Class MapperConfig<T extends MapperConfig<T>>

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver
    Direct Known Subclasses:
    DeserializationConfig, SerializationConfig

    public abstract class MapperConfig<T extends MapperConfig<T>>
    extends Object
    implements ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver
    Interface that defines functionality accessible through both serialization and deserialization configuration objects; accessors to mode-independent configuration settings and such.

    As of version 1.9, the goal is to make this class eventually immutable. Because of this, existing methods that allow changing state of this instance are deprecated in favor of methods that create new instances with different configuration ("fluent factories"). One major remaining issue is that of handling mix-in annotations, which still represent a bit of mutable state; may need to implement a functional-style immutable map for storing those.

    Since:
    1.2 -- major change in 1.8, changed from interface to abstract class
    • Field Detail

      • DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT

        protected static final DateFormat DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT
        This is the default DateFormat used unless overridden by custom implementation.
      • _base

        protected MapperConfig.Base _base
        Immutable container object for simple configuration settings.

        Note: ideally this would be final, but until we can eliminate mutators, must keep it mutable.

      • _mixInAnnotations

        protected HashMap<ClassKey,​Class<?>> _mixInAnnotations
        Mapping that defines how to apply mix-in annotations: key is the type to received additional annotations, and value is the type that has annotations to "mix in".

        Annotations associated with the value classes will be used to override annotations of the key class, associated with the same field or method. They can be further masked by sub-classes: you can think of it as injecting annotations between the target class and its sub-classes (or interfaces)

        Since:
        1.2
      • _mixInAnnotationsShared

        protected boolean _mixInAnnotationsShared
        Flag used to detect when a copy if mix-in annotations is needed: set when current copy is shared, cleared when a fresh copy is made
        Since:
        1.2
      • _subtypeResolver

        protected SubtypeResolver _subtypeResolver
        Registered concrete subtypes that can be used instead of (or in addition to) ones declared using annotations. Unlike most other settings, it is not configured as early as it is set, but rather only when a non-shared instance is constructed by ObjectMapper (or -Reader or -Writer)

        Note: this is the only property left as non-final, to allow lazy construction of the instance as necessary.

        Since:
        1.6
    • Method Detail

      • fromAnnotations

        @Deprecated
        public abstract void fromAnnotations​(Class<?> cls)
        Deprecated.
        Since 1.9, it is preferably to explicitly configure instances; this method also modifies existing instance which is against immutable design goals of this class.
        Method that checks class annotations that the argument Object has, and modifies settings of this configuration object accordingly, similar to how those annotations would affect actual value classes annotated with them, but with global scope. Note that not all annotations have global significance, and thus only subset of Jackson annotations will have any effect.
      • createUnshared

        public abstract T createUnshared​(SubtypeResolver subtypeResolver)
        Method to use for constructing an instance that is not shared between multiple operations but only used for a single one (which may be this instance, if it is immutable; if not, a copy is constructed with same settings)
        Since:
        1.8
      • withClassIntrospector

        public abstract T withClassIntrospector​(ClassIntrospector<? extends BeanDescription> ci)
        Method for constructing and returning a new instance with different ClassIntrospector to use.

        NOTE: make sure to register new instance with ObjectMapper if directly calling this method.

        Since:
        1.8
      • withAnnotationIntrospector

        public abstract T withAnnotationIntrospector​(AnnotationIntrospector ai)
        Method for constructing and returning a new instance with different AnnotationIntrospector to use (replacing old one).

        NOTE: make sure to register new instance with ObjectMapper if directly calling this method.

        Since:
        1.8
      • withVisibilityChecker

        public abstract T withVisibilityChecker​(VisibilityChecker<?> vc)
        Method for constructing and returning a new instance with different VisibilityChecker to use.

        NOTE: make sure to register new instance with ObjectMapper if directly calling this method.

        Since:
        1.8
      • withVisibility

        public abstract T withVisibility​(JsonMethod forMethod,
                                         JsonAutoDetect.Visibility visibility)
        Method for constructing and returning a new instance with different minimal visibility level for specified property type

        NOTE: make sure to register new instance with ObjectMapper if directly calling this method.

        Since:
        1.9
      • withTypeResolverBuilder

        public abstract T withTypeResolverBuilder​(TypeResolverBuilder<?> trb)
        Method for constructing and returning a new instance with different TypeResolverBuilder to use.

        NOTE: make sure to register new instance with ObjectMapper if directly calling this method.

        Since:
        1.8
      • withSubtypeResolver

        public abstract T withSubtypeResolver​(SubtypeResolver str)
        Method for constructing and returning a new instance with different SubtypeResolver to use.

        NOTE: make sure to register new instance with ObjectMapper if directly calling this method.

