https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core: Core Jackson processing abstractions (aka Streaming API), implementation for JSON (FasterXML)
  • Tatu Saloranta 
/* Jackson JSON-processor.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2007- Tatu Saloranta, tatu.saloranta@iki.fi
 */

package com.fasterxml.jackson.core;

import java.io.*;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.Iterator;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.async.NonBlockingInputFeeder;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.exc.InputCoercionException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.util.JacksonFeatureSet;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.util.RequestPayload;


Base class that defines public API for reading JSON content. Instances are created using factory methods of a JsonFactory instance. 
Author:Tatu Saloranta
/**
 * Base class that defines public API for reading JSON content.
 * Instances are created using factory methods of
 * a {@link JsonFactory} instance.
 *
 * @author Tatu Saloranta
 */
public abstract class JsonParser
    implements Closeable, Versioned
{
    private final static int MIN_BYTE_I = (int) Byte.MIN_VALUE;
    // as per [JACKSON-804], allow range up to and including 255
    private final static int MAX_BYTE_I = (int) 255;

    private final static int MIN_SHORT_I = (int) Short.MIN_VALUE;
    private final static int MAX_SHORT_I = (int) Short.MAX_VALUE;

    
Enumeration of possible "native" (optimal) types that can be
used for numbers.

/**
     * Enumeration of possible "native" (optimal) types that can be
     * used for numbers.
     */
    public enum NumberType {
        INT, LONG, BIG_INTEGER, FLOAT, DOUBLE, BIG_DECIMAL
    };

    
Default set of StreamReadCapabilityies that may be used as basis for format-specific readers (or as bogus instance if non-null set needs to be passed). 
Since:2.12
/**
     * Default set of {@link StreamReadCapability}ies that may be used as
     * basis for format-specific readers (or as bogus instance if non-null
     * set needs to be passed).
     *
     * @since 2.12
     */
    protected final static JacksonFeatureSet<StreamReadCapability> DEFAULT_READ_CAPABILITIES
        = JacksonFeatureSet.fromDefaults(StreamReadCapability.values());

    
Enumeration that defines all on/off features for parsers.

/**
     * Enumeration that defines all on/off features for parsers.
     */
    public enum Feature {
        // // // Low-level I/O handling features:

        
Feature that determines whether parser will automatically close underlying input source that is NOT owned by the parser. If disabled, calling application has to separately close the underlying InputStream and Reader instances used to create the parser. If enabled, parser will handle closing, as long as parser itself gets closed: this happens when end-of-input is encountered, or parser is closed by a call to JsonParser.close. 

Feature is enabled by default.

/**
         * Feature that determines whether parser will automatically
         * close underlying input source that is NOT owned by the
         * parser. If disabled, calling application has to separately
         * close the underlying {@link InputStream} and {@link Reader}
         * instances used to create the parser. If enabled, parser
         * will handle closing, as long as parser itself gets closed:
         * this happens when end-of-input is encountered, or parser
         * is closed by a call to {@link JsonParser#close}.
         *<p>
         * Feature is enabled by default.
         */
        AUTO_CLOSE_SOURCE(true),

        // // // Support for non-standard data format constructs

        
Feature that determines whether parser will allow use
of Java/C++ style comments (both '/'+'*' and
'//' varieties) within parsed content or not.


Since JSON specification does not mention comments as legal
construct,
this is a non-standard feature; however, in the wild
this is extensively used. As such, feature is
disabled by default for parsers and must be
explicitly enabled.

 NOTE: while not technically deprecated, since 2.10 recommended to use JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_JAVA_COMMENTS instead. 
/**
         * Feature that determines whether parser will allow use
         * of Java/C++ style comments (both '/'+'*' and
         * '//' varieties) within parsed content or not.
         *<p>
         * Since JSON specification does not mention comments as legal
         * construct,
         * this is a non-standard feature; however, in the wild
         * this is extensively used. As such, feature is
         * <b>disabled by default</b> for parsers and must be
         * explicitly enabled.
         *<p>
         * NOTE: while not technically deprecated, since 2.10 recommended to use
         * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature#ALLOW_JAVA_COMMENTS} instead.
         */
        ALLOW_COMMENTS(false),

        
Feature that determines whether parser will allow use
of YAML comments, ones starting with '#' and continuing
until the end of the line. This commenting style is common
with scripting languages as well.


Since JSON specification does not mention comments as legal
construct,
this is a non-standard feature. As such, feature is
disabled by default for parsers and must be
explicitly enabled.

 NOTE: while not technically deprecated, since 2.10 recommended to use JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_YAML_COMMENTS instead. 
/**
         * Feature that determines whether parser will allow use
         * of YAML comments, ones starting with '#' and continuing
         * until the end of the line. This commenting style is common
         * with scripting languages as well.
         *<p>
         * Since JSON specification does not mention comments as legal
         * construct,
         * this is a non-standard feature. As such, feature is
         * <b>disabled by default</b> for parsers and must be
         * explicitly enabled.
         *<p>
         * NOTE: while not technically deprecated, since 2.10 recommended to use
         * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature#ALLOW_YAML_COMMENTS} instead.
         */
        ALLOW_YAML_COMMENTS(false),

        
Feature that determines whether parser will allow use
of unquoted field names (which is allowed by Javascript,
but not by JSON specification).


Since JSON specification requires use of double quotes for
field names,
this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.

 NOTE: while not technically deprecated, since 2.10 recommended to use JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_UNQUOTED_FIELD_NAMES instead. 
/**
         * Feature that determines whether parser will allow use
         * of unquoted field names (which is allowed by Javascript,
         * but not by JSON specification).
         *<p>
         * Since JSON specification requires use of double quotes for
         * field names,
         * this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.
         *<p>
         * NOTE: while not technically deprecated, since 2.10 recommended to use
         * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature#ALLOW_UNQUOTED_FIELD_NAMES} instead.
         */
        ALLOW_UNQUOTED_FIELD_NAMES(false),

        
Feature that determines whether parser will allow use
of single quotes (apostrophe, character '\'') for
quoting Strings (names and String values). If so,
this is in addition to other acceptable markers.
but not by JSON specification).


Since JSON specification requires use of double quotes for
field names,
this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.

 NOTE: while not technically deprecated, since 2.10 recommended to use JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_SINGLE_QUOTES instead. 
/**
         * Feature that determines whether parser will allow use
         * of single quotes (apostrophe, character '\'') for
         * quoting Strings (names and String values). If so,
         * this is in addition to other acceptable markers.
         * but not by JSON specification).
         *<p>
         * Since JSON specification requires use of double quotes for
         * field names,
         * this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.
         *<p>
         * NOTE: while not technically deprecated, since 2.10 recommended to use
         * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature#ALLOW_SINGLE_QUOTES} instead.
         */
        ALLOW_SINGLE_QUOTES(false),

        
Feature that determines whether parser will allow
JSON Strings to contain unquoted control characters
(ASCII characters with value less than 32, including
tab and line feed characters) or not.
If feature is set false, an exception is thrown if such a
character is encountered.


Since JSON specification requires quoting for all control characters,
this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.

Deprecated:Since 2.10 use JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_UNESCAPED_CONTROL_CHARS instead
/**
         * Feature that determines whether parser will allow
         * JSON Strings to contain unquoted control characters
         * (ASCII characters with value less than 32, including
         * tab and line feed characters) or not.
         * If feature is set false, an exception is thrown if such a
         * character is encountered.
         *<p>
         * Since JSON specification requires quoting for all control characters,
         * this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.
         *
         * @deprecated Since 2.10 use {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature#ALLOW_UNESCAPED_CONTROL_CHARS} instead
         */
        @Deprecated
        ALLOW_UNQUOTED_CONTROL_CHARS(false),

        
Feature that can be enabled to accept quoting of all character
using backslash quoting mechanism: if not enabled, only characters
that are explicitly listed by JSON specification can be thus
escaped (see JSON spec for small list of these characters)


Since JSON specification requires quoting for all control characters,
this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.

Deprecated:Since 2.10 use JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_BACKSLASH_ESCAPING_ANY_CHARACTER instead
/**
         * Feature that can be enabled to accept quoting of all character
         * using backslash quoting mechanism: if not enabled, only characters
         * that are explicitly listed by JSON specification can be thus
         * escaped (see JSON spec for small list of these characters)
         *<p>
         * Since JSON specification requires quoting for all control characters,
         * this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.
         *
         * @deprecated Since 2.10 use {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature#ALLOW_BACKSLASH_ESCAPING_ANY_CHARACTER} instead
         */
        @Deprecated
        ALLOW_BACKSLASH_ESCAPING_ANY_CHARACTER(false),

        
Feature that determines whether parser will allow JSON integral numbers to start with additional (ignorable) zeroes (like: 000001). If enabled, no exception is thrown, and extra nulls are silently ignored (and not included in textual representation exposed via JsonParser.getText). 

Since JSON specification does not allow leading zeroes,
this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.

Deprecated:Since 2.10 use JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_LEADING_ZEROS_FOR_NUMBERS instead
/**
         * Feature that determines whether parser will allow
         * JSON integral numbers to start with additional (ignorable) 
         * zeroes (like: 000001). If enabled, no exception is thrown, and extra
         * nulls are silently ignored (and not included in textual representation
         * exposed via {@link JsonParser#getText}).
         *<p>
         * Since JSON specification does not allow leading zeroes,
         * this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.
         *
         * @deprecated Since 2.10 use {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature#ALLOW_LEADING_ZEROS_FOR_NUMBERS} instead
         */
         @Deprecated
        ALLOW_NUMERIC_LEADING_ZEROS(false),

        
Deprecated:Use JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_LEADING_DECIMAL_POINT_FOR_NUMBERS instead
/**
         * @deprecated Use {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature#ALLOW_LEADING_DECIMAL_POINT_FOR_NUMBERS} instead
         */
        @Deprecated
        ALLOW_LEADING_DECIMAL_POINT_FOR_NUMBERS(false),

        
Feature that allows parser to recognize set of
"Not-a-Number" (NaN) tokens as legal floating number
values (similar to how many other data formats and
programming language source code allows it).
Specific subset contains values that
XML Schema
(see section 3.2.4.1, Lexical Representation)
allows (tokens are quoted contents, not including quotes):

    
 
  • "INF" (for positive infinity), as well as alias of "Infinity"
 
  • "-INF" (for negative infinity), alias "-Infinity"
 
  • "NaN" (for other not-a-numbers, like result of division by zero)




Since JSON specification does not allow use of such values,
this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.

Deprecated:Since 2.10 use JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_NON_NUMERIC_NUMBERS instead
/**
         * Feature that allows parser to recognize set of
         * "Not-a-Number" (NaN) tokens as legal floating number
         * values (similar to how many other data formats and
         * programming language source code allows it).
         * Specific subset contains values that
         * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/">XML Schema</a>
         * (see section 3.2.4.1, Lexical Representation)
         * allows (tokens are quoted contents, not including quotes):
         *<ul>
         *  <li>"INF" (for positive infinity), as well as alias of "Infinity"
         *  <li>"-INF" (for negative infinity), alias "-Infinity"
         *  <li>"NaN" (for other not-a-numbers, like result of division by zero)
         *</ul>
         *<p>
         * Since JSON specification does not allow use of such values,
         * this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.
          *
          * @deprecated Since 2.10 use {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature#ALLOW_NON_NUMERIC_NUMBERS} instead
          */
         @Deprecated
         ALLOW_NON_NUMERIC_NUMBERS(false),

         
Feature allows the support for "missing" values in a JSON array: missing value meaning sequence of two commas, without value in-between but only optional white space. Enabling this feature will expose "missing" values as JsonToken.VALUE_NULL tokens, which typically become Java nulls in arrays and Collection in data-binding. 

