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package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.ConfigFeature;
/**
* Enumeration that defines simple on/off features that affect
* the way Java objects are serialized.
*<p>
* Note that features can be set both through
* {@link ObjectMapper} (as sort of defaults) and through
* {@link ObjectWriter}.
* In first case these defaults must follow "config-then-use" patterns
* (i.e. defined once, not changed afterwards); all per-call
* changes must be done using {@link ObjectWriter}.
*/
public enum SerializationFeature implements ConfigFeature
{
/*
/******************************************************
/* Generic output features
/******************************************************
*/
/**
* Feature that can be enabled to make root value (usually JSON
* Object but can be any type) wrapped within a single property
* JSON object, where key as the "root name", as determined by
* annotation introspector (esp. for JAXB that uses
* <code>@XmlRootElement.name</code>) or fallback (non-qualified
* class name).
* Feature is mostly intended for JAXB compatibility.
*<p>
* Feature is disabled by default.
*/
WRAP_ROOT_VALUE(false),
/**
* Feature that allows enabling (or disabling) indentation
* for the underlying generator, using the default pretty
* printer (see
* {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator#useDefaultPrettyPrinter}
* for details).
*<p>
* Note that this only affects cases where
* {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator}
* is constructed implicitly by ObjectMapper: if explicit
* generator is passed, its configuration is not changed.
*<p>
* Also note that if you want to configure details of indentation,
* you need to directly configure the generator: there is a
* method to use any <code>PrettyPrinter</code> instance.
* This feature will only allow using the default implementation.
*<p>
* Feature is enabled by default.
*/
INDENT_OUTPUT(false),
/*
/******************************************************
/* Error handling features
/******************************************************
*/
/**
* Feature that determines what happens when no accessors are
* found for a type (and there are no annotations to indicate
* it is meant to be serialized). If enabled (default), an
* exception is thrown to indicate these as non-serializable
* types; if disabled, they are serialized as empty Objects,
* i.e. without any properties.
*<p>
* Note that empty types that this feature has only effect on
* those "empty" beans that do not have any recognized annotations
* (like <code>@JsonSerialize</code>): ones that do have annotations
* do not result in an exception being thrown.
*<p>
* Feature is enabled by default.
*/
FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS(true),
/**
* Feature that determines whether Jackson code should catch
* and wrap {@link Exception}s (but never {@link Error}s!)
* to add additional information about
* location (within input) of problem or not. If enabled,
* most exceptions will be caught and re-thrown (exception
* specifically being that {@link java.io.IOException}s may be passed
* as is, since they are declared as throwable); this can be
* convenient both in that all exceptions will be checked and
* declared, and so there is more contextual information.
* However, sometimes calling application may just want "raw"
* unchecked exceptions passed as is.
*<p>
*<p>
* Feature is enabled by default.
*/
WRAP_EXCEPTIONS(true),
/*
/******************************************************
/* Output life cycle features
/******************************************************
*/
/**
* Feature that determines whether <code>close</code> method of
* serialized <b>root level</b> objects (ones for which <code>ObjectMapper</code>'s
* writeValue() (or equivalent) method is called)
* that implement {@link java.io.Closeable}
* is called after serialization or not. If enabled, <b>close()</b> will
* be called after serialization completes (whether succesfully, or
* due to an error manifested by an exception being thrown). You can
* think of this as sort of "finally" processing.
*<p>
* NOTE: only affects behavior with <b>root</b> objects, and not other
* objects reachable from the root object. Put another way, only one
* call will be made for each 'writeValue' call.
*<p>
* Feature is disabled by default.
*/
CLOSE_CLOSEABLE(false),
/**
* Feature that determines whether <code>JsonGenerator.flush()</code> is
* called after <code>writeValue()</code> method <b>that takes JsonGenerator
* as an argument</b> completes (i.e. does NOT affect methods
* that use other destinations); same for methods in {@link ObjectWriter}.
* This usually makes sense; but there are cases where flushing
* should not be forced: for example when underlying stream is
* compressing and flush() causes compression state to be flushed
* (which occurs with some compression codecs).
*<p>
* Feature is enabled by default.
*/
FLUSH_AFTER_WRITE_VALUE(true),
/*
/******************************************************
/* Datatype-specific serialization configuration
/******************************************************
*/
/**
* Feature that determines whether {@link java.util.Date} values
* (and Date-based things like {@link java.util.Calendar}s) are to be
* serialized as numeric timestamps (true; the default),
* or as something else (usually textual representation).
* If textual representation is used, the actual format is
* one returned by a call to
* {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationConfig#getDateFormat}.
*<p>
* Note: whether this feature affects handling of other date-related
* types depend on handlers of those types, although ideally they
* should use this feature
*<p>
* Note: whether {@link java.util.Map} keys are serialized as Strings
* or not is controlled using {@link #WRITE_DATE_KEYS_AS_TIMESTAMPS}.
*<p>
* Feature is enabled by default.
*/
WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS(true),
/**
* Feature that determines whether {@link java.util.Date}s
* (and sub-types) used as {@link java.util.Map} keys are serialized
* as timestamps or not (if not, will be serialized as textual
* values).
*<p>
* Default value is 'false', meaning that Date-valued Map keys are serialized
* as textual (ISO-8601) values.
