Jackson Jr Codec
This module adds support for encoding and decoding JSON via Jackson Jr. This is a significantly smaller and faster version of Jackson, which may be of benefit in smaller runtime containers.
Add JacksonJrEncoder and/or JacksonJrDecoder to your Feign.Builder like so:
GitHub github = Feign.builder() .encoder(new JacksonJrEncoder()) .decoder(new JacksonJrDecoder()) .target(GitHub.class, "https://api.github.com");
If you want to customize the JSON object that is used, provide it to the JacksonJrEncoder and JacksonJrDecoder:
JSON json = Json.builder() .register(JacksonAnnotationExtension.builder() .withVisibility(JsonAutoDetect.Value.defaultVisibility()) .build()) .build(); GitHub github = Feign.builder() .encoder(new JacksonJrEncoder(json)) .decoder(new JacksonJrDecoder(json)) .target(GitHub.class, "https://api.github.com");
Customisation is also possible by passing JacksonJrExtension objects
into the constructor of the JacksonJrEncoder or JacksonJrDecoder:
List<JacksonJrExtension> extensions = singletonList(JacksonAnnotationExtension.builder() .withVisibility(JsonAutoDetect.Value.defaultVisibility()) .build()); GitHub github = Feign.builder() .encoder(new JacksonJrEncoder(extensions)) .decoder(new JacksonJrDecoder(extensions)) .target(GitHub.class, "https://api.github.com");