For example, enabling this feature will represent a JSON array ["value1",,"value3",]
as ["value1", null, "value3", null] 


Since the JSON specification does not allow missing values this is a non-compliant JSON
feature and is disabled by default.

Since:2.8
Deprecated:Since 2.10 use JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_MISSING_VALUES instead
/**
          * Feature allows the support for "missing" values in a JSON array: missing
          * value meaning sequence of two commas, without value in-between but only
          * optional white space.
          * Enabling this feature will expose "missing" values as {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NULL}
          * tokens, which typically become Java nulls in arrays and {@link java.util.Collection}
          * in data-binding.
          * <p>
          * For example, enabling this feature will represent a JSON array <code>["value1",,"value3",]</code>
          * as <code>["value1", null, "value3", null]</code> 
          * <p>
          * Since the JSON specification does not allow missing values this is a non-compliant JSON
          * feature and is disabled by default.
          * 
          * @since 2.8
          *
          * @deprecated Since 2.10 use {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature#ALLOW_MISSING_VALUES} instead
          */
         @Deprecated
         ALLOW_MISSING_VALUES(false),

         
Feature that determines whether JsonParser will allow for a single trailing comma following the final value (in an Array) or member (in an Object). These commas will simply be ignored. 

For example, when this feature is enabled, [true,true,] is equivalent to
[true, true] and {"a": true,} is equivalent to
{"a": true}.


When combined with ALLOW_MISSING_VALUES, this feature takes priority, and
the final trailing comma in an array declaration does not imply a missing
(null) value. For example, when both ALLOW_MISSING_VALUES
and ALLOW_TRAILING_COMMA are enabled, [true,true,] is
equivalent to [true, true], and [true,true,,] is equivalent to
[true, true, null].


Since the JSON specification does not permit trailing commas, this is a non-standard
feature, and as such disabled by default.

Since:2.9
Deprecated:Since 2.10 use JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_TRAILING_COMMA instead
/**
          * Feature that determines whether {@link JsonParser} will allow for a single trailing
          * comma following the final value (in an Array) or member (in an Object). These commas
          * will simply be ignored.
          * <p>
          * For example, when this feature is enabled, <code>[true,true,]</code> is equivalent to
          * <code>[true, true]</code> and <code>{"a": true,}</code> is equivalent to
          * <code>{"a": true}</code>.
          * <p>
          * When combined with <code>ALLOW_MISSING_VALUES</code>, this feature takes priority, and
          * the final trailing comma in an array declaration does not imply a missing
          * (<code>null</code>) value. For example, when both <code>ALLOW_MISSING_VALUES</code>
          * and <code>ALLOW_TRAILING_COMMA</code> are enabled, <code>[true,true,]</code> is
          * equivalent to <code>[true, true]</code>, and <code>[true,true,,]</code> is equivalent to
          * <code>[true, true, null]</code>.
          * <p>
          * Since the JSON specification does not permit trailing commas, this is a non-standard
          * feature, and as such disabled by default.
          *
          * @since 2.9
          *
          * @deprecated Since 2.10 use {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature#ALLOW_TRAILING_COMMA} instead
          */
         @Deprecated
         ALLOW_TRAILING_COMMA(false),

         // // // Validity checks
         
         
Feature that determines whether JsonParser will explicitly check that no duplicate JSON Object field names are encountered. If enabled, parser will check all names within context and report duplicates by throwing a JsonParseException; if disabled, parser will not do such checking. Assumption in latter case is that caller takes care of handling duplicates at a higher level: data-binding, for example, has features to specify detection to be done there. 

Note that enabling this feature will incur performance overhead
due to having to store and check additional information: this typically
adds 20-30% to execution time for basic parsing.

Since:2.3
/**
          * Feature that determines whether {@link JsonParser} will explicitly
          * check that no duplicate JSON Object field names are encountered.
          * If enabled, parser will check all names within context and report
          * duplicates by throwing a {@link JsonParseException}; if disabled,
          * parser will not do such checking. Assumption in latter case is
          * that caller takes care of handling duplicates at a higher level:
          * data-binding, for example, has features to specify detection to
          * be done there.
          *<p>
          * Note that enabling this feature will incur performance overhead
          * due to having to store and check additional information: this typically
          * adds 20-30% to execution time for basic parsing.
          * 
          * @since 2.3
          */
         STRICT_DUPLICATE_DETECTION(false),

         
Feature that determines what to do if the underlying data format requires knowledge
of all properties to decode (usually via a Schema), and if no definition is
found for a property that input content contains.
Typically most textual data formats do NOT require schema information (although
some do, such as CSV), whereas many binary data formats do require definitions
(such as Avro, protobuf), although not all (Smile, CBOR, BSON and MessagePack do not).
Further note that some formats that do require schema information will not be able
to ignore undefined properties: for example, Avro is fully positional and there is
no possibility of undefined data. This leaves formats like Protobuf that have identifiers
that may or may not map; and as such Protobuf format does make use of this feature.


Note that support for this feature is implemented by individual data format
module, if (and only if) it makes sense for the format in question. For JSON,
for example, this feature has no effect as properties need not be pre-defined.

 Feature is disabled by default, meaning that if the underlying data format requires knowledge of all properties to output, attempts to read an unknown property will result in a JsonProcessingException 
Since:2.6
/**
          * Feature that determines what to do if the underlying data format requires knowledge
          * of all properties to decode (usually via a Schema), and if no definition is
          * found for a property that input content contains.
          * Typically most textual data formats do NOT require schema information (although
          * some do, such as CSV), whereas many binary data formats do require definitions
          * (such as Avro, protobuf), although not all (Smile, CBOR, BSON and MessagePack do not).
          * Further note that some formats that do require schema information will not be able
          * to ignore undefined properties: for example, Avro is fully positional and there is
          * no possibility of undefined data. This leaves formats like Protobuf that have identifiers
          * that may or may not map; and as such Protobuf format does make use of this feature.
          *<p>
          * Note that support for this feature is implemented by individual data format
          * module, if (and only if) it makes sense for the format in question. For JSON,
          * for example, this feature has no effect as properties need not be pre-defined.
          *<p>
          * Feature is disabled by default, meaning that if the underlying data format
          * requires knowledge of all properties to output, attempts to read an unknown
          * property will result in a {@link JsonProcessingException}
          *
          * @since 2.6
          */
         IGNORE_UNDEFINED(false),

         // // // Other

         
Feature that determines whether JsonLocation instances should be constructed with reference to source or not. If source reference is included, its type and contents are included when `toString()` method is called (most notably when printing out parse exception with that location information). If feature is disabled, no source reference is passed and source is only indicated as "UNKNOWN". 

Most common reason for disabling this feature is to avoid leaking information about
internal information; this may be done for security reasons.
Note that even if source reference is included, only parts of contents are usually
printed, and not the whole contents. Further, many source reference types can not
necessarily access contents (like streams), so only type is indicated, not contents.

 Feature is enabled by default, meaning that "source reference" information is passed and some or all of the source content may be included in JsonLocation information constructed either when requested explicitly, or when needed for an exception. 
Since:2.9
/**
          * Feature that determines whether {@link JsonLocation} instances should be constructed
          * with reference to source or not. If source reference is included, its type and contents
          * are included when `toString()` method is called (most notably when printing out parse
          * exception with that location information). If feature is disabled, no source reference
          * is passed and source is only indicated as "UNKNOWN".
          *<p>
          * Most common reason for disabling this feature is to avoid leaking information about
          * internal information; this may be done for security reasons.
          * Note that even if source reference is included, only parts of contents are usually
          * printed, and not the whole contents. Further, many source reference types can not
          * necessarily access contents (like streams), so only type is indicated, not contents.
          *<p>
          * Feature is enabled by default, meaning that "source reference" information is passed
          * and some or all of the source content may be included in {@link JsonLocation} information
          * constructed either when requested explicitly, or when needed for an exception.
          *
          * @since 2.9
          */
         INCLUDE_SOURCE_IN_LOCATION(true),

         ;

        
Whether feature is enabled or disabled by default.

/**
         * Whether feature is enabled or disabled by default.
         */
        private final boolean _defaultState;

        private final int _mask;
        
        
Method that calculates bit set (flags) of all features that
are enabled by default.

/**
         * Method that calculates bit set (flags) of all features that
         * are enabled by default.
         */
        public static int collectDefaults()
        {
            int flags = 0;
            for (Feature f : values()) {
                if (f.enabledByDefault()) {
                    flags |= f.getMask();
                }
            }
            return flags;
        }

        private Feature(boolean defaultState) {
            _mask = (1 << ordinal());
            _defaultState = defaultState;
        }

        public boolean enabledByDefault() { return _defaultState; }

        
Since:2.3
/**
         * @since 2.3
         */
        public boolean enabledIn(int flags) { return (flags & _mask) != 0; }

        public int getMask() { return _mask; }
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Minimal configuration state
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Bit flag composed of bits that indicate which Features are enabled. 
/**
     * Bit flag composed of bits that indicate which
     * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser.Feature}s
     * are enabled.
     */
    protected int _features;
    
    
Optional container that holds the request payload which will be displayed on JSON parsing error.

Since:2.8
/**
     * Optional container that holds the request payload which will be displayed on JSON parsing error.
     *
     * @since 2.8
     */
    protected transient RequestPayload _requestPayload;

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Construction, configuration, initialization
    /**********************************************************
     */

    protected JsonParser() { }
    protected JsonParser(int features) { _features = features; }

    
Accessor for ObjectCodec associated with this parser, if any. Codec is used by readValueAs(Class<Object>) method (and its variants). 
/**
     * Accessor for {@link ObjectCodec} associated with this
     * parser, if any. Codec is used by {@link #readValueAs(Class)}
     * method (and its variants).
     */
    public abstract ObjectCodec getCodec();

    
Setter that allows defining ObjectCodec associated with this parser, if any. Codec is used by readValueAs(Class<Object>) method (and its variants). 
/**
     * Setter that allows defining {@link ObjectCodec} associated with this
     * parser, if any. Codec is used by {@link #readValueAs(Class)}
     * method (and its variants).
     */
    public abstract void setCodec(ObjectCodec c);

    
Method that can be used to get access to object that is used to access input being parsed; this is usually either InputStream or Reader, depending on what parser was constructed with. Note that returned value may be null in some cases; including case where parser implementation does not want to exposed raw source to caller. In cases where input has been decorated, object returned here is the decorated version; this allows some level of interaction between users of parser and decorator object. 

In general use of this accessor should be considered as
"last effort", i.e. only used if no other mechanism is applicable.

/**
     * Method that can be used to get access to object that is used
     * to access input being parsed; this is usually either
     * {@link InputStream} or {@link Reader}, depending on what
     * parser was constructed with.
     * Note that returned value may be null in some cases; including
     * case where parser implementation does not want to exposed raw
     * source to caller.
     * In cases where input has been decorated, object returned here
     * is the decorated version; this allows some level of interaction
     * between users of parser and decorator object.
     *<p>
     * In general use of this accessor should be considered as
     * "last effort", i.e. only used if no other mechanism is applicable.
     */
    public Object getInputSource() { return null; }

    
Helper method, usually equivalent to:

  getParsingContext().getCurrentValue();



Note that "current value" is NOT populated (or used) by Streaming parser;
it is only used by higher-level data-binding functionality.
The reason it is included here is that it can be stored and accessed hierarchically,
and gets passed through data-binding.

