com.fasterxml.jackson.databind

Class AnnotationIntrospector

java.lang.Object

com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.AnnotationIntrospector

All Implemented Interfaces:

Versioned, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AnnotationIntrospectorPair, JacksonAnnotationIntrospector, NopAnnotationIntrospector

public abstract class AnnotationIntrospector
extends Object
implements Versioned, Serializable

Abstract class that defines API used for introspecting annotation-based configuration for serialization and deserialization. Separated so that different sets of annotations can be supported, and support plugged-in dynamically.

NOTE: due to rapid addition of new methods (and changes to existing methods), it is strongly recommended that custom implementations should not directly extend this class, but rather extend NopAnnotationIntrospector. This way added methods will not break backwards compatibility of custom annotation introspectors.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	AnnotationIntrospector.ReferenceProperty Value type used with managed and back references; contains type and logic name, used to link related references

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AnnotationIntrospector()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<AnnotationIntrospector>	allIntrospectors() Method that can be used to collect all "real" introspectors that this introspector contains, if any; or this introspector if it is not a container.
Collection<AnnotationIntrospector>	allIntrospectors(Collection<AnnotationIntrospector> result) Method that can be used to collect all "real" introspectors that this introspector contains, if any; or this introspector if it is not a container.
VisibilityChecker<?>	findAutoDetectVisibility(AnnotatedClass ac, VisibilityChecker<?> checker) Method for checking if annotations indicate changes to minimum visibility levels needed for auto-detecting property elements (fields, methods, constructors).
Object	findContentDeserializer(Annotated am) Method for getting a deserializer definition for content (values) of associated Collection, array or Map property.
Object	findContentSerializer(Annotated am) Method for getting a serializer definition for content (values) of associated Collection, array or Map property.
Object	findDeserializationContentConverter(AnnotatedMember a) Method for finding Converter that annotated property has indicated needs to be used for values of container type (this also means that method should only be called for properties of container types, List/Map/array properties).
Class<?>	findDeserializationContentType(Annotated am, JavaType baseContentType) Method for accessing additional narrowing type definition that a method can have, to define more specific content type to use; content refers to Map values and Collection/array elements.
Object	findDeserializationConverter(Annotated a) Method for finding Converter that annotated entity (property or class) has indicated to be used as part of deserialization.
Class<?>	findDeserializationKeyType(Annotated am, JavaType baseKeyType) Method for accessing additional narrowing type definition that a method can have, to define more specific key type to use.
Class<?>	findDeserializationType(Annotated am, JavaType baseType) Method for accessing annotated type definition that a method can have, to be used as the type for serialization instead of the runtime type.
Object	findDeserializer(Annotated am) Method for getting a deserializer definition on specified method or field.
String	findEnumValue(Enum<?> value) Method for determining the String value to use for serializing given enumeration entry; used when serializing enumerations as Strings (the standard method).
Object	findFilterId(Annotated ann) Method for finding if annotated class has associated filter; and if so, to return id that is used to locate filter.
Object	findFilterId(AnnotatedClass ac) Deprecated. Since 2.3: use the one that takes generic Annotated
JsonFormat.Value	findFormat(Annotated memberOrClass) Method for finding format annotations for property or class.
Boolean	findIgnoreUnknownProperties(AnnotatedClass ac) Method for checking whether an annotation indicates that all unknown properties
String	findImplicitPropertyName(AnnotatedMember member) Method for finding implicit name for a property that given annotated member (field, method, creator parameter) may represent.
Object	findInjectableValueId(AnnotatedMember m) Method called to find out whether given member expectes a value to be injected, and if so, what is the identifier of the value to use during injection.
