Chapter 52. JSON Jackson Jackson is a Data Format which uses the Jackson Library from("activemq:My.Queue"). marshal().json(JsonLibrary.Jackson). to("mqseries:Another.Queue"); 52.1. Dependencies When using json-jackson with Red Hat build of Camel Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration: <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId> <artifactId>camel-jackson-starter</artifactId> </dependency> 52.2. Jackson Options The JSON Jackson dataformat supports 20 options, which are listed below. Name Default Java Type Description objectMapper String Lookup and use the existing ObjectMapper with the given id when using Jackson. useDefaultObjectMapper Boolean Whether to lookup and use default Jackson ObjectMapper from the registry. prettyPrint Boolean To enable pretty printing output nicely formatted. Is by default false. unmarshalType String Class name of the java type to use when unmarshalling. jsonView String When marshalling a POJO to JSON you might want to exclude certain fields from the JSON output. With Jackson you can use JSON views to accomplish this. This option is to refer to the class which has JsonView annotations. include String If you want to marshal a pojo to JSON, and the pojo has some fields with null values. And you want to skip these null values, you can set this option to NON_NULL. allowJmsType Boolean Used for JMS users to allow the JMSType header from the JMS spec to specify a FQN classname to use to unmarshal to. collectionType String Refers to a custom collection type to lookup in the registry to use. This option should rarely be used, but allows to use different collection types than java.util.Collection based as default. useList Boolean To unmarshal to a List of Map or a List of Pojo. moduleClassNames String To use custom Jackson modules com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module specified as a String with FQN class names. Multiple classes can be separated by comma. moduleRefs String To use custom Jackson modules referred from the Camel registry. Multiple modules can be separated by comma. enableFeatures String Set of features to enable on the Jackson com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper. The features should be a name that matches a enum from com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature, or com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature Multiple features can be separated by comma. disableFeatures String Set of features to disable on the Jackson com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper. The features should be a name that matches a enum from com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature, or com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature Multiple features can be separated by comma. allowUnmarshallType Boolean If enabled then Jackson is allowed to attempt to use the CamelJacksonUnmarshalType header during the unmarshalling. This should only be enabled when desired to be used. timezone String If set then Jackson will use the Timezone when marshalling/unmarshalling. This option will have no effect on the others Json DataFormat, like gson, fastjson and xstream. autoDiscoverObjectMapper Boolean If set to true then Jackson will lookup for an objectMapper into the registry. contentTypeHeader Boolean Whether the data format should set the Content-Type header with the type from the data format. For example application/xml for data formats marshalling to XML, or application/json for data formats marshalling to JSON. schemaResolver String Optional schema resolver used to lookup schemas for the data in transit. autoDiscoverSchemaResolver Boolean When not disabled, the SchemaResolver will be looked up into the registry. namingStrategy String If set then Jackson will use the the defined Property Naming Strategy.Possible values are: LOWER_CAMEL_CASE, LOWER_DOT_CASE, LOWER_CASE, KEBAB_CASE, SNAKE_CASE and UPPER_CAMEL_CASE. 52.3. Using custom ObjectMapper You can configure JacksonDataFormat to use a custom ObjectMapper in case you need more control of the mapping configuration. If you setup a single ObjectMapper in the registry, then Camel will automatic lookup and use this ObjectMapper . For example if you use Spring Boot, then Spring Boot can provide a default ObjectMapper for you if you have Spring MVC enabled. And this would allow Camel to detect that there is one bean of ObjectMapper class type in the Spring Boot bean registry and then use it. When this happens you should set a INFO logging from Camel. 52.4. Using Jackson for automatic type conversion The camel-jackson module allows integrating Jackson as a Type Converter . This works in a similar way to JAXB that integrates with Camel's type converter. To use this camel-jackson must be enabled, which is done by setting the following options on the CamelContext global options, as shown: @Bean CamelContextConfiguration contextConfiguration() { return new CamelContextConfiguration() { @Override public void beforeApplicationStart(CamelContext context) { // Enable Jackson JSON type converter. context.getGlobalOptions().put(JacksonConstants.ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERTER, "true"); // Allow Jackson JSON to convert to pojo types also // (by default Jackson only converts to String and other simple types) getContext().getGlobalOptions().put(JacksonConstants.TYPE_CONVERTER_TO_POJO, "true"); } @Override public void afterApplicationStart(CamelContext camelContext) { } }; } The camel-jackson type converter integrates with JAXB which means you can annotate POJO class with JAXB annotations that Jackson can use. You can also use Jackson's own annotations on your POJO classes. 