Since:2.5
/**
     * Helper method, usually equivalent to:
     *<code>
     *   getParsingContext().getCurrentValue();
     *</code>
     *<p>
     * Note that "current value" is NOT populated (or used) by Streaming parser;
     * it is only used by higher-level data-binding functionality.
     * The reason it is included here is that it can be stored and accessed hierarchically,
     * and gets passed through data-binding.
     * 
     * @since 2.5
     */
    public Object getCurrentValue() {
        JsonStreamContext ctxt = getParsingContext();
        return (ctxt == null) ? null : ctxt.getCurrentValue();
    }

    
Helper method, usually equivalent to:

  getParsingContext().setCurrentValue(v);


Since:2.5
/**
     * Helper method, usually equivalent to:
     *<code>
     *   getParsingContext().setCurrentValue(v);
     *</code>
     * 
     * @since 2.5
     */
    public void setCurrentValue(Object v) {
        JsonStreamContext ctxt = getParsingContext();
        if (ctxt != null) {
            ctxt.setCurrentValue(v);
        }
    }

    
Sets the payload to be passed if JsonParseException is thrown. 
Since:2.8
/**
     * Sets the payload to be passed if {@link JsonParseException} is thrown.
     *
     * @since 2.8
     */
    public void setRequestPayloadOnError(RequestPayload payload) {
        _requestPayload = payload;
    }
    
    
Sets the byte[] request payload and the charset

Since:2.8
/**
     * Sets the byte[] request payload and the charset
     *
     * @since 2.8
     */
     public void setRequestPayloadOnError(byte[] payload, String charset) {
         _requestPayload = (payload == null) ? null : new RequestPayload(payload, charset);
     }

     
Sets the String request payload

Since:2.8
/**
     * Sets the String request payload
     *
     * @since 2.8
     */
    public void setRequestPayloadOnError(String payload) {
        _requestPayload = (payload == null) ? null : new RequestPayload(payload);
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Format support
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Method to call to make this parser use specified schema. Method must
be called before trying to parse any content, right after parser instance
has been created.
Note that not all parsers support schemas; and those that do usually only
accept specific types of schemas: ones defined for data format parser can read.

 If parser does not support specified schema, UnsupportedOperationException is thrown. 
Params:
  • schema – Schema to use
Throws:
/**
     * Method to call to make this parser use specified schema. Method must
     * be called before trying to parse any content, right after parser instance
     * has been created.
     * Note that not all parsers support schemas; and those that do usually only
     * accept specific types of schemas: ones defined for data format parser can read.
     *<p>
     * If parser does not support specified schema, {@link UnsupportedOperationException}
     * is thrown.
     * 
     * @param schema Schema to use
     * 
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if parser does not support schema
     */
    public void setSchema(FormatSchema schema) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Parser of type "+getClass().getName()+" does not support schema of type '"
                +schema.getSchemaType()+"'");
    }

    
Method for accessing Schema that this parser uses, if any.
Default implementation returns null.

Since:2.1
/**
     * Method for accessing Schema that this parser uses, if any.
     * Default implementation returns null.
     *
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public FormatSchema getSchema() { return null; }
    
    
Method that can be used to verify that given schema can be used with this parser (using setSchema). 
Params:
  • schema – Schema to check
Returns:True if this parser can use given schema; false if not
/**
     * Method that can be used to verify that given schema can be used with
     * this parser (using {@link #setSchema}).
     * 
     * @param schema Schema to check
     * 
     * @return True if this parser can use given schema; false if not
     */
    public boolean canUseSchema(FormatSchema schema) { return false; }

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Capability introspection
    /**********************************************************
     */
    
    
Method that can be called to determine if a custom ObjectCodec is needed for binding data parsed using JsonParser constructed by this factory (which typically also implies the same for serialization with JsonGenerator). 
Returns:True if custom codec is needed with parsers and generators created by this factory; false if a general ObjectCodec is enough
Since:2.1
/**
     * Method that can be called to determine if a custom
     * {@link ObjectCodec} is needed for binding data parsed
     * using {@link JsonParser} constructed by this factory
     * (which typically also implies the same for serialization
     * with {@link JsonGenerator}).
     * 
     * @return True if custom codec is needed with parsers and
     *   generators created by this factory; false if a general
     *   {@link ObjectCodec} is enough
     * 
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public boolean requiresCustomCodec() { return false;}

    
Method that can be called to determine if this parser instance uses non-blocking ("asynchronous") input access for decoding or not. Access mode is determined by earlier calls via JsonFactory; it may not be changed after construction. 
 If non-blocking decoding is (@code true}, it is possible to call getNonBlockingInputFeeder() to obtain object to use for feeding input; otherwise (false returned)
input is read by blocking 

Since:2.9
/**
     * Method that can be called to determine if this parser instance
     * uses non-blocking ("asynchronous") input access for decoding or not.
     * Access mode is determined by earlier calls via {@link JsonFactory};
     * it may not be changed after construction.
     *<p>
     * If non-blocking decoding is (@code true}, it is possible to call
     * {@link #getNonBlockingInputFeeder()} to obtain object to use
     * for feeding input; otherwise (<code>false</code> returned)
     * input is read by blocking 
     *
     * @since 2.9
     */
    public boolean canParseAsync() { return false; }

    
Method that will either return a feeder instance (if parser uses
non-blocking, aka asynchronous access); or null for
parsers that use blocking I/O.

Since:2.9
/**
     * Method that will either return a feeder instance (if parser uses
     * non-blocking, aka asynchronous access); or <code>null</code> for
     * parsers that use blocking I/O.
     *
     * @since 2.9
     */
    public NonBlockingInputFeeder getNonBlockingInputFeeder() {
        return null;
    }

    
Accessor for getting metadata on capabilities of this parser, based on
underlying data format being read (directly or indirectly).

Returns:Set of read capabilities for content to read via this parser
Since:2.12
/**
     * Accessor for getting metadata on capabilities of this parser, based on
     * underlying data format being read (directly or indirectly).
     *
     * @return Set of read capabilities for content to read via this parser
     *
     * @since 2.12
     */
    public JacksonFeatureSet<StreamReadCapability> getReadCapabilities() {
        return DEFAULT_READ_CAPABILITIES;
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Versioned
    /**********************************************************
     */
    
    
Accessor for getting version of the core package, given a parser instance.
Left for sub-classes to implement.

/**
     * Accessor for getting version of the core package, given a parser instance.
     * Left for sub-classes to implement.
     */
    @Override
    public abstract Version version();
    
    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Closeable implementation
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Closes the parser so that no further iteration or data access
can be made; will also close the underlying input source
if parser either owns the input source, or feature Feature.AUTO_CLOSE_SOURCE is enabled. Whether parser owns the input source depends on factory method that was used to construct instance (so check JsonFactory for details, but the general idea is that if caller passes in closable resource (such as InputStream or Reader) parser does NOT own the source; but if it passes a reference (such as File or URL and creates stream or reader it does own them. 
/**
     * Closes the parser so that no further iteration or data access
     * can be made; will also close the underlying input source
     * if parser either <b>owns</b> the input source, or feature
     * {@link Feature#AUTO_CLOSE_SOURCE} is enabled.
     * Whether parser owns the input source depends on factory
     * method that was used to construct instance (so check
     * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory} for details,
     * but the general
     * idea is that if caller passes in closable resource (such
     * as {@link InputStream} or {@link Reader}) parser does NOT
     * own the source; but if it passes a reference (such as
     * {@link java.io.File} or {@link java.net.URL} and creates
     * stream or reader it does own them.
     */
    @Override
    public abstract void close() throws IOException;

    
Method that can be called to determine whether this parser is closed or not. If it is closed, no new tokens can be retrieved by calling nextToken (and the underlying stream may be closed). Closing may be due to an explicit call to close or because parser has encountered end of input. 
/**
     * Method that can be called to determine whether this parser
     * is closed or not. If it is closed, no new tokens can be
     * retrieved by calling {@link #nextToken} (and the underlying
     * stream may be closed). Closing may be due to an explicit
     * call to {@link #close} or because parser has encountered
     * end of input.
     */
    public abstract boolean isClosed();

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Public API, simple location, context accessors
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Method that can be used to access current parsing context reader
is in. There are 3 different types: root, array and object contexts,
with slightly different available information. Contexts are
hierarchically nested, and can be used for example for figuring
out part of the input document that correspond to specific
array or object (for highlighting purposes, or error reporting).
Contexts can also be used for simple xpath-like matching of
input, if so desired.

/**
     * Method that can be used to access current parsing context reader
     * is in. There are 3 different types: root, array and object contexts,
     * with slightly different available information. Contexts are
     * hierarchically nested, and can be used for example for figuring
     * out part of the input document that correspond to specific
     * array or object (for highlighting purposes, or error reporting).
     * Contexts can also be used for simple xpath-like matching of
     * input, if so desired.
     */
    public abstract JsonStreamContext getParsingContext();

    
Method that return the starting location of the current
token; that is, position of the first character from input
that starts the current token.

/**
     * Method that return the <b>starting</b> location of the current
     * token; that is, position of the first character from input
     * that starts the current token.
     */
    public abstract JsonLocation getTokenLocation();

    
Method that returns location of the last processed character;
usually for error reporting purposes.

/**
     * Method that returns location of the last processed character;
     * usually for error reporting purposes.
     */
    public abstract JsonLocation getCurrentLocation();

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Buffer handling
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Method that can be called to push back any content that
has been read but not consumed by the parser. This is usually
done after reading all content of interest using parser.
Content is released by writing it to given stream if possible;
if underlying input is byte-based it can released, if not (char-based)
it can not.

Throws:
Returns:-1 if the underlying content source is not byte based (that is, input can not be sent to OutputStream; otherwise number of bytes released (0 if there was nothing to release)
/**
     * Method that can be called to push back any content that
     * has been read but not consumed by the parser. This is usually
     * done after reading all content of interest using parser.
     * Content is released by writing it to given stream if possible;
     * if underlying input is byte-based it can released, if not (char-based)
     * it can not.
     * 
     * @return -1 if the underlying content source is not byte based
     *    (that is, input can not be sent to {@link OutputStream};
     *    otherwise number of bytes released (0 if there was nothing to release)
     *    
     * @throws IOException if write to stream threw exception
     */    
    public int releaseBuffered(OutputStream out) throws IOException {
        return -1;
    }

    
Method that can be called to push back any content that
has been read but not consumed by the parser.
This is usually
done after reading all content of interest using parser.
Content is released by writing it to given writer if possible;
if underlying input is char-based it can released, if not (byte-based)
it can not.

