googleapis
diff --git a/...gle/api/client/googleapis/extensions/appengine/auth/oauth2/AppIdentityCredentialTest.java b/...gle/api/client/googleapis/extensions/appengine/auth/oauth2/AppIdentityCredentialTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequest;
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockHttpTransport;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public void testAppEngineCredentialWrapper() throws IOException {
     final Collection<String> emptyScopes = Collections.emptyList();
 
     HttpTransport transport = new MockHttpTransport();
-    JsonFactory jsonFactory = new JacksonFactory();
+    JsonFactory jsonFactory = new GsonFactory();
 
     MockAppIdentityService appIdentity = new MockAppIdentityService();
     appIdentity.setAccessTokenText(expectedAccessToken);
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public void testAppEngineCredentialWrapperGetAccessToken() throws IOException {
     final String expectedAccessToken = "ExpectedAccessToken";
 
     HttpTransport transport = new MockHttpTransport();
-    JsonFactory jsonFactory = new JacksonFactory();
+    JsonFactory jsonFactory = new GsonFactory();
 
     MockAppIdentityService appIdentity = new MockAppIdentityService();
     appIdentity.setAccessTokenText(expectedAccessToken);
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public void testAppEngineCredentialWrapperGetAccessToken() throws IOException {
   }
 
   public void testAppEngineCredentialWrapperNullTransportThrows() throws IOException {
-    JsonFactory jsonFactory = new JacksonFactory();
+    JsonFactory jsonFactory = new GsonFactory();
     try {
       new AppIdentityCredential.AppEngineCredentialWrapper(null, jsonFactory);
       fail();

diff --git a/...google/api/client/googleapis/notifications/json/jackson2/JacksonNotificationCallback.java b/...google/api/client/googleapis/notifications/json/jackson2/JacksonNotificationCallback.java
@@ -17,21 +17,21 @@
 import com.google.api.client.googleapis.notifications.TypedNotificationCallback;
 import com.google.api.client.googleapis.notifications.json.JsonNotificationCallback;
 import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.util.Beta;
 
 /**
  * {@link Beta} <br>
  * A {@link TypedNotificationCallback} which uses an JSON content encoding with {@link
- * JacksonFactory#getDefaultInstance()}.
+ * GsonFactory#getDefaultInstance()}.
  *
  * <p>Must NOT be implemented in form of an anonymous class as this will break serialization.
  *
  * <p>Implementation should be thread-safe. <b>Example usage:</b>
  *
  * <pre>
  * static class MyNotificationCallback
- * extends GsonNotificationCallback{@literal <}ListResponse{@literal >} {
+ * extends JacksonNotificationCallback{@literal <}ListResponse{@literal >} {
  *
  * private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
  *
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ public abstract class JacksonNotificationCallback<T> extends JsonNotificationCal
 
   @Override
   protected JsonFactory getJsonFactory() {
-    return JacksonFactory.getDefaultInstance();
+    return GsonFactory.getDefaultInstance();
   }
 }
diff --git a/google-api-client/pom.xml b/google-api-client/pom.xml
@@ -121,14 +121,9 @@
       <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-oauth-client</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>

diff --git a/...ava/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GoogleAuthorizationCodeTokenRequest.java b/...ava/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GoogleAuthorizationCodeTokenRequest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  * static void requestAccessToken() throws IOException {
  * try {
  * GoogleTokenResponse response =
- * new GoogleAuthorizationCodeTokenRequest(new NetHttpTransport(), new JacksonFactory(),
+ * new GoogleAuthorizationCodeTokenRequest(new NetHttpTransport(), new GsonFactory(),
  * "812741506391.apps.googleusercontent.com", "{client_secret}",
  * "4/P7q7W91a-oMsCeLvIaQm6bTrgtp7", "https://oauth2-login-demo.appspot.com/code")
  * .execute();

