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115<dl><dt><span class="strong">See Also:</span></dt><dd><a href="../../../../serialized-form.html#com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerator">Serialized Form</a></dd></dl> 116</li> 117</ul> 118</div> 119<div class="summary"> 120<ul class="blockList"> 121<li class="blockList"> 122<!-- ======== NESTED CLASS SUMMARY ======== --> 123<ul class="blockList"> 124<li class="blockList"><a name="nested_class_summary"> 125<!-- --> 126</a> 127<h3>Nested Class Summary</h3> 128<table class="overviewSummary" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" summary="Nested Class Summary table, listing nested classes, and an explanation"> 129<caption><span>Nested Classes</span><span class="tabEnd"> </span></caption> 130<tr> 131<th class="colFirst" scope="col">Modifier and Type</th> 132<th class="colLast" scope="col">Class and Description</th> 133</tr> 134<tr class="altColor"> 135<td class="colFirst"><code>static class </code></td> 136<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a 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com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">ObjectIdGenerator</a><?> gen)</pre> 287<div class="block">Method called to check whether this generator instance can 288 be used for Object Ids of specific generator type and 289 scope; determination is based by passing a configured 290 "blueprint" (prototype) instance; from which the actual 291 instances are created (using <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/ObjectIdGenerator.html#newForSerialization(java.lang.Object)"><code>newForSerialization(java.lang.Object)</code></a>).</div> 292<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>True if this instance can be used as-is; false if not</dd></dl> 293</li> 294</ul> 295<a name="maySerializeAsObject()"> 296<!-- --> 297</a> 298<ul class="blockList"> 299<li class="blockList"> 300<h4>maySerializeAsObject</h4> 301<pre>public boolean maySerializeAsObject()</pre> 302<div class="block">Accessor that needs to be overridden to return <code>true</code> 303 if the Object Id may be serialized as JSON Object; used by, for example, 304 JSOG handling. 305 The reason accessor is needed is because handling such Object Ids is 306 more complex and may incur additional buffering or performance overhead, 307 avoiding of which makes sense for common case of scalar object ids 308 (or native object ids some formats support). 309<p> 310 Default implementation returns <code>false</code>, so needs to be overridden 311 by Object-producing generators.</div> 312<dl><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt> 313 <dd>2.5</dd></dl> 314</li> 315</ul> 316<a name="isValidReferencePropertyName(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)"> 317<!-- --> 318</a> 319<ul class="blockList"> 320<li class="blockList"> 321<h4>isValidReferencePropertyName</h4> 322<pre>public boolean isValidReferencePropertyName(<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, 323 <a 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360 may be needed by more complex generators to access contextual 361 information such as configuration.</dd></dl> 362</li> 363</ul> 364<a name="key(java.lang.Object)"> 365<!-- --> 366</a> 367<ul class="blockList"> 368<li class="blockList"> 369<h4>key</h4> 370<pre>public abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/ObjectIdGenerator.IdKey.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">ObjectIdGenerator.IdKey</a> key(<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> key)</pre> 371<div class="block">Method for constructing key to use for ObjectId-to-POJO maps.</div> 372</li> 373</ul> 374<a name="generateId(java.lang.Object)"> 375<!-- --> 376</a> 377<ul class="blockListLast"> 378<li class="blockList"> 379<h4>generateId</h4> 380<pre>public abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/ObjectIdGenerator.html" title="type parameter in ObjectIdGenerator">T</a> generateId(<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> forPojo)</pre> 381<div class="block">Method used for generating a new Object Identifier to serialize 382 for given POJO.</div> 383<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>forPojo</code> - POJO for which identifier is needed</dd> 384<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>Object Identifier to use.</dd></dl> 385</li> 386</ul> 387</li> 388</ul> 389</li> 390</ul> 391</div> 392</div> 393<!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> 394<!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> 395<div class="bottomNav"><a name="navbar_bottom"> 396<!-- --> 397</a><a href="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></a><a name="navbar_bottom_firstrow"> 398<!-- --> 399</a> 400<ul class="navList" title="Navigation"> 401<li><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/package-summary.html">Package</a></li> 402<li class="navBarCell1Rev">Class</li> 403<li><a href="class-use/ObjectIdGenerator.html">Use</a></li> 404<li><a href="package-tree.html">Tree</a></li> 405<li><a href="../../../../deprecated-list.html">Deprecated</a></li> 406<li><a href="../../../../index-all.html">Index</a></li> 407<li><a href="../../../../help-doc.html">Help</a></li> 408</ul> 409</div> 410<div class="subNav"> 411<ul class="navList"> 412<li><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonView.html" title="annotation in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"><span class="strong">Prev Class</span></a></li> 413<li><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/ObjectIdGenerator.IdKey.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"><span class="strong">Next Class</span></a></li> 414</ul> 415<ul class="navList"> 416<li><a href="../../../../index.html?com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/ObjectIdGenerator.html" target="_top">Frames</a></li> 417<li><a href="ObjectIdGenerator.html" target="_top">No Frames</a></li> 418</ul> 419<ul class="navList" id="allclasses_navbar_bottom"> 420<li><a href="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html">All Classes</a></li> 421</ul> 422<div> 423<script type="text/javascript"><!-- 424 allClassesLink = document.getElementById("allclasses_navbar_bottom"); 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