52.5. Spring Boot Auto-Configuration The component supports 21 options, which are listed below. Name Description Default Type camel.dataformat.json-jackson.allow-jms-type Used for JMS users to allow the JMSType header from the JMS spec to specify a FQN classname to use to unmarshal to. false Boolean camel.dataformat.json-jackson.allow-unmarshall-type If enabled then Jackson is allowed to attempt to use the CamelJacksonUnmarshalType header during the unmarshalling. This should only be enabled when desired to be used. false Boolean camel.dataformat.json-jackson.auto-discover-object-mapper If set to true then Jackson will lookup for an objectMapper into the registry. false Boolean camel.dataformat.json-jackson.auto-discover-schema-resolver When not disabled, the SchemaResolver will be looked up into the registry. true Boolean camel.dataformat.json-jackson.collection-type Refers to a custom collection type to lookup in the registry to use. This option should rarely be used, but allows to use different collection types than java.util.Collection based as default. String camel.dataformat.json-jackson.content-type-header Whether the data format should set the Content-Type header with the type from the data format. For example application/xml for data formats marshalling to XML, or application/json for data formats marshalling to JSON. true Boolean camel.dataformat.json-jackson.disable-features Set of features to disable on the Jackson com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper. The features should be a name that matches a enum from com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature, or com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature Multiple features can be separated by comma. String camel.dataformat.json-jackson.enable-features Set of features to enable on the Jackson com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper. The features should be a name that matches a enum from com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature, or com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature Multiple features can be separated by comma. String camel.dataformat.json-jackson.enabled Whether to enable auto configuration of the json-jackson data format. This is enabled by default. Boolean camel.dataformat.json-jackson.include If you want to marshal a pojo to JSON, and the pojo has some fields with null values. And you want to skip these null values, you can set this option to NON_NULL. String camel.dataformat.json-jackson.json-view When marshalling a POJO to JSON you might want to exclude certain fields from the JSON output. With Jackson you can use JSON views to accomplish this. This option is to refer to the class which has JsonView annotations. String camel.dataformat.json-jackson.module-class-names To use custom Jackson modules com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module specified as a String with FQN class names. Multiple classes can be separated by comma. String camel.dataformat.json-jackson.module-refs To use custom Jackson modules referred from the Camel registry. Multiple modules can be separated by comma. String camel.dataformat.json-jackson.naming-strategy If set then Jackson will use the the defined Property Naming Strategy.Possible values are: LOWER_CAMEL_CASE, LOWER_DOT_CASE, LOWER_CASE, KEBAB_CASE, SNAKE_CASE and UPPER_CAMEL_CASE. String camel.dataformat.json-jackson.object-mapper Lookup and use the existing ObjectMapper with the given id when using Jackson. String camel.dataformat.json-jackson.pretty-print To enable pretty printing output nicely formatted. Is by default false. false Boolean camel.dataformat.json-jackson.schema-resolver Optional schema resolver used to lookup schemas for the data in transit. String camel.dataformat.json-jackson.timezone If set then Jackson will use the Timezone when marshalling/unmarshalling. This option will have no effect on the others Json DataFormat, like gson, fastjson and xstream. String camel.dataformat.json-jackson.unmarshal-type Class name of the java type to use when unmarshalling. String camel.dataformat.json-jackson.use-default-object-mapper Whether to lookup and use default Jackson ObjectMapper from the registry. true Boolean camel.dataformat.json-jackson.use-list To unmarshal to a List of Map or a List of Pojo. false Boolean

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from("activemq:My.Queue"). marshal().json(JsonLibrary.Jackson). to("mqseries:Another.Queue");
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId> <artifactId>camel-jackson-starter</artifactId> </dependency>
@Bean CamelContextConfiguration contextConfiguration() { return new CamelContextConfiguration() { @Override public void beforeApplicationStart(CamelContext context) { // Enable Jackson JSON type converter. context.getGlobalOptions().put(JacksonConstants.ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERTER, "true"); // Allow Jackson JSON to convert to pojo types also // (by default Jackson only converts to String and other simple types) getContext().getGlobalOptions().put(JacksonConstants.TYPE_CONVERTER_TO_POJO, "true"); } @Override public void afterApplicationStart(CamelContext camelContext) { } }; }