diff --git a/...src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GoogleRefreshTokenRequest.java b/...src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GoogleRefreshTokenRequest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
  * static void refreshAccessToken() throws IOException {
  * try {
  * TokenResponse response =
- * new GoogleRefreshTokenRequest(new NetHttpTransport(), new JacksonFactory(),
+ * new GoogleRefreshTokenRequest(new NetHttpTransport(), new GsonFactory(),
  * "tGzv3JOkF0XG5Qx2TlKWIA", "s6BhdRkqt3", "7Fjfp0ZBr1KtDRbnfVdmIw").execute();
  * System.out.println("Access token: " + response.getAccessToken());
  * } catch (TokenResponseException e) {

diff --git a/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/json/package-info.java b/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/json/package-info.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
  * headers.setApplicationName("Google-YouTubeSample/1.0");
  * headers.gdataVersion = "2";
  * JsonCParser parser = new JsonCParser();
- * parser.jsonFactory = new JacksonFactory();
+ * parser.jsonFactory = new GsonFactory();
  * transport.addParser(parser);
  * // insert authentication code...
  * return transport;

diff --git a/...c/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/notifications/TypedNotificationCallback.java b/...c/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/notifications/TypedNotificationCallback.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
  *
  * {@literal @}Override
  * protected ObjectParser getObjectParser(Notification notification) throws IOException {
- * return new JsonObjectParser(new JacksonFactory());
+ * return new JsonObjectParser(new GsonFactory());
  * }
  *
  * {@literal @}Override

diff --git a/...in/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/notifications/json/JsonNotificationCallback.java b/...in/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/notifications/json/JsonNotificationCallback.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
  *
  * {@literal @}Override
  * protected JsonFactory getJsonFactory() throws IOException {
- * return new JacksonFactory();
+ * return new GsonFactory();
  * }
  *
  * {@literal @}Override

diff --git a/.../main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/testing/auth/oauth2/MockGoogleCredential.java b/.../main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/testing/auth/oauth2/MockGoogleCredential.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.json.Json;
 import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockHttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockLowLevelHttpRequest;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockLowLevelHttpResponse;
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public MockGoogleCredential build() {
         setClientAuthentication(new MockClientAuthentication());
       }
       if (getJsonFactory() == null) {
-        setJsonFactory(new JacksonFactory());
+        setJsonFactory(new GsonFactory());
       }
       return new MockGoogleCredential(this);
     }

diff --git a/...n/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/testing/auth/oauth2/MockTokenServerTransport.java b/...n/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/testing/auth/oauth2/MockTokenServerTransport.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import com.google.api.client.json.GenericJson;
 import com.google.api.client.json.Json;
 import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.json.webtoken.JsonWebSignature;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockHttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockLowLevelHttpRequest;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class MockTokenServerTransport extends MockHttpTransport {
   private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(MockTokenServerTransport.class.getName());
 
   static final String EXPECTED_GRANT_TYPE = "urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer";
-  static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = new JacksonFactory();
+  static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = new GsonFactory();
   final String tokenServerUrl;
   Map<String, String> serviceAccounts = new HashMap<String, String>();
   Map<String, String> clients = new HashMap<String, String>();

diff --git a/...in/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/testing/compute/MockMetadataServerTransport.java b/...in/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/testing/compute/MockMetadataServerTransport.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import com.google.api.client.json.GenericJson;
 import com.google.api.client.json.Json;
 import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockHttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockLowLevelHttpRequest;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockLowLevelHttpResponse;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class MockMetadataServerTransport extends MockHttpTransport {
   private static final String METADATA_TOKEN_SERVER_URL =
       METADATA_SERVER_URL + "/computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/token";
 
-  static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = new JacksonFactory();
+  static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = new GsonFactory();
 
   String accessToken;
 

diff --git a/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/util/Utils.java b/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/util/Utils.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.http.javanet.NetHttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.util.Beta;
 
 /**
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ private static class JsonFactoryInstanceHolder {
     // other APIs to not require one of these for input. This was the most commonly used
     // implementation in public samples. This is a compile-time dependency to help detect the
     // dependency as early as possible.
-    static final JsonFactory INSTANCE = new JacksonFactory();
+    static final JsonFactory INSTANCE = new GsonFactory();
   }
 
