example usage

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import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

public class MyApp {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonProcessingException {

    String json = "{\n" +
        "  \"names\": \"John, Tom\",\n" +
        "  \"values\": \"8, 9\",\n" +
        "  \"statuses\": \"yes, no\"\n" +
        "}";

    MyBean myBean = new ObjectMapper().readValue(json,MyBean.class);


  }

}

Jackson Custom Deserialization Sample1.md

Using @JsonDeserialize at Class Level.

mybean.java

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;

import java.util.List;

@JsonDeserialize(using = MyBeanDeserializer.class)
public class MyBean {
  private List<String> names;
  private List<Integer> values;
  private List<StatusEnum> statuses;

  public List<String> getNames() {
    return names;
  }

  public void setNames(List<String> names) {
    this.names = names;
  }

  public List<Integer> getValues() {
    return values;
  }

  public void setValues(List<Integer> values) {
    this.values = values;
  }

  public List<StatusEnum> getStatuses() {
    return statuses;
  }

  public void setStatuses(List<StatusEnum> statuses) {
    this.statuses = statuses;
  }
}

mybean_deserializer.java

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.TextNode;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class MyBeanDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<MyBean> {

  private static final String DELIMITER = ", ";

  @Override
  public MyBean deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
    JsonNode node = p.getCodec().readTree(p);
    String names = ((TextNode) node.get("names")).textValue();
    String values = ((TextNode) node.get("values")).textValue();
    String statuses = ((TextNode) node.get("statuses")).textValue();

    MyBean myBean = new MyBean();
    myBean.setNames(convertStringToList(names));
    myBean.setValues(convertStringToList(values));
    myBean.setStatuses(convertStringToList(statuses));
    return myBean;
  }

  private List convertStringToList(String text) {
    List myList = new ArrayList();
    for (String s : text.split(DELIMITER)) {

      try {
        Integer myInt = Integer.parseInt(s);
        myList.add(myInt);//add int to your integer list
      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
        //Not an integer
        StatusEnum myEnum = StatusEnum.getStatusEnum(s);
        if (myEnum == null) {
          myList.add(s);//add String to your String list
        } else {
          myList.add(myEnum);//add enum to your enum list
        }

      }

    }
    return myList;
  }
}

status_enum.java

public enum StatusEnum {
  YES("yes"),
  NO("no");

  private String value;

  StatusEnum(String value) {
    this.value = value;
  }

  public final String getValue() {
    return this.value;
  }

  public static StatusEnum getStatusEnum(String value) {
    for (StatusEnum status : values()) {
      if (status.getValue().equals(value)) {
        return status;
      }
    }
    return null;
  }
}