Is there a jackson annotation to ignore a setter?

Question

I have an attribute that has two setters.

private boolean boolValue;

public void setBoolValue(boolean value) {
     this.boolvalue = value;
}

public void setBoolValue(String value) {
     this.boolValue = somemethod(value); // convert String to boolean
}

jackson won't deserialize with two setters. How can I get it to ignore the non String parameter method?

Answer 1

You can use

@JsonSetter

to set the setter you want to use.

Or

@JsonIgnore

on all the other setters except the one you want to use.

If you have multiple getters use

@JsonProperty

to define the getter to be used.