Object	findKeyDeserializer(Annotated am) Method for getting a deserializer definition for keys of associated Map property.
Object	findKeySerializer(Annotated am) Method for getting a serializer definition for keys of associated Map property.
PropertyName	findNameForDeserialization(Annotated a) Method for checking whether given property accessors (method, field) has an annotation that suggests property name to use for deserialization (reading JSON into POJOs).
PropertyName	findNameForSerialization(Annotated a) Method for checking whether given property accessors (method, field) has an annotation that suggests property name to use for serialization.
Object	findNamingStrategy(AnnotatedClass ac) Method for finding PropertyNamingStrategy for given class, if any specified by annotations; and if so, either return a PropertyNamingStrategy instance, or Class to use for creating instance
Object	findNullSerializer(Annotated am) Method for getting a serializer definition for serializer to use for nulls (null values) of associated property or type.
ObjectIdInfo	findObjectIdInfo(Annotated ann) Method for checking whether given annotated thing (type, or accessor) indicates that values referenced (values of type of annotated class, or values referenced by annotated property; latter having precedence) should include Object Identifier, and if so, specify details of Object Identity used.
ObjectIdInfo	findObjectReferenceInfo(Annotated ann, ObjectIdInfo objectIdInfo) Method for figuring out additional properties of an Object Identity reference
Class<?>	findPOJOBuilder(AnnotatedClass ac) Method for finding Builder object to use for constructing value instance and binding data (sort of combining value instantiators that can construct, and deserializers that can bind data).
JsonPOJOBuilder.Value	findPOJOBuilderConfig(AnnotatedClass ac)
String[]	findPropertiesToIgnore(Annotated ac) Method for finding list of properties to ignore for given class (null is returned if not specified).
TypeResolverBuilder<?>	findPropertyContentTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMember am, JavaType containerType) Method for checking if given structured property entity (field or method that has nominal value of Map, Collection or array type) has annotations that indicate that specific type resolver is to be used for handling type information of contained values.
String	findPropertyDescription(Annotated ann) Method used to check whether specified property member (accessor or mutator) defines human-readable description to use for documentation.
Integer	findPropertyIndex(Annotated ann) Method used to check whether specified property member (accessor or mutator) defines numeric index, and if so, what is the index value.
TypeResolverBuilder<?>	findPropertyTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMember am, JavaType baseType) Method for checking if given property entity (field or method) has annotations that indicate that specific type resolver is to be used for handling instances.
AnnotationIntrospector.ReferenceProperty	findReferenceType(AnnotatedMember member) Method for checking if given member indicates that it is part of a reference (parent/child).
PropertyName	findRootName(AnnotatedClass ac) Method for locating name used as "root name" (for use by some serializers when outputting root-level object -- mostly for XML compatibility purposes) for given class, if one is defined.
Object	findSerializationContentConverter(AnnotatedMember a) Method for finding Converter that annotated property has indicated needs to be used for values of container type (this also means that method should only be called for properties of container types, List/Map/array properties).
Class<?>	findSerializationContentType(Annotated am, JavaType baseType) Method for finding possible widening type definition that a property value can have, to define less specific key type to use for serialization.
Object	findSerializationConverter(Annotated a) Method for finding Converter that annotated entity (property or class) has indicated to be used as part of serialization.
JsonInclude.Include	findSerializationInclusion(Annotated a, JsonInclude.Include defValue) Method for checking whether given annotated entity (class, method, field) defines which Bean/Map properties are to be included in serialization.
Class<?>	findSerializationKeyType(Annotated am, JavaType baseType) Method for finding possible widening type definition that a property value can have, to define less specific key type to use for serialization.
