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Description

Adds the Jackson 2 compatibility bridge from the approved Jackson 3 RFC. The SDK now owns its serialization API, while existing mapper APIs continue to work with deprecation warnings.

What problem is being solved?

Public SDK APIs and internal request paths depend directly on Jackson 2 types. This prevents a later Jackson 3 migration without an abrupt source break.

How is it being solved?

An SDK-owned JsonSerializer interface and SdkTypeToken hide JSON library types from new APIs. The current implementation delegates to the existing Jackson 2 configuration and preserves its wire format.

What changes are made to solve it?

  • Add JsonSerializer, SdkTypeToken, and SdkSerializationException.
  • Route request, response, error, and streaming JSON handling through the serializer.
  • Keep mapper and Jackson TypeReference APIs as deprecated compatibility wrappers.
  • Add compatibility, generic response, and byte-for-byte wire parity tests.

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Test plan

  • ./gradlew build
  • ./gradlew test --tests dev.openfga.sdk.api.client.Jackson2JsonSerializerTest --tests dev.openfga.sdk.api.client.ApiClientTest --tests dev.openfga.sdk.api.client.StreamingApiExecutorTest
  • Clean Java SDK regeneration through make build-client-java in sdk-generator

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  • Generated-file changes have matching source-template changes in sdk-generator.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a pluggable JSON serialization interface for SDK requests and responses.
    • Added support for type-safe generic response deserialization using SDK type tokens.
    • Added streaming API overloads that accept SDK type tokens.
    • Added standardized serialization error handling.
  • Compatibility

    • Existing Jackson-based APIs remain available but are deprecated in favor of the new serializer and type-token APIs.

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The SDK adds a JsonSerializer abstraction with Jackson compatibility, introduces SdkTypeToken for generic deserialization, updates HTTP and error handling to use serializers, and migrates streaming APIs to token-based response types while retaining deprecated Jackson-based APIs.

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Serializer and streaming migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Serializer and generic type contracts
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/JsonSerializer.java, src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/Jackson2JsonSerializer.java, src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/SdkTypeToken.java, src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/errors/SdkSerializationException.java
Adds serializer interfaces and Jackson implementation. Adds SDK serialization exceptions and generic type-token support.
ApiClient and HTTP serialization integration
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/ApiClient.java, src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/ApiExecutor.java, src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/ApiExecutorRequestBuilder.java, src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/HttpRequestAttempt.java, src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/OpenFgaApi.java, src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/errors/FgaError.java, src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/*, src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/OpenFgaApiTest.java, src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/auth/OAuth2ClientTest.java
Routes request, response, and error serialization through JsonSerializer. Keeps deprecated ObjectMapper compatibility accessors and validates custom serializer behavior.
Streaming type-token migration
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/BaseStreamingApi.java, src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/StreamedListObjectsApi.java, src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/StreamingApiExecutor.java, src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/OpenFgaClient.java, src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/StreamingApiTest.java, src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/StreamedListObjectsTest.java, src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/StreamingApiExecutorTest.java
Uses SdkTypeToken for streamed response construction and deserialization. Deprecates TypeReference overloads and tests the new streaming overload.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Suggested reviewers: soulpancake

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant OpenFgaClient
  participant StreamingApiExecutor
  participant BaseStreamingApi
  participant JsonSerializer
  OpenFgaClient->>StreamingApiExecutor: create executor with SdkTypeToken
  StreamingApiExecutor->>BaseStreamingApi: pass StreamResult type
  BaseStreamingApi->>JsonSerializer: deserialize stream line with type token
  JsonSerializer-->>BaseStreamingApi: return StreamResult
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Custom JSON serializer implementations cannot deserialize generic SDK responses through the new public API. Expose the token type before merging so the serializer abstraction works for supported generic response paths.

