Field Detail

• _features

  protected int _features

  Bit flag composed of bits that indicate which JsonParser.Features are enabled.

Constructor Detail

• JsonParser

  protected JsonParser()

• JsonParser

  protected JsonParser(int features)

Method Detail

• getCodec

  public abstract ObjectCodec getCodec()

  Accessor for ObjectCodec associated with this parser, if any. Codec is used by readValueAs(Class) method (and its variants).

• setCodec

  public abstract void setCodec(ObjectCodec c)

  Setter that allows defining ObjectCodec associated with this parser, if any. Codec is used by readValueAs(Class) method (and its variants).

• getInputSource

  public Object getInputSource()

  Method that can be used to get access to object that is used to access input being parsed; this is usually either InputStream or Reader, depending on what parser was constructed with. Note that returned value may be null in some cases; including case where parser implementation does not want to exposed raw source to caller. In cases where input has been decorated, object returned here is the decorated version; this allows some level of interaction between users of parser 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.

• setSchema

  public void setSchema(FormatSchema schema)

  Method to call to make this parser use specified schema. Method must be called before trying to parse any content, right after parser instance has been created. Note that not all parsers support schemas; and those that do usually only accept specific types of schemas: ones defined for data format parser can read.

  If parser does not support specified schema, UnsupportedOperationException is thrown.

  Parameters:

  schema - Schema to use

  Throws:

  UnsupportedOperationException - if parser does not support schema

• getSchema

  public FormatSchema getSchema()

  Method for accessing Schema that this parser uses, if any. Default implementation returns null.

  Since:

  2.1

• canUseSchema

  public boolean canUseSchema(FormatSchema schema)

  Method that can be used to verify that given schema can be used with this parser (using setSchema(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.FormatSchema)).

  Parameters:

  schema - Schema to check

  Returns:

  True if this parser can use given schema; false if not

• requiresCustomCodec

  public boolean requiresCustomCodec()

  Method that can be called to determine if a custom ObjectCodec is needed for binding data parsed using JsonParser constructed by this factory (which typically also implies the same for serialization with JsonGenerator).

  Returns:

  True if custom codec is needed with parsers and generators created by this factory; false if a general ObjectCodec is enough

  Since:

  2.1

• version

  public abstract Version version()

  Accessor for getting version of the core package, given a parser instance. Left for sub-classes to implement.

  Specified by:

  version in interface Versioned

• close

  public abstract void close()
                      throws IOException

  Closes the parser so that no further iteration or data access can be made; will also close the underlying input source if parser either owns the input source, or feature JsonParser.Feature.AUTO_CLOSE_SOURCE is enabled. Whether parser owns the input source depends on factory method that was used to construct instance (so check JsonFactory for details, but the general idea is that if caller passes in closable resource (such as InputStream or Reader) parser does NOT own the source; but if it passes a reference (such as File or URL and creates stream or reader it does own them.

  Specified by:

  close in interface Closeable

  Specified by:

  close in interface AutoCloseable

  Throws:

  IOException

• releaseBuffered

  public int releaseBuffered(OutputStream out)
                      throws IOException

  Method that can be called to push back any content that has been read but not consumed by the parser. This is usually done after reading all content of interest using parser. Content is released by writing it to given stream if possible; if underlying input is byte-based it can released, if not (char-based) it can not.

  Returns:

  -1 if the underlying content source is not byte based (that is, input can not be sent to OutputStream; otherwise number of bytes released (0 if there was nothing to release)

  Throws:

  IOException - if write to stream threw exception

• releaseBuffered

  public int releaseBuffered(Writer w)
                      throws IOException

  Method that can be called to push back any content that has been read but not consumed by the parser. This is usually done after reading all content of interest using parser. Content is released by writing it to given writer if possible; if underlying input is char-based it can released, if not (byte-based) it can not.

