Unable to serialize Object to Json using Jackson

Question

I'm trying to serialize an object in Java using Jackson, but when I'm trying to serialize it, it gives me this error:

No serializer found for class java.io.FileDescriptor and no properties discovered to create BeanSerializer

I tried this post, but it didn't help.

Here is the class I'm trying to serialize:

public class Repository {
    public String name;
    @JsonIgnore   // to avoid recursive calls
    public ArrayList<UserRole> contributors = new ArrayList<UserRole>();
    public User self;
    public ArrayList<FileInfo> files;
    public RepositoryType repositoryType;
    public String path;
}

I also tried to create getters/setters for each field but still nothing.

Here is my serialization method:

public static String convertObjectToJson(Object object) throws IOException {
        ObjectWriter objectWriter = new ObjectMapper().writer().withDefaultPrettyPrinter();
        String json = objectWriter.writeValueAsString(object); //error on this line
        return json;
    }

what is `FileInfo`? how do you expect Jackson to serialize it? — Sharon Ben Asher, Dec 10 '15 at 14:28
Why shouldn't jackson serialize it ? files field is null when im passing the object to the serializer . — Mohammad Siavashi, Dec 10 '15 at 14:39

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '15 at 19:49

Looks like your one of your classes has java.io.FileDescriptor reference.

By default, Jackson will only work with with fields that are either public, or have a public getter methods – serializing an entity that has all fields private or package private will fail

If you look at the source code of java.io.FileDescriptor you can see there are private fields without public getters.

You should configure your objectMapper visibility to allow access to private fields also.

// For jackson 2.*
objectMapper.setVisibility(PropertyAccessor.FIELD, Visibility.ANY);

// For jackson lower than 2
objectMapper.setVisibility(JsonMethod.FIELD, Visibility.ANY);

thanks , im not using fileDescriptro , but changing the ObectWriter to ObjectMapper and setting the visibility solved the problem . — Mohammad Siavashi, Dec 10 '15 at 21:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '17 at 11:06

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I was facing problems to send objects to Thymeleaf template with ResponseEntity it was giving me exception "StackOverFlowError" while serializing and your note " @JsonIgnore // to avoid recursive calls" solved my problem. Thanks

answered Jul 21 '17 at 11:06

Omar

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Unable to serialize Object to Json using Jackson

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