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(method <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JsonNode.html#isValueNode()"><code>JsonNode.isValueNode()</code></a> returns true), 343 otherwise empty String.</div> 344<dl> 345<dt><strong>Specified by:</strong></dt> 346<dd><code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JsonNode.html#asText()">asText</a></code> in class <code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JsonNode.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JsonNode</a></code></dd> 347</dl> 348</li> 349</ul> 350<a name="serialize(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider)"> 351<!-- --> 352</a> 353<ul class="blockList"> 354<li class="blockList"> 355<h4>serialize</h4> 356<pre>public final void serialize(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator jg, 357 <a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/SerializerProvider.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">SerializerProvider</a> provider) 358 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>, 359 com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException</pre> 360<div class="block"><strong>Description copied from class: <code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/BaseJsonNode.html#serialize(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider)">BaseJsonNode</a></code></strong></div> 361<div class="block">Method called to serialize node instances using given generator.</div> 362<dl> 363<dt><strong>Specified by:</strong></dt> 364<dd><code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JsonSerializable.html#serialize(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider)">serialize</a></code> in interface <code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JsonSerializable.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JsonSerializable</a></code></dd> 365<dt><strong>Specified by:</strong></dt> 366<dd><code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/BaseJsonNode.html#serialize(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider)">serialize</a></code> in class <code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/BaseJsonNode.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node">BaseJsonNode</a></code></dd> 367<dt><span class="strong">Throws:</span></dt> 368<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> 369<dd><code>com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException</code></dd></dl> 370</li> 371</ul> 372<a name="equals(java.lang.Object)"> 373<!-- --> 374</a> 375<ul class="blockListLast"> 376<li class="blockList"> 377<h4>equals</h4> 378<pre>public boolean equals(<a 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This means that it is possible to compare complete 382 JSON trees for equality by comparing equality of root nodes. 383<p> 384 Note: marked as abstract to ensure all implementation 385 classes define it properly and not rely on definition 386 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> 387<dl> 388<dt><strong>Specified by:</strong></dt> 389<dd><code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JsonNode.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</a></code> in class <code><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JsonNode.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JsonNode</a></code></dd> 390</dl> 391</li> 392</ul> 393</li> 394</ul> 395</li> 396</ul> 397</div> 398</div> 399<!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> 400<!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> 401<div class="bottomNav"><a name="navbar_bottom"> 402<!-- --> 403</a><a href="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></a><a name="navbar_bottom_firstrow"> 404<!-- --> 405</a> 406<ul class="navList" title="Navigation"> 407<li><a href="../../../../../overview-summary.html">Overview</a></li> 408<li><a href="package-summary.html">Package</a></li> 409<li class="navBarCell1Rev">Class</li> 410<li><a href="class-use/NullNode.html">Use</a></li> 411<li><a href="package-tree.html">Tree</a></li> 412<li><a href="../../../../../deprecated-list.html">Deprecated</a></li> 413<li><a href="../../../../../index-all.html">Index</a></li> 414<li><a href="../../../../../help-doc.html">Help</a></li> 415</ul> 416</div> 417<div class="subNav"> 418<ul class="navList"> 419<li><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/MissingNode.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node"><span class="strong">Prev Class</span></a></li> 420<li><a href="../../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/NumericNode.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node"><span class="strong">Next Class</span></a></li> 421</ul> 422<ul class="navList"> 423<li><a href="../../../../../index.html?com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/NullNode.html" target="_top">Frames</a></li> 424<li><a href="NullNode.html" target="_top">No Frames</a></li> 425</ul> 426<ul class="navList" id="allclasses_navbar_bottom"> 427<li><a href="../../../../../allclasses-noframe.html">All Classes</a></li> 428</ul> 429<div> 430<script type="text/javascript"><!-- 431 allClassesLink = document.getElementById("allclasses_navbar_bottom"); 432 if(window==top) { 433 allClassesLink.style.display = "block"; 434 } 435 else { 436 allClassesLink.style.display = "none"; 437 } 438 //--> 439</script> 440</div> 441<div> 442<ul class="subNavList"> 443<li>Summary: </li> 444<li>Nested | </li> 445<li><a href="#field_summary">Field</a> | </li> 446<li>Constr | </li> 447<li><a href="#method_summary">Method</a></li> 448</ul> 449<ul class="subNavList"> 450<li>Detail: </li> 451<li><a href="#field_detail">Field</a> | </li> 452<li>Constr | </li> 453<li><a href="#method_detail">Method</a></li> 454</ul> 455</div> 456<a name="skip-navbar_bottom"> 457<!-- --> 458</a></div> 459<!-- ======== END OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ======= --> 460<p class="legalCopy"><small>Copyright © 2014-2015 <a href="http://fasterxml.com/">FasterXML</a>. 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