Uses of Class
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType

Packages that use JavaType

Package	Description
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind	Basic data binding (mapping) functionality that allows for reading JSON content into Java Objects (POJOs) and JSON Trees (JsonNode), as well as writing Java Objects and trees as JSON.
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg	Package that contains most of configuration-related classes; exception being couple of most-commonly used configuration things (like Feature enumerations) that are at the main level (com.fasterxml.jackson.databind).
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser	Contains implementation classes of deserialization part of data binding.
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl	Contains those implementation classes of deserialization part of data binding that are not considered part of public or semi-public interfaces.
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std	Contains public standard implementations of abstraction that Jackson uses.
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ext	Contains extended support for "external" packages: things that may or may not be present in runtime environment, but that are commonly enough used so that explicit support can be added.
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect	Functionality needed for Bean introspection, required for detecting accessors and mutators for Beans, as well as locating and handling method annotations.
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors	Classes used for exposing logical structure of POJOs as Jackson sees it, and exposed via ObjectMapper.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(Class, JsonFormatVisitorWrapper) and ObjectMapper.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType, JsonFormatVisitorWrapper) methods.
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype	Package that contains interfaces that define how to implement functionality for dynamically resolving type during deserialization.
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl	Package that contains standard implementations for TypeResolverBuilder and TypeIdResolver.
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module	Package that contains classes and interfaces to help implement custom extension Modules (which are registered using ObjectMapper.registerModule(Module).
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser	Contains implementation classes of serialization part of data binding.
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl	Contains implementation classes of serialization part of data binding.
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type	Package that contains concrete implementations of JavaType, as well as the factory (TypeFactory) for constructing instances from various input data types (like Class, Type) and programmatically (for structured types, arrays, Lists and Maps).
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util	Utility classes for Mapper package.

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind declared as JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected JavaType	ObjectReader._jsonNodeType	Lazily resolved JavaType for JsonNode
protected final JavaType	BeanDescription._type	Bean type information, including raw class and possible generics information
protected final JavaType	BeanProperty.Std._type
protected final JavaType	MappingIterator._type	Type to bind individual elements to.
protected final JavaType	ObjectReader._valueType	Declared type of value to instantiate during deserialization.

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind with type parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected LinkedNode<JavaType>	DeserializationContext._currentType	Type of JsonDeserializer (or, more specifically, ContextualDeserializer) that is being contextualized currently.
protected final ConcurrentHashMap<JavaType, JsonDeserializer<Object>>	ObjectMapper._rootDeserializers	We will use a separate main-level Map for keeping track of root-level deserializers.
protected final ConcurrentHashMap<JavaType, JsonDeserializer<Object>>	ObjectReader._rootDeserializers	Root-level cached deserializers.

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected final JavaType	ObjectReader._jsonNodeType()
protected JavaType	JavaType._narrow(Class<?> subclass)	Deprecated.
abstract JavaType	DatabindContext.constructSpecializedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> subclass)	Convenience method for constructing subtypes, retaining generic type parameter (if any).
JavaType	DeserializationContext.constructSpecializedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> subclass)
JavaType	SerializerProvider.constructSpecializedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> subclass)
JavaType	DatabindContext.constructType(Type type)	Convenience method for constructing JavaType for given JDK type (usually Class)
final JavaType	DeserializationContext.constructType(Class<?> cls)	Convenience method, functionally equivalent to:
JavaType	ObjectMapper.constructType(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference<?> typeRef)	Convenience method for constructing JavaType out of given type reference.
JavaType	ObjectMapper.constructType(Type t)	Convenience method for constructing JavaType out of given type (typically java.lang.Class), but without explicit context.
abstract JavaType	JavaType.containedType(int index)
JavaType	JavaType.containedTypeOrUnknown(int index)	Convenience method that is functionally same as: JavaType t = containedType(index); if (t == null) { t = TypeFactory.unknownType(); } and typically used to eliminate need for null checks for common case where we just want to check if containedType is available first; and if not, use "unknown type" (which translates to java.lang.Object basically).
abstract JavaType	JavaType.findSuperType(Class<?> erasedTarget)	Method that may be called to find representation of given type within type hierarchy of this type: either this type (if this type has given erased type), one of its supertypes that has the erased types, or null if target is neither this type or any of its supertypes.
JavaType	AbstractTypeResolver.findTypeMapping(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)	Try to locate a subtype for given abstract type, to either resolve to a concrete type, or at least to a more-specific (and hopefully supported) abstract type, one which may have registered deserializers.
abstract JavaType[]	JavaType.findTypeParameters(Class<?> expType)	Method that may be used to find paramaterization this type has for given type-erased generic target type.
JavaType	JavaType.forcedNarrowBy(Class<?> subclass)	Deprecated.
JavaType	JavaType.getContentType()
JavaType	DeserializationContext.getContextualType()	Accessor to JavaType of currently contextualized ContextualDeserializer, if any.
JavaType	JavaType.getKeyType()
JavaType	JavaType.getReferencedType()
abstract JavaType	JavaType.getSuperClass()	Accessor for finding fully resolved parent class of this type, if it has one; null if not.
JavaType	BeanDescription.getType()	Method for accessing declared type of bean being introspected, including full generic type information (from declaration)
JavaType	BeanProperty.Bogus.getType()
JavaType	BeanProperty.getType()	Method to get declared type of the property.
JavaType	BeanProperty.Std.getType()
JavaType	ObjectReader.getValueType()
JavaType	DeserializationContext.handleMissingTypeId(JavaType baseType, TypeIdResolver idResolver, String extraDesc)
JavaType	DeserializationContext.handleUnknownTypeId(JavaType baseType, String id, TypeIdResolver idResolver, String extraDesc)	Method that deserializers should call if they encounter a type id (for polymorphic deserialization) that cannot be resolved to an actual type; usually since there is no mapping defined.
abstract JavaType	JavaType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)	Mutant factory method that will try to create and return a sub-type instance for known parameterized types; for other types will return `null` to indicate that no just refinement makes necessary sense, without trying to detect special status through implemented interfaces.
JavaType	AnnotationIntrospector.refineDeserializationType(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated a, JavaType baseType)	Method called to find out possible type refinements to use for deserialization.
JavaType	AnnotationIntrospector.refineSerializationType(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated a, JavaType baseType)	Method called to find out possible type refinements to use for deserialization, including not just value itself but key and/or content type, if type has those.
JavaType	AbstractTypeResolver.resolveAbstractType(DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription typeDesc)	Method called to try to resolve an abstract type into concrete type (usually for purposes of deserializing), when no concrete implementation was found.
JavaType	AbstractTypeResolver.resolveAbstractType(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)	Deprecated. since 2.8 (may be removed from 2.9 or later)
JavaType	DatabindContext.resolveAndValidateSubType(JavaType baseType, String subClass, PolymorphicTypeValidator ptv)	Lookup method similar to DatabindContext.resolveSubType(JavaType, String) but one that also validates that resulting subtype is valid according to given PolymorphicTypeValidator.
JavaType	DatabindContext.resolveSubType(JavaType baseType, String subClassName)	Lookup method called when code needs to resolve class name from input; usually simple lookup.
abstract JavaType	BeanDescription.resolveType(Type jdkType)	Deprecated. Since 2.8, should simply call getType of property accessor directly.
abstract JavaType	JavaType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)	Mutant factory method that may be called on structured types that have a so-called content type (element of arrays, value type of Maps, referenced type of referential types), and will construct a new instance that is identical to this instance, except that it has specified content type, instead of current one.
abstract JavaType	JavaType.withContentTypeHandler(Object h)	Internal method that should not be used by any code outside of jackson-databind: only used internally by databind.
abstract JavaType	JavaType.withContentValueHandler(Object h)	Internal method that should not be used by any code outside of jackson-databind: only used internally by databind.
JavaType	JavaType.withHandlersFrom(JavaType src)	Internal method that should not be used by any code outside of jackson-databind: only used internally by databind.
abstract JavaType	JavaType.withStaticTyping()	Method that can be called to get a type instance that indicates that values of the type should be handled using "static typing" for purposes of serialization (as opposed to "dynamic" aka runtime typing): meaning that no runtime information is needed for determining serializers to use.
abstract JavaType	JavaType.withTypeHandler(Object h)	Internal method that should not be used by any code outside of jackson-databind: only used internally by databind.
abstract JavaType	JavaType.withValueHandler(Object h)	Internal method that should not be used by any code outside of jackson-databind: only used internally by databind.

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind that return types with arguments of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract List<JavaType>	JavaType.getInterfaces()	Accessor for finding fully resolved interfaces this type implements, if any; empty array if none.