Throws:
Returns:-1 if the underlying content source is not char-based (that is, input can not be sent to Writer; otherwise number of chars released (0 if there was nothing to release)
/**
     * Method that can be called to push back any content that
     * has been read but not consumed by the parser.
     * This is usually
     * done after reading all content of interest using parser.
     * Content is released by writing it to given writer if possible;
     * if underlying input is char-based it can released, if not (byte-based)
     * it can not.
     * 
     * @return -1 if the underlying content source is not char-based
     *    (that is, input can not be sent to {@link Writer};
     *    otherwise number of chars released (0 if there was nothing to release)
     *    
     * @throws IOException if write using Writer threw exception
     */    
    public int releaseBuffered(Writer w) throws IOException { return -1; }
    
    /*
    /***************************************************
    /* Public API, configuration
    /***************************************************
     */

    
Method for enabling specified parser feature (check Feature for list of features) 
/**
     * Method for enabling specified parser feature
     * (check {@link Feature} for list of features)
     */
    public JsonParser enable(Feature f) {
        _features |= f.getMask();
        return this;
    }

    
Method for disabling specified feature (check Feature for list of features) 
/**
     * Method for disabling specified  feature
     * (check {@link Feature} for list of features)
     */
    public JsonParser disable(Feature f) {
        _features &= ~f.getMask();
        return this;
    }

    
Method for enabling or disabling specified feature (check Feature for list of features) 
/**
     * Method for enabling or disabling specified feature
     * (check {@link Feature} for list of features)
     */
    public JsonParser configure(Feature f, boolean state) {
        if (state) enable(f); else disable(f);
        return this;
    }
    
    
Method for checking whether specified Feature is enabled. 
/**
     * Method for checking whether specified {@link Feature} is enabled.
     */
    public boolean isEnabled(Feature f) { return f.enabledIn(_features); }

    
Method for checking whether specified Feature is enabled. 
Since:2.10
/**
     * Method for checking whether specified {@link Feature} is enabled.
     *
     * @since 2.10
     */
    public boolean isEnabled(StreamReadFeature f) { return f.mappedFeature().enabledIn(_features); }
    
    
Bulk access method for getting state of all standard Features. 
Returns:Bit mask that defines current states of all standard Features.
Since:2.3
/**
     * Bulk access method for getting state of all standard {@link Feature}s.
     * 
     * @return Bit mask that defines current states of all standard {@link Feature}s.
     * 
     * @since 2.3
     */
    public int getFeatureMask() { return _features; }

    
Bulk set method for (re)setting states of all standard Features 
Returns:This parser object, to allow chaining of calls
Since:2.3
Deprecated:Since 2.7, use overrideStdFeatures(int, int) instead
/**
     * Bulk set method for (re)setting states of all standard {@link Feature}s
     * 
     * @return This parser object, to allow chaining of calls
     * 
     * @since 2.3
     * 
     * @deprecated Since 2.7, use {@link #overrideStdFeatures(int, int)} instead
     */
    @Deprecated
    public JsonParser setFeatureMask(int mask) {
        _features = mask;
        return this;
    }

    
Bulk set method for (re)setting states of features specified by mask.
Functionally equivalent to

   int oldState = getFeatureMask();
   int newState = (oldState & ~mask) | (values & mask);
   setFeatureMask(newState);

but preferred as this lets caller more efficiently specify actual changes made.

Params:
  • values – Bit mask of set/clear state for features to change
  • mask – Bit mask of features to change
Since:2.6
/**
     * Bulk set method for (re)setting states of features specified by <code>mask</code>.
     * Functionally equivalent to
     *<code>
     *    int oldState = getFeatureMask();
     *    int newState = (oldState &amp; ~mask) | (values &amp; mask);
     *    setFeatureMask(newState);
     *</code>
     * but preferred as this lets caller more efficiently specify actual changes made.
     * 
     * @param values Bit mask of set/clear state for features to change
     * @param mask Bit mask of features to change
     * 
     * @since 2.6
     */
    public JsonParser overrideStdFeatures(int values, int mask) {
        int newState = (_features & ~mask) | (values & mask);
        return setFeatureMask(newState);
    }

    
Bulk access method for getting state of all FormatFeatures, format-specific on/off configuration settings. 
Returns:Bit mask that defines current states of all standard FormatFeatures.
Since:2.6
/**
     * Bulk access method for getting state of all {@link FormatFeature}s, format-specific
     * on/off configuration settings.
     * 
     * @return Bit mask that defines current states of all standard {@link FormatFeature}s.
     * 
     * @since 2.6
     */
    public int getFormatFeatures() {
        return 0;
    }
    
    
Bulk set method for (re)setting states of FormatFeatures, by specifying values (set / clear) along with a mask, to determine which features to change, if any. 
 Default implementation will simply throw an exception to indicate that the generator implementation does not support any FormatFeatures. 
Params:
  • values – Bit mask of set/clear state for features to change
  • mask – Bit mask of features to change
Since:2.6
/**
     * Bulk set method for (re)setting states of {@link FormatFeature}s,
     * by specifying values (set / clear) along with a mask, to determine
     * which features to change, if any.
     *<p>
     * Default implementation will simply throw an exception to indicate that
     * the generator implementation does not support any {@link FormatFeature}s.
     * 
     * @param values Bit mask of set/clear state for features to change
     * @param mask Bit mask of features to change
     * 
     * @since 2.6
     */
    public JsonParser overrideFormatFeatures(int values, int mask) {
        // 08-Oct-2018, tatu: For 2.10 we actually do get `JsonReadFeature`s, although they
        //    are (for 2.x only, not for 3.x) mapper to legacy settings. So do not freak out:
//        throw new IllegalArgumentException("No FormatFeatures defined for parser of type "+getClass().getName());
        return this;
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Public API, traversal
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Main iteration method, which will advance stream enough
to determine type of the next token, if any. If none
remaining (stream has no content other than possible
white space before ending), null will be returned.

Returns:Next token from the stream, if any found, or null
  to indicate end-of-input
/**
     * Main iteration method, which will advance stream enough
     * to determine type of the next token, if any. If none
     * remaining (stream has no content other than possible
     * white space before ending), null will be returned.
     *
     * @return Next token from the stream, if any found, or null
     *   to indicate end-of-input
     */
    public abstract JsonToken nextToken() throws IOException;

    
Iteration method that will advance stream enough to determine type of the next token that is a value type (including JSON Array and Object start/end markers). Or put another way, nextToken() will be called once, and if JsonToken.FIELD_NAME is returned, another time to get the value for the field. Method is most useful for iterating over value entries of JSON objects; field name will still be available by calling getCurrentName when parser points to the value. 
Returns:Next non-field-name token from the stream, if any found, or null to indicate end-of-input (or, for non-blocking parsers, JsonToken.NOT_AVAILABLE if no tokens were available yet)
/**
     * Iteration method that will advance stream enough
     * to determine type of the next token that is a value type
     * (including JSON Array and Object start/end markers).
     * Or put another way, nextToken() will be called once,
     * and if {@link JsonToken#FIELD_NAME} is returned, another
     * time to get the value for the field.
     * Method is most useful for iterating over value entries
     * of JSON objects; field name will still be available
     * by calling {@link #getCurrentName} when parser points to
     * the value.
     *
     * @return Next non-field-name token from the stream, if any found,
     *   or null to indicate end-of-input (or, for non-blocking
     *   parsers, {@link JsonToken#NOT_AVAILABLE} if no tokens were
     *   available yet)
     */
    public abstract JsonToken nextValue() throws IOException;

    
Method that fetches next token (as if calling nextToken) and verifies whether it is JsonToken.FIELD_NAME with specified name and returns result of that comparison. It is functionally equivalent to: 
 return (nextToken() == JsonToken.FIELD_NAME) && str.getValue().equals(getCurrentName());


but may be faster for parser to verify, and can therefore be used if caller
expects to get such a property name from input next.

Params:
  • str – Property name to compare next token to (if next token is
  JsonToken.FIELD_NAME)
/**
     * Method that fetches next token (as if calling {@link #nextToken}) and
     * verifies whether it is {@link JsonToken#FIELD_NAME} with specified name
     * and returns result of that comparison.
     * It is functionally equivalent to:
     *<pre>
     *  return (nextToken() == JsonToken.FIELD_NAME) &amp;&amp; str.getValue().equals(getCurrentName());
     *</pre>
     * but may be faster for parser to verify, and can therefore be used if caller
     * expects to get such a property name from input next.
     * 
     * @param str Property name to compare next token to (if next token is
     *   <code>JsonToken.FIELD_NAME</code>)
     */
    public boolean nextFieldName(SerializableString str) throws IOException {
        return (nextToken() == JsonToken.FIELD_NAME) && str.getValue().equals(getCurrentName());
    }

    
Method that fetches next token (as if calling nextToken) and verifies whether it is JsonToken.FIELD_NAME; if it is, returns same as getCurrentName(), otherwise null. 
Since:2.5
/**
     * Method that fetches next token (as if calling {@link #nextToken}) and
     * verifies whether it is {@link JsonToken#FIELD_NAME}; if it is,
     * returns same as {@link #getCurrentName()}, otherwise null.
     * 
     * @since 2.5
     */
    public String nextFieldName() throws IOException {
        return (nextToken() == JsonToken.FIELD_NAME) ? getCurrentName() : null;
    }

    
Method that fetches next token (as if calling nextToken) and if it is JsonToken.VALUE_STRING returns contained String value; otherwise returns null. It is functionally equivalent to: 
 return (nextToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) ? getText() : null;


but may be faster for parser to process, and can therefore be used if caller
expects to get a String value next from input.

/**
     * Method that fetches next token (as if calling {@link #nextToken}) and
     * if it is {@link JsonToken#VALUE_STRING} returns contained String value;
     * otherwise returns null.
     * It is functionally equivalent to:
     *<pre>
     *  return (nextToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) ? getText() : null;
     *</pre>
     * but may be faster for parser to process, and can therefore be used if caller
     * expects to get a String value next from input.
     */
    public String nextTextValue() throws IOException {
        return (nextToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) ? getText() : null;
    }

    
Method that fetches next token (as if calling nextToken) and if it is JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT returns 32-bit int value; otherwise returns specified default value It is functionally equivalent to: 
 return (nextToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) ? getIntValue() : defaultValue;


but may be faster for parser to process, and can therefore be used if caller
expects to get an int value next from input.

/**
     * Method that fetches next token (as if calling {@link #nextToken}) and
     * if it is {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_INT} returns 32-bit int value;
     * otherwise returns specified default value
     * It is functionally equivalent to:
     *<pre>
     *  return (nextToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) ? getIntValue() : defaultValue;
     *</pre>
     * but may be faster for parser to process, and can therefore be used if caller
     * expects to get an int value next from input.
     */
    public int nextIntValue(int defaultValue) throws IOException {
        return (nextToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) ? getIntValue() : defaultValue;
    }

    
Method that fetches next token (as if calling nextToken) and if it is JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT returns 64-bit long value; otherwise returns specified default value It is functionally equivalent to: 
 return (nextToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) ? getLongValue() : defaultValue;


but may be faster for parser to process, and can therefore be used if caller
expects to get a long value next from input.

/**
     * Method that fetches next token (as if calling {@link #nextToken}) and
     * if it is {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_INT} returns 64-bit long value;
     * otherwise returns specified default value
     * It is functionally equivalent to:
     *<pre>
     *  return (nextToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) ? getLongValue() : defaultValue;
     *</pre>
     * but may be faster for parser to process, and can therefore be used if caller
     * expects to get a long value next from input.
     */
    public long nextLongValue(long defaultValue) throws IOException {
        return (nextToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) ? getLongValue() : defaultValue;
    }

    
Method that fetches next token (as if calling nextToken) and if it is JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE or JsonToken.VALUE_FALSE returns matching Boolean value; otherwise return null. It is functionally equivalent to: 
 JsonToken t = nextToken();
 if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE) return Boolean.TRUE;
 if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_FALSE) return Boolean.FALSE;
 return null;


but may be faster for parser to process, and can therefore be used if caller
expects to get a Boolean value next from input.

