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83<h2 title="Class MissingNode" class="title">Class MissingNode</h2>
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109<dd><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</a>&lt;<a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonNode</a>&gt;, <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/map/JsonSerializable.html" title="interface in org.codehaus.jackson.map">JsonSerializable</a>, <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/map/JsonSerializableWithType.html" title="interface in org.codehaus.jackson.map">JsonSerializableWithType</a></dd>
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113<pre>public final class <span class="strong">MissingNode</span>
114extends <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/BaseJsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.node">BaseJsonNode</a></pre>
115<div class="block">This singleton node class is generated to denote "missing nodes"
116 along paths that do not exist. For example, if a path via
117 element of an array is requested for an element outside range
118 of elements in the array; or for a non-array value, result
119 will be reference to this node.
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121 In most respects this placeholder node will act as <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/NullNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.node"><code>NullNode</code></a>;
122 for example, for purposes of value conversions, value is considered
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142<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#NO_NODES">NO_NODES</a>, <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#NO_STRINGS">NO_STRINGS</a></code></li>
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159<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
160<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#asBoolean(boolean)">asBoolean</a></strong>(boolean&nbsp;defaultValue)</code>
161<div class="block">Method that will try to convert value of this node to a Java <b>boolean</b>.</div>
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165<td class="colFirst"><code>double</code></td>
166<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#asDouble(double)">asDouble</a></strong>(double&nbsp;defaultValue)</code>
167<div class="block">Method that will try to convert value of this node to a Java <b>double</b>.</div>
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171<td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
172<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#asInt(int)">asInt</a></strong>(int&nbsp;defaultValue)</code>
173<div class="block">Method that will try to convert value of this node to a Java <b>int</b>.</div>
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177<td class="colFirst"><code>long</code></td>
178<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#asLong(long)">asLong</a></strong>(long&nbsp;defaultValue)</code>
179<div class="block">Method that will try to convert value of this node to a Java <b>long</b>.</div>
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183<td class="colFirst"><code><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></code></td>
184<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#asText()">asText</a></strong>()</code>
185<div class="block">Method that will return valid String representation of
186 the container value, if the node is a value node
187 (method <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#isValueNode()"><code>JsonNode.isValueNode()</code></a> returns true), otherwise
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192<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonToken.html" title="enum in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonToken</a></code></td>
193<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#asToken()">asToken</a></strong>()</code>
194<div class="block">Method that can be used for efficient type detection
195 when using stream abstraction for traversing nodes.</div>
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199<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
200<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</a></strong>(<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>&nbsp;o)</code>
201<div class="block">Equality for node objects is defined as full (deep) value
202 equality.</div>
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206<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.node">MissingNode</a></code></td>
207<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#getInstance()">getInstance</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
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210<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
211<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#isMissingNode()">isMissingNode</a></strong>()</code>
212<div class="block">Method that returns true for "virtual" nodes which represent
213 missing entries constructed by path accessor methods when
214 there is no actual node matching given criteria.</div>
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218<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonNode</a></code></td>
219<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#path(int)">path</a></strong>(int&nbsp;index)</code>
220<div class="block">This method is similar to <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#get(int)"><code>JsonNode.get(int)</code></a>, except
221 that instead of returning null if no such element exists (due
222 to index being out of range, or this node not being an array),
223 a "missing node" (node that returns true for
224 <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#isMissingNode()"><code>JsonNode.isMissingNode()</code></a>) will be returned.</div>
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228<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonNode</a></code></td>
229<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#path(java.lang.String)">path</a></strong>(<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>&nbsp;fieldName)</code>
230<div class="block">This method is similar to <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#get(java.lang.String)"><code>JsonNode.get(String)</code></a>, except
231 that instead of returning null if no such value exists (due
232 to this node not being an object, or object not having value
233 for the specified field),
234 a "missing node" (node that returns true for
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239<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
240<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#serialize(org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator, org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider)">serialize</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonGenerator.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonGenerator</a>&nbsp;jg,
241         <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/map/SerializerProvider.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.map">SerializerProvider</a>&nbsp;provider)</code>
242<div class="block">Method called to serialize node instances using given generator.</div>
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246<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
247<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#serializeWithType(org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator, org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider, org.codehaus.jackson.map.TypeSerializer)">serializeWithType</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonGenerator.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonGenerator</a>&nbsp;jg,
248                 <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/map/SerializerProvider.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.map">SerializerProvider</a>&nbsp;provider,
249                 <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/map/TypeSerializer.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.map">TypeSerializer</a>&nbsp;typeSer)</code>
250<div class="block">Type information is needed, even if JsonNode instances are "plain" JSON,
251 since they may be mixed with other types.</div>
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255<td class="colFirst"><code><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></code></td>
256<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html#toString()">toString</a></strong>()</code>
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304<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/MissingNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.node">MissingNode</a>&nbsp;getInstance()</pre>
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313<pre>public&nbsp;<a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonToken.html" title="enum in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonToken</a>&nbsp;asToken()</pre>
314<div class="block"><strong>Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/BaseJsonNode.html#asToken()">BaseJsonNode</a></code></strong></div>
315<div class="block">Method that can be used for efficient type detection
316 when using stream abstraction for traversing nodes.