   /** Returns a cached default implementation of the HttpTransport interface. */

diff --git a/...test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/DefaultCredentialProviderTest.java b/...test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/DefaultCredentialProviderTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import com.google.api.client.http.LowLevelHttpResponse;
 import com.google.api.client.json.GenericJson;
 import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockHttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockLowLevelHttpRequest;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 /** Tests {@link DefaultCredentialProvider}. */
 public class DefaultCredentialProviderTest extends TestCase {
 
-  private static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = new JacksonFactory();
+  private static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = new GsonFactory();
 
   private static final Collection<String> SCOPES =
       Collections.unmodifiableCollection(Arrays.asList("scope1", "scope2"));

diff --git a/...st/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GoogleAuthorizationCodeFlowTest.java b/...st/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GoogleAuthorizationCodeFlowTest.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2;
 
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockHttpTransport;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public void testBuilder() {
     GoogleAuthorizationCodeFlow.Builder builder =
         new GoogleAuthorizationCodeFlow.Builder(
             new MockHttpTransport(),
-            new JacksonFactory(),
+            new GsonFactory(),
             CLIENT_ID,
             CLIENT_SECRET,
             ImmutableList.of("https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email"));

diff --git a/...com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GoogleAuthorizationCodeTokenRequestTest.java b/...com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GoogleAuthorizationCodeTokenRequestTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 package com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2;
 
 import com.google.api.client.auth.oauth2.ClientParametersAuthentication;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockHttpTransport;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public void test() {
     GoogleAuthorizationCodeTokenRequest request =
         new GoogleAuthorizationCodeTokenRequest(
             new MockHttpTransport(),
-            new JacksonFactory(),
+            new GsonFactory(),
             CLIENT_ID,
             CLIENT_SECRET,
             CODE,

diff --git a/...ient/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GoogleCredentialTest.java b/...ient/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GoogleCredentialTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.json.GenericJson;
 import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockHttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.util.SecurityTestUtils;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  */
 public class GoogleCredentialTest extends TestCase {
 
-  private static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = new JacksonFactory();
+  private static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = new GsonFactory();
 
   private static final Collection<String> SCOPES =
       Collections.unmodifiableCollection(Arrays.asList("scope1", "scope2"));

diff --git a/...src/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GoogleIdTokenVerifierTest.java b/...src/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GoogleIdTokenVerifierTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import com.google.api.client.auth.openidconnect.IdTokenVerifier;
 import com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2.GoogleIdToken.Payload;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.json.webtoken.JsonWebSignature.Header;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.FixedClock;
 import com.google.api.client.util.Clock;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public void testBuilder() throws Exception {
     GoogleIdTokenVerifier.Builder builder =
         new GoogleIdTokenVerifier.Builder(
                 new GooglePublicKeysManagerTest.PublicCertsMockHttpTransport(),
-                new JacksonFactory())
+                new GsonFactory())
             .setIssuer(ISSUER)
             .setAudience(TRUSTED_CLIENT_IDS);
     assertEquals(Clock.SYSTEM, builder.getClock());
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public void testVerify() throws Exception {
     GoogleIdTokenVerifier verifier =
         new GoogleIdTokenVerifier.Builder(
                 new GooglePublicKeysManagerTest.PublicCertsMockHttpTransport(),
-                new JacksonFactory())
+                new GsonFactory())
             .build();
     Header header = new Header();
     header.setAlgorithm("RS25");
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public void testVerify() throws Exception {
     assertFalse(verifier.verify(idToken2));
     verifier =
         new GoogleIdTokenVerifier(
-            new GooglePublicKeysManagerTest.PublicCertsMockHttpTransport(), new JacksonFactory());
+            new GooglePublicKeysManagerTest.PublicCertsMockHttpTransport(), new GsonFactory());
     assertFalse(verifier.verify(idToken));
     assertFalse(verifier.verify(idToken2));
     // TODO(yanivi): add a unit test that returns true

diff --git a/...c/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GooglePublicKeysManagerTest.java b/...c/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/GooglePublicKeysManagerTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import com.google.api.client.http.LowLevelHttpResponse;
 import com.google.api.client.json.Json;
 import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.FixedClock;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockHttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockLowLevelHttpRequest;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class GooglePublicKeysManagerTest extends TestCase {
 