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In `@src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/SdkTypeToken.java`:
- Around line 37-39: Make SdkTypeToken.getType() public so external
JsonSerializer implementations can access the captured Type, including
parameterized tokens created by SdkTypeToken.parameterized(...). Add
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📒 Files selected for processing (22)
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/BaseStreamingApi.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/OpenFgaApi.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/StreamedListObjectsApi.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/ApiClient.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/ApiExecutor.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/ApiExecutorRequestBuilder.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/HttpRequestAttempt.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/Jackson2JsonSerializer.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/JsonSerializer.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/OpenFgaClient.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/SdkTypeToken.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/StreamingApiExecutor.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/errors/FgaError.java
  • src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/errors/SdkSerializationException.java
  • src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/OpenFgaApiTest.java
  • src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/StreamingApiTest.java
  • src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/auth/OAuth2ClientTest.java
  • src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/ApiClientTest.java
  • src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/Jackson2JsonSerializerTest.java
  • src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/OpenFgaClientHeadersTest.java
  • src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/StreamedListObjectsTest.java
  • src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/StreamingApiExecutorTest.java

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❌ Patch coverage is 71.42857% with 34 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 39.32%. Comparing base (0c5c5c7) to head (66001ef).

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.../java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/SdkTypeToken.java 56.25% 13 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
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src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/errors/FgaError.java 50.00% 2 Missing ⚠️
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🟡 Changes recommended

It introduces source and binary compatibility breaks, an unsafe type-token factory, and a non-independent wire-parity test.

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Pull request overview

Introduces an SDK-owned JSON serialization bridge to decouple future APIs from Jackson 2 while retaining deprecated compatibility APIs.

Changes:

  • Adds serializer, type-token, and serialization-exception abstractions.
  • Routes request, response, error, and streaming serialization through the bridge.
  • Adds compatibility, generic-streaming, and wire-format tests.
File summaries
File Description
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/BaseStreamingApi.java Uses serializer and SDK type tokens for streams.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/OpenFgaApi.java Serializes requests through the bridge.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/StreamedListObjectsApi.java Replaces Jackson type references.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/ApiClient.java Adds serializer configuration and deprecated mapper wrappers.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/ApiExecutor.java Handles SDK serialization failures.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/ApiExecutorRequestBuilder.java Serializes dynamic request bodies through the bridge.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/HttpRequestAttempt.java Deserializes responses and errors through the bridge.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/Jackson2JsonSerializer.java Implements the Jackson 2 adapter.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/JsonSerializer.java Defines the serialization abstraction.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/OpenFgaClient.java Adds SDK type-token streaming overloads.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/SdkTypeToken.java Captures generic response types.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/StreamingApiExecutor.java Migrates streaming deserialization to SDK tokens.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/errors/FgaError.java Parses API errors using the serializer.
src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/errors/SdkSerializationException.java Adds a library-independent serialization exception.
src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/SdkTypeTokenTest.java Tests reflected generic capture.
src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/OpenFgaApiTest.java Updates serializer mocking.
src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/StreamingApiTest.java Updates streaming serializer setup.
src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/auth/OAuth2ClientTest.java Updates OAuth serializer setup.
src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/ApiClientTest.java Tests mapper compatibility accessors.
src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/Jackson2JsonSerializerTest.java Tests serialization and generic reads.
src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/OpenFgaClientHeadersTest.java Updates serializer mocking.
src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/StreamedListObjectsTest.java Updates serializer mocking.
src/test/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/client/StreamingApiExecutorTest.java Tests SDK token streaming overloads.
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src/main/java/dev/openfga/sdk/api/BaseStreamingApi.java:52

  • The approved RFC explicitly calls for deprecating the BaseStreamingApi TypeReference constructor, but this change removes it. Any external subclass using the current protected constructor gets a source break, and existing binaries can fail with NoSuchMethodError. Keep the old constructor as a deprecated overload that delegates to the new token-based path.
    protected BaseStreamingApi(
            Configuration configuration, ApiClient apiClient, SdkTypeToken<StreamResult<T>> streamResultType) {
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LGTM
Thanks @Adrastopoulos

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