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Allow for multiple @JsonAnySetter when @JsonUnwrapped is supplied
I am dealing with JSON where properties for certain areas are prefixed with given values. For example,
{
"key" : "val1",
"@key" : "val2",
"$key" : "val3"
}
should be represented as a bean of three categories of property:
class Bean {
@JsonAnySetter
Map<String, String> normal;
@JsonAnySetter
@JsonUnwrapped(prefix = "@")
Map<String, String> ats;
@JsonAnySetter
@JsonUnwrapped(prefix = "$")
Map<String, String> dollars;
}
I understand that this is rather comples but the serialization works just fine. It would be brilliant being able to deserialize a JSON property if any property would only match one of the unwrapped specifications whereas any other property would end up in the non-unwrapped target.
Ah. Yes, I can see how combination would make sense wrt Map-bound @JsonUnwapped entries. Although TBH I think that is one case where use of @JsonAnySetter itself seems superfluous.
Use does not work currently, both in that only POJOs support unwrapping (second oldest open issue, #171) but I can see how that'd make sense.
Ah, I did not know that there was another open issue on this. I worked myself around this now using a serialization and deserialization converter that is generic enough to redirect any map's value to the correct collection but it is of course a bit tedious to maintain compared to the annotations. If the feature can ever make the cut, I think I'd be appreciated by a few powerusers but I see why this is not a top priority!
It would be good to implement; problem lies more with implementation -- @JsonUnwrapped is bit of kludgey. And it has been easier to think of it as 3.0-only as rewrite of handling would be less risky.
