Storing a JSON schema in mongodb with spring

Question

I am new to Spring data and mongodb. I have a JSON object which represents a JSON Schema and I need to store that in mongodb using spring data. But the issue with JSON schem

Answer 1

You can map embedded documents using @DBref

@Document(collection = "first")
public class First {

    @Id
    private String id;

    @DBRef
    private Properties properties;

    @Field
    private List required;

    // constructor
    // getters and setter    
}

public class Properties {

    @Id
    private String id;

    @DBRef
    private Name name;

    @DBRef
    private Age age;

    // constructor
    // getters and setter   
}

public class Name { ... }
public class Age { ... }

http://www.baeldung.com/cascading-with-dbref-and-lifecycle-events-in-spring-data-mongodb

http://docs.spring.io/spring-data/data-mongo/docs/1.4.2.RELEASE/reference/html/mapping-chapter.html#mapping-usage-references

Or as Angelo Immediata suggested

@Document(collection = "first")
public class First {

    @Id
    private String id;

    @Field
    private Map properties;

    @Field
    private List required;

    // constructor
    // getters and setter    
}

And you will need some custom read and write converters

http://docs.spring.io/spring-data/data-mongo/docs/1.4.2.RELEASE/reference/html/mapping-chapter.html#mapping-explicit-converters