   public void testBuilder() throws Exception {
     HttpTransport transport = new MockHttpTransport();
-    JsonFactory jsonFactory = new JacksonFactory();
+    JsonFactory jsonFactory = new GsonFactory();
     GooglePublicKeysManager.Builder builder =
         new GooglePublicKeysManager.Builder(transport, jsonFactory);
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public LowLevelHttpResponse execute() {
   public void testRefresh() throws Exception {
     GooglePublicKeysManager certs =
         new GooglePublicKeysManager.Builder(
-                new PublicCertsMockHttpTransport(), new JacksonFactory())
+                new PublicCertsMockHttpTransport(), new GsonFactory())
             .build();
     certs.refresh();
     assertEquals(2, certs.getPublicKeys().size());
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public void testLoadCerts_cache() throws Exception {
     PublicCertsMockHttpTransport transport = new PublicCertsMockHttpTransport();
     transport.useAgeHeader = true;
     GooglePublicKeysManager certs =
-        new GooglePublicKeysManager.Builder(transport, new JacksonFactory())
+        new GooglePublicKeysManager.Builder(transport, new GsonFactory())
             .setClock(new FixedClock(100))
             .build();
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public void testLoadCerts_cache() throws Exception {
 
   public void testGetCacheTimeInSec() throws Exception {
     GooglePublicKeysManager certs =
-        new GooglePublicKeysManager.Builder(new MockHttpTransport(), new JacksonFactory()).build();
+        new GooglePublicKeysManager.Builder(new MockHttpTransport(), new GsonFactory()).build();
     assertEquals(
         12000,
         certs.getCacheTimeInSec(

diff --git a/google-api-client/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/batch/BatchRequestTest.java b/google-api-client/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/batch/BatchRequestTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import com.google.api.client.http.LowLevelHttpResponse;
 import com.google.api.client.json.GenericJson;
 import com.google.api.client.json.JsonObjectParser;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.client.protobuf.ProtoObjectParser;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.HttpTesting;
 import com.google.api.client.testing.http.MockHttpTransport;
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ private BatchRequest getBatchPopulatedWithRequests(
     credential = new MockCredential();
 
     ObjectParser parser =
-        testBinary ? new ProtoObjectParser() : new JsonObjectParser(new JacksonFactory());
+        testBinary ? new ProtoObjectParser() : new JsonObjectParser(new GsonFactory());
     BatchRequest batchRequest =
         new BatchRequest(transport, credential).setBatchUrl(new GenericUrl(TEST_BATCH_URL));
     HttpRequest request1 = jsonHttpRequest1.buildHttpRequest();
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ public void subTestExecuteWithVoidCallback(boolean testServerError) throws IOExc
         new MockGoogleClientRequest<String>(client, METHOD1, URI_TEMPLATE1, null, String.class);
     MockGoogleClientRequest<String> jsonHttpRequest2 =
         new MockGoogleClientRequest<String>(client, METHOD2, URI_TEMPLATE2, null, String.class);
-    ObjectParser parser = new JsonObjectParser(new JacksonFactory());
+    ObjectParser parser = new JsonObjectParser(new GsonFactory());
     BatchRequest batchRequest =
         new BatchRequest(transport, null).setBatchUrl(new GenericUrl(TEST_BATCH_URL));
     HttpRequest request1 = jsonHttpRequest1.buildHttpRequest();

diff --git a/...-client/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/compute/ComputeCredentialTest.java b/...-client/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/compute/ComputeCredentialTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import com.google.api.client.googleapis.testing.compute.MockMetadataServerTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 /**
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public void testExecuteRefreshToken() throws Exception {
 
     HttpTransport transport = new MockMetadataServerTransport(ACCESS_TOKEN);
 
-    ComputeCredential credential = new ComputeCredential(transport, new JacksonFactory());
+    ComputeCredential credential = new ComputeCredential(transport, new GsonFactory());
 
     assertTrue(credential.refreshToken());
     assertEquals(ACCESS_TOKEN, credential.getAccessToken());