String[]	findSerializationPropertyOrder(AnnotatedClass ac) Method for accessing defined property serialization order (which may be partial).
Boolean	findSerializationSortAlphabetically(Annotated ann) Method for checking whether an annotation indicates that serialized properties for which no explicit is defined should be alphabetically (lexicograpically) ordered
Boolean	findSerializationSortAlphabetically(AnnotatedClass ac) Deprecated.
Class<?>	findSerializationType(Annotated a) Method for accessing annotated type definition that a method/field can have, to be used as the type for serialization instead of the runtime type.
JsonSerialize.Typing	findSerializationTyping(Annotated a) Method for accessing declared typing mode annotated (if any).
Object	findSerializer(Annotated am) Method for getting a serializer definition on specified method or field.
List<NamedType>	findSubtypes(Annotated a) Method for locating annotation-specified subtypes related to annotated entity (class, method, field).
String	findTypeName(AnnotatedClass ac) Method for checking if specified type has explicit name.
TypeResolverBuilder<?>	findTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedClass ac, JavaType baseType) Method for checking if given class has annotations that indicate that specific type resolver is to be used for handling instances.
NameTransformer	findUnwrappingNameTransformer(AnnotatedMember member) Method called to check whether given property is marked to be "unwrapped" when being serialized (and appropriately handled in reverse direction, i.e.
Object	findValueInstantiator(AnnotatedClass ac) Method getting ValueInstantiator to use for given type (class): return value can either be an instance of instantiator, or class of instantiator to create.
Class<?>[]	findViews(Annotated a) Method for checking if annotated property (represented by a field or getter/setter method) has definitions for views it is to be included in.
PropertyName	findWrapperName(Annotated ann) Method used to check if specified property has annotation that indicates that it should be wrapped in an element; and if so, name to use.
boolean	hasAnyGetterAnnotation(AnnotatedMethod am) Method for checking whether given method has an annotation that suggests that the method is to serve as "any setter"; method to be used for accessing set of miscellaneous "extra" properties, often bound with matching "any setter" method.
boolean	hasAnySetterAnnotation(AnnotatedMethod am) Method for checking whether given method has an annotation that suggests that the method is to serve as "any setter"; method to be used for setting values of any properties for which no dedicated setter method is found.
boolean	hasAsValueAnnotation(AnnotatedMethod am) Method for checking whether given method has an annotation that suggests that the return value of annotated method should be used as "the value" of the object instance; usually serialized as a primitive value such as String or number.
boolean	hasCreatorAnnotation(Annotated a) Method for checking whether given annotated item (method, constructor) has an annotation that suggests that the method is a "creator" (aka factory) method to be used for construct new instances of deserialized values.
boolean	hasIgnoreMarker(AnnotatedMember m) Method called to check whether given property is marked to be ignored.
Boolean	hasRequiredMarker(AnnotatedMember m) Method that can be called to check whether this member has an annotation that suggests whether value for matching property is required or not.
boolean	isAnnotationBundle(Annotation ann) Method for checking whether given annotation is considered an annotation bundle: if so, all meta-annotations it has will be used instead of annotation ("bundle") itself.
Boolean	isIgnorableType(AnnotatedClass ac) Method for checking whether properties that have specified type (class, not generics aware) should be completely ignored for serialization and deserialization purposes.
Boolean	isTypeId(AnnotatedMember member) Method for checking whether given accessor claims to represent type id: if so, its value may be used as an override, instead of generated type id.
static AnnotationIntrospector	nopInstance() Factory method for accessing "no operation" implementation of introspector: instance that will never find any annotation-based configuration.
static AnnotationIntrospector	pair(AnnotationIntrospector a1, AnnotationIntrospector a2)
abstract Version	version()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationIntrospector

