So @JsonMerge is not appropriate here?

On Friday, October 18, 2024 at 1:47:07 AM UTC+3 Joo Hyuk Kim wrote:

> > Jackson should not create any list.
>
> To be more specific, You do not want to create any list and ur looking for 
> a such feature.
>
> What we can do here  is write a custom deserializer to do such thing and 
> there is already plenty references on the web
>
> 2024년 10월 18일 (금) 오전 4:04, [email protected] <[email protected]>님이 작성:
>
>> My class contains an initialized custom collection
>>
>> class MyClass {
>>
>>     MyList<Integer> myList = MyList.create();
>> }
>>
>> where MyList is a j.u.List. When deserializing, I get an exception saying 
>> that there is no known deserializer for MyList ("Cannot find a deserializer 
>> for non-concrete List type"), which is generally understandable, but I 
>> already initialized it, so there's no need for one. Instead, I just want to 
>> add the items to the list.
>> To demonstrate, I can add a private setter inside the class:
>>
>> private void setMyList(List<Integer> ints) { ints.forEach(MyList::add); }
>>
>> this works, but I don't think it should be needed. Specifically, Jackson 
>> should not create any list. It needs to deserialize the values of the items 
>> anyway; then instead of creating a list, add them to the existing one. It's 
>> a List, so it should know to call 'add' ('put' for map).
>>
>> I know there is @JsonMerge, and I thought that that's what I needed, but 
>> just adding it to the field doesn't work, I still get the same exception. 
>> Am I not understanding @JsonMerge or am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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