        Since:
        1.8
      • withPropertyNamingStrategy

        public abstract T withPropertyNamingStrategy​(PropertyNamingStrategy strategy)
        Method for constructing and returning a new instance with different PropertyNamingStrategy to use.

        NOTE: make sure to register new instance with ObjectMapper if directly calling this method.

        Since:
        1.8
      • withTypeFactory

        public abstract T withTypeFactory​(TypeFactory typeFactory)
        Method for constructing and returning a new instance with different TypeFactory to use.

        NOTE: make sure to register new instance with ObjectMapper if directly calling this method.

        Since:
        1.8
      • withDateFormat

        public abstract T withDateFormat​(DateFormat df)
        Method for constructing and returning a new instance with different DateFormat to use.

        NOTE: make sure to register new instance with ObjectMapper if directly calling this method.

        Since:
        1.8
      • withHandlerInstantiator

        public abstract T withHandlerInstantiator​(HandlerInstantiator hi)
        Method for constructing and returning a new instance with different HandlerInstantiator to use.

        NOTE: make sure to register new instance with ObjectMapper if directly calling this method.

        Since:
        1.8
      • withInsertedAnnotationIntrospector

        public abstract T withInsertedAnnotationIntrospector​(AnnotationIntrospector introspector)
        Method for constructing and returning a new instance with additional AnnotationIntrospector inserted (as the highest priority one)
        Since:
        1.9
      • withAppendedAnnotationIntrospector

        public abstract T withAppendedAnnotationIntrospector​(AnnotationIntrospector introspector)
        Method for constructing and returning a new instance with additional AnnotationIntrospector appended (as the lowest priority one)
        Since:
        1.9
      • isEnabled

        public abstract boolean isEnabled​(MapperConfig.ConfigFeature f)
        Method for checking whether given feature is enabled or not
      • isAnnotationProcessingEnabled

        public abstract boolean isAnnotationProcessingEnabled()
        Method for determining whether annotation processing is enabled or not (default settings are typically that it is enabled; must explicitly disable).
        Returns:
        True if annotation processing is enabled; false if not
        Since:
        1.8
      • canOverrideAccessModifiers

        public abstract boolean canOverrideAccessModifiers()
        Accessor for determining whether it is ok to try to force override of access modifiers to be able to get or set values of non-public Methods, Fields; to invoke non-public Constructors, Methods; or to instantiate non-public Classes. By default this is enabled, but on some platforms it needs to be prevented since if this would violate security constraints and cause failures.
        Returns:
        True if access modifier overriding is allowed (and may be done for any Field, Method, Constructor or Class); false to prevent any attempts to override.
        Since:
        1.8
      • shouldSortPropertiesAlphabetically

        public abstract boolean shouldSortPropertiesAlphabetically()
        Accessor for checking whether default settings for property handling indicate that properties should be alphabetically ordered or not.
        Since:
        1.9
      • getAnnotationIntrospector

        public AnnotationIntrospector getAnnotationIntrospector()
        Method for getting AnnotationIntrospector configured to introspect annotation values used for configuration.

        Non-final since it is actually overridden by sub-classes (for now?)

      • insertAnnotationIntrospector

        @Deprecated
        public final void insertAnnotationIntrospector​(AnnotationIntrospector introspector)
        Deprecated.
        Since 1.9 use withInsertedAnnotationIntrospector(AnnotationIntrospector) instead; this method is deprecated as it changes state, preventing immutability of instances
        Method for registering specified AnnotationIntrospector as the highest priority introspector (will be chained with existing introspector(s) which will be used as fallbacks for cases this introspector does not handle)
        Parameters:
        introspector - Annotation introspector to register.
        Since:
        1.7
      • appendAnnotationIntrospector

        @Deprecated
        public final void appendAnnotationIntrospector​(AnnotationIntrospector introspector)
        Deprecated.
        Since 1.9 use withAppendedAnnotationIntrospector(AnnotationIntrospector) instead; this method is deprecated as it changes state, preventing immutability of instances
        Method for registering specified AnnotationIntrospector as the lowest priority introspector, chained with existing introspector(s) and called as fallback for cases not otherwise handled.
        Parameters:
        introspector - Annotation introspector to register.
        Since:
        1.7
      • getDefaultVisibilityChecker

        public VisibilityChecker<?> getDefaultVisibilityChecker()
        Accessor for object used for determining whether specific property elements (method, constructors, fields) can be auto-detected based on their visibility (access modifiers). Can be changed to allow different minimum visibility levels for auto-detection. Note that this is the global handler; individual types (classes) can further override active checker used (using JsonAutoDetect annotation)
        Since:
        1.5
      • getHandlerInstantiator

        public final HandlerInstantiator getHandlerInstantiator()
        Since:
        1.8
      • setMixInAnnotations