/**
     * Method that fetches next token (as if calling {@link #nextToken}) and
     * if it is {@link JsonToken#VALUE_TRUE} or {@link JsonToken#VALUE_FALSE}
     * returns matching Boolean value; otherwise return null.
     * It is functionally equivalent to:
     *<pre>
     *  JsonToken t = nextToken();
     *  if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE) return Boolean.TRUE;
     *  if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_FALSE) return Boolean.FALSE;
     *  return null;
     *</pre>
     * but may be faster for parser to process, and can therefore be used if caller
     * expects to get a Boolean value next from input.
     */
    public Boolean nextBooleanValue() throws IOException {
        JsonToken t = nextToken();
        if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE) { return Boolean.TRUE; }
        if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_FALSE) { return Boolean.FALSE; }
        return null;
    }
    
    
Method that will skip all child tokens of an array or object token that the parser currently points to, iff stream points to JsonToken.START_OBJECT or JsonToken.START_ARRAY. If not, it will do nothing. After skipping, stream will point to matching JsonToken.END_OBJECT or JsonToken.END_ARRAY (possibly skipping nested pairs of START/END OBJECT/ARRAY tokens as well as value tokens). The idea is that after calling this method, application will call nextToken to point to the next available token, if any. 
/**
     * Method that will skip all child tokens of an array or
     * object token that the parser currently points to,
     * iff stream points to 
     * {@link JsonToken#START_OBJECT} or {@link JsonToken#START_ARRAY}.
     * If not, it will do nothing.
     * After skipping, stream will point to <b>matching</b>
     * {@link JsonToken#END_OBJECT} or {@link JsonToken#END_ARRAY}
     * (possibly skipping nested pairs of START/END OBJECT/ARRAY tokens
     * as well as value tokens).
     * The idea is that after calling this method, application
     * will call {@link #nextToken} to point to the next
     * available token, if any.
     */
    public abstract JsonParser skipChildren() throws IOException;

    
Method that may be used to force full handling of the current token so that even if lazy processing is enabled, the whole contents are read for possible retrieval. This is usually used to ensure that the token end location is available, as well as token contents (similar to what calling, say getTextCharacters(), would achieve). 

Note that for many dataformat implementations this method
will not do anything; this is the default implementation unless
overridden by sub-classes.

Since:2.8
/**
     * Method that may be used to force full handling of the current token
     * so that even if lazy processing is enabled, the whole contents are
     * read for possible retrieval. This is usually used to ensure that
     * the token end location is available, as well as token contents
     * (similar to what calling, say {@link #getTextCharacters()}, would
     * achieve).
     *<p>
     * Note that for many dataformat implementations this method
     * will not do anything; this is the default implementation unless
     * overridden by sub-classes.
     *
     * @since 2.8
     */
    public void finishToken() throws IOException {
        ; // nothing
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Public API, simple token id/type access
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Accessor to find which token parser currently points to, if any;
null will be returned if none.
If return value is non-null, data associated with the token
is available via other accessor methods.

Returns:Type of the token this parser currently points to,
  if any: null before any tokens have been read, and
  after end-of-input has been encountered, as well as
  if the current token has been explicitly cleared.
Since:2.8
/**
     * Accessor to find which token parser currently points to, if any;
     * null will be returned if none.
     * If return value is non-null, data associated with the token
     * is available via other accessor methods.
     *
     * @return Type of the token this parser currently points to,
     *   if any: null before any tokens have been read, and
     *   after end-of-input has been encountered, as well as
     *   if the current token has been explicitly cleared.
     *
     * @since 2.8
     */
    public JsonToken currentToken() {
        return getCurrentToken();
    }

    
Method similar to getCurrentToken() but that returns an int instead of JsonToken (enum value). 

Use of int directly is typically more efficient on switch statements,
so this method may be useful when building low-overhead codecs.
Note, however, that effect may not be big enough to matter: make sure
to profile performance before deciding to use this method.

Since:2.8
Returns:int matching one of constants from JsonTokenId.
/**
     * Method similar to {@link #getCurrentToken()} but that returns an
     * <code>int</code> instead of {@link JsonToken} (enum value).
     *<p>
     * Use of int directly is typically more efficient on switch statements,
     * so this method may be useful when building low-overhead codecs.
     * Note, however, that effect may not be big enough to matter: make sure
     * to profile performance before deciding to use this method.
     * 
     * @since 2.8
     * 
     * @return <code>int</code> matching one of constants from {@link JsonTokenId}.
     */
    public int currentTokenId() {
        return getCurrentTokenId();
    }

    
Alias for currentToken(), may be deprecated sometime after Jackson 2.12 (will be removed from 3.0). 
/**
     * Alias for {@link #currentToken()}, may be deprecated sometime after
     * Jackson 2.12 (will be removed from 3.0).
     */
    public abstract JsonToken getCurrentToken();

    
Alias for currentTokenId(). 
Deprecated:Since 2.12 use currentTokenId instead
/**
     * Alias for {@link #currentTokenId()}.
     *
     * @deprecated Since 2.12 use {@link #currentTokenId} instead
     */
    @Deprecated
    public abstract int getCurrentTokenId();

    
Method for checking whether parser currently points to
a token (and data for that token is available).
Equivalent to check for parser.getCurrentToken() != null.

Returns:True if the parser just returned a valid token via nextToken; false otherwise (parser was just constructed, encountered end-of-input and returned null from nextToken, or the token has been consumed)
/**
     * Method for checking whether parser currently points to
     * a token (and data for that token is available).
     * Equivalent to check for <code>parser.getCurrentToken() != null</code>.
     *
     * @return True if the parser just returned a valid
     *   token via {@link #nextToken}; false otherwise (parser
     *   was just constructed, encountered end-of-input
     *   and returned null from {@link #nextToken}, or the token
     *   has been consumed)
     */
    public abstract boolean hasCurrentToken();

    
Method that is functionally equivalent to:

 return currentTokenId() == id

but may be more efficiently implemented.

 Note that no traversal or conversion is performed; so in some cases calling method like isExpectedStartArrayToken() is necessary instead. 
Since:2.5
/**
     * Method that is functionally equivalent to:
     *<code>
     *  return currentTokenId() == id
     *</code>
     * but may be more efficiently implemented.
     *<p>
     * Note that no traversal or conversion is performed; so in some
     * cases calling method like {@link #isExpectedStartArrayToken()}
     * is necessary instead.
     *
     * @since 2.5
     */
    public abstract boolean hasTokenId(int id);

    
Method that is functionally equivalent to:

 return currentToken() == t

but may be more efficiently implemented.

 Note that no traversal or conversion is performed; so in some cases calling method like isExpectedStartArrayToken() is necessary instead. 
Since:2.6
/**
     * Method that is functionally equivalent to:
     *<code>
     *  return currentToken() == t
     *</code>
     * but may be more efficiently implemented.
     *<p>
     * Note that no traversal or conversion is performed; so in some
     * cases calling method like {@link #isExpectedStartArrayToken()}
     * is necessary instead.
     *
     * @since 2.6
     */
    public abstract boolean hasToken(JsonToken t);

    
Specialized accessor that can be used to verify that the current token indicates start array (usually meaning that current token is JsonToken.START_ARRAY) when start array is expected. For some specialized parsers this can return true for other cases as well; this is usually done to emulate arrays in cases underlying format is ambiguous (XML, for example, has no format-level difference between Objects and Arrays; it just has elements). 

Default implementation is equivalent to:

  currentToken() == JsonToken.START_ARRAY


but may be overridden by custom parser implementations.

Returns:True if the current token can be considered as a start-array marker (such JsonToken.START_ARRAY); false if not.
/**
     * Specialized accessor that can be used to verify that the current
     * token indicates start array (usually meaning that current token
     * is {@link JsonToken#START_ARRAY}) when start array is expected.
     * For some specialized parsers this can return true for other cases
     * as well; this is usually done to emulate arrays in cases underlying
     * format is ambiguous (XML, for example, has no format-level difference
     * between Objects and Arrays; it just has elements).
     *<p>
     * Default implementation is equivalent to:
     *<pre>
     *   currentToken() == JsonToken.START_ARRAY
     *</pre>
     * but may be overridden by custom parser implementations.
     *
     * @return True if the current token can be considered as a
     *   start-array marker (such {@link JsonToken#START_ARRAY});
     *   false if not.
     */
    public boolean isExpectedStartArrayToken() { return currentToken() == JsonToken.START_ARRAY; }

    
Similar to isExpectedStartArrayToken(), but checks whether stream currently points to JsonToken.START_OBJECT. 
Since:2.5
/**
     * Similar to {@link #isExpectedStartArrayToken()}, but checks whether stream
     * currently points to {@link JsonToken#START_OBJECT}.
     *
     * @since 2.5
     */
    public boolean isExpectedStartObjectToken() { return currentToken() == JsonToken.START_OBJECT; }

    
Similar to isExpectedStartArrayToken(), but checks whether stream currently points to JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT. 

The initial use case is for XML backend to efficiently (attempt to) coerce
textual content into numbers.

Since:2.12
/**
     * Similar to {@link #isExpectedStartArrayToken()}, but checks whether stream
     * currently points to {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_INT}.
     *<p>
     * The initial use case is for XML backend to efficiently (attempt to) coerce
     * textual content into numbers.
     *
     * @since 2.12
     */
    public boolean isExpectedNumberIntToken() { return currentToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT; }
    
    
Access for checking whether current token is a numeric value token, but one that is of "not-a-number" (NaN) variety (including both "NaN" AND positive/negative infinity!): not supported by all formats, but often supported for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT. NOTE: roughly equivalent to calling !Double.isFinite() on value you would get from calling getDoubleValue(). 
Since:2.9
/**
     * Access for checking whether current token is a numeric value token, but
     * one that is of "not-a-number" (NaN) variety (including both "NaN" AND
     * positive/negative infinity!): not supported by all formats,
     * but often supported for {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT}.
     * NOTE: roughly equivalent to calling <code>!Double.isFinite()</code>
     * on value you would get from calling {@link #getDoubleValue()}.
     *
     * @since 2.9
     */
    public boolean isNaN() throws IOException {
        return false;
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Public API, token state overrides
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Method called to "consume" the current token by effectively removing it so that hasCurrentToken returns false, and getCurrentToken null). Cleared token value can still be accessed by calling getLastClearedToken (if absolutely needed), but usually isn't. 

Method was added to be used by the optional data binder, since
it has to be able to consume last token used for binding (so that
it will not be used again).

/**
     * Method called to "consume" the current token by effectively
     * removing it so that {@link #hasCurrentToken} returns false, and
     * {@link #getCurrentToken} null).
     * Cleared token value can still be accessed by calling
     * {@link #getLastClearedToken} (if absolutely needed), but
     * usually isn't.
     *<p>
     * Method was added to be used by the optional data binder, since
     * it has to be able to consume last token used for binding (so that
     * it will not be used again).
     */
    public abstract void clearCurrentToken();

    
Method that can be called to get the last token that was cleared using clearCurrentToken. This is not necessarily the latest token read. Will return null if no tokens have been cleared, or if parser has been closed. 
/**
     * Method that can be called to get the last token that was
     * cleared using {@link #clearCurrentToken}. This is not necessarily
     * the latest token read.
     * Will return null if no tokens have been cleared,
     * or if parser has been closed.
     */
    public abstract JsonToken getLastClearedToken();
    
    
Method that can be used to change what is considered to be
the current (field) name.
May be needed to support non-JSON data formats or unusual binding
conventions; not needed for typical processing.


