JsonCreator deser with single-String-argument constructor fails

[sgmiller]

I don't have a simple test case for this, but the case seems simple enough to me. I have a containing class with a public field of the contained class, basically this:

public class Outer {

public Inner inner;

}

public class Inner {

@JsonCreator
public Inner(String value) {
...
}

@JsonValue
public String toString() {
...}
}
}

When deserializing an object containing Outer, I get the following exception, only if afterburner is enabled. I'm using Smile as the dataformat. I've modified the object references to protect the innocent:

com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Can not instantiate value of type java.lang.String from String value; no single-String constructor/factory method (through reference chain: xxxx["xxxx"]->com.beecavegames.xxxx["inner"])
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdValueInstantiator._createFromStringFallbacks(StdValueInstantiator.java:428) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdValueInstantiator.createFromString(StdValueInstantiator.java:299) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.deserializeFromString(BeanDeserializerBase.java:1056) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer._deserializeOther(BeanDeserializer.java:136) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserialize(BeanDeserializer.java:123) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.SettableBeanProperty.deserialize(SettableBeanProperty.java:464) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.module.afterburner.deser.SettableObjectFieldProperty.deserializeAndSet(SettableObjectFieldProperty.java:53) ~[jackson-module-afterburner-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.module.afterburner.deser.SuperSonicBeanDeserializer.deserializeFromObject(SuperSonicBeanDeserializer.java:192) ~[jackson-module-afterburner-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserialize(BeanDeserializer.java:121) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.CollectionDeserializer.deserialize(CollectionDeserializer.java:230) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.CollectionDeserializer.deserialize(CollectionDeserializer.java:207) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.CollectionDeserializer.deserialize(CollectionDeserializer.java:23) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.SettableBeanProperty.deserialize(SettableBeanProperty.java:464) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.module.afterburner.deser.SettableObjectFieldProperty.deserializeAndSet(SettableObjectFieldProperty.java:53) ~[jackson-module-afterburner-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserialize(BeanDeserializer.java:206) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.module.afterburner.deser.SuperSonicBeanDeserializer.deserializeFromObject(SuperSonicBeanDeserializer.java:205) ~[jackson-module-afterburner-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer._deserializeOther(BeanDeserializer.java:157) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserialize(BeanDeserializer.java:123) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl.AsPropertyTypeDeserializer._deserializeTypedForId(AsPropertyTypeDeserializer.java:113) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl.AsPropertyTypeDeserializer.deserializeTypedFromObject(AsPropertyTypeDeserializer.java:82) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.deserializeWithType(BeanDeserializerBase.java:894) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer._readAndBind(MapDeserializer.java:393) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer.deserialize(MapDeserializer.java:317) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer.deserialize(MapDeserializer.java:26) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.SettableBeanProperty.deserialize(SettableBeanProperty.java:464) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.module.afterburner.deser.SettableObjectMethodProperty.deserializeAndSet(SettableObjectMethodProperty.java:53) ~[jackson-module-afterburner-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.module.afterburner.deser.SuperSonicBeanDeserializer.deserializeFromObject(SuperSonicBeanDeserializer.java:209) ~[jackson-module-afterburner-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserialize(BeanDeserializer.java:121) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper._readMapAndClose(ObjectMapper.java:2888) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.readValue(ObjectMapper.java:2103) ~[jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar:2.2.2]

[cowtowncoder]

Is inner class not a static class? And if so, why not? Not sure if that is relevant here, but just asking since handling of non-static inner classes is quite specialized; and there are a few existing tests for some common @JsonCreator usage patterns.

[cowtowncoder]

Looks like I may need a test case: simple test with static inner class works as expected. Without static I get different error.

[cowtowncoder]

Actually, I hit this bug myself -- at least I think it is the same, as the symptom is the same.

[cowtowncoder]

FWIW, I hit this with DropWizard-0.7 configs, having a bean that uses single-arg constructor, in a list. Need to get 2.3.3 released soon.