public abstract class

ObjectCodec

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ com.fasterxml.jackson.core.ObjectCodec

Class Overview

Abstract class that defines the interface that JsonParser and JsonGenerator use to serialize and deserialize regular Java objects (POJOs aka Beans).

The standard implementation of this class is com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper, defined in the "jackson-databind".

Summary

Protected Constructors
ObjectCodec()
Public Methods
abstract TreeNode createArrayNode()
Method for construct root level Array nodes for Tree Model instances.
abstract TreeNode createObjectNode()
Method for construct root level Object nodes for Tree Model instances.
abstract JsonFactory getJsonFactory()
Accessor for finding JsonFactory codec will use.
abstract <T extends TreeNode> T readTree(JsonParser jp)
Method to deserialize JSON content as tree expressed using set of TreeNode instances.
abstract <T> T readValue(JsonParser jp, Class<T> valueType)
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).
abstract <T> T readValue(JsonParser jp, TypeReference<?> valueTypeRef)
Method to deserialize JSON content into a Java type, reference to which is passed as argument.
abstract <T> T readValue(JsonParser jp, ResolvedType valueType)
Method to deserialize JSON content into a POJO, type specified with fully resolved type object (so it can be a generic type, including containers like Collection and Map).
abstract <T> Iterator<T> readValues(JsonParser jp, ResolvedType valueType)
Method for reading sequence of Objects from parser stream, all with same specified value type.
abstract <T> Iterator<T> readValues(JsonParser jp, TypeReference<?> valueTypeRef)
Method for reading sequence of Objects from parser stream, all with same specified value type.
abstract <T> Iterator<T> readValues(JsonParser jp, Class<T> valueType)
Method for reading sequence of Objects from parser stream, all with same specified value type.
abstract JsonParser treeAsTokens(TreeNode n)
Method for constructing a JsonParser for reading contents of a JSON tree, as if it was external serialized JSON content.
abstract <T> T treeToValue(TreeNode n, Class<T> valueType)
Convenience method for converting given JSON tree into instance of specified value type.
abstract void writeValue(JsonGenerator jgen, Object value)
Method to serialize given Java Object, using generator provided.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Protected Constructors

protected ObjectCodec ()

Public Methods

public abstract TreeNode createArrayNode ()

Method for construct root level Array nodes for Tree Model instances.

public abstract TreeNode createObjectNode ()

Method for construct root level Object nodes for Tree Model instances.

public abstract JsonFactory getJsonFactory ()

Accessor for finding JsonFactory codec will use.

public abstract T readTree (JsonParser jp)

Method to deserialize JSON content as tree expressed using set of TreeNode instances. Returns root of the resulting tree (where root can consist of just a single node if the current event is a value event, not container).

public abstract T readValue (JsonParser jp, Class<T> valueType)

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: 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.

public abstract T readValue (JsonParser jp, TypeReference<?> valueTypeRef)

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.

public abstract T readValue (JsonParser jp, ResolvedType valueType)

Method to deserialize JSON content into a POJO, type specified with fully resolved type object (so it can be a generic type, including containers like Collection and Map).

public abstract Iterator<T> readValues (JsonParser jp, ResolvedType valueType)

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

public abstract Iterator<T> readValues (JsonParser jp, TypeReference<?> valueTypeRef)

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

public abstract Iterator<T> readValues (JsonParser jp, Class<T> valueType)

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

public abstract JsonParser treeAsTokens (TreeNode n)

Method for constructing a JsonParser for reading contents of a JSON tree, as if it was external serialized JSON content.

public abstract T treeToValue (TreeNode n, Class<T> valueType)

Convenience method for converting given JSON tree into instance of specified value type. This is equivalent to first constructing a JsonParser to iterate over contents of the tree, and using that parser for data binding.

public abstract void writeValue (JsonGenerator jgen, Object value)

Method to serialize given Java Object, using generator provided.