package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.*;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonPOJOBuilder;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeBindings;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.Annotations;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.Converter;

Basic container for information gathered by ClassIntrospector to help in constructing serializers and deserializers. Note that the main implementation type is BasicBeanDescription, meaning that it is safe to upcast to this type.
/** * Basic container for information gathered by {@link ClassIntrospector} to * help in constructing serializers and deserializers. * Note that the main implementation type is * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.BasicBeanDescription}, * meaning that it is safe to upcast to this type. */
public abstract class BeanDescription {
Bean type information, including raw class and possible generics information
/** * Bean type information, including raw class and possible * generics information */
protected final JavaType _type; /* /********************************************************** /* Life-cycle /********************************************************** */ protected BeanDescription(JavaType type) { _type = type; } /* /********************************************************** /* Simple accesors /********************************************************** */
Method for accessing declared type of bean being introspected, including full generic type information (from declaration)
/** * Method for accessing declared type of bean being introspected, * including full generic type information (from declaration) */
public JavaType getType() { return _type; } public Class<?> getBeanClass() { return _type.getRawClass(); }
Since:2.9
/** * @since 2.9 */
public boolean isNonStaticInnerClass() { return getClassInfo().isNonStaticInnerClass(); }
Method for accessing low-level information about Class this item describes.
/** * Method for accessing low-level information about Class this * item describes. */
public abstract AnnotatedClass getClassInfo();
Accessor for getting information about Object Id expected to be used for this POJO type, if any.
/** * Accessor for getting information about Object Id expected to * be used for this POJO type, if any. */
public abstract ObjectIdInfo getObjectIdInfo();
Method for checking whether class being described has any annotations recognized by registered annotation introspector.
/** * Method for checking whether class being described has any * annotations recognized by registered annotation introspector. */
public abstract boolean hasKnownClassAnnotations();
Accessor for type bindings that may be needed to fully resolve types of member object, such as return and argument types of methods and constructors, and types of fields.
Deprecated:Since 2.7, should not need to access bindings directly
/** * Accessor for type bindings that may be needed to fully resolve * types of member object, such as return and argument types of * methods and constructors, and types of fields. * * @deprecated Since 2.7, should not need to access bindings directly */
@Deprecated public abstract TypeBindings bindingsForBeanType();
Method for resolving given JDK type, using this bean as the generic type resolution context.
Deprecated:Since 2.8, should simply call getType of property accessor directly.
/** * Method for resolving given JDK type, using this bean as the * generic type resolution context. * * @deprecated Since 2.8, should simply call <code>getType</code> of * property accessor directly. */
@Deprecated public abstract JavaType resolveType(java.lang.reflect.Type jdkType);
Method for accessing collection of annotations the bean class has.
/** * Method for accessing collection of annotations the bean * class has. */
public abstract Annotations getClassAnnotations(); /* /********************************************************** /* Basic API for finding properties /********************************************************** */
Returns:Ordered Map with logical property name as key, and matching getter method as value.
/** * @return Ordered Map with logical property name as key, and * matching getter method as value. */
public abstract List<BeanPropertyDefinition> findProperties(); public abstract Set<String> getIgnoredPropertyNames();
Method for locating all back-reference properties (setters, fields) bean has
Since:2.9
/** * Method for locating all back-reference properties (setters, fields) bean has * * @since 2.9 */
public abstract List<BeanPropertyDefinition> findBackReferences();
Method for locating all back-reference properties (setters, fields) bean has
Deprecated:Since 2.9 use findBackReferences() instead
/** * Method for locating all back-reference properties (setters, fields) bean has * * @deprecated Since 2.9 use {@link #findBackReferences()} instead */
@Deprecated public abstract Map<String,AnnotatedMember> findBackReferenceProperties(); /* /********************************************************** /* Basic API for finding creator members /********************************************************** */ public abstract List<AnnotatedConstructor> getConstructors(); public abstract List<AnnotatedMethod> getFactoryMethods();
Method that will locate the no-arg constructor for this class, if it has one, and that constructor has not been marked as ignorable.
/** * Method that will locate the no-arg constructor for this class, * if it has one, and that constructor has not been marked as * ignorable. */
public abstract AnnotatedConstructor findDefaultConstructor();
Method that can be called to locate a single-arg constructor that takes specified exact type (will not accept supertype constructors)
Params:
  • argTypes – Type(s) of the argument that we are looking for
/** * Method that can be called to locate a single-arg constructor that * takes specified exact type (will not accept supertype constructors) * * @param argTypes Type(s) of the argument that we are looking for */
public abstract Constructor<?> findSingleArgConstructor(Class<?>... argTypes);
Method that can be called to find if introspected class declares a static "valueOf" factory method that returns an instance of introspected type, given one of acceptable types.
Params:
  • expArgTypes – Types that the matching single argument factory method can take: will also accept super types of these types (ie. arg just has to be assignable from expArgType)
/** * Method that can be called to find if introspected class declares * a static "valueOf" factory method that returns an instance of * introspected type, given one of acceptable types. * * @param expArgTypes Types that the matching single argument factory * method can take: will also accept super types of these types * (ie. arg just has to be assignable from expArgType) */
public abstract Method findFactoryMethod(Class<?>... expArgTypes); /* /********************************************************** /* Basic API for finding property accessors /********************************************************** */
Method for locating accessor (readable field, or "getter" method) that has JsonKey annotation, if any. If multiple ones are found, an error is reported by throwing IllegalArgumentException
Since:2.12
/** * Method for locating accessor (readable field, or "getter" method) * that has * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonKey} annotation, * if any. If multiple ones are found, * an error is reported by throwing {@link IllegalArgumentException} * * @since 2.12 */
public AnnotatedMember findJsonKeyAccessor() { return null; }
Method for locating accessor (readable field, or "getter" method) that has JsonValue annotation, if any. If multiple ones are found, an error is reported by throwing IllegalArgumentException
Since:2.9
/** * Method for locating accessor (readable field, or "getter" method) * that has * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonValue} annotation, * if any. If multiple ones are found, * an error is reported by throwing {@link IllegalArgumentException} * * @since 2.9 */
public abstract AnnotatedMember findJsonValueAccessor(); public abstract AnnotatedMember findAnyGetter();
Method used to locate a mutator (settable field, or 2-argument set method) of introspected class that implements JsonAnySetter. If no such mutator exists null is returned. If more than one are found, an exception is thrown. Additional checks are also made to see that method signature is acceptable: needs to take 2 arguments, first one String or Object; second any can be any type.
Since:2.9
/** * Method used to locate a mutator (settable field, or 2-argument set method) * of introspected class that * implements {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter}. * If no such mutator exists null is returned. If more than one are found, * an exception is thrown. * Additional checks are also made to see that method signature * is acceptable: needs to take 2 arguments, first one String or * Object; second any can be any type. * * @since 2.9 */
public abstract AnnotatedMember findAnySetterAccessor(); public abstract AnnotatedMethod findMethod(String name, Class<?>[] paramTypes); @Deprecated // since 2.9 public abstract AnnotatedMethod findJsonValueMethod();
Deprecated:Since 2.9: use findAnySetterAccessor instead
/** * @deprecated Since 2.9: use {@link #findAnySetterAccessor} instead */
@Deprecated public AnnotatedMethod findAnySetter() { AnnotatedMember m = findAnySetterAccessor(); if (m instanceof AnnotatedMethod) { return (AnnotatedMethod) m; } return null; }
Deprecated:Since 2.9: use findAnySetterAccessor instead
/** * @deprecated Since 2.9: use {@link #findAnySetterAccessor} instead */
@Deprecated public AnnotatedMember findAnySetterField() { AnnotatedMember m = findAnySetterAccessor(); if (m instanceof AnnotatedField) { return m; } return null; } /* /********************************************************** /* Basic API, class configuration /********************************************************** */
Method for finding annotation-indicated inclusion definition (if any); possibly overriding given default value.

