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Note that the main implementation type is <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BasicBeanDescription.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect"><CODE>BasicBeanDescription</CODE></A>, meaning that it is safe to upcast to this type. <P> <P> <HR> <P> <!-- =========== FIELD SUMMARY =========== --> <A NAME="field_summary"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Field Summary</B></FONT></TH> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>protected <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JavaType.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JavaType</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#_type">_type</A></B></CODE> <BR> Bean type information, including raw class and possible * generics information</TD> </TR> </TABLE> <!-- ======== CONSTRUCTOR SUMMARY ======== --> <A NAME="constructor_summary"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Constructor Summary</B></FONT></TH> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>protected </CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#BeanDescription(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType)">BeanDescription</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JavaType.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JavaType</A> type)</CODE> <BR> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> <A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/type/TypeBindings.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type">TypeBindings</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#bindingsForBeanType()">bindingsForBeanType</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Accessor for type bindings that may be needed to fully resolve types of member object, such as return and argument types of methods and constructors, and types of fields.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findAnyGetter()">findAnyGetter</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> </TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findAnySetter()">findAnySetter</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Method used to locate the method of introspected class that implements <A HREF="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.0/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonAnySetter.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"><CODE>JsonAnySetter</CODE></A>.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</A><<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findBackReferenceProperties()">findBackReferenceProperties</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Method for locating all back-reference properties (setters, fields) bean has</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedConstructor.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedConstructor</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findDefaultConstructor()">findDefaultConstructor</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Method that will locate the no-arg constructor for this class, if it has one, and that constructor has not been marked as ignorable.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.0/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonFormat.Value.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonFormat.Value</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findExpectedFormat(com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat.Value)">findExpectedFormat</A></B>(<A HREF="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.0/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonFormat.Value.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonFormat.Value</A> defValue)</CODE> <BR> Method for checking what is the expected format for POJO, as defined by defaults and possible annotations.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Method.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect">Method</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findFactoryMethod(java.lang.Class...)">findFactoryMethod</A></B>(<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><?>... expArgTypes)</CODE> <BR> Method that can be called to find if introspected class declares a static "valueOf" factory method that returns an instance of introspected type, given one of acceptable types.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</A><<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findInjectables()">findInjectables</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> </TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findJsonValueMethod()">findJsonValueMethod</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Method for locating the getter method that is annotated with <A HREF="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.0/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonValue.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"><CODE>JsonValue</CODE></A> annotation, if any.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findMethod(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class[])">findMethod</A></B>(<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> name, <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><?>[] paramTypes)</CODE> <BR> </TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><?></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findPOJOBuilder()">findPOJOBuilder</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Method for checking if the POJO type has annotations to indicate that a builder is to be used for instantiating instances and handling data binding, instead of standard bean deserializer.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/annotation/JsonPOJOBuilder.Value.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation">JsonPOJOBuilder.Value</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findPOJOBuilderConfig()">findPOJOBuilderConfig</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Method for finding configuration for POJO Builder class.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">BeanPropertyDefinition</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findProperties()">findProperties</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> </TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.0/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonInclude.Include.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonInclude.Include</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findSerializationInclusion(com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include)">findSerializationInclusion</A></B>(<A HREF="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.0/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonInclude.Include.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonInclude.Include</A> defValue)</CODE> <BR> </TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect">Constructor</A><?></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findSingleArgConstructor(java.lang.Class...)">findSingleArgConstructor</A></B>(<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><?>... argTypes)</CODE> <BR> Method that can be called to locate a single-arg constructor that takes specified exact type (will not accept supertype constructors)</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE> <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><?></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#getBeanClass()">getBeanClass</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> </TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Annotations.