Class ClassIntrospector<T extends BeanDescription>

java.lang.Object
org.codehaus.jackson.map.ClassIntrospector<T>
Direct Known Subclasses:
BasicClassIntrospector

public abstract class ClassIntrospector<T extends BeanDescription> extends Object
Helper class used to introspect features of POJO value classes used with Jackson. The main use is for finding out POJO construction (creator) and value access (getters, setters) methods and annotations that define configuration of using those methods.
  • Constructor Details

    • ClassIntrospector

      protected ClassIntrospector()
  • Method Details

    • forSerialization

      public abstract T forSerialization(SerializationConfig cfg, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
      Factory method that constructs an introspector that has all information needed for serialization purposes.
    • forDeserialization

      public abstract T forDeserialization(DeserializationConfig cfg, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
      Factory method that constructs an introspector that has all information needed for deserialization purposes.
    • forCreation

      public abstract T forCreation(DeserializationConfig cfg, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
      Factory method that constructs an introspector that has information necessary for creating instances of given class ("creator"), as well as class annotations, but no information on member methods
    • forClassAnnotations

      public abstract T forClassAnnotations(MapperConfig<?> cfg, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
      Factory method that constructs an introspector that only has information regarding annotations class itself (or its supertypes) has, but nothing on methods or constructors.
    • forDirectClassAnnotations

      public abstract T forDirectClassAnnotations(MapperConfig<?> cfg, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
      Factory method that constructs an introspector that only has information regarding annotations class itself has (but NOT including its supertypes), but nothing on methods or constructors.
      Since:
      1.5
    • forClassAnnotations

      @Deprecated public T forClassAnnotations(MapperConfig<?> cfg, Class<?> cls, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
      Deprecated.
      since 1.9, use variant that takes JavaType
      Factory method that constructs an introspector that only has information regarding annotations class itself (or its supertypes) has, but nothing on methods or constructors.
    • forDirectClassAnnotations

      @Deprecated public T forDirectClassAnnotations(MapperConfig<?> cfg, Class<?> cls, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
      Deprecated.
      since 1.9, use variant that takes JavaType
      Factory method that constructs an introspector that only has information regarding annotations class itself has (but NOT including its supertypes), but nothing on methods or constructors.
      Since:
      1.5