317 Will return the first <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonToken.html" title="enum in org.codehaus.jackson"><code>JsonToken</code></a> that equivalent
318 stream event would produce (for most nodes there is just
319 one token but for structured/container types multiple)</div>
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322<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/BaseJsonNode.html#asToken()">asToken</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/BaseJsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.node">BaseJsonNode</a></code></dd>
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332<pre>public&nbsp;boolean&nbsp;isMissingNode()</pre>
333<div class="block"><strong>Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#isMissingNode()">JsonNode</a></code></strong></div>
334<div class="block">Method that returns true for "virtual" nodes which represent
335 missing entries constructed by path accessor methods when
336 there is no actual node matching given criteria.
337<p>
338 Note: one and only one of methods <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#isValueNode()"><code>JsonNode.isValueNode()</code></a>,
339 <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#isContainerNode()"><code>JsonNode.isContainerNode()</code></a> and <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#isMissingNode()"><code>JsonNode.isMissingNode()</code></a> ever
340 returns true for any given node.</div>
341<dl>
342<dt><strong>Overrides:</strong></dt>
343<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#isMissingNode()">isMissingNode</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonNode</a></code></dd>
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353<pre>public&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;asText()</pre>
354<div class="block"><strong>Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#asText()">JsonNode</a></code></strong></div>
355<div class="block">Method that will return valid String representation of
356 the container value, if the node is a value node
357 (method <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#isValueNode()"><code>JsonNode.isValueNode()</code></a> returns true), otherwise
358 empty String.</div>
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360<dt><strong>Specified by:</strong></dt>
361<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#asText()">asText</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonNode</a></code></dd>
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371<pre>public&nbsp;boolean&nbsp;asBoolean(boolean&nbsp;defaultValue)</pre>
372<div class="block"><strong>Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#asBoolean(boolean)">JsonNode</a></code></strong></div>
373<div class="block">Method that will try to convert value of this node to a Java <b>boolean</b>.
374 JSON booleans map naturally; integer numbers other than 0 map to true, and
375 0 maps to false
376 and Strings 'true' and 'false' map to corresponding values.
377<p>
378 If representation can not be converted to a boolean value (including structured types
379 like Objects and Arrays),
380 specified <b>defaultValue</b> will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.</div>
381<dl>
382<dt><strong>Overrides:</strong></dt>
383<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#asBoolean(boolean)">asBoolean</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonNode</a></code></dd>
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395<div class="block">Method that will try to convert value of this node to a Java <b>int</b>.
396 Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false)
397 and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer
398 parsing rules.
399<p>
400 If representation can not be converted to an int (including structured types
401 like Objects and Arrays),
402 specified <b>defaultValue</b> will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.</div>
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417<div class="block">Method that will try to convert value of this node to a Java <b>long</b>.
418 Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0 (false)
419 and 1 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer
420 parsing rules.
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422 If representation can not be converted to an long (including structured types
423 like Objects and Arrays),
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438<div class="block"><strong>Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#asDouble(double)">JsonNode</a></code></strong></div>
439<div class="block">Method that will try to convert value of this node to a Java <b>double</b>.
440 Numbers are coerced using default Java rules; booleans convert to 0.0 (false)
441 and 1.0 (true), and Strings are parsed using default Java language integer
442 parsing rules.