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected Object	ObjectMapper._convert(Object fromValue, JavaType toValueType)	Actual conversion implementation: instead of using existing read and write methods, much of code is inlined.
protected JsonSerializer<Object>	SerializerProvider._createAndCacheUntypedSerializer(JavaType type)
protected JsonSerializer<Object>	SerializerProvider._createUntypedSerializer(JavaType type)
protected JsonDeserializer<Object>	ObjectMapper._findRootDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType valueType)	Method called to locate deserializer for the passed root-level value.
protected com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken	ObjectMapper._initForReading(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, JavaType targetType)	Method called to ensure that given parser is ready for reading content for data binding.
protected ObjectReader	ObjectReader._new(ObjectReader base, DeserializationConfig config, JavaType valueType, JsonDeserializer<Object> rootDeser, Object valueToUpdate, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.FormatSchema schema, InjectableValues injectableValues, DataFormatReaders dataFormatReaders)	Overridable factory method called by various "withXxx()" methods
protected ObjectReader	ObjectMapper._newReader(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType valueType, Object valueToUpdate, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.FormatSchema schema, InjectableValues injectableValues)	Factory method sub-classes must override, to produce ObjectReader instances of proper sub-type
protected ObjectWriter	ObjectMapper._newWriter(SerializationConfig config, JavaType rootType, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.PrettyPrinter pp)	Factory method sub-classes must override, to produce ObjectWriter instances of proper sub-type
protected JsonDeserializer<Object>	ObjectReader._prefetchRootDeserializer(JavaType valueType)	Method called to locate deserializer ahead of time, if permitted by configuration.
protected Object	ObjectMapper._readMapAndClose(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p0, JavaType valueType)
protected Object	ObjectMapper._readValue(DeserializationConfig cfg, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, JavaType valueType)	Actual implementation of value reading+binding operation.
protected void	SerializerProvider._reportIncompatibleRootType(Object value, JavaType rootType)
protected <T> T	DatabindContext._throwNotASubtype(JavaType baseType, String subType)
protected <T> T	DatabindContext._throwSubtypeClassNotAllowed(JavaType baseType, String subType, PolymorphicTypeValidator ptv)
protected <T> T	DatabindContext._throwSubtypeNameNotAllowed(JavaType baseType, String subType, PolymorphicTypeValidator ptv)
protected final void	ObjectMapper._verifyNoTrailingTokens(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType bindType)
protected final void	ObjectReader._verifyNoTrailingTokens(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType bindType)
protected SequenceWriter	SequenceWriter._writeCloseableValue(Object value, JavaType type)
void	JsonSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType type)	Default implementation simply calls JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.expectAnyFormat(JavaType).
void	ObjectMapper.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JavaType type, JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor)	Method for visiting type hierarchy for given type, using specified visitor.
void	ObjectWriter.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JavaType type, JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor)	Method for visiting type hierarchy for given type, using specified visitor.
TypeDeserializer	ObjectMapper.DefaultTypeResolverBuilder.buildTypeDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType baseType, Collection<NamedType> subtypes)
TypeSerializer	ObjectMapper.DefaultTypeResolverBuilder.buildTypeSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType baseType, Collection<NamedType> subtypes)
boolean	ObjectMapper.canDeserialize(JavaType type)	Method that can be called to check whether mapper thinks it could deserialize an Object of given type.
boolean	ObjectMapper.canDeserialize(JavaType type, AtomicReference<Throwable> cause)	Method similar to ObjectMapper.canDeserialize(JavaType) but that can return actual Throwable that was thrown when trying to construct serializer: this may be useful in figuring out what the actual problem is.
abstract JavaType	DatabindContext.constructSpecializedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> subclass)	Convenience method for constructing subtypes, retaining generic type parameter (if any).
JavaType	DeserializationContext.constructSpecializedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> subclass)
JavaType	SerializerProvider.constructSpecializedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> subclass)
<T> T	ObjectMapper.convertValue(Object fromValue, JavaType toValueType)	See ObjectMapper.convertValue(Object, Class)
JsonSerializer<Object>	SerializerProvider.findContentValueSerializer(JavaType valueType, BeanProperty property)	Alternative to SerializerProvider.findPrimaryPropertySerializer(JavaType, BeanProperty) called not for primary value, but "content" of such primary serializer: element of an array or Collection, value of Map entry and so on.
final JsonDeserializer<Object>	DeserializationContext.findContextualValueDeserializer(JavaType type, BeanProperty prop)	Method for finding a value deserializer, and creating a contextual version if necessary, for value reached via specified property.
final KeyDeserializer	DeserializationContext.findKeyDeserializer(JavaType keyType, BeanProperty prop)	Convenience method, functionally same as:
JsonSerializer<Object>	SerializerProvider.findKeySerializer(JavaType keyType, BeanProperty property)	Method called to get the serializer to use for serializing non-null Map keys.
final JsonDeserializer<Object>	DeserializationContext.findNonContextualValueDeserializer(JavaType type)	Variant that will try to locate deserializer for current type, but without performing any contextualization (unlike DeserializationContext.findContextualValueDeserializer(JavaType, BeanProperty)) or checking for need to create a TypeDeserializer (unlike DeserializationContext.findRootValueDeserializer(JavaType).
JsonSerializer<Object>	SerializerProvider.findNullKeySerializer(JavaType serializationType, BeanProperty property)	Method called to find a serializer to serializes Map keys that are nulls, as JSON does not allow any non-String value as a key, including null.
JsonSerializer<Object>	SerializerProvider.findPrimaryPropertySerializer(JavaType valueType, BeanProperty property)	Similar to SerializerProvider.findValueSerializer(JavaType, BeanProperty), but used when finding "primary" property value serializer (one directly handling value of the property).
TypeResolverBuilder<?>	AnnotationIntrospector.findPropertyContentTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMember am, JavaType containerType)	Method for checking if given structured property entity (field or method that has nominal value of Map, Collection or array type) has annotations that indicate that specific type resolver is to be used for handling type information of contained values.
TypeResolverBuilder<?>	AnnotationIntrospector.findPropertyTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMember am, JavaType baseType)	Method for checking if given property entity (field or method) has annotations that indicate that specific type resolver is to be used for handling instances.
final JsonDeserializer<Object>	DeserializationContext.findRootValueDeserializer(JavaType type)	Method for finding a deserializer for root-level value.
TypeDeserializer	DeserializationConfig.findTypeDeserializer(JavaType baseType)	Helper method that is needed to properly handle polymorphic referenced types, such as types referenced by AtomicReference, or various "optional" types.
JsonSerializer<Object>	SerializerProvider.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.
JavaType	AbstractTypeResolver.findTypeMapping(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)	Try to locate a subtype for given abstract type, to either resolve to a concrete type, or at least to a more-specific (and hopefully supported) abstract type, one which may have registered deserializers.
TypeResolverBuilder<?>	AnnotationIntrospector.findTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedClass ac, JavaType baseType)	Method for checking if given class has annotations that indicate that specific type resolver is to be used for handling instances.
TypeSerializer	SerializerProvider.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>	SerializerProvider.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>	SerializerProvider.findValueSerializer(JavaType valueType, BeanProperty property)	Similar to SerializerProvider.findValueSerializer(Class,BeanProperty), but takes full generics-aware type instead of raw class.
ObjectWriter.Prefetch	ObjectWriter.Prefetch.forRootType(ObjectWriter parent, JavaType newType)
ObjectReader	ObjectReader.forType(JavaType valueType)	Method for constructing a new reader instance that is configured to data bind into specified type.
ObjectWriter	ObjectWriter.forType(JavaType rootType)	Method that will construct a new instance that uses specific type as the root type for serialization, instead of runtime dynamic type of the root object itself.
JavaType	DeserializationContext.handleMissingTypeId(JavaType baseType, TypeIdResolver idResolver, String extraDesc)
JsonDeserializer<?>	DeserializationContext.handlePrimaryContextualization(JsonDeserializer<?> deser, BeanProperty prop, JavaType type)	Method called for primary property deserializers (ones directly created to deserialize values of a POJO property), to handle details of resolving ContextualDeserializer with given property context.
JsonDeserializer<?>	DeserializationContext.handleSecondaryContextualization(JsonDeserializer<?> deser, BeanProperty prop, JavaType type)	Method called for secondary property deserializers (ones NOT directly created to deal with an annotatable POJO property, but instead created as a component -- such as value deserializers for structured types, or deserializers for root values) to handle details of resolving ContextualDeserializer with given property context.
Object	DeserializationContext.handleUnexpectedToken(JavaType targetType, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p)	Method that deserializers should call if the first token of the value to deserialize is of unexpected type (that is, type of token that deserializer cannot handle).
Object	DeserializationContext.handleUnexpectedToken(JavaType targetType, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken t, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, String msg, Object... msgArgs)	Method that deserializers should call if the first token of the value to deserialize is of unexpected type (that is, type of token that deserializer cannot handle).
JavaType	DeserializationContext.handleUnknownTypeId(JavaType baseType, String id, TypeIdResolver idResolver, String extraDesc)	Method that deserializers should call if they encounter a type id (for polymorphic deserialization) that cannot be resolved to an actual type; usually since there is no mapping defined.
Object	DeserializationContext.handleWeirdNativeValue(JavaType targetType, Object badValue, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p)
boolean	DeserializationContext.hasValueDeserializerFor(JavaType type, AtomicReference<Throwable> cause)	Method for checking whether we could find a deserializer for given type.
BeanDescription	DeserializationConfig.introspect(JavaType type)	Method that will introspect full bean properties for the purpose of building a bean deserializer
BeanDescription	SerializationConfig.introspect(JavaType type)	Method that will introspect full bean properties for the purpose of building a bean serializer
BeanDescription	DeserializationConfig.introspectForBuilder(JavaType type)	Deprecated. Since 2.12 - use variant that takes both builder and value type
BeanDescription	DeserializationConfig.introspectForBuilder(JavaType builderType, BeanDescription valueTypeDesc)
BeanDescription	DeserializationConfig.introspectForCreation(JavaType type)	Method that will introspect subset of bean properties needed to construct bean instance.
protected abstract JsonMappingException	DatabindContext.invalidTypeIdException(JavaType baseType, String typeId, String extraDesc)	Helper method for constructing exception to indicate that given type id could not be resolved to a valid subtype of specified base type.
JsonMappingException	DeserializationContext.invalidTypeIdException(JavaType baseType, String typeId, String extraDesc)
JsonMappingException	SerializerProvider.invalidTypeIdException(JavaType baseType, String typeId, String extraDesc)
JsonMappingException	DeserializationContext.missingTypeIdException(JavaType baseType, String extraDesc)
ObjectReader	ObjectMapper.reader(JavaType type)	Deprecated. Since 2.5, use ObjectMapper.readerFor(JavaType) instead
ObjectReader	ObjectMapper.readerFor(JavaType type)	Factory method for constructing ObjectReader that will read or update instances of specified type
<T> T	DeserializationContext.readPropertyValue(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, BeanProperty prop, JavaType type)	Same as DeserializationContext.readPropertyValue(JsonParser, BeanProperty, Class) but with fully resolved JavaType as target: needs to be used for generic types, for example.
<T> T	DeserializationContext.readTreeAsValue(JsonNode n, JavaType targetType)	Same as DeserializationContext.readTreeAsValue(JsonNode, Class) but will fully resolved JavaType as targetType
<T> T	DeserializationContext.readValue(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, JavaType type)
<T> T	ObjectMapper.readValue(byte[] src, int offset, int len, JavaType valueType)
<T> T	ObjectMapper.readValue(byte[] src, JavaType valueType)
<T> T	ObjectMapper.readValue(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, JavaType valueType)	Type-safe overloaded method, basically alias for ObjectMapper.readValue(JsonParser, Class).
<T> T	ObjectMapper.readValue(DataInput src, JavaType valueType)
<T> T	ObjectMapper.readValue(File src, JavaType valueType)	Method to deserialize JSON content from given file into given Java type.
<T> T	ObjectMapper.readValue(InputStream src, JavaType valueType)
<T> T	ObjectMapper.readValue(Reader src, JavaType valueType)
<T> T	ObjectMapper.readValue(String content, JavaType valueType)	Method to deserialize JSON content from given JSON content String.
<T> T	ObjectMapper.readValue(URL src, JavaType valueType)	Same as ObjectMapper.readValue(java.net.URL, Class) except that target specified by JavaType.
<T> T	ObjectReader.readValue(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, JavaType valueType)	Type-safe overloaded method, basically alias for ObjectReader.readValue(JsonParser, ResolvedType).
<T> MappingIterator<T>	ObjectMapper.readValues(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, JavaType valueType)	Convenience method, equivalent in function to:
<T> Iterator<T>	ObjectReader.readValues(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, JavaType valueType)	Convenience method that is equivalent to:
abstract JavaType	JavaType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)	Mutant factory method that will try to create and return a sub-type instance for known parameterized types; for other types will return `null` to indicate that no just refinement makes necessary sense, without trying to detect special status through implemented interfaces.
JavaType	AnnotationIntrospector.refineDeserializationType(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated a, JavaType baseType)	Method called to find out possible type refinements to use for deserialization.
JavaType	AnnotationIntrospector.refineSerializationType(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated a, JavaType baseType)	Method called to find out possible type refinements to use for deserialization, including not just value itself but key and/or content type, if type has those.
abstract <T> T	DatabindContext.reportBadDefinition(JavaType type, String msg)	Helper method called to indicate a generic problem that stems from type definition(s), not input data, or input/output state; typically this means throwing a InvalidDefinitionException.
<T> T	DeserializationContext.reportBadDefinition(JavaType type, String msg)
<T> T	SerializerProvider.reportBadDefinition(JavaType type, String msg)
<T> T	SerializerProvider.reportBadDefinition(JavaType type, String msg, Throwable cause)
<T> T	DeserializationContext.reportInputMismatch(JavaType targetType, String msg, Object... msgArgs)	Helper method used to indicate a problem with input in cases where more specific reportXxx() method was not available.
<T> T	DeserializationContext.reportPropertyInputMismatch(JavaType targetType, String propertyName, String msg, Object... msgArgs)	Helper method used to indicate a problem with input in cases where more specific reportXxx() method was not available.
void	DeserializationContext.reportWrongTokenException(JavaType targetType, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken expToken, String msg, Object... msgArgs)	Method for deserializers to call when the token encountered was of type different than what should be seen at that position, usually within a sequence of expected tokens.
JavaType	AbstractTypeResolver.resolveAbstractType(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)	Deprecated. since 2.8 (may be removed from 2.9 or later)
JavaType	DatabindContext.resolveAndValidateSubType(JavaType baseType, String subClass, PolymorphicTypeValidator ptv)	Lookup method similar to DatabindContext.resolveSubType(JavaType, String) but one that also validates that resulting subtype is valid according to given PolymorphicTypeValidator.
JavaType	DatabindContext.resolveSubType(JavaType baseType, String subClassName)	Lookup method called when code needs to resolve class name from input; usually simple lookup.
<T> T	ObjectMapper.treeToValue(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.TreeNode n, JavaType valueType)	Same as ObjectMapper.treeToValue(TreeNode, Class) but target type specified using fully resolved JavaType.
<T> T	ObjectReader.treeToValue(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.TreeNode n, JavaType valueType)	Same as ObjectReader.treeToValue(TreeNode, Class) but with type-resolved target value type.
boolean	ObjectMapper.DefaultTypeResolverBuilder.useForType(JavaType t)	Method called to check if the default type handler should be used for given type.
abstract JavaType	JavaType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)	Mutant factory method that may be called on structured types that have a so-called content type (element of arrays, value type of Maps, referenced type of referential types), and will construct a new instance that is identical to this instance, except that it has specified content type, instead of current one.
JavaType	JavaType.withHandlersFrom(JavaType src)	Internal method that should not be used by any code outside of jackson-databind: only used internally by databind.
BeanProperty.Std	BeanProperty.Std.withType(JavaType type)
ObjectReader	ObjectReader.withType(JavaType valueType)	Deprecated. since 2.5 Use ObjectReader.forType(JavaType) instead
ObjectWriter	ObjectWriter.withType(JavaType rootType)	Deprecated. since 2.5 Use ObjectWriter.forType(JavaType) instead
SequenceWriter	SequenceWriter.write(Object value, JavaType type)	Method for writing given value into output, as part of sequence to write; further, full type (often generic, like Map is passed in case a new JsonSerializer needs to be fetched to handle type If root type was specified for ObjectWriter, value must be of compatible type (same or subtype).
ObjectWriter	ObjectMapper.writerFor(JavaType rootType)	Factory method for constructing ObjectWriter that will serialize objects using specified root type, instead of actual runtime type of value.
ObjectWriter	ObjectMapper.writerWithType(JavaType rootType)	Deprecated. Since 2.5, use ObjectMapper.writerFor(JavaType) instead
JsonMappingException	DeserializationContext.wrongTokenException(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, JavaType targetType, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken expToken, String extra)	Helper method for constructing JsonMappingException to indicate that the token encountered was of type different than what should be seen at that position, usually within a sequence of expected tokens.

Constructors in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	BeanDescription(JavaType type)
protected	JavaType(JavaType base)	Copy-constructor used when refining/upgrading type instances.
protected	MappingIterator(JavaType type, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt, JsonDeserializer<?> deser, boolean managedParser, Object valueToUpdate)
protected	ObjectReader(ObjectMapper mapper, DeserializationConfig config, JavaType valueType, Object valueToUpdate, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.FormatSchema schema, InjectableValues injectableValues)	Constructor called when a root deserializer should be fetched based on other configuration.
protected	ObjectReader(ObjectReader base, DeserializationConfig config, JavaType valueType, JsonDeserializer<Object> rootDeser, Object valueToUpdate, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.FormatSchema schema, InjectableValues injectableValues, DataFormatReaders dataFormatReaders)	Copy constructor used for building variations.
protected	ObjectWriter(ObjectMapper mapper, SerializationConfig config, JavaType rootType, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.PrettyPrinter pp)	Constructor used by ObjectMapper for initial instantiation
	Std(BeanProperty.Std base, JavaType newType)
	Std(PropertyName name, JavaType type, PropertyName wrapperName, AnnotatedMember member, PropertyMetadata metadata)
	Std(PropertyName name, JavaType type, PropertyName wrapperName, Annotations contextAnnotations, AnnotatedMember member, PropertyMetadata metadata)	Deprecated. Since 2.9

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JavaType	MapperConfig.constructSpecializedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> subclass)
final JavaType	MapperConfig.constructType(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference<?> valueTypeRef)	Helper method that will construct JavaType for given type reference This is a simple short-cut for:
final JavaType	MapperConfig.constructType(Class<?> cls)	Helper method that will construct JavaType for given raw class.

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg that return types with arguments of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
LookupCache<JavaType, JsonDeserializer<Object>>	CacheProvider.forDeserializerCache(DeserializationConfig config)	Method for constructing a LookupCache instance to be used by DeserializerCache.
LookupCache<JavaType, JsonDeserializer<Object>>	DefaultCacheProvider.forDeserializerCache(DeserializationConfig config)	Method to provide a LookupCache instance for constructing DeserializerCache.
LookupCache<Object,JavaType>	CacheProvider.forTypeFactory()	Method for constructing a LookupCache instance to be used by TypeFactory.
LookupCache<Object,JavaType>	DefaultCacheProvider.forTypeFactory()

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JavaType	MapperConfig.constructSpecializedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> subclass)
abstract PropertyName	MapperConfig.findRootName(JavaType rootType)
PropertyName	MapperConfigBase.findRootName(JavaType rootType)
final TypeResolverBuilder<?>	MapperConfig.getDefaultTyper(JavaType baseType)	Method called to locate a type info handler for types that do not have one explicitly declared via annotations (or other configuration).
BeanDescription	MapperConfig.introspectClassAnnotations(JavaType type)	Accessor for getting bean description that only contains class annotations: useful if no getter/setter/creator information is needed.
final BeanDescription	MapperConfig.introspectDirectClassAnnotations(JavaType type)	Accessor for getting bean description that only contains immediate class annotations: ones from the class, and its direct mix-in, if any, but not from super types.

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser declared as JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final JavaType	AbstractDeserializer._baseType
protected final JavaType	BeanDeserializerBase._beanType	Declared type of the bean this deserializer handles.
protected final JavaType	BuilderBasedDeserializer._targetType	Type that the builder will produce, target type; as opposed to `handledType()` which refers to Builder class.
protected final JavaType	SettableAnyProperty._type
protected final JavaType	SettableBeanProperty._type	Base type for property; may be a supertype of actual value.

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser with type parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final LookupCache<JavaType, JsonDeserializer<Object>>	DeserializerCache._cachedDeserializers	We will also cache some dynamically constructed deserializers; specifically, ones that are expensive to construct.
protected final HashMap<JavaType, JsonDeserializer<Object>>	DeserializerCache._incompleteDeserializers	During deserializer construction process we may need to keep track of partially completed deserializers, to resolve cyclic dependencies.

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected JavaType	BasicDeserializerFactory._findRemappedType(DeserializationConfig config, Class<?> rawType)
JavaType	ValueInstantiator.Delegating.getArrayDelegateType(DeserializationConfig config)
JavaType	ValueInstantiator.getArrayDelegateType(DeserializationConfig config)	Method that can be used to determine what is the type of array delegate type to use, if any; if no delegates are used, will return null.
JavaType	ValueInstantiator.Delegating.getDelegateType(DeserializationConfig config)
JavaType	ValueInstantiator.getDelegateType(DeserializationConfig config)	Method that can be used to determine what is the type of delegate type to use, if any; if no delegates are used, will return null.
JavaType	SettableAnyProperty.getType()
JavaType	SettableBeanProperty.getType()
JavaType	BeanDeserializerBase.getValueType()
JavaType	DeserializationProblemHandler.handleMissingTypeId(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType baseType, TypeIdResolver idResolver, String failureMsg)	Handler method called if an expected type id for a polymorphic value is not found and no "default type" is specified or allowed.
JavaType	DeserializationProblemHandler.handleUnknownTypeId(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType baseType, String subTypeId, TypeIdResolver idResolver, String failureMsg)	Handler method called if resolution of type id from given String failed to produce a subtype; usually because logical id is not mapped to actual implementation class.
JavaType	BasicDeserializerFactory.mapAbstractType(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)
abstract JavaType	DeserializerFactory.mapAbstractType(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)	Method that can be called to try to resolve an abstract type (interface, abstract class) into a concrete type, or at least something "more concrete" (abstract class instead of interface).
protected JavaType	BeanDeserializerFactory.materializeAbstractType(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)
protected JavaType	BasicDeserializerFactory.modifyTypeByAnnotation(DeserializationContext ctxt, Annotated a, JavaType type)	Deprecated. Since 2.8; call BasicDeserializerFactory.resolveMemberAndTypeAnnotations(DeserializationContext, AnnotatedMember, JavaType) instead
protected JavaType	BasicDeserializerFactory.resolveMemberAndTypeAnnotations(DeserializationContext ctxt, AnnotatedMember member, JavaType type)	Helper method used to resolve additional type-related annotation information like type overrides, or handler (serializer, deserializer) overrides, so that from declared field, property or constructor parameter type is used as the base and modified based on annotations, if any.
protected JavaType	BasicDeserializerFactory.resolveType(DeserializationContext ctxt, BeanDescription beanDesc, JavaType type, AnnotatedMember member)	Deprecated. since 2.8 call BasicDeserializerFactory.resolveMemberAndTypeAnnotations(DeserializationContext, AnnotatedMember, JavaType) instead.

