Jackson changes additional values to infinite in case of special JSON structures and existing infinite values

[Rodenstock]

With infinite values of float types and the following JSON structure, Jackson unexpectedly changes additional values since version 2.18.0.
Radius is originally set to infinity (1.7976931348623157e+308). After selecting the value as JSONB from a PostgreSQL database and serializing it to JSON, the value of center.x is also set to infinity (1.7976931348623157e+308).

All versions greater than or equal to 2.18.0 are affected.
The last working version is 2.17.3.

{
  "results": [
    {
      "radius": 179769313486231570000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000,
     "type": "center",
      "center": {
        "x": -11.0,
        "y": -2.0
      }
    }
  ]
}

Jackson serializes the JSON-Object into the following JSON:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "radius": 1.7976931348623157e+308,
     "type": "center",
      "center": {
        "x": 1.7976931348623157e+308,
        "y": -2.0
      }
    }
  ]
}

Below is the code for reproducing the issue.

package org.example;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonSubTypes;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;

class Point {
    private Double x;
    private Double y;

    public Double getX() {
        return x;
    }

    public void setX(Double x) {
        this.x = x;
    }

    public Double getY() {
        return y;
    }

    public void setY(Double y) {
        this.y = y;
    }
}

@JsonTypeInfo(
        use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME,
        include = JsonTypeInfo.As.EXISTING_PROPERTY,
        property = "type",
        visible = true)
@JsonSubTypes(@JsonSubTypes.Type(value = CenterResult.class, name = "center"))
abstract class Result {
    private String type;

    public String getType() {
        return type;
    }

    public void setType(String type) {
        this.type = type;
    }
}

class CenterResult extends Result {
    private Point center;

    private Double radius;

    public Double getRadius() {
        return radius;
    }

    public void setRadius(Double radius) {
        this.radius = radius;
    }

    public Point getCenter() {
        return center;
    }

    public void setCenter(Point center) {
        this.center = center;
    }
}

class Root {
    private Result[] results;

    public Result[] getResults() {
        return results;
    }

    public void setResults(Result[] results) {
        this.results = results;
    }
}

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        var dataString = """
            {
              "results": [
                {
                  "radius": 179769313486231570000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000,
                 "type": "center",
                  "center": {
                    "x": -11.0,
                    "y": -2.0
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
        """;

        var object = new ObjectMapper().readValue(dataString, Root.class);

        var result = (CenterResult) Arrays.stream(object.getResults()).findFirst().orElseThrow();

        System.out.println(result.getCenter().getX()); // prints 1.7976931348623157E308 instead of -11.0
    }
}

[pjfanning]

This seems like #1391 to me. A bug that added in 2.15.0. Hopefully, there will be releases soon to address this. Could you try 2.18.3-SNAPSHOT?

https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/jackson-core/2.18.3-SNAPSHOT/

[Rodenstock]

Thank you very much for this information.

The problem also occurs with 2.18.3-SNAPSHOT, but seems to be fixed in 2.19.0-SNAPSHOT.

[pjfanning]

Thanks @Rodenstock - it does look like the parts of the 2.19 fix that we backported and thought were enough - that these may not be enough and that we may need to backport the full 2.19 change.

[cowtowncoder]

@pjfanning makes sense given that 2.19 fully clears _numberString on reset() calls, whereas 2.18 patch was minimal, addressing specific call sequence (to reduce likelihood of regressions).

But the question then is whether more tweaking helps, or should we just backport full 2.19 fix.

[pjfanning]

@pjfanning makes sense given that 2.19 fully clears _numberString on reset() calls, whereas 2.18 patch was minimal, addressing specific call sequence (to reduce likelihood of regressions).

But the question then is whether more tweaking helps, or should we just backport full 2.19 fix.

Is there anything else to backport after #1400 ?

[cowtowncoder]

Is there anything else to backport after #1400 ?

I don't think so.

[pjfanning]

I can't guarantee that there are no more edge cases but #1400 fixes this latest issue. This seems to differ from the original case because instead of a normal int, the first number here is a very long int (big int). So far, there is no evidence of numbers with decimal points leaking into following numbers.

[cowtowncoder]

Without this fix, I think BigDecimal could leak. But with fix I am not aware of any mechanism.

[cowtowncoder]

Fix merged: will be in

• 2.19.0
• 2.18.3
• 2.17.4 (if it is released), or possibly 2.17.4.1 (micro-patch, otherwise)