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

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

(*) NOTE! JAX-RS is the "old" API defined under javax.ws.rs; in 2019 or so, Oracle decided to force a forking of this into "Jakarta" variant under jakarta.ws.ws. As of 2021 most frameworks still use the old API but if you do need/want to use newer one, check out Jakarta-RS provider repo at jackson-jakarta-rs-providers

Status

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>2.18.1</version>
</dependency>

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

Usage: registering providers

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.

Here are some links that may help:

• Configure Jackson as JSON Provider in JAX-RS 2.0
• JAX-RS and Open Liberty: BYO Jackson
• Using Jackson as JSON provider in Jersey 2.x

Usage: registering supporting datatypes module

Starting with Jackson 2.8, there is a small supporting datatype module, jackson-datatype-jaxrs (see under datatypes/). It will not be auto-registered automatically (unless user calls ObjectMapper.findAndRegisterModules()); instead, user has to register it by normal means:

ObjectMapper mapper = JsonMapper.builder() // or whichever format backend we have
    .addModule(new Jaxrs2TypesModule())
    .build();
// and then register mapper with JAX-RS provider(s)

and ensuring that configured mapper is used by JAX-RS providers.

It is possible that later versions of providers may offer additional ways to get datatype module registered.

Annotations on resources

In addition to annotation value classes, it is also possible to use a subset of Jackson annotations with provider.

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

Module Considerations

The JSON/JAX-RS module has multiple names depending on the version in use. To enable modular usage, add the requires statement that pertains directly to the implementation you are using.

requires  javax.ws.rs.api; //Older libraries
requires  jakarta.ws.rs; //Newer libraries

Using Jakarta

Starting with Jackson 2.13, there is a fully separate set of providers for "Jakarta-RS", see: jackson-jakarta-rs-providers. They would be instead included with:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jakarta.rs</groupId>
    <artifactId>jackson-jakarta-rs-json-provider</artifactId>
</dependency>

NOTE! Jackson 2.12 has (just for that version), jakarta classifier variant of JAXB providers included here.

You may be able to use these variants by using dependency like:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
    <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json</artifactId>
    <version>2.12.6</version>
    <classifier>jakarta</classifier>
</dependency>

but this mechanism was removed from later versions.

Support

Community support

Jackson components are supported by the Jackson community through mailing lists, Gitter forum, Github issues. See Participation, Contributing for full details.

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Other

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