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected JsonDeserializer<Object>	DeserializerCache._createAndCache2(DeserializationContext ctxt, DeserializerFactory factory, JavaType type)	Method that handles actual construction (via factory) and caching (both intermediate and eventual)
protected JsonDeserializer<Object>	DeserializerCache._createAndCacheValueDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, DeserializerFactory factory, JavaType type)	Method that will try to create a deserializer for given type, and resolve and cache it if necessary
protected JsonDeserializer<Object>	DeserializerCache._createDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, DeserializerFactory factory, JavaType type)	Method that does the heavy lifting of checking for per-type annotations, find out full type, and figure out which actual factory method to call.
protected JsonDeserializer<?>	DeserializerCache._createDeserializer2(DeserializationContext ctxt, DeserializerFactory factory, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)
protected JsonDeserializer<Object>	DeserializerCache._findCachedDeserializer(JavaType type)
protected JsonDeserializer<Object>	BasicDeserializerFactory._findCustomBeanDeserializer(JavaType type, DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc)
protected AnnotatedMethod	BasicDeserializerFactory._findJsonValueFor(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType enumType)	Deprecated. since 2.8 call findJsonValueMethod on BeanDescription instead
protected JsonDeserializer<Object>	BeanDeserializerFactory._findUnsupportedTypeDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Helper method called to see if given type, otherwise to be taken as POJO type, is "known but not supported" JDK type, and if so, return alternate handler (deserializer).
protected PropertyMetadata	BeanDeserializerBase._getSetterInfo(DeserializationContext ctxt, AnnotatedMember accessor, JavaType type)	Method essentially copied from BasicDeserializerFactory, needed to find PropertyMetadata for Delegating Creator, for access to annotation-derived info.
protected KeyDeserializer	DeserializerCache._handleUnknownKeyDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type)
protected JsonDeserializer<Object>	DeserializerCache._handleUnknownValueDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type)
protected CollectionType	BasicDeserializerFactory._mapAbstractCollectionType(JavaType type, DeserializationConfig config)
protected MapType	BasicDeserializerFactory._mapAbstractMapType(JavaType type, DeserializationConfig config)
protected Object	DefaultDeserializationContext._unwrapAndDeserialize(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, JavaType rootType, JsonDeserializer<Object> deser, Object valueToUpdate)
protected void	BeanDeserializerFactory._validateSubType(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)
void	BeanDeserializerBuilder.addInjectable(PropertyName propName, JavaType propType, Annotations contextAnnotations, AnnotatedMember member, Object valueId)
JsonDeserializer<Object>	BeanDeserializerFactory.buildBeanDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Method that is to actually build a bean deserializer instance.
JsonDeserializer<?>	BeanDeserializerBuilder.buildBuilderBased(JavaType valueType, String expBuildMethodName)	Method for constructing a specialized deserializer that uses additional external Builder object during data binding.
protected JsonDeserializer<Object>	BeanDeserializerFactory.buildBuilderBasedDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType valueType, BeanDescription builderDesc)	Method for constructing a bean deserializer that uses specified intermediate Builder for binding data, and construction of the value instance.
JsonDeserializer<Object>	BeanDeserializerFactory.buildThrowableDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)
static CreatorProperty	CreatorProperty.construct(PropertyName name, JavaType type, PropertyName wrapperName, TypeDeserializer typeDeser, Annotations contextAnnotations, AnnotatedParameter param, int index, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JacksonInject.Value injectable, PropertyMetadata metadata)	Factory method for creating CreatorProperty instances
static SettableAnyProperty	SettableAnyProperty.constructForJsonNodeField(DeserializationContext ctxt, BeanProperty property, AnnotatedMember field, JavaType valueType, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser)
static SettableAnyProperty	SettableAnyProperty.constructForMapField(DeserializationContext ctxt, BeanProperty property, AnnotatedMember field, JavaType valueType, KeyDeserializer keyDeser, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer typeDeser)
static SettableAnyProperty	SettableAnyProperty.constructForMethod(DeserializationContext ctxt, BeanProperty property, AnnotatedMember field, JavaType valueType, KeyDeserializer keyDeser, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer typeDeser)
protected SettableBeanProperty	BeanDeserializerFactory.constructSettableProperty(DeserializationContext ctxt, BeanDescription beanDesc, BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, JavaType propType0)	Method that will construct a regular bean property setter using the given setter method.
JsonDeserializer<Object>	BeanDeserializerFactory.createBeanDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Method that DeserializerCaches call to create a new deserializer for types other than Collections, Maps, arrays and enums.
abstract JsonDeserializer<Object>	DeserializerFactory.createBeanDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Method called to create (or, for completely immutable deserializers, reuse) a deserializer that can convert JSON content into values of specified Java "bean" (POJO) type.
protected JsonDeserializer<?>	BeanDeserializerBuilder.createBuilderBasedDeserializer(JavaType valueType, BeanPropertyMap propertyMap, boolean anyViews)	Extension point for overriding the actual creation of the builder deserializer.
JsonDeserializer<Object>	BeanDeserializerFactory.createBuilderBasedDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType valueType, BeanDescription valueBeanDesc, Class<?> builderClass)
abstract JsonDeserializer<Object>	DeserializerFactory.createBuilderBasedDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, Class<?> builderClass)	Method called to create a deserializer that will use specified Builder class for building value instances.
JsonDeserializer<?>	BasicDeserializerFactory.createEnumDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Factory method for constructing deserializers of Enum types.
abstract JsonDeserializer<?>	DeserializerFactory.createEnumDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)
KeyDeserializer	BasicDeserializerFactory.createKeyDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type)
abstract KeyDeserializer	DeserializerFactory.createKeyDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type)	Method called to find if factory knows how to create a key deserializer for specified type; currently this means checking if a module has registered possible deserializers.
JsonDeserializer<?>	BasicDeserializerFactory.createTreeDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType nodeType, BeanDescription beanDesc)
abstract JsonDeserializer<?>	DeserializerFactory.createTreeDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Method called to create and return a deserializer that can construct JsonNode(s) from JSON content.
JsonDeserializer<?>	Deserializers.Base.findBeanDeserializer(JavaType type, DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc)
JsonDeserializer<?>	Deserializers.findBeanDeserializer(JavaType type, DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Method called to locate deserializer for specified value type which does not belong to any other category (not an Enum, Collection, Map, Array, reference value or tree node)
static Class<?>	BasicDeserializerFactory.ContainerDefaultMappings.findCollectionFallback(JavaType type)
JsonDeserializer<?>	BasicDeserializerFactory.findDefaultDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Helper method called to find one of default deserializers for "well-known" platform types: JDK-provided types, and small number of public Jackson API types.
KeyDeserializer	DeserializerCache.findKeyDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, DeserializerFactory factory, JavaType type)	Method called to get hold of a deserializer to use for deserializing keys for Map.
KeyDeserializer	KeyDeserializers.findKeyDeserializer(JavaType type, DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc)
static Class<?>	BasicDeserializerFactory.ContainerDefaultMappings.findMapFallback(JavaType type)
protected JsonDeserializer<?>	BasicDeserializerFactory.findOptionalStdDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Overridable method called after checking all other types.
TypeDeserializer	BasicDeserializerFactory.findPropertyContentTypeDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType containerType, AnnotatedMember propertyEntity)	Method called to find and create a type information deserializer for values of given container (list, array, map) property, if one is needed.
TypeDeserializer	BasicDeserializerFactory.findPropertyTypeDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType baseType, AnnotatedMember annotated)	Method called to create a type information deserializer for values of given non-container property, if one is needed.
protected JsonDeserializer<?>	BeanDeserializerFactory.findStdDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Method called by BeanDeserializerFactory to see if there might be a standard deserializer registered for given type.
TypeDeserializer	BasicDeserializerFactory.findTypeDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType baseType)
abstract TypeDeserializer	DeserializerFactory.findTypeDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType baseType)	Method called to find and create a type information deserializer for given base type, if one is needed.
JsonDeserializer<Object>	DeserializerCache.findValueDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, DeserializerFactory factory, JavaType propertyType)	Method called to get hold of a deserializer for a value of given type; or if no such deserializer can be found, a default handler (which may do a best-effort generic serialization or just simply throw an exception when invoked).
JavaType	DeserializationProblemHandler.handleMissingTypeId(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType baseType, TypeIdResolver idResolver, String failureMsg)	Handler method called if an expected type id for a polymorphic value is not found and no "default type" is specified or allowed.
Object	DeserializationProblemHandler.handleUnexpectedToken(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType targetType, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken t, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, String failureMsg)	Method that deserializers should call if the first token of the value to deserialize is of unexpected type (that is, type of token that deserializer cannot handle).
JavaType	DeserializationProblemHandler.handleUnknownTypeId(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType baseType, String subTypeId, TypeIdResolver idResolver, String failureMsg)	Handler method called if resolution of type id from given String failed to produce a subtype; usually because logical id is not mapped to actual implementation class.
Object	DeserializationProblemHandler.handleWeirdNativeValue(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType targetType, Object valueToConvert, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p)	Method called when an embedded (native) value (JsonToken.VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT) cannot be converted directly into expected value type (usually POJO).
boolean	DeserializerCache.hasValueDeserializerFor(DeserializationContext ctxt, DeserializerFactory factory, JavaType type)	Method called to find out whether provider would be able to find a deserializer for given type, using a root reference (i.e.
JavaType	BasicDeserializerFactory.mapAbstractType(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)
abstract JavaType	DeserializerFactory.mapAbstractType(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)	Method that can be called to try to resolve an abstract type (interface, abstract class) into a concrete type, or at least something "more concrete" (abstract class instead of interface).
protected JavaType	BeanDeserializerFactory.materializeAbstractType(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)
JsonDeserializer<?>	BeanDeserializerModifier.modifyEnumDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, JsonDeserializer<?> deserializer)	Method called by BeanDeserializerFactory after constructing default enum type deserializer instance.
KeyDeserializer	BeanDeserializerModifier.modifyKeyDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type, KeyDeserializer deserializer)	Method called by DeserializerFactory after it has constructed the standard key deserializer for given key type.
protected JavaType	BasicDeserializerFactory.modifyTypeByAnnotation(DeserializationContext ctxt, Annotated a, JavaType type)	Deprecated. Since 2.8; call BasicDeserializerFactory.resolveMemberAndTypeAnnotations(DeserializationContext, AnnotatedMember, JavaType) instead
Object	DefaultDeserializationContext.readRootValue(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, JavaType valueType, JsonDeserializer<Object> deser, Object valueToUpdate)
protected JavaType	BasicDeserializerFactory.resolveMemberAndTypeAnnotations(DeserializationContext ctxt, AnnotatedMember member, JavaType type)	Helper method used to resolve additional type-related annotation information like type overrides, or handler (serializer, deserializer) overrides, so that from declared field, property or constructor parameter type is used as the base and modified based on annotations, if any.
protected JavaType	BasicDeserializerFactory.resolveType(DeserializationContext ctxt, BeanDescription beanDesc, JavaType type, AnnotatedMember member)	Deprecated. since 2.8 call BasicDeserializerFactory.resolveMemberAndTypeAnnotations(DeserializationContext, AnnotatedMember, JavaType) instead.
DataFormatReaders	DataFormatReaders.withType(JavaType type)

Constructors in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	Base(JavaType type)
	BuilderBasedDeserializer(BeanDeserializerBuilder builder, BeanDescription beanDesc, JavaType targetType, BeanPropertyMap properties, Map<String, SettableBeanProperty> backRefs, Set<String> ignorableProps, boolean ignoreAllUnknown, boolean hasViews)	Constructor used by BeanDeserializerBuilder.
	BuilderBasedDeserializer(BeanDeserializerBuilder builder, BeanDescription beanDesc, JavaType targetType, BeanPropertyMap properties, Map<String, SettableBeanProperty> backRefs, Set<String> ignorableProps, boolean ignoreAllUnknown, Set<String> includableProps, boolean hasViews)
protected	CreatorProperty(PropertyName name, JavaType type, PropertyName wrapperName, TypeDeserializer typeDeser, Annotations contextAnnotations, AnnotatedParameter param, int index, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JacksonInject.Value injectable, PropertyMetadata metadata)
	CreatorProperty(PropertyName name, JavaType type, PropertyName wrapperName, TypeDeserializer typeDeser, Annotations contextAnnotations, AnnotatedParameter param, int index, Object injectableValueId, PropertyMetadata metadata)	Deprecated. Since 2.11 use factory method instead
	JsonNodeFieldAnyProperty(BeanProperty property, AnnotatedMember field, JavaType valueType, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser, JsonNodeFactory nodeFactory)
	MapFieldAnyProperty(BeanProperty property, AnnotatedMember field, JavaType valueType, KeyDeserializer keyDeser, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer typeDeser, ValueInstantiator inst)
	MethodAnyProperty(BeanProperty property, AnnotatedMember field, JavaType valueType, KeyDeserializer keyDeser, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer typeDeser)
	SettableAnyProperty(BeanProperty property, AnnotatedMember setter, JavaType type, KeyDeserializer keyDeser, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer typeDeser)
protected	SettableBeanProperty(BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, JavaType type, TypeDeserializer typeDeser, Annotations contextAnnotations)
protected	SettableBeanProperty(PropertyName propName, JavaType type, PropertyMetadata metadata, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser)	Constructor only used by ObjectIdValueProperty.
protected	SettableBeanProperty(PropertyName propName, JavaType type, PropertyName wrapper, TypeDeserializer typeDeser, Annotations contextAnnotations, PropertyMetadata metadata)

Constructor parameters in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser with type arguments of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	DeserializerCache(LookupCache<JavaType, JsonDeserializer<Object>> cache)

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl declared as JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final JavaType	ObjectIdReader._idType
protected final JavaType	BeanAsArrayBuilderDeserializer._targetType	Type that the builder will produce, target type; as opposed to `handledType()` which refers to Builder class.
protected final JavaType	NullsFailProvider._type
protected final JavaType	UnsupportedTypeDeserializer._type

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JavaType	ObjectIdReader.getIdType()

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static ExternalTypeHandler.Builder	ExternalTypeHandler.builder(JavaType beanType)
static ObjectIdReader	ObjectIdReader.construct(JavaType idType, PropertyName propName, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerator<?> generator, JsonDeserializer<?> deser, SettableBeanProperty idProp, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdResolver resolver)	Factory method called by BeanSerializerBase with the initial information based on standard settings for the type for which serializer is being built.
static NullsFailProvider	NullsFailProvider.constructForProperty(BeanProperty prop, JavaType type)
static NullsFailProvider	NullsFailProvider.constructForRootValue(JavaType t)
static JsonDeserializer<?>	JavaUtilCollectionsDeserializers.findForCollection(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type)
static JsonDeserializer<?>	JavaUtilCollectionsDeserializers.findForMap(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type)

