I'm using Java Spring Boot as a gateway to an API with a PATCH endpoint that uses JSON Patch. Is it possible to use Jackson to serialize the JSON Patch document if there are different types? For example, if I want my JSON Patch document to have 3 operations where the values are of different type, is it possible for Jackson to serialize each operation in 3 different ways?
[
{
"op": "replace",
"path": "/name",
"value": "foo bar"
},
{
"op": "replace",
"path": "/tags",
"value": [
"done",
"complete"
]
},
{
"op": "replace",
"path": "/age",
"value": 25
},
]
I'm currently using a @RequestBody annotation to deserialize the request I receive from my frontend application.
// Controller
@PatchMapping(
path = "/images/{imageId}",
consumes = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE,
produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
public Mono<ResponseEntity<String>> updateImage(
@RequestBody @NotBlank List<UpdateOp> request) {
return imageService.updateImage(request);
}
// Image Service
public Mono<ResponseEntity<String>> updateImage(List<UpdateOp> request) {
...
.body(BodyInserters.fromObject(objMapper.writeValueAsBytes(request)))
...
}
I'm a Spring Boot noob so open to suggestions and alternate solutions.