Method used to locate a mutator (settable field, or 2-argument set method) of introspected class that implements com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter. If no such mutator exists null is returned. If more than one are found, an exception is thrown. Additional checks are also made to see that method signature is acceptable: needs to take 2 arguments, first one String or Object; second any can be any type.

Method for locating all back-reference properties (setters, fields) bean has

Method that will locate the no-arg constructor for this class, if it has one, and that constructor has not been marked as ignorable.

Method for finding out if the POJO specifies default view(s) to use for properties, considering both per-type annotations and global default settings.

Method for locating accessor (readable field, or "getter" method) that has com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonKey annotation, if any. If multiple ones are found, an error is reported by throwing IllegalArgumentException

Method for locating accessor (readable field, or "getter" method) that has com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonValue annotation, if any. If multiple ones are found, an error is reported by throwing IllegalArgumentException

Returns:List<BeanPropertyDefinition>

Ordered Map with logical property name as key, and matching getter method as value.

Method for finding annotation-indicated inclusion definition (if any); possibly overriding given default value.

Method for accessing collection of annotations the bean class has.

Method for accessing low-level information about Class this item describes.

Helper method that will return all non-default constructors (that is, constructors that take one or more arguments) this class has.

Method similar to getConstructors() except will also introspect JsonCreator.Mode and filter out ones marked as not applicable and include mode (or lack thereof) for remaining constructors.

Note that no other filtering (regarding visibility or other annotations) is performed

Since

2.13

Helper method that will check all static methods of the bean class that seem like factory methods eligible to be used as Creators. This requires that the static method:

1. Returns type compatible with bean type (same or subtype)
2. Is recognized from either explicit annotation (usually @JsonCreator OR naming: names valueOf() and fromString() are recognized but only for 1-argument factory methods, and in case of fromString() argument type must further be either String or CharSequence.

Returns:List<AnnotatedMethod>

List of static methods considered as possible Factory methods

Method similar to getFactoryMethods() but will return JsonCreator.Mode metadata along with qualifying factory method candidates.

Since

2.13

Accessor for getting information about Object Id expected to be used for this POJO type, if any.

Method that is replacing earlier Creator introspection access methods.

Returns:PotentialCreators

Container for introspected Creator candidates, if any

Since

2.18

Method for accessing declared type of bean being introspected, including full generic type information (from declaration)

Method for checking whether class being described has any annotations recognized by registered annotation introspector.

Method called to create a "default instance" of the bean, currently only needed for obtaining default field values which may be used for suppressing serialization of fields that have "not changed".

Parameters

fixAccess:boolean

If true, method is allowed to fix access to the default constructor (to be able to call non-public constructor); if false, has to use constructor as is.

Returns:Object

Instance of class represented by this descriptor, if suitable default constructor was found; null otherwise.

Method for constructing a supplier for this bean description instance: sometimes needed when code expects supplier, not description instance.