Can you configure Spring controller specific Jackson deserialization?

Question

I need to add a custom Jackson deserializer for java.lang.String to my Spring 4.1.x MVC application. However all answers (such as this) refer to configuring the ObjectMapper

Answer 1

You can define a POJO for each different type of request parameter that you would like to deserialize. Then, the following code will pull in the values from the JSON into the object that you define, assuming that the names of the fields in your POJO match with the names of the field in the JSON request.

ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(); 
YourPojo requestParams = null;

try {
    requestParams = mapper.readValue(JsonBody, YourPOJO.class);

} catch (IOException e) {
    throw new IOException(e);
}