Daniel DeGroff robotdan

sscovil / Asset.java

Created February 3, 2014 17:31

This is the correct implementation of @JsonTypeInfo and related annotations when performing polymorphic JSON deserialization on an embedded interface property. It also illustrates the use of an Enum as a type name. See StackOverflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21485923/java-jackson-polymorphic-json-deserialization-of-an-object-w…

	public class Asset {
	private AssetType type;

	@JsonTypeInfo(
	use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME,
	include = JsonTypeInfo.As.EXTERNAL_PROPERTY,
	property = "type"
	)
	@JsonSubTypes({
	@JsonSubTypes.Type(value = ImageAssetProperties.class, name = "image"),