  Returns:

  -1 if the underlying content source is not char-based (that is, input can not be sent to Writer; otherwise number of chars released (0 if there was nothing to release)

  Throws:

  IOException - if write using Writer threw exception

• enable

  public JsonParser enable(JsonParser.Feature f)

  Method for enabling specified parser feature (check JsonParser.Feature for list of features)

• disable

  public JsonParser disable(JsonParser.Feature f)

  Method for disabling specified feature (check JsonParser.Feature for list of features)

• configure

  public JsonParser configure(JsonParser.Feature f,
                     boolean state)

  Method for enabling or disabling specified feature (check JsonParser.Feature for list of features)

• isEnabled

  public boolean isEnabled(JsonParser.Feature f)

  Method for checking whether specified JsonParser.Feature is enabled.

• getFeatureMask

  public int getFeatureMask()

  Bulk access method for getting state of all standard JsonParser.Features.

  Returns:

  Bit mask that defines current states of all standard JsonParser.Features.

  Since:

  2.3

• setFeatureMask

  public JsonParser setFeatureMask(int mask)

  Bulk set method for (re)settting states of all standard JsonParser.Features

  Returns:

  This parser object, to allow chaining of calls

  Since:

  2.3

• nextToken

  public abstract JsonToken nextToken()
                               throws IOException,
                                      JsonParseException

  Main iteration method, which will advance stream enough to determine type of the next token, if any. If none remaining (stream has no content other than possible white space before ending), null will be returned.

  Returns:

  Next token from the stream, if any found, or null to indicate end-of-input

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• nextValue

  public abstract JsonToken nextValue()
                               throws IOException,
                                      JsonParseException

  Iteration method that will advance stream enough to determine type of the next token that is a value type (including JSON Array and Object start/end markers). Or put another way, nextToken() will be called once, and if JsonToken.FIELD_NAME is returned, another time to get the value for the field. Method is most useful for iterating over value entries of JSON objects; field name will still be available by calling getCurrentName() when parser points to the value.

  Returns:

  Next non-field-name token from the stream, if any found, or null to indicate end-of-input (or, for non-blocking parsers, JsonToken.NOT_AVAILABLE if no tokens were available yet)

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• nextFieldName

  public boolean nextFieldName(SerializableString str)
                        throws IOException,
                               JsonParseException

  Method that fetches next token (as if calling nextToken()) and verifies whether it is JsonToken.FIELD_NAME with specified name and returns result of that comparison. It is functionally equivalent to:

    return (nextToken() == JsonToken.FIELD_NAME) && str.getValue().equals(getCurrentName());
  

  but may be faster for parser to verify, and can therefore be used if caller expects to get such a property name from input next.

  Parameters:

  str - Property name to compare next token to (if next token is JsonToken.FIELD_NAME)

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• nextTextValue

  public String nextTextValue()
                       throws IOException,
                              JsonParseException

  Method that fetches next token (as if calling nextToken()) and if it is JsonToken.VALUE_STRING returns contained String value; otherwise returns null. It is functionally equivalent to:

    return (nextToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) ? getText() : null;
  

  but may be faster for parser to process, and can therefore be used if caller expects to get a String value next from input.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• nextIntValue

  public int nextIntValue(int defaultValue)
                   throws IOException,
                          JsonParseException

  Method that fetches next token (as if calling nextToken()) and if it is JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT returns 32-bit int value; otherwise returns specified default value It is functionally equivalent to:

    return (nextToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) ? getIntValue() : defaultValue;
  

  but may be faster for parser to process, and can therefore be used if caller expects to get a String value next from input.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• nextLongValue

  public long nextLongValue(long defaultValue)
                     throws IOException,
                            JsonParseException

  Method that fetches next token (as if calling nextToken()) and if it is JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT returns 64-bit long value; otherwise returns specified default value It is functionally equivalent to:

    return (nextToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) ? getLongValue() : defaultValue;
  

  but may be faster for parser to process, and can therefore be used if caller expects to get a String value next from input.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• nextBooleanValue

  public Boolean nextBooleanValue()
                           throws IOException,
                                  JsonParseException