public AnnotationIntrospector()

Method Detail

nopInstance

public static AnnotationIntrospector nopInstance()

Factory method for accessing "no operation" implementation of introspector: instance that will never find any annotation-based configuration.

pair

public static AnnotationIntrospector pair(AnnotationIntrospector a1,
                          AnnotationIntrospector a2)

allIntrospectors

public Collection<AnnotationIntrospector> allIntrospectors()

Method that can be used to collect all "real" introspectors that this introspector contains, if any; or this introspector if it is not a container. Used to get access to all container introspectors in their priority order.

Default implementation returns a Singleton list with this introspector as contents. This usually works for sub-classes, except for proxy or delegating "container introspectors" which need to override implementation.

allIntrospectors

public Collection<AnnotationIntrospector> allIntrospectors(Collection<AnnotationIntrospector> result)

Method that can be used to collect all "real" introspectors that this introspector contains, if any; or this introspector if it is not a container. Used to get access to all container introspectors in their priority order.

Default implementation adds this introspector in result; this usually works for sub-classes, except for proxy or delegating "container introspectors" which need to override implementation.

version

public abstract Version version()

Specified by:

version in interface Versioned

isAnnotationBundle

public boolean isAnnotationBundle(Annotation ann)

Method for checking whether given annotation is considered an annotation bundle: if so, all meta-annotations it has will be used instead of annotation ("bundle") itself.

Since:

2.0

findObjectIdInfo

public ObjectIdInfo findObjectIdInfo(Annotated ann)

Method for checking whether given annotated thing (type, or accessor) indicates that values referenced (values of type of annotated class, or values referenced by annotated property; latter having precedence) should include Object Identifier, and if so, specify details of Object Identity used.

Since:

2.0

findObjectReferenceInfo

public ObjectIdInfo findObjectReferenceInfo(Annotated ann,
                                   ObjectIdInfo objectIdInfo)

Method for figuring out additional properties of an Object Identity reference

Since:

2.1

findRootName

public PropertyName findRootName(AnnotatedClass ac)

Method for locating name used as "root name" (for use by some serializers when outputting root-level object -- mostly for XML compatibility purposes) for given class, if one is defined. Returns null if no declaration found; can return explicit empty String, which is usually ignored as well as null.

NOTE: method signature changed in 2.1, to return PropertyName instead of String.

findPropertiesToIgnore

public String[] findPropertiesToIgnore(Annotated ac)

Method for finding list of properties to ignore for given class (null is returned if not specified). List of property names is applied after other detection mechanisms, to filter out these specific properties from being serialized and deserialized.

findIgnoreUnknownProperties

public Boolean findIgnoreUnknownProperties(AnnotatedClass ac)

Method for checking whether an annotation indicates that all unknown properties

isIgnorableType

public Boolean isIgnorableType(AnnotatedClass ac)

Method for checking whether properties that have specified type (class, not generics aware) should be completely ignored for serialization and deserialization purposes.

Parameters:

ac - Type to check

Returns:

Boolean.TRUE if properties of type should be ignored; Boolean.FALSE if they are not to be ignored, null for default handling (which is 'do not ignore')

findFilterId

@Deprecated
public Object findFilterId(AnnotatedClass ac)

Deprecated. Since 2.3: use the one that takes generic Annotated

findFilterId

public Object findFilterId(Annotated ann)

Method for finding if annotated class has associated filter; and if so, to return id that is used to locate filter.

Returns:

Id of the filter to use for filtering properties of annotated class, if any; or null if none found.

findNamingStrategy

public Object findNamingStrategy(AnnotatedClass ac)

Method for finding PropertyNamingStrategy for given class, if any specified by annotations; and if so, either return a PropertyNamingStrategy instance, or Class to use for creating instance

Returns:

Sub-class or instance of PropertyNamingStrategy, if one is specified for given class; null if not.

Since:

2.1

findAutoDetectVisibility

public VisibilityChecker<?> findAutoDetectVisibility(AnnotatedClass ac,
                                            VisibilityChecker<?> checker)

Method for checking if annotations indicate changes to minimum visibility levels needed for auto-detecting property elements (fields, methods, constructors). A baseline checker is given, and introspector is to either return it as is (if no annotations are found), or build and return a derived instance (using checker's build methods).

findTypeResolver

public TypeResolverBuilder<?> findTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config,
                                      AnnotatedClass ac,
                                      JavaType baseType)

Method for checking if given class has annotations that indicate that specific type resolver is to be used for handling instances. This includes not only instantiating resolver builder, but also configuring it based on relevant annotations (not including ones checked with a call to findSubtypes(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.Annotated)

Parameters:

config - Configuration settings in effect (for serialization or deserialization)

ac - Annotated class to check for annotations

baseType - Base java type of value for which resolver is to be found

Returns:

Type resolver builder for given type, if one found; null if none

findPropertyTypeResolver

public TypeResolverBuilder<?> findPropertyTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config,
                                              AnnotatedMember am,
                                              JavaType baseType)

Method for checking if given property entity (field or method) has annotations that indicate that specific type resolver is to be used for handling instances. This includes not only instantiating resolver builder, but also configuring it based on relevant annotations (not including ones checked with a call to findSubtypes(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.Annotated)

