playframework / playframework/play-json

add hook to allow play-json users to provide their own Jackson JsonFactory or ObjectMapper

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Description

play-json is pretty dependent on Jackson for low level parsing support.

There are some open but not progressed PRs and issues regarding supporting Jackson features. Allowing users to provide their own JsonFactory or ObjectMapper would make it so that play-json users could uptake some of these Jackson features themselves.

Doing this at the JsonFactory level would be better because of the way that Jackson is evolving.

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Research direction

Start by tracing play-json's low-level Jackson parsing setup and how JsonFactory and ObjectMapper are currently constructed. Review the related pull request #999 and issue #835, then define the hook at the JsonFactory level so users can supply their own configuration and verify that existing parsing behavior remains supported.

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Assessment

Tech stack
scala
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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