<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <!-- NewPage --> <html lang="en"> <head> <!-- Generated by javadoc (version 1.7.0_25) on Mon Jun 02 17:48:53 PDT 2014 --> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html" charset="UTF-8"> <title>BeanDescription (jackson-databind 2.4.0 API)</title> <meta name="date" content="2014-06-02"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../stylesheet.css" title="Style"> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- if (location.href.indexOf('is-external=true') == -1) { parent.document.title="BeanDescription (jackson-databind 2.4.0 API)"; } //--> </script> <noscript> <div>JavaScript is disabled on your browser.</div> </noscript> <!-- ========= START OF TOP NAVBAR ======= --> <div class="topNav"><a name="navbar_top"> <!-- --> </a><a href="#skip-navbar_top" title="Skip navigation links"></a><a name="navbar_top_firstrow"> <!-- --> </a> <ul class="navList" title="Navigation"> <li><a href="../../../../overview-summary.html">Overview</a></li> <li><a href="package-summary.html">Package</a></li> <li class="navBarCell1Rev">Class</li> <li><a href="class-use/BeanDescription.html">Use</a></li> <li><a href="package-tree.html">Tree</a></li> <li><a href="../../../../deprecated-list.html">Deprecated</a></li> <li><a href="../../../../index-all.html">Index</a></li> <li><a href="../../../../help-doc.html">Help</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="subNav"> <ul class="navList"> <li><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/AnnotationIntrospector.ReferenceProperty.Type.html" title="enum in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind"><span class="strong">Prev Class</span></a></li> <li><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanProperty.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind"><span class="strong">Next Class</span></a></li> </ul> <ul class="navList"> <li><a href="../../../../index.html?com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html" target="_top">Frames</a></li> <li><a href="BeanDescription.html" target="_top">No Frames</a></li> </ul> <ul class="navList" id="allclasses_navbar_top"> <li><a href="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html">All Classes</a></li> </ul> <div> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- allClassesLink = document.getElementById("allclasses_navbar_top"); if(window==top) { allClassesLink.style.display = "block"; } else { allClassesLink.style.display = "none"; } //--> </script> </div> <div> <ul class="subNavList"> <li>Summary: </li> <li>Nested | </li> <li><a href="#field_summary">Field</a> | </li> <li><a href="#constructor_summary">Constr</a> | </li> <li><a href="#method_summary">Method</a></li> </ul> <ul class="subNavList"> <li>Detail: </li> <li><a href="#field_detail">Field</a> | </li> <li><a href="#constructor_detail">Constr</a> | </li> <li><a href="#method_detail">Method</a></li> </ul> </div> <a name="skip-navbar_top"> <!-- --> </a></div> <!-- ========= END OF TOP NAVBAR ========= --> <!-- ======== START OF CLASS DATA ======== --> <div class="header"> <div class="subTitle">com.fasterxml.jackson.databind</div> <h2 title="Class BeanDescription" class="title">Class BeanDescription</h2> </div> <div class="contentContainer"> <ul class="inheritance"> <li><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">java.lang.Object</a></li> <li> <ul class="inheritance"> <li>com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanDescription</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div class="description"> <ul class="blockList"> <li class="blockList"> <dl> <dt>Direct Known Subclasses:</dt> <dd><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BasicBeanDescription.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">BasicBeanDescription</a></dd> </dl> <hr> <br> <pre>public abstract class <span class="strong">BeanDescription</span> extends <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></pre> <div class="block">Basic container for information gathered by <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/ClassIntrospector.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect"><code>ClassIntrospector</code></a> to help in constructing serializers and deserializers. 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.</div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="summary"> <ul class="blockList"> <li class="blockList"> <!-- =========== FIELD SUMMARY =========== --> <ul class="blockList"> <li class="blockList"><a name="field_summary"> <!-- --> </a> <h3>Field Summary</h3> <table class="overviewSummary" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" summary="Field Summary table, listing fields, and an explanation"> <caption><span>Fields</span><span class="tabEnd"> </span></caption> <tr> <th class="colFirst" scope="col">Modifier and Type</th> <th class="colLast" scope="col">Field and Description</th> </tr> <tr class="altColor"> <td class="colFirst"><code>protected <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JavaType.html" title="class 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title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</a></code></td> <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findAnySetter()">findAnySetter</a></strong>()</code> <div class="block">Method used to locate the method of introspected class that implements <a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.4/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonAnySetter.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"><code>JsonAnySetter</code></a>.</div> </td> </tr> <tr class="rowColor"> <td class="colFirst"><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 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that constructor has not been marked as ignorable.</div> </td> </tr> <tr class="rowColor"> <td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">Converter</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="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></td> <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findDeserializationConverter()">findDeserializationConverter</a></strong>()</code> <div class="block">Method for finding <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util"><code>Converter</code></a> used for serializing instances of this class.</div> </td> </tr> <tr class="altColor"> <td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.4/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonFormat.Value.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonFormat.Value</a></code></td> <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findExpectedFormat(com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat.Value)">findExpectedFormat</a></strong>(<a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.4/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonFormat.Value.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonFormat.Value</a> defValue)</code> <div class="block">Method for checking what is the expected format for POJO, as defined by defaults and possible annotations.</div> </td> </tr> <tr class="rowColor"> <td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a 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