UnknownSerializer
Date: 2016-12-04

com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl

## Class UnknownSerializer

- java.lang.Object
- - com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer<T>
  - - com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer<java.lang.Object>
    - - com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl.UnknownSerializer

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    JsonFormatVisitable, SchemaAware, java.io.Serializable

      public class UnknownSerializer
      extends StdSerializer<java.lang.Object>

  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer

      `JsonSerializer.None`

  - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer

      `_handledType`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `UnknownSerializer()`
    `UnknownSerializer(java.lang.Class<?> cls)`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)` Default implementation specifies no format.
    `protected void` | `failForEmpty(SerializerProvider prov, java.lang.Object value)`
    `JsonNode` | `getSchema(SerializerProvider provider, java.lang.reflect.Type typeHint)` Default implementation simply claims type is "string"; usually overriden by custom serializers.
    `boolean` | `isEmpty(SerializerProvider provider, java.lang.Object value)` Method called to check whether given serializable value is considered "empty" value (for purposes of suppressing serialization of empty values).
    `void` | `serialize(java.lang.Object value, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider)` Method that can be called to ask implementation to serialize values of type this serializer handles.
    `void` | `serializeWithType(java.lang.Object value, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider, TypeSerializer typeSer)` Method that can be called to ask implementation to serialize values of type this serializer handles, using specified type serializer for embedding necessary type information.

    - ### Methods inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer

      `createObjectNode, createSchemaNode, createSchemaNode, findAnnotatedContentSerializer, findConvertingContentSerializer, findFormatFeature, findFormatOverrides, findIncludeOverrides, findPropertyFilter, getSchema, handledType, isDefaultSerializer, visitArrayFormat, visitArrayFormat, visitFloatFormat, visitIntFormat, visitIntFormat, visitStringFormat, visitStringFormat, wrapAndThrow, wrapAndThrow`

    - ### Methods inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer

      `getDelegatee, isEmpty, isUnwrappingSerializer, properties, replaceDelegatee, unwrappingSerializer, usesObjectId, withFilterId`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### UnknownSerializer

          public UnknownSerializer()

    - #### UnknownSerializer

          public UnknownSerializer(java.lang.Class<?> cls)

      Since:
        2.6

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### serialize

          public void serialize(java.lang.Object value,
                       com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator gen,
                       SerializerProvider provider)
                         throws java.io.IOException

      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 `StdSerializer<java.lang.Object>`
      Parameters:
        `value` - Value to serialize; can not be null.
        `gen` - 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`

    - #### serializeWithType

          public final void serializeWithType(java.lang.Object value,
                               com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator gen,
                               SerializerProvider provider,
                               TypeSerializer typeSer)
                                       throws java.io.IOException

      Description copied from class: `JsonSerializer`
      Method that can be called to ask implementation to serialize values of type this serializer handles, using specified type serializer for embedding necessary type information.

      Default implementation will throw `UnsupportedOperationException` to indicate that proper type handling needs to be implemented.

      For simple datatypes written as a single scalar value (JSON String, Number, Boolean), implementation would look like:

            // note: method to call depends on whether this type is serialized as JSON scalar, object or Array!
            typeSer.writeTypePrefixForScalar(value, gen);
            serialize(value, gen, provider);
            typeSer.writeTypeSuffixForScalar(value, gen);

      and implementations for type serialized as JSON Arrays or Objects would differ slightly, as `START-ARRAY`/`END-ARRAY` and `START-OBJECT`/`END-OBJECT` pairs need to be properly handled with respect to serializing of contents.
      Overrides:
        `serializeWithType` in class `JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object>`
      Parameters:
        `value` - Value to serialize; can not be null.
        `gen` - Generator used to output resulting Json content
        `provider` - Provider that can be used to get serializers for serializing Objects value contains, if any.
        `typeSer` - Type serializer to use for including type information
      Throws:
        `java.io.IOException`

    - #### isEmpty

          public boolean isEmpty(SerializerProvider provider,
                        java.lang.Object value)

      Description copied from class: `JsonSerializer`
      Method called to check whether given serializable value is considered "empty" value (for purposes of suppressing serialization of empty values).

      Default implementation will consider only null values to be empty.

      NOTE: replaces `JsonSerializer.isEmpty(Object)`, which was deprecated in 2.5

      Overrides:
        `isEmpty` in class `JsonSerializer<java.lang.Object>`

    - #### getSchema

          public JsonNode getSchema(SerializerProvider provider,
                           java.lang.reflect.Type typeHint)
                             throws JsonMappingException

      Description copied from class: `StdSerializer`
      Default implementation simply claims type is "string"; usually overriden by custom serializers.
      Specified by:
        `getSchema` in interface `SchemaAware`
      Overrides:
        `getSchema` in class `StdSerializer<java.lang.Object>`
      Parameters:
        `provider` - The serializer provider.
        `typeHint` - A hint about the type.
      Returns:
        Json-schema for this serializer.
      Throws:
        `JsonMappingException`

    - #### acceptJsonFormatVisitor

          public void acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor,
                                     JavaType typeHint)
                                       throws JsonMappingException

      Description copied from class: `StdSerializer`
      Default implementation specifies no format. This behavior is usually overriden by custom serializers.
      Specified by:
        `acceptJsonFormatVisitor` in interface `JsonFormatVisitable`
      Overrides:
        `acceptJsonFormatVisitor` in class `StdSerializer<java.lang.Object>`
        `typeHint` - Type of element (entity like property) being visited
      Throws:
        `JsonMappingException`

    - #### failForEmpty

          protected void failForEmpty(SerializerProvider prov,
                          java.lang.Object value)
                               throws JsonMappingException

      Throws:
        `JsonMappingException`