org.codehaus.jackson.map.ser
Class ToStringSerializer

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object>
      extended by org.codehaus.jackson.map.ser.ToStringSerializer

public final class ToStringSerializer
extends JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object>

Simple general purpose serializer, useful for any type for which Object.toString() returns the desired Json value.


Field Summary
static ToStringSerializer instance
          Singleton instance to use.
 
Constructor Summary
ToStringSerializer()
           Note: usually you should NOT create new instances, but instead use instance which is stateless and fully thread-safe.
 
Method Summary
 void serialize(java.lang.Object value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider)
          Method that can be called to ask implementation to serialize values of type this serializer handles.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

instance

public static final ToStringSerializer instance
Singleton instance to use.

Constructor Detail

ToStringSerializer

public ToStringSerializer()

Note: usually you should NOT create new instances, but instead use instance which is stateless and fully thread-safe. However, there are cases where constructor is needed; for example, when using explicit serializer annotations like JsonUseSerializer.

Method Detail

serialize

public void serialize(java.lang.Object value,
                      JsonGenerator jgen,
                      SerializerProvider provider)
               throws java.io.IOException,
                      JsonGenerationException
Description copied from class: JsonSerializer
Method that can be called to ask implementation to serialize values of type this serializer handles.

Specified by:
serialize in class JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object>
Parameters:
value - Value to serialize; can not be null.
jgen - Generator used to output resulting Json content
provider - Provider that can be used to get serializers for serializing Objects value contains, if any.
Throws:
java.io.IOException
JsonGenerationException