Package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind

Class AnnotationIntrospector

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Versioned, java.io.Serializable
    Direct Known Subclasses:
    AnnotationIntrospectorPair, JacksonAnnotationIntrospector, NopAnnotationIntrospector
    public abstract class AnnotationIntrospector
extends java.lang.Object
implements Versioned, java.io.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.

    Although default implementations are based on using annotations as the only (or at least main) information source, custom implementations are not limited in such a way, and in fact there is no expectation they should be. So the name is bit of misnomer; this is a general configuration introspection facility.

    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

    • 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.
        Returns:
        "no operation" instance

      • allIntrospectors

        public java.util.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.

        Returns:
        Collection of all introspectors starting with this one, in case multiple introspectors are chained

      • allIntrospectors

        public java.util.Collection<AnnotationIntrospector> allIntrospectors​(java.util.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.

        Parameters:
        result - Container to add introspectors to
        Returns:
        Passed in Collection filled with introspectors as explained above

      • version

        public abstract Version version()
        Description copied from interface: Versioned
        Method called to detect version of the component that implements this interface; returned version should never be null, but may return specific "not available" instance (see Version for details).
        Specified by:
        version in interface Versioned
        Returns:
        Version of the component

      • isAnnotationBundle

        public boolean isAnnotationBundle​(java.lang.annotation.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.
        Parameters:
        ann - Annotated entity to introspect
        Returns:
        True if given annotation is considered an annotation bundle; false if not

      • 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.
        Parameters:
        ann - Annotated entity to introspect
        Returns:
        Details of Object Id as explained above, if Object Id handling to be applied; null otherwise.

      • findObjectReferenceInfo

        public ObjectIdInfo findObjectReferenceInfo​(Annotated ann,
                                            ObjectIdInfo objectIdInfo)
        Method for figuring out additional properties of an Object Identity reference
        Parameters:
        ann - Annotated entity to introspect
        objectIdInfo - (optional) Base Object Id information, if any; null if none
        Returns:
        ObjectIdInfo augmented with possible additional information
        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.

        Parameters:
        ac - Annotated class to introspect
        Returns:
        Root name to use, if any; null if not

      • isIgnorableType

        public java.lang.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 - Annotated class to introspect
        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')

      • findPropertyIgnoralByName

        public JsonIgnoreProperties.Value findPropertyIgnoralByName​(MapperConfig<?> config,
                                                            Annotated ann)
        Method for finding information about properties to ignore either by name, or by more general specification ("ignore all unknown"). This method combines multiple aspects of ignorals and deprecates earlier methods such as findPropertiesToIgnore(Annotated, boolean) and findIgnoreUnknownProperties(AnnotatedClass).
        Parameters:
        config - Configuration settings in effect (for serialization or deserialization)
        ann - Annotated entity (Class, Accessor) to introspect
        Returns:
        Property ignoral settings to use; JsonIgnoreProperties.Value.empty() for defaults (should not return null)
        Since:
        2.12 (to replace findPropertyIgnorals())

      • findPropertyInclusionByName

        public JsonIncludeProperties.Value findPropertyInclusionByName​(MapperConfig<?> config,
                                                               Annotated ann)
        Method for finding information about names of properties to included. This is typically used to strictly limit properties to include based on fully defined set of names ("allow-listing"), as opposed to excluding potential properties by exclusion ("deny-listing").
        Parameters:
        config - Configuration settings in effect (for serialization or deserialization)
        ann - Annotated entity (Class, Accessor) to introspect
        Returns:
        Property inclusion settings to use; JsonIncludeProperties.Value.all() for defaults (should not return null)
        Since:
        2.12

      • findFilterId

        public java.lang.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.
        Parameters:
        ann - Annotated entity to introspect
        Returns:
        Id of the filter to use for filtering properties of annotated class, if any; or null if none found.

