com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation

Class ObjectIdGenerators.StringIdGenerator

java.lang.Object

com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerator<T>

com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerators.StringIdGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Enclosing class:

ObjectIdGenerators

public static final class ObjectIdGenerators.StringIdGenerator
extends ObjectIdGenerator<T>

Implementation that will accept arbitrary (but unique) String Ids on deserialization, and (by default) use random UUID generation similar to ObjectIdGenerators.UUIDGenerator for generation ids.

This generator is most useful for cases where another system creates String Ids (of arbitrary structure, if any), and Jackson only needs to keep track of id-to-Object mapping. Generation also works, although if UUIDs are always used, ObjectIdGenerators.UUIDGenerator is a better match as it will also validate ids being used.

Since:

2.7

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerator

ObjectIdGenerator.IdKey

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StringIdGenerator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canUseFor(ObjectIdGenerator<?> gen) Method called to check whether this generator instance can be used for Object Ids of specific generator type and scope; determination is based by passing a configured "blueprint" (prototype) instance; from which the actual instances are created (using ObjectIdGenerator.newForSerialization(java.lang.Object)).
ObjectIdGenerator<String>	forScope(Class<?> scope) Factory method to create a blueprint instance for specified scope.
String	generateId(Object forPojo) Method used for generating a new Object Identifier to serialize for given POJO.
ObjectIdGenerator.IdKey	key(Object key) Method for constructing key to use for ObjectId-to-POJO maps.
ObjectIdGenerator<String>	newForSerialization(Object context) Factory method called to create a new instance to use for serialization: needed since generators may have state (next id to produce).

Methods inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerator

isValidReferencePropertyName, maySerializeAsObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringIdGenerator

public StringIdGenerator()

Method Detail

forScope

public ObjectIdGenerator<String> forScope(Class<?> scope)

Description copied from class: ObjectIdGenerator

Factory method to create a blueprint instance for specified scope. Generators that do not use scope may return 'this'.

Specified by:

forScope in class ObjectIdGenerator<String>

newForSerialization

public ObjectIdGenerator<String> newForSerialization(Object context)

Description copied from class: ObjectIdGenerator

Factory method called to create a new instance to use for serialization: needed since generators may have state (next id to produce).

Note that actual type of 'context' is com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider, but can not be declared here as type itself (as well as call to this object) comes from databind package.

Specified by:

newForSerialization in class ObjectIdGenerator<String>

Parameters:

context - Serialization context object used (of type com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider); may be needed by more complex generators to access contextual information such as configuration.

generateId

public String generateId(Object forPojo)

Description copied from class: ObjectIdGenerator

Method used for generating a new Object Identifier to serialize for given POJO.

Parameters:

forPojo - POJO for which identifier is needed

Returns:

Object Identifier to use.

key

public ObjectIdGenerator.IdKey key(Object key)

Description copied from class: ObjectIdGenerator

Method for constructing key to use for ObjectId-to-POJO maps.

Specified by:

key in class ObjectIdGenerator<String>

canUseFor

public boolean canUseFor(ObjectIdGenerator<?> gen)

Description copied from class: ObjectIdGenerator

Method called to check whether this generator instance can be used for Object Ids of specific generator type and scope; determination is based by passing a configured "blueprint" (prototype) instance; from which the actual instances are created (using ObjectIdGenerator.newForSerialization(java.lang.Object)).

Returns:

True if this instance can be used as-is; false if not