serialize/deserialize java 8 java.time with Jackson JSON mapper

Question

How do I use Jackson JSON mapper with Java 8 LocalDateTime?

org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException: Can not instantiate value of type [simple t

Answer 1

If you're having this issue because of GraphQL Java Tools and trying to marshal an Java Instant from a date string, you need to setup your SchemaParser to use an ObjectMapper with certain configurations:

In your GraphQLSchemaBuilder class, inject ObjectMapper and add this modules:

        ObjectMapper objectMapper = 
    new ObjectMapper().registerModule(new JavaTimeModule())
            .configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);

and add it to the options:

final SchemaParserOptions options = SchemaParserOptions.newOptions()
            .objectMapperProvider(fieldDefinition -> objectMapper)
            .typeDefinitionFactory(new YourTypeDefinitionFactory())
            .build();

See https://github.com/graphql-java-kickstart/graphql-spring-boot/issues/32

Answer 2

If any one having problem while using SpringBoot here is how I fixed the issue without adding new dependency.

In Spring 2.1.3 Jackson expects date string 2019-05-21T07:37:11.000 in this yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS format to de-serialize in LocalDateTime. Make sure date string separates the date and time with T not with space. seconds (ss) and milliseconds(SSS) could be ommitted.

@JsonProperty("last_charge_date")
public LocalDateTime lastChargeDate;

Answer 3

There's no need to use custom serializers/deserializers here. Use jackson-modules-java8's datetime module:

Datatype module to make Jackson recognize Java 8 Date & Time API data types (JSR-310).

This module adds support for quite a few classes:

• Duration
• Instant
• LocalDateTime
• LocalDate
• LocalTime
• MonthDay
• OffsetDateTime
• OffsetTime
• Period
• Year
• YearMonth
• ZonedDateTime
• ZoneId
• ZoneOffset

Answer 4

If you are using ObjectMapper class of fasterxml, by default ObjectMapper do not understand the LocalDateTime class, so, you need to add another dependency in your gradle/maven :

compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.7.3'

Now you need to register the datatype support offered by this library into you objectmapper object, this can be done by following :

ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
objectMapper.findAndRegisterModules();

Now, in your jsonString, you can easily put your java.LocalDateTime field as follows :

{
    "user_id": 1,
    "score": 9,
    "date_time": "2016-05-28T17:39:44.937"
}

By doing all this, your Json file to Java object conversion will work fine, you can read the file by following :

objectMapper.readValue(jsonString, new TypeReference<List<User>>() {
            });

Answer 5

If you are using Spring boot and have this issue with the OffsetDateTime then need to use the registerModules as answered above by @greperror(answered May 28 '16 at 13:04) but note that there is one difference. The dependency mentioned doesn't need to be added as I am guessing that spring boot has it already. I was having this issue with Spring boot and it worked for me without adding this dependency.

Answer 6

If you are using Jackson Serializer, here is a way to use the date modules:

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jdk8.Jdk8Module;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.paramnames.ParameterNamesModule;
import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serializer;

public class JacksonSerializer<T> implements Serializer<T> {

    private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper()
            .registerModule(new ParameterNamesModule())
            .registerModule(new Jdk8Module())
            .registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());

    @Override
    public byte[] serialize(String s, T object) {
        try {
            return mapper.writeValueAsBytes(object);
        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }
}