Constructors in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	BeanAsArrayBuilderDeserializer(BeanDeserializerBase delegate, JavaType targetType, SettableBeanProperty[] ordered, AnnotatedMethod buildMethod)	Main constructor used both for creating new instances (by BeanDeserializer.asArrayDeserializer()) and for creating copies with different delegate.
protected	Builder(JavaType t)
protected	ExternalTypeHandler(JavaType beanType, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl.ExternalTypeHandler.ExtTypedProperty[] properties, Map<String,Object> nameToPropertyIndex, String[] typeIds, TokenBuffer[] tokens)
	FieldProperty(BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, JavaType type, TypeDeserializer typeDeser, Annotations contextAnnotations, AnnotatedField field)
	MethodProperty(BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, JavaType type, TypeDeserializer typeDeser, Annotations contextAnnotations, AnnotatedMethod method)
protected	NullsFailProvider(PropertyName name, JavaType type)
protected	ObjectIdReader(JavaType t, PropertyName propName, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerator<?> gen, JsonDeserializer<?> deser, SettableBeanProperty idProp, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdResolver resolver)
	Referring(UnresolvedForwardReference ref, JavaType beanType)
	SetterlessProperty(BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, JavaType type, TypeDeserializer typeDeser, Annotations contextAnnotations, AnnotatedMethod method)
	UnsupportedTypeDeserializer(JavaType t, String m)
	ValueInjector(PropertyName propName, JavaType type, AnnotatedMember mutator, Object valueId)
	ValueInjector(PropertyName propName, JavaType type, Annotations contextAnnotations, AnnotatedMember mutator, Object valueId)	Deprecated. in 2.9 (remove from 3.0)

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std declared as JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected JavaType	StdValueInstantiator._arrayDelegateType
protected final JavaType	ContainerDeserializerBase._containerType
protected final JavaType	StdDelegatingDeserializer._delegateType	Fully resolved delegate type, with generic information if any available.
protected JavaType	StdValueInstantiator._delegateType
protected final JavaType	EnumSetDeserializer._enumType
protected final JavaType	ReferenceTypeDeserializer._fullType	Full type of property (or root value) for which this deserializer has been constructed and contextualized.
protected JavaType	UntypedObjectDeserializer._listType	If List has been mapped to non-default implementation, we'll store type here
protected JavaType	UntypedObjectDeserializer._mapType	If Map has been mapped to non-default implementation, we'll store type here
protected final JavaType	StdDeserializer._valueType

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JavaType	StdValueInstantiator.getArrayDelegateType(DeserializationConfig config)
JavaType	ContainerDeserializerBase.getContentType()	Accessor for declared type of contained value elements; either exact type, or one of its supertypes.
JavaType	MapEntryDeserializer.getContentType()
JavaType	StdValueInstantiator.getDelegateType(DeserializationConfig config)
JavaType	ContainerDeserializerBase.getValueType()
JavaType	MapDeserializer.getValueType()
JavaType	ReferenceTypeDeserializer.getValueType()
JavaType	StdDeserializer.getValueType()	Exact structured type this deserializer handles, if known.
JavaType	StdDeserializer.getValueType(DeserializationContext ctxt)	Convenience method for getting handled type as JavaType, regardless of whether deserializer has one already resolved (and accessible via StdDeserializer.getValueType()) or not: equivalent to:

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected JsonDeserializer<Object>	UntypedObjectDeserializer._findCustomDeser(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type)
protected final boolean	MapDeserializer._isStdKeyDeser(JavaType mapType, KeyDeserializer keyDeser)	Helper method used to check whether we can just use the default key deserialization, where JSON String becomes Java String.
void	StdValueInstantiator.configureFromArraySettings(AnnotatedWithParams arrayDelegateCreator, JavaType arrayDelegateType, SettableBeanProperty[] arrayDelegateArgs)
void	StdValueInstantiator.configureFromObjectSettings(AnnotatedWithParams defaultCreator, AnnotatedWithParams delegateCreator, JavaType delegateType, SettableBeanProperty[] delegateArgs, AnnotatedWithParams withArgsCreator, SettableBeanProperty[] constructorArgs)	Method for setting properties related to instantiating values from JSON Object.
static KeyDeserializer	StdKeyDeserializers.constructDelegatingKeyDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type, JsonDeserializer<?> deser)
protected JsonDeserializer<Object>	StdDeserializer.findDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanProperty property)	Helper method used to locate deserializers for properties the type this deserializer handles contains (usually for properties of bean types)
KeyDeserializer	StdKeyDeserializers.findKeyDeserializer(JavaType type, DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc)
static KeyDeserializer	StdKeyDeserializers.findStringBasedKeyDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)
protected StdDelegatingDeserializer<T>	StdDelegatingDeserializer.withDelegate(Converter<Object,T> converter, JavaType delegateType, JsonDeserializer<?> delegateDeserializer)	Method used for creating resolved contextual instances.

Constructors in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	ArrayBlockingQueueDeserializer(JavaType containerType, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer valueTypeDeser, ValueInstantiator valueInstantiator)
protected	ArrayBlockingQueueDeserializer(JavaType containerType, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer valueTypeDeser, ValueInstantiator valueInstantiator, JsonDeserializer<Object> delegateDeser, NullValueProvider nuller, Boolean unwrapSingle)	Constructor used when creating contextualized instances.
	AtomicReferenceDeserializer(JavaType fullType, ValueInstantiator inst, TypeDeserializer typeDeser, JsonDeserializer<?> deser)
	CollectionDeserializer(JavaType collectionType, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer valueTypeDeser, ValueInstantiator valueInstantiator)	Constructor for context-free instances, where we do not yet know which property is using this deserializer.
protected	CollectionDeserializer(JavaType collectionType, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer valueTypeDeser, ValueInstantiator valueInstantiator, JsonDeserializer<Object> delegateDeser, NullValueProvider nuller, Boolean unwrapSingle)	Constructor used when creating contextualized instances.
protected	ContainerDeserializerBase(JavaType selfType)
protected	ContainerDeserializerBase(JavaType selfType, NullValueProvider nuller, Boolean unwrapSingle)
	EnumMapDeserializer(JavaType mapType, ValueInstantiator valueInst, KeyDeserializer keyDeser, JsonDeserializer<?> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer vtd, NullValueProvider nuller)
	EnumMapDeserializer(JavaType mapType, KeyDeserializer keyDeser, JsonDeserializer<?> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer vtd)	Deprecated.
	EnumSetDeserializer(JavaType enumType, JsonDeserializer<?> deser)	Deprecated. Since 2.17
	EnumSetDeserializer(JavaType enumType, JsonDeserializer<?> deser, TypeDeserializer valueTypeDeser)
	MapDeserializer(JavaType mapType, ValueInstantiator valueInstantiator, KeyDeserializer keyDeser, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer valueTypeDeser)
	MapEntryDeserializer(JavaType type, KeyDeserializer keyDeser, JsonDeserializer<Object> valueDeser, TypeDeserializer valueTypeDeser)
	ObjectArrayDeserializer(JavaType arrayType0, JsonDeserializer<Object> elemDeser, TypeDeserializer elemTypeDeser)
	ReferenceTypeDeserializer(JavaType fullType, ValueInstantiator vi, TypeDeserializer typeDeser, JsonDeserializer<?> deser)
	ReferenceTypeDeserializer(JavaType fullType, TypeDeserializer typeDeser, JsonDeserializer<?> deser)	Deprecated.
	StdDelegatingDeserializer(Converter<Object,T> converter, JavaType delegateType, JsonDeserializer<?> delegateDeserializer)
protected	StdDeserializer(JavaType valueType)
protected	StdNodeBasedDeserializer(JavaType targetType)
protected	StdScalarDeserializer(JavaType valueType)
	StdValueInstantiator(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType valueType)
protected	StringCollectionDeserializer(JavaType collectionType, ValueInstantiator valueInstantiator, JsonDeserializer<?> delegateDeser, JsonDeserializer<?> valueDeser, NullValueProvider nuller, Boolean unwrapSingle)
	StringCollectionDeserializer(JavaType collectionType, JsonDeserializer<?> valueDeser, ValueInstantiator valueInstantiator)
	UntypedObjectDeserializer(JavaType listType, JavaType mapType)

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc declared as JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final JavaType	InvalidTypeIdException._baseType	Basetype for which subtype was to be resolved
protected final JavaType	InvalidDefinitionException._type
protected final JavaType	ValueInstantiationException._type

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JavaType	InvalidTypeIdException.getBaseType()
JavaType	InvalidDefinitionException.getType()	Accessor for type fully resolved type that had the problem; this should always known and available, never null
JavaType	ValueInstantiationException.getType()	Accessor for type fully resolved type that had the problem; this should always known and available, never null

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static InvalidDefinitionException	InvalidDefinitionException.from(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator g, String msg, JavaType type)
static InvalidDefinitionException	InvalidDefinitionException.from(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, String msg, JavaType type)
static InvalidNullException	InvalidNullException.from(DeserializationContext ctxt, PropertyName name, JavaType type)
static InvalidTypeIdException	InvalidTypeIdException.from(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, String msg, JavaType baseType, String typeId)
static MismatchedInputException	MismatchedInputException.from(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, JavaType targetType, String msg)
static ValueInstantiationException	ValueInstantiationException.from(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, String msg, JavaType type)
static ValueInstantiationException	ValueInstantiationException.from(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, String msg, JavaType type, Throwable cause)
MismatchedInputException	MismatchedInputException.setTargetType(JavaType t)

Constructors in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	InvalidDefinitionException(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator g, String msg, JavaType type)
protected	InvalidDefinitionException(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, String msg, JavaType type)
	InvalidTypeIdException(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, String msg, JavaType baseType, String typeId)
protected	MismatchedInputException(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, String msg, JavaType targetType)
protected	ValueInstantiationException(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, String msg, JavaType type)
protected	ValueInstantiationException(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, String msg, JavaType type, Throwable cause)

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ext

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ext with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	CoreXMLSerializers.XMLGregorianCalendarSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	DOMSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	SqlBlobSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
JsonDeserializer<?>	CoreXMLDeserializers.findBeanDeserializer(JavaType type, DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc)
JsonDeserializer<?>	OptionalHandlerFactory.findDeserializer(JavaType type, DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc)
JsonSerializer<?>	CoreXMLSerializers.findSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)
JsonSerializer<?>	OptionalHandlerFactory.findSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect declared as JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final JavaType	AnnotatedClass._type
protected final JavaType	AnnotatedParameter._type	JDK type of the parameter, possibly contains generic type information
protected final JavaType	POJOPropertiesCollector._type	Type of POJO for which properties are being collected.
protected final JavaType	VirtualAnnotatedMember._type

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect with type parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final List<JavaType>	AnnotatedClass._superTypes	Ordered set of super classes and interfaces of the class itself: included in order of precedence

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JavaType	AnnotatedConstructor.getParameterType(int index)
JavaType	AnnotatedMethod.getParameterType(int index)
abstract JavaType	AnnotatedWithParams.getParameterType(int index)
abstract JavaType	BeanPropertyDefinition.getPrimaryType()
JavaType	POJOPropertyBuilder.getPrimaryType()	Type determined from the primary member for the property being built, considering precedence according to whether we are processing serialization or deserialization.
abstract JavaType	Annotated.getType()	Full generic type of the annotated element; definition of what exactly this means depends on sub-class.
JavaType	AnnotatedClass.getType()
JavaType	AnnotatedConstructor.getType()
JavaType	AnnotatedField.getType()
JavaType	AnnotatedMethod.getType()	For methods, this returns declared return type, which is only useful with getters (setters do not return anything; hence `Void` would be returned here)
JavaType	AnnotatedParameter.getType()
JavaType	POJOPropertiesCollector.getType()
JavaType	VirtualAnnotatedMember.getType()
JavaType	AnnotationIntrospectorPair.refineDeserializationType(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated a, JavaType baseType)
JavaType	JacksonAnnotationIntrospector.refineDeserializationType(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated a, JavaType baseType)
JavaType	AnnotationIntrospectorPair.refineSerializationType(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated a, JavaType baseType)
JavaType	JacksonAnnotationIntrospector.refineSerializationType(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated a, JavaType baseType)
JavaType	AnnotatedClass.resolveType(Type type)
JavaType	BasicBeanDescription.resolveType(Type jdkType)	Deprecated.
JavaType	TypeResolutionContext.Basic.resolveType(Type type)
JavaType	TypeResolutionContext.Empty.resolveType(Type type)
JavaType	TypeResolutionContext.resolveType(Type t)

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected TypeResolverBuilder<?>	JacksonAnnotationIntrospector._constructStdTypeResolverBuilder(MapperConfig<?> config, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo.Value typeInfo, JavaType baseType)	Helper method for constructing standard TypeResolverBuilder implementation.
protected BeanPropertyWriter	JacksonAnnotationIntrospector._constructVirtualProperty(JsonAppend.Attr attr, MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedClass ac, JavaType type)
protected BasicBeanDescription	BasicClassIntrospector._findStdJdkCollectionDesc(MapperConfig<?> cfg, JavaType type)
protected BasicBeanDescription	BasicClassIntrospector._findStdTypeDesc(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type)	Method called to see if type is one of core JDK types that we have cached for efficiency.
protected TypeResolverBuilder<?>	JacksonAnnotationIntrospector._findTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated ann, JavaType baseType)	Helper method called to construct and initialize instance of TypeResolverBuilder if given annotated element indicates one is needed.
protected boolean	BasicClassIntrospector._isStdJDKCollection(JavaType type)	Helper method used to decide whether we can omit introspection for members (methods, fields, constructors); we may do so for a limited number of container types JDK provides.
protected AnnotatedClass	BasicClassIntrospector._resolveAnnotatedClass(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
protected AnnotatedClass	BasicClassIntrospector._resolveAnnotatedWithoutSuperTypes(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
static List<AnnotatedField>	AnnotatedFieldCollector.collectFields(AnnotationIntrospector intr, TypeResolutionContext tc, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver mixins, TypeFactory types, JavaType type, boolean collectAnnotations)
static AnnotatedMethodMap	AnnotatedMethodCollector.collectMethods(AnnotationIntrospector intr, TypeResolutionContext tc, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver mixins, TypeFactory types, JavaType type, List<JavaType> superTypes, Class<?> primaryMixIn, boolean collectAnnotations)
protected POJOPropertiesCollector	BasicClassIntrospector.collectProperties(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r, boolean forSerialization)
protected POJOPropertiesCollector	BasicClassIntrospector.collectProperties(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r, boolean forSerialization, String mutatorPrefix)	Deprecated.
protected POJOPropertiesCollector	BasicClassIntrospector.collectPropertiesWithBuilder(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r, boolean forSerialization)	Deprecated.
protected POJOPropertiesCollector	BasicClassIntrospector.collectPropertiesWithBuilder(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r, BeanDescription valueTypeDesc, boolean forSerialization)
static AnnotatedClass	AnnotatedClass.construct(JavaType type, MapperConfig<?> config)	Deprecated. Since 2.9, use methods in AnnotatedClassResolver instead.
static AnnotatedClass	AnnotatedClass.construct(JavaType type, MapperConfig<?> config, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver mir)	Deprecated. Since 2.9, use methods in AnnotatedClassResolver instead.
protected POJOPropertiesCollector	BasicClassIntrospector.constructPropertyCollector(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedClass classDef, JavaType type, boolean forSerialization, AccessorNamingStrategy accNaming)	Overridable method called for creating POJOPropertiesCollector instance to use; override is needed if a custom sub-class is to be used.
protected POJOPropertiesCollector	BasicClassIntrospector.constructPropertyCollector(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedClass ac, JavaType type, boolean forSerialization, String mutatorPrefix)	Deprecated.
TypeResolverBuilder<?>	AnnotationIntrospectorPair.findPropertyContentTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMember am, JavaType baseType)
TypeResolverBuilder<?>	JacksonAnnotationIntrospector.findPropertyContentTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMember am, JavaType containerType)
TypeResolverBuilder<?>	AnnotationIntrospectorPair.findPropertyTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMember am, JavaType baseType)
TypeResolverBuilder<?>	JacksonAnnotationIntrospector.findPropertyTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMember am, JavaType baseType)
TypeResolverBuilder<?>	AnnotationIntrospectorPair.findTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedClass ac, JavaType baseType)
TypeResolverBuilder<?>	JacksonAnnotationIntrospector.findTypeResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedClass ac, JavaType baseType)
BasicBeanDescription	BasicClassIntrospector.forClassAnnotations(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
abstract BeanDescription	ClassIntrospector.forClassAnnotations(MapperConfig<?> cfg, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)	Factory method that constructs an introspector that only has information regarding annotations class itself (or its supertypes) has, but nothing on methods or constructors.
BasicBeanDescription	BasicClassIntrospector.forCreation(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
abstract BeanDescription	ClassIntrospector.forCreation(DeserializationConfig cfg, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)	Factory method that constructs an introspector that has information necessary for creating instances of given class ("creator"), as well as class annotations, but no information on member methods
BasicBeanDescription	BasicClassIntrospector.forDeserialization(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
abstract BeanDescription	ClassIntrospector.forDeserialization(DeserializationConfig cfg, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)	Factory method that constructs an introspector that has all information needed for deserialization purposes.
BasicBeanDescription	BasicClassIntrospector.forDeserializationWithBuilder(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)	Deprecated.
BasicBeanDescription	BasicClassIntrospector.forDeserializationWithBuilder(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType builderType, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r, BeanDescription valueTypeDesc)
abstract BeanDescription	ClassIntrospector.forDeserializationWithBuilder(DeserializationConfig cfg, JavaType builderType, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)	Deprecated. Since 2.12 use overload that take value type description
abstract BeanDescription	ClassIntrospector.forDeserializationWithBuilder(DeserializationConfig cfg, JavaType builderType, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r, BeanDescription valueTypeDesc)	Factory method that constructs an introspector that has all information needed for constructing deserializers that use intermediate Builder objects.
BasicBeanDescription	BasicClassIntrospector.forDirectClassAnnotations(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
abstract BeanDescription	ClassIntrospector.forDirectClassAnnotations(MapperConfig<?> cfg, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)	Factory method that constructs an introspector that only has information regarding annotations class itself has (but NOT including its supertypes), but nothing on methods or constructors.
static BasicBeanDescription	BasicBeanDescription.forOtherUse(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type, AnnotatedClass ac)	Factory method to use for constructing an instance to use for purposes other than building serializers or deserializers; will only have information on class, not on properties.
BasicBeanDescription	BasicClassIntrospector.forSerialization(SerializationConfig config, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
abstract BeanDescription	ClassIntrospector.forSerialization(SerializationConfig cfg, JavaType type, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)	Factory method that constructs an introspector that has all information needed for serialization purposes.
JavaType	AnnotationIntrospectorPair.refineDeserializationType(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated a, JavaType baseType)
JavaType	JacksonAnnotationIntrospector.refineDeserializationType(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated a, JavaType baseType)
JavaType	AnnotationIntrospectorPair.refineSerializationType(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated a, JavaType baseType)
JavaType	JacksonAnnotationIntrospector.refineSerializationType(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated a, JavaType baseType)
static AnnotatedClass	AnnotatedClassResolver.resolve(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType forType, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)
static AnnotatedClass	AnnotatedClassResolver.resolveWithoutSuperTypes(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType forType, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver r)

