Package com.fasterxml.jackson.core.util

Interface Instantiatable<T>

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    public interface Instantiatable<T>
    Add-on interface used to indicate things that may be "blueprint" objects which can not be used as is, but are used for creating usable per-process (serialization, deserialization) instances, using createInstance() method.

    Note that some implementations may choose to implement createInstance() by simply returning 'this': this is acceptable if instances are stateless.

    Since:
    2.1
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    • Method Summary

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      Modifier and Type Method Description
      T createInstance()
      Method called to ensure that we have a non-blueprint object to use; it is either this object (if stateless), or a newly created object with separate state.

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      • createInstance

        T createInstance()
        Method called to ensure that we have a non-blueprint object to use; it is either this object (if stateless), or a newly created object with separate state.
        Returns:
        Actual instance to use