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On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 7:00:47 PM UTC+3, Alex T wrote:
>
> Hi Tatu!
>
> I need to serialize/deserialize untyped collections, and I get issue when 
> deserialing. I push failing unit test in my repository: 
> https://github.com/alex-t0/deserialization-fail-example/blob/master/src/test/java/deserialization/fail/example/DeserializationFromUntypedCollectionsTest.java
> .
>
> In this test I have simple User class and dummy UserContainer class, that 
> has one User property. Next, I create an array of 2 elements: user and 
> userContainer with reference to same user.
>
> When first element of array is user, and second is container - 
> deserialization works fine. I get this serialized string:
>
> [
>     "java.util.ArrayList",
>     [
>         [
>             "deserialization.fail.example.User",
>             {
>                 "id": 42,
>                 "login": "cool_man"
>             }
>         ],
>         [
>             "deserialization.fail.example.UserContainer",
>             {
>                 "user": 42
>             }
>         ]
>     ]
> ]
>
> Because jackson knows what is 42 here.
>
> But if I put userContainer at first place in my array, and user at second 
> place, serialized data would be
>
> [
>     "java.util.ArrayList",
>     [
>         [
>             "deserialization.fail.example.UserContainer",
>             {
>                 "user": [
>                     "deserialization.fail.example.User",
>                     {
>                         "id": 42,
>                         "login": "cool_man"
>                     }
>                 ]
>             }
>         ],
>         42
>     ]
> ]
>
> So, user serialized as id, but no type information saved about user. And 
> when I deserialize this I get an array with Integer 42 at second place, not 
> user.
>
> How to serialize untyped collections properly?
>

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