com.dslplatform.json
Annotation Type CompiledJson

@Target(value={TYPE,CONSTRUCTOR,METHOD})
@Retention(value=CLASS)
public @interface CompiledJson

Compile time data-binding annotation. Objects with this annotation will have their serializers/deserializers created during project compilation. They will be registered into META-INF/services/com.dslplatform.json.CompiledJson and should be loaded during DslJson initialization.

If classes with this annotation reference another class which doesn't have this annotation, annotation processor will behave as they have @CompiledJson annotation (this can be controlled via compiler option). This can be used to create converters for objects which can't be modified.

Optional Element Summary

Class	deserializeAs Perform deserialization into a different type.
String	discriminator When used in mixin which doesn't have deserializeAs "discriminator":signature will be injected into JSON.
CompiledJson.Format[]	formats JSON can be encoded/decoded in several ways: - object - standard attribute: value pair, eg: {"prop":123,"attr":"abc"} - array - no attributes, just values in array, eg: [123,"abc"] Array format [prop1, prop2, prop3] is useful when sending known format on both sides since it assumes fixed property order and all properties must be known by both sides.
boolean	minified JSON attribute names can be minified using builtin simplistic algorithm which results in smaller JSON and faster processing.
String	name When used in mixin which doesn't have deserializeAs "$type":name will be injected into JSON.
CompiledJson.ObjectFormatPolicy	objectFormatPolicy Object format can be fine tuned to either: - always include all properties - serialize only some properties This can be defined per DslJson instance via omitDefaults property during initialization through: skipDefaultValues To fine tune the behavior on class level specific policy can be set on the class which will override the global setting.
CompiledJson.Behavior	onUnknown Specify how to handle unknown property during object processing.
CompiledJson.TypeSignature	typeSignature Abstract types used as properties by default include type signature information so they can be properly deserialized.

formats

public abstract CompiledJson.Format[] formats

JSON can be encoded/decoded in several ways:
- object - standard attribute: value pair, eg: {"prop":123,"attr":"abc"}
- array - no attributes, just values in array, eg: [123,"abc"]

Array format [prop1, prop2, prop3] is useful when sending known format on both sides since it assumes fixed property order and all properties must be known by both sides. index() parameter can be used to control the ordering.

Serialization will be done via the first available format.

Returns:

JSON format

Default:

com.dslplatform.json.CompiledJson.Format.OBJECT

objectFormatPolicy

public abstract CompiledJson.ObjectFormatPolicy objectFormatPolicy

Object format can be fine tuned to either:
- always include all properties
- serialize only some properties

This can be defined per DslJson instance via omitDefaults property during initialization through: skipDefaultValues
To fine tune the behavior on class level specific policy can be set on the class which will override the global setting.

By default minimal serialization will only include properties which have non-default values. If some properties need to be always included regardless, this can be done via additional annotation on property level.

Returns:

object format policy

Default:

com.dslplatform.json.CompiledJson.ObjectFormatPolicy.DEFAULT

minified

public abstract boolean minified

JSON attribute names can be minified using builtin simplistic algorithm which results in smaller JSON and faster processing. This is useful when using JSON for persistence instead of public API or Javascript interoperability.

Returns:

should JSON properties use short names

Default:

false

onUnknown

public abstract CompiledJson.Behavior onUnknown

Specify how to handle unknown property during object processing. On classes, default behavior is to skip over it and go to the next property. In enums, default behavior is to fail instead of defaulting to first value. Fail will result in an IOException, while skip will continue processing JSON.

Returns:

should skip unknown properties

Default:

com.dslplatform.json.CompiledJson.Behavior.DEFAULT

typeSignature

public abstract CompiledJson.TypeSignature typeSignature

Abstract types used as properties by default include type signature information so they can be properly deserialized. Type signature is included with as additional "$type":"actual.type.name" property (at the start of the object). To disable inclusion of $type attribute, set this property to EXCLUDE.

Returns:

should include type signature in JSON

Default:

com.dslplatform.json.CompiledJson.TypeSignature.DEFAULT

deserializeAs

public abstract Class deserializeAs

Perform deserialization into a different type. For abstract types it's often useful to specify a concrete implementation for deserialization. This is required if $type attribute is missing from the JSON.

Returns:

deserialize into a specified signature

Default:

com.dslplatform.json.CompiledJson.class

discriminator

public abstract String discriminator

When used in mixin which doesn't have deserializeAs "discriminator":signature will be injected into JSON. If discriminator is not set, default value of $type will be used. When discriminator is used on class (in object format), additional property with name will be added to JSON, even when there is no underlying abstract class or interface.

Returns:

deserialization hint or additional serialization info

Default:

""

name

public abstract String name

When used in mixin which doesn't have deserializeAs "$type":name will be injected into JSON. If not specified name will be the class full name, otherwise it will use value provided here. Value must be unique across all mixin implementations. To change default discriminator '$type' to something else, use discriminator value. When both discriminator and name are set on class, additional serialization info will be added to JSON, even when there is no underlying abstract class or interface.

Returns:

deserialization hint or additional serialization info

Default:

""