Using Spring Boot (1.2.4) and Jackson (2.4.6) the following annotation based configuration worked for me. @Configuration public class JacksonConfiguration { @Bean public ObjectMapper objectMapper() { ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(); mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false); mapper.configure(MapperFeature.DEFAULT_VIEW_INCLUSION, true); return mapper; } }
as the creator of ValueInjecter, I can tell you that I did it because I wanted something simple and very flexible I really don’t like writing much or writing lots of monkey code like: Prop1.Ignore, Prop2.Ignore etc. CreateMap<Foo,Bar>(); CreateMap<Tomato, Potato>(); etc. ValueInjecter is something like mozilla with it’s plugins, you create ValueInjections and use them … Read more
From Jimmy Bogard: CreateMap<Foo, Bar>().ForMember(x => x.Blarg, opt => opt.Ignore()); It’s in one of the comments at his blog. UPDATE(from Jamie’s comment Jan 4 ’19 at 11:11:) Ignore has been replaced with DoNotValidate in ForSourceMember: https://github.com/AutoMapper/AutoMapper/blob/master/docs/8.0-Upgrade-Guide.md