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[BUG][KOTLIN] Jackson3 option does not discover modules like Jackson2 does
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Description
Serializer generated with useJackson3: true is different from the one generated for Jackson 2: it does not load modules.
Any third-party Jackson 3 module on the classpath is silently ignored. Concrete case: org.openapitools:jackson-databind-nullable:0.2.11 ships META-INF/services/tools.jackson.databind.JacksonModule → JsonNullableJackson3Module, which never gets registered, so JsonNullable fields serialize/deserialize wrongly
openapi-generator version
7.25.0; not a regression, rather a bug in a new feature added in #24709
OpenAPI declaration file content or url
N/A (the bug is in the infrastructure code, not in models)
Generation Details
eneratorName: kotlin
configOptions:
library: jvm-spring-restclient
serializationLibrary: jackson
useSpringBoot3: true
useSpringBoot4: true
useJackson3: true
Steps to reproduce
Open <pkg>/infrastructure/Serializer.kt
Actual:
val jacksonObjectMapper: JsonMapper = jsonMapper {
addModule(kotlinModule())
...
}
Expected: parity with the Jackson 2 output, which is generated from the same template with
useJackson3: false
val jacksonObjectMapper: ObjectMapper = jacksonObjectMapper()
.findAndRegisterModules()
...
Related issues/PRs
#24709
Suggest a fix
Change kotlin-client/jvm-common/infrastructure/Serializer.kt.mustache; add findAndAddModules() as the first line of the {{#useJackson3}} jsonMapper { … } block.
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Research direction
Start with kotlin-client/jvm-common/infrastructure/Serializer.kt.mustache and compare the useJackson3 block with the Jackson 2 output generated when useJackson3 is false. Generate a jvm-spring-restclient client using the reported options, then verify that Jackson 3 discovers classpath modules such as JsonNullableJackson3Module and handles JsonNullable fields correctly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 88/100