Parameters:

config - Configuration settings in effect (for serialization or deserialization)

am - Annotated member (field or method) to check for annotations

baseType - Base java type of property for which resolver is to be found

Returns:

Type resolver builder for properties of given entity, if one found; null if none

findPropertyContentTypeResolver

public TypeResolverBuilder<?> findPropertyContentTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config,
                                                     AnnotatedMember am,
                                                     JavaType containerType)

Method for checking if given structured property entity (field or method that has nominal value of Map, Collection or array type) has annotations that indicate that specific type resolver is to be used for handling type information of contained values. This includes not only instantiating resolver builder, but also configuring it based on relevant annotations (not including ones checked with a call to findSubtypes(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.Annotated)

Parameters:

config - Configuration settings in effect (for serialization or deserialization)

am - Annotated member (field or method) to check for annotations

containerType - Type of property for which resolver is to be found (must be a container type)

Returns:

Type resolver builder for values contained in properties of given entity, if one found; null if none

findSubtypes

public List<NamedType> findSubtypes(Annotated a)

Method for locating annotation-specified subtypes related to annotated entity (class, method, field). Note that this is only guaranteed to be a list of directly declared subtypes, no recursive processing is guarantees (i.e. caller has to do it if/as necessary)

Parameters:

a - Annotated entity (class, field/method) to check for annotations

findTypeName

public String findTypeName(AnnotatedClass ac)

Method for checking if specified type has explicit name.

Parameters:

ac - Class to check for type name annotations

findReferenceType

public AnnotationIntrospector.ReferenceProperty findReferenceType(AnnotatedMember member)

Method for checking if given member indicates that it is part of a reference (parent/child).

findUnwrappingNameTransformer

public NameTransformer findUnwrappingNameTransformer(AnnotatedMember member)

Method called to check whether given property is marked to be "unwrapped" when being serialized (and appropriately handled in reverse direction, i.e. expect unwrapped representation during deserialization). Return value is the name transformation to use, if wrapping/unwrapping should be done, or null if not -- note that transformation may simply be identity transformation (no changes).

hasIgnoreMarker

public boolean hasIgnoreMarker(AnnotatedMember m)

Method called to check whether given property is marked to be ignored. This is used to determine whether to ignore properties, on per-property basis, usually combining annotations from multiple accessors (getters, setters, fields, constructor parameters).

findInjectableValueId

public Object findInjectableValueId(AnnotatedMember m)

Method called to find out whether given member expectes a value to be injected, and if so, what is the identifier of the value to use during injection. Type if identifier needs to be compatible with provider of values (of type InjectableValues); often a simple String id is used.

Parameters:

m - Member to check

Returns:

Identifier of value to inject, if any; null if no injection indicator is found

hasRequiredMarker

public Boolean hasRequiredMarker(AnnotatedMember m)

Method that can be called to check whether this member has an annotation that suggests whether value for matching property is required or not.

Since:

2.0

findViews

public Class<?>[] findViews(Annotated a)

Method for checking if annotated property (represented by a field or getter/setter method) has definitions for views it is to be included in. If null is returned, no view definitions exist and property is always included (or always excluded as per default view inclusion configuration); otherwise it will only be included for views included in returned array. View matches are checked using class inheritance rules (sub-classes inherit inclusions of super-classes)

Parameters:

a - Annotated property (represented by a method, field or ctor parameter)

Returns:

Array of views (represented by classes) that the property is included in; if null, always included (same as returning array containing Object.class)

findFormat

public JsonFormat.Value findFormat(Annotated memberOrClass)

Method for finding format annotations for property or class. Return value is typically used by serializers and/or deserializers to customize presentation aspects of the serialized value.

Since:

2.1

isTypeId

public Boolean isTypeId(AnnotatedMember member)

Method for checking whether given accessor claims to represent type id: if so, its value may be used as an override, instead of generated type id.

findWrapperName

public PropertyName findWrapperName(Annotated ann)

Method used to check if specified property has annotation that indicates that it should be wrapped in an element; and if so, name to use. Note that not all serializers and deserializers support use this method: currently (2.1) it is only used by XML-backed handlers.

