UTF8JsonGenerator

Flag that indicates whether the output buffer is recycable (and needs to be returned to recycler once we are done) or not.

Intermediate buffer in which characters of a String are copied before being encoded.

Length of _charBuffer

Definition of custom character escapes to use for generators created by this factory, if any. If null, standard data format specific escapes are used.

6 character temporary buffer allocated if needed, for constructing escape sequences

Value between 128 (0x80) and 65535 (0xFFFF) that indicates highest Unicode code point that will not need escaping; or 0 to indicate that all characters can be represented without escaping. Typically used to force escaping of some portion of character set; for example to always escape non-ASCII characters (if value was 127).

NOTE: not all sub-classes make use of this setting.

Intermediate buffer in which contents are buffered before being written using _outputStream.

End marker of the output buffer; one past the last valid position within the buffer.

Currently active set of output escape code definitions (whether and how to escape or not) for 7-bit ASCII range (first 128 character codes). Defined separately to make potentially customizable

Maximum number of chars that we know will always fit in the output buffer after escaping

Underlying output stream used for writing JSON content.

Pointer to the position right beyond the last character to output (end marker; may be past the buffer)

This is the default set of escape codes, over 7-bit ASCII range (first 128 character codes), used for single-byte UTF-8 characters.

Method called to close this generator, so that no more content can be written.

Whether the underlying target (stream, writer) gets closed depends on whether this generator either manages the target (i.e. is the only one with access to the target -- case if caller passes a reference to the resource such as File, but not stream); or has feature AUTO_CLOSE_TARGET enabled. If either of above is true, the target is also closed. Otherwise (not managing, feature not enabled), target is not closed.

Method called to flush any buffered content to the underlying target (output stream, writer), and to flush the target itself as well.

Method for accessing custom escapes factory uses for JsonGenerators it creates.

Accessor method for testing what is the highest unescaped character configured for this generator. This may be either positive value (when escaping configuration has been set and is in effect), or 0 to indicate that no additional escaping is in effect. Some generators may not support additional escaping: for example, generators for binary formats that do not use escaping should simply return 0.

Method that can be used to get access to object that is used as target for generated output; this is usually either OutputStream or Writer, depending on what generator was constructed with. Note that returned value may be null in some cases; including case where implementation does not want to exposed raw source to caller. In cases where output has been decorated, object returned here is the decorated version; this allows some level of interaction between users of generator and decorator object.

In general use of this accessor should be considered as "last effort", i.e. only used if no other mechanism is applicable.

Method for defining custom escapes factory uses for JsonGenerators it creates.

Method that can be called to request that generator escapes all character codes above specified code point (if positive value); or, to not escape any characters except for ones that must be escaped for the data format (if -1). To force escaping of all non-ASCII characters, for example, this method would be called with value of 127.

Note that generators are NOT required to support setting of value higher than 127, because there are other ways to affect quoting (or lack thereof) of character codes between 0 and 127. Not all generators support concept of escaping, either; if so, calling this method will have no effect.

Default implementation does nothing; sub-classes need to redefine it according to rules of supported data format.

Implemented with detection that tries to find "VERSION.txt" in same package as the implementation class.

Method similar to writeBinary(Base64Variant, byte[], int, int), but where input is provided through a stream, allowing for incremental writes without holding the whole input in memory.

Method that will output given chunk of binary data as base64 encoded, as a complete String value (surrounded by double quotes). This method defaults

Note: because Json Strings can not contain unescaped linefeeds, if linefeeds are included (as per last argument), they must be escaped. This adds overhead for decoding without improving readability. Alternatively if linefeeds are not included, resulting String value may violate the requirement of base64 RFC which mandates line-length of 76 characters and use of linefeeds. However, all JsonParser implementations are required to accept such "long line base64"; as do typical production-level base64 decoders.

Method for outputting literal Json boolean value (one of Strings 'true' and 'false'). Can be called in any context where a value is expected (Array value, Object field value, root-level value). Additional white space may be added around the value if pretty-printing is enabled.

Method for writing closing marker of a JSON Array value (character ']'; plus possible white space decoration if pretty-printing is enabled).

Marker can be written if the innermost structured type is Array.

Method for writing closing marker of a JSON Object value (character '}'; plus possible white space decoration if pretty-printing is enabled).

Marker can be written if the innermost structured type is Object, and the last written event was either a complete value, or START-OBJECT marker (see JSON specification for more details).

Method for writing a field name (JSON String surrounded by double quotes: syntactically identical to a JSON String value), possibly decorated by white space if pretty-printing is enabled.

Field names can only be written in Object context (check out JSON specification for details), when field name is expected (field names alternate with values).

Method similar to writeFieldName(String), main difference being that it may perform better as some of processing (such as quoting of certain characters, or encoding into external encoding if supported by generator) can be done just once and reused for later calls.

Default implementation simple uses unprocessed name container in serialized String; implementations are strongly encouraged to make use of more efficient methods argument object has.

Method for outputting literal Json null value. Can be called in any context where a value is expected (Array value, Object field value, root-level value). Additional white space may be added around the value if pretty-printing is enabled.

