larsp / jackson-jaxrs-providers

Multi-module project that contains Jackson-based JAX-RS providers for JSON, XML, YAML, Smile, CBOR formats

Overview

This is a multi-module project that contains Jackson-based JAX-RS providers for following data formats:

• JSON
• Smile (binary JSON)
• CBOR (another kind of binary JSON)
• XML
• YAML (starting with 2.6.0, to be released)

Providers implement JAX-RS MessageBodyReader and MessageBodyWriter handlers for specific data formats. They also contain SPI settings for auto-registration.

Status

As of Jackson 2.2, this module replaces individual JAX-RS provider modules that were used with earlier Jackson versions.

Maven dependency

To use JAX-RS on Maven-based projects, use dependencies like:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
  <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json-provider</artifactId>
  <version>2.5.4</version>
</dependency>

(above is for JSON provider; modify appropriately for other providers)

Usage

Due to auto-registration, it should be possible to simply add Maven dependency (or include jar if using other build systems) and let JAX-RS implementation discover provider. If this does not work you need to consult documentation of the JAX-RS implementation for details.

Annotations on resources

In addition to annotation value classes, it is also possible to use a subset of Jackson annotations with provider (versions 2.3.0 and above).

Here is a short list of supported annotations that work with all formats:

• @JsonView can be used to define active view for specific endpoint
• @JsonRootName can be used to specify alternate rootname; most often used with XML, but possibly with JSON as well.
• @JacksonAnnotationsInside meta-annotation may be used as a marker, to create "annotation bundles", similar to how they are used with value type annotations
• com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.annotation.JacksonFeatures can be used with all provid to enable/disable
  • SerializationFeature / DeserializationFeature for data-binding configuration
  • JsonParser.Feature / JsonGenerator.Feature for low(er) level Streaming read/write options

In addition there are format-specific annotations that may be used:

• JSON has:
  • com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.json.annotation.JSONP to define JSONP wrapping for serialized result

Other

For documentation, downloads links, check out Wiki