Returns:

Wrapper name to use, if any, or PropertyName.USE_DEFAULT to indicate that no wrapper element should be used.

Since:

2.1

findPropertyDescription

public String findPropertyDescription(Annotated ann)

Method used to check whether specified property member (accessor or mutator) defines human-readable description to use for documentation. There are no further definitions for contents; for example, whether these may be marked up using HTML is not defined.

Returns:

Human-readable description, if any.

Since:

2.3

findPropertyIndex

public Integer findPropertyIndex(Annotated ann)

Method used to check whether specified property member (accessor or mutator) defines numeric index, and if so, what is the index value. Possible use cases for index values included use by underlying data format (some binary formats mandate use of index instead of name) and ordering of properties (for documentation, or during serialization).

Returns:

Explicitly specified index for the property, if any

Since:

2.4

findImplicitPropertyName

public String findImplicitPropertyName(AnnotatedMember member)

Method for finding implicit name for a property that given annotated member (field, method, creator parameter) may represent. This is different from explicit, annotation-based property name, in that it is "weak" and does not either proof that a property exists (for example, if visibility is not high enough), or override explicit names. In practice this method is used to introspect optional names for creator parameters (which may or may not be available and can not be detected by standard databind); or to provide alternate name mangling for fields, getters and/or setters.

Since:

2.4

findSerializer

public Object findSerializer(Annotated am)

Method for getting a serializer definition on specified method or field. Type of definition is either instance (of type JsonSerializer) or Class (of type Class); if value of different type is returned, a runtime exception may be thrown by caller.

findKeySerializer

public Object findKeySerializer(Annotated am)

Method for getting a serializer definition for keys of associated Map property. Type of definition is either instance (of type JsonSerializer) or Class (of type Class); if value of different type is returned, a runtime exception may be thrown by caller.

findContentSerializer

public Object findContentSerializer(Annotated am)

Method for getting a serializer definition for content (values) of associated Collection, array or Map property. Type of definition is either instance (of type JsonSerializer) or Class (of type Class); if value of different type is returned, a runtime exception may be thrown by caller.

findNullSerializer

public Object findNullSerializer(Annotated am)

Method for getting a serializer definition for serializer to use for nulls (null values) of associated property or type.

Since:

2.3

findSerializationInclusion

public JsonInclude.Include findSerializationInclusion(Annotated a,
                                             JsonInclude.Include defValue)

Method for checking whether given annotated entity (class, method, field) defines which Bean/Map properties are to be included in serialization. If no annotation is found, method should return given second argument; otherwise value indicated by the annotation

Returns:

Enumerated value indicating which properties to include in serialization

findSerializationType

public Class<?> findSerializationType(Annotated a)

Method for accessing annotated type definition that a method/field can have, to be used as the type for serialization instead of the runtime type. Type returned (if any) needs to be widening conversion (super-type). Declared return type of the method is also considered acceptable.

Returns:

Class to use instead of runtime type

findSerializationKeyType

public Class<?> findSerializationKeyType(Annotated am,
                                JavaType baseType)

Method for finding possible widening type definition that a property value can have, to define less specific key type to use for serialization. It should be only be used with Map types.

Returns:

Class specifying more general type to use instead of declared type, if annotation found; null if not

findSerializationContentType

public Class<?> findSerializationContentType(Annotated am,
                                    JavaType baseType)

Method for finding possible widening type definition that a property value can have, to define less specific key type to use for serialization. It should be only used with structured types (arrays, collections, maps).

Returns:

Class specifying more general type to use instead of declared type, if annotation found; null if not

findSerializationTyping

public JsonSerialize.Typing findSerializationTyping(Annotated a)

Method for accessing declared typing mode annotated (if any). This is used for type detection, unless more granular settings (such as actual exact type; or serializer to use which means no type information is needed) take precedence.

