Description
Hi all,
Current problem
The Gson instance used by RpcUnspecifiedDataTarget is hardcoded in RpcJsonDataSource
This means that customizing the way the runtime Json-serializes objects (especially dates) is impossible. See #419 and this on stackoverflow.
Workaround
I came up with a dirty workaround to replace the used Gson instance with the spring-provided one via Reflection:
AzureGsonConfig.java:
@Configuration
@ConditionalOnClass(RpcJsonDataSource.class)
public class AzureGsonConfig {
@SneakyThrows
public AzureGsonConfig(Gson gson) {
final Field gsonField = RpcJsonDataSource.class.getField("gson");
gsonField.setAccessible(true);
final Field modifiersField = Field.class.getDeclaredField("modifiers");
modifiersField.setAccessible(true);
modifiersField.setInt(gsonField, gsonField.getModifiers() & ~Modifier.FINAL);
gsonField.set(null, gson);
}
}This requires a compile-time dependency like this
compileOnly files('libs/azure-functions-java-worker.jar')
(referencing the runtime as a jar file because I couldn't find it in maven central).
Having replaced the Gson instance means you can have a second configuration that customizes the date serialization behaviour of the one from spring.
GsonConfig.java:
@Configuration
public class GsonConfig {
@Bean
GsonBuilderCustomizer dateFormatGsonBuilderCustomizer() {
return gsonBuilder -> {
gsonBuilder.registerTypeAdapter(
LocalDate.class, new LocalDateAdapter()
);
gsonBuilder.registerTypeAdapter(
LocalDateTime.class, new LocalDateTimeAdapter()
);
};
}
static class LocalDateAdapter extends TypeAdapter<LocalDate> {
@Override
public void write(final JsonWriter jsonWriter, final LocalDate localDate) throws IOException {
if (localDate == null) {
jsonWriter.nullValue();
} else {
jsonWriter.value(localDate.toString());
}
}
@Override
public LocalDate read(final JsonReader jsonReader) throws IOException {
if (jsonReader.peek() == JsonToken.NULL) {
jsonReader.nextNull();
return null;
} else {
return LocalDate.parse(jsonReader.nextString());
}
}
}
static class LocalDateTimeAdapter extends TypeAdapter<LocalDateTime> {
@Override
public void write(final JsonWriter jsonWriter, final LocalDateTime localDateTime) throws IOException {
if (localDateTime == null) {
jsonWriter.nullValue();
} else {
jsonWriter.value(localDateTime.toString());
}
}
@Override
public LocalDateTime read(final JsonReader jsonReader) throws IOException {
if (jsonReader.peek() == JsonToken.NULL) {
jsonReader.nextNull();
return null;
} else {
return LocalDateTime.parse(jsonReader.nextString());
}
}
}
}While this works, it's not very clean and can break easily.
Alternative
Serialize the objects to strings in the functions or handlers and return them as such. Personally, I don't like this approach.
Feature request
Somehow allow injecting or customizing the Gson instance used in the azure-functions-worker runtime.