Introduce Jackson 3 support for spring-websocket

This commit introduces a JacksonJsonSockJsMessageCodec Jackson 3 variant
of Jackson2SockJsMessageCodec.

See gh-33798

spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/WebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurationSupport.java

@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomScopeConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.core.task.TaskExecutor;
-import org.springframework.http.converter.json.Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder;
-import org.springframework.messaging.converter.MappingJackson2MessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.messaging.simp.SimpMessagingTemplate;
 import org.springframework.messaging.simp.SimpSessionScope;
 import org.springframework.messaging.simp.annotation.support.SimpAnnotationMethodMessageHandler;
@@ -162,17 +160,4 @@ public abstract class WebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurationSupport extends Abstrac
 		return stats;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	protected MappingJackson2MessageConverter createJacksonConverter() {
-		MappingJackson2MessageConverter messageConverter = super.createJacksonConverter();
-		// Use Jackson builder in order to have well-known modules registered automatically.
-		Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder builder = Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder.json();
-		ApplicationContext applicationContext = getApplicationContext();
-		if (applicationContext != null) {
-			builder.applicationContext(applicationContext);
-		}
-		messageConverter.setObjectMapper(builder.build());
-		return messageConverter;
-	}
-
 }

spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/client/AbstractClientSockJsSession.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.frame.SockJsMessageCodec;
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @since 4.1
  */
 public abstract class AbstractClientSockJsSession implements WebSocketSession {
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractClientSockJsSession implements WebSocketSession {
 			try {
 				messages = getMessageCodec().decode(frameData);
 			}
-			catch (IOException ex) {
+			catch (RuntimeException | IOException ex) {
 				if (logger.isErrorEnabled()) {
 					logger.error("Failed to decode data for SockJS \"message\" frame: " + frame + " in " + this, ex);
 				}

spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/client/SockJsClient.java

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.socket.WebSocketHttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.WebSocketSession;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.client.WebSocketClient;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.frame.Jackson2SockJsMessageCodec;
+import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.frame.JacksonJsonSockJsMessageCodec;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.frame.SockJsMessageCodec;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.transport.TransportType;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
  */
 public class SockJsClient implements WebSocketClient, Lifecycle {
 
+	private static final boolean jacksonPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent(
+			"tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper", SockJsClient.class.getClassLoader());
+
 	private static final boolean jackson2Present = ClassUtils.isPresent(
 			"com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper", SockJsClient.class.getClassLoader());
 
@@ -97,7 +101,10 @@ public class SockJsClient implements WebSocketClient, Lifecycle {
 		Assert.notEmpty(transports, "No transports provided");
 		this.transports = new ArrayList<>(transports);
 		this.infoReceiver = initInfoReceiver(transports);
-		if (jackson2Present) {
+		if (jacksonPresent) {
+			this.messageCodec = new JacksonJsonSockJsMessageCodec();
+		}
+		else if (jackson2Present) {
 			this.messageCodec = new Jackson2SockJsMessageCodec();
 		}
 	}

spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/frame/JacksonJsonSockJsMessageCodec.java

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.frame;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.io.JsonStringEncoder;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.cfg.MapperBuilder;
+import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
+
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * A Jackson 3.x codec for encoding and decoding SockJS messages.
+ *
+ * <p>The default constructor loads {@link tools.jackson.databind.JacksonModule}s
+ * found by {@link MapperBuilder#findModules(ClassLoader)}.
+ *
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ * @since 7.0
+ */
+public class JacksonJsonSockJsMessageCodec extends AbstractSockJsMessageCodec {
+
+	private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Construct a new instance with a {@link JsonMapper} customized with the
+	 * {@link tools.jackson.databind.JacksonModule}s found by
+	 * {@link MapperBuilder#findModules(ClassLoader)}.
+	 */
+	public JacksonJsonSockJsMessageCodec() {
+		this.objectMapper = JsonMapper.builder().findAndAddModules(JacksonJsonSockJsMessageCodec.class.getClassLoader()).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Construct a new instance with the provided {@link ObjectMapper}.
+	 * @see JsonMapper#builder()
+	 * @see MapperBuilder#findAndAddModules(ClassLoader)
+	 */
+	public JacksonJsonSockJsMessageCodec(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
+		Assert.notNull(objectMapper, "ObjectMapper must not be null");
+		this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public String @Nullable [] decode(String content) {
+		return this.objectMapper.readValue(content, String[].class);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String @Nullable [] decodeInputStream(InputStream content) {
+		return this.objectMapper.readValue(content, String[].class);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected char[] applyJsonQuoting(String content) {
+		return JsonStringEncoder.getInstance().quoteAsString(content);
+	}
+
+}

spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/transport/TransportHandlingSockJsService.java

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.socket.server.HandshakeInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.server.support.HandshakeInterceptorChain;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.SockJsException;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.frame.Jackson2SockJsMessageCodec;
+import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.frame.JacksonJsonSockJsMessageCodec;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.frame.SockJsMessageCodec;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.support.AbstractSockJsService;
 
@@ -70,6 +71,9 @@ import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.support.AbstractSockJsService;
  */
 public class TransportHandlingSockJsService extends AbstractSockJsService implements SockJsServiceConfig, Lifecycle {
 
+	private static final boolean jacksonPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent(
+			"tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper", TransportHandlingSockJsService.class.getClassLoader());
+
 	private static final boolean jackson2Present = ClassUtils.isPresent(
 			"com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper", TransportHandlingSockJsService.class.getClassLoader());
 
@@ -118,7 +122,10 @@ public class TransportHandlingSockJsService extends AbstractSockJsService implem
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (jackson2Present) {
+		if (jacksonPresent) {
+			this.messageCodec = new JacksonJsonSockJsMessageCodec();
+		}
+		else if (jackson2Present) {
 			this.messageCodec = new Jackson2SockJsMessageCodec();
 		}
 	}