I have created two Java classes named Request and Item:
public class Request
{
private List<Item> subItems;
public Request()
{
}
public List<Item> getSubItems()
{
return subItems;
}
public void setSubItems(List<Item> subItems)
{
this.subItems = subItems;
}
}
class Item
{
private String name;
private String functionName;
//...elided...
}
In my scenario, the subItems passed can either be complex (including a function) or simple (just a name), or a mix of both types. To make it easier to handle JSON data, I want to receive input in the following format:
JSON:
{
"subItems": [
{
"name": "complexType",
"function": "someFunction"
},
"simpleType"
]
}
After receiving this JSON, I expect it to be converted into instances similar to the ones below:
Request request = new Request();
request.setSubItems(
Arrays.asList(
new Item( "complexType", "SomeFunction" ),
new Item( "simpleType" )
)
);
My question is: Can Jackson/ObjectMapper handle this conversion? What configurations and annotations would be required?