All Known Implementing Classes:

Serializers.Base, Serializers.None, SimpleSerializers
```
public interface Serializers
```
Interface that defines API for simple extensions that can provide additional serializers for various types. Access is by a single callback method; instance is to either return a configured JsonSerializer for specified type, or null to indicate that it does not support handling of the type. In latter case, further calls can be made for other providers; in former case returned serializer is used for handling of instances of specified type.

Since:

1.7

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static class`	`Serializers.Base`	Basic `Serializers` implementation that implements all methods but provides no serializers.
`static class`	`Serializers.None`	Deprecated. As of 1.9, use `Serializers.Base` instead

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`JsonSerializer<?>`	`findArraySerializer(SerializationConfig config, ArrayType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, BeanProperty property, TypeSerializer elementTypeSerializer, JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> elementValueSerializer)`	Method called by serialization framework first time a serializer is needed for specified array type.
`JsonSerializer<?>`	`findCollectionLikeSerializer(SerializationConfig config, CollectionLikeType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, BeanProperty property, TypeSerializer elementTypeSerializer, JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> elementValueSerializer)`
`JsonSerializer<?>`	`findCollectionSerializer(SerializationConfig config, CollectionType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, BeanProperty property, TypeSerializer elementTypeSerializer, JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> elementValueSerializer)`
`JsonSerializer<?>`	`findMapLikeSerializer(SerializationConfig config, MapLikeType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, BeanProperty property, JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> keySerializer, TypeSerializer elementTypeSerializer, JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> elementValueSerializer)`
`JsonSerializer<?>`	`findMapSerializer(SerializationConfig config, MapType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, BeanProperty property, JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> keySerializer, TypeSerializer elementTypeSerializer, JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> elementValueSerializer)`
`JsonSerializer<?>`	`findSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, BeanProperty property)`	Method called by serialization framework first time a serializer is needed for specified type, which is not of a container type (for which other methods are called).

Method Detail

findSerializer
```
JsonSerializer<?> findSerializer(SerializationConfig config,
                                 JavaType type,
                                 BeanDescription beanDesc,
                                 BeanProperty property)
```
Method called by serialization framework first time a serializer is needed for specified type, which is not of a container type (for which other methods are called).
Note: in version 1.7, this method was called to find serializers for all type, including container types.

Parameters:

type - Fully resolved type of instances to serialize

config - Serialization configuration in use

beanDesc - Additional information about type; will always be of type BasicBeanDescription (that is, safe to cast to this more specific type)

property - Property that contains values to serialize

Returns:

Configured serializer to use for the type; or null if implementation does not recognize or support type

findArraySerializer

JsonSerializer<?> findArraySerializer(SerializationConfig config,
                                      ArrayType type,
                                      BeanDescription beanDesc,
                                      BeanProperty property,
                                      TypeSerializer elementTypeSerializer,
                                      JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> elementValueSerializer)

Method called by serialization framework first time a serializer is needed for specified array type. Implementation should return a serializer instance if it supports specified type; or null if it does not.

Since:: 1.8

findCollectionSerializer

JsonSerializer<?> findCollectionSerializer(SerializationConfig config,
                                           CollectionType type,
                                           BeanDescription beanDesc,
                                           BeanProperty property,
                                           TypeSerializer elementTypeSerializer,
                                           JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> elementValueSerializer)

findCollectionLikeSerializer

JsonSerializer<?> findCollectionLikeSerializer(SerializationConfig config,
                                               CollectionLikeType type,
                                               BeanDescription beanDesc,
                                               BeanProperty property,
                                               TypeSerializer elementTypeSerializer,
                                               JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> elementValueSerializer)

findMapSerializer

JsonSerializer<?> findMapSerializer(SerializationConfig config,
                                    MapType type,
                                    BeanDescription beanDesc,
                                    BeanProperty property,
                                    JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> keySerializer,
                                    TypeSerializer elementTypeSerializer,
                                    JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> elementValueSerializer)

findMapLikeSerializer

JsonSerializer<?> findMapLikeSerializer(SerializationConfig config,
                                        MapLikeType type,
                                        BeanDescription beanDesc,
                                        BeanProperty property,
                                        JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> keySerializer,
                                        TypeSerializer elementTypeSerializer,
                                        JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object> elementValueSerializer)

Interface Serializers