Class JsonDeserializer<T>

    • Constructor Detail

      • JsonDeserializer

        public JsonDeserializer()
    • Method Detail

      • deserialize

        public abstract T deserialize​(JsonParser jp,
                                      DeserializationContext ctxt)
                               throws IOException,
                                      JsonProcessingException
        Method that can be called to ask implementation to deserialize JSON content into the value type this serializer handles. Returned instance is to be constructed by method itself.

        Pre-condition for this method is that the parser points to the first event that is part of value to deserializer (and which is never JSON 'null' literal, more on this below): for simple types it may be the only value; and for structured types the Object start marker. Post-condition is that the parser will point to the last event that is part of deserialized value (or in case deserialization fails, event that was not recognized or usable, which may be the same event as the one it pointed to upon call).

        Note that this method is never called for JSON null literal, and thus deserializers need (and should) not check for it.

        Parameters:
        jp - Parsed used for reading JSON content
        ctxt - Context that can be used to access information about this deserialization activity.
        Returns:
        Deserializer value
        Throws:
        IOException
        JsonProcessingException
      • deserializeWithType

        public Object deserializeWithType​(JsonParser jp,
                                          DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                          TypeDeserializer typeDeserializer)
                                   throws IOException,
                                          JsonProcessingException
        Deserialization called when type being deserialized is defined to contain additional type identifier, to allow for correctly instantiating correct subtype. This can be due to annotation on type (or its supertype), or due to global settings without annotations.

        Default implementation may work for some types, but ideally subclasses should not rely on current default implementation. Implementation is mostly provided to avoid compilation errors with older code.

        Parameters:
        typeDeserializer - Deserializer to use for handling type information
        Throws:
        IOException
        JsonProcessingException
        Since:
        1.5
      • unwrappingDeserializer

        public JsonDeserializer<T> unwrappingDeserializer()
        Method that will return deserializer instance that is able to handle "unwrapped" value instances If no unwrapped instance can be constructed, will simply return this object as-is.

        Default implementation just returns 'this' indicating that no unwrapped variant exists

        Since:
        1.9
      • getNullValue

        public T getNullValue()
        Method that can be called to determine value to be used for representing null values (values deserialized when JSON token is JsonToken.VALUE_NULL). Usually this is simply Java null, but for some types (especially primitives) it may be necessary to use non-null values.

        Note that deserializers are allowed to call this just once and then reuse returned value; that is, method is not guaranteed to be called once for each conversion.

        Default implementation simply returns null.

      • getEmptyValue

        public T getEmptyValue()
        Method called to determine value to be used for "empty" values (most commonly when deserializing from empty JSON Strings). Usually this is same as getNullValue() (which in turn is usually simply Java null), but it can be overridden for types. Or, if type should never be converted from empty String, method can also throw an exception.

        Default implementation simple calls getNullValue() and returns value.

        Since:
        1.9