Method parameters in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect with type arguments of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static AnnotatedMethodMap	AnnotatedMethodCollector.collectMethods(AnnotationIntrospector intr, TypeResolutionContext tc, ClassIntrospector.MixInResolver mixins, TypeFactory types, JavaType type, List<JavaType> superTypes, Class<?> primaryMixIn, boolean collectAnnotations)

Constructors in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	AnnotatedParameter(AnnotatedWithParams owner, JavaType type, TypeResolutionContext typeContext, AnnotationMap annotations, int index)
protected	BasicBeanDescription(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type, AnnotatedClass classDef, List<BeanPropertyDefinition> props)	Alternate constructor used in cases where property information is not needed, only class info.
protected	BasicBeanDescription(POJOPropertiesCollector coll, JavaType type, AnnotatedClass classDef)
protected	POJOPropertiesCollector(MapperConfig<?> config, boolean forSerialization, JavaType type, AnnotatedClass classDef, AccessorNamingStrategy accessorNaming)
protected	POJOPropertiesCollector(MapperConfig<?> config, boolean forSerialization, JavaType type, AnnotatedClass classDef, String mutatorPrefix)	Deprecated. Since 2.12
	VirtualAnnotatedMember(TypeResolutionContext typeContext, Class<?> declaringClass, String name, JavaType type)

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	JsonFormatVisitable.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)	Get the representation of the schema to which this serializer will conform.
JsonAnyFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base.expectAnyFormat(JavaType type)
JsonAnyFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.expectAnyFormat(JavaType type)
JsonArrayFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base.expectArrayFormat(JavaType type)
JsonArrayFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.expectArrayFormat(JavaType type)
JsonBooleanFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base.expectBooleanFormat(JavaType type)
JsonBooleanFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.expectBooleanFormat(JavaType type)
JsonIntegerFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base.expectIntegerFormat(JavaType type)
JsonIntegerFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.expectIntegerFormat(JavaType type)
JsonMapFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base.expectMapFormat(JavaType type)
JsonMapFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.expectMapFormat(JavaType type)	Method called when type is of Java Map type, and will be serialized as a JSON Object.
JsonNullFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base.expectNullFormat(JavaType type)
JsonNullFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.expectNullFormat(JavaType type)
JsonNumberFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base.expectNumberFormat(JavaType type)
JsonNumberFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.expectNumberFormat(JavaType type)
JsonObjectFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base.expectObjectFormat(JavaType type)
JsonObjectFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.expectObjectFormat(JavaType type)
JsonStringFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base.expectStringFormat(JavaType type)
JsonStringFormatVisitor	JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.expectStringFormat(JavaType type)
void	JsonArrayFormatVisitor.Base.itemsFormat(JsonFormatVisitable handler, JavaType elementType)
void	JsonArrayFormatVisitor.itemsFormat(JsonFormatVisitable handler, JavaType elementType)	Visit method called for structured types, as well as possibly for leaf types (especially if handled by custom serializers).
void	JsonMapFormatVisitor.Base.keyFormat(JsonFormatVisitable handler, JavaType keyType)
void	JsonMapFormatVisitor.keyFormat(JsonFormatVisitable handler, JavaType keyType)	Visit method called to indicate type of keys of the Map type being visited
void	JsonObjectFormatVisitor.Base.optionalProperty(String name, JsonFormatVisitable handler, JavaType propertyTypeHint)
void	JsonObjectFormatVisitor.optionalProperty(String name, JsonFormatVisitable handler, JavaType propertyTypeHint)
void	JsonObjectFormatVisitor.Base.property(String name, JsonFormatVisitable handler, JavaType propertyTypeHint)
void	JsonObjectFormatVisitor.property(String name, JsonFormatVisitable handler, JavaType propertyTypeHint)	Callback method called when a non-POJO property (typically something like an Enum entry of EnumMap type) is being traversed.
void	JsonMapFormatVisitor.Base.valueFormat(JsonFormatVisitable handler, JavaType valueType)
void	JsonMapFormatVisitor.valueFormat(JsonFormatVisitable handler, JavaType valueType)	Visit method called after JsonMapFormatVisitor.keyFormat(JsonFormatVisitable, JavaType) to allow visiting of the value type

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JavaType	TypeIdResolver.typeFromId(DatabindContext context, String id)	Method called to resolve type from given type identifier.

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
TypeDeserializer	TypeResolverBuilder.buildTypeDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType baseType, Collection<NamedType> subtypes)	Method for building type deserializer based on current configuration of this builder.
TypeSerializer	TypeResolverBuilder.buildTypeSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType baseType, Collection<NamedType> subtypes)	Method for building type serializer based on current configuration of this builder.
Collection<NamedType>	SubtypeResolver.collectAndResolveSubtypes(AnnotatedMember property, MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotationIntrospector ai, JavaType baseType)	Deprecated. Since 2.6 Use either SubtypeResolver.collectAndResolveSubtypesByClass(MapperConfig, AnnotatedMember, JavaType) or SubtypeResolver.collectAndResolveSubtypesByTypeId(MapperConfig, AnnotatedMember, JavaType) instead.
Collection<NamedType>	SubtypeResolver.collectAndResolveSubtypesByClass(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMember property, JavaType baseType)	Method for finding out all reachable subtypes for a property specified by given element (method or field), such that access is by type, typically needed for serialization (converting from type to type name).
Collection<NamedType>	SubtypeResolver.collectAndResolveSubtypesByTypeId(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMember property, JavaType baseType)	Method for finding out all reachable subtypes for a property specified by given element (method or field), such that access is by type id, typically needed for deserialization (converting from type id to type).
static Object	TypeDeserializer.deserializeIfNatural(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType baseType)	Helper method used to check if given parser might be pointing to a "natural" value, and one that would be acceptable as the result value (compatible with declared base type)
void	TypeIdResolver.init(JavaType baseType)	Method that will be called once before any type resolution calls; used to initialize instance with configuration.
protected boolean	DefaultBaseTypeLimitingValidator.isSafeSubType(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, JavaType subType)	Helper called to determine whether given actual subtype is considered safe to process: this will only be called if subtype was considered acceptable earlier.
protected boolean	DefaultBaseTypeLimitingValidator.isUnsafeBaseType(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType)	Helper method called to determine if the given base type is known to be problematic regarding possible "gadget types".
PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	BasicPolymorphicTypeValidator.validateBaseType(MapperConfig<?> ctxt, JavaType baseType)
PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	DefaultBaseTypeLimitingValidator.validateBaseType(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType)
PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	PolymorphicTypeValidator.Base.validateBaseType(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType)
abstract PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	PolymorphicTypeValidator.validateBaseType(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType)	Method called when a property with polymorphic value is encountered, and a TypeResolverBuilder is needed.
PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	BasicPolymorphicTypeValidator.validateSubClassName(MapperConfig<?> ctxt, JavaType baseType, String subClassName)
PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	DefaultBaseTypeLimitingValidator.validateSubClassName(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, String subClassName)
PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	PolymorphicTypeValidator.Base.validateSubClassName(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, String subClassName)
abstract PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	PolymorphicTypeValidator.validateSubClassName(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, String subClassName)	Method called after intended class name for subtype has been read (and in case of minimal class name, expanded to fully-qualified class name) but before attempt is made to look up actual Class or JavaType.
PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	BasicPolymorphicTypeValidator.validateSubType(MapperConfig<?> ctxt, JavaType baseType, JavaType subType)
PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	DefaultBaseTypeLimitingValidator.validateSubType(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, JavaType subType)
PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	PolymorphicTypeValidator.Base.validateSubType(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, JavaType subType)
abstract PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	PolymorphicTypeValidator.validateSubType(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, JavaType subType)	Method called after class name has been resolved to actual type, in cases where previous call to PolymorphicTypeValidator.validateSubClassName(MapperConfig, JavaType, String) returned PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity.INDETERMINATE.

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl declared as JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final JavaType	TypeDeserializerBase._baseType
protected final JavaType	TypeIdResolverBase._baseType	Common base type for all polymorphic instances handled.
protected final JavaType	TypeDeserializerBase._defaultImpl	Type to use as the default implementation, if type id is missing or cannot be resolved.

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl with type parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final Map<String,JavaType>	SimpleNameIdResolver._idToType	Mappings from type id to JavaType, used for deserialization.
protected final Map<String,JavaType>	TypeNameIdResolver._idToType	Mappings from type id to JavaType, used for deserialization.

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected JavaType	TypeDeserializerBase._handleMissingTypeId(DeserializationContext ctxt, String extraDesc)
protected JavaType	TypeDeserializerBase._handleUnknownTypeId(DeserializationContext ctxt, String typeId)	Helper method called when given type id cannot be resolved into concrete deserializer either directly (using given TypeIdResolver), or using default type.
protected JavaType	ClassNameIdResolver._typeFromId(String id, DatabindContext ctxt)
protected JavaType	MinimalClassNameIdResolver._typeFromId(String id, DatabindContext ctxt)
protected JavaType	SimpleNameIdResolver._typeFromId(String id)
protected JavaType	TypeNameIdResolver._typeFromId(String id)
JavaType	TypeDeserializerBase.baseType()
protected JavaType	StdTypeResolverBuilder.defineDefaultImpl(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType baseType)
JavaType	ClassNameIdResolver.typeFromId(DatabindContext context, String id)
JavaType	SimpleNameIdResolver.typeFromId(DatabindContext context, String id)
JavaType	TypeIdResolverBase.typeFromId(DatabindContext context, String id)
JavaType	TypeNameIdResolver.typeFromId(DatabindContext context, String id)

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected boolean	StdTypeResolverBuilder._hasTypeResolver(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType baseType)	Checks whether the given class has annotations indicating some type resolver is applied, for example JsonTypeInfo.
protected boolean	StdTypeResolverBuilder._strictTypeIdHandling(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType baseType)	Determines whether strict type ID handling should be used for this type or not.
protected boolean	StdTypeResolverBuilder.allowPrimitiveTypes(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType)	Overridable helper method that is called to determine whether type serializers and type deserializers may be created even if base type is Java primitive type.
TypeDeserializer	StdTypeResolverBuilder.buildTypeDeserializer(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType baseType, Collection<NamedType> subtypes)
TypeSerializer	StdTypeResolverBuilder.buildTypeSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType baseType, Collection<NamedType> subtypes)
Collection<NamedType>	StdSubtypeResolver.collectAndResolveSubtypesByClass(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMember property, JavaType baseType)
Collection<NamedType>	StdSubtypeResolver.collectAndResolveSubtypesByTypeId(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedMember property, JavaType baseType)
static ClassNameIdResolver	ClassNameIdResolver.construct(JavaType baseType, MapperConfig<?> config, PolymorphicTypeValidator ptv)
static MinimalClassNameIdResolver	MinimalClassNameIdResolver.construct(JavaType baseType, MapperConfig<?> config, PolymorphicTypeValidator ptv)
static SimpleNameIdResolver	SimpleNameIdResolver.construct(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, Collection<NamedType> subtypes, boolean forSer, boolean forDeser)
static TypeNameIdResolver	TypeNameIdResolver.construct(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, Collection<NamedType> subtypes, boolean forSer, boolean forDeser)
protected JavaType	StdTypeResolverBuilder.defineDefaultImpl(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType baseType)
protected TypeIdResolver	StdTypeResolverBuilder.idResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, PolymorphicTypeValidator subtypeValidator, Collection<NamedType> subtypes, boolean forSer, boolean forDeser)	Helper method that will either return configured custom type id resolver, or construct a standard resolver given configuration.
void	TypeIdResolverBase.init(JavaType bt)
protected PolymorphicTypeValidator	StdTypeResolverBuilder.reportInvalidBaseType(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, PolymorphicTypeValidator ptv)
PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	LaissezFaireSubTypeValidator.validateBaseType(MapperConfig<?> ctxt, JavaType baseType)
PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	LaissezFaireSubTypeValidator.validateSubClassName(MapperConfig<?> ctxt, JavaType baseType, String subClassName)
PolymorphicTypeValidator.Validity	LaissezFaireSubTypeValidator.validateSubType(MapperConfig<?> ctxt, JavaType baseType, JavaType subType)
void	SubTypeValidator.validateSubType(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)
protected PolymorphicTypeValidator	StdTypeResolverBuilder.verifyBaseTypeValidity(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType)	Helper method called to check that base type is valid regarding possible constraints on basetype/subtype combinations allowed for polymorphic type handling.

