SerializerProvider (jackson-databind 2.7.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DatabindContext
- - com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultSerializerProvider
```
public abstract class SerializerProvider
extends DatabindContext
```
Class that defines API used by ObjectMapper and JsonSerializers to obtain serializers capable of serializing instances of specific types; as well as the default implementation of the functionality.
Provider handles caching aspects of serializer handling; all construction details are delegated to SerializerFactory instance.
Object life-cycle is such that an initial instance ("blueprint") is created and referenced by ObjectMapper and ObjectWriter intances; but for actual usage, a configured instance is created by using a create method in sub-class DefaultSerializerProvider. Only this instance can be used for actual serialization calls; blueprint object is only to be used for creating instances.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`protected ContextAttributes`	`_attributes` Lazily-constructed holder for per-call attributes.
`protected SerializationConfig`	`_config` Serialization configuration to use for serialization processing.
`protected DateFormat`	`_dateFormat` Lazily acquired and instantiated formatter object: initialized first time it is needed, reused afterwards.
`protected JsonSerializer<Object>`	`_keySerializer` Serializer used to output non-null keys of Maps (which will get output as JSON Objects), if not null; if null, us the standard default key serializer.
`protected ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap`	`_knownSerializers` For fast lookups, we will have a local non-shared read-only map that contains serializers previously fetched.
`protected JsonSerializer<Object>`	`_nullKeySerializer` Serializer used to (try to) output a null key, due to an entry of `Map` having null key.
`protected JsonSerializer<Object>`	`_nullValueSerializer` Serializer used to output a null value.
`protected Class<?>`	`_serializationView` View used for currently active serialization, if any.
`protected SerializerCache`	`_serializerCache` Cache for doing type-to-value-serializer lookups.
`protected SerializerFactory`	`_serializerFactory` Factory used for constructing actual serializer instances.
`protected boolean`	`_stdNullValueSerializer` Flag set to indicate that we are using vanilla null value serialization
`protected JsonSerializer<Object>`	`_unknownTypeSerializer` Serializer that gets called for values of types for which no serializers can be constructed.
`protected static boolean`	`CACHE_UNKNOWN_MAPPINGS` Setting for determining whether mappings for "unknown classes" should be cached for faster resolution.
`static JsonSerializer<Object>`	`DEFAULT_NULL_KEY_SERIALIZER`
`protected static JsonSerializer<Object>`	`DEFAULT_UNKNOWN_SERIALIZER` Placeholder serializer used when `java.lang.Object` typed property is marked to be serialized.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier	Constructor and Description
	`SerializerProvider()` Constructor for creating master (or "blue-print") provider object, which is only used as the template for constructing per-binding instances.
`protected`	`SerializerProvider(SerializerProvider src)` Copy-constructor used when making a copy of a blueprint instance.
`protected`	`SerializerProvider(SerializerProvider src, SerializationConfig config, SerializerFactory f)` "Copy-constructor", used by sub-classes when creating actual non-blueprint instances to use.

