org.codehaus.jackson.map
Class AbstractTypeResolver

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.jackson.map.AbstractTypeResolver

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractTypeMaterializer

public abstract class AbstractTypeResolver
extends Object

Defines interface for resolvers that can resolve abstract types into concrete ones; either by using static mappings, or possibly by materializing implementations dynamically.

Since:

1.6

Constructor Summary

AbstractTypeResolver()

Method Summary

abstract JavaType

resolveAbstractType(DeserializationConfig config, JavaType type) Method called to try to resolve an abstract type into concrete type, usually for purposes of deserializing.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractTypeResolver

public AbstractTypeResolver()

Method Detail

resolveAbstractType

public abstract JavaType resolveAbstractType(DeserializationConfig config,
                                             JavaType type)

Method called to try to resolve an abstract type into concrete type, usually for purposes of deserializing.

Parameters:

config - Deserialization configuration in use

type - Abstract type (with generic type parameters if any) to resolve

Returns:

Resolved concrete type (which should retain generic type parameters of input type, if any), if resolution succeeds; null if resolver does not know how to resolve type