Jackson: Map serialization and deserialization

Question

Is it possible to serialize/deserialize Map where type of object (mapped value) would be determined by its key.

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Answer 1

Yes, it could be done. Have another structure that contains a pair of Map and link the key name of the first structure (Map) to the second one.

For example

Map map = new HashMap();`

map.put("desc", "something really important");

Map deser = new HashMap();

deser.put("desc", StringDeserializer.class);

You could also use a deser, where the value would be the class name, then you just do a class loading by name http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/lang/class_forname_loader.htm