        public final void setMixInAnnotations​(Map<Class<?>,​Class<?>> sourceMixins)
        Method to use for defining mix-in annotations to use for augmenting annotations that processable (serializable / deserializable) classes have. Mixing in is done when introspecting class annotations and properties. Map passed contains keys that are target classes (ones to augment with new annotation overrides), and values that are source classes (have annotations to use for augmentation). Annotations from source classes (and their supertypes) will override annotations that target classes (and their super-types) have.
        Since:
        1.2
      • addMixInAnnotations

        public final void addMixInAnnotations​(Class<?> target,
                                              Class<?> mixinSource)
        Method to use for adding mix-in annotations to use for augmenting specified class or interface. All annotations from mixinSource are taken to override annotations that target (or its supertypes) has.
        Parameters:
        target - Class (or interface) whose annotations to effectively override
        mixinSource - Class (or interface) whose annotations are to be "added" to target's annotations, overriding as necessary
        Since:
        1.2
      • mixInCount

        public final int mixInCount()
        Since:
        1.8.1
      • getDefaultTyper

        public final TypeResolverBuilder<?> getDefaultTyper​(JavaType baseType)
        Method called to locate a type info handler for types that do not have one explicitly declared via annotations (or other configuration). If such default handler is configured, it is returned; otherwise null is returned.
        Since:
        1.5
      • getSubtypeResolver

        public final SubtypeResolver getSubtypeResolver()
        Accessor for object used for finding out all reachable subtypes for supertypes; needed when a logical type name is used instead of class name (or custom scheme).
        Since:
        1.6
      • getTypeFactory

        public final TypeFactory getTypeFactory()
        Since:
        1.8
      • constructType

        public final JavaType constructType​(Class<?> cls)
        Helper method that will construct JavaType for given raw class. This is a simple short-cut for:
            getTypeFactory().constructType(cls);
        
        Since:
        1.8
      • constructType

        public final JavaType constructType​(TypeReference<?> valueTypeRef)
        Helper method that will construct JavaType for given type reference This is a simple short-cut for:
            getTypeFactory().constructType(valueTypeRef);
        
        Since:
        1.9
      • constructSpecializedType

        public JavaType constructSpecializedType​(JavaType baseType,
                                                 Class<?> subclass)
        Since:
        1.9.1
      • getDateFormat

        public final DateFormat getDateFormat()
        Method for accessing currently configured (textual) date format that will be used for reading or writing date values (in case of writing, only if textual output is configured; not if dates are to be serialized as time stamps).

        Note that typically DateFormat instances are not thread-safe (at least ones provided by JDK): this means that calling code should clone format instance before using it.

        This method is usually only called by framework itself, since there are convenience methods available via DeserializationContext and SerializerProvider that take care of cloning and thread-safe reuse.

      • introspectClassAnnotations

        public <DESC extends BeanDescription> DESC introspectClassAnnotations​(Class<?> cls)
        Accessor for getting bean description that only contains class annotations: useful if no getter/setter/creator information is needed.
        Since:
        1.7
      • introspectClassAnnotations

        public abstract <DESC extends BeanDescription> DESC introspectClassAnnotations​(JavaType type)
        Accessor for getting bean description that only contains class annotations: useful if no getter/setter/creator information is needed.
        Since:
        1.9
      • introspectDirectClassAnnotations

        public <DESC extends BeanDescription> DESC introspectDirectClassAnnotations​(Class<?> cls)
        Accessor for getting bean description that only contains immediate class annotations: ones from the class, and its direct mix-in, if any, but not from super types.
        Since:
        1.7
      • introspectDirectClassAnnotations

        public abstract <DESC extends BeanDescription> DESC introspectDirectClassAnnotations​(JavaType type)
        Accessor for getting bean description that only contains immediate class annotations: ones from the class, and its direct mix-in, if any, but not from super types.
      • typeResolverBuilderInstance

        public TypeResolverBuilder<?> typeResolverBuilderInstance​(Annotated annotated,
                                                                  Class<? extends TypeResolverBuilder<?>> builderClass)
        Method that can be called to obtain an instance of TypeIdResolver of specified type.
        Since:
        1.8
      • typeIdResolverInstance

        public TypeIdResolver typeIdResolverInstance​(Annotated annotated,
                                                     Class<? extends TypeIdResolver> resolverClass)
        Method that can be called to obtain an instance of TypeIdResolver of specified type.
        Since:
        1.8
      • setDateFormat

        @Deprecated
        public void setDateFormat​(DateFormat df)
        Deprecated.
        As of version 1.8, it is preferable to call method in ObjectMapper instead; or construct new instance with withDateFormat(DateFormat)
        Method that will define specific date format to use for reading/writing Date and Calendar values. If null is passed, will use StdDateFormat. Instance is used as is, without creating a clone. Format object in use can be accessed using getDateFormat().
        Parameters:
        df - Date format to use, if not null; if null, the default format will be used