com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser

Class DeserializationProblemHandler

java.lang.Object

com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializationProblemHandler

public abstract class DeserializationProblemHandler
extends java.lang.Object

This is the class that can be registered (via DeserializationConfig object owner by ObjectMapper) to get called when a potentially recoverable problem is encountered during deserialization process. Handlers can try to resolve the problem, throw an exception or just skip the content.

Default implementations for all methods implemented minimal "do nothing" functionality, which is roughly equivalent to not having a registered listener at all. This allows for only implemented handler methods one is interested in, without handling other cases.

NOTE: it is typically NOT acceptable to simply do nothing, because this will result in unprocessed tokens being left in token stream (read via JsonParser, in case a structured (JSON Object or JSON Array) value is being pointed to by parser.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.Object	NOT_HANDLED Marker value returned by some handler methods to indicate that they could not handle problem and produce replacement value.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DeserializationProblemHandler()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	handleInstantiationProblem(DeserializationContext ctxt, java.lang.Class<?> instClass, java.lang.Object argument, java.lang.Throwable t) Method called when instance creation for a type fails due to an exception.
java.lang.Object	handleMissingInstantiator(DeserializationContext ctxt, java.lang.Class<?> instClass, JsonParser p, java.lang.String msg) Deprecated. Since 2.9: use variant that takes ValueInstantiator
java.lang.Object	handleMissingInstantiator(DeserializationContext ctxt, java.lang.Class<?> instClass, ValueInstantiator valueInsta, JsonParser p, java.lang.String msg) Method called when instance creation for a type fails due to lack of an instantiator.
JavaType	handleMissingTypeId(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType baseType, TypeIdResolver idResolver, java.lang.String failureMsg) Handler method called if an expected type id for a polymorphic value is not found and no "default type" is specified or allowed.
java.lang.Object	handleUnexpectedToken(DeserializationContext ctxt, java.lang.Class<?> targetType, JsonToken t, JsonParser p, java.lang.String failureMsg) Deprecated. Since 2.10
java.lang.Object	handleUnexpectedToken(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType targetType, JsonToken t, JsonParser p, java.lang.String failureMsg) Method that deserializers should call if the first token of the value to deserialize is of unexpected type (that is, type of token that deserializer cannot handle).
boolean	handleUnknownProperty(DeserializationContext ctxt, JsonParser p, JsonDeserializer<?> deserializer, java.lang.Object beanOrClass, java.lang.String propertyName) Method called when a JSON Object property with an unrecognized name is encountered.
JavaType	handleUnknownTypeId(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType baseType, java.lang.String subTypeId, TypeIdResolver idResolver, java.lang.String failureMsg) Handler method called if resolution of type id from given String failed to produce a subtype; usually because logical id is not mapped to actual implementation class.
java.lang.Object	handleWeirdKey(DeserializationContext ctxt, java.lang.Class<?> rawKeyType, java.lang.String keyValue, java.lang.String failureMsg) Method called when a property name from input cannot be converted to a non-Java-String key type (passed as rawKeyType) due to format problem.
java.lang.Object	handleWeirdNativeValue(DeserializationContext ctxt, JavaType targetType, java.lang.Object valueToConvert, JsonParser p) Method called when an embedded (native) value (JsonToken.VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT) cannot be converted directly into expected value type (usually POJO).
java.lang.Object	handleWeirdNumberValue(DeserializationContext ctxt, java.lang.Class<?> targetType, java.lang.Number valueToConvert, java.lang.String failureMsg) Method called when a numeric value (integral or floating-point from input cannot be converted to a non-numeric value type due to specific problem (as opposed to numeric values never being usable).
java.lang.Object	handleWeirdStringValue(DeserializationContext ctxt, java.lang.Class<?> targetType, java.lang.String valueToConvert, java.lang.String failureMsg) Method called when a String value cannot be converted to a non-String value type due to specific problem (as opposed to String values never being usable).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NOT_HANDLED

public static final java.lang.Object NOT_HANDLED

Marker value returned by some handler methods to indicate that they could not handle problem and produce replacement value.

Since:

2.7

Constructor Detail

DeserializationProblemHandler

public DeserializationProblemHandler()

Method Detail

handleUnknownProperty

public boolean handleUnknownProperty(DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                     JsonParser p,
                                     JsonDeserializer<?> deserializer,
                                     java.lang.Object beanOrClass,
                                     java.lang.String propertyName)
                              throws java.io.IOException

Method called when a JSON Object property with an unrecognized name is encountered. Content (supposedly) matching the property are accessible via parser that can be obtained from passed deserialization context. Handler can also choose to skip the content; if so, it MUST return true to indicate it did handle property successfully. Skipping is usually done like so:

  parser.skipChildren();

Note: DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES) takes effect only after handler is called, and only if handler did not handle the problem.

