Field Detail

• STD_REQUIRED

  public static final PropertyMetadata STD_REQUIRED

• STD_OPTIONAL

  public static final PropertyMetadata STD_OPTIONAL

• STD_REQUIRED_OR_OPTIONAL

  public static final PropertyMetadata STD_REQUIRED_OR_OPTIONAL

• _required

  protected final Boolean _required

  Three states: required, not required and unknown; unknown represented as null.

• _description

  protected final String _description

  Optional human-readable description associated with the property.

• _index

  protected final Integer _index

  Optional index of the property within containing Object.

  Since:

  2.4

• _defaultValue

  protected final String _defaultValue

  Optional default value, as String, for property; not used for any functionality by core databind, offered as metadata for extensions.

• _mergeInfo

  protected final transient PropertyMetadata.MergeInfo _mergeInfo

  Settings regarding merging, if property is determined to possibly be mergeable (possibly since global settings may be omitted for non-mergeable types).

  NOTE: transient since it is assumed that this information is only relevant during initial setup and not needed after full initialization. May be changed if this proves necessary.

  Since:

  2.9

• _valueNulls

  protected Nulls _valueNulls

  Settings regarding handling of incoming `null`s, both for value itself and, for structured types, content values (array/Collection elements, Map values).

  Since:

  2.9

• _contentNulls

  protected Nulls _contentNulls

  Settings regarding handling of incoming `null`s, both for value itself and, for structured types, content values (array/Collection elements, Map values).

  Since:

  2.9

Constructor Detail

• PropertyMetadata

  protected PropertyMetadata(Boolean req,
                             String desc,
                             Integer index,
                             String def,
                             PropertyMetadata.MergeInfo mergeInfo,
                             Nulls valueNulls,
                             Nulls contentNulls)

  Since:

  2.9

Method Detail

• construct

  public static PropertyMetadata construct(Boolean req,
                                           String desc,
                                           Integer index,
                                           String defaultValue)

  Since:

  2.8.8

• construct

  @Deprecated
  public static PropertyMetadata construct(boolean req,
                                                       String desc,
                                                       Integer index,
                                                       String defaultValue)

  Deprecated. 

• readResolve

  protected Object readResolve()

  Minor optimization: let's canonicalize back to placeholders in cases where there is no real data to consider

• withDescription

  public PropertyMetadata withDescription(String desc)

• withMergeInfo

  public PropertyMetadata withMergeInfo(PropertyMetadata.MergeInfo mergeInfo)

  Since:

  2.9

• withNulls

  public PropertyMetadata withNulls(Nulls valueNulls,
                                    Nulls contentNulls)

  Since:

  2.9

• withDefaultValue

  public PropertyMetadata withDefaultValue(String def)

• withIndex

  public PropertyMetadata withIndex(Integer index)

• withRequired

  public PropertyMetadata withRequired(Boolean b)

• getDescription

  public String getDescription()

• getDefaultValue

  public String getDefaultValue()

  Since:

  2.5

• hasDefaultValue

  public boolean hasDefaultValue()

  Accessor for determining whether property has declared "default value", which may be used by extension modules.

  Since:

  2.6

• isRequired

  public boolean isRequired()

• getRequired

  public Boolean getRequired()

• getIndex

  public Integer getIndex()

  Since:

  2.4

• hasIndex

  public boolean hasIndex()

  Since:

  2.4

• getMergeInfo

  public PropertyMetadata.MergeInfo getMergeInfo()

  Since:

  2.9

• getValueNulls

  public Nulls getValueNulls()

  Since:

  2.9

• getContentNulls

  public Nulls getContentNulls()

  Since:

  2.9