      • findNamingStrategy

        public java.lang.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
        Parameters:
        ac - Annotated class to introspect
        Returns:
        Sub-class or instance of PropertyNamingStrategy, if one is specified for given class; null if not.
        Since:
        2.1

      • findClassDescription

        public java.lang.String findClassDescription​(AnnotatedClass ac)
        Method used to check whether specified class defines a human-readable description to use for documentation. There are no further definitions for contents; for example, whether these may be marked up using HTML (or something like wiki format like Markup) is not defined.
        Parameters:
        ac - Annotated class to introspect
        Returns:
        Human-readable description, if any.
        Since:
        2.7

      • 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).
        Parameters:
        ac - Annotated class to introspect
        checker - Default visibility settings in effect before any override
        Returns:
        Visibility settings after possible annotation-based overrides

      • 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 java.util.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
        Returns:
        List of subtype definitions found if any; null if none

      • findTypeName

        public java.lang.String findTypeName​(AnnotatedClass ac)
        Method for checking if specified type has explicit name.
        Parameters:
        ac - Class to check for type name annotations
        Returns:
        Explicit type name (aka Type Id) found, if any; null if none

      • isTypeId

        public java.lang.Boolean isTypeId​(AnnotatedMember am)
        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.
        Parameters:
        am - Annotated accessor (field/method/constructor parameter) to check for annotations
        Returns:
        Boolean to indicate whether member is a type id or not, if annotation found; null if no information found.

      • 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).

      • findInjectableValue

        public JacksonInject.Value findInjectableValue​(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
        Since:
        2.9

      • hasRequiredMarker

        public java.lang.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.

      • findViews

        public java.lang.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)

        Since 2.9 this method may also be called to find "default view(s)" for AnnotatedClass

        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

      • 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

      • findPropertyDefaultValue

        public java.lang.String findPropertyDefaultValue​(Annotated ann)
        Method for finding suggested default value (as simple textual serialization) for the property. While core databind does not make any use of it, it is exposed for extension modules to use: an expected use is generation of schema representations and documentation.
        Since:
        2.5

      • findPropertyDescription

        public java.lang.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 java.lang.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 java.lang.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 cannot be detected by standard databind); or to provide alternate name mangling for fields, getters and/or setters.
        Since:
        2.4

      • findPropertyAliases

        public java.util.List<PropertyName> findPropertyAliases​(Annotated ann)
        Method called to find if given property has alias(es) defined.
        Returns:
        `null` if member has no information; otherwise a `List` (possibly empty) of aliases to use.
        Since:
        2.9

      • findPropertyAccess

        public JsonProperty.Access findPropertyAccess​(Annotated ann)
        Method for finding optional access definition for a property, annotated on one of its accessors. If a definition for read-only, write-only or read-write cases, visibility rules may be modified. Note, however, that even more specific annotations (like one for ignoring specific accessor) may further override behavior of the access definition.
        Since:
        2.6

      • resolveSetterConflict

        public AnnotatedMethod resolveSetterConflict​(MapperConfig<?> config,
                                             AnnotatedMethod setter1,
                                             AnnotatedMethod setter2)
        Method called in cases where a class has two methods eligible to be used for the same logical property, and default logic is not enough to figure out clear precedence. Introspector may try to choose one to use; or, if unable, return `null` to indicate it cannot resolve the problem.
        Since:
        2.7

      • findRenameByField

        public PropertyName findRenameByField​(MapperConfig<?> config,
                                      AnnotatedField f,
                                      PropertyName implName)
        Method called on fields that are eligible candidates for properties (that is, non-static member fields), but not necessarily selected (may or may not be visible), to let fields affect name linking. Call will be made after finding implicit name (which by default is just name of the field, but may be overridden by introspector), but before discovering other accessors. If non-null name returned, it is to be used to find other accessors (getters, setters, creator parameters) and replace their implicit names with that of field's implicit name (assuming they differ).

        Specific example (and initial use case is for support Kotlin's "is getter" matching (see Kotling Interop for details), in which field like 'isOpen' would have implicit name of "isOpen", match getter getOpen() and setter setOpen(boolean), but use logical external name of "isOpen" (and not implicit name of getter/setter, "open"!). To achieve this, field implicit name needs to remain "isOpen" but this method needs to return name PropertyName.construct("open"): doing so will "pull in" getter and/or setter, and rename them as "isOpen".

        Parameters:
        config - Effective mapper configuration in use
        f - Field to check
        implName - Implicit name of the field; usually name of field itself but not always, used as the target name for accessors to rename.
        Returns:
        Name used to find other accessors to rename, if any; null to indicate no renaming
        Since:
        2.11

      • findSerializer

        public java.lang.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 Class<JsonSerializer> implementation subtype); if value of different type is returned, a runtime exception may be thrown by caller.