Returns:

Typing mode to use, if annotation is found; null otherwise

findSerializationConverter

public Object findSerializationConverter(Annotated a)

Method for finding Converter that annotated entity (property or class) has indicated to be used as part of serialization. If not null, either has to be actual Converter instance, or class for such converter; and resulting converter will be used first to convert property value to converter target type, and then serializer for that type is used for actual serialization.

This feature is typically used to convert internal values into types that Jackson can convert.

Note also that this feature does not necessarily work well with polymorphic type handling, or object identity handling; if such features are needed an explicit serializer is usually better way to handle serialization.

Parameters:

a - Annotated property (field, method) or class to check for annotations

Since:

2.2

findSerializationContentConverter

public Object findSerializationContentConverter(AnnotatedMember a)

Method for finding Converter that annotated property has indicated needs to be used for values of container type (this also means that method should only be called for properties of container types, List/Map/array properties).

If not null, either has to be actual Converter instance, or class for such converter; and resulting converter will be used first to convert property value to converter target type, and then serializer for that type is used for actual serialization.

Other notes are same as those for findSerializationConverter(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.Annotated)

Parameters:

a - Annotated property (field, method) to check.

Since:

2.2

findSerializationPropertyOrder

public String[] findSerializationPropertyOrder(AnnotatedClass ac)

Method for accessing defined property serialization order (which may be partial). May return null if no ordering is defined.

findSerializationSortAlphabetically

public Boolean findSerializationSortAlphabetically(Annotated ann)

Method for checking whether an annotation indicates that serialized properties for which no explicit is defined should be alphabetically (lexicograpically) ordered

findSerializationSortAlphabetically

@Deprecated
public Boolean findSerializationSortAlphabetically(AnnotatedClass ac)

Deprecated.

findNameForSerialization

public PropertyName findNameForSerialization(Annotated a)

Method for checking whether given property accessors (method, field) has an annotation that suggests property name to use for serialization. Should return null if no annotation is found; otherwise a non-null name (possibly PropertyName.USE_DEFAULT, which means "use default heuristics").

Parameters:

a - Property accessor to check

Returns:

Name to use if found; null if not.

Since:

2.1

hasAsValueAnnotation

public boolean hasAsValueAnnotation(AnnotatedMethod am)

Method for checking whether given method has an annotation that suggests that the return value of annotated method should be used as "the value" of the object instance; usually serialized as a primitive value such as String or number.

Returns:

True if such annotation is found (and is not disabled); false if no enabled annotation is found

findEnumValue

public String findEnumValue(Enum<?> value)

Method for determining the String value to use for serializing given enumeration entry; used when serializing enumerations as Strings (the standard method).

Returns:

Serialized enum value.

findDeserializer

public Object findDeserializer(Annotated am)

Method for getting a deserializer definition on specified method or field. Type of definition is either instance (of type JsonDeserializer) or Class (of type Class); if value of different type is returned, a runtime exception may be thrown by caller.

findKeyDeserializer

public Object findKeyDeserializer(Annotated am)

Method for getting a deserializer definition for keys of associated Map property. Type of definition is either instance (of type JsonDeserializer) or Class (of type Class); if value of different type is returned, a runtime exception may be thrown by caller.

findContentDeserializer

public Object findContentDeserializer(Annotated am)

Method for getting a deserializer definition for content (values) of associated Collection, array or Map property. Type of definition is either instance (of type JsonDeserializer) or Class (of type Class); if value of different type is returned, a runtime exception may be thrown by caller.

findDeserializationType

public Class<?> findDeserializationType(Annotated am,
                               JavaType baseType)

Method for accessing annotated type definition that a method can have, to be used as the type for serialization instead of the runtime type. Type must be a narrowing conversion (i.e.subtype of declared type). Declared return type of the method is also considered acceptable.

Parameters:

baseType - Assumed type before considering annotations

Returns:

Class to use for deserialization instead of declared type

findDeserializationKeyType

public Class<?> findDeserializationKeyType(Annotated am,
                                  JavaType baseKeyType)

Method for accessing additional narrowing type definition that a method can have, to define more specific key type to use. It should be only be used with Map types.

