jackson-datatype-ecore

Jackson module to support JSON serialization and deserialization of Eclipse Ecore data types.

Usage

Using the Resource API

// Using the global package registry
var resourceSet = new ResourceSetImpl();
var factory = new JsonResourceFactory(resourceSet.getPackageRegistry());
resourceSet
    .getResourceFactoryRegistry()
    .getExtensionToFactoryMap()
    .put("json",factory);

// Reading
var resource = resourceSet.getResource(URI.createURI("some/file.json"), true);
var head = resource.getContents().get(0);

// Writing
EObject obj = ...
resource.getContents().add(obj);
resource.save(null);

Using the ObjectMapper API

// Using the global package registry
var mapper = new EcoreMapper();

EObject obj = mapper.readValue(new File("some/file.json"));
String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(obj);

Limitations

• Containment proxies will never be serialized as a reference but as the actual object instead

Development

This project is built with Bazel.

You can use the Bazel plugin for IntelliJ. After opening the project in IntelliJ, you can import the default settings configured in .bazelproject by putting this line in your <WORKSPACE>/.ijwb/.bazelproject file:

import .bazelproject

After syncing, the dependent libraries should be synced. Furthermore, the test cases should show up as run configurations.

Please have a look at the Makefile for some common tasks like formatting and testing the code.

Managing dependencies

External dependencies are configured using bzlmod. External Maven dependencies are managed using rules_jvm_external. You can find the configuration in MODULE.bazel.

When updating Maven dependencies, make sure to update the lock file using make pin for the changes to take effect.

Outdated Maven dependencies can be listed using make outdated.