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">Annotations</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#getClassAnnotations()">getClassAnnotations</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Method for accessing collection of annotations the bean class has.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedClass.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedClass</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#getClassInfo()">getClassInfo</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Method for accessing low-level information about Class this item describes.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedConstructor.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedConstructor</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#getConstructors()">getConstructors</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> </TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A 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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#hasKnownClassAnnotations()">hasKnownClassAnnotations</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Method for checking whether class being described has any annotations recognized by registered annotation introspector.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#instantiateBean(boolean)">instantiateBean</A></B>(boolean fixAccess)</CODE> <BR> Method called to create a "default instance" of the bean, currently only needed for obtaining default field values which may be used for suppressing serialization of fields that have "not changed".</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JavaType.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JavaType</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#resolveType(java.lang.reflect.Type)">resolveType</A></B>(<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Type.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect">Type</A> jdkType)</CODE> <BR> Method for resolving given JDK type, using this bean as the generic type resolution context.</TD> </TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_java.lang.Object"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from class java.lang.<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" 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SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Field Detail</B></FONT></TH> </TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="_type"><!-- --></A><H3> _type</H3> <PRE> protected final <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JavaType.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JavaType</A> <B>_type</B></PRE> <DL> <DD>Bean type information, including raw class and possible * generics information <P> <DL> </DL> </DL> <!-- ========= CONSTRUCTOR DETAIL ======== --> <A NAME="constructor_detail"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Constructor Detail</B></FONT></TH> </TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="BeanDescription(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType)"><!-- --></A><H3> BeanDescription</H3> <PRE> protected <B>BeanDescription</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JavaType.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JavaType</A> type)</PRE> <DL> </DL> <!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> <A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> </TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="getType()"><!-- --></A><H3> getType</H3> <PRE> public <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JavaType.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JavaType</A> <B>getType</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method for accessing declared type of bean being introspected, including full generic type information (from declaration) <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="getBeanClass()"><!-- --></A><H3> getBeanClass</H3> <PRE> public <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><?> <B>getBeanClass</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="getClassInfo()"><!-- --></A><H3> getClassInfo</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedClass.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedClass</A> <B>getClassInfo</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method for accessing low-level information about Class this item describes. <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="getObjectIdInfo()"><!-- --></A><H3> getObjectIdInfo</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/ObjectIdInfo.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">ObjectIdInfo</A> <B>getObjectIdInfo</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Accessor for getting information about Object Id expected to be used for this POJO type, if any. <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="hasKnownClassAnnotations()"><!-- --></A><H3> hasKnownClassAnnotations</H3> <PRE> public abstract boolean <B>hasKnownClassAnnotations</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method for checking whether class being described has any annotations recognized by registered annotation introspector. <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="bindingsForBeanType()"><!-- --></A><H3> bindingsForBeanType</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/type/TypeBindings.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type">TypeBindings</A> <B>bindingsForBeanType</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Accessor for type bindings that may be needed to fully resolve types of member object, such as return and argument types of methods and constructors, and types of fields. <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="resolveType(java.lang.reflect.Type)"><!-- --></A><H3> resolveType</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JavaType.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JavaType</A> <B>resolveType</B>(<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Type.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect">Type</A> jdkType)</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method for resolving given JDK type, using this bean as the generic type resolution context. <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="getClassAnnotations()"><!-- --></A><H3> getClassAnnotations</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Annotations.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">Annotations</A> <B>getClassAnnotations</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method for accessing collection of annotations the bean class has. <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findProperties()"><!-- --></A><H3> findProperties</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">BeanPropertyDefinition</A>> <B>findProperties</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>Ordered Map with logical property name as key, and matching getter method as value.</DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findBackReferenceProperties()"><!-- --></A><H3> findBackReferenceProperties</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</A><<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</A>> <B>findBackReferenceProperties</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method for locating all back-reference properties (setters, fields) bean has <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="getIgnoredPropertyNames()"><!-- --></A><H3> getIgnoredPropertyNames</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>> <B>getIgnoredPropertyNames</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="getConstructors()"><!