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Reputation: 8096

Java AWS Lambda Handler - Deeply Nested Json

I have a deeply nested json object I want to send to an Java AWS Lambda.

I've tried different types for the request handler.

public class LambdaHandler implements RequestHandler<Map<String, ?>, String>
public class LambdaHandler implements RequestHandler<JsonNode, String>
public class LambdaHandler implements RequestHandler<String, String>

In all cases the following simple, single-level, json will work fine:

{
  "hello": "world"
}

But any nested properties fails:

{
  "hello": "world",
  "oh": {
      "no": "it's dead"
  }
}

With the error:

An error occurred during JSON parsing: java.lang.RuntimeException
java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occurred during JSON parsing
Caused by: java.io.UncheckedIOException: com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException: Cannot deserialize instance of `java.lang.String` out of START_OBJECT token
 at [Source: (ByteArrayInputStream); line: 3, column: 9] (through reference chain: java.util.LinkedHashMap["oh"])
    at com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.serialization.factories.JacksonFactory$InternalSerializer.fromJson(JacksonFactory.java:184)
Caused by: com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException: Cannot deserialize instance of `java.lang.String` out of START_OBJECT token
 at [Source: (ByteArrayInputStream); line: 3, column: 9] (through reference chain: java.util.LinkedHashMap["oh"])
    at com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException.from(MismatchedInputException.java:59)
    at com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.reportInputMismatch(DeserializationContext.java:1442)
    at com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.handleUnexpectedToken(DeserializationContext.java:1216)
    at com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.handleUnexpectedToken(DeserializationContext.java:1126)
    at com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StringDeserializer.deserialize(StringDeserializer.java:63)
    at com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StringDeserializer.deserialize(StringDeserializer.java:10)
    at com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer._readAndBindStringKeyMap(MapDeserializer.java:527)
    at com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer.deserialize(MapDeserializer.java:364)
    at com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer.deserialize(MapDeserializer.java:29)
    at com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader._bindAndClose(ObjectReader.java:1719)
    at com.amazonaws.lambda.thirdparty.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader.readValue(ObjectReader.java:1228)
    at com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.serialization.factories.JacksonFactory$InternalSerializer.fromJson(JacksonFactory.java:182)

How can I write an AWS Java Lambda that allows for deeply nested json properties?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3843

Answers (1)

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Reputation: 4656

Option 1:
Change event type to Map<String, Object> and use Gson to convert to your data model.

Example:

public class Handler implements RequestHandler<Map<String, Object>, String> {

    @Override
    public String handleRequest(Map<String, Object> event, Context context) {
        Gson gson = new Gson();
        MyDataModel request = gson.fromJson(gson.toJson(event), MyDataModel.class);

        // use request

        return "";
    }
}

Option 2:
For complex json/data models, you can use RequestStreamHandler class which doesn't require you to provide a data type. It will give you InputStream which you can convert to any data model you like.

Example:

public class HandlerStream implements RequestStreamHandler {

    @Override
    public void handleRequest(InputStream input, OutputStream output, Context context) {
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(input));
        JsonElement eventElement = new JsonParser().parse(reader);
        JsonObject event = (JsonObject) eventElement;
        
        MyDataModel request = new Gson().fromJson(event, MyDataModel.class);
        
        // use request
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

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