*<p>
* Feature is disabled by default.
*/
WRITE_DATE_KEYS_AS_TIMESTAMPS(false),
/**
* Feature that determines how type <code>char[]</code> is serialized:
* when enabled, will be serialized as an explict JSON array (with
* single-character Strings as values); when disabled, defaults to
* serializing them as Strings (which is more compact).
*<p>
* Feature is disabled by default.
*/
WRITE_CHAR_ARRAYS_AS_JSON_ARRAYS(false),
/**
* Feature that determines standard serialization mechanism used for
* Enum values: if enabled, return value of <code>Enum.toString()</code>
* is used; if disabled, return value of <code>Enum.name()</code> is used.
*<p>
* Note: this feature should usually have same value
* as {@link DeserializationFeature#READ_ENUMS_USING_TO_STRING}.
*<p>
* Feature is disabled by default.
*/
WRITE_ENUMS_USING_TO_STRING(false),
/**
* Feature that determines whethere Java Enum values are serialized
* as numbers (true), or textual values (false). If textual values are
* used, other settings are also considered.
* If this feature is enabled,
* return value of <code>Enum.ordinal()</code>
* (an integer) will be used as the serialization.
*<p>
* Note that this feature has precedence over {@link #WRITE_ENUMS_USING_TO_STRING},
* which is only considered if this feature is set to false.
*<p>
* Feature is disabled by default.
*/
WRITE_ENUMS_USING_INDEX(false),
/**
* Feature that determines whether Map entries with null values are
* to be serialized (true) or not (false).
*<p>
* For further details, check out [JACKSON-314]
*<p>
* Feature is enabled by default.
*/
WRITE_NULL_MAP_VALUES(true),
/**
* Feature that determines whether Container properties (POJO properties
* with declared value of Collection or array; i.e. things that produce JSON
* arrays) that are empty (have no elements)
* will be serialized as empty JSON arrays (true), or suppressed from output (false).
*<p>
* Note that this does not change behavior of {@link java.util.Map}s, or
* "Collection-like" types.
*<p>
* Feature is enabled by default.
*/
WRITE_EMPTY_JSON_ARRAYS(true),
/**
* Feature added for interoperability, to work with oddities of
* so-called "BadgerFish" convention.
* Feature determines handling of single element {@link java.util.Collection}s
* and arrays: if enabled, {@link java.util.Collection}s and arrays that contain exactly
* one element will be serialized as if that element itself was serialized.
*<p>
* When enabled, a POJO with array that normally looks like this:
*<pre>
* { "arrayProperty" : [ 1 ] }
*</pre>
* will instead be serialized as
*<pre>
* { "arrayProperty" : 1 }
*</pre>
*<p>
* Note that this feature is counterpart to {@link DeserializationFeature#ACCEPT_SINGLE_VALUE_AS_ARRAY}
* (that is, usually both are enabled, or neither is).
*<p>
* Feature is disabled by default, so that no special handling is done.
*/
WRITE_SINGLE_ELEM_ARRAYS_UNWRAPPED(false),
/**
* Feature that determines whether {@link java.math.BigDecimal} entries are
* serialized using {@link java.math.BigDecimal#toPlainString()} to prevent
* values to be written using scientific notation.
* <p>
* Feature is disabled by default.
*/
WRITE_BIGDECIMAL_AS_PLAIN(false),
/**
* Feature that controls whether numeric timestamp values are
* to be written using nanosecond timestamps (enabled) or not (disabled);
* <b>if and only if</b> datatype supports such resolution.
* Only newer datatypes (such as Java8 Date/Time) support such resolution --
* older types (pre-Java8 <b>java.util.Date</b> etc) and Joda do not --
* and this setting <b>has no effect</b> on such types.
*<p>
* If disabled, standard millisecond timestamps are assumed.
* This is the counterpart to {@link SerializationFeature#WRITE_DATE_TIMESTAMPS_AS_NANOSECONDS}.
*<p>
* Feature is enabled by default, to support most accurate time values possible.
*
* @since 2.2
*/
WRITE_DATE_TIMESTAMPS_AS_NANOSECONDS(true),
/**
* Feature that determines whether {@link java.util.Map} entries are first
* sorted by key before serialization or not: if enabled, additional sorting
* step is performed if necessary (not necessary for {@link java.util.SortedMap}s),
* if disabled, no additional sorting is needed.
*<p>
* Feature is disabled by default.
*/
ORDER_MAP_ENTRIES_BY_KEYS(false),
/*
/******************************************************
/* Other
/******************************************************
*/
/**
* Feature that determines whether {@link ObjectWriter} should
* try to eagerly fetch necessary {@link JsonSerializer} when
* possible. This improves performance in cases where similarly
* configured {@link ObjectWriter} instance is used multiple
* times; and should not significantly affect single-use cases.
*<p>
* Note that there should not be any need to normally disable this
* feature: only consider that if there are actual perceived problems.
*<p>
* Feature is enabled by default.
*
* @since 2.1
*/
EAGER_SERIALIZER_FETCH(true)
;
private final boolean _defaultState;
private SerializationFeature(boolean defaultState) {
_defaultState = defaultState;
}
@Override
public boolean enabledByDefault() { return _defaultState; }
@Override
public int getMask() { return (1 << ordinal()); }
}