-- --></A><H3> getConstructors</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedConstructor.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedConstructor</A>> <B>getConstructors</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="getFactoryMethods()"><!-- --></A><H3> getFactoryMethods</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</A>> <B>getFactoryMethods</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findDefaultConstructor()"><!-- --></A><H3> findDefaultConstructor</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedConstructor.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedConstructor</A> <B>findDefaultConstructor</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method that will locate the no-arg constructor for this class, if it has one, and that constructor has not been marked as ignorable. <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findSingleArgConstructor(java.lang.Class...)"><!-- --></A><H3> findSingleArgConstructor</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect">Constructor</A><?> <B>findSingleArgConstructor</B>(<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><?>... argTypes)</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method that can be called to locate a single-arg constructor that takes specified exact type (will not accept supertype constructors) <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>argTypes</CODE> - Type(s) of the argument that we are looking for</DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findFactoryMethod(java.lang.Class...)"><!-- --></A><H3> findFactoryMethod</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Method.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect">Method</A> <B>findFactoryMethod</B>(<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><?>... expArgTypes)</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method that can be called to find if introspected class declares a static "valueOf" factory method that returns an instance of introspected type, given one of acceptable types. <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>expArgTypes</CODE> - Types that the matching single argument factory method can take: will also accept super types of these types (ie. arg just has to be assignable from expArgType)</DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findAnyGetter()"><!-- --></A><H3> findAnyGetter</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</A> <B>findAnyGetter</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findAnySetter()"><!-- --></A><H3> findAnySetter</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</A> <B>findAnySetter</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method used to locate the method of introspected class that implements <A HREF="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.0/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonAnySetter.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"><CODE>JsonAnySetter</CODE></A>. If no such method exists null is returned. If more than one are found, an exception is thrown. Additional checks are also made to see that method signature is acceptable: needs to take 2 arguments, first one String or Object; second any can be any type. <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findJsonValueMethod()"><!-- --></A><H3> findJsonValueMethod</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</A> <B>findJsonValueMethod</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method for locating the getter method that is annotated with <A HREF="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.0/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonValue.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"><CODE>JsonValue</CODE></A> annotation, if any. If multiple ones are found, an error is reported by throwing <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>IllegalArgumentException</CODE></A> <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findMethod(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class[])"><!-- --></A><H3> findMethod</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</A> <B>findMethod</B>(<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> name, <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><?>[] paramTypes)</PRE> <DL> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findSerializationInclusion(com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include)"><!-- --></A><H3> findSerializationInclusion</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.0/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonInclude.Include.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonInclude.Include</A> <B>findSerializationInclusion</B>(<A HREF="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.0/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonInclude.Include.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonInclude.Include</A> defValue)</PRE> <DL> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findExpectedFormat(com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat.Value)"><!-- --></A><H3> findExpectedFormat</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.0/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonFormat.Value.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonFormat.Value</A> <B>findExpectedFormat</B>(<A HREF="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.0/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonFormat.Value.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonFormat.Value</A> defValue)</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method for checking what is the expected format for POJO, as defined by defaults and possible annotations. Note that this may be further refined by per-property annotations. <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Since:</B></DT> <DD>2.1s</DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findInjectables()"><!-- --></A><H3> findInjectables</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</A><<A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</A>> <B>findInjectables</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findPOJOBuilder()"><!-- --></A><H3> findPOJOBuilder</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><?> <B>findPOJOBuilder</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method for checking if the POJO type has annotations to indicate that a builder is to be used for instantiating instances and handling data binding, instead of standard bean deserializer. <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="findPOJOBuilderConfig()"><!-- --></A><H3> findPOJOBuilderConfig</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/annotation/JsonPOJOBuilder.Value.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation">JsonPOJOBuilder.Value</A> <B>findPOJOBuilderConfig</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method for finding configuration for POJO Builder class. <P> <DD><DL> </DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="instantiateBean(boolean)"><!-- --></A><H3> instantiateBean</H3> <PRE> public abstract <A HREF="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> <B>instantiateBean</B>(boolean fixAccess)</PRE> <DL> <DD>Method called to create a "default instance" of the bean, currently only needed for obtaining default field values which may be used for suppressing serialization of fields that have "not changed". <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>fixAccess</CODE> - If true, method is allowed to fix access to the default constructor (to be able to call non-public constructor); 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