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com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">BasicBeanDescription</a></dd> 101</dl> 102<hr> 103<br> 104<pre>public abstract class <span class="strong">BeanDescription</span> 105extends <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a></pre> 106<div class="block">Basic container for information gathered by <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/ClassIntrospector.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect"><code>ClassIntrospector</code></a> to 107 help in constructing serializers and deserializers. 108 Note that the main implementation type is 109 <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BasicBeanDescription.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect"><code>BasicBeanDescription</code></a>, 110 meaning that it is safe to upcast to this type.</div> 111</li> 112</ul> 113</div> 114<div class="summary"> 115<ul 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com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JavaType</a> type)</code> </td> 154</tr> 155</table> 156</li> 157</ul> 158<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 159<ul class="blockList"> 160<li class="blockList"><a name="method_summary"> 161<!-- --> 162</a> 163<h3>Method Summary</h3> 164<table class="overviewSummary" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" summary="Method Summary table, listing methods, and an explanation"> 165<caption><span>Methods</span><span class="tabEnd"> </span></caption> 166<tr> 167<th class="colFirst" scope="col">Modifier and Type</th> 168<th class="colLast" scope="col">Method and Description</th> 169</tr> 170<tr class="altColor"> 171<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/type/TypeBindings.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type">TypeBindings</a></code></td> 172<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#bindingsForBeanType()">bindingsForBeanType</a></strong>()</code> 173<div class="block"><strong>Deprecated.</strong> 174<div class="block"><i>Since 2.7, should not need to access bindings directly</i></div> 175</div> 176</td> 177</tr> 178<tr class="rowColor"> 179<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> 180<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findAnyGetter()">findAnyGetter</a></strong>()</code> </td> 181</tr> 182<tr class="altColor"> 183<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</a></code></td> 184<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findAnySetter()">findAnySetter</a></strong>()</code> 185<div class="block">Method used to locate the method of introspected class that 186 implements <a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.7/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonAnySetter.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"><code>JsonAnySetter</code></a>.</div> 187</td> 188</tr> 189<tr class="rowColor"> 190<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> 191<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findAnySetterField()">findAnySetterField</a></strong>()</code> 192<div class="block">Method used to locate the field of the class that implements 193 <a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.7/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonAnySetter.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"><code>JsonAnySetter</code></a> If no such method 194 exists null is returned.</div> 195</td> 196</tr> 197<tr class="altColor"> 198<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</a><<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>,<a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</a>></code></td> 199<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findBackReferenceProperties()">findBackReferenceProperties</a></strong>()</code> 200<div class="block">Method for locating all back-reference properties (setters, fields) bean has</div> 201</td> 202</tr> 203<tr class="rowColor"> 204<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td> 205<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findClassDescription()">findClassDescription</a></strong>()</code> 206<div class="block">Accessor for possible description for the bean type, used for constructing 207 documentation.</div> 208</td> 209</tr> 210<tr class="altColor"> 211<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedConstructor.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedConstructor</a></code></td> 212<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findDefaultConstructor()">findDefaultConstructor</a></strong>()</code> 213<div class="block">Method that will locate the no-arg constructor for this class, 214 if it has one, and that constructor has not been marked as 215 ignorable.</div> 216</td> 217</tr> 218<tr class="rowColor"> 219<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">Converter</a><<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>,<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>></code></td> 220<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findDeserializationConverter()">findDeserializationConverter</a></strong>()</code> 221<div class="block">Method for finding <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util"><code>Converter</code></a> used for serializing instances 222 of this class.</div> 223</td> 224</tr> 225<tr class="altColor"> 226<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.7/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonFormat.Value.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonFormat.Value</a></code></td> 227<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findExpectedFormat(com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat.Value)">findExpectedFormat</a></strong>(<a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.7/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonFormat.Value.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonFormat.Value</a> defValue)</code> 228<div class="block">Method for checking what is the expected format for POJO, as 229 defined by defaults and possible annotations.</div> 230</td> 231</tr> 232<tr class="rowColor"> 233<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Method.