Yup, a contextresolver: http://wiki.fasterxml.com/JacksonFAQJaxRs
Let me know if it works. On 2/22/12 7:43 AM, Bill Burke wrote: > I don't know whether Jackson's JAX-RS support allows you to plug in a > custom ObjectMapper. It would be something we'd have to add if so. > > A solution would probably implement a JAX-RS ContextResolver. > > On 2/21/12 1:58 AM, Richard Kennard wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> I'm confused as to the recommended approach to deserializing non-standard >> JSON types. In my case there's a Long embedded in the JSON tree but I want to >> deserialize it to a JPA entity (based on using the Long as an id into the >> database) >> >> I have looked a variety of documentation, none seem very appealing. Here is >> my thought process: >> >> 1. The current Exception I get is "JsonMappingException: Can not construct >> instance of ..., problem: no suitable creator method found". I guess I could >> add >> a constructor to my JPA entity that takes a Long , but I'd rather not have >> the entity itself accessing the EntityManager. I'd rather have an external >> DTO. >> >> 2. I can put @JsonSerialize on my JPA entity, and point it to a serializer >> class. But again I'd rather not tie my entity to its DTO. >> >> 3. I can use @Provider and a custom MessageBodyReader, but this appears to >> want to read the entire HTTP message, not just part of the JSON tree? >> >> 4. I can register a custom Jackson serializer as explained here >> http://wiki.fasterxml.com/JacksonHowToCustomSerializers. But to do that I'll >> need a custom >> ObjectMapper provider as explained here >> http://jersey.576304.n2.nabble.com/Customizing-ObjectMapper-td6234597.html >> And I'm very unsure what my 'new >> SimpleModule' should look like? >> >> Can anyone help with a 'best practice' recommendation? >> >> Regards, >> >> Richard. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! >> The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers >> is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, >> Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Resteasy-users mailing list >> Resteasy-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/resteasy-users > -- Bill Burke JBoss, a division of Red Hat http://bill.burkecentral.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Resteasy-users mailing list Resteasy-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/resteasy-users
