What are @JsonTypeInfo and @JsonSubTypes used for in jackson

What are the @JsonTypeInfo and @JsonSubTypes annotations used for in Jackson?

public class Lion extends Animal {

private String name;

@JsonCreator
public Lion(@JsonProperty("name") String name) {
    this.name = name;
}

public String getName() {
    return name;
}

public String getSound() {
    return "Roar";
}

public String getType() {
    return "carnivorous";
}

public boolean isEndangered() {
    return true;
}

@Override
public String toString() {
    return "Lion [name=" + name + ", getName()=" + getName() + ", getSound()=" + getSound() + ", getType()=" + getType() + ", isEndangered()="
            + isEndangered() + "]";
}

}

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public class Elephant extends Animal {

@JsonProperty
private String name;

@JsonCreator
public Elephant(@JsonProperty("name") String name) {
    this.name = name;
}

public String getName() {
    return name;
}

public String getSound() {
    return "trumpet";
}

public String getType() {
    return "herbivorous";
}

public boolean isEndangered() {
    return false;
}

@Override
public String toString() {
    return "Elephant [name=" + name + ", getName()=" + getName() + ", getSound()=" + getSound() + ", getType()=" + getType()
            + ", isEndangered()=" + isEndangered() + "]";
}
}

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@JsonTypeInfo (use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.CLASS, include = As.PROPERTY, property = "classNameExtenral")
@JsonSubTypes ({@Type (value = Lion.class, name = "lion"), @Type (value = Elephant.class, name = "elephant")})

public abstract class Animal {

@JsonProperty ("name")
String name;
@JsonProperty ("sound")
String sound;
@JsonProperty ("type")
String type;
@JsonProperty ("endangered")
boolean endangered;
}

public static void main(String[] args){
    Lion lion = new Lion("Simba");
    Elephant elephant = new Elephant("Manny");
    List<Animal> animals = new ArrayList<>();
    animals.add(lion);
    animals.add(elephant);
}

What I understand is that it additionally preserves the concrete type of object being serialised along with the actual data.

What is not clear to me is what is the actual advantage/gain during deserialization.

Not getting any significant documentation apart from the java docs. Can anyone please help out here or provide some docs around the same.

Turn off AOT (Ahead of Time). If you check on AOT in your applicaion (.NET core) just forget about serialisation.