how to store PostgreSQL jsonb using SpringBoot + JPA?

Question

I\'m working on a migration software that will consume unknown data from REST services.

I already think about use MongoDB but I decide to not use it and use PostgreSQL.<

Answer 1

For this case, I use the above tailored converter class, you are free to add it in your library. It is working with the EclipseLink JPA Provider.

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.postgresql.util.PGobject;

import javax.persistence.AttributeConverter;
import javax.persistence.Converter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.Map;

@Converter
public final class PgJsonbToMapConverter implements AttributeConverter, PGobject> {

    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(PgJsonbToMapConverter.class);
    private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();

    @Override
    public PGobject convertToDatabaseColumn(Map map) {
        PGobject po = new PGobject();
        po.setType("jsonb");

        try {
            po.setValue(map == null ? null : MAPPER.writeValueAsString(map));
        } catch (SQLException | JsonProcessingException ex) {
            LOGGER.error("Cannot convert JsonObject to PGobject.");
            throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
        }
        return po;
    }

    @Override
    public Map convertToEntityAttribute(PGobject dbData) {
        if (dbData == null || dbData.getValue() == null) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            return MAPPER.readValue(dbData.getValue(), new TypeReference>() {
            });
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            LOGGER.error("Cannot convert JsonObject to PGobject.");
            return null;
        }
    }

}

Usage example, for an entity named Customer.

@Entity
@Table(schema = "web", name = "customer")
public class Customer implements Serializable {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Integer id;

    @Convert(converter = PgJsonbToMapConverter.class)
    private Map info;

    public Customer() {
        this.id = null;
        this.info = null;
    }

    // Getters and setter omitted.