  Method that fetches next token (as if calling nextToken()) and if it is JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE or JsonToken.VALUE_FALSE returns matching Boolean value; otherwise return null. It is functionally equivalent to:

    JsonToken t = nextToken();
    if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE) return Boolean.TRUE;
    if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_FALSE) return Boolean.FALSE;
    return null;
  

  but may be faster for parser to process, and can therefore be used if caller expects to get a String value next from input.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• skipChildren

  public abstract JsonParser skipChildren()
                                   throws IOException,
                                          JsonParseException

  Method that will skip all child tokens of an array or object token that the parser currently points to, iff stream points to JsonToken.START_OBJECT or JsonToken.START_ARRAY. If not, it will do nothing. After skipping, stream will point to matching JsonToken.END_OBJECT or JsonToken.END_ARRAY (possibly skipping nested pairs of START/END OBJECT/ARRAY tokens as well as value tokens). The idea is that after calling this method, application will call nextToken() to point to the next available token, if any.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• isClosed

  public abstract boolean isClosed()

  Method that can be called to determine whether this parser is closed or not. If it is closed, no new tokens can be retrieved by calling nextToken() (and the underlying stream may be closed). Closing may be due to an explicit call to close() or because parser has encountered end of input.

• getCurrentToken

  public abstract JsonToken getCurrentToken()

  Accessor to find which token parser currently points to, if any; null will be returned if none. If return value is non-null, data associated with the token is available via other accessor methods.

  Returns:

  Type of the token this parser currently points to, if any: null before any tokens have been read, and after end-of-input has been encountered, as well as if the current token has been explicitly cleared.

• getCurrentTokenId

  public abstract int getCurrentTokenId()

  Method similar to getCurrentToken() but that returns an int instead of JsonToken (enum value).

  Use of int directly is typically more efficient on switch statements, so this method may be useful when building low-overhead codecs. Note, however, that effect may not be big enough to matter: make sure to profile performance before deciding to use this method.

  Returns:

  int matching one of constants from JsonTokenId.

  Since:

  2.3

• hasCurrentToken

  public abstract boolean hasCurrentToken()

  Method for checking whether parser currently points to a token (and data for that token is available). Equivalent to check for parser.getCurrentToken() != null.

  Returns:

  True if the parser just returned a valid token via nextToken(); false otherwise (parser was just constructed, encountered end-of-input and returned null from nextToken(), or the token has been consumed)

• getCurrentName

  public abstract String getCurrentName()
                                 throws IOException,
                                        JsonParseException

  Method that can be called to get the name associated with the current token: for JsonToken.FIELD_NAMEs it will be the same as what getText() returns; for field values it will be preceding field name; and for others (array values, root-level values) null.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getParsingContext

  public abstract JsonStreamContext getParsingContext()

  Method that can be used to access current parsing context reader is in. There are 3 different types: root, array and object contexts, with slightly different available information. Contexts are hierarchically nested, and can be used for example for figuring out part of the input document that correspond to specific array or object (for highlighting purposes, or error reporting). Contexts can also be used for simple xpath-like matching of input, if so desired.

• getTokenLocation

  public abstract JsonLocation getTokenLocation()

  Method that return the starting location of the current token; that is, position of the first character from input that starts the current token.

• getCurrentLocation

  public abstract JsonLocation getCurrentLocation()

  Method that returns location of the last processed character; usually for error reporting purposes.

• isExpectedStartArrayToken

  public boolean isExpectedStartArrayToken()

  Specialized accessor that can be used to verify that the current token indicates start array (usually meaning that current token is JsonToken.START_ARRAY) when start array is expected. For some specialized parsers this can return true for other cases as well; this is usually done to emulate arrays.

