There are a number of classes in org.springframework.boot.jackson with names that suggest they're applicable to JSON in general and not just when using Jackson. They're also not strictly tied to JSON (for example, a @JacksonMixin could influence Jackson's XML output) so the current names are arguably misleading in two ways.
4.0 gives us an opportunity to make the names less misleading:
| Current name | Proposed name |
|---|---|
@JsonComponent |
@JacksonComponent |
JsonComponentModule |
JacksonComponentModule |
@JsonMixin |
@JacksonMixin |
JsonMixinModule |
JacksonMixinModule |
JsonMixinModuleEntries |
JacksonMixinModuleEntries |
Comment From: philwebb
We discussed this today and we're going to rename the types.