swagger-api / swagger-api/swagger-codegen
[Java] Set the json library as a parameter
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Client: Java
Enhancement: General
- Dominant language
- Mustache
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Description
Almost all java client implementations can support both Jackson and Gson as json library. So it would be useful to be able to choose the json lib with a parameter.
This would also avoid duplication of the gson model.mustache in all libs that use it.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Java client implementations and the duplicated gson model.mustache templates. Trace how client-generation parameters are passed to templates, then verify that selecting Jackson or Gson avoids the duplicated model template across the affected libraries.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100