Method for outputting given value as Json number. Can be called in any context where a value is expected (Array value, Object field value, root-level value). Additional white space may be added around the value if pretty-printing is enabled.

Method for outputting given value as Json number. Can be called in any context where a value is expected (Array value, Object field value, root-level value). Additional white space may be added around the value if pretty-printing is enabled.

Write method that can be used for custom numeric types that can not be (easily?) converted to "standard" Java number types. Because numbers are not surrounded by double quotes, regular writeString(char[], int, int) method can not be used; nor writeRaw(char) because that does not properly handle value separators needed in Array or Object contexts.

Note: because of lack of type safety, some generator implementations may not be able to implement this method. For example, if a binary json format is used, it may require type information for encoding; similarly for generator-wrappers around Java objects or Json nodes. If implementation does not implement this method, it needs to throw UnsupportedOperationException.

Method for outputting given value as Json number. Can be called in any context where a value is expected (Array value, Object field value, root-level value). Additional white space may be added around the value if pretty-printing is enabled.

Method for outputting indicate Json numeric value. Can be called in any context where a value is expected (Array value, Object field value, root-level value). Additional white space may be added around the value if pretty-printing is enabled.

Method for outputting indicate Json numeric value. Can be called in any context where a value is expected (Array value, Object field value, root-level value). Additional white space may be added around the value if pretty-printing is enabled.

Method for outputting indicate Json numeric value. Can be called in any context where a value is expected (Array value, Object field value, root-level value). Additional white space may be added around the value if pretty-printing is enabled.

Method that will force generator to copy input text verbatim with no modifications (including that no escaping is done and no separators are added even if context [array, object] would otherwise require such). If such separators are desired, use writeRawValue(String) instead.

Note that not all generator implementations necessarily support such by-pass methods: those that do not will throw UnsupportedOperationException.

Method that will force generator to copy input text verbatim with no modifications (including that no escaping is done and no separators are added even if context [array, object] would otherwise require such). If such separators are desired, use writeRawValue(String) instead.

Note that not all generator implementations necessarily support such by-pass methods: those that do not will throw UnsupportedOperationException.

Method that will force generator to copy input text verbatim with no modifications (including that no escaping is done and no separators are added even if context [array, object] would otherwise require such). If such separators are desired, use writeRawValue(String) instead.

Note that not all generator implementations necessarily support such by-pass methods: those that do not will throw UnsupportedOperationException.

Method that will force generator to copy input text verbatim with no modifications (including that no escaping is done and no separators are added even if context [array, object] would otherwise require such). If such separators are desired, use writeRawValue(String) instead.

Note that not all generator implementations necessarily support such by-pass methods: those that do not will throw UnsupportedOperationException.

Method similar to writeString(String) but that takes as its input a UTF-8 encoded String that is to be output as-is, without additional escaping (type of which depends on data format; backslashes for JSON). However, quoting that data format requires (like double-quotes for JSON) will be added around the value if and as necessary.

Note that some backends may choose not to support this method: for example, if underlying destination is a Writer using this method would require UTF-8 decoding. If so, implementation may instead choose to throw a UnsupportedOperationException due to ineffectiveness of having to decode input.

Method for writing starting marker of a JSON Array value (character '['; plus possible white space decoration if pretty-printing is enabled).

Array values can be written in any context where values are allowed: meaning everywhere except for when a field name is expected.

Method for writing starting marker of a JSON Object value (character '{'; plus possible white space decoration if pretty-printing is enabled).

Object values can be written in any context where values are allowed: meaning everywhere except for when a field name is expected.

Method for outputting a String value. Depending on context this means either array element, (object) field value or a stand alone String; but in all cases, String will be surrounded in double quotes, and contents will be properly escaped as required by JSON specification.

Method similar to writeString(String), but that takes SerializableString which can make this potentially more efficient to call as generator may be able to reuse quoted and/or encoded representation.

Default implementation just calls writeString(String); sub-classes should override it with more efficient implementation if possible.

Method for outputting a String value. Depending on context this means either array element, (object) field value or a stand alone String; but in all cases, String will be surrounded in double quotes, and contents will be properly escaped as required by JSON specification.

Convenience method for outputting a field entry ("member") that has a String value. Equivalent to:

  writeFieldName(fieldName);
  writeString(value);

Note: many performance-sensitive implementations override this method

Method similar to writeString(String) but that takes as its input a UTF-8 encoded String which has not been escaped using whatever escaping scheme data format requires (for JSON that is backslash-escaping for control characters and double-quotes; for other formats something else). This means that textual JSON backends need to check if value needs JSON escaping, but otherwise can just be copied as is to output. Also, quoting that data format requires (like double-quotes for JSON) will be added around the value if and as necessary.

Note that some backends may choose not to support this method: for example, if underlying destination is a Writer using this method would require UTF-8 decoding. In this case generator implementation may instead choose to throw a UnsupportedOperationException due to ineffectiveness of having to decode input.

Specialized version of _writeFieldName, off-lined to keep the "fast path" as simple (and hopefully fast) as possible.