  Default implementation is equivalent to:

     getCurrentToken() == JsonToken.START_ARRAY
  

  but may be overridden by custom parser implementations.

  Returns:

  True if the current token can be considered as a start-array marker (such JsonToken.START_ARRAY); false if not.

• clearCurrentToken

  public abstract void clearCurrentToken()

  Method called to "consume" the current token by effectively removing it so that hasCurrentToken() returns false, and getCurrentToken() null). Cleared token value can still be accessed by calling getLastClearedToken() (if absolutely needed), but usually isn't.

  Method was added to be used by the optional data binder, since it has to be able to consume last token used for binding (so that it will not be used again).

• getLastClearedToken

  public abstract JsonToken getLastClearedToken()

  Method that can be called to get the last token that was cleared using clearCurrentToken(). This is not necessarily the latest token read. Will return null if no tokens have been cleared, or if parser has been closed.

• overrideCurrentName

  public abstract void overrideCurrentName(String name)

  Method that can be used to change what is considered to be the current (field) name. May be needed to support non-JSON data formats or unusual binding conventions; not needed for typical processing.

  Note that use of this method should only be done as sort of last resort, as it is a work-around for regular operation.

  Parameters:

  name - Name to use as the current name; may be null.

  Since:

  2.0

• getText

  public abstract String getText()
                          throws IOException,
                                 JsonParseException

  Method for accessing textual representation of the current token; if no current token (before first call to nextToken(), or after encountering end-of-input), returns null. Method can be called for any token type.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getTextCharacters

  public abstract char[] getTextCharacters()
                                    throws IOException,
                                           JsonParseException

  Method similar to getText(), but that will return underlying (unmodifiable) character array that contains textual value, instead of constructing a String object to contain this information. Note, however, that:

  • Textual contents are not guaranteed to start at index 0 (rather, call getTextOffset()) to know the actual offset
  • Length of textual contents may be less than the length of returned buffer: call getTextLength() for actual length of returned content.

  Note that caller MUST NOT modify the returned character array in any way -- doing so may corrupt current parser state and render parser instance useless.

  The only reason to call this method (over getText()) is to avoid construction of a String object (which will make a copy of contents).

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getTextLength

  public abstract int getTextLength()
                             throws IOException,
                                    JsonParseException

  Accessor used with getTextCharacters(), to know length of String stored in returned buffer.

  Returns:

  Number of characters within buffer returned by getTextCharacters() that are part of textual content of the current token.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getTextOffset

  public abstract int getTextOffset()
                             throws IOException,
                                    JsonParseException

  Accessor used with getTextCharacters(), to know offset of the first text content character within buffer.

  Returns:

  Offset of the first character within buffer returned by getTextCharacters() that is part of textual content of the current token.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• hasTextCharacters

  public abstract boolean hasTextCharacters()

  Method that can be used to determine whether calling of getTextCharacters() would be the most efficient way to access textual content for the event parser currently points to.

  Default implementation simply returns false since only actual implementation class has knowledge of its internal buffering state. Implementations are strongly encouraged to properly override this method, to allow efficient copying of content by other code.

  Returns:

  True if parser currently has character array that can be efficiently returned via getTextCharacters(); false means that it may or may not exist

• getNumberValue

  public abstract Number getNumberValue()
                                 throws IOException,
                                        JsonParseException

  Generic number value accessor method that will work for all kinds of numeric values. It will return the optimal (simplest/smallest possible) wrapper object that can express the numeric value just parsed.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getNumberType

  public abstract JsonParser.NumberType getNumberType()
                                               throws IOException,
                                                      JsonParseException

  If current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT or JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT, returns one of JsonParser.NumberType constants; otherwise returns null.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getByteValue

  public byte getByteValue()
                    throws IOException,
                           JsonParseException

  Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT and it can be expressed as a value of Java byte primitive type. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getDoubleValue() and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow exception.

