Java JsonValue-class And Method Code Example
Here is an example of how to use the JsonValue annotation from the Apache Commons IO library to serialize a field to a specific JSON value:
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonValue;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
public class Example {
public static class Person {
private String name;
private Gender gender;
// getters and setters
}
public static enum Gender {
MALE("m"),
FEMALE("f");
private String value;
Gender(String value) {
this.value = value;
}
@JsonValue
public String getValue() {
return value;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Person person = new Person();
person.setName("John Doe");
person.setGender(Gender.MALE);
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(person);
System.out.println(json);
}
}
This will output:
{"name":"John Doe","gender":"m"}
As you can see, the gender field is serialized to the specific JSON value returned by the getValue() method, instead of the default string representation of the Gender enum.
Note: This is using the Jackson JSON library to serialize the POJO to JSON. You need to have the jackson-databind jar in your classpath for this to work.
Please note that JsonValue is not a part of Apache Commons IO library. It's from Jackson JSON library.