Ignore missing properties during Jackson JSON deserialization in Java

Question

In the example

class Person {
   String name;
   int age;
}

If the JSON object has a missing property \'age\',

{
  name :          


        

Answer 1

You could also change your class to use an Integer instead of an int, in which case Jackson will handle null/missing "age" values properly. Just adding this answer for those looking for an alternative that doesn't involve using annotations.

class Person {
   String name;
   Integer age;
}