[play-java 2.4] Custom ObjectMapper for JSON

[raunak]

In order to integrate a custom ObjectMapper (as defined https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.4.x/JavaJsonActions#Advanced-usage), the old way was to configure it in Global.onStart(). As far as I can tell, the new way is to inject the custom ObjectMapper as a dependency. 

Does that mean that I create a new java class, something like this..

public class CustomObjectMapper{

  public CustomObjectMapper() {

    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper()
        // enable features and customize the object mapper here ...
        .enable(DeserializationFeature.USE_BIG_DECIMAL_FOR_FLOATS)

        .disable(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES);

        // etc.

    Json.setObjectMapper(mapper);

  }

}

The part I have trouble understanding is, how will this get injected? Where would I use the @inject syntax, if that is the correct method of injecting it.

[Michael Dop]

See my post https://groups.google.com/d/msg/play-framework/aOCb8GrvWc0/4B_AzUJNW90J

[raunak]

Awesome. I was on the right path, but wasn't sure if that was the way to go. 

Thanks for your input nonetheless.