Package org.codehaus.jackson.map

Contains basic mapper (conversion) functionality that allows for converting between regular streaming json content and Java objects (beans or Tree Model: support for both is via ObjectMapper class, as well as convenience methods included in JsonParser

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Interface Summary
BeanProperty Bean properties are logical entities that represent data Java objects ("beans", although more accurately POJOs) contain; and that are accessed using some combination of methods (getter, setter), field and constructor parameter.
ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver Interface used for decoupling details of how mix-in annotation definitions are accessed (via this interface), and how they are stored (defined by classes that implement the interface)
ContextualDeserializer<T> Add-on interface that JsonDeserializers can implement to get a callback that can be used to create contextual instances of deserializer to use for handling properties of supported type.
ContextualKeyDeserializer Add-on interface that KeyDeserializers can implement to get a callback that can be used to create contextual instances of key deserializer to use for handling Map keys of supported type.
ContextualSerializer<T> Add-on interface that JsonSerializers can implement to get a callback that can be used to create contextual instances of serializer to use for handling properties of supported type.
Deserializers Interface that defines API for simple extensions that can provide additional deserializers for various types.
JsonSerializable Deprecated. Use JsonSerializableWithType instead
JsonSerializableWithType Interface that is to replace JsonSerializable to allow for dynamic type information embedding.
KeyDeserializers Interface that defines API for simple extensions that can provide additional deserializers for deserializer Map keys of various types, from JSON property names.
Module.SetupContext Interface Jackson exposes to modules for purpose of registering extended functionality.
ResolvableDeserializer Interface used to indicate deserializers that want to do post-processing after construction and being added to DeserializerProvider, but before being used.
ResolvableSerializer Interface used to indicate serializers that want to do post-processing after construction and being added to SerializerProvider, but before being used.
Serializers Interface that defines API for simple extensions that can provide additional serializers for various types.
 