  Note: if the resulting integer value falls outside range of Java byte, a JsonParseException will be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getShortValue

  public short getShortValue()
                      throws IOException,
                             JsonParseException

  Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT and it can be expressed as a value of Java short primitive type. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getDoubleValue() and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow exception.

  Note: if the resulting integer value falls outside range of Java short, a JsonParseException will be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getIntValue

  public abstract int getIntValue()
                           throws IOException,
                                  JsonParseException

  Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT and it can be expressed as a value of Java int primitive type. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getDoubleValue() and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow exception.

  Note: if the resulting integer value falls outside range of Java int, a JsonParseException may be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getLongValue

  public abstract long getLongValue()
                             throws IOException,
                                    JsonParseException

  Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT and it can be expressed as a Java long primitive type. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getDoubleValue() and then casting to int; except for possible overflow/underflow exception.

  Note: if the token is an integer, but its value falls outside of range of Java long, a JsonParseException may be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getBigIntegerValue

  public abstract BigInteger getBigIntegerValue()
                                         throws IOException,
                                                JsonParseException

  Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT and it can not be used as a Java long primitive type due to its magnitude. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getDecimalValue() and then constructing a BigInteger from that value.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getFloatValue

  public abstract float getFloatValue()
                               throws IOException,
                                      JsonParseException

  Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT and it can be expressed as a Java float primitive type. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getLongValue() and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow exception.

  Note: if the value falls outside of range of Java float, a JsonParseException will be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getDoubleValue

  public abstract double getDoubleValue()
                                 throws IOException,
                                        JsonParseException

  Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT and it can be expressed as a Java double primitive type. It can also be called for JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT; if so, it is equivalent to calling getLongValue() and then casting; except for possible overflow/underflow exception.

  Note: if the value falls outside of range of Java double, a JsonParseException will be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getDecimalValue

  public abstract BigDecimal getDecimalValue()
                                      throws IOException,
                                             JsonParseException

  Numeric accessor that can be called when the current token is of type JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT or JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT. No under/overflow exceptions are ever thrown.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getBooleanValue

  public boolean getBooleanValue()
                          throws IOException,
                                 JsonParseException

  Convenience accessor that can be called when the current token is JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE or JsonToken.VALUE_FALSE.

  Note: if the token is not of above-mentioned boolean types, an integer, but its value falls outside of range of Java long, a JsonParseException may be thrown to indicate numeric overflow/underflow.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getEmbeddedObject

  public abstract Object getEmbeddedObject()
                                    throws IOException,
                                           JsonParseException

  Accessor that can be called if (and only if) the current token is JsonToken.VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT. For other token types, null is returned.

  Note: only some specialized parser implementations support embedding of objects (usually ones that are facades on top of non-streaming sources, such as object trees).

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getBinaryValue

  public abstract byte[] getBinaryValue(Base64Variant b64variant)
                                 throws IOException,
                                        JsonParseException

  Method that can be used to read (and consume -- results may not be accessible using other methods after the call) base64-encoded binary data included in the current textual JSON value. It works similar to getting String value via getText() and decoding result (except for decoding part), but should be significantly more performant.

  Note that non-decoded textual contents of the current token are not guaranteed to be accessible after this method is called. Current implementation, for example, clears up textual content during decoding. Decoded binary content, however, will be retained until parser is advanced to the next event.

  Parameters:

  b64variant - Expected variant of base64 encoded content (see Base64Variants for definitions of "standard" variants).

  Returns:

  Decoded binary data

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getBinaryValue

  public byte[] getBinaryValue()
                        throws IOException,
                               JsonParseException

  Convenience alternative to getBinaryValue(Base64Variant) that defaults to using Base64Variants.getDefaultVariant() as the default encoding.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• readBinaryValue

  public int readBinaryValue(OutputStream out)
                      throws IOException,
                             JsonParseException

  Method that can be used as an alternative to getBigIntegerValue(), especially when value can be large. The main difference (beyond method of returning content using OutputStream instead of as byte array) is that content will NOT remain accessible after method returns: any content processed will be consumed and is not buffered in any way. If caller needs buffering, it has to implement it.