Constructors in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	AsArrayTypeDeserializer(JavaType bt, TypeIdResolver idRes, String typePropertyName, boolean typeIdVisible, JavaType defaultImpl)
	AsDeductionTypeDeserializer(JavaType bt, TypeIdResolver idRes, JavaType defaultImpl, DeserializationConfig config, Collection<NamedType> subtypes)
	AsExternalTypeDeserializer(JavaType bt, TypeIdResolver idRes, String typePropertyName, boolean typeIdVisible, JavaType defaultImpl)
	AsPropertyTypeDeserializer(JavaType bt, TypeIdResolver idRes, String typePropertyName, boolean typeIdVisible, JavaType defaultImpl)	Deprecated. Since 2.15 (not used)
	AsPropertyTypeDeserializer(JavaType bt, TypeIdResolver idRes, String typePropertyName, boolean typeIdVisible, JavaType defaultImpl, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo.As inclusion)	Deprecated. Since 2.15 (not used)
	AsPropertyTypeDeserializer(JavaType bt, TypeIdResolver idRes, String typePropertyName, boolean typeIdVisible, JavaType defaultImpl, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo.As inclusion, boolean strictTypeIdHandling)
	AsWrapperTypeDeserializer(JavaType bt, TypeIdResolver idRes, String typePropertyName, boolean typeIdVisible, JavaType defaultImpl)
protected	ClassNameIdResolver(JavaType baseType, TypeFactory typeFactory)	Deprecated. Since 2.10 use variant that takes PolymorphicTypeValidator
	ClassNameIdResolver(JavaType baseType, TypeFactory typeFactory, PolymorphicTypeValidator ptv)
protected	MinimalClassNameIdResolver(JavaType baseType, TypeFactory typeFactory, PolymorphicTypeValidator ptv)
protected	SimpleNameIdResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, ConcurrentHashMap<String,String> typeToId, HashMap<String,JavaType> idToType)
protected	TypeDeserializerBase(JavaType baseType, TypeIdResolver idRes, String typePropertyName, boolean typeIdVisible, JavaType defaultImpl)
protected	TypeIdResolverBase(JavaType baseType, TypeFactory typeFactory)
protected	TypeNameIdResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, ConcurrentHashMap<String,String> typeToId, HashMap<String,JavaType> idToType)

Constructor parameters in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl with type arguments of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	SimpleNameIdResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, ConcurrentHashMap<String,String> typeToId, HashMap<String,JavaType> idToType)
protected	TypeNameIdResolver(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType baseType, ConcurrentHashMap<String,String> typeToId, HashMap<String,JavaType> idToType)

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JavaType	SimpleAbstractTypeResolver.findTypeMapping(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)
JavaType	SimpleAbstractTypeResolver.resolveAbstractType(DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription typeDesc)
JavaType	SimpleAbstractTypeResolver.resolveAbstractType(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)	Deprecated.

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JsonDeserializer<?>	SimpleDeserializers.findBeanDeserializer(JavaType type, DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc)
KeyDeserializer	SimpleKeyDeserializers.findKeyDeserializer(JavaType type, DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc)
JsonSerializer<?>	SimpleSerializers.findSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)
JavaType	SimpleAbstractTypeResolver.findTypeMapping(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)
JavaType	SimpleAbstractTypeResolver.resolveAbstractType(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type)	Deprecated.

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser declared as JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final JavaType	BeanPropertyWriter._cfgSerializationType	Type to use for locating serializer; normally same as return type of the accessor method, but may be overridden by annotations.
protected final JavaType	BeanPropertyWriter._declaredType	Type property is declared to have, either in class definition or associated annotations.
protected JavaType	BeanPropertyWriter._nonTrivialBaseType	Base type of the property, if the declared type is "non-trivial"; meaning it is either a structured type (collection, map, array), or parameterized.

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected JavaType	PropertyBuilder.findSerializationType(Annotated a, boolean useStaticTyping, JavaType declaredType)	Method that will try to determine statically defined type of property being serialized, based on annotations (for overrides), and alternatively declared type (if static typing for serialization is enabled).
abstract JavaType	ContainerSerializer.getContentType()	Accessor for finding declared (static) element type for type this serializer is used for.
JavaType	BeanPropertyWriter.getSerializationType()
JavaType	BeanPropertyWriter.getType()

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected BeanPropertyWriter	PropertyBuilder._constructPropertyWriter(BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, AnnotatedMember member, Annotations contextAnnotations, JavaType declaredType, JsonSerializer<?> ser, TypeSerializer typeSer, JavaType serType, boolean suppressNulls, Object suppressableValue, Class<?>[] includeInViews)	Overridable factory method for actual construction of BeanPropertyWriter; often needed if subclassing PropertyBuilder.buildWriter(SerializerProvider, BeanPropertyDefinition, JavaType, JsonSerializer, TypeSerializer, TypeSerializer, AnnotatedMember, boolean) method.
protected JsonSerializer<?>	BeanSerializerFactory._createSerializer2(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, boolean staticTyping)
protected com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Value	BasicSerializerFactory._findInclusionWithContent(SerializerProvider prov, BeanDescription beanDesc, JavaType contentType, Class<?> configType)	Helper method used for finding inclusion definitions for structured container types like Maps and referential types (like AtomicReference).
protected JsonSerializer<?>	BeanSerializerFactory._findUnsupportedTypeSerializer(SerializerProvider ctxt, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)
protected boolean	BeanSerializerFactory._isUnserializableJacksonType(SerializerProvider ctxt, JavaType type)
void	DefaultSerializerProvider.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JavaType javaType, JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor)	The method to be called by ObjectMapper and ObjectWriter to to expose the format of the given to to the given visitor
void	SerializerCache.addAndResolveNonTypedSerializer(JavaType type, JsonSerializer<Object> ser, SerializerProvider provider)
void	SerializerCache.addAndResolveNonTypedSerializer(Class<?> rawType, JavaType fullType, JsonSerializer<Object> ser, SerializerProvider provider)	Another alternative that will cover both access via raw type and matching fully resolved type, in one fell swoop.
void	SerializerCache.addTypedSerializer(JavaType type, JsonSerializer<Object> ser)	Method called if none of lookups succeeded, and caller had to construct a serializer.
ContainerSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.buildCollectionSerializer(JavaType elemType, boolean staticTyping, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer<Object> valueSerializer)
protected JsonSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.buildContainerSerializer(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, boolean staticTyping)
protected JsonSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.buildEnumSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)
JsonSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.buildEnumSetSerializer(JavaType enumType)
ContainerSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.buildIndexedListSerializer(JavaType elemType, boolean staticTyping, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer<Object> valueSerializer)
protected JsonSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.buildIterableSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, boolean staticTyping, JavaType valueType)
protected JsonSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.buildIteratorSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, boolean staticTyping, JavaType valueType)
protected JsonSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.buildMapEntrySerializer(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, boolean staticTyping, JavaType keyType, JavaType valueType)
protected BeanPropertyWriter	PropertyBuilder.buildWriter(SerializerProvider prov, BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, JavaType declaredType, JsonSerializer<?> ser, TypeSerializer typeSer, TypeSerializer contentTypeSer, AnnotatedMember am, boolean defaultUseStaticTyping)
protected JsonSerializer<Object>	BeanSerializerFactory.constructBeanOrAddOnSerializer(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, boolean staticTyping)	Method called to construct serializer for serializing specified bean type if (but only if, as of 2.10), at least one property is found.
static BeanSerializer	BeanSerializer.createDummy(JavaType forType)	Deprecated. Since 2.10
static BeanSerializer	BeanSerializer.createDummy(JavaType forType, BeanSerializerBuilder builder)	Method for constructing dummy bean serializer; one that never outputs any properties
JsonSerializer<Object>	BasicSerializerFactory.createKeySerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType keyType, JsonSerializer<Object> defaultImpl)	Deprecated.
JsonSerializer<Object>	BasicSerializerFactory.createKeySerializer(SerializerProvider ctxt, JavaType keyType, JsonSerializer<Object> defaultImpl)
abstract JsonSerializer<Object>	SerializerFactory.createKeySerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType type, JsonSerializer<Object> defaultImpl)	Deprecated.
JsonSerializer<Object>	SerializerFactory.createKeySerializer(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType type, JsonSerializer<Object> defaultImpl)	Method called to create serializer to use for serializing JSON property names (which must be output as JsonToken.FIELD_NAME) for Map that has specified declared key type, and is for specified property (or, if property is null, as root value)
abstract JsonSerializer<Object>	BasicSerializerFactory.createSerializer(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType type)
JsonSerializer<Object>	BeanSerializerFactory.createSerializer(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType origType)	Main serializer constructor method.
abstract JsonSerializer<Object>	SerializerFactory.createSerializer(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType baseType)	Method called to create (or, for immutable serializers, reuse) a serializer for given type.
TypeSerializer	BasicSerializerFactory.createTypeSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType baseType)	Method called to construct a type serializer for values with given declared base type.
abstract TypeSerializer	SerializerFactory.createTypeSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType baseType)	Method called to create a type information serializer for given base type, if one is needed.
JsonSerializer<Object>	BeanSerializerFactory.findBeanOrAddOnSerializer(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, boolean staticTyping)	Method that will try to construct a BeanSerializer for given class if at least one property is found, OR, if not, one of add-on types.
JsonSerializer<Object>	BeanSerializerFactory.findBeanSerializer(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Deprecated.
protected JsonSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.findOptionalStdSerializer(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, boolean staticTyping)	Overridable method called after checking all other types.
TypeSerializer	BeanSerializerFactory.findPropertyContentTypeSerializer(JavaType containerType, SerializationConfig config, AnnotatedMember accessor)	Method called to create a type information serializer for values of given container property if one is needed.
TypeSerializer	BeanSerializerFactory.findPropertyTypeSerializer(JavaType baseType, SerializationConfig config, AnnotatedMember accessor)	Method called to create a type information serializer for values of given non-container property if one is needed.
protected JavaType	PropertyBuilder.findSerializationType(Annotated a, boolean useStaticTyping, JavaType declaredType)	Method that will try to determine statically defined type of property being serialized, based on annotations (for overrides), and alternatively declared type (if static typing for serialization is enabled).
JsonSerializer<?>	Serializers.Base.findSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)
JsonSerializer<?>	Serializers.findSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Method called by serialization framework first time a serializer is needed for specified type, which is not of a container or reference type (for which other methods are called).
protected final JsonSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.findSerializerByAddonType(SerializationConfig config, JavaType javaType, BeanDescription beanDesc, boolean staticTyping)	Reflection-based serialized find method, which checks if given class implements one of recognized "add-on" interfaces.
protected final JsonSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.findSerializerByAnnotations(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc)	Method called to see if one of primary per-class annotations (or related, like implementing of JsonSerializable) determines the serializer to use.
protected final JsonSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.findSerializerByLookup(JavaType type, SerializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc, boolean staticTyping)	Method that will use fast lookup (and identity comparison) methods to see if we know serializer to use for given type.
protected final JsonSerializer<?>	BasicSerializerFactory.findSerializerByPrimaryType(SerializerProvider prov, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, boolean staticTyping)	Method for checking if we can determine serializer to use based on set of known primary types, checking for set of known base types (exact matches having been compared against with findSerializerByLookup).
protected Object	PropertyBuilder.getDefaultValue(JavaType type)	Deprecated. Since 2.9
protected Object	PropertyBuilder.getPropertyDefaultValue(String name, AnnotatedMember member, JavaType type)	Deprecated. Since 2.9 since this will not allow determining difference between "no default instance" case and default being `null`.
JsonSerializer<?>	BeanSerializerModifier.modifyEnumSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType valueType, BeanDescription beanDesc, JsonSerializer<?> serializer)
JsonSerializer<?>	BeanSerializerModifier.modifyKeySerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType valueType, BeanDescription beanDesc, JsonSerializer<?> serializer)	Method called by DeserializerFactory after it has constructed the default key serializer to use for serializing Map keys of given type.
void	DefaultSerializerProvider.serializePolymorphic(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator gen, Object value, JavaType rootType, JsonSerializer<Object> valueSer, TypeSerializer typeSer)	Alternate serialization call used for polymorphic types, when TypeSerializer is already known, but the actual serializer may or may not be.
void	DefaultSerializerProvider.serializeValue(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator gen, Object value, JavaType rootType)	The method to be called by ObjectMapper and ObjectWriter for serializing given value (assumed to be of specified root type, instead of runtime type of value), using serializers that this provider has access to (via caching and/or creating new serializers as need be),
void	DefaultSerializerProvider.serializeValue(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator gen, Object value, JavaType rootType, JsonSerializer<Object> ser)	The method to be called by ObjectWriter for serializing given value (assumed to be of specified root type, instead of runtime type of value), when it may know specific JsonSerializer to use.
void	BeanPropertyWriter.setNonTrivialBaseType(JavaType t)	Method called to define type to consider as "non-trivial" basetype, needed for dynamic serialization resolution for complex (usually container) types
JsonSerializer<Object>	SerializerCache.typedValueSerializer(JavaType type)
JsonSerializer<Object>	SerializerCache.untypedValueSerializer(JavaType type)
abstract VirtualBeanPropertyWriter	VirtualBeanPropertyWriter.withConfig(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedClass declaringClass, BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, JavaType type)	Contextualization method called on a newly constructed virtual bean property.

Constructors in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	BeanPropertyWriter(BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, AnnotatedMember member, Annotations contextAnnotations, JavaType declaredType, JsonSerializer<?> ser, TypeSerializer typeSer, JavaType serType, boolean suppressNulls, Object suppressableValue)	Deprecated.
	BeanPropertyWriter(BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, AnnotatedMember member, Annotations contextAnnotations, JavaType declaredType, JsonSerializer<?> ser, TypeSerializer typeSer, JavaType serType, boolean suppressNulls, Object suppressableValue, Class<?>[] includeInViews)
	BeanSerializer(JavaType type, BeanSerializerBuilder builder, BeanPropertyWriter[] properties, BeanPropertyWriter[] filteredProperties)
protected	ContainerSerializer(JavaType fullType)
protected	VirtualBeanPropertyWriter(BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, Annotations contextAnnotations, JavaType declaredType)	Constructor used by most sub-types.
protected	VirtualBeanPropertyWriter(BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, Annotations contextAnnotations, JavaType declaredType, JsonSerializer<?> ser, TypeSerializer typeSer, JavaType serType, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Value inclusion)	Deprecated.
protected	VirtualBeanPropertyWriter(BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, Annotations contextAnnotations, JavaType declaredType, JsonSerializer<?> ser, TypeSerializer typeSer, JavaType serType, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Value inclusion, Class<?>[] includeInViews)	Pass-through constructor that may be used by sub-classes that want full control over implementation.

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl declared as JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final JavaType	MapEntrySerializer._entryType
protected final JavaType	MapEntrySerializer._keyType
protected final JavaType	UnsupportedTypeSerializer._type
protected final JavaType	MapEntrySerializer._valueType
final JavaType	ObjectIdWriter.idType

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JavaType	MapEntrySerializer.getContentType()
JavaType	StringArraySerializer.getContentType()

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected final JsonSerializer<Object>	MapEntrySerializer._findAndAddDynamic(PropertySerializerMap map, JavaType type, SerializerProvider provider)
void	StringArraySerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
final PropertySerializerMap.SerializerAndMapResult	PropertySerializerMap.addSerializer(JavaType type, JsonSerializer<Object> serializer)
static AttributePropertyWriter	AttributePropertyWriter.construct(String attrName, BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, Annotations contextAnnotations, JavaType declaredType)
static ObjectIdWriter	ObjectIdWriter.construct(JavaType idType, PropertyName propName, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerator<?> generator, boolean alwaysAsId)	Factory method called by BeanSerializerBase with the initial information based on standard settings for the type for which serializer is being built.
final PropertySerializerMap.SerializerAndMapResult	PropertySerializerMap.findAndAddPrimarySerializer(JavaType type, SerializerProvider provider, BeanProperty property)
final PropertySerializerMap.SerializerAndMapResult	PropertySerializerMap.findAndAddRootValueSerializer(JavaType type, SerializerProvider provider)
final PropertySerializerMap.SerializerAndMapResult	PropertySerializerMap.findAndAddSecondarySerializer(JavaType type, SerializerProvider provider, BeanProperty property)
JsonSerializer<Object>	ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap.typedValueSerializer(JavaType type)
JsonSerializer<Object>	ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap.untypedValueSerializer(JavaType type)
VirtualBeanPropertyWriter	AttributePropertyWriter.withConfig(MapperConfig<?> config, AnnotatedClass declaringClass, BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, JavaType type)	Since this method should typically not be called on this sub-type, default implementation simply throws an IllegalStateException.

