org.forgerock.api.jackson

Class JacksonUtils

java.lang.Object

org.forgerock.api.jackson.JacksonUtils

public final class JacksonUtils
extends Object

Some utilities for dealing with Jackson schemas.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper	OBJECT_MAPPER A public static ObjectMapper instance, so that they do not have to be instantiated all over the place, as they are expensive to construct.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jsonSchema.JsonSchema	schemaFor(Class<?> type) Obtain the JsonSchema for a type, using the extended schema classes that are in this package.
static boolean	validateJsonToSchema(String json, com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jsonSchema.JsonSchema schema) Validate that the provided JSON conforms to the schema.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

OBJECT_MAPPER

public static final com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER

A public static ObjectMapper instance, so that they do not have to be instantiated all over the place, as they are expensive to construct. Note that the SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS option is disabled, so that dates will be in JSON Schema v4 format (e.g., "type":"string", "format":"date-time").

Method Detail

validateJsonToSchema

public static boolean validateJsonToSchema(String json,
                                           com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jsonSchema.JsonSchema schema)
                                    throws javax.validation.ValidationException

Validate that the provided JSON conforms to the schema.

Parameters:

json - JSON content.

schema - The schema. Must be an instance of one of the extended schema classes in this package.

Returns:

true if schema implements ValidatableSchema and was validated and false otherwise

Throws:

javax.validation.ValidationException - If the JSON does not conform to the schema.

schemaFor

public static com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jsonSchema.JsonSchema schemaFor(Class<?> type)
                                                                    throws com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException

Obtain the JsonSchema for a type, using the extended schema classes that are in this package.

Parameters:

type - The class to get a schema for.

Returns:

The schema.

Throws:

com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException - If the type cannot be mapped to a schema by Jackson.