Parameters:

baseKeyType - Assumed key type before considering annotations

Returns:

Class specifying more specific type to use instead of declared type, if annotation found; null if not

findDeserializationContentType

public Class<?> findDeserializationContentType(Annotated am,
                                      JavaType baseContentType)

Method for accessing additional narrowing type definition that a method can have, to define more specific content type to use; content refers to Map values and Collection/array elements. It should be only be used with Map, Collection and array types.

Parameters:

baseContentType - Assumed content (value) type before considering annotations

Returns:

Class specifying more specific type to use instead of declared type, if annotation found; null if not

findDeserializationConverter

public Object findDeserializationConverter(Annotated a)

Method for finding Converter that annotated entity (property or class) has indicated to be used as part of deserialization. If not null, either has to be actual Converter instance, or class for such converter; and resulting converter will be used after Jackson has deserializer data into intermediate type (Converter input type), and Converter needs to convert this into its target type to be set as property value.

This feature is typically used to convert intermediate Jackson types (that default deserializers can produce) into custom type instances.

Note also that this feature does not necessarily work well with polymorphic type handling, or object identity handling; if such features are needed an explicit deserializer is usually better way to handle deserialization.

Parameters:

a - Annotated property (field, method) or class to check for annotations

Since:

2.2

findDeserializationContentConverter

public Object findDeserializationContentConverter(AnnotatedMember a)

Method for finding Converter that annotated property has indicated needs to be used for values of container type (this also means that method should only be called for properties of container types, List/Map/array properties).

If not null, either has to be actual Converter instance, or class for such converter; and resulting converter will be used after Jackson has deserializer data into intermediate type (Converter input type), and Converter needs to convert this into its target type to be set as property value.

Other notes are same as those for findDeserializationConverter(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.Annotated)

Parameters:

a - Annotated property (field, method) to check.

Since:

2.2

findValueInstantiator

public Object findValueInstantiator(AnnotatedClass ac)

Method getting ValueInstantiator to use for given type (class): return value can either be an instance of instantiator, or class of instantiator to create.

findPOJOBuilder

public Class<?> findPOJOBuilder(AnnotatedClass ac)

Method for finding Builder object to use for constructing value instance and binding data (sort of combining value instantiators that can construct, and deserializers that can bind data).

Note that unlike accessors for some helper Objects, this method does not allow returning instances: the reason is that builders have state, and a separate instance needs to be created for each deserialization call.

Since:

2.0

findPOJOBuilderConfig

public JsonPOJOBuilder.Value findPOJOBuilderConfig(AnnotatedClass ac)

Since:

2.0

findNameForDeserialization

public PropertyName findNameForDeserialization(Annotated a)

Method for checking whether given property accessors (method, field) has an annotation that suggests property name to use for deserialization (reading JSON into POJOs). Should return null if no annotation is found; otherwise a non-null name (possibly PropertyName.USE_DEFAULT, which means "use default heuristics").

Parameters:

a - Property accessor to check

Returns:

Name to use if found; null if not.

Since:

2.1

hasAnySetterAnnotation

public boolean hasAnySetterAnnotation(AnnotatedMethod am)

Method for checking whether given method has an annotation that suggests that the method is to serve as "any setter"; method to be used for setting values of any properties for which no dedicated setter method is found.

Returns:

True if such annotation is found (and is not disabled), false otherwise

hasAnyGetterAnnotation

public boolean hasAnyGetterAnnotation(AnnotatedMethod am)

Method for checking whether given method has an annotation that suggests that the method is to serve as "any setter"; method to be used for accessing set of miscellaneous "extra" properties, often bound with matching "any setter" method.

Returns:

True if such annotation is found (and is not disabled), false otherwise

hasCreatorAnnotation

public boolean hasCreatorAnnotation(Annotated a)

Method for checking whether given annotated item (method, constructor) has an annotation that suggests that the method is a "creator" (aka factory) method to be used for construct new instances of deserialized values.

Returns:

True if such annotation is found (and is not disabled), false otherwise