443<p>
444 If representation can not be converted to an int (including structured types
445 like Objects and Arrays),
446 specified <b>defaultValue</b> will be returned; no exceptions are thrown.</div>
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448<dt><strong>Overrides:</strong></dt>
449<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#asDouble(double)">asDouble</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonNode</a></code></dd>
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460<div class="block"><strong>Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#path(java.lang.String)">JsonNode</a></code></strong></div>
461<div class="block">This method is similar to <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#get(java.lang.String)"><code>JsonNode.get(String)</code></a>, except
462 that instead of returning null if no such value exists (due
463 to this node not being an object, or object not having value
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465 a "missing node" (node that returns true for
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467 convenient and safe chained access via path calls.</div>
468<dl>
469<dt><strong>Specified by:</strong></dt>
470<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#path(java.lang.String)">path</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonNode</a></code></dd>
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480<pre>public&nbsp;<a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonNode</a>&nbsp;path(int&nbsp;index)</pre>
481<div class="block"><strong>Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#path(int)">JsonNode</a></code></strong></div>
482<div class="block">This method is similar to <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#get(int)"><code>JsonNode.get(int)</code></a>, except
483 that instead of returning null if no such element exists (due
484 to index being out of range, or this node not being an array),
485 a "missing node" (node that returns true for
486 <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#isMissingNode()"><code>JsonNode.isMissingNode()</code></a>) will be returned. This allows for
487 convenient and safe chained access via path calls.</div>
488<dl>
489<dt><strong>Specified by:</strong></dt>
490<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#path(int)">path</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonNode</a></code></dd>
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501             <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/map/SerializerProvider.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.map">SerializerProvider</a>&nbsp;provider)
502                     throws <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</a>,
503                            <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonProcessingException.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonProcessingException</a></pre>
504<div class="block"><strong>Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/BaseJsonNode.html#serialize(org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator, org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider)">BaseJsonNode</a></code></strong></div>
505<div class="block">Method called to serialize node instances using given generator.</div>
506<dl>
507<dt><strong>Specified by:</strong></dt>
508<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/map/JsonSerializable.html#serialize(org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator, org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider)">serialize</a></code>&nbsp;in interface&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/map/JsonSerializable.html" title="interface in org.codehaus.jackson.map">JsonSerializable</a></code></dd>
509<dt><strong>Specified by:</strong></dt>
510<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/BaseJsonNode.html#serialize(org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator, org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider)">serialize</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/BaseJsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.node">BaseJsonNode</a></code></dd>
511<dt><span class="strong">Throws:</span></dt>
512<dd><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</a></code></dd>
513<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonProcessingException.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonProcessingException</a></code></dd></dl>
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522<pre>public&nbsp;void&nbsp;serializeWithType(<a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonGenerator.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonGenerator</a>&nbsp;jg,
523                     <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/map/SerializerProvider.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.map">SerializerProvider</a>&nbsp;provider,
524                     <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/map/TypeSerializer.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.map">TypeSerializer</a>&nbsp;typeSer)
525                       throws <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</a>,
526                              <a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonProcessingException.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonProcessingException</a></pre>
527<div class="block"><strong>Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/BaseJsonNode.html#serializeWithType(org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator, org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider, org.codehaus.jackson.map.TypeSerializer)">BaseJsonNode</a></code></strong></div>
528<div class="block">Type information is needed, even if JsonNode instances are "plain" JSON,
529 since they may be mixed with other types.</div>
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532<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/map/JsonSerializableWithType.html#serializeWithType(org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator, org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider, org.codehaus.jackson.map.TypeSerializer)">serializeWithType</a></code>&nbsp;in interface&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/map/JsonSerializableWithType.html" title="interface in org.codehaus.jackson.map">JsonSerializableWithType</a></code></dd>
533<dt><strong>Specified by:</strong></dt>
534<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/BaseJsonNode.html#serializeWithType(org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator, org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider, org.codehaus.jackson.map.TypeSerializer)">serializeWithType</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/node/BaseJsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson.node">BaseJsonNode</a></code></dd>
535<dt><span class="strong">Throws:</span></dt>
536<dd><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</a></code></dd>
537<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonProcessingException.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonProcessingException</a></code></dd></dl>
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547<div class="block"><strong>Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">JsonNode</a></code></strong></div>
548<div class="block">Equality for node objects is defined as full (deep) value
549 equality. This means that it is possible to compare complete
550 JSON trees for equality by comparing equality of root nodes.
551<p>
552 Note: marked as abstract to ensure all implementation
553 classes define it properly and not rely on definition
554 from <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><code>Object</code></a>.</div>
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568<div class="block"><strong>Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#toString()">JsonNode</a></code></strong></div>
569<div class="block"><p>
570 Note: marked as abstract to ensure all implementation
571 classes define it properly.</div>
572<dl>
573<dt><strong>Specified by:</strong></dt>
574<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html#toString()">toString</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../org/codehaus/jackson/JsonNode.html" title="class in org.codehaus.jackson">JsonNode</a></code></dd>
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