      • findKeySerializer

        public java.lang.Object findKeySerializer​(Annotated am)
        Method for getting a serializer definition for keys of associated java.util.Map property. Type of definition is either instance (of type JsonSerializer) or Class (of type Class<JsonSerializer>); if value of different type is returned, a runtime exception may be thrown by caller.

      • findContentSerializer

        public java.lang.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<JsonSerializer>); if value of different type is returned, a runtime exception may be thrown by caller.

      • findNullSerializer

        public java.lang.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

      • 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 java.lang.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 java.lang.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

      • findPropertyInclusion

        public JsonInclude.Value findPropertyInclusion​(Annotated a)
        Method for checking inclusion criteria for a type (Class) or property (yes, method name is bit unfortunate -- not just for properties!). In case of class, acts as the default for properties POJO contains; for properties acts as override for class defaults and possible global defaults.
        Since:
        2.6

      • findSerializationInclusion

        @Deprecated
public JsonInclude.Include findSerializationInclusion​(Annotated a,
                                                      JsonInclude.Include defValue)
        Deprecated.
        Since 2.7 Use findPropertyInclusion(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.Annotated) instead
        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.

        Note that meaning of inclusion value depends on whether it is for a Class or property (field/method/constructor): in former case, it is the default for all properties; in latter case it is specific override for annotated property.

        Returns:
        Enumerated value indicating which properties to include in serialization

      • findSerializationPropertyOrder

        public java.lang.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 java.lang.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

      • findAndAddVirtualProperties

        public void findAndAddVirtualProperties​(MapperConfig<?> config,
                                        AnnotatedClass ac,
                                        java.util.List<BeanPropertyWriter> properties)
        Method for adding possible virtual properties to be serialized along with regular properties.
        Since:
        2.5

      • 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

      • hasAsKey

        public java.lang.Boolean hasAsKey​(MapperConfig<?> config,
                                  Annotated a)
        Method for checking whether given method has an annotation that suggests the return value of annotated field or method should be used as "the key" of the object instance; usually serialized as a primitive value such as String or number.
        Returns:
        Boolean.TRUE if such annotation is found and is not disabled; Boolean.FALSE if disabled annotation (block) is found (to indicate accessor is definitely NOT to be used "as value"); or `null` if no information found.
        Since:
        2.12

      • hasAsValue

        public java.lang.Boolean hasAsValue​(Annotated a)
        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:
        Boolean.TRUE if such annotation is found and is not disabled; Boolean.FALSE if disabled annotation (block) is found (to indicate accessor is definitely NOT to be used "as value"); or `null` if no information found.
        Since:
        2.9

      • hasAnyGetter

        public java.lang.Boolean hasAnyGetter​(Annotated ann)
        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.
        Parameters:
        ann - Annotated entity to check
        Returns:
        True if such annotation is found (and is not disabled), false otherwise
        Since:
        2.9

      • findEnumValues

        public java.lang.String[] findEnumValues​(java.lang.Class<?> enumType,
                                         java.lang.Enum<?>[] enumValues,
                                         java.lang.String[] names)
        Method for efficiently figuring out which if given set of Enum values have explicitly defined name. Method will overwrite entries in incoming names array with explicit names found, if any, leaving other entries unmodified.
        Parameters:
        enumType - Type of Enumeration
        enumValues - Values of enumeration
        names - Matching declared names of enumeration values (with indexes matching enumValues entries)
        Returns:
        Array of names to use (possible names passed as argument)
        Since:
        2.7

      • findEnumAliases

        public void findEnumAliases​(java.lang.Class<?> enumType,
                            java.lang.Enum<?>[] enumValues,
                            java.lang.String[][] aliases)
        Method that is related to findEnumValues(java.lang.Class<?>, java.lang.Enum<?>[], java.lang.String[]) but is called to check if there are alternative names (aliased) that can be accepted for entries, in addition to primary names introspected earlier. If so, these aliases should be returned in aliases List passed as argument (and initialized for proper size by caller).
        Parameters:
        enumType - Type of Enumeration
        enumValues - Values of enumeration
        aliases - (in/out) Pre-allocated array where aliases found, if any, may be added (in indexes matching those of enumValues)
        Since:
        2.11