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`protected JsonSerializer<Object>`	`_createAndCacheUntypedSerializer(Class<?> rawType)` Method that will try to construct a value serializer; and if one is successfully created, cache it for reuse.
`protected JsonSerializer<Object>`	`_createAndCacheUntypedSerializer(JavaType type)`
`protected JsonSerializer<Object>`	`_createUntypedSerializer(JavaType type)`
`protected DateFormat`	`_dateFormat()`
`protected JsonSerializer<Object>`	`_findExplicitUntypedSerializer(Class<?> runtimeType)` Method that will try to find a serializer, either from cache or by constructing one; but will not return an "unknown" serializer if this can not be done but rather returns null.
`protected JsonSerializer<Object>`	`_handleContextualResolvable(JsonSerializer<?> ser, BeanProperty property)` Helper method called to resolve and contextualize given serializer, if and as necessary.
`protected JsonSerializer<Object>`	`_handleResolvable(JsonSerializer<?> ser)`
`protected void`	`_reportIncompatibleRootType(Object value, JavaType rootType)`
`boolean`	`canOverrideAccessModifiers()` Convenience method for accessing serialization view in use (if any); equivalent to:
`void`	`defaultSerializeDateKey(Date date, JsonGenerator gen)` Method that will handle serialization of Dates used as `Map` keys, based on `SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATE_KEYS_AS_TIMESTAMPS` value (and if using textual representation, configured date format)
`void`	`defaultSerializeDateKey(long timestamp, JsonGenerator gen)` Method that will handle serialization of Dates used as `Map` keys, based on `SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATE_KEYS_AS_TIMESTAMPS` value (and if using textual representation, configured date format)
`void`	`defaultSerializeDateValue(Date date, JsonGenerator gen)` Method that will handle serialization of Date(-like) values, using `SerializationConfig` settings to determine expected serialization behavior.
`void`	`defaultSerializeDateValue(long timestamp, JsonGenerator gen)` Method that will handle serialization of Date(-like) values, using `SerializationConfig` settings to determine expected serialization behavior.
`void`	`defaultSerializeField(String fieldName, Object value, JsonGenerator gen)` Convenience method that will serialize given field with specified value.
`void`	`defaultSerializeNull(JsonGenerator jgen)`
`void`	`defaultSerializeValue(Object value, JsonGenerator gen)` Convenience method that will serialize given value (which can be null) using standard serializer locating functionality.
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`findKeySerializer(Class<?> rawKeyType, BeanProperty property)`
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`findKeySerializer(JavaType keyType, BeanProperty property)` Method called to get the serializer to use for serializing non-null Map keys.
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`findNullKeySerializer(JavaType serializationType, BeanProperty property)` Method called to find a serializer to use for null values for given declared type.
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`findNullValueSerializer(BeanProperty property)` Method called to get the serializer to use for serializing null values for specified property.
`abstract WritableObjectId`	`findObjectId(Object forPojo, ObjectIdGenerator<?> generatorType)` Method called to find the Object Id for given POJO, if one has been generated.
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`findPrimaryPropertySerializer(Class<?> valueType, BeanProperty property)`
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`findPrimaryPropertySerializer(JavaType valueType, BeanProperty property)` Similar to `findValueSerializer(JavaType, BeanProperty)`, but used when finding "primary" property value serializer (one directly handling value of the property).
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`findTypedValueSerializer(Class<?> valueType, boolean cache, BeanProperty property)` Method called to locate regular serializer, matching type serializer, and if both found, wrap them in a serializer that calls both in correct sequence.
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`findTypedValueSerializer(JavaType valueType, boolean cache, BeanProperty property)` Method called to locate regular serializer, matching type serializer, and if both found, wrap them in a serializer that calls both in correct sequence.
`TypeSerializer`	`findTypeSerializer(JavaType javaType)` Method called to get the `TypeSerializer` to use for including Type Id necessary for serializing for the given Java class.
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`findValueSerializer(Class<?> valueType)` Method variant used when we do NOT want contextualization to happen; it will need to be handled at a later point, but caller wants to be able to do that as needed; sometimes to avoid infinite loops
