Jackson: how to serialize only annotated properties
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Solution 1
If you disable all auto-detection it should only serialize the properties that you have annotated--whether it be the properties themselves or the getters. Here's a simple example:
private ObjectMapper om;
@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
om = new ObjectMapper();
// disable auto detection
om.disable(MapperFeature.AUTO_DETECT_CREATORS,
MapperFeature.AUTO_DETECT_FIELDS,
MapperFeature.AUTO_DETECT_GETTERS,
MapperFeature.AUTO_DETECT_IS_GETTERS);
// if you want to prevent an exception when classes have no annotated properties
om.disable(SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS);
}
@Test
public void test() throws Exception {
BlahClass blahClass = new BlahClass(5, "email", true);
String s = om.writeValueAsString(blahClass);
System.out.println(s);
}
public static class BlahClass {
@JsonProperty("id")
public Integer id;
@JsonProperty("email")
public String email;
public boolean isThing;
public BlahClass(Integer id, String email, boolean thing) {
this.id = id;
this.email = email;
isThing = thing;
}
}
Solution 2
In case you want to do this without configuring the mapper just for a specific type:
@JsonAutoDetect(
fieldVisibility = Visibility.NONE,
setterVisibility = Visibility.NONE,
getterVisibility = Visibility.NONE,
isGetterVisibility = Visibility.NONE,
creatorVisibility = Visibility.NONE
)
public class BlahClass {
@JsonProperty("id")
private Integer id;
@JsonProperty("email")
private String email;
}
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Denis Kulagin
Updated on June 13, 2022Comments
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Denis Kulagin almost 2 years
I would like to define my custom serialization strategy (which fields to include), while using Jackson. I know, that I can do it with views/filters, but it introduces very bad thing - using string-representation of field names, which automatically enables problems with auto-refactoring.
How do I force Jackson into serializing only annotated properties and nothing more?
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Denis Kulagin over 9 yearsWorks as a charm. You are thE bEst!
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Denis Kulagin over 9 yearsOnly to mention: it requires com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-databind maven artifact-o.
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TemarV over 8 yearsThanks for providing this response. Jackson is serializing exactly how I want without having to go through a Mixin or CustomSerializer.
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MrAaronOlsen over 2 yearsAs of 2.13 ObjectMapper::disable has been deprecated. New approach is to use JsonMapper.Builder::.featuresToDisable. I used the provided Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder as a convenience.