Constructors in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	AttributePropertyWriter(String attrName, BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, Annotations contextAnnotations, JavaType declaredType)
protected	AttributePropertyWriter(String attrName, BeanPropertyDefinition propDef, Annotations contextAnnotations, JavaType declaredType, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Value inclusion)
	IndexedListSerializer(JavaType elemType, boolean staticTyping, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer<Object> valueSerializer)
	IteratorSerializer(JavaType elemType, boolean staticTyping, TypeSerializer vts)
	MapEntrySerializer(JavaType type, JavaType keyType, JavaType valueType, boolean staticTyping, TypeSerializer vts, BeanProperty property)
protected	ObjectIdWriter(JavaType t, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.SerializableString propName, com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerator<?> gen, JsonSerializer<?> ser, boolean alwaysAsId)
	UnsupportedTypeSerializer(JavaType t, String msg)

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std declared as JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final JavaType	BeanSerializerBase._beanType
protected final JavaType	StdDelegatingSerializer._delegateType	Fully resolved delegate type, with generic information if any available.
protected final JavaType	AsArraySerializerBase._elementType
protected final JavaType	ObjectArraySerializer._elementType	Declared type of element entries
protected final JavaType	MapSerializer._keyType	Declared type of keys
protected final JavaType	ReferenceTypeSerializer._referredType	Value type
protected final JavaType	JsonValueSerializer._valueType	Declared type of the value accessed, as declared by accessor.
protected final JavaType	MapSerializer._valueType	Declared type of contained values
protected static final JavaType	MapSerializer.UNSPECIFIED_TYPE

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JavaType	AsArraySerializerBase.getContentType()
JavaType	MapSerializer.getContentType()
JavaType	ObjectArraySerializer.getContentType()
JavaType	StdArraySerializers.BooleanArraySerializer.getContentType()
JavaType	StdArraySerializers.DoubleArraySerializer.getContentType()
JavaType	StdArraySerializers.FloatArraySerializer.getContentType()
JavaType	StdArraySerializers.IntArraySerializer.getContentType()
JavaType	StdArraySerializers.LongArraySerializer.getContentType()
JavaType	StdArraySerializers.ShortArraySerializer.getContentType()
JavaType	ReferenceTypeSerializer.getReferredType()
JavaType	MapProperty.getType()

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	DateTimeSerializerBase._acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint, boolean asNumber)
protected boolean	JsonValueSerializer._acceptJsonFormatVisitorForEnum(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint, Class<?> enumType)	Overridable helper method used for special case handling of schema information for Enums.
protected final JsonSerializer<Object>	AsArraySerializerBase._findAndAddDynamic(PropertySerializerMap map, JavaType type, SerializerProvider provider)
protected final JsonSerializer<Object>	MapSerializer._findAndAddDynamic(PropertySerializerMap map, JavaType type, SerializerProvider provider)
protected final JsonSerializer<Object>	ObjectArraySerializer._findAndAddDynamic(PropertySerializerMap map, JavaType type, SerializerProvider provider)
protected boolean	ReferenceTypeSerializer._useStatic(SerializerProvider provider, BeanProperty property, JavaType referredType)
void	AsArraySerializerBase.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	BeanSerializerBase.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	BooleanSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	ByteArraySerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	ByteBufferSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	ClassSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	DateTimeSerializerBase.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	EnumSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	FileSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	JsonValueSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	MapSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	NullSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	NumberSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	NumberSerializers.Base.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	ObjectArraySerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	RawSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	ReferenceTypeSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	SerializableSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	SqlTimeSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StaticListSerializerBase.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdArraySerializers.BooleanArraySerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdArraySerializers.CharArraySerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdArraySerializers.DoubleArraySerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdArraySerializers.FloatArraySerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdArraySerializers.IntArraySerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdArraySerializers.LongArraySerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdArraySerializers.ShortArraySerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdDelegatingSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdJdkSerializers.AtomicBooleanSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdJdkSerializers.AtomicIntegerSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdJdkSerializers.AtomicLongSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdKeySerializers.Dynamic.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdScalarSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	StdSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)	Default implementation specifies no format.
void	StringSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	ToEmptyObjectSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	TokenBufferSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	ToStringSerializerBase.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
void	UUIDSerializer.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
static MapSerializer	MapSerializer.construct(String[] ignoredList, JavaType mapType, boolean staticValueType, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer<Object> keySerializer, JsonSerializer<Object> valueSerializer, Object filterId)	Deprecated. Since 2.8 use the other overload
static MapSerializer	MapSerializer.construct(Set<String> ignoredEntries, JavaType mapType, boolean staticValueType, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer<Object> keySerializer, JsonSerializer<Object> valueSerializer, Object filterId)
static MapSerializer	MapSerializer.construct(Set<String> ignoredEntries, Set<String> includedEntries, JavaType mapType, boolean staticValueType, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer<Object> keySerializer, JsonSerializer<Object> valueSerializer, Object filterId)
protected void	StdSerializer.visitArrayFormat(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint, JsonFormatTypes itemType)
protected void	StdSerializer.visitArrayFormat(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint, JsonSerializer<?> itemSerializer, JavaType itemType)
protected void	StdSerializer.visitFloatFormat(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser.NumberType numberType)	Helper method that calls necessary visit method(s) to indicate that the underlying JSON type is a floating-point JSON number.
protected void	StdSerializer.visitIntFormat(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser.NumberType numberType)	Helper method that calls necessary visit method(s) to indicate that the underlying JSON type is JSON Integer number.
protected void	StdSerializer.visitIntFormat(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser.NumberType numberType, JsonValueFormat format)	Helper method that calls necessary visit method(s) to indicate that the underlying JSON type is JSON Integer number, but that there is also a further format restriction involved.
protected void	StdSerializer.visitStringFormat(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)	Helper method that calls necessary visit method(s) to indicate that the underlying JSON type is JSON String.
protected void	StdSerializer.visitStringFormat(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint, JsonValueFormat format)	Helper method that calls necessary visit method(s) to indicate that the underlying JSON type is JSON String, but that there is a more refined logical type
protected StdDelegatingSerializer	StdDelegatingSerializer.withDelegate(Converter<Object,?> converter, JavaType delegateType, JsonSerializer<?> delegateSerializer)	Method used for creating resolved contextual instances.

Constructors in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	AsArraySerializerBase(Class<?> cls, JavaType elementType, boolean staticTyping, TypeSerializer vts, BeanProperty property, JsonSerializer<?> elementSerializer, Boolean unwrapSingle)	General purpose constructor.
protected	AsArraySerializerBase(Class<?> cls, JavaType et, boolean staticTyping, TypeSerializer vts, BeanProperty property, JsonSerializer<Object> elementSerializer)	Deprecated. Since 2.6 Use variants that either take 'src', or do NOT pass BeanProperty
protected	AsArraySerializerBase(Class<?> cls, JavaType et, boolean staticTyping, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer<Object> elementSerializer)	Non-contextual, "blueprint" constructor typically called when the first instance is created, without knowledge of property it was used via.
protected	BeanSerializerBase(JavaType type, BeanSerializerBuilder builder, BeanPropertyWriter[] properties, BeanPropertyWriter[] filteredProperties)	Constructor used by BeanSerializerBuilder to create an instance
	CollectionSerializer(JavaType elemType, boolean staticTyping, TypeSerializer vts, BeanProperty property, JsonSerializer<Object> valueSerializer)	Deprecated. since 2.6
	CollectionSerializer(JavaType elemType, boolean staticTyping, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer<Object> valueSerializer)
	EnumSetSerializer(JavaType elemType)
	IterableSerializer(JavaType elemType, boolean staticTyping, TypeSerializer vts)
protected	MapSerializer(Set<String> ignoredEntries, JavaType keyType, JavaType valueType, boolean valueTypeIsStatic, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer<?> keySerializer, JsonSerializer<?> valueSerializer)	Deprecated. in 2.12, remove from 3.0
protected	MapSerializer(Set<String> ignoredEntries, Set<String> includedEntries, JavaType keyType, JavaType valueType, boolean valueTypeIsStatic, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer<?> keySerializer, JsonSerializer<?> valueSerializer)
	ObjectArraySerializer(JavaType elemType, boolean staticTyping, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer<Object> elementSerializer)
	StdDelegatingSerializer(Converter<Object,?> converter, JavaType delegateType, JsonSerializer<?> delegateSerializer)
protected	StdSerializer(JavaType type)
	ToEmptyObjectSerializer(JavaType type)

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type

Subclasses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
final class	ArrayType	Array types represent Java arrays, both primitive and object valued.
class	CollectionLikeType	Type that represents things that act similar to Collection; but may or may not be instances of that interface.
final class	CollectionType	Type that represents Java Collection types (Lists, Sets).
class	IterationType	Specialized SimpleType for types that are allow iteration over Collection(-like) types: this includes types like Iterator.
class	MapLikeType	Type that represents Map-like types; things that consist of key/value pairs but that do not necessarily implement Map, but that do not have enough introspection functionality to allow for some level of generic handling.
final class	MapType	Type that represents "true" Java Map types.
class	PlaceholderForType	Helper type used when introspecting bindings for already resolved types, needed for specialization.
class	ReferenceType	Specialized SimpleType for types that are referential types, that is, values that can be dereferenced to another value (or null), of different type.
class	ResolvedRecursiveType	Internal placeholder type used for self-references.
class	SimpleType	Simple types are defined as anything other than one of recognized container types (arrays, Collections, Maps).
class	TypeBase

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type declared as JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected JavaType	PlaceholderForType._actualType	Type assigned during wildcard resolution (which follows type structure resolution)
protected final JavaType	ReferenceType._anchorType	Deprecated. Since 2.16
protected final JavaType	ArrayType._componentType	Type of elements in the array.
protected final JavaType	CollectionLikeType._elementType	Type of elements in collection
protected final JavaType	IterationType._iteratedType
protected final JavaType	MapLikeType._keyType	Type of keys of Map.
protected final JavaType	ReferenceType._referencedType
protected JavaType	ResolvedRecursiveType._referencedType
protected final JavaType	TypeBase._superClass
protected final JavaType[]	TypeBase._superInterfaces
protected final JavaType	MapLikeType._valueType	Type of values of Map.

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type with type parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final LookupCache<Object,JavaType>	TypeFactory._typeCache	Since type resolution can be expensive (specifically when resolving actual generic types), we will use small cache to avoid repetitive resolution of core types

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._applyModifiers(Type srcType, JavaType resolvedType)
protected static JavaType	TypeBase._bogusSuperClass(Class<?> cls)	Internal helper method used to figure out nominal super-class for deprecated factory methods / constructors, where we are not given properly resolved supertype hierarchy.
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._constructSimple(Class<?> raw, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)	Factory method to call when no special JavaType is needed, no generic parameters are passed.
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._findWellKnownSimple(Class<?> clz)	Helper method called to see if requested, non-generic-parameterized type is one of common, "well-known" types, instances of which are pre-constructed and do not need dynamic caching.
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._fromAny(ClassStack context, Type srcType, TypeBindings bindings)	Factory method that can be used if type information is passed as Java typing returned from getGenericXxx methods (usually for a return or argument type).
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._fromArrayType(ClassStack context, GenericArrayType type, TypeBindings bindings)
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._fromClass(ClassStack context, Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings)
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._fromParamType(ClassStack context, ParameterizedType ptype, TypeBindings parentBindings)	This method deals with parameterized types, that is, first class generic classes.
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._fromVariable(ClassStack context, TypeVariable<?> var, TypeBindings bindings)
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._fromWellKnownClass(ClassStack context, Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)	Helper class used to check whether exact class for which type is being constructed is one of well-known base interfaces or classes that indicates alternate JavaType implementation.
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._fromWellKnownInterface(ClassStack context, Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._fromWildcard(ClassStack context, WildcardType type, TypeBindings bindings)
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._newSimpleType(Class<?> raw, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)	Factory method that is to create a new SimpleType with no checks whatsoever.
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._resolveSuperClass(ClassStack context, Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings parentBindings)
protected JavaType[]	TypeFactory._resolveSuperInterfaces(ClassStack context, Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings parentBindings)
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._unknownType()
JavaType	PlaceholderForType.actualType()
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructFromCanonical(String canonical)	Factory method for constructing a JavaType out of its canonical representation (see ResolvedType.toCanonical()).
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructGeneralizedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> superClass)	Method similar to TypeFactory.constructSpecializedType(JavaType, Class), but that creates a less-specific type of given type.
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructParametricType(Class<?> rawType, JavaType... parameterTypes)	Factory method for constructing JavaType that represents a parameterized type.
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructParametricType(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings parameterTypes)	Factory method for constructing JavaType that represents a parameterized type.
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructParametricType(Class<?> parametrized, Class<?>... parameterClasses)	Factory method for constructing JavaType that represents a parameterized type.
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructParametrizedType(Class<?> parametrized, Class<?> parametersFor, JavaType... parameterTypes)	Deprecated. since 2.9 Use TypeFactory.constructParametricType(Class,JavaType...) instead
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructParametrizedType(Class<?> parametrized, Class<?> parametersFor, Class<?>... parameterClasses)	Deprecated. since 2.9 Use TypeFactory.constructParametricType(Class,Class...) instead
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructReferenceType(Class<?> rawType, JavaType referredType)	Method for constructing a ReferenceType instance with given type parameter (type MUST take one and only one type parameter)
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructSimpleType(Class<?> rawType, JavaType[] parameterTypes)	Method for constructing a type instance with specified parameterization.
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructSimpleType(Class<?> rawType, Class<?> parameterTarget, JavaType[] parameterTypes)	Deprecated. Since 2.7
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructSpecializedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> subclass)	Factory method for creating a subtype of given base type, as defined by specified subclass; but retaining generic type information if any.
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructSpecializedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> subclass, boolean relaxedCompatibilityCheck)	Factory method for creating a subtype of given base type, as defined by specified subclass; but retaining generic type information if any.
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructType(com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference<?> typeRef)
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructType(Type type)
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructType(Type type, JavaType contextType)	Deprecated. Since 2.7 (accidentally removed in 2.7.0; added back in 2.7.1)
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructType(Type type, TypeBindings bindings)	Deprecated. Since 2.12
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructType(Type type, Class<?> contextClass)	Deprecated. Since 2.7 (accidentally removed in 2.7.0; added back in 2.7.1)
JavaType	TypeBase.containedType(int index)
JavaType	TypeBindings.findBoundType(String name)	Find type bound to specified name, if there is one; returns bound type if so, null if not.
JavaType	TypeFactory.findFirstTypeParameter(JavaType type, Class<?> expType)	Specialized alternative to TypeFactory.findTypeParameters(JavaType, Class)
final JavaType	TypeBase.findSuperType(Class<?> rawTarget)
JavaType[]	TypeBase.findTypeParameters(Class<?> expType)
JavaType[]	TypeFactory.findTypeParameters(JavaType type, Class<?> expType)	Method that is to figure out actual type parameters that given class binds to generic types defined by given (generic) interface or class.
JavaType[]	TypeFactory.findTypeParameters(Class<?> clz, Class<?> expType)	Deprecated. Since 2.7 resolve raw type first, then find type parameters
JavaType[]	TypeFactory.findTypeParameters(Class<?> clz, Class<?> expType, TypeBindings bindings)	Deprecated. Since 2.7 resolve raw type first, then find type parameters
JavaType	ReferenceType.getAnchorType()	Deprecated. Since 2.16
JavaType	TypeBindings.getBoundType(int index)	Get the type bound to the variable at index.
JavaType	TypeBindings.getBoundTypeOrNull(int index)	Get the type bound to the variable at index.
JavaType	ArrayType.getContentType()
JavaType	CollectionLikeType.getContentType()
JavaType	IterationType.getContentType()
JavaType	MapLikeType.getContentType()
JavaType	ReferenceType.getContentType()
JavaType	MapLikeType.getKeyType()
JavaType	ReferenceType.getReferencedType()
JavaType	ResolvedRecursiveType.getSelfReferencedType()
JavaType	ResolvedRecursiveType.getSuperClass()
JavaType	TypeBase.getSuperClass()
abstract JavaType	TypeModifier.modifyType(JavaType type, Type jdkType, TypeBindings context, TypeFactory typeFactory)	Method called to let modifier change constructed type definition.
JavaType	TypeFactory.moreSpecificType(JavaType type1, JavaType type2)	Method that can be called to figure out more specific of two types (if they are related; that is, one implements or extends the other); or if not related, return the primary type.
JavaType	TypeParser.parse(String canonical)
protected JavaType	TypeParser.parseType(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeParser.MyTokenizer tokens, int nestingAllowed)
JavaType	ArrayType.refine(Class<?> contentClass, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	CollectionLikeType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	CollectionType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	IterationType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	MapLikeType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	MapType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	PlaceholderForType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	ReferenceType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	ResolvedRecursiveType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	SimpleType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	TypeFactory.resolveMemberType(Type type, TypeBindings contextBindings)	Method to call when resolving types of Members like Fields, Methods and Constructor parameters and there is a TypeBindings (that describes binding of type parameters within context) to pass.
protected JavaType[]	TypeBindings.typeParameterArray()
JavaType	TypeFactory.uncheckedSimpleType(Class<?> cls)	Deprecated. Since 2.8, to indicate users should never call this method.
static JavaType	TypeFactory.unknownType()	Method for constructing a marker type that indicates missing generic type information, which is handled same as simple type for java.lang.Object.
JavaType	ArrayType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	CollectionLikeType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	CollectionType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	IterationType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	MapLikeType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	MapType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	PlaceholderForType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	ReferenceType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	ResolvedRecursiveType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	SimpleType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	PlaceholderForType.withContentTypeHandler(Object h)
JavaType	ResolvedRecursiveType.withContentTypeHandler(Object h)
JavaType	SimpleType.withContentTypeHandler(Object h)
JavaType	PlaceholderForType.withContentValueHandler(Object h)
JavaType	ResolvedRecursiveType.withContentValueHandler(Object h)
JavaType	CollectionLikeType.withHandlersFrom(JavaType src)
JavaType	MapLikeType.withHandlersFrom(JavaType src)
JavaType	PlaceholderForType.withStaticTyping()
JavaType	ResolvedRecursiveType.withStaticTyping()
JavaType	PlaceholderForType.withTypeHandler(Object h)
JavaType	ResolvedRecursiveType.withTypeHandler(Object h)
JavaType	PlaceholderForType.withValueHandler(Object h)
JavaType	ResolvedRecursiveType.withValueHandler(Object h)