Parameters:

beanOrClass - Either bean instance being deserialized (if one has been instantiated so far); or Class that indicates type that will be instantiated (if no instantiation done yet: for example when bean uses non-default constructors)

p - Parser to use for handling problematic content

Returns:

True if the problem is resolved (and content available used or skipped); false if the handler did not anything and the problem is unresolved. Note that in latter case caller will either throw an exception or explicitly skip the content, depending on configuration.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

handleWeirdKey

public java.lang.Object handleWeirdKey(DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                       java.lang.Class<?> rawKeyType,
                                       java.lang.String keyValue,
                                       java.lang.String failureMsg)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Method called when a property name from input cannot be converted to a non-Java-String key type (passed as rawKeyType) due to format problem. Handler may choose to do one of 3 things:

• Indicate it does not know what to do by returning NOT_HANDLED
• Throw a IOException to indicate specific fail message (instead of standard exception caller would throw
• Return actual key value to use as replacement, and continue processing.

Parameters:

failureMsg - Message that will be used by caller (by calling DeserializationContext.weirdKeyException(Class, String, String)) to indicate type of failure unless handler produces key to use

Returns:

Either NOT_HANDLED to indicate that handler does not know what to do (and exception may be thrown), or value to use as key (possibly null

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.8

handleWeirdStringValue

public java.lang.Object handleWeirdStringValue(DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                               java.lang.Class<?> targetType,
                                               java.lang.String valueToConvert,
                                               java.lang.String failureMsg)
                                        throws java.io.IOException

Method called when a String value cannot be converted to a non-String value type due to specific problem (as opposed to String values never being usable). Handler may choose to do one of 3 things:

• Indicate it does not know what to do by returning NOT_HANDLED
• Throw a IOException to indicate specific fail message (instead of standard exception caller would throw
• Return actual converted value (of type targetType) to use as replacement, and continue processing.

Parameters:

failureMsg - Message that will be used by caller (by calling DeserializationContext.weirdNumberException(java.lang.Number, java.lang.Class<?>, java.lang.String)) to indicate type of failure unless handler produces key to use

Returns:

Either NOT_HANDLED to indicate that handler does not know what to do (and exception may be thrown), or value to use as (possibly null)

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.8

handleWeirdNumberValue

public java.lang.Object handleWeirdNumberValue(DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                               java.lang.Class<?> targetType,
                                               java.lang.Number valueToConvert,
                                               java.lang.String failureMsg)
                                        throws java.io.IOException

Method called when a numeric value (integral or floating-point from input cannot be converted to a non-numeric value type due to specific problem (as opposed to numeric values never being usable). Handler may choose to do one of 3 things:

• Indicate it does not know what to do by returning NOT_HANDLED
• Throw a IOException to indicate specific fail message (instead of standard exception caller would throw
• Return actual converted value (of type targetType) to use as replacement, and continue processing.

Parameters:

failureMsg - Message that will be used by caller (by calling DeserializationContext.weirdNumberException(java.lang.Number, java.lang.Class<?>, java.lang.String)) to indicate type of failure unless handler produces key to use

Returns:

Either NOT_HANDLED to indicate that handler does not know what to do (and exception may be thrown), or value to use as (possibly null)

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.8

handleWeirdNativeValue

public java.lang.Object handleWeirdNativeValue(DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                               JavaType targetType,
                                               java.lang.Object valueToConvert,
                                               JsonParser p)
                                        throws java.io.IOException

Method called when an embedded (native) value (JsonToken.VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT) cannot be converted directly into expected value type (usually POJO). Handler may choose to do one of 3 things:

• Indicate it does not know what to do by returning NOT_HANDLED
• Throw a IOException to indicate specific fail message (instead of standard exception caller would throw
• Return actual converted value (of type targetType) to use as replacement, and continue processing.

Returns:

Either NOT_HANDLED to indicate that handler does not know what to do (and exception may be thrown), or value to use (possibly null)

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.9

handleUnexpectedToken

@Deprecated
public java.lang.Object handleUnexpectedToken(DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                                          java.lang.Class<?> targetType,
                                                          JsonToken t,
                                                          JsonParser p,
                                                          java.lang.String failureMsg)
                                                   throws java.io.IOException

Deprecated. Since 2.10

Deprecated variant of {@link #handleUnexpectedToken(DeserializationContext, JavaType, JsonToken, JsonParser, String)

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.8

handleUnexpectedToken

public java.lang.Object handleUnexpectedToken(DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                              JavaType targetType,
                                              JsonToken t,
                                              JsonParser p,
                                              java.lang.String failureMsg)
                                       throws java.io.IOException

Method that deserializers should call if the first token of the value to deserialize is of unexpected type (that is, type of token that deserializer cannot handle). This could occur, for example, if a Number deserializer encounter JsonToken.START_ARRAY instead of JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT or JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT.

