com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation
Interface ObjectIdResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleObjectIdResolver

public interface ObjectIdResolver

Definition of API used for resolving actual Java object from Object Identifiers (as annotated using JsonIdentityInfo).

Since:

2.4

Method Summary

void	bindItem(ObjectIdGenerator.IdKey id, Object pojo) Method called when a POJO is deserialized and has an Object Identifier.
boolean	canUseFor(ObjectIdResolver resolverType) Method called to check whether this resolver instance can be used for Object Ids of specific resolver type; determination is based by passing a configured "blueprint" (prototype) instance; from which the actual instances are created (using newForDeserialization(java.lang.Object)).
ObjectIdResolver	newForDeserialization(Object context) Factory method called to create a new instance to use for deserialization: needed since resolvers may have state (a pool of objects).
Object	resolveId(ObjectIdGenerator.IdKey id) Method called when deserialization encounters the given Object Identifier and requires the POJO associated with it.

Method Detail

bindItem

void bindItem(ObjectIdGenerator.IdKey id,
              Object pojo)

Method called when a POJO is deserialized and has an Object Identifier. Method exists so that implementation can keep track of existing object in JSON stream that could be useful for further resolution.

Parameters:

id - The Object Identifer

pojo - The POJO associated to that Identifier

resolveId

Object resolveId(ObjectIdGenerator.IdKey id)

Method called when deserialization encounters the given Object Identifier and requires the POJO associated with it.

Parameters:

id - The Object Identifier

Returns:

The POJO, or null if unable to resolve.

newForDeserialization

ObjectIdResolver newForDeserialization(Object context)

Factory method called to create a new instance to use for deserialization: needed since resolvers may have state (a pool of objects).

Note that actual type of 'context' is com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext, but can not be declared here as type itself (as well as call to this object) comes from databind package.

Parameters:

context - Deserialization context object used (of type com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext ; may be needed by more complex resolvers to access contextual information such as configuration.

canUseFor

boolean canUseFor(ObjectIdResolver resolverType)

Method called to check whether this resolver instance can be used for Object Ids of specific resolver type; determination is based by passing a configured "blueprint" (prototype) instance; from which the actual instances are created (using newForDeserialization(java.lang.Object)).

Returns:

True if this instance can be used as-is; false if not