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`findValueSerializer(Class<?> valueType, BeanProperty property)` Method called to get hold of a serializer for a value of given type; or if no such serializer can be found, a default handler (which may do a best-effort generic serialization or just simply throw an exception when invoked).
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`findValueSerializer(JavaType valueType)` Method variant used when we do NOT want contextualization to happen; it will need to be handled at a later point, but caller wants to be able to do that as needed; sometimes to avoid infinite loops
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`findValueSerializer(JavaType valueType, BeanProperty property)` Similar to `findValueSerializer(Class,BeanProperty)`, but takes full generics-aware type instead of raw class.
`Class<?>`	`getActiveView()` Accessor for locating currently active view, if any; returns null if no view has been set.
`AnnotationIntrospector`	`getAnnotationIntrospector()` Convenience method for accessing serialization view in use (if any); equivalent to:
`Object`	`getAttribute(Object key)` Method for accessing attributes available in this context.
`SerializationConfig`	`getConfig()` Method for accessing configuration for the serialization processing.
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`getDefaultNullKeySerializer()`
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`getDefaultNullValueSerializer()`
`JsonFormat.Value`	`getDefaultPropertyFormat(Class<?> baseType)`
`FilterProvider`	`getFilterProvider()` Convenience method for accessing provider to find serialization filters used, equivalent to calling:
`Locale`	`getLocale()` Method for accessing default Locale to use: convenience method for
`Class<?>`	`getSerializationView()` Deprecated. Since 2.2, use `getActiveView()` instead.
`TimeZone`	`getTimeZone()` Method for accessing default TimeZone to use: convenience method for
`TypeFactory`	`getTypeFactory()`
`JsonSerializer<Object>`	`getUnknownTypeSerializer(Class<?> unknownType)` Method called to get the serializer to use if provider can not determine an actual type-specific serializer to use; typically when none of `SerializerFactory` instances are able to construct a serializer.
`JsonSerializer<?>`	`handlePrimaryContextualization(JsonSerializer<?> ser, BeanProperty property)` Method called for primary property serializers (ones directly created to serialize values of a POJO property), to handle details of resolving `ContextualSerializer` with given property context.
`JsonSerializer<?>`	`handleSecondaryContextualization(JsonSerializer<?> ser, BeanProperty property)` Method called for secondary property serializers (ones NOT directly created to serialize values of a POJO property but instead created as a dependant serializer -- such as value serializers for structured types, or serializers for root values) to handle details of resolving `ContextualDeserializer` with given property context.
`boolean`	`hasSerializationFeatures(int featureMask)` "Bulk" access method for checking that all features specified by mask are enabled.
`boolean`	`isEnabled(MapperFeature feature)` Convenience method for checking whether specified serialization feature is enabled or not.
`boolean`	`isEnabled(SerializationFeature feature)` Convenience method for checking whether specified serialization feature is enabled or not.
`boolean`	`isUnknownTypeSerializer(JsonSerializer<?> ser)` Helper method called to see if given serializer is considered to be something returned by `getUnknownTypeSerializer(java.lang.Class<?>)`, that is, something for which no regular serializer was found or constructed.
`JsonMappingException`	`mappingException(String message, Object... args)`
`abstract JsonSerializer<Object>`	`serializerInstance(Annotated annotated, Object serDef)` Method that can be called to construct and configure serializer instance, either given a `Class` to instantiate (with default constructor), or an uninitialized serializer instance.
`SerializerProvider`	`setAttribute(Object key, Object value)` Method for setting per-call value of given attribute.
`void`	`setDefaultKeySerializer(JsonSerializer<Object> ks)` Method that can be used to specify serializer that will be used to write JSON property names matching null keys for Java Maps (which will throw an exception if try write such property name)
`void`	`setNullKeySerializer(JsonSerializer<Object> nks)` Method that can be used to specify serializer to use for serializing all non-null JSON property names, unless more specific key serializer is found (i.e.
`void`	`setNullValueSerializer(JsonSerializer<Object> nvs)` Method that can be used to specify serializer that will be used to write JSON values matching Java null values instead of default one (which simply writes JSON null).