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect">Method</a></code></td> 234<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findFactoryMethod(java.lang.Class...)">findFactoryMethod</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a><?>... expArgTypes)</code> 235<div class="block">Method that can be called to find if introspected class declares 236 a static "valueOf" factory method that returns an instance of 237 introspected type, given one of acceptable types.</div> 238</td> 239</tr> 240<tr class="altColor"> 241<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</a><<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>,<a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</a>></code></td> 242<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findInjectables()">findInjectables</a></strong>()</code> </td> 243</tr> 244<tr class="rowColor"> 245<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</a></code></td> 246<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findJsonValueMethod()">findJsonValueMethod</a></strong>()</code> 247<div class="block">Method for locating the getter method that is annotated with 248 <a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.7/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonValue.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"><code>JsonValue</code></a> annotation, 249 if any.</div> 250</td> 251</tr> 252<tr class="altColor"> 253<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</a></code></td> 254<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findMethod(java.lang.String,%20java.lang.Class[])">findMethod</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a> name, 255 <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a><?>[] paramTypes)</code> </td> 256</tr> 257<tr class="rowColor"> 258<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a><?></code></td> 259<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findPOJOBuilder()">findPOJOBuilder</a></strong>()</code> 260<div class="block">Method for checking if the POJO type has annotations to 261 indicate that a builder is to be used for instantiating 262 instances and handling data binding, instead of standard 263 bean deserializer.</div> 264</td> 265</tr> 266<tr class="altColor"> 267<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/annotation/JsonPOJOBuilder.Value.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation">JsonPOJOBuilder.Value</a></code></td> 268<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findPOJOBuilderConfig()">findPOJOBuilderConfig</a></strong>()</code> 269<div class="block">Method for finding configuration for POJO Builder class.</div> 270</td> 271</tr> 272<tr class="rowColor"> 273<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</a><<a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">BeanPropertyDefinition</a>></code></td> 274<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findProperties()">findProperties</a></strong>()</code> </td> 275</tr> 276<tr class="altColor"> 277<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.7/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonInclude.Value.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonInclude.Value</a></code></td> 278<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findPropertyInclusion(com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Value)">findPropertyInclusion</a></strong>(<a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.7/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonInclude.Value.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonInclude.Value</a> defValue)</code> </td> 279</tr> 280<tr class="rowColor"> 281<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">Converter</a><<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>,<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>></code></td> 282<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findSerializationConverter()">findSerializationConverter</a></strong>()</code> 283<div class="block">Method for finding <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util"><code>Converter</code></a> used for serializing instances 284 of this class.</div> 285</td> 286</tr> 287<tr class="altColor"> 288<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect">Constructor</a><?></code></td> 289<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findSingleArgConstructor(java.lang.Class...)">findSingleArgConstructor</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a><?>... argTypes)</code> 290<div class="block">Method that can be called to locate a single-arg constructor that 291 takes specified exact type (will not accept supertype constructors)</div> 292</td> 293</tr> 294<tr class="rowColor"> 295<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a><?></code></td> 296<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#getBeanClass()">getBeanClass</a></strong>()</code> </td> 297</tr> 298<tr class="altColor"> 299<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Annotations.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">Annotations</a></code></td> 300<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#getClassAnnotations()">getClassAnnotations</a></strong>()</code> 301<div class="block">Method for accessing collection of annotations the bean 302 class has.</div> 303</td> 304</tr> 305<tr class="rowColor"> 306<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedClass.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedClass</a></code></td> 307<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#getClassInfo()">getClassInfo</a></strong>()</code> 308<div class="block">Method for accessing low-level information about Class this 309 item describes.</div> 310</td> 311</tr> 312<tr class="altColor"> 313<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</a><<a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedConstructor.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedConstructor</a>></code></td> 314<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#getConstructors()">getConstructors</a></strong>()</code> </td> 315</tr> 316<tr class="rowColor"> 317<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a 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