Allow (de)serializing records using Bean(De)SerializerModifier even when reflection is unavailable

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/BeanDeserializerBase.java

@@ -1412,6 +1412,10 @@ protected Object deserializeFromObjectUsingNonDefault(JsonParser p,
             return ctxt.handleMissingInstantiator(raw, null, p,
 "non-static inner classes like this can only by instantiated using default, no-argument constructor");
         }
+        if (NativeImageUtil.needsReflectionConfiguration(raw)) {
+            return ctxt.handleMissingInstantiator(raw, null, p,
+                    "cannot deserialize from Object value (no delegate- or property-based Creator): this appears to be a native image, in which case you may need to configure reflection for the class that is to be deserialized");
+        }
         return ctxt.handleMissingInstantiator(raw, getValueInstantiator(), p,
 "cannot deserialize from Object value (no delegate- or property-based Creator)");
     }

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/DefaultAccessorNamingStrategy.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -527,10 +529,10 @@ public RecordNaming(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedClass forClass) {
                     // trickier: regular fields are ok (handled differently), but should
                     // we also allow getter discovery? For now let's do so
                     "get", "is", null);
-            _fieldNames = new HashSet<>();
-            for (String name : JDK14Util.getRecordFieldNames(forClass.getRawType())) {
-                _fieldNames.add(name);
-            }
+            String[] recordFieldNames = JDK14Util.getRecordFieldNames(forClass.getRawType());
+            _fieldNames = recordFieldNames == null ?
+                    Collections.emptySet() :
+                    new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(recordFieldNames));
         }
 
         @Override

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jdk14/JDK14Util.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotatedConstructor;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.ClassUtil;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.NativeImageUtil;
 
 /**
  * Helper class to support some of JDK 14 (and later) features
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ public static RecordAccessor instance() {
         public String[] getRecordFieldNames(Class<?> recordType) throws IllegalArgumentException
         {
             final Object[] components = recordComponents(recordType);
+            if (components == null) {
+                // not a record, or no reflective access on native image
+                return null;
+            }
             final String[] names = new String[components.length];
             for (int i = 0; i < components.length; i++) {
                 try {
@@ -92,6 +97,10 @@ public String[] getRecordFieldNames(Class<?> recordType) throws IllegalArgumentE
         public RawTypeName[] getRecordFields(Class<?> recordType) throws IllegalArgumentException
         {
             final Object[] components = recordComponents(recordType);
+            if (components == null) {
+                // not a record, or no reflective access on native image
+                return null;
+            }
             final RawTypeName[] results = new RawTypeName[components.length];
             for (int i = 0; i < components.length; i++) {
                 String name;
@@ -120,10 +129,14 @@ protected Object[] recordComponents(Class<?> recordType) throws IllegalArgumentE
             try {
                 return (Object[]) RECORD_GET_RECORD_COMPONENTS.invoke(recordType);
             } catch (Exception e) {
+                if (NativeImageUtil.isUnsupportedFeatureError(e)) {
+                    return null;
+                }
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to access RecordComponents of type "
                         +ClassUtil.nameOf(recordType));
             }
         }
+
     }
 
     static class RawTypeName {
@@ -153,37 +166,43 @@ static class CreatorLocator {
             _config = ctxt.getConfig();
 
             _recordFields = RecordAccessor.instance().getRecordFields(beanDesc.getBeanClass());
-            final int argCount = _recordFields.length;
-
-            // And then locate the canonical constructor; must be found, if not, fail
-            // altogether (so we can figure out what went wrong)
-            AnnotatedConstructor primary = null;
-
-            // One special case: empty Records, empty constructor is separate case
-            if (argCount == 0) {
-                primary = beanDesc.findDefaultConstructor();
-                _constructors = Collections.singletonList(primary);
-            } else {
+            if (_recordFields == null) {
+                // not a record, or no reflective access on native image
                 _constructors = beanDesc.getConstructors();
-                main_loop:
-                for (AnnotatedConstructor ctor : _constructors) {
-                    if (ctor.getParameterCount() != argCount) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    for (int i = 0; i < argCount; ++i) {
-                        if (!ctor.getRawParameterType(i).equals(_recordFields[i].rawType)) {
-                            continue main_loop;
+                _primaryConstructor = null;
+            } else {
+                final int argCount = _recordFields.length;
+
+                // And then locate the canonical constructor; must be found, if not, fail
+                // altogether (so we can figure out what went wrong)
+                AnnotatedConstructor primary = null;
+
+                // One special case: empty Records, empty constructor is separate case
+                if (argCount == 0) {
+                    primary = beanDesc.findDefaultConstructor();
+                    _constructors = Collections.singletonList(primary);
+                } else {
+                    _constructors = beanDesc.getConstructors();
+                    main_loop:
+                    for (AnnotatedConstructor ctor : _constructors) {
+                        if (ctor.getParameterCount() != argCount) {
+                            continue;
                         }
+                        for (int i = 0; i < argCount; ++i) {
+                            if (!ctor.getRawParameterType(i).equals(_recordFields[i].rawType)) {
+                                continue main_loop;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        primary = ctor;
+                        break;
                     }
-                    primary = ctor;
-                    break;
                 }
+                if (primary == null) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to find the canonical Record constructor of type "
+                            +ClassUtil.getTypeDescription(_beanDesc.getType()));
+                }
+                _primaryConstructor = primary;
             }
-            if (primary == null) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to find the canonical Record constructor of type "
-                        +ClassUtil.getTypeDescription(_beanDesc.getType()));
-            }
-            _primaryConstructor = primary;
         }
 