Methods inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DatabindContext
constructSpecializedType, constructType, converterInstance, objectIdGeneratorInstance, objectIdResolverInstance

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - CACHE_UNKNOWN_MAPPINGS
```
protected static final boolean CACHE_UNKNOWN_MAPPINGS
```
    Setting for determining whether mappings for "unknown classes" should be cached for faster resolution. Usually this isn't needed, but maybe it is in some cases?
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - DEFAULT_NULL_KEY_SERIALIZER
```
public static final JsonSerializer<Object> DEFAULT_NULL_KEY_SERIALIZER
```
  - DEFAULT_UNKNOWN_SERIALIZER
```
protected static final JsonSerializer<Object> DEFAULT_UNKNOWN_SERIALIZER
```
    Placeholder serializer used when java.lang.Object typed property is marked to be serialized.
    NOTE: starting with 2.6, this instance is NOT used for any other types, and separate instances are constructed for "empty" Beans.
    NOTE: changed to protected for 2.3; no need to be publicly available.
  - _config
```
protected final SerializationConfig _config
```
    Serialization configuration to use for serialization processing.
  - _serializationView
```
protected final Class<?> _serializationView
```
    View used for currently active serialization, if any. Only set for non-blueprint instances.
  - _serializerFactory
```
protected final SerializerFactory _serializerFactory
```
    Factory used for constructing actual serializer instances. Only set for non-blueprint instances.
  - _serializerCache
```
protected final SerializerCache _serializerCache
```
    Cache for doing type-to-value-serializer lookups.
  - _attributes
```
protected transient ContextAttributes _attributes
```
    Lazily-constructed holder for per-call attributes. Only set for non-blueprint instances.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - _unknownTypeSerializer
```
protected JsonSerializer<Object> _unknownTypeSerializer
```
    Serializer that gets called for values of types for which no serializers can be constructed.
    The default serializer will simply thrown an exception.
  - _keySerializer
```
protected JsonSerializer<Object> _keySerializer
```
    Serializer used to output non-null keys of Maps (which will get output as JSON Objects), if not null; if null, us the standard default key serializer.
  - _nullValueSerializer
```
protected JsonSerializer<Object> _nullValueSerializer
```
    Serializer used to output a null value. Default implementation writes nulls using JsonGenerator.writeNull().
  - _nullKeySerializer
```
protected JsonSerializer<Object> _nullKeySerializer
```
    Serializer used to (try to) output a null key, due to an entry of Map having null key. The default implementation will throw an exception if this happens; alternative implementation (like one that would write an Empty String) can be defined.
  - _knownSerializers
```
protected final ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap _knownSerializers
```
    For fast lookups, we will have a local non-shared read-only map that contains serializers previously fetched.
  - _dateFormat
```
protected DateFormat _dateFormat
```
    Lazily acquired and instantiated formatter object: initialized first time it is needed, reused afterwards. Used via instances (not blueprints), so that access need not be thread-safe.
  - _stdNullValueSerializer
```
protected final boolean _stdNullValueSerializer
```
    Flag set to indicate that we are using vanilla null value serialization
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
- Constructor Detail
  - SerializerProvider
```
public SerializerProvider()
```
    Constructor for creating master (or "blue-print") provider object, which is only used as the template for constructing per-binding instances.
  - SerializerProvider
```
protected SerializerProvider(SerializerProvider src,
                  SerializationConfig config,
                  SerializerFactory f)
```
    "Copy-constructor", used by sub-classes when creating actual non-blueprint instances to use.
    
    Parameters:
    src - Blueprint object used as the baseline for this instance
  - SerializerProvider
```
protected SerializerProvider(SerializerProvider src)
```
    Copy-constructor used when making a copy of a blueprint instance.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
- Method Detail
  - setDefaultKeySerializer
```
public void setDefaultKeySerializer(JsonSerializer<Object> ks)
```
    Method that can be used to specify serializer that will be used to write JSON property names matching null keys for Java Maps (which will throw an exception if try write such property name)
  - setNullValueSerializer
```
public void setNullValueSerializer(JsonSerializer<Object> nvs)
```
    Method that can be used to specify serializer that will be used to write JSON values matching Java null values instead of default one (which simply writes JSON null).
    Note that you can get finer control over serializer to use by overriding findNullValueSerializer(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanProperty), which gets called once per each property.
  - setNullKeySerializer
```
public void setNullKeySerializer(JsonSerializer<Object> nks)
```
    Method that can be used to specify serializer to use for serializing all non-null JSON property names, unless more specific key serializer is found (i.e. if not custom key serializer has been registered for Java type).
    Note that key serializer registration are different from value serializer registrations.
  - getConfig
```
public final SerializationConfig getConfig()
```
    Method for accessing configuration for the serialization processing.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getConfig in class DatabindContext
  - getAnnotationIntrospector
```
public final AnnotationIntrospector getAnnotationIntrospector()
```
    Description copied from class: DatabindContext
    Convenience method for accessing serialization view in use (if any); equivalent to:
```
   getConfig().getAnnotationIntrospector();
```
    Specified by:
    
