Thank you very much, Tatu!   It works now!  XD

Cheers!
jp

On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 2:24:46 PM UTC-4, Tatu Saloranta wrote:
>
> I think what you bumped into was
>
>    MapperFeature.ALLOW_EXPLICIT_PROPERTY_RENAMING
>
> (defaulting to false)
>
> which governs whether explicitly named properties (ones with 
> `@JsonProperty`) are renamed or not.
> Default assumption is that if you have explicit denoted name to use, that 
> should stick (otherwise no overrides were possible). However, if you want, 
> you can allow renaming even in those cases.
> So you want to enable this feature.
>
> It may even be renamed for individual properties, although presumably in 
> that case explicit renaming may be simpler.
> Similarly it's not clear whether you should use `@JsonProperty`, unless it 
> is to increase visibility.
> I suspect that plain `@JsonProperty` with no String (defaulting to "") 
> should be renamed regardless, but haven't tested it (if it's not that seems 
> like a flow as that case does not specify explicit name).
>
> -+ Tatu +-
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 6:39 AM, JP <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tatu,
>>
>> Thanks for the tip about PropertyNamingStrategy!
>>
>> However, I couldn't get it to work...  I created my own class extending 
>> the PropertyNamingStrategy class, and overrode the nameForField(), 
>> nameForGetterMethod(), nameForSetterMethod() functions.  I created an 
>> instance of this class and added it to my ObjectMapper using the 
>> setPropertyNamingStrategy() method.
>>
>> But during execution, my overridden methods were not called.  My POJO has 
>> all the fields and also the setters/getters annotated wtih @JsonProperty as 
>> well.
>>
>> There are no errors.  My POJO still gets populated with the JSON values.  
>> However, my PropertyNamingStrategy class does not seem to get used during 
>> execution.
>>
>> Is there some other ObjectMapper configuration I need to set to trigger 
>> the use of the PropertyNamingStrategy?  
>>
>> Thanks,
>> jp
>>
>> On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 2:18:11 PM UTC-4, Tatu Saloranta wrote:
>>>
>>> As a general answer, I am always open to new ideas. :)
>>>
>>> In this specific case I am not quite sure how this could be implemented, 
>>> considering the way Jackson handles properties and introspection.
>>>
>>> However... come to think of this, there is one piece of configurability 
>>> that might help here. `PropertyNamingStrategy` may be used to change name 
>>> mapping from POJO property (derived from getter/setter, field, or 
>>> annotation) to/from external name used in JSON. It is therefore possible to 
>>> have different strategy, and one that does not have to merely change casing 
>>> or punctuation but may completely change the name.
>>>
>>> One downside with this is that you can not dynamically change the 
>>> strategy; it is static setup (set once per ObjectMapper), so you'd need 
>>> separate mapper for each distinct deployment. That may or may not work for 
>>> you.
>>>
>>> -+ Tatu +-
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:28 AM, JP <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Tatu.
>>>>
>>>> I think this would be a useful feature to have perhaps in a future 
>>>> release? ;)
>>>>
>>>> Especially considering there are more and more user-configurable 
>>>> systems offering REST APIs (eg. JIRA) where fields names will be changing.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> jp
>>>>
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