Jackson - How to specify a single implementation for interface-referenced deserialization?

Question

I want to deserialize a JSON-Object with Jackson. Because the target is an interface I need to specify which implementation should be used.

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Answer 1

You can use @JsonDeserialize(as = ImplementationClass.class) on the interface as well and all references will be deserialized the same way.

Note, if one of your Implementation classes is an enum, you might need @JsonFormat(shape = JsonFormat.Shape.OBJECT) on the enum as well.