• Indicate it does not know what to do by returning NOT_HANDLED
• Throw a IOException to indicate specific fail message (instead of standard exception caller would throw
• Handle content to match (by consuming or skipping it), and return actual instantiated value (of type targetType) to use as replacement; value may be `null` as well as expected target type.

Parameters:

failureMsg - Message that will be used by caller to indicate type of failure unless handler produces value to use

Returns:

Either NOT_HANDLED to indicate that handler does not know what to do (and exception may be thrown), or value to use (possibly null

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.10

handleInstantiationProblem

public java.lang.Object handleInstantiationProblem(DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                                   java.lang.Class<?> instClass,
                                                   java.lang.Object argument,
                                                   java.lang.Throwable t)
                                            throws java.io.IOException

Method called when instance creation for a type fails due to an exception. Handler may choose to do one of following things:

• Indicate it does not know what to do by returning NOT_HANDLED
• Throw a IOException to indicate specific fail message (instead of standard exception caller would throw
• Return actual instantiated value (of type targetType) to use as replacement, and continue processing.
• Return null to use null as value but not to try further processing (in cases where properties would otherwise be bound)

Parameters:

instClass - Type that was to be instantiated

argument - (optional) Additional argument that was passed to creator, if any

t - Exception that caused instantiation failure

Returns:

Either NOT_HANDLED to indicate that handler does not know what to do (and exception may be thrown), or value to use (possibly null

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.8

handleMissingInstantiator

public java.lang.Object handleMissingInstantiator(DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                                  java.lang.Class<?> instClass,
                                                  ValueInstantiator valueInsta,
                                                  JsonParser p,
                                                  java.lang.String msg)
                                           throws java.io.IOException

Method called when instance creation for a type fails due to lack of an instantiator. Method is called before actual deserialization from input is attempted, so handler may do one of following things:

• Indicate it does not know what to do by returning NOT_HANDLED
• Throw a IOException to indicate specific fail message (instead of standard exception caller would throw
• Handle content to match (by consuming or skipping it), and return actual instantiated value (of type targetType) to use as replacement; value may be `null` as well as expected target type.

Parameters:

instClass - Type that was to be instantiated

p - Parser to use for accessing content that needs handling, to either use it or skip it (latter with JsonParser.skipChildren().

Returns:

Either NOT_HANDLED to indicate that handler does not know what to do (and exception may be thrown), or value to use (possibly null

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.9

handleUnknownTypeId

public JavaType handleUnknownTypeId(DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                    JavaType baseType,
                                    java.lang.String subTypeId,
                                    TypeIdResolver idResolver,
                                    java.lang.String failureMsg)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Handler method called if resolution of type id from given String failed to produce a subtype; usually because logical id is not mapped to actual implementation class. Handler may choose to do one of following things:

• Indicate it does not know what to do by returning `null`
• Indicate that nothing should be deserialized, by return `Void.class`
• Throw a IOException to indicate specific fail message (instead of standard exception caller would throw
• Return actual resolved type to use for type id.

Parameters:

ctxt - Deserialization context to use for accessing information or constructing exception to throw

baseType - Base type to use for resolving subtype id

subTypeId - Subtype id that failed to resolve

failureMsg - Informational message that would be thrown as part of exception, if resolution still fails

Returns:

Actual type to use, if resolved; `null` if handler does not know what to do; or `Void.class` to indicate that nothing should be deserialized for type with the id (which caller may choose to do... or not)

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.8

handleMissingTypeId

public JavaType handleMissingTypeId(DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                    JavaType baseType,
                                    TypeIdResolver idResolver,
                                    java.lang.String failureMsg)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Handler method called if an expected type id for a polymorphic value is not found and no "default type" is specified or allowed. Handler may choose to do one of following things:

• Indicate it does not know what to do by returning `null`
• Indicate that nothing should be deserialized, by return `Void.class`
• Throw a IOException to indicate specific fail message (instead of standard exception caller would throw
• Return actual resolved type to use for this particular case.

Parameters:

ctxt - Deserialization context to use for accessing information or constructing exception to throw

baseType - Base type to use for resolving subtype id

failureMsg - Informational message that would be thrown as part of exception, if resolution still fails

Returns:

Actual type to use, if resolved; `null` if handler does not know what to do; or `Void.class` to indicate that nothing should be deserialized for type with the id (which caller may choose to do... or not)

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.9

handleMissingInstantiator

@Deprecated
public java.lang.Object handleMissingInstantiator(DeserializationContext ctxt,
                                                              java.lang.Class<?> instClass,
                                                              JsonParser p,
                                                              java.lang.String msg)
                                                       throws java.io.IOException

Deprecated. Since 2.9: use variant that takes ValueInstantiator

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.8