingStrategy.LowerCaseWithUnderscoresStrategy.class)
public class Audio {
public int aid;
public int ownerId;
}
public class AudioAttachment extends Attachment {
public Audio audio;
}
public class Link {
public String url;
public String title;
}
public class LinkAttachment extends Attachment {
public Link link;
}
@mkes
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mkes commented Jan 19, 2017

Could you please give an example of Custom Deserializer for Object Composition.

public class Parent{

 String p_memeber1;
 String p_memeber2;
 CompClass1  comp1;
 CompClass2 comp2;

...
..
}

public Class CompClass1{
String comp1_member1;
String comp1_member2;
SubCompClass1 subCom1;
...
...
}

public Class CompClass2{
String comp2_member1;
String comp2_member2;
SubCompClass2 subCom2;
...
...
}

I want the json String to be deserialize into a Parent Object with all the nested objects details populated as well.

@jloisel
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jloisel commented Feb 14, 2018

Here is a good article describing how to deal with Polymorphism and Jackson Deserialization: https://octoperf.com/blog/2018/02/01/polymorphism-with-jackson/

@juli0mendes
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Excellent tutorial!

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