How to combine #JsonView with #JsonProperty? - json

Question

I have a DTO class that should serve json via a spring-mvc #RestController.
I want to provide different version/views on the same object. Especially, there are fields that are only used in VERSION_1 of the api, and some only in VERSION_2.
Problem: I could add #JsonView for this, but my goal is also to rename those fields. Some fields should actually replace the same name from previous versions.
Example:
public class Person {
#JsonView(View.Version_1.class)
#JsonProperty("name")
private String name; //eg only the firstname
#JsonView(View.Version_2.class)
#JsonProperty("name")
private NameDTO namedto; //now changing to first+last name
static class NameDTO {
private String firstname;
private String lastname;
}
}
#RestController
public class MyServlet {
#GetMapping("/person/{id}")
#JsonView(View.Version_1.class)
public PersonDTO person1(int id) {
//...
}
#GetMapping("/person_new/{id}")
#JsonView(View.Version_2.class)
public PersonDTO person2(int id) {
//...
}
}
So, depending on the view/version, you would get the same json field firstname, but with different content.
In this example, using V1 would give:
{"name": "john"}
Whereas using V2 should result in:
{"name": {"firstname": "john", "lastname": "doe"}}
BUT not with he code above, as jackson complains:
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Conflicting
getter definitions for property "name".
Is that possible at all?

Answer 1

I found a way using:
https://github.com/jonpeterson/spring-webmvc-model-versioning
Basic idea is to add a custom VersionedModelConverter that is applied on #VersionedModelConverter annotated webservice response classes.
#Configuration
#Import(VersionedModelResponseBodyAdvice.class)
public class SpringMvcVersioningConfiguration {
//register in jackson. spring-boot automatically registers any module beans
#Bean
public Model versioningModel() {
return new VersioningModule();
}
}
#GetMapping
#VersionedResponseBody(defaultVersion = "2.0")
public Person person() {
}
#JsonVersionedModel(currentVersion = "3.0" toPastConverterClass = PersonConverter.class)
public class Person {
}
public class PersonConverter implements VersionedModelConverter {
#Override
public ObjectNode convert(ObjectNode modelData, String modelVersion, String targetModelVersion, JsonNodeFactory nodeFactory) {
Double modelv = Double.valueOf(modelVersion);
Double targetv = Double.valueOf(targetVersion);
//todo if-else based on model version
Object node = modelData.remove("fieldname");
//node.change...
modelData.set("fieldname_renamed", node);
}
}