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'@JsonClassDescription' annotation is not taken into account

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reproducing JSON Schema generation with jackson-module-jsonSchema 2.7.4 using a POJO annotated with @JsonClassDescription, as described in the issue. Inspect how class descriptions are handled and add coverage for the annotation; done means the generated schema includes the description.

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Description

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@JsonClassDescription supported by jackson-module-jsonSchema? I have tried to generate JSON schema with jackson-module-jsonSchema 2.7.4 However, it ignores @JsonClassDescription annotation

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