  Parameters:

  out - Output stream to use for passing decoded binary data

  Returns:

  Number of bytes that were decoded and written via OutputStream

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

  Since:

  2.1

• readBinaryValue

  public int readBinaryValue(Base64Variant b64variant,
                    OutputStream out)
                      throws IOException,
                             JsonParseException

  Similar to readBinaryValue(OutputStream) but allows explicitly specifying base64 variant to use.

  Parameters:

  b64variant - base64 variant to use

  out - Output stream to use for passing decoded binary data

  Returns:

  Number of bytes that were decoded and written via OutputStream

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

  Since:

  2.1

• getValueAsInt

  public int getValueAsInt()
                    throws IOException,
                           JsonParseException

  Method that will try to convert value of current token to a int. Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false) and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer parsing rules.

  If representation can not be converted to an int (including structured type markers like start/end Object/Array) default value of 0 will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getValueAsInt

  public int getValueAsInt(int defaultValue)
                    throws IOException,
                           JsonParseException

  Method that will try to convert value of current token to a int. Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false) and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer parsing rules.

  If representation can not be converted to an int (including structured type markers like start/end Object/Array) specified defaultValue will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getValueAsLong

  public long getValueAsLong()
                      throws IOException,
                             JsonParseException

  Method that will try to convert value of current token to a long. Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false) and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer parsing rules.

  If representation can not be converted to an int (including structured type markers like start/end Object/Array) default value of 0 will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getValueAsLong

  public long getValueAsLong(long defaultValue)
                      throws IOException,
                             JsonParseException

  Method that will try to convert value of current token to a long. Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false) and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer parsing rules.

  If representation can not be converted to an int (including structured type markers like start/end Object/Array) specified defaultValue will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getValueAsDouble

  public double getValueAsDouble()
                          throws IOException,
                                 JsonParseException

  Method that will try to convert value of current token to a Java double. Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0.0 (false) and 1.0 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer parsing rules.

  If representation can not be converted to an int (including structured types like Objects and Arrays), default value of 0.0 will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getValueAsDouble

  public double getValueAsDouble(double defaultValue)
                          throws IOException,
                                 JsonParseException

  Method that will try to convert value of current token to a Java double. Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0.0 (false) and 1.0 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer parsing rules.

  If representation can not be converted to an int (including structured types like Objects and Arrays), specified defaultValue will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getValueAsBoolean

  public boolean getValueAsBoolean()
                            throws IOException,
                                   JsonParseException

  Method that will try to convert value of current token to a boolean. JSON booleans map naturally; integer numbers other than 0 map to true, and 0 maps to false and Strings 'true' and 'false' map to corresponding values.

  If representation can not be converted to a boolean value (including structured types like Objects and Arrays), default value of false will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getValueAsBoolean

  public boolean getValueAsBoolean(boolean defaultValue)
                            throws IOException,
                                   JsonParseException

  Method that will try to convert value of current token to a boolean. JSON booleans map naturally; integer numbers other than 0 map to true, and 0 maps to false and Strings 'true' and 'false' map to corresponding values.

  If representation can not be converted to a boolean value (including structured types like Objects and Arrays), specified defaultValue will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

• getValueAsString

  public String getValueAsString()
                          throws IOException,
                                 JsonParseException

  Method that will try to convert value of current token to a String. JSON Strings map naturally; scalar values get converted to their textual representation. If representation can not be converted to a String value (including structured types like Objects and Arrays and null token), default value of null will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

  Since:

  2.1

• getValueAsString

  public abstract String getValueAsString(String defaultValue)
                                   throws IOException,
                                          JsonParseException

  Method that will try to convert value of current token to a String. JSON Strings map naturally; scalar values get converted to their textual representation. If representation can not be converted to a String value (including structured types like Objects and Arrays and null token), specified default value will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonParseException

  Since:

  2.1

• canReadObjectId

  public boolean canReadObjectId()

  Introspection method that may be called to see if the underlying data format supports some kind of Object Ids natively (many do not; for example, JSON doesn't).