    getAnnotationIntrospector in class DatabindContext
  - getTypeFactory
```
public final TypeFactory getTypeFactory()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getTypeFactory in class DatabindContext
  - getActiveView
```
public final Class<?> getActiveView()
```
    Description copied from class: DatabindContext
    
    Accessor for locating currently active view, if any; returns null if no view has been set.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getActiveView in class DatabindContext
  - getSerializationView
```
@Deprecated
public final Class<?> getSerializationView()
```
    Deprecated. Since 2.2, use getActiveView() instead.
  - canOverrideAccessModifiers
```
public final boolean canOverrideAccessModifiers()
```
    Description copied from class: DatabindContext
    Convenience method for accessing serialization view in use (if any); equivalent to:
```
   getConfig().canOverrideAccessModifiers();
```
    Specified by:
    
    canOverrideAccessModifiers in class DatabindContext
  - isEnabled
```
public final boolean isEnabled(MapperFeature feature)
```
    Description copied from class: DatabindContext
    Convenience method for checking whether specified serialization feature is enabled or not. Shortcut for:
```
  getConfig().isEnabled(feature);
```
    Specified by:
    
    isEnabled in class DatabindContext
  - getDefaultPropertyFormat
```
public final JsonFormat.Value getDefaultPropertyFormat(Class<?> baseType)
```
    Specified by:
    
    getDefaultPropertyFormat in class DatabindContext
  - getLocale
```
public Locale getLocale()
```
    Method for accessing default Locale to use: convenience method for
```
   getConfig().getLocale();
```
    Specified by:
    
    getLocale in class DatabindContext
  - getTimeZone
```
public TimeZone getTimeZone()
```
    Method for accessing default TimeZone to use: convenience method for
```
   getConfig().getTimeZone();
```
    Specified by:
    
    getTimeZone in class DatabindContext
  - getAttribute
```
public Object getAttribute(Object key)
```
    Description copied from class: DatabindContext
    
    Method for accessing attributes available in this context. Per-call attributes have highest precedence; attributes set via ObjectReader or ObjectWriter have lower precedence.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getAttribute in class DatabindContext
    
    Parameters:
    key - Key of the attribute to get
    
    Returns:
    Value of the attribute, if any; null otherwise
  - setAttribute
```
public SerializerProvider setAttribute(Object key,
                              Object value)
```
    Description copied from class: DatabindContext
    
    Method for setting per-call value of given attribute. This will override any previously defined value for the attribute within this context.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setAttribute in class DatabindContext
    
    Parameters:
    key - Key of the attribute to set
    value - Value to set attribute to
    
    Returns:
    This context object, to allow chaining
  - isEnabled
```
public final boolean isEnabled(SerializationFeature feature)
```
    Convenience method for checking whether specified serialization feature is enabled or not. Shortcut for:
```
  getConfig().isEnabled(feature);
```
  - hasSerializationFeatures
```
public final boolean hasSerializationFeatures(int featureMask)
```
    "Bulk" access method for checking that all features specified by mask are enabled.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - getFilterProvider
```
public final FilterProvider getFilterProvider()
```
    Convenience method for accessing provider to find serialization filters used, equivalent to calling:
```
   getConfig().getFilterProvider();
```
  - findObjectId
```
public abstract WritableObjectId findObjectId(Object forPojo,
                            ObjectIdGenerator<?> generatorType)
```
    Method called to find the Object Id for given POJO, if one has been generated. Will always return a non-null Object; contents vary depending on whether an Object Id already exists or not.
  - findValueSerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> findValueSerializer(Class<?> valueType,
                                         BeanProperty property)
                                           throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method called to get hold of a serializer for a value of given type; or if no such serializer can be found, a default handler (which may do a best-effort generic serialization or just simply throw an exception when invoked).
    Note: this method is only called for non-null values; not for keys or null values. For these, check out other accessor methods.
    Note that serializers produced should NOT handle polymorphic serialization aspects; separate TypeSerializer is to be constructed by caller if and as necessary.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException - if there are fatal problems with accessing suitable serializer; including that of not finding any serializer
  - findValueSerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> findValueSerializer(JavaType valueType,
                                         BeanProperty property)
                                           throws JsonMappingException
```
    Similar to findValueSerializer(Class,BeanProperty), but takes full generics-aware type instead of raw class. This is necessary for accurate handling of external type information, to handle polymorphic types.
    
