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103<dt>Direct Known Subclasses:</dt>
104<dd><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertyBuilder.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">POJOPropertyBuilder</a>, <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/SimpleBeanPropertyDefinition.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">SimpleBeanPropertyDefinition</a></dd>
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108<pre>public abstract class <span class="strong">BeanPropertyDefinition</span>
109extends <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>
110implements <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Named.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">Named</a></pre>
111<div class="block">Simple value classes that contain definitions of properties,
112 used during introspection of properties to use for
113 serialization and deserialization purposes.
114 These instances are created before actual <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanProperty.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind"><code>BeanProperty</code></a>
115 instances are created, i.e. they are used earlier in the process
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117 <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanProperty.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind"><code>BeanProperty</code></a> instances.</div>
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136<td class="colOne"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#BeanPropertyDefinition()">BeanPropertyDefinition</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
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154<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
155<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#couldDeserialize()">couldDeserialize</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
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158<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
159<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#couldSerialize()">couldSerialize</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
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162<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/ObjectIdInfo.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">ObjectIdInfo</a></code></td>
163<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#findObjectIdInfo()">findObjectIdInfo</a></strong>()</code>
164<div class="block">Method used to check whether this logical property indicates that
165 value POJOs should be written using additional Object Identifier
166 (or, when multiple references exist, all but first AS Object Identifier).</div>
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170<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/AnnotationIntrospector.ReferenceProperty.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">AnnotationIntrospector.ReferenceProperty</a></code></td>
171<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#findReferenceType()">findReferenceType</a></strong>()</code>
172<div class="block">Method used to find whether property is part of a bi-directional
173 reference.</div>
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178<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#findViews()">findViews</a></strong>()</code>
179<div class="block">Method used to find View-inclusion definitions for the property.</div>
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183<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</a></code></td>
184<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getAccessor()">getAccessor</a></strong>()</code>
185<div class="block">Method used to find accessor (getter, field to access) to use for accessing
186 value of the property.</div>
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190<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedParameter.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedParameter</a></code></td>
191<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getConstructorParameter()">getConstructorParameter</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
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194<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedField.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedField</a></code></td>
195<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getField()">getField</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
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198<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/PropertyName.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">PropertyName</a></code></td>
199<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getFullName()">getFullName</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
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203<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getGetter()">getGetter</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
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206<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <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>
207<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getInternalName()">getInternalName</a></strong>()</code>
208<div class="block">Accessor that can be used to determine implicit name from underlying
209 element(s) before possible renaming.</div>
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213<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/PropertyMetadata.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">PropertyMetadata</a></code></td>
214<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getMetadata()">getMetadata</a></strong>()</code>
215<div class="block">Method for accessing additional metadata.</div>
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219<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</a></code></td>
220<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getMutator()">getMutator</a></strong>()</code>
221<div class="block">Method used to find mutator (constructor parameter, setter, field) to use for
222 changing value of the property.</div>
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226<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <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>
227<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getName()">getName</a></strong>()</code>
228<div class="block">Accessor for name used for external representation (in JSON).</div>
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232<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</a></code></td>
233<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getNonConstructorMutator()">getNonConstructorMutator</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
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237<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getPrimaryMember()">getPrimaryMember</a></strong>()</code>
238<div class="block">Method used to find the property member (getter, setter, field) that has
239 the highest precedence in current context (getter method when serializing,
240 if available, and so forth), if any.</div>
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245<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getSetter()">getSetter</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
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248<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/PropertyName.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">PropertyName</a></code></td>
249<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getWrapperName()">getWrapperName</a></strong>()</code>
250<div class="block">Accessor for finding wrapper name to use for property (if any).</div>
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270<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract boolean</code></td>
271<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#isExplicitlyIncluded()">isExplicitlyIncluded</a></strong>()</code>
272<div class="block">Accessor that can be called to check whether property was included
273 due to an explicit marker (usually annotation), or just by naming
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278<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
279<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#isRequired()">isRequired</a></strong>()</code>
280<div class="block">Method used to check if this property is expected to have a value;
281 and if none found, should either be considered invalid (and most likely
282 fail deserialization), or handled by other means (by providing default
283 value)</div>
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287<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
288<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#isTypeId()">isTypeId</a></strong>()</code>
289<div class="block">Method used to check whether this logical property has a marker
290 to indicate it should be used as the type id for polymorphic type
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296<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#withName(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.PropertyName)">withName</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/PropertyName.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">PropertyName</a>&nbsp;newName)</code>
297<div class="block">Method that can be used to create a definition with
298 same settings as this one, but with different
299 (external) name; that is, one for which
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310<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">BeanPropertyDefinition</a></code></td>
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312<div class="block">Alternate "mutant factory" that will only change simple name, but
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362public&nbsp;<a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">BeanPropertyDefinition</a>&nbsp;withName(<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;newName)</pre>
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373<div class="block">Method that can be used to create a definition with
374 same settings as this one, but with different
375 (external) name; that is, one for which
376 <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html#getName()"><code>getName()</code></a> would return <code>newName</code>.</div>
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388<div class="block">Alternate "mutant factory" that will only change simple name, but
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424<div class="block">Accessor that can be used to determine implicit name from underlying
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449<div class="block">Method for accessing additional metadata.
450 NOTE: will never return null, so deferencing return value
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568<div class="block">Method used to find accessor (getter, field to access) to use for accessing
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603<div class="block">Method used to find the property member (getter, setter, field) that has
604 the highest precedence in current context (getter method when serializing,
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617<div class="block">Method used to find View-inclusion definitions for the property.</div>
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627<div class="block">Method used to find whether property is part of a bi-directional
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650<div class="block">Method used to check whether this logical property indicates that
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664 fail deserialization), or handled by other means (by providing default
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