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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 NIBIO <http://www.nibio.no/>. 
+ * 
+ * This file is part of VIPSCoreManager.
+ * VIPSCore is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the NIBIO Open Source License as published by 
+ * NIBIO, either version 1 of the License, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ * 
+ * VIPSCoreManager is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * NIBIO Open Source License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the NIBIO Open Source License
+ * along with VIPSCoreManager.  If not, see <http://www.nibio.no/licenses/>.
+ * 
+ */
+
+package no.nibio.vips.coremanager.config;
+
+import com.bedatadriven.jackson.datatype.jts.JtsModule;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.ContextResolver;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+
+/**
+ * This config ensures that Jackson serializes dates as [ISO-8601 ]-compliant notation,
+ * and not a timestamp. Also that JTS objects are hopefully handled correctly
+ * @copyright 2018 <a href="http://www.nibio.no/">NIBIO</a>
+ * @author Tor-Einar Skog <tor-einar.skog@nibio.no>
+ */
+@Provider
+@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+public class JacksonConfig  implements ContextResolver<ObjectMapper>{
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+
+    public JacksonConfig()
+    {
+        objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        objectMapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);
+        objectMapper.registerModule(new JtsModule());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectMapper getContext(Class<?> objectType)
+    {
+        return objectMapper;
+    }
+}