  Default implementation returns true; overridden by data formats that do support native Object Ids. Caller is expected to either use a non-native notation (explicit property or such), or fail, in case it can not use native object ids.

  Since:

  2.3

• canReadTypeId

  public boolean canReadTypeId()

  Introspection method that may be called to see if the underlying data format supports some kind of Type Ids natively (many do not; for example, JSON doesn't).

  Default implementation returns true; overridden by data formats that do support native Type Ids. Caller is expected to either use a non-native notation (explicit property or such), or fail, in case it can not use native type ids.

  Since:

  2.3

• getObjectId

  public Object getObjectId()
                     throws IOException,
                            JsonGenerationException

  Method that can be called to check whether current token (one that was just read) has an associated Object id, and if so, return it. Note that while typically caller should check with canReadObjectId() first, it is not illegal to call this method even if that method returns true; but if so, it will return null. This may be used to simplify calling code.

  Default implementation will simply return null.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonGenerationException

  Since:

  2.3

• getTypeId

  public Object getTypeId()
                   throws IOException,
                          JsonGenerationException

  Method that can be called to check whether current token (one that was just read) has an associated type id, and if so, return it. Note that while typically caller should check with canReadTypeId() first, it is not illegal to call this method even if that method returns true; but if so, it will return null. This may be used to simplify calling code.

  Default implementation will simply return null.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonGenerationException

  Since:

  2.3

• readValueAs

  public <T> T readValueAs(Class<T> valueType)
                throws IOException,
                       JsonProcessingException

  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: method can only be called if the parser has an object codec assigned; this is true for parsers constructed by MappingJsonFactory (from "jackson-databind" jar) but not for JsonFactory (unless its setCodec method has been explicitly called).

  This method may advance the event stream, for structured types the current token will be the closing end marker (END_ARRAY, END_OBJECT) of the bound structure. For non-structured Json types (and for JsonToken.VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT) stream is not advanced.

  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.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonProcessingException

• readValueAs

  public <T> T readValueAs(TypeReference<?> valueTypeRef)
                throws IOException,
                       JsonProcessingException

  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. Note: method can only be called if the parser has an object codec assigned; this is true for parsers constructed by MappingJsonFactory (defined in 'jackson-databind' bundle) but not for JsonFactory (unless its setCodec method has been explicitly called).

  This method may advance the event stream, for structured types the current token will be the closing end marker (END_ARRAY, END_OBJECT) of the bound structure. For non-structured Json types (and for JsonToken.VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT) stream is not advanced.

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonProcessingException

• readValuesAs

  public <T> Iterator<T> readValuesAs(Class<T> valueType)
                           throws IOException,
                                  JsonProcessingException

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

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonProcessingException

• readValuesAs

  public <T> Iterator<T> readValuesAs(TypeReference<?> valueTypeRef)
                           throws IOException,
                                  JsonProcessingException

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

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonProcessingException

• readValueAsTree

  public <T extends TreeNode> T readValueAsTree()
                                     throws IOException,
                                            JsonProcessingException

  Method to deserialize JSON content into equivalent "tree model", represented by root TreeNode of resulting model. For JSON Arrays it will an array node (with child nodes), for objects object node (with child nodes), and for other types matching leaf node type

  Throws:

  IOException

  JsonProcessingException

• _constructError

  protected JsonParseException _constructError(String msg)

  Helper method for constructing JsonParseExceptions based on current state of the parser

• _reportUnsupportedOperation

  protected void _reportUnsupportedOperation()

  Helper method to call for operations that are not supported by parser implementation.

  Since:

  2.1