This tutorial shows how to deserialize date format when unmarshaling JSON using Jackson. The custom annotation will be created in order to pass the date format using annotation.

This tutorial shows how to serialize date format when marshaling JSON using Jackson. The custom annotation will be created in order to pass the date format using annotation.

Introduction This tutorial shows, what is an annotation and how to write a custom annotation. I have taken the below concepts from Oracle documentation from the link http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/annotations/basics.html. Annotations, a form of metadata, provide data about a program that is not part of the program itself. Annotations have no direct effect on the operation of the code they annotate. Annotation…