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type that return types with arguments of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<JavaType>	TypeBase.getInterfaces()
List<JavaType>	TypeBindings.getTypeParameters()	Accessor for getting bound types in declaration order
protected List<JavaType>	TypeParser.parseTypes(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeParser.MyTokenizer tokens, int nestingAllowed)

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._applyModifiers(Type srcType, JavaType resolvedType)
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._constructSimple(Class<?> raw, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)	Factory method to call when no special JavaType is needed, no generic parameters are passed.
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._fromWellKnownClass(ClassStack context, Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)	Helper class used to check whether exact class for which type is being constructed is one of well-known base interfaces or classes that indicates alternate JavaType implementation.
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._fromWellKnownInterface(ClassStack context, Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
protected JavaType	TypeFactory._newSimpleType(Class<?> raw, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)	Factory method that is to create a new SimpleType with no checks whatsoever.
void	PlaceholderForType.actualType(JavaType t)
static ArrayType	ArrayType.construct(JavaType componentType, TypeBindings bindings)
static ArrayType	ArrayType.construct(JavaType componentType, TypeBindings bindings, Object valueHandler, Object typeHandler)
static CollectionLikeType	CollectionLikeType.construct(Class<?> rawType, JavaType elemT)	Deprecated. Since 2.7, use CollectionLikeType.upgradeFrom(JavaType, JavaType) for constructing instances, given pre-resolved SimpleType.
static CollectionLikeType	CollectionLikeType.construct(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts, JavaType elemT)
static CollectionType	CollectionType.construct(Class<?> rawType, JavaType elemT)	Deprecated. Since 2.7, remove from 2.9
static CollectionType	CollectionType.construct(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts, JavaType elemT)
static IterationType	IterationType.construct(Class<?> cls, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts, JavaType iteratedType)
static MapLikeType	MapLikeType.construct(Class<?> rawType, JavaType keyT, JavaType valueT)	Deprecated.
static MapType	MapType.construct(Class<?> rawType, JavaType keyT, JavaType valueT)	Deprecated.
static MapType	MapType.construct(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts, JavaType keyT, JavaType valueT)
static ReferenceType	ReferenceType.construct(Class<?> cls, JavaType refType)	Deprecated.
static ReferenceType	ReferenceType.construct(Class<?> cls, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts, JavaType refType)
ArrayType	TypeFactory.constructArrayType(JavaType elementType)	Method for constructing an ArrayType.
CollectionLikeType	TypeFactory.constructCollectionLikeType(Class<?> collectionClass, JavaType elementType)	Method for constructing a CollectionLikeType.
CollectionType	TypeFactory.constructCollectionType(Class<? extends Collection> collectionClass, JavaType elementType)	Method for constructing a CollectionType.
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructGeneralizedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> superClass)	Method similar to TypeFactory.constructSpecializedType(JavaType, Class), but that creates a less-specific type of given type.
MapLikeType	TypeFactory.constructMapLikeType(Class<?> mapClass, JavaType keyType, JavaType valueType)	Method for constructing a MapLikeType instance
MapType	TypeFactory.constructMapType(Class<? extends Map> mapClass, JavaType keyType, JavaType valueType)	Method for constructing a MapType instance
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructParametricType(Class<?> rawType, JavaType... parameterTypes)	Factory method for constructing JavaType that represents a parameterized type.
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructParametrizedType(Class<?> parametrized, Class<?> parametersFor, JavaType... parameterTypes)	Deprecated. since 2.9 Use TypeFactory.constructParametricType(Class,JavaType...) instead
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructReferenceType(Class<?> rawType, JavaType referredType)	Method for constructing a ReferenceType instance with given type parameter (type MUST take one and only one type parameter)
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructSimpleType(Class<?> rawType, JavaType[] parameterTypes)	Method for constructing a type instance with specified parameterization.
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructSimpleType(Class<?> rawType, Class<?> parameterTarget, JavaType[] parameterTypes)	Deprecated. Since 2.7
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructSpecializedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> subclass)	Factory method for creating a subtype of given base type, as defined by specified subclass; but retaining generic type information if any.
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructSpecializedType(JavaType baseType, Class<?> subclass, boolean relaxedCompatibilityCheck)	Factory method for creating a subtype of given base type, as defined by specified subclass; but retaining generic type information if any.
JavaType	TypeFactory.constructType(Type type, JavaType contextType)	Deprecated. Since 2.7 (accidentally removed in 2.7.0; added back in 2.7.1)
static TypeBindings	TypeBindings.create(Class<?> erasedType, JavaType typeArg1)
static TypeBindings	TypeBindings.create(Class<?> erasedType, JavaType[] types)
static TypeBindings	TypeBindings.create(Class<?> erasedType, JavaType typeArg1, JavaType typeArg2)
static TypeBindings	TypeBindings.createIfNeeded(Class<?> erasedType, JavaType typeArg1)	Alternate factory method that may be called if it is possible that type does or does not require type parameters; this is mostly useful for collection- and map-like types.
static TypeBindings	TypeBindings.createIfNeeded(Class<?> erasedType, JavaType[] types)	Alternate factory method that may be called if it is possible that type does or does not require type parameters; this is mostly useful for collection- and map-like types.
JavaType	TypeFactory.findFirstTypeParameter(JavaType type, Class<?> expType)	Specialized alternative to TypeFactory.findTypeParameters(JavaType, Class)
JavaType[]	TypeFactory.findTypeParameters(JavaType type, Class<?> expType)	Method that is to figure out actual type parameters that given class binds to generic types defined by given (generic) interface or class.
abstract JavaType	TypeModifier.modifyType(JavaType type, Type jdkType, TypeBindings context, TypeFactory typeFactory)	Method called to let modifier change constructed type definition.
JavaType	TypeFactory.moreSpecificType(JavaType type1, JavaType type2)	Method that can be called to figure out more specific of two types (if they are related; that is, one implements or extends the other); or if not related, return the primary type.
JavaType	ArrayType.refine(Class<?> contentClass, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	CollectionLikeType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	CollectionType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	IterationType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	MapLikeType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	MapType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	PlaceholderForType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	ReferenceType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	ResolvedRecursiveType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
JavaType	SimpleType.refine(Class<?> rawType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInterfaces)
void	ClassStack.resolveSelfReferences(JavaType resolved)	Method called when type that this stack frame represents is fully resolved, allowing self-references to be completed (if there are any)
void	ResolvedRecursiveType.setReference(JavaType ref)
static CollectionLikeType	CollectionLikeType.upgradeFrom(JavaType baseType, JavaType elementType)	Factory method that can be used to "upgrade" a basic type into collection-like one; usually done via TypeModifier
static IterationType	IterationType.upgradeFrom(JavaType baseType, JavaType iteratedType)	Factory method that can be used to "upgrade" a basic type into iteration type; usually done via TypeModifier
static MapLikeType	MapLikeType.upgradeFrom(JavaType baseType, JavaType keyT, JavaType valueT)	Factory method that can be used to "upgrade" a basic type into collection-like one; usually done via TypeModifier
static ReferenceType	ReferenceType.upgradeFrom(JavaType baseType, JavaType refdType)	Factory method that can be used to "upgrade" a basic type into collection-like one; usually done via TypeModifier
JavaType	ArrayType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	CollectionLikeType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	CollectionType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	IterationType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	MapLikeType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	MapType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	PlaceholderForType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	ReferenceType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	ResolvedRecursiveType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	SimpleType.withContentType(JavaType contentType)
JavaType	CollectionLikeType.withHandlersFrom(JavaType src)
JavaType	MapLikeType.withHandlersFrom(JavaType src)
MapLikeType	MapLikeType.withKeyType(JavaType keyType)
MapType	MapType.withKeyType(JavaType keyType)

Method parameters in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type with type arguments of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static TypeBindings	TypeBindings.create(Class<?> erasedType, List<JavaType> typeList)	Factory method for constructing bindings for given class using specified type parameters.
TypeFactory	TypeFactory.withCache(LookupCache<Object,JavaType> cache)	Mutant factory method that will construct new TypeFactory with identical settings except for different cache.
TypeFactory	TypeFactory.withCache(LRUMap<Object,JavaType> cache)	Deprecated. Since 2.12

Constructors in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	ArrayType(JavaType componentType, TypeBindings bindings, Object emptyInstance, Object valueHandler, Object typeHandler, boolean asStatic)
protected	CollectionLikeType(TypeBase base, JavaType elemT)
protected	CollectionLikeType(Class<?> collT, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts, JavaType elemT, Object valueHandler, Object typeHandler, boolean asStatic)
protected	CollectionType(TypeBase base, JavaType elemT)
protected	IterationType(TypeBase base, JavaType iteratedType)	Constructor used when upgrading into this type (via IterationType.upgradeFrom(JavaType, JavaType), the usual way for IterationTypes to come into existence.
protected	IterationType(Class<?> cls, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts, JavaType iteratedType, Object valueHandler, Object typeHandler, boolean asStatic)
protected	MapLikeType(TypeBase base, JavaType keyT, JavaType valueT)
protected	MapLikeType(Class<?> mapType, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts, JavaType keyT, JavaType valueT, Object valueHandler, Object typeHandler, boolean asStatic)
protected	MapType(TypeBase base, JavaType keyT, JavaType valueT)
protected	ReferenceType(TypeBase base, JavaType refType)	Constructor used when upgrading into this type (via ReferenceType.upgradeFrom(JavaType, JavaType), the usual way for ReferenceTypes to come into existence.
protected	ReferenceType(Class<?> cls, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts, JavaType refType, JavaType anchorType, Object valueHandler, Object typeHandler, boolean asStatic)
protected	SimpleType(Class<?> cls, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts)
protected	SimpleType(Class<?> cls, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts, int extraHash, Object valueHandler, Object typeHandler, boolean asStatic)	Pass-through constructor used by ReferenceType.
protected	SimpleType(Class<?> cls, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts, Object valueHandler, Object typeHandler, boolean asStatic)
protected	TypeBase(Class<?> raw, TypeBindings bindings, JavaType superClass, JavaType[] superInts, int hash, Object valueHandler, Object typeHandler, boolean asStatic)	Main constructor to use by extending classes.

Constructor parameters in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type with type arguments of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	TypeFactory(LookupCache<Object,JavaType> typeCache)
protected	TypeFactory(LookupCache<Object,JavaType> typeCache, TypeParser p, TypeModifier[] mods, ClassLoader classLoader)

Uses of JavaType in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util

Fields in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util declared as JavaType

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final JavaType	JSONPObject._serializationType	Optional static type to use for serialization; if null, runtime type is used.
protected final JavaType	JSONWrappedObject._serializationType	Optional static type to use for serialization; if null, runtime type is used.
protected JavaType	TypeKey._type

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util that return JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected JavaType	StdConverter._findConverterType(TypeFactory tf)
JavaType	Converter.getInputType(TypeFactory typeFactory)	Method that can be used to find out actual input (source) type; this usually can be determined from type parameters, but may need to be implemented differently from programmatically defined converters (which cannot change static type parameter bindings).
JavaType	StdConverter.getInputType(TypeFactory typeFactory)
JavaType	Converter.getOutputType(TypeFactory typeFactory)	Method that can be used to find out actual output (target) type; this usually can be determined from type parameters, but may need to be implemented differently from programmatically defined converters (which cannot change static type parameter bindings).
JavaType	StdConverter.getOutputType(TypeFactory typeFactory)
JavaType	SimpleBeanPropertyDefinition.getPrimaryType()
JavaType	JSONPObject.getSerializationType()
JavaType	JSONWrappedObject.getSerializationType()
JavaType	TypeKey.getType()

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util that return types with arguments of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static List<JavaType>	ClassUtil.findSuperTypes(JavaType type, Class<?> endBefore, boolean addClassItself)	Method that will find all sub-classes and implemented interfaces of a given class or interface.

Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	BeanUtil.checkUnsupportedType(JavaType type)	Helper method called by BeanDeserializerFactory and BeanSerializerFactory to check if given unrecognized type (to be (de)serialized as general POJO) is one of "well-known" types for which there would be a datatype module; and if so, return appropriate failure message to give to caller.
PropertyName	RootNameLookup.findRootName(JavaType rootType, MapperConfig<?> config)
static List<JavaType>	ClassUtil.findSuperTypes(JavaType type, Class<?> endBefore, boolean addClassItself)	Method that will find all sub-classes and implemented interfaces of a given class or interface.
static Object	BeanUtil.getDefaultValue(JavaType type)	Accessor used to find out "default value" to use for comparing values to serialize, to determine whether to exclude value from serialization with inclusion type of JsonInclude.Include.NON_DEFAULT.
static String	ClassUtil.getTypeDescription(JavaType fullType)	Helper method to create and return "backticked" description of given resolved type (or, "null" if null passed), similar to return vaue of ClassUtil.getClassDescription(Object).
static Class<?>	ClassUtil.rawClass(JavaType t)
final void	TypeKey.resetTyped(JavaType type)
final void	TypeKey.resetUntyped(JavaType type)
static final int	TypeKey.typedHash(JavaType type)
static final int	TypeKey.untypedHash(JavaType type)

Constructors in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util with parameters of type JavaType

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	JSONPObject(String function, Object value, JavaType asType)
	JSONWrappedObject(String prefix, String suffix, Object value, JavaType asType)	Constructor that should be used when specific serialization type to use is important, and needs to be passed instead of just using runtime (type-erased) type of the value.
	TypeKey(JavaType key, boolean typed)