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com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std">com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer</A><T> 99 <IMG SRC="../../../../../resources/inherit.gif" ALT="extended by "><B>com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.ContainerSerializer<T></B> 100</PRE> 101<DL> 102<DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsonschema/SchemaAware.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonschema">SchemaAware</A></DD> 103</DL> 104<DL> 105<DT><B>Direct Known Subclasses:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/ArraySerializerBase.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std">ArraySerializerBase</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/AsArraySerializerBase.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std">AsArraySerializerBase</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/EnumMapSerializer.html" title="class in 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ALIGN="left"><B>Fields inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.<A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/StdSerializer.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std">StdSerializer</A></B></TH> 156</TR> 157<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 158<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/StdSerializer.html#_handledType">_handledType</A></CODE></TD> 159</TR> 160</TABLE> 161 162<!-- ======== CONSTRUCTOR SUMMARY ======== --> 163 164<A NAME="constructor_summary"><!-- --></A> 165<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 166<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 167<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 168<B>Constructor Summary</B></FONT></TH> 169</TR> 170<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 171<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 172<CODE>protected </CODE></FONT></TD> 173<TD><CODE><B><A 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parameter in ContainerSerializer">T</A>> t)</CODE> 184 185<BR> 186 </TD> 187</TR> 188<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 189<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 190<CODE>protected </CODE></FONT></TD> 191<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html#ContainerSerializer(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.ContainerSerializer)">ContainerSerializer</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser">ContainerSerializer</A><?> src)</CODE> 192 193<BR> 194 </TD> 195</TR> 196</TABLE> 197 198<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 199 200<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 201<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 202<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 203<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 204<B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 205</TR> 206<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 207<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 208<CODE>protected abstract <A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser">ContainerSerializer</A><?></CODE></FONT></TD> 209<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html#_withValueTypeSerializer(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeSerializer)">_withValueTypeSerializer</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/TypeSerializer.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype">TypeSerializer</A> vts)</CODE> 210 211<BR> 212 Method that needs to be implemented to allow construction of a new 213 serializer object with given <A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/TypeSerializer.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype"><CODE>TypeSerializer</CODE></A>, used when 214 addition 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230<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html#getContentType()">getContentType</A></B>()</CODE> 231 232<BR> 233 Accessor for finding declared (static) element type for 234 type this serializer is used for.</TD> 235</TR> 236<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 237<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 238<CODE>abstract boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> 239<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html#hasSingleElement(T)">hasSingleElement</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html" title="type parameter in ContainerSerializer">T</A> value)</CODE> 240 241<BR> 242 Method called to determine if the given value (of type handled by 243 this serializer) contains exactly one element.</TD> 244</TR> 245<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 246<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 247<CODE>abstract boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> 248<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html#isEmpty(T)">isEmpty</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html" title="type parameter in ContainerSerializer">T</A> value)</CODE> 249 250<BR> 251 Method called to check whether given serializable value is 252 considered "empty" value (for purposes of suppressing serialization 253 of empty values).</TD> 254</TR> 255<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 256<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 257<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser">ContainerSerializer</A><?></CODE></FONT></TD> 258<TD><CODE><B><A 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306<A NAME="ContainerSerializer(java.lang.Class)"><!-- --></A><H3> 307ContainerSerializer</H3> 308<PRE> 309protected <B>ContainerSerializer</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><<A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html" title="type parameter in ContainerSerializer">T</A>> t)</PRE> 310<DL> 311</DL> 312<HR> 313 314<A NAME="ContainerSerializer(java.lang.Class, boolean)"><!-- --></A><H3> 315ContainerSerializer</H3> 316<PRE> 317protected <B>ContainerSerializer</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><?> t, 318 boolean dummy)</PRE> 319<DL> 320<DD>Alternate constructor that is (alas!) needed to work 321 around kinks of generic type handling 322<P> 323<DL> 324<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>t</CODE> - </DL> 325</DL> 326<HR> 327 328<A NAME="ContainerSerializer(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.ContainerSerializer)"><!-- --></A><H3> 329ContainerSerializer</H3> 330<PRE> 331protected <B>ContainerSerializer</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser">ContainerSerializer</A><?> src)</PRE> 332<DL> 333</DL> 334 335<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 336 337<A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> 338<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 339<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 340<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 341<B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> 342</TR> 343</TABLE> 344 345<A NAME="withValueTypeSerializer(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeSerializer)"><!-- --></A><H3> 346withValueTypeSerializer</H3> 347<PRE> 348public <A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/ContainerSerializer.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser">ContainerSerializer</A><?> <B>withValueTypeSerializer</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/TypeSerializer.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype">TypeSerializer</A> vts)</PRE> 349<DL> 350<DD>Factory(-like) method that can be used to construct a new container 351 serializer that uses specified <A HREF="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/TypeSerializer.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype"><CODE>TypeSerializer</CODE></A> for decorating 352 contained values with additional type information. 353<P> 354<DD><DL> 355<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>vts</CODE> - Type serializer to use for contained values; can be null, 356 in which case 'this' serializer is returned as is 357<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>Serializer instance that uses given type serializer for values if 358 that is possible (or if not, just 'this' serializer)</DL> 359</DD> 360</DL> 361<HR> 362 363<A 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