         public AnnotatedConstructor locate(List<String> names)
@@ -205,6 +224,11 @@ public AnnotatedConstructor locate(List<String> names)
                 }
             }
 
+            if (_recordFields == null) {
+                // not a record, or no reflective access on native image
+                return null;
+            }
+
             // By now we have established that the canonical constructor is the one to use
             // and just need to gather implicit names to return
             for (RawTypeName field : _recordFields) {

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/BeanSerializerFactory.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.ClassUtil;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.Converter;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.IgnorePropertiesUtil;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.NativeImageUtil;
 
 /**
  * Factory class that can provide serializers for any regular Java beans
@@ -476,7 +477,10 @@ protected JsonSerializer<Object> constructBeanOrAddOnSerializer(SerializerProvid
         }
         if (ser == null) { // Means that no properties were found
             // 21-Aug-2020, tatu: Empty Records should be fine tho
-            if (type.isRecordType()) {
+            // 18-Mar-2022, yawkat: Record will also appear empty when missing reflection info.
+            // needsReflectionConfiguration will check that a constructor is present, else we fall back to the empty
+            // bean error msg
+            if (type.isRecordType() && !NativeImageUtil.needsReflectionConfiguration(type.getRawClass())) {
                 return builder.createDummy();
             }
 

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/impl/UnknownSerializer.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeSerializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.ToEmptyObjectSerializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.NativeImageUtil;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class UnknownSerializer
@@ -43,8 +44,15 @@ public void serializeWithType(Object value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvide
 
     protected void failForEmpty(SerializerProvider prov, Object value)
             throws JsonMappingException {
-        prov.reportBadDefinition(handledType(), String.format(
-                "No serializer found for class %s and no properties discovered to create BeanSerializer (to avoid exception, disable SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS)",
-                value.getClass().getName()));
+        Class<?> cl = value.getClass();
+        if (NativeImageUtil.needsReflectionConfiguration(cl)) {
+            prov.reportBadDefinition(handledType(), String.format(
+                    "No serializer found for class %s and no properties discovered to create BeanSerializer (to avoid exception, disable SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS). This appears to be a native image, in which case you may need to configure reflection for the class that is to be serialized",
+                    cl.getName()));
+        } else {
+            prov.reportBadDefinition(handledType(), String.format(
+                    "No serializer found for class %s and no properties discovered to create BeanSerializer (to avoid exception, disable SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS)",
+                    cl.getName()));
+        }
     }
 }

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/NativeImageUtil.java

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
+/**
+ * Utilities for graal native image support.
+ */
+public class NativeImageUtil {
+    private static final boolean RUNNING_IN_SVM;
+
+    static {
+        RUNNING_IN_SVM = System.getProperty("org.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode") != null;
+    }
+
+    private NativeImageUtil() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether we're running in substratevm native image runtime mode. This check cannot be a constant, because
+     * the static initializer may run early during build time
+     */
+    private static boolean isRunningInNativeImage() {
+        return RUNNING_IN_SVM && System.getProperty("org.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode").equals("runtime");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether the given error is a substratevm UnsupportedFeatureError
+     */
+    public static boolean isUnsupportedFeatureError(Throwable e) {
+        if (!isRunningInNativeImage()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (e instanceof InvocationTargetException) {
+            e = e.getCause();
+        }
+        return e.getClass().getName().equals("com.oracle.svm.core.jdk.UnsupportedFeatureError");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether the given class is likely missing reflection configuration (running in native image, and no
+     * members visible in reflection).
+     */
+    public static boolean needsReflectionConfiguration(Class<?> cl) {
+        if (!isRunningInNativeImage()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // records list their fields but not other members
+        return (cl.getDeclaredFields().length == 0 || ClassUtil.isRecordType(cl)) &&
+                cl.getDeclaredMethods().length == 0 &&
+                cl.getDeclaredConstructors().length == 0;
+    }
+}