@JsonAnyGetter does not respect view settings if there is an active view set

[tpsb]

For the following setup:

public interface A {}
public interface B {}

public class Phone {
  private static Map<String, String> attrs = new HashMap<>();
  static {
    attrs.put("displaySize", "5.8 in");
  }

  @JsonView(A.class)
  public String getName() {
    return "some phone";
  }

  @JsonView(B.class)
  @JsonAnyGetter
  public Map<String, String> getAttrs() {
    return attrs;
  }
}

I would expect properties contained by the map annotated with @JsonAnyGetter not to be included in the serialized form if serialization is done with an active view of A.class. The generated JSON object should contain only name property.

In version 2.9.8 it does not work this way. Properties from the @JsonAnyGetter map seem to be included unconditionally. The behavior is the same if the @JsonView annotation is removed from the method and DEFAULT_VIEW_INCLUSION is disabled.

Is it like this by design or can it be considered a bug or a missing feature 😉 ?

If it's the second case I would like to request such a fix/feature as I think covering @JsonAnyGetter by view handling would be much more intuitive.

I guess the settings should likewise be honored on deserialization (@JsonAnySetter) if it is done with an active view.

[cowtowncoder]

Hmmh. Good question.

I think the behavior is simply side-effect of implementation: @JsonAnyGetter properties are processed with no regard to views. In fact they are handled outside scope of logical properties and can also produce duplicates.

But I think that your suggestion of View applying to the whole set makes sense, and that this is basically a missing feature.

I don't know if I will have time to implement it any time soon, but it does make sense to me.