    Parameters:
    property - When creating secondary serializers, property for which serializer is needed: annotations of the property (or bean that contains it) may be checked to create contextual serializers.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
  - findValueSerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> findValueSerializer(Class<?> valueType)
                                           throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method variant used when we do NOT want contextualization to happen; it will need to be handled at a later point, but caller wants to be able to do that as needed; sometimes to avoid infinite loops
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - findValueSerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> findValueSerializer(JavaType valueType)
                                           throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method variant used when we do NOT want contextualization to happen; it will need to be handled at a later point, but caller wants to be able to do that as needed; sometimes to avoid infinite loops
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - findPrimaryPropertySerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> findPrimaryPropertySerializer(JavaType valueType,
                                                   BeanProperty property)
                                                     throws JsonMappingException
```
    Similar to findValueSerializer(JavaType, BeanProperty), but used when finding "primary" property value serializer (one directly handling value of the property). Difference has to do with contextual resolution, and method(s) called: this method should only be called when caller is certain that this is the primary property value serializer.
    
    Parameters:
    property - Property that is being handled; will never be null, and its type has to match valueType parameter.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - findPrimaryPropertySerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> findPrimaryPropertySerializer(Class<?> valueType,
                                                   BeanProperty property)
                                                     throws JsonMappingException
```
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - findTypedValueSerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> findTypedValueSerializer(Class<?> valueType,
                                              boolean cache,
                                              BeanProperty property)
                                                throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method called to locate regular serializer, matching type serializer, and if both found, wrap them in a serializer that calls both in correct sequence. This method is currently only used for root-level serializer handling to allow for simpler caching. A call can always be replaced by equivalent calls to access serializer and type serializer separately.
    
    Parameters:
    valueType - Type for purpose of locating a serializer; usually dynamic runtime type, but can also be static declared type, depending on configuration
    cache - Whether resulting value serializer should be cached or not; this is just a hint
    property - When creating secondary serializers, property for which serializer is needed: annotations of the property (or bean that contains it) may be checked to create contextual serializers.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
  - findTypedValueSerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> findTypedValueSerializer(JavaType valueType,
                                              boolean cache,
                                              BeanProperty property)
                                                throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method called to locate regular serializer, matching type serializer, and if both found, wrap them in a serializer that calls both in correct sequence. This method is currently only used for root-level serializer handling to allow for simpler caching. A call can always be replaced by equivalent calls to access serializer and type serializer separately.
    
    Parameters:
    valueType - Declared type of value being serialized (which may not be actual runtime type); used for finding both value serializer and type serializer to use for adding polymorphic type (if any)
    cache - Whether resulting value serializer should be cached or not; this is just a hint
    property - When creating secondary serializers, property for which serializer is needed: annotations of the property (or bean that contains it) may be checked to create contextual serializers.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
  - findTypeSerializer
```
public TypeSerializer findTypeSerializer(JavaType javaType)
                                  throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method called to get the TypeSerializer to use for including Type Id necessary for serializing for the given Java class. Useful for schema generators.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
    Since:
    
    2.6
  - findKeySerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> findKeySerializer(JavaType keyType,
                                       BeanProperty property)
                                         throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method called to get the serializer to use for serializing non-null Map keys. Separation from regular findValueSerializer(java.lang.Class<?>, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanProperty) method is because actual write method must be different (@link JsonGenerator#writeFieldName}; but also since behavior for some key types may differ.
    Note that the serializer itself can be called with instances of any Java object, but not nulls.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
  - findKeySerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> findKeySerializer(Class<?> rawKeyType,
                                       BeanProperty property)
                                         throws JsonMappingException
```
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
    Since:
    
