Properties in object constructor are required.

JSON object properties which are not required are being set as required when setting those values in that objects constructor.

public class Example {
    public Example() {
        field1 = 4;
    }
    @JsonPropertyDescription("asdsad")
    private Object field1;
    
    @JsonPropertyDescription("asdsad")
    private Object field2;
}

Then in my schema I see:

"required" : [ "field1"],

This is trouble for me since I never specified.

@JsonProperty(required=true)

and even when I say

@JsonProperty(required=false)

it shows up as required anyway.

[mbknor]

Thanks @kog for spotting the explanation.

@mbap: Since you are using Jackson and Java with primitives, your code cannot know if field1 (int) was set to “0” in json or if it was not included in json at all. If you need that sort of info, then field1 must be Integer. It makes no point in setting a field ‘not required’, if your code cannot know if you got it or not.

[mbap]

Awesome thanks for the clear explanation.