Mapping an enum class in to DynamoDB object is really simple by using Custom Marshall. But how to map a List of Enum?
Enum class
public enum Transport {
SMS,EMAIL,ALL;
}
DynamoDB mapper
public class Campaign{
private List<Transport> transport;
@DynamoDBAttribute(attributeName = "transport")
public List<Transport> getTransport() {
return transport;
}
public void setTransport(List<Transport> transport) {
this.transport = transport;
}
}
I found the answer myself. I create a custom marshall like below.
public class TransportMarshaller implements DynamoDBMarshaller<List<Transport>> {
@Override
public String marshall(List<Transport> transports) {
List<String>transportMap=new ArrayList<>();
for(Transport transport:transports){
transportMap.add(transport.name());
}
return transportMap.toString().replaceAll("\\[|\\]", "");//Save as comma separate value for the purpose of easiness to unmarshall
}
@Override
public List<Transport> unmarshall(Class<List<Transport>> aClass, String s) {
List<String>map= Arrays.asList(s.split("\\s*,\\s*")); //split from comma and parse to List
List<Transport>transports=new ArrayList<>();
for (String st:map){
transports.add(Transport.valueOf(st));
}
return transports;
}
}