    2.7
  - getDefaultNullKeySerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> getDefaultNullKeySerializer()
```
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - getDefaultNullValueSerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> getDefaultNullValueSerializer()
```
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - findNullKeySerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> findNullKeySerializer(JavaType serializationType,
                                           BeanProperty property)
                                             throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method called to find a serializer to use for null values for given declared type. Note that type is completely based on declared type, since nulls in Java have no type and thus runtime type can not be determined.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - findNullValueSerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> findNullValueSerializer(BeanProperty property)
                                               throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method called to get the serializer to use for serializing null values for specified property.
    Default implementation simply calls getDefaultNullValueSerializer(); can be overridden to add custom null serialization for properties of certain type or name. This gives method full granularity to basically override null handling for any specific property or class of properties.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - getUnknownTypeSerializer
```
public JsonSerializer<Object> getUnknownTypeSerializer(Class<?> unknownType)
```
    Method called to get the serializer to use if provider can not determine an actual type-specific serializer to use; typically when none of SerializerFactory instances are able to construct a serializer.
    Typically, returned serializer will throw an exception, although alternatively ToStringSerializer could be returned as well.
    
    Parameters:
    unknownType - Type for which no serializer is found
  - isUnknownTypeSerializer
```
public boolean isUnknownTypeSerializer(JsonSerializer<?> ser)
```
    Helper method called to see if given serializer is considered to be something returned by getUnknownTypeSerializer(java.lang.Class<?>), that is, something for which no regular serializer was found or constructed.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - serializerInstance
```
public abstract JsonSerializer<Object> serializerInstance(Annotated annotated,
                                        Object serDef)
                                                   throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method that can be called to construct and configure serializer instance, either given a Class to instantiate (with default constructor), or an uninitialized serializer instance. Either way, serialize will be properly resolved (via ResolvableSerializer) and/or contextualized (via ContextualSerializer) as necessary.
    
    Parameters:
    annotated - Annotated entity that contained definition
    serDef - Serializer definition: either an instance or class
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
  - handlePrimaryContextualization
```
public JsonSerializer<?> handlePrimaryContextualization(JsonSerializer<?> ser,
                                               BeanProperty property)
                                                 throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method called for primary property serializers (ones directly created to serialize values of a POJO property), to handle details of resolving ContextualSerializer with given property context.
    
    Parameters:
    property - Property for which the given primary serializer is used; never null.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - handleSecondaryContextualization
```
public JsonSerializer<?> handleSecondaryContextualization(JsonSerializer<?> ser,
                                                 BeanProperty property)
                                                   throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method called for secondary property serializers (ones NOT directly created to serialize values of a POJO property but instead created as a dependant serializer -- such as value serializers for structured types, or serializers for root values) to handle details of resolving ContextualDeserializer with given property context. Given that these serializers are not directly related to given property (or, in case of root value property, to any property), annotations accessible may or may not be relevant.
    
    Parameters:
    property - Property for which serializer is used, if any; null when deserializing root values
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - defaultSerializeValue
```
public final void defaultSerializeValue(Object value,
                         JsonGenerator gen)
                                 throws IOException
```
    Convenience method that will serialize given value (which can be null) using standard serializer locating functionality. It can be called for all values including field and Map values, but usually field values are best handled calling defaultSerializeField(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator) instead.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - defaultSerializeField
```
public final void defaultSerializeField(String fieldName,
                         Object value,
                         JsonGenerator gen)
                                 throws IOException
```
    Convenience method that will serialize given field with specified value. Value may be null. Serializer is done using the usual null) using standard serializer locating functionality.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - defaultSerializeDateValue
```
public final void defaultSerializeDateValue(long timestamp,
                             JsonGenerator gen)
                                     throws IOException
```
    Method that will handle serialization of Date(-like) values, using SerializationConfig settings to determine expected serialization behavior. Note: date here means "full" date, that is, date AND time, as per Java convention (and not date-only values like in SQL)
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - defaultSerializeDateValue
```
public final void defaultSerializeDateValue(Date date,
                             JsonGenerator gen)
                                     throws IOException
```
    Method that will handle serialization of Date(-like) values, using SerializationConfig settings to determine expected serialization behavior. Note: date here means "full" date, that is, date AND time, as per Java convention (and not date-only values like in SQL)
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - defaultSerializeDateKey
```
public void defaultSerializeDateKey(long timestamp,
                           JsonGenerator gen)
                             throws IOException
```
    Method that will handle serialization of Dates used as Map keys, based on SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATE_KEYS_AS_TIMESTAMPS value (and if using textual representation, configured date format)
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - defaultSerializeDateKey
```
public void defaultSerializeDateKey(Date date,
                           JsonGenerator gen)
                             throws IOException
```
    Method that will handle serialization of Dates used as Map keys, based on SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATE_KEYS_AS_TIMESTAMPS value (and if using textual representation, configured date format)
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - defaultSerializeNull
```
public final void defaultSerializeNull(JsonGenerator jgen)
                                throws IOException
```
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - mappingException
```
public JsonMappingException mappingException(String message,
                                    Object... args)
```
    Since:
    
    2.6
  - _reportIncompatibleRootType
```
protected void _reportIncompatibleRootType(Object value,
                               JavaType rootType)
                                    throws IOException
```
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - _findExplicitUntypedSerializer
```
protected JsonSerializer<Object> _findExplicitUntypedSerializer(Class<?> runtimeType)
                                                         throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method that will try to find a serializer, either from cache or by constructing one; but will not return an "unknown" serializer if this can not be done but rather returns null.
    
