#542 - ENH: @DbJson fields are auto serialized and deserialized to specified classes.

src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/model/json/EBasicJsonList.java

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import javax.persistence.Entity;
 import javax.persistence.Id;
 import javax.persistence.Version;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 @Entity
@@ -19,6 +21,18 @@ public class EBasicJsonList {
 
   String name;
 
+  @DbJson(length = 700)
+  Set<PlainBean> beanSet;
+
+  @DbJson(length = 700)
+  List<PlainBean> beanList;
+
+  @DbJson(length = 700)
+  Map<String,PlainBean> beanMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, PlainBean>();
+
+  @DbJson(length = 500)
+  PlainBean plainBean;
+
   @DbJson(length = 50)
   Set<Long> flags = new LinkedHashSet<Long>();
 
@@ -60,6 +74,38 @@ public class EBasicJsonList {
     this.flags = flags;
   }
 
+  public PlainBean getPlainBean() {
+    return plainBean;
+  }
+
+  public void setPlainBean(PlainBean plainBean) {
+    this.plainBean = plainBean;
+  }
+
+  public Set<PlainBean> getBeanSet() {
+    return beanSet;
+  }
+
+  public void setBeanSet(Set<PlainBean> beanSet) {
+    this.beanSet = beanSet;
+  }
+
+  public List<PlainBean> getBeanList() {
+    return beanList;
+  }
+
+  public void setBeanList(List<PlainBean> beanList) {
+    this.beanList = beanList;
+  }
+
+  public Map<String, PlainBean> getBeanMap() {
+    return beanMap;
+  }
+
+  public void setBeanMap(Map<String, PlainBean> beanMap) {
+    this.beanMap = beanMap;
+  }
+
   public Long getVersion() {
     return version;
   }

src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/model/json/PlainBean.java

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package com.avaje.tests.model.json;
+
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+
+/**
+ * Something for Jackson ObjectMapper to marshall.
+ */
+public class PlainBean {
+
+  String name;
+
+  long along;
+
+  Timestamp timestamp;
+
+  public PlainBean(String name, long along) {
+    this.name = name;
+    this.along = along;
+    this.timestamp = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * A constructor for Jackson.
+   */
+  public PlainBean() {
+  }
+
+  public String toString() {
+    return "name:" + name;
+  }
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  public long getAlong() {
+    return along;
+  }
+
+  public void setAlong(long along) {
+    this.along = along;
+  }
+
+  public Timestamp getTimestamp() {
+    return timestamp;
+  }
+
+  public void setTimestamp(Timestamp timestamp) {
+    this.timestamp = timestamp;
+  }
+}