Note that use of this method should only be done as sort of last
resort, as it is a work-around for regular operation.

Params:
  • name – Name to use as the current name; may be null.
/**
     * Method that can be used to change what is considered to be
     * the current (field) name.
     * May be needed to support non-JSON data formats or unusual binding
     * conventions; not needed for typical processing.
     *<p>
     * Note that use of this method should only be done as sort of last
     * resort, as it is a work-around for regular operation.
     * 
     * @param name Name to use as the current name; may be null.
     */
    public abstract void overrideCurrentName(String name);
    
    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Public API, access to token information, text
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Method that can be called to get the name associated with the current token: for JsonToken.FIELD_NAMEs it will be the same as what getText returns; for field values it will be preceding field name; and for others (array values, root-level values) null. 
/**
     * Method that can be called to get the name associated with
     * the current token: for {@link JsonToken#FIELD_NAME}s it will
     * be the same as what {@link #getText} returns;
     * for field values it will be preceding field name;
     * and for others (array values, root-level values) null.
     */
    public abstract String getCurrentName() throws IOException;

    // 15-Dec-2017, tatu: Forward-looking, added in 2.9.4 (and officially in 3.0)
    //   to smooth upgrading
    public String currentName() throws IOException {
        return getCurrentName();
    }

    
Method for accessing textual representation of the current token; if no current token (before first call to nextToken, or after encountering end-of-input), returns null. Method can be called for any token type. 
/**
     * Method for accessing textual representation of the current token;
     * if no current token (before first call to {@link #nextToken}, or
     * after encountering end-of-input), returns null.
     * Method can be called for any token type.
     */
    public abstract String getText() throws IOException;

    
Method to read the textual representation of the current token in chunks and 
pass it to the given Writer.
Conceptually same as calling:

 writer.write(parser.getText());


but should typically be more efficient as longer content does need to
be combined into a single String to return, and write
can occur directly from intermediate buffers Jackson uses.

Returns:The number of characters written to the Writer
Since:2.8
/**
     * Method to read the textual representation of the current token in chunks and 
     * pass it to the given Writer.
     * Conceptually same as calling:
     *<pre>
     *  writer.write(parser.getText());
     *</pre>
     * but should typically be more efficient as longer content does need to
     * be combined into a single <code>String</code> to return, and write
     * can occur directly from intermediate buffers Jackson uses.
     * 
     * @return The number of characters written to the Writer
     *  
     * @since 2.8
     */
    public int getText(Writer writer) throws IOException, UnsupportedOperationException
    {
        String str = getText();
        if (str == null) {
            return 0;
        }
        writer.write(str);
        return str.length();
    }

    
Method similar to getText, but that will return underlying (unmodifiable) character array that contains textual value, instead of constructing a String object to contain this information. Note, however, that: 
    

  • Textual contents are not guaranteed to start at index 0 (rather, call getTextOffset) to know the actual offset 
    • 

  • Length of textual contents may be less than the length of returned buffer: call getTextLength for actual length of returned content. 
    • 




Note that caller MUST NOT modify the returned
character array in any way -- doing so may corrupt
current parser state and render parser instance useless.

 The only reason to call this method (over getText) is to avoid construction of a String object (which will make a copy of contents). 
/**
     * Method similar to {@link #getText}, but that will return
     * underlying (unmodifiable) character array that contains
     * textual value, instead of constructing a String object
     * to contain this information.
     * Note, however, that:
     *<ul>
     * <li>Textual contents are not guaranteed to start at
     *   index 0 (rather, call {@link #getTextOffset}) to
     *   know the actual offset
     *  </li>
     * <li>Length of textual contents may be less than the
     *  length of returned buffer: call {@link #getTextLength}
     *  for actual length of returned content.
     *  </li>
     * </ul>
     *<p>
     * Note that caller <b>MUST NOT</b> modify the returned
     * character array in any way -- doing so may corrupt
     * current parser state and render parser instance useless.
     *<p>
     * The only reason to call this method (over {@link #getText})
     * is to avoid construction of a String object (which
     * will make a copy of contents).
     */
    public abstract char[] getTextCharacters() throws IOException;

    
Accessor used with getTextCharacters, to know length of String stored in returned buffer. 
Returns:Number of characters within buffer returned by getTextCharacters that are part of textual content of the current token.
/**
     * Accessor used with {@link #getTextCharacters}, to know length
     * of String stored in returned buffer.
     *
     * @return Number of characters within buffer returned
     *   by {@link #getTextCharacters} that are part of
     *   textual content of the current token.
     */
    public abstract int getTextLength() throws IOException;

    
Accessor used with getTextCharacters, to know offset of the first text content character within buffer. 
Returns:Offset of the first character within buffer returned by getTextCharacters that is part of textual content of the current token.
/**
     * Accessor used with {@link #getTextCharacters}, to know offset
     * of the first text content character within buffer.
     *
     * @return Offset of the first character within buffer returned
     *   by {@link #getTextCharacters} that is part of
     *   textual content of the current token.
     */
    public abstract int getTextOffset() throws IOException;

    
Method that can be used to determine whether calling of getTextCharacters would be the most efficient way to access textual content for the event parser currently points to. 
 
Default implementation simply returns false since only actual
implementation class has knowledge of its internal buffering
state.
Implementations are strongly encouraged to properly override
this method, to allow efficient copying of content by other
code.

Returns:True if parser currently has character array that can be efficiently returned via getTextCharacters; false means that it may or may not exist
/**
     * Method that can be used to determine whether calling of
     * {@link #getTextCharacters} would be the most efficient
     * way to access textual content for the event parser currently
     * points to.
     *<p> 
     * Default implementation simply returns false since only actual
     * implementation class has knowledge of its internal buffering
     * state.
     * Implementations are strongly encouraged to properly override
     * this method, to allow efficient copying of content by other
     * code.
     * 
     * @return True if parser currently has character array that can
     *   be efficiently returned via {@link #getTextCharacters}; false
     *   means that it may or may not exist
     */
    public abstract boolean hasTextCharacters();

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Public API, access to token information, numeric
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Generic number value accessor method that will work for
all kinds of numeric values. It will return the optimal
(simplest/smallest possible) wrapper object that can
express the numeric value just parsed.

Throws:
  • IOException – Problem with access: JsonParseException if the current token is not numeric, or if decoding of the value fails (invalid format for numbers); plain IOException if underlying content read fails (possible if values are extracted lazily)
Returns:Numeric value of the current token in its most optimal
  representation
/**
     * Generic number value accessor method that will work for
     * all kinds of numeric values. It will return the optimal
     * (simplest/smallest possible) wrapper object that can
     * express the numeric value just parsed.
     *
     * @return Numeric value of the current token in its most optimal
     *   representation
     *
     * @throws IOException Problem with access: {@link JsonParseException} if
     *    the current token is not numeric, or if decoding of the value fails
     *    (invalid format for numbers); plain {@link IOException} if underlying
     *    content read fails (possible if values are extracted lazily)
     */
    public abstract Number getNumberValue() throws IOException;

    
Method similar to getNumberValue with the difference that for floating-point numbers value returned may be BigDecimal if the underlying format does not store floating-point numbers using native representation: for example, textual formats represent numbers as Strings (which are 10-based), and conversion to Double is potentially lossy operation. 
 Default implementation simply returns getNumberValue() 
Throws:
  • IOException – Problem with access: JsonParseException if the current token is not numeric, or if decoding of the value fails (invalid format for numbers); plain IOException if underlying content read fails (possible if values are extracted lazily)
Returns:Numeric value of the current token using most accurate representation
Since:2.12
/**
     * Method similar to {@link #getNumberValue} with the difference that
     * for floating-point numbers value returned may be {@link BigDecimal}
     * if the underlying format does not store floating-point numbers using
     * native representation: for example, textual formats represent numbers
     * as Strings (which are 10-based), and conversion to {@link java.lang.Double}
     * is potentially lossy operation.
     *<p>
     * Default implementation simply returns {@link #getNumberValue()}
     *
     * @return Numeric value of the current token using most accurate representation
     *
     * @throws IOException Problem with access: {@link JsonParseException} if
     *    the current token is not numeric, or if decoding of the value fails
     *    (invalid format for numbers); plain {@link IOException} if underlying
     *    content read fails (possible if values are extracted lazily)
     *
     * @since 2.12
     */
    public Number getNumberValueExact() throws IOException {
        return getNumberValue();
    }

    
If current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT or JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT, returns one of NumberType constants; otherwise returns null. 
/**
     * If current token is of type 
     * {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_INT} or
     * {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT}, returns
     * one of {@link NumberType} constants; otherwise returns null.
     */
    public abstract NumberType getNumberType() throws IOException;

    
Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT and it can be expressed as a value of Java byte primitive type. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getDoubleValue and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow exception. 
 Note: if the resulting integer value falls outside range of Java byte, a InputCoercionException will be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow. 
/**
     * Numeric accessor that can be called when the current
     * token is of type {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_INT} and
     * it can be expressed as a value of Java byte primitive type.
     * It can also be called for {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT};
     * if so, it is equivalent to calling {@link #getDoubleValue}
     * and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow
     * exception.
     *<p>
     * Note: if the resulting integer value falls outside range of
     * Java byte, a {@link InputCoercionException}
     * will be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.
     */
    public byte getByteValue() throws IOException {
        int value = getIntValue();
        // So far so good: but does it fit?
        // [JACKSON-804]: Let's actually allow range of [-128, 255], as those are uniquely mapped
        //  (instead of just signed range of [-128, 127])
        if (value < MIN_BYTE_I || value > MAX_BYTE_I) {
            throw new InputCoercionException(this,
                    String.format("Numeric value (%s) out of range of Java byte", getText()),
                    JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT, Byte.TYPE);
        }
        return (byte) value;
    }

    
Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT and it can be expressed as a value of Java short primitive type. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getDoubleValue and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow exception. 
 Note: if the resulting integer value falls outside range of Java short, a InputCoercionException will be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow. 
/**
     * Numeric accessor that can be called when the current
     * token is of type {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_INT} and
     * it can be expressed as a value of Java short primitive type.
     * It can also be called for {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT};
     * if so, it is equivalent to calling {@link #getDoubleValue}
     * and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow
     * exception.
     *<p>
     * Note: if the resulting integer value falls outside range of
     * Java short, a {@link InputCoercionException}
     * will be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.
     */
    public short getShortValue() throws IOException
    {
        int value = getIntValue();
        if (value < MIN_SHORT_I || value > MAX_SHORT_I) {
            throw new InputCoercionException(this,
                    String.format("Numeric value (%s) out of range of Java short", getText()),
                    JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT, Short.TYPE);
        }
        return (short) value;
    }

