Mutliple level of @JsonTypeInfo and @JsonSubTypes does not work

[osigida]

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• I have confirmed that the problem only occurs when using Kotlin.

Describe the bug

Multi layer hierarchy could not be deserialized and fails with an error like the following

Cannot construct instance of `com.test.B2` (no Creators, like default constructor, exist): abstract types either need to be mapped to concrete types, have custom deserializer, or contain additional type information

To Reproduce

package com.test
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonSubTypes
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo
import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.jacksonObjectMapper
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test

class JacksonKotlinModuleIssue {
    private val mapper = jacksonObjectMapper()

    @Test
    fun `Hierarchy deserialization test`() {
        val c1 = C1()
        val c2 = C2()
        val c3 = C3()
        val c4 = C4()

        val c1Json = mapper.writeValueAsString(c1)
        val c2Json = mapper.writeValueAsString(c2)
        val c3Json = mapper.writeValueAsString(c3)
        val c4Json = mapper.writeValueAsString(c4)

        // works
        val c1deserialised = mapper.readValue(c1Json, C1::class.java)
        // works
        val c2deserialised = mapper.readValue(c2Json, B1::class.java)
        // works
        val c3deserialised = mapper.readValue(c3Json, B2::class.java)
        // fails
        val c4deserialised = mapper.readValue(c4Json, A::class.java)

        assertEquals(c1, c1deserialised)
        assertEquals(c2, c2deserialised)
        assertEquals(c3, c3deserialised)
        assertEquals(c4, c4deserialised)
    }
}

@JsonTypeInfo(
    use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME,
    include = JsonTypeInfo.As.EXISTING_PROPERTY,
    property = "type",
    visible = true,
)
@JsonSubTypes(
    JsonSubTypes.Type(value = B1::class, name = "B1"),
    JsonSubTypes.Type(value = B2::class, name = "B2"),
)
sealed class A {
    abstract val type: String
}

@JsonTypeInfo(
    use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME,
    include = JsonTypeInfo.As.EXISTING_PROPERTY,
    property = "subtype",
    visible = true,
)
@JsonSubTypes(
    JsonSubTypes.Type(value = C1::class, name = "C1"),
    JsonSubTypes.Type(value = C2::class, name = "C2"),
)
sealed class B1(
    override val type: String = "B1",
) : A() {
    abstract val subtype: String
}

@JsonTypeInfo(
    use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME,
    include = JsonTypeInfo.As.EXISTING_PROPERTY,
    property = "subtype",
    visible = true,
)
@JsonSubTypes(
    JsonSubTypes.Type(value = C3::class, name = "C3"),
    JsonSubTypes.Type(value = C4::class, name = "C4"),
)
sealed class B2(
    override val type: String = "B2",
) : A() {
    abstract val subtype: String
}

data class C1(
    override val subtype: String = "C1",
) : B1()

data class C2(
    override val subtype: String = "C2",
) : B1()

data class C3(
    override val subtype: String = "C3",
) : B2()

data class C4(
    override val subtype: String = "C4",
) : B2()

Expected behavior

deserialisation works fine for multi-layer hierarchy

Versions

Kotlin: 1.9
Jackson-module-kotlin: 2.17.2
Jackson-databind: 2.17.2

Additional context

No response

[cowtowncoder]

Correct: multiple levels with differing @JsonTypeInfo is not supported by jackson-databind.
Since feature itself is not provided by Kotlin module so issue would need to be in jackson-databind (there likely already is an open issue).

There are no current plans to support such feature, fwtw.

[osigida]

Hi @cowtowncoder! Thanks a lot for the reply!
Could you please share the issue? I tried to find anything related to the problem but found very little information.

[cowtowncoder]

I think #2957 is what I had in mind -- not sure how close a match it is.