Thank-you!  
You are a saint!  Such an elegant answer.  and now I know the 'secret' !

On Friday, September 25, 2020 at 12:39:23 PM UTC-4 Tatu Saloranta wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 9:35 AM A. Rick Anderson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Using custom serializer/deserializer classes, I've figured out how to 
> work with LocalDate, with different formats, and in such a way that none of 
> the client classes have to worry about the specific structure of my JSON 
> DAO's.
> > But, I haven't been able to figure out how to get from an JSON array of 
> LocalDate to a Java List. A List<String> works great. Not so lucky with 
> List<LocalDate>. Any suggestions?
> >
> > static public final DateTimeFormatter meetingTitleFormatter = 
> DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd MMMM yyyy");
> > static public final DateTimeFormatter meetingIDFormatter = 
> DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMdd");
> > static public final DateTimeFormatter meetingDateFormatter = 
> DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
> > static public final DateTimeFormatter meetingShortDateFormatter = 
> DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy MMM dd");
> > static public final DateTimeFormatter meetingLongDateFormatter = 
> DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy MMMM dd");
> >
> >
> > @JsonProperty("StringDates")
> > private List<LocalDate> PossibleMeetingDates = new ArrayList<>();
> > @JsonDeserialize(using = MeetingShortDateDeserializer.class)
> > @JsonSerialize(using = MeetingShortDateSerializer.class)
> > @JsonProperty("MeetingShortDate")
> > private LocalDate meetingShortDate;
> > @JsonDeserialize(using = MeetingIDDeserializer.class)
> > @JsonSerialize(using = MeetingIDSerializer.class)
> > @JsonProperty("MeetingID")
> > private LocalDate meetingID;
> > @JsonDeserialize(using = MeetingDateDeserializer.class)
> > @JsonSerialize(using = MeetingDateSerializer.class)
> > @JsonProperty("MeetingDate")
> > private LocalDate meetingDate;
> > @JsonDeserialize(using = MeetingTitleDeserializer.class)
> > @JsonSerialize(using = MeetingTitleSerializer.class)
> > @JsonProperty("MeetingTitle")
> > private LocalDate meetingTitle;
>
> I think what you are looking for is
>
> @JsonDeserialize(contentUsing = MeetingShortDateSerializer.class)
> List<LocalDate> meetingShortDate;
>
> since `using` refers to value itself, and to specify deserializer for
> elements of a container you need to use `contentUsing` instead.
>
> -+ Tatu +-
>

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