      • findDefaultEnumValue

        public java.lang.Enum<?> findDefaultEnumValue​(java.lang.Class<java.lang.Enum<?>> enumCls)
        Finds the Enum value that should be considered the default value, if possible.
        Parameters:
        enumCls - The Enum class to scan for the default value
        Returns:
        null if none found or it's not possible to determine one
        Since:
        2.8

      • findEnumValue

        @Deprecated
public java.lang.String findEnumValue​(java.lang.Enum<?> value)
        Deprecated.
        Since 2.8: use findEnumValues(java.lang.Class<?>, java.lang.Enum<?>[], java.lang.String[]) instead because this method does not properly handle override settings (defaults to enum.name without indicating whether that is explicit or not), and is inefficient to call one-by-one.
        Method for determining the String value to use for serializing given enumeration entry; used when serializing enumerations as Strings (the standard method).
        Parameters:
        value - Enum value to introspect
        Returns:
        Serialized enum value.

      • hasAsValueAnnotation

        @Deprecated
public boolean hasAsValueAnnotation​(AnnotatedMethod am)
        Deprecated.
        Since 2.9 Use hasAsValue(Annotated) instead.
        Parameters:
        am - Annotated method to check

      • findDeserializer

        public java.lang.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&<JsonDeserializer>); type is returned, a runtime exception may be thrown by caller.

      • findKeyDeserializer

        public java.lang.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<JsonDeserializer>); if value of different type is returned, a runtime exception may be thrown by caller.

      • findContentDeserializer

        public java.lang.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<JsonDeserializer>); if value of different type is returned, a runtime exception may be thrown by caller.

      • findDeserializationConverter

        public java.lang.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 java.lang.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 java.lang.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.
        Parameters:
        ac - Annotated class to introspect
        Returns:
        Either ValueInstantiator instance to use, or Class of one to create; or null if no annotations found to indicate custom value instantiator.

      • findPOJOBuilder

        public java.lang.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.

        Parameters:
        ac - Annotated class to introspect
        Returns:
        Builder class to use, if annotation found; null if not.
        Since:
        2.0

      • findPOJOBuilderConfig

        public JsonPOJOBuilder.Value findPOJOBuilderConfig​(AnnotatedClass ac)
        Parameters:
        ac - Annotated class to introspect
        Returns:
        Builder settings to use, if any found; null if not.
        Since:
        2.0

      • findNameForDeserialization

        public PropertyName findNameForDeserialization​(Annotated ann)
        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:
        ann - Annotated entity to check
        Returns:
        Name to use if found; null if not.
        Since:
        2.1

      • hasAnySetter

        public java.lang.Boolean hasAnySetter​(Annotated ann)
        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.
        Parameters:
        ann - Annotated entity to check
        Returns:
        Boolean.TRUE or Boolean.FALSE if explicit "any setter" marker found; null otherwise.
        Since:
        2.9

      • findSetterInfo

        public JsonSetter.Value findSetterInfo​(Annotated ann)
        Method for finding possible settings for property, given annotations on an accessor.
        Parameters:
        ann - Annotated entity to check
        Returns:
        Setter info value found, if any; JsonSetter.Value.empty() if none (should not return null)
        Since:
        2.9

      • findMergeInfo

        public java.lang.Boolean findMergeInfo​(Annotated ann)
        Method for finding merge settings for property, if any.
        Parameters:
        ann - Annotated entity to check
        Returns:
        Boolean.TRUE or Boolean.FALSE if explicit merge enable/disable found; null otherwise.
        Since:
        2.9

      • findCreatorAnnotation

        public JsonCreator.Mode findCreatorAnnotation​(MapperConfig<?> config,
                                              Annotated ann)
        Method called to check whether potential Creator (constructor or static factory method) has explicit annotation to indicate it as actual Creator; and if so, which JsonCreator.Mode to use.

        NOTE: caller needs to consider possibility of both `null` (no annotation found) and JsonCreator.Mode.DISABLED (annotation found, but disabled); latter is necessary as marker in case multiple introspectors are chained, as well as possibly as when using mix-in annotations.

        Parameters:
        config - Configuration settings in effect (for serialization or deserialization)
        ann - Annotated accessor (usually constructor or static method) to check
        Returns:
        Creator mode found, if any; null if none
        Since:
        2.9