How to control @class with @JsonTypeInfo in polymorphism

Question

I have some class structure like this

class A {
    private List<B> b;

    public List<B> getB() {
        return b;
    }

    public void setB(List<B> b) {
        this.b = b;
    }

}

@JsonTypeInfo(use=Id.CLASS, include=As.PROPERTY, property="@class")
abstract class B {

}

@JsonTypeInfo(use=Id.NONE)
class C extends B {

}

@JsonTypeInfo(use=Id.CLASS, include=As.PROPERTY, property="@class")
class D extends B {

}

When I use ObjectMapper (fasterxml) to write it in JSON format for instance of C and D, D has "@class" while C does not. It meets my expectation.

However, when I apply it on instance of class A, "@class" shows on all values, even if it's instance of C. In the other hand, I remove @JsonTypeInfo on class B, the "@class" does not exist even if it's instance of D.

This is my testing code

List<B> list = new ArrayList<B>();
    list.add(new D());
    list.add(new C());

    list.forEach(p->{try {
        System.out.println(mapper.writeValueAsString(p));
    } catch (Exception e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }});

    A a = new A();
    a.setB(list);
    System.out.println(mapper.writeValueAsString(a));

How can I make "@class" shown when it needed?

Answer 1

At this time, I need to refactor the structure of my model by using two separate the class, a class contains the Id=CLASS, the other is NONE.

I hope there are some better solution on this.