    Returns:
    Serializer if one can be found, null if not.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
  - _createAndCacheUntypedSerializer
```
protected JsonSerializer<Object> _createAndCacheUntypedSerializer(Class<?> rawType)
                                                           throws JsonMappingException
```
    Method that will try to construct a value serializer; and if one is successfully created, cache it for reuse.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
  - _createAndCacheUntypedSerializer
```
protected JsonSerializer<Object> _createAndCacheUntypedSerializer(JavaType type)
                                                           throws JsonMappingException
```
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
  - _createUntypedSerializer
```
protected JsonSerializer<Object> _createUntypedSerializer(JavaType type)
                                                   throws JsonMappingException
```
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
    Since:
    
    2.1
  - _handleContextualResolvable
```
protected JsonSerializer<Object> _handleContextualResolvable(JsonSerializer<?> ser,
                                                 BeanProperty property)
                                                      throws JsonMappingException
```
    Helper method called to resolve and contextualize given serializer, if and as necessary.
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
  - _handleResolvable
```
protected JsonSerializer<Object> _handleResolvable(JsonSerializer<?> ser)
                                            throws JsonMappingException
```
    Throws:
    
    JsonMappingException
  - _dateFormat
```
protected final DateFormat _dateFormat()
```

Class SerializerProvider

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DatabindContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

CACHE_UNKNOWN_MAPPINGS

DEFAULT_NULL_KEY_SERIALIZER

DEFAULT_UNKNOWN_SERIALIZER

_config

_serializationView

_serializerFactory

_serializerCache

_attributes

_unknownTypeSerializer

_keySerializer

_nullValueSerializer

_nullKeySerializer

_knownSerializers

_dateFormat

_stdNullValueSerializer

Constructor Detail

SerializerProvider

SerializerProvider

SerializerProvider

Method Detail

setDefaultKeySerializer

setNullValueSerializer

setNullKeySerializer

getConfig

getAnnotationIntrospector

getTypeFactory

getActiveView

getSerializationView

canOverrideAccessModifiers

isEnabled

getDefaultPropertyFormat

getLocale

getTimeZone

getAttribute

setAttribute

isEnabled

hasSerializationFeatures

getFilterProvider

findObjectId

findValueSerializer

findValueSerializer

findValueSerializer

findValueSerializer

findPrimaryPropertySerializer

findPrimaryPropertySerializer

findTypedValueSerializer

findTypedValueSerializer

findTypeSerializer

findKeySerializer

findKeySerializer

getDefaultNullKeySerializer

getDefaultNullValueSerializer

findNullKeySerializer

findNullValueSerializer

getUnknownTypeSerializer

isUnknownTypeSerializer

serializerInstance

handlePrimaryContextualization

handleSecondaryContextualization

defaultSerializeValue

defaultSerializeField

defaultSerializeDateValue

defaultSerializeDateValue

defaultSerializeDateKey

defaultSerializeDateKey

defaultSerializeNull

mappingException

_reportIncompatibleRootType

_findExplicitUntypedSerializer

_createAndCacheUntypedSerializer

_createAndCacheUntypedSerializer

_createUntypedSerializer

_handleContextualResolvable