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Jackson serialize and deserialize objects without double quotes

I want to serialize and deserialize objects like java Date or UUID to and from String. The problem is that it surrounds the String itself with double quotes:

String s = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(date);
System.out.println("String: @@" + s + "@@"); // String: @@"2017-12-06T04:50:30Z"@@
...
Date d = objectMapper.readValue(s, Date.class); // Expects the String to be "\"2017-12-06T04:50:30Z\""

Is there a way to configure the object mapper to not use/expect the redundant double quotes?

Solution

  • If anyone faces the same problem: I didn't find any other way but an ugly workaround. I just remove/add the quotes to the string after/before passing it to the object mapper.