public Class ReferenceType

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.type.SimpleType.equals.

Doc from java.lang.Object.equals.

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

The equals method implements an equivalence relation on non-null object references:

• It is reflexive: for any non-null reference value x, x.equals(x) should return true.
• It is symmetric: for any non-null reference values x and y, x.equals(y) should return true if and only if y.equals(x) returns true.
• It is transitive: for any non-null reference values x, y, and z, if x.equals(y) returns true and y.equals(z) returns true, then x.equals(z) should return true.
• It is consistent: for any non-null reference values x and y, multiple invocations of x.equals(y) consistently return true or consistently return false, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the objects is modified.
• For any non-null reference value x, x.equals(null) should return false.

An equivalence relation partitions the elements it operates on into equivalence classes; all the members of an equivalence class are equal to each other. Members of an equivalence class are substitutable for each other, at least for some purposes.

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@Override

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.JavaType.getContentType.

Doc from tools.jackson.core.type.ResolvedType.getContentType.

Method for accessing content type of this type, if type has such a thing: simple types do not, structured types do (like arrays, Collections and Maps)

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@Override

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.type.SimpleType.getErasedSignature.

Doc from tools.jackson.databind.JavaType.getErasedSignature.

Method for accessing signature without generic type information, in form compatible with all versions of JVM, and specifically used for type descriptions when generating byte code.

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@Override

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.type.SimpleType.getGenericSignature.

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@Override

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.JavaType.getReferencedType.

Doc from tools.jackson.core.type.ResolvedType.getReferencedType.

Method for accessing type of value that instances of this type references, if any.

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@Override

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.type.SimpleType.hasContentType.

Doc from tools.jackson.databind.JavaType.hasContentType.

Accessor that allows determining whether getContentType() should return a non-null value (that is, there is a "content type") or not. True if isContainerType() or isReferenceType() return true.

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@Override

Convenience accessor that allows checking whether this is the anchor type itself; if not, it must be one of supertypes that is also a ReferenceType

Overrides tools.jackson.core.type.ResolvedType.isReferenceType.

Doc from tools.jackson.core.type.ResolvedType.isReferenceType.

Whether this type is a referential type, meaning that values are basically pointers to "real" values (or null) and not regular values themselves. Typical examples include things like java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference, and various Optional types (in JDK8, Guava).

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@Override

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.type.SimpleType.refine.

Doc from tools.jackson.databind.JavaType.refine.

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.

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@Override

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.type.SimpleType.toString.

Doc from java.lang.Object.toString.

Returns a string representation of the object. Satisfying this method's contract implies a non-null result must be returned.

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@Override

Factory method that can be used to "upgrade" a basic type into collection-like one; usually done via TypeModifier

Parameters

baseType:JavaType

Resolved non-reference type (usually SimpleType) that is being upgraded

refdType:JavaType

Referenced type; usually the first and only type parameter, but not necessarily

Since

2.7

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.type.SimpleType.withContentType.

Doc from tools.jackson.databind.JavaType.withContentType.

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. If content type is already set to given type, this is returned. If type does not have a content type (which is the case with SimpleType), IllegalArgumentException will be thrown.

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@Override

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.type.SimpleType.withContentTypeHandler.

Doc from tools.jackson.databind.JavaType.withContentTypeHandler.

Internal method that should not be used by any code outside of jackson-databind: only used internally by databind. May be removed from Jackson 3.0.

This mutant factory method will construct a new instance that is identical to this instance, except that it will have specified content type (element type for arrays, value type for Maps and so forth) handler assigned.

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@Override

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.type.SimpleType.withContentValueHandler.

Doc from tools.jackson.databind.JavaType.withContentValueHandler.

Internal method that should not be used by any code outside of jackson-databind: only used internally by databind. May be removed from Jackson 3.0.

Mutant factory method that will construct a new instance that is identical to this instance, except that it will have specified content value handler assigned.

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@Override

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.type.SimpleType.withStaticTyping.

Doc from tools.jackson.databind.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. The main use case is to allow forcing of specific root value serialization type, and specifically in resolving serializers for contained types (element types for arrays, Collections and Maps).

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@Override

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.type.SimpleType.withTypeHandler.

Doc from tools.jackson.databind.JavaType.withTypeHandler.

Internal method that should not be used by any code outside of jackson-databind: only used internally by databind. May be removed from Jackson 3.0.

This mutant factory method will construct a new instance that is identical to this instance, except that it will have specified type handler assigned.

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@Override

Overrides tools.jackson.databind.type.SimpleType.withValueHandler.

Doc from tools.jackson.databind.JavaType.withValueHandler.

Internal method that should not be used by any code outside of jackson-databind: only used internally by databind. May be removed from Jackson 3.0.

This mutant factory method will construct a new instance that is identical to this instance, except that it will have specified value handler assigned.

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@Override