Class Summary
AbstractTypeResolver Defines interface for resolvers that can resolve abstract types into concrete ones; either by using static mappings, or possibly by materializing implementations dynamically.
AnnotationIntrospector Abstract class that defines API used for introspecting annotation-based configuration for serialization and deserialization.
AnnotationIntrospector.Pair Helper class that allows using 2 introspectors such that one introspector acts as the primary one to use; and second one as a fallback used if the primary does not provide conclusive or useful result for a method.
AnnotationIntrospector.ReferenceProperty Value type used with managed and back references; contains type and logic name, used to link related references
BeanDescription Basic container for information gathered by ClassIntrospector to help in constructing serializers and deserializers.
BeanProperty.Std  
ClassIntrospector<T extends BeanDescription> Helper class used to introspect features of POJO value classes used with Jackson.
DeserializationConfig Object that contains baseline configuration for deserialization process.
DeserializationContext Context for deserialization process.
DeserializationProblemHandler This is the class that can be registered (via DeserializationConfig object owner by ObjectMapper) to get calledn when a potentially recoverable problem is encountered during deserialization process.
DeserializerFactory Abstract class that defines API used by DeserializerProvider to obtain actual JsonDeserializer instances from multiple distinct factories.
DeserializerFactory.Config Configuration settings container class for bean deserializer factory
DeserializerProvider Abstract class that defines API used by ObjectMapper and JsonDeserializers to obtain deserializers capable of re-constructing instances of handled type from JSON content.
Deserializers.None Basic Deserializers implementation that implements all methods but provides no deserializers.
HandlerInstantiator Helper class used for handling details of creating handler instances (things like JsonSerializers, JsonDeserializers, various type handlers) of specific types.
JsonDeserializer<T> Abstract class that defines API used by ObjectMapper (and other chained JsonDeserializers too) to deserialize Objects of arbitrary types from JSON, using provided JsonParser.
JsonDeserializer.None This marker class is only to be used with annotations, to indicate that no deserializer is configured.
JsonMappingException.Reference Simple bean class used to contain references.
JsonSerializer<T> Abstract class that defines API used by ObjectMapper (and other chained JsonSerializers too) to serialize Objects of arbitrary types into JSON, using provided JsonGenerator.
JsonSerializer.None This marker class is only to be used with annotations, to indicate that no serializer is configured.
KeyDeserializer Abstract class that defines API used for deserializing Json content field names into Java Map keys.
KeyDeserializer.None This marker class is only to be used with annotations, to indicate that no deserializer is configured.
MapperConfig<T extends MapperConfig<T>> Interface that defines functionality accessible through both serialization and deserialization configuration objects; accessors to mode-independent configuration settings and such.
MapperConfig.Base Immutable container class used to store simple configuration settings.
MappingIterator<T> Iterator exposed by ObjectMapper when binding sequence of objects.
MappingJsonFactory Sub-class of JsonFactory that will create a proper ObjectCodec to allow seamless conversions between Json content and Java objects (POJOs).
Module Simple interface for extensions that can be registered with ObjectMapper to provide a well-defined set of extensions to default functionality; such as support for new data types.
ObjectMapper This mapper (or, data binder, or codec) provides functionality for converting between Java objects (instances of JDK provided core classes, beans), and matching JSON constructs.
ObjectMapper.DefaultTypeResolverBuilder Customized TypeResolverBuilder that provides type resolver builders used with so-called "default typing" (see ObjectMapper.enableDefaultTyping() for details).
ObjectReader Builder object that can be used for per-serialization configuration of deserialization parameters, such as root type to use or object to update (instead of constructing new instance).
ObjectWriter Builder object that can be used for per-serialization configuration of serialization parameters, such as JSON View and root type to use.
PropertyNamingStrategy Class that defines how names of JSON properties ("external names") are derived from names of POJO methods and fields ("internal names"), in cases where they are not auto-detected and no explicit annotations exist for naming.
SerializationConfig Object that contains baseline configuration for serialization process.
SerializerFactory Abstract class that defines API used by SerializerProvider to obtain actual JsonSerializer instances from multiple distinct factories.
SerializerFactory.Config Configuration settings container class for bean serializer factory.
SerializerProvider Abstract class that defines API used by ObjectMapper and JsonSerializers to obtain serializers capable of serializing instances of specific types.
Serializers.None Basic Serializers implementation that implements all methods but provides no serializers.
TreeMapper Deprecated. since 1.0, use ObjectMapper instead
TypeDeserializer Interface for deserializing type information from JSON content, to type-safely deserialize data into correct polymorphic instance (when type inclusion has been enabled for type handled).
TypeSerializer Interface for serializing type information regarding instances of specified base type (super class), so that exact subtype can be properly deserialized later on.
 

Enum Summary
AnnotationIntrospector.ReferenceProperty.Type  
DeserializationConfig.Feature Enumeration that defines togglable features that guide the serialization feature.
ObjectMapper.DefaultTyping Enumeration used with ObjectMapper.enableDefaultTyping() to specify what kind of types (classes) default typing should be used for.
SerializationConfig.Feature Enumeration that defines togglable features that guide the serialization feature.
 

Exception Summary
JsonMappingException Checked exception used to signal fatal problems with mapping of content.
RuntimeJsonMappingException Wrapper used when interface does not allow throwing a checked JsonMappingException
 

Package org.codehaus.jackson.map Description

Contains basic mapper (conversion) functionality that allows for converting between regular streaming json content and Java objects (beans or Tree Model: support for both is via ObjectMapper class, as well as convenience methods included in JsonParser

Object mapper will convert Json content to ant from basic Java wrapper types (Integer, Boolean, Double), Collection types (List, Map), Java Beans, Strings and nulls.

Tree mapper builds dynamically typed tree of JsonNodes from Json content (and writes such trees as Json), similar to how DOM model works with xml. Main benefits over Object mapping are:

Because of its dynamic nature, Tree mapping is often convenient for basic path access and tree navigation, where structure of the resulting tree is known in advance.