    
Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT and it can be expressed as a value of Java int primitive type. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getDoubleValue and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow exception. 
 Note: if the resulting integer value falls outside range of Java int, a InputCoercionException may be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow. 
/**
     * Numeric accessor that can be called when the current
     * token is of type {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_INT} and
     * it can be expressed as a value of Java int primitive type.
     * It can also be called for {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT};
     * if so, it is equivalent to calling {@link #getDoubleValue}
     * and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow
     * exception.
     *<p>
     * Note: if the resulting integer value falls outside range of
     * Java int, a {@link InputCoercionException}
     * may be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.
     */
    public abstract int getIntValue() throws IOException;

    
Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT and it can be expressed as a Java long primitive type. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getDoubleValue and then casting to int; except for possible overflow/underflow exception. 
 Note: if the token is an integer, but its value falls outside of range of Java long, a InputCoercionException may be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow. 
/**
     * Numeric accessor that can be called when the current
     * token is of type {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_INT} and
     * it can be expressed as a Java long primitive type.
     * It can also be called for {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT};
     * if so, it is equivalent to calling {@link #getDoubleValue}
     * and then casting to int; except for possible overflow/underflow
     * exception.
     *<p>
     * Note: if the token is an integer, but its value falls
     * outside of range of Java long, a {@link InputCoercionException}
     * may be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.
     */
    public abstract long getLongValue() throws IOException;

    
Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT and it can not be used as a Java long primitive type due to its magnitude. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getDecimalValue and then constructing a BigInteger from that value. 
/**
     * Numeric accessor that can be called when the current
     * token is of type {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_INT} and
     * it can not be used as a Java long primitive type due to its
     * magnitude.
     * It can also be called for {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT};
     * if so, it is equivalent to calling {@link #getDecimalValue}
     * and then constructing a {@link BigInteger} from that value.
     */
    public abstract BigInteger getBigIntegerValue() throws IOException;

    
Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT and it can be expressed as a Java float primitive type. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getLongValue and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow exception. 
 Note: if the value falls outside of range of Java float, a InputCoercionException will be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow. 
/**
     * Numeric accessor that can be called when the current
     * token is of type {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT} and
     * it can be expressed as a Java float primitive type.
     * It can also be called for {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_INT};
     * if so, it is equivalent to calling {@link #getLongValue}
     * and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow
     * exception.
     *<p>
     * Note: if the value falls
     * outside of range of Java float, a {@link InputCoercionException}
     * will be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.
     */
    public abstract float getFloatValue() throws IOException;

    
Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT and it can be expressed as a Java double primitive type. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getLongValue and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow exception. 
 Note: if the value falls outside of range of Java double, a InputCoercionException will be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow. 
/**
     * Numeric accessor that can be called when the current
     * token is of type {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT} and
     * it can be expressed as a Java double primitive type.
     * It can also be called for {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_INT};
     * if so, it is equivalent to calling {@link #getLongValue}
     * and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow
     * exception.
     *<p>
     * Note: if the value falls
     * outside of range of Java double, a {@link InputCoercionException}
     * will be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.
     */
    public abstract double getDoubleValue() throws IOException;

    
Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT or JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT. No under/overflow exceptions are ever thrown. 
/**
     * Numeric accessor that can be called when the current
     * token is of type {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT} or
     * {@link JsonToken#VALUE_NUMBER_INT}. No under/overflow exceptions
     * are ever thrown.
     */
    public abstract BigDecimal getDecimalValue() throws IOException;

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Public API, access to token information, other
    /**********************************************************
     */
    
    
Convenience accessor that can be called when the current token is JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE or JsonToken.VALUE_FALSE. 
 Note: if the token is not of above-mentioned boolean types, an integer, but its value falls outside of range of Java long, a JsonParseException may be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow. 
/**
     * Convenience accessor that can be called when the current
     * token is {@link JsonToken#VALUE_TRUE} or
     * {@link JsonToken#VALUE_FALSE}.
     *<p>
     * Note: if the token is not of above-mentioned boolean types,
 an integer, but its value falls
     * outside of range of Java long, a {@link JsonParseException}
     * may be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.
     */
    public boolean getBooleanValue() throws IOException {
        JsonToken t = currentToken();
        if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE) return true;
        if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_FALSE) return false;
        throw new JsonParseException(this,
            String.format("Current token (%s) not of boolean type", t))
                .withRequestPayload(_requestPayload);
    }

    
Accessor that can be called if (and only if) the current token is JsonToken.VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT. For other token types, null is returned. 
 Note: only some specialized parser implementations support embedding of objects (usually ones that are facades on top of non-streaming sources, such as object trees). One exception is access to binary content (whether via base64 encoding or not) which typically is accessible using this method, as well as getBinaryValue(). 
/**
     * Accessor that can be called if (and only if) the current token
     * is {@link JsonToken#VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT}. For other token types,
     * null is returned.
     *<p>
     * Note: only some specialized parser implementations support
     * embedding of objects (usually ones that are facades on top
     * of non-streaming sources, such as object trees). One exception
     * is access to binary content (whether via base64 encoding or not)
     * which typically is accessible using this method, as well as
     * {@link #getBinaryValue()}.
     */
    public Object getEmbeddedObject() throws IOException { return null; }

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Public API, access to token information, binary
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Method that can be used to read (and consume -- results may not be accessible using other methods after the call) base64-encoded binary data included in the current textual JSON value. It works similar to getting String value via getText and decoding result (except for decoding part), but should be significantly more performant. 

Note that non-decoded textual contents of the current token
are not guaranteed to be accessible after this method
is called. Current implementation, for example, clears up
textual content during decoding.
Decoded binary content, however, will be retained until
parser is advanced to the next event.

Params:
  • bv – Expected variant of base64 encoded content (see Base64Variants for definitions of "standard" variants).
Returns:Decoded binary data
/**
     * Method that can be used to read (and consume -- results
     * may not be accessible using other methods after the call)
     * base64-encoded binary data
     * included in the current textual JSON value.
     * It works similar to getting String value via {@link #getText}
     * and decoding result (except for decoding part),
     * but should be significantly more performant.
     *<p>
     * Note that non-decoded textual contents of the current token
     * are not guaranteed to be accessible after this method
     * is called. Current implementation, for example, clears up
     * textual content during decoding.
     * Decoded binary content, however, will be retained until
     * parser is advanced to the next event.
     *
     * @param bv Expected variant of base64 encoded
     *   content (see {@link Base64Variants} for definitions
     *   of "standard" variants).
     *
     * @return Decoded binary data
     */
    public abstract byte[] getBinaryValue(Base64Variant bv) throws IOException;

    
Convenience alternative to getBinaryValue(Base64Variant) that defaults to using Base64Variants.getDefaultVariant as the default encoding. 
Returns:Decoded binary data
/**
     * Convenience alternative to {@link #getBinaryValue(Base64Variant)}
     * that defaults to using
     * {@link Base64Variants#getDefaultVariant} as the default encoding.
     *
     * @return Decoded binary data
     */
    public byte[] getBinaryValue() throws IOException {
        return getBinaryValue(Base64Variants.getDefaultVariant());
    }

    
Method that can be used as an alternative to getBigIntegerValue(), especially when value can be large. The main difference (beyond method of returning content using OutputStream instead of as byte array) is that content will NOT remain accessible after method returns: any content processed will be consumed and is not buffered in any way. If caller needs buffering, it has to implement it. 
Params:
  • out – Output stream to use for passing decoded binary data
Returns:Number of bytes that were decoded and written via OutputStream
Since:2.1
/**
     * Method that can be used as an alternative to {@link #getBigIntegerValue()},
     * especially when value can be large. The main difference (beyond method
     * of returning content using {@link OutputStream} instead of as byte array)
     * is that content will NOT remain accessible after method returns: any content
     * processed will be consumed and is not buffered in any way. If caller needs
     * buffering, it has to implement it.
     * 
     * @param out Output stream to use for passing decoded binary data
     * 
     * @return Number of bytes that were decoded and written via {@link OutputStream}
     * 
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public int readBinaryValue(OutputStream out) throws IOException {
        return readBinaryValue(Base64Variants.getDefaultVariant(), out);
    }

    
Similar to readBinaryValue(OutputStream) but allows explicitly specifying base64 variant to use. 
Params:
  • bv – base64 variant to use
  • out – Output stream to use for passing decoded binary data
Returns:Number of bytes that were decoded and written via OutputStream
Since:2.1
/**
     * Similar to {@link #readBinaryValue(OutputStream)} but allows explicitly
     * specifying base64 variant to use.
     * 
     * @param bv base64 variant to use
     * @param out Output stream to use for passing decoded binary data
     * 
     * @return Number of bytes that were decoded and written via {@link OutputStream}
     * 
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public int readBinaryValue(Base64Variant bv, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
        _reportUnsupportedOperation();
        return 0; // never gets here
    }
    
    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Public API, access to token information, coercion/conversion
    /**********************************************************
     */
    
    
Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
int.
Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false)
and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer
parsing rules.


If representation can not be converted to an int (including structured type
markers like start/end Object/Array)
default value of 0 will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

/**
     * Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
     * <b>int</b>.
     * Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false)
     * and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer
     * parsing rules.
     *<p>
     * If representation can not be converted to an int (including structured type
     * markers like start/end Object/Array)
     * default value of <b>0</b> will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.
     */
    public int getValueAsInt() throws IOException {
        return getValueAsInt(0);
    }
    
    
Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
int.
Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false)
and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer
parsing rules.


If representation can not be converted to an int (including structured type
markers like start/end Object/Array)
specified def will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

/**
     * Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
     * <b>int</b>.
     * Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false)
     * and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer
     * parsing rules.
     *<p>
     * If representation can not be converted to an int (including structured type
     * markers like start/end Object/Array)
     * specified <b>def</b> will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.
     */
    public int getValueAsInt(int def) throws IOException { return def; }

    
Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
long.
Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false)
and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer
parsing rules.


If representation can not be converted to a long (including structured type
markers like start/end Object/Array)
default value of 0L will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

/**
     * Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
     * <b>long</b>.
     * Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false)
     * and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer
     * parsing rules.
     *<p>
     * If representation can not be converted to a long (including structured type
     * markers like start/end Object/Array)
     * default value of <b>0L</b> will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.
     */
    public long getValueAsLong() throws IOException {
        return getValueAsLong(0);
    }
    
    
Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
long.
Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false)
and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer
parsing rules.


If representation can not be converted to a long (including structured type
markers like start/end Object/Array)
specified def will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

/**
     * Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
     * <b>long</b>.
     * Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false)
     * and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer
     * parsing rules.
     *<p>
     * If representation can not be converted to a long (including structured type
     * markers like start/end Object/Array)
     * specified <b>def</b> will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.
     */
    public long getValueAsLong(long def) throws IOException {
        return def;
    }
    
    
Method that will try to convert value of current token to a Java
double.
Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0.0 (false)
and 1.0 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language floating
point parsing rules.


If representation can not be converted to a double (including structured types
like Objects and Arrays),
default value of 0.0 will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

/**
     * Method that will try to convert value of current token to a Java
     * <b>double</b>.
     * Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0.0 (false)
     * and 1.0 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language floating
     * point parsing rules.
     *<p>
     * If representation can not be converted to a double (including structured types
     * like Objects and Arrays),
     * default value of <b>0.0</b> will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.
     */
    public double getValueAsDouble() throws IOException {
        return getValueAsDouble(0.0);
    }
    
    
Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
Java double.
Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0.0 (false)
and 1.0 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language floating
point parsing rules.


