java - Jackson Deserialize to POJO Based On Object Properties -

is possible deserialize json using jackson 1 of 2 types based on content of json?

for example, have following java (technically groovy, that's not important) interfaces , classes:

interface id {     thing tothing()  }  class naturalid implements id {      final string packageid      final string thingid      thing tothing() {         new packageidentifiedthing(packageid, thingid)     }          }  class alternateid implements id {      final string key      thing tothing() {         new alternatelyidentifiedthing(key)     } } 

the json receive either of following:

this json should map naturalid {"packageid": "somepackage", "thingid": "someentity"}

this json should map alternateid {"key": "someuniquekey"}

does know how can accomplish jackson 2.x without including type id's?

are these 2 classes implement id? if so, write iddeserializer class , put @jsondeserialize(using = iddeserializer.class) on id interface, , deserializer @ json , determine object deserialize into.

edit: jsonparser streaming should this:

public id deserialize(jsonparser jp, deserializationcontext ctxt) throws ioexception {     objectnode node = jp.readvalueastree();     class<? extends id> concretetype = determineconcretetype(node); //implement      return jp.getcodec().treetovalue(node, concretetype); }