com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser

Class AbstractDeserializer

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable

    public class AbstractDeserializer
extends JsonDeserializer<Object>
implements Serializable
    Deserializer only used for abstract types used as placeholders during polymorphic type handling deserialization. If so, there is no real deserializer associated with nominal type, just TypeDeserializer; and any calls that do not pass such resolver will result in an error.
    See Also:
    Serialized Form

    • Field Detail

      • _baseType

        protected final JavaType _baseType

      • _acceptString

        protected final boolean _acceptString

      • _acceptBoolean

        protected final boolean _acceptBoolean

      • _acceptInt

        protected final boolean _acceptInt

      • _acceptDouble

        protected final boolean _acceptDouble

    • Method Detail

      • constructForNonPOJO

        public static AbstractDeserializer constructForNonPOJO(BeanDescription beanDesc)
        Factory method used when constructing instances for non-POJO types, like Maps.
        Since:
        2.3

      • handledType

        public Class<?> handledType()
        Description copied from class: JsonDeserializer
        Method for accessing type of values this deserializer produces. Note that this information is not guaranteed to be exact -- it may be a more generic (super-type) -- but it should not be incorrect (return a non-related type).

        Default implementation will return null, which means almost same same as returning Object.class would; that is, that nothing is known about handled type.

        Overrides:
        handledType in class JsonDeserializer<Object>

      • isCachable

        public boolean isCachable()
        Description copied from class: JsonDeserializer
        Method called to see if deserializer instance is cachable and usable for other properties of same type (type for which instance was created).

        Note that cached instances are still resolved on per-property basis, if instance implements ResolvableDeserializer: cached instance is just as the base. This means that in most cases it is safe to cache instances; however, it only makes sense to cache instances if instantiation is expensive, or if instances are heavy-weight.

        Default implementation returns false, to indicate that no caching is done.

        Overrides:
        isCachable in class JsonDeserializer<Object>

      • getObjectIdReader

        public ObjectIdReader getObjectIdReader()
        Overridden to return true for those instances that are handling value for which Object Identity handling is enabled (either via value type or referring property).
        Overrides:
        getObjectIdReader in class JsonDeserializer<Object>
        Returns:
        ObjectIdReader used for resolving possible Object Identifier value, instead of full value serialization, if deserializer can do that; null if no Object Id is expected.

      • deserialize

        public Object deserialize(JsonParser jp,
                 DeserializationContext ctxt)
                   throws IOException,
                          JsonProcessingException
        Description copied from class: JsonDeserializer
        Method that can be called to ask implementation to deserialize JSON content into the value type this serializer handles. Returned instance is to be constructed by method itself.

        Pre-condition for this method is that the parser points to the first event that is part of value to deserializer (and which is never JSON 'null' literal, more on this below): for simple types it may be the only value; and for structured types the Object start marker or a FIELD_NAME.

        The two possible input conditions for structured types result from polymorphism via fields. In the ordinary case, Jackson calls this method when it has encountered an OBJECT_START, and the method implementation must advance to the next token to see the first field name. If the application configures polymorphism via a field, then the object looks like the following. 

              {
          "@class": "class name",
          ...
      }
        Jackson consumes the two tokens (the @class field name and its value) in order to learn the class and select the deserializer. Thus, the stream is pointing to the FIELD_NAME for the first field after the @class. Thus, if you want your method to work correctly both with and without polymorphism, you must begin your method with: 
               if (jp.getCurrentToken() == JsonToken.START_OBJECT) {
         jp.nextToken();
       }
        This results in the stream pointing to the field name, so that the two conditions align.

        Post-condition is that the parser will point to the last event that is part of deserialized value (or in case deserialization fails, event that was not recognized or usable, which may be the same event as the one it pointed to upon call).

        Note that this method is never called for JSON null literal, and thus deserializers need (and should) not check for it.

        Specified by:
        deserialize in class JsonDeserializer<Object>
        Parameters:
        jp - Parsed used for reading JSON content
        ctxt - Context that can be used to access information about this deserialization activity.
        Returns:
        Deserialized value
        Throws:
        IOException
        JsonProcessingException

Copyright © 2008–2015 FasterXML. All rights reserved.