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ObjectMapper.readValue can return null value?

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jackson

ObjectMapper.readValue in Jackson library does return null value. In what case does it return null object? It found that from codebase.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
    <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
    <version>1.9.9</version>
</dependency>

You can browse through ObjectMapper class to dig in more details

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Mike Avatar asked Dec 15 '15 18:12

Mike


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1 Answers

readValue() returns null for JSON input consisting of JSON value null. It does not return null for any other case: missing input (for example) would be rewarded by an exception; and no deserializer produces null by default.

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StaxMan Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 14:09

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