If representation can not be converted to a double (including structured types
like Objects and Arrays),
specified def will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

/**
     * Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
     * Java <b>double</b>.
     * Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0.0 (false)
     * and 1.0 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language floating
     * point parsing rules.
     *<p>
     * If representation can not be converted to a double (including structured types
     * like Objects and Arrays),
     * specified <b>def</b> will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.
     */
    public double getValueAsDouble(double def) throws IOException {
        return def;
    }

    
Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
boolean.
JSON booleans map naturally; integer numbers other than 0 map to true, and
0 maps to false
and Strings 'true' and 'false' map to corresponding values.


If representation can not be converted to a boolean value (including structured types
like Objects and Arrays),
default value of false will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

/**
     * Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
     * <b>boolean</b>.
     * JSON booleans map naturally; integer numbers other than 0 map to true, and
     * 0 maps to false
     * and Strings 'true' and 'false' map to corresponding values.
     *<p>
     * If representation can not be converted to a boolean value (including structured types
     * like Objects and Arrays),
     * default value of <b>false</b> will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.
     */
    public boolean getValueAsBoolean() throws IOException {
        return getValueAsBoolean(false);
    }

    
Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
boolean.
JSON booleans map naturally; integer numbers other than 0 map to true, and
0 maps to false
and Strings 'true' and 'false' map to corresponding values.


If representation can not be converted to a boolean value (including structured types
like Objects and Arrays),
specified def will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

/**
     * Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
     * <b>boolean</b>.
     * JSON booleans map naturally; integer numbers other than 0 map to true, and
     * 0 maps to false
     * and Strings 'true' and 'false' map to corresponding values.
     *<p>
     * If representation can not be converted to a boolean value (including structured types
     * like Objects and Arrays),
     * specified <b>def</b> will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.
     */
    public boolean getValueAsBoolean(boolean def) throws IOException {
        return def;
    }

    
Method that will try to convert value of current token to a String. JSON Strings map naturally; scalar values get converted to their textual representation. If representation can not be converted to a String value (including structured types like Objects and Arrays and null token), default value of null will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

Since:2.1
/**
     * Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
     * {@link java.lang.String}.
     * JSON Strings map naturally; scalar values get converted to
     * their textual representation.
     * If representation can not be converted to a String value (including structured types
     * like Objects and Arrays and null token), default value of
     * <b>null</b> will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.
     * 
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public String getValueAsString() throws IOException {
        return getValueAsString(null);
    }
    
    
Method that will try to convert value of current token to a String. JSON Strings map naturally; scalar values get converted to their textual representation. If representation can not be converted to a String value (including structured types like Objects and Arrays and null token), specified default value will be returned; no exceptions are thrown. 
Since:2.1
/**
     * Method that will try to convert value of current token to a
     * {@link java.lang.String}.
     * JSON Strings map naturally; scalar values get converted to
     * their textual representation.
     * If representation can not be converted to a String value (including structured types
     * like Objects and Arrays and null token), specified default value
     * will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.
     * 
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public abstract String getValueAsString(String def) throws IOException;

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Public API, Native Ids (type, object)
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Introspection method that may be called to see if the underlying
data format supports some kind of Object Ids natively (many do not;
for example, JSON doesn't).


Default implementation returns true; overridden by data formats
that do support native Object Ids. Caller is expected to either
use a non-native notation (explicit property or such), or fail,
in case it can not use native object ids.

Since:2.3
/**
     * Introspection method that may be called to see if the underlying
     * data format supports some kind of Object Ids natively (many do not;
     * for example, JSON doesn't).
     *<p>
     * Default implementation returns true; overridden by data formats
     * that do support native Object Ids. Caller is expected to either
     * use a non-native notation (explicit property or such), or fail,
     * in case it can not use native object ids.
     * 
     * @since 2.3
     */
    public boolean canReadObjectId() { return false; }

    
Introspection method that may be called to see if the underlying
data format supports some kind of Type Ids natively (many do not;
for example, JSON doesn't).


Default implementation returns true; overridden by data formats
that do support native Type Ids. Caller is expected to either
use a non-native notation (explicit property or such), or fail,
in case it can not use native type ids.

Since:2.3
/**
     * Introspection method that may be called to see if the underlying
     * data format supports some kind of Type Ids natively (many do not;
     * for example, JSON doesn't).
     *<p>
     * Default implementation returns true; overridden by data formats
     * that do support native Type Ids. Caller is expected to either
     * use a non-native notation (explicit property or such), or fail,
     * in case it can not use native type ids.
     * 
     * @since 2.3
     */
    public boolean canReadTypeId() { return false; }

    
Method that can be called to check whether current token (one that was just read) has an associated Object id, and if so, return it. Note that while typically caller should check with canReadObjectId first, it is not illegal to call this method even if that method returns true; but if so, it will return null. This may be used to simplify calling code. 

Default implementation will simply return null.

Since:2.3
/**
     * Method that can be called to check whether current token
     * (one that was just read) has an associated Object id, and if
     * so, return it.
     * Note that while typically caller should check with {@link #canReadObjectId}
     * first, it is not illegal to call this method even if that method returns
     * true; but if so, it will return null. This may be used to simplify calling
     * code.
     *<p>
     * Default implementation will simply return null.
     * 
     * @since 2.3
     */
    public Object getObjectId() throws IOException { return null; }

    
Method that can be called to check whether current token (one that was just read) has an associated type id, and if so, return it. Note that while typically caller should check with canReadTypeId first, it is not illegal to call this method even if that method returns true; but if so, it will return null. This may be used to simplify calling code. 

Default implementation will simply return null.

Since:2.3
/**
     * Method that can be called to check whether current token
     * (one that was just read) has an associated type id, and if
     * so, return it.
     * Note that while typically caller should check with {@link #canReadTypeId}
     * first, it is not illegal to call this method even if that method returns
     * true; but if so, it will return null. This may be used to simplify calling
     * code.
     *<p>
     * Default implementation will simply return null.
     * 
     * @since 2.3
     */
    public Object getTypeId() throws IOException { return null; }

    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Public API, optional data binding functionality
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Method to deserialize JSON content into a non-container type (it can be an array type, however): typically a bean, array or a wrapper type (like Boolean). Note: method can only be called if the parser has
an object codec assigned; this is true for parsers constructed
by MappingJsonFactory (from "jackson-databind" jar) but not for JsonFactory (unless its setCodec
method has been explicitly called).

 This method may advance the event stream, for structured types the current token will be the closing end marker (END_ARRAY, END_OBJECT) of the bound structure. For non-structured Json types (and for JsonToken.VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT) stream is not advanced. 
 Note: this method should NOT be used if the result type is a container (Collection or Map. The reason is that due to type erasure, key and value types can not be introspected when using this method. 
/**
     * Method to deserialize JSON content into a non-container
     * type (it can be an array type, however): typically a bean, array
     * or a wrapper type (like {@link java.lang.Boolean}).
     * <b>Note</b>: method can only be called if the parser has
     * an object codec assigned; this is true for parsers constructed
     * by <code>MappingJsonFactory</code> (from "jackson-databind" jar)
     * but not for {@link JsonFactory} (unless its <code>setCodec</code>
     * method has been explicitly called).
     *<p>
     * This method may advance the event stream, for structured types
     * the current token will be the closing end marker (END_ARRAY,
     * END_OBJECT) of the bound structure. For non-structured Json types
     * (and for {@link JsonToken#VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT})
     * stream is not advanced.
     *<p>
     * Note: this method should NOT be used if the result type is a
     * container ({@link java.util.Collection} or {@link java.util.Map}.
     * The reason is that due to type erasure, key and value types
     * can not be introspected when using this method.
     */
    public <T> T readValueAs(Class<T> valueType) throws IOException {
        return _codec().readValue(this, valueType);
    }

    
Method to deserialize JSON content into a Java type, reference
to which is passed as argument. Type is passed using so-called
"super type token"
and specifically needs to be used if the root type is a 
parameterized (generic) container type.
Note: method can only be called if the parser has
an object codec assigned; this is true for parsers constructed
by MappingJsonFactory (defined in 'jackson-databind' bundle) but not for JsonFactory (unless its setCodec
method has been explicitly called).

 This method may advance the event stream, for structured types the current token will be the closing end marker (END_ARRAY, END_OBJECT) of the bound structure. For non-structured Json types (and for JsonToken.VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT) stream is not advanced. 
/**
     * Method to deserialize JSON content into a Java type, reference
     * to which is passed as argument. Type is passed using so-called
     * "super type token"
     * and specifically needs to be used if the root type is a 
     * parameterized (generic) container type.
     * <b>Note</b>: method can only be called if the parser has
     * an object codec assigned; this is true for parsers constructed
     * by <code>MappingJsonFactory</code> (defined in 'jackson-databind' bundle)
     * but not for {@link JsonFactory} (unless its <code>setCodec</code>
     * method has been explicitly called).
     *<p>
     * This method may advance the event stream, for structured types
     * the current token will be the closing end marker (END_ARRAY,
     * END_OBJECT) of the bound structure. For non-structured Json types
     * (and for {@link JsonToken#VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT})
     * stream is not advanced.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public <T> T readValueAs(TypeReference<?> valueTypeRef) throws IOException {
        return (T) _codec().readValue(this, valueTypeRef);
    }

    
Method for reading sequence of Objects from parser stream,
all with same specified value type.

/**
     * Method for reading sequence of Objects from parser stream,
     * all with same specified value type.
     */
    public <T> Iterator<T> readValuesAs(Class<T> valueType) throws IOException {
        return _codec().readValues(this, valueType);
    }

    
Method for reading sequence of Objects from parser stream,
all with same specified value type.

/**
     * Method for reading sequence of Objects from parser stream,
     * all with same specified value type.
     */
    public <T> Iterator<T> readValuesAs(TypeReference<T> valueTypeRef) throws IOException {
        return _codec().readValues(this, valueTypeRef);
    }
    
    
Method to deserialize JSON content into equivalent "tree model", represented by root TreeNode of resulting model. For JSON Arrays it will an array node (with child nodes), for objects object node (with child nodes), and for other types matching leaf node type. Empty or whitespace documents are null. 
Returns:root of the document, or null if empty or whitespace.
/**
     * Method to deserialize JSON content into equivalent "tree model",
     * represented by root {@link TreeNode} of resulting model.
     * For JSON Arrays it will an array node (with child nodes),
     * for objects object node (with child nodes), and for other types
     * matching leaf node type. Empty or whitespace documents are null.
     *
     * @return root of the document, or null if empty or whitespace.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public <T extends TreeNode> T readValueAsTree() throws IOException {
        return (T) _codec().readTree(this);
    }

    protected ObjectCodec _codec() {
        ObjectCodec c = getCodec();
        if (c == null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("No ObjectCodec defined for parser, needed for deserialization");
        }
        return c;
    }
    
    /*
    /**********************************************************
    /* Internal methods
    /**********************************************************
     */

    
Helper method for constructing JsonParseExceptions based on current state of the parser 
/**
     * Helper method for constructing {@link JsonParseException}s
     * based on current state of the parser
     */
    protected JsonParseException _constructError(String msg) {
        return new JsonParseException(this, msg)
            .withRequestPayload(_requestPayload);
    }

    
Helper method to call for operations that are not supported by
parser implementation.

Since:2.1
/**
     * Helper method to call for operations that are not supported by
     * parser implementation.
     *
     * @since 2.1
     */
    protected void _reportUnsupportedOperation() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Operation not supported by parser of type "+getClass().getName());
    }
}