NOTE: does NOT use global inclusion default settings as the base, unless passed as `defValue`.

Since:2.7
/** * Method for finding annotation-indicated inclusion definition (if any); * possibly overriding given default value. *<p> * NOTE: does NOT use global inclusion default settings as the base, unless * passed as `defValue`. * * @since 2.7 */
public abstract JsonInclude.Value findPropertyInclusion(JsonInclude.Value defValue);
Method for checking what is the expected format for POJO, as defined by defaults and possible annotations. Note that this may be further refined by per-property annotations.
Since:2.1
/** * Method for checking what is the expected format for POJO, as * defined by defaults and possible annotations. * Note that this may be further refined by per-property annotations. * * @since 2.1 */
public abstract JsonFormat.Value findExpectedFormat(JsonFormat.Value defValue);
Method for finding Converter used for serializing instances of this class.
Since:2.2
/** * Method for finding {@link Converter} used for serializing instances * of this class. * * @since 2.2 */
public abstract Converter<Object,Object> findSerializationConverter();
Method for finding Converter used for serializing instances of this class.
Since:2.2
/** * Method for finding {@link Converter} used for serializing instances * of this class. * * @since 2.2 */
public abstract Converter<Object,Object> findDeserializationConverter();
Accessor for possible description for the bean type, used for constructing documentation.
Since:2.7
/** * Accessor for possible description for the bean type, used for constructing * documentation. * * @since 2.7 */
public String findClassDescription() { return null; } /* /********************************************************** /* Basic API, other /********************************************************** */ public abstract Map<Object, AnnotatedMember> findInjectables();
Method for checking if the POJO type has annotations to indicate that a builder is to be used for instantiating instances and handling data binding, instead of standard bean deserializer.
/** * Method for checking if the POJO type has annotations to * indicate that a builder is to be used for instantiating * instances and handling data binding, instead of standard * bean deserializer. */
public abstract Class<?> findPOJOBuilder();
Method for finding configuration for POJO Builder class.
/** * Method for finding configuration for POJO Builder class. */
public abstract JsonPOJOBuilder.Value findPOJOBuilderConfig();
Method called to create a "default instance" of the bean, currently only needed for obtaining default field values which may be used for suppressing serialization of fields that have "not changed".
Params:
  • fixAccess – If true, method is allowed to fix access to the default constructor (to be able to call non-public constructor); if false, has to use constructor as is.
Returns:Instance of class represented by this descriptor, if suitable default constructor was found; null otherwise.
/** * Method called to create a "default instance" of the bean, currently * only needed for obtaining default field values which may be used for * suppressing serialization of fields that have "not changed". * * @param fixAccess If true, method is allowed to fix access to the * default constructor (to be able to call non-public constructor); * if false, has to use constructor as is. * * @return Instance of class represented by this descriptor, if * suitable default constructor was found; null otherwise. */
public abstract Object instantiateBean(boolean fixAccess);
Method for finding out if the POJO specifies default view(s) to use for properties, considering both per-type annotations and global default settings.
Since:2.9
/** * Method for finding out if the POJO specifies default view(s) to * use for properties, considering both per-type annotations and * global default settings. * * @since 2.9 */
public abstract Class<?>[] findDefaultViews(); }