How do I call the default deserializer from a custom deserializer in Jackson

The DeserializationContext has a readValue() method you may use. This should work for both the default deserializer and any custom deserializers you have.

Just be sure to call traverse() on the JsonNode level you want to read to retrieve the JsonParser to pass to readValue().

public class FooDeserializer extends StdDeserializer<FooBean> {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    public FooDeserializer() {
        this(null);
    }

    public FooDeserializer(Class<FooBean> t) {
        super(t);
    }

    @Override
    public FooBean deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
        JsonNode node = jp.getCodec().readTree(jp);
        FooBean foo = new FooBean();
        foo.setBar(ctxt.readValue(node.get("bar").traverse(), BarBean.class));
        return foo;
    }

}

I found an answer at https://stackoverflow.com/a/51927577/14731 which is much more readable than the accepted answer.

public User deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
    throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
        User user = jp.readValueAs(User.class);
         // some code
         return user;
      }

It really doesn't get easier than this.

As StaxMan already suggested you can do this by writing a BeanDeserializerModifier and registering it via SimpleModule. The following example should work:

public class UserEventDeserializer extends StdDeserializer<User> implements ResolvableDeserializer
{
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 7923585097068641765L;

  private final JsonDeserializer<?> defaultDeserializer;

  public UserEventDeserializer(JsonDeserializer<?> defaultDeserializer)
  {
    super(User.class);
    this.defaultDeserializer = defaultDeserializer;
  }

  @Override public User deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
      throws IOException, JsonProcessingException
  {
    User deserializedUser = (User) defaultDeserializer.deserialize(jp, ctxt);

    // Special logic

    return deserializedUser;
  }

  // for some reason you have to implement ResolvableDeserializer when modifying BeanDeserializer
  // otherwise deserializing throws JsonMappingException??
  @Override public void resolve(DeserializationContext ctxt) throws JsonMappingException
  {
    ((ResolvableDeserializer) defaultDeserializer).resolve(ctxt);
  }


  public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException
  {
    SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
    module.setDeserializerModifier(new BeanDeserializerModifier()
    {
      @Override public JsonDeserializer<?> modifyDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc, JsonDeserializer<?> deserializer)
      {
        if (beanDesc.getBeanClass() == User.class)
          return new UserEventDeserializer(deserializer);
        return deserializer;
      }
    });


    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
    mapper.registerModule(module);
    User user = mapper.readValue(new File("test.json"), User.class);
  }
}