MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter using Jackson2HalModule can't serialize instance of ResourceSupport [DATAREST-831]

PJ Weisberg opened DATAREST-831 and commented

I have a MessageConverter created like this:

        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
        mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
        mapper.registerModule(new Jackson2HalModule());
        mapper.registerModule(new JSR310Module());

        MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter converter = new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter();
        converter.setSupportedMediaTypes(singletonList(MediaTypes.HAL_JSON));
        converter.setObjectMapper(mapper);

When I use RestTemplate to send any subclasses of ResourceSupport, it does not use this message converter, emitting this stacktrace as a warning:

17:30:07.693 [main] WARN  o.s.h.c.j.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter - Failed to evaluate serialization for type [class com.mz.antfarm.client.dtos.contactmethods.DtoUSAAddressMethod]
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Class org.springframework.hateoas.hal.Jackson2HalModule$HalLinkListSerializer has no default (no arg) constructor
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider._createAndCacheUntypedSerializer(SerializerProvider.java:1125) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider._findExplicitUntypedSerializer(SerializerProvider.java:1089) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.DefaultSerializerProvider.hasSerializerFor(DefaultSerializerProvider.java:392) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.canSerialize(ObjectMapper.java:2412) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at org.springframework.http.converter.json.AbstractJackson2HttpMessageConverter.canWrite(AbstractJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java:173) ~[spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate$HttpEntityRequestCallback.doWithRequest(RestTemplate.java:786) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.doExecute(RestTemplate.java:594) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.execute(RestTemplate.java:557) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.postForObject(RestTemplate.java:357) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at com.mz.antfarm.client.AntFarmClient.save(AntFarmClient.java:320) [classes/:na]
	at com.mz.antfarm.client.dtos.DtoHub.addContactMethods(DtoHub.java:75) [classes/:na]
	at com.mz.antfarm.client.HubIT.testHubContacts(HubIT.java:39) [test-classes/:na]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_66]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_66]
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_66]
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497) ~[na:1.8.0_66]
	at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50) [junit-4.12.jar:4.12]
	at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12) [junit-4.12.jar:4.12]
	at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47) [junit-4.12.jar:4.12]
	at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17) [junit-4.12.jar:4.12]
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestMethodCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestMethodCallbacks.java:75) [spring-test-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestMethodCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestMethodCallbacks.java:86) [spring-test-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.SpringRepeat.evaluate(SpringRepeat.java:84) [spring-test-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325) [junit-4.12.jar:4.12]
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:254) [spring-test-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:89) [spring-test-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290) [junit-4.12.jar:4.12]
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71) [junit-4.12.jar:4.12]
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288) [junit-4.12.jar:4.12]
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58) [junit-4.12.jar:4.12]
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268) [junit-4.12.jar:4.12]
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.java:61) [spring-test-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.java:70) [spring-test-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363) [junit-4.12.jar:4.12]
	at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:193) [spring-test-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:137) [junit-4.12.jar:4.12]
	at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:69) [junit-rt.jar:na]
	at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:234) [junit-rt.jar:na]
	at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:74) [junit-rt.jar:na]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Class org.springframework.hateoas.hal.Jackson2HalModule$HalLinkListSerializer has no default (no arg) constructor
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.ClassUtil.createInstance(ClassUtil.java:370) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.DefaultSerializerProvider.serializerInstance(DefaultSerializerProvider.java:532) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BasicSerializerFactory.findSerializerFromAnnotation(BasicSerializerFactory.java:492) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanSerializerFactory._constructWriter(BeanSerializerFactory.java:718) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanSerializerFactory.findBeanProperties(BeanSerializerFactory.java:567) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanSerializerFactory.constructBeanSerializer(BeanSerializerFactory.java:351) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanSerializerFactory.findBeanSerializer(BeanSerializerFactory.java:270) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanSerializerFactory._createSerializer2(BeanSerializerFactory.java:223) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanSerializerFactory.createSerializer(BeanSerializerFactory.java:152) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider._createUntypedSerializer(SerializerProvider.java:1166) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider._createAndCacheUntypedSerializer(SerializerProvider.java:1120) ~[jackson-databind-2.5.4.jar:2.5.4]
	... 38 common frames omitted

The corresponding deserializer (HalLinkListDeserializer) is getting used to read in objects on the server side, which means the client isn't sending the JSON that the server expects

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