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package com.fitbur.jackson.databind.ser.std;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.*;

import com.fitbur.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;

import com.fitbur.jackson.core.*;

import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.*;
import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.annotation.JacksonStdImpl;
import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotatedMember;
import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatVisitorWrapper;
import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonMapFormatVisitor;
import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeSerializer;
import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.ser.ContainerSerializer;
import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.ser.ContextualSerializer;
import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.ser.PropertyFilter;
import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.ser.impl.PropertySerializerMap;
import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory;
import com.fitbur.jackson.databind.util.ArrayBuilders;

/**
 * Standard serializer implementation for serializing {link java.util.Map} types.
 *

* Note: about the only configurable setting currently is ability to filter out * entries with specified names. */ @JacksonStdImpl public class MapSerializer extends ContainerSerializer> implements ContextualSerializer { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; protected final static JavaType UNSPECIFIED_TYPE = TypeFactory.unknownType(); /** * Map-valued property being serialized with this instance */ protected final BeanProperty _property; /** * Set of entries to omit during serialization, if any */ protected final HashSet _ignoredEntries; /** * Whether static types should be used for serialization of values * or not (if not, dynamic runtime type is used) */ protected final boolean _valueTypeIsStatic; /** * Declared type of keys */ protected final JavaType _keyType; /** * Declared type of contained values */ protected final JavaType _valueType; /** * Key serializer to use, if it can be statically determined */ protected JsonSerializer _keySerializer; /** * Value serializer to use, if it can be statically determined */ protected JsonSerializer _valueSerializer; /** * Type identifier serializer used for values, if any. */ protected final TypeSerializer _valueTypeSerializer; /** * If value type can not be statically determined, mapping from * runtime value types to serializers are stored in this object. */ protected PropertySerializerMap _dynamicValueSerializers; /** * Id of the property filter to use, if any; null if none. * * @since 2.3 */ protected final Object _filterId; /** * Flag set if output is forced to be sorted by keys (usually due * to annotation). * * @since 2.4 */ protected final boolean _sortKeys; /** * Value that indicates suppression mechanism to use for values contained; * either one of values of {@link com.fitbur.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include}, * or actual object to compare against ("default value"). * Note that inclusion value for Map instance itself is handled by caller (POJO * property that refers to the Map value). * * @since 2.5 */ protected final Object _suppressableValue; /* /********************************************************** /* Life-cycle /********************************************************** */ /** * @since 2.5 */ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") protected MapSerializer(HashSet ignoredEntries, JavaType keyType, JavaType valueType, boolean valueTypeIsStatic, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer keySerializer, JsonSerializer valueSerializer) { super(Map.class, false); _ignoredEntries = ignoredEntries; _keyType = keyType; _valueType = valueType; _valueTypeIsStatic = valueTypeIsStatic; _valueTypeSerializer = vts; _keySerializer = (JsonSerializer) keySerializer; _valueSerializer = (JsonSerializer) valueSerializer; _dynamicValueSerializers = PropertySerializerMap.emptyForProperties(); _property = null; _filterId = null; _sortKeys = false; _suppressableValue = null; } /** * @since 2.5 */ protected void _ensureOverride() { if (getClass() != MapSerializer.class) { throw new IllegalStateException("Missing override in class "+getClass().getName()); } } @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") protected MapSerializer(MapSerializer src, BeanProperty property, JsonSerializer keySerializer, JsonSerializer valueSerializer, HashSet ignored) { super(Map.class, false); _ignoredEntries = ignored; _keyType = src._keyType; _valueType = src._valueType; _valueTypeIsStatic = src._valueTypeIsStatic; _valueTypeSerializer = src._valueTypeSerializer; _keySerializer = (JsonSerializer) keySerializer; _valueSerializer = (JsonSerializer) valueSerializer; _dynamicValueSerializers = src._dynamicValueSerializers; _property = property; _filterId = src._filterId; _sortKeys = src._sortKeys; _suppressableValue = src._suppressableValue; } @Deprecated // since 2.5 protected MapSerializer(MapSerializer src, TypeSerializer vts) { this(src, vts, src._suppressableValue); } /** * @since 2.5 */ protected MapSerializer(MapSerializer src, TypeSerializer vts, Object suppressableValue) { super(Map.class, false); _ignoredEntries = src._ignoredEntries; _keyType = src._keyType; _valueType = src._valueType; _valueTypeIsStatic = src._valueTypeIsStatic; _valueTypeSerializer = vts; _keySerializer = src._keySerializer; _valueSerializer = src._valueSerializer; _dynamicValueSerializers = src._dynamicValueSerializers; _property = src._property; _filterId = src._filterId; _sortKeys = src._sortKeys; // 05-Jun-2015, tatu: For referential, this is same as NON_EMPTY; for others, NON_NULL, so: if (suppressableValue == JsonInclude.Include.NON_ABSENT) { suppressableValue = _valueType.isReferenceType() ? JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY : JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL; } _suppressableValue = suppressableValue; } protected MapSerializer(MapSerializer src, Object filterId, boolean sortKeys) { super(Map.class, false); _ignoredEntries = src._ignoredEntries; _keyType = src._keyType; _valueType = src._valueType; _valueTypeIsStatic = src._valueTypeIsStatic; _valueTypeSerializer = src._valueTypeSerializer; _keySerializer = src._keySerializer; _valueSerializer = src._valueSerializer; _dynamicValueSerializers = src._dynamicValueSerializers; _property = src._property; _filterId = filterId; _sortKeys = sortKeys; _suppressableValue = src._suppressableValue; } @Override public MapSerializer _withValueTypeSerializer(TypeSerializer vts) { if (_valueTypeSerializer == vts) { return this; } _ensureOverride(); return new MapSerializer(this, vts, null); } /** * @since 2.4 */ public MapSerializer withResolved(BeanProperty property, JsonSerializer keySerializer, JsonSerializer valueSerializer, HashSet ignored, boolean sortKeys) { _ensureOverride(); MapSerializer ser = new MapSerializer(this, property, keySerializer, valueSerializer, ignored); if (sortKeys != ser._sortKeys) { ser = new MapSerializer(ser, _filterId, sortKeys); } return ser; } @Override public MapSerializer withFilterId(Object filterId) { if (_filterId == filterId) { return this; } _ensureOverride(); return new MapSerializer(this, filterId, _sortKeys); } /** * Mutant factory for constructing an instance with different inclusion strategy * for content (Map values). * * @since 2.5 */ public MapSerializer withContentInclusion(Object suppressableValue) { if (suppressableValue == _suppressableValue) { return this; } _ensureOverride(); return new MapSerializer(this, _valueTypeSerializer, suppressableValue); } /** * @since 2.3 */ public static MapSerializer construct(String[] ignoredList, JavaType mapType, boolean staticValueType, TypeSerializer vts, JsonSerializer keySerializer, JsonSerializer valueSerializer, Object filterId) { HashSet ignoredEntries = (ignoredList == null || ignoredList.length == 0) ? null : ArrayBuilders.arrayToSet(ignoredList); JavaType keyType, valueType; if (mapType == null) { keyType = valueType = UNSPECIFIED_TYPE; } else { keyType = mapType.getKeyType(); valueType = mapType.getContentType(); } // If value type is final, it's same as forcing static value typing: if (!staticValueType) { staticValueType = (valueType != null && valueType.isFinal()); } else { // also: Object.class can not be handled as static, ever if (valueType.getRawClass() == Object.class) { staticValueType = false; } } MapSerializer ser = new MapSerializer(ignoredEntries, keyType, valueType, staticValueType, vts, keySerializer, valueSerializer); if (filterId != null) { ser = ser.withFilterId(filterId); } return ser; } /* /********************************************************** /* Post-processing (contextualization) /********************************************************** */ @Override public JsonSerializer createContextual(SerializerProvider provider, BeanProperty property) throws JsonMappingException { /* 29-Sep-2012, tatu: Actually, we need to do much more contextual * checking here since we finally know for sure the property, * and it may have overrides */ JsonSerializer ser = null; JsonSerializer keySer = null; final AnnotationIntrospector intr = provider.getAnnotationIntrospector(); final AnnotatedMember propertyAcc = (property == null) ? null : property.getMember(); Object suppressableValue = _suppressableValue; // First: if we have a property, may have property-annotation overrides if ((propertyAcc != null) && (intr != null)) { Object serDef = intr.findKeySerializer(propertyAcc); if (serDef != null) { keySer = provider.serializerInstance(propertyAcc, serDef); } serDef = intr.findContentSerializer(propertyAcc); if (serDef != null) { ser = provider.serializerInstance(propertyAcc, serDef); } } if (property != null) { JsonInclude.Value inclV = property.findPropertyInclusion(provider.getConfig(), Map.class); JsonInclude.Include incl = inclV.getContentInclusion(); if ((incl != null) && (incl != JsonInclude.Include.USE_DEFAULTS)) { suppressableValue = incl; } } if (ser == null) { ser = _valueSerializer; } // [databind#124]: May have a content converter ser = findConvertingContentSerializer(provider, property, ser); if (ser == null) { // 30-Sep-2012, tatu: One more thing -- if explicit content type is annotated, // we can consider it a static case as well. // 20-Aug-2013, tatu: Need to avoid trying to access serializer for java.lang.Object tho if (_valueTypeIsStatic && !_valueType.isJavaLangObject()) { ser = provider.findValueSerializer(_valueType, property); } } else { ser = provider.handleSecondaryContextualization(ser, property); } if (keySer == null) { keySer = _keySerializer; } if (keySer == null) { keySer = provider.findKeySerializer(_keyType, property); } else { keySer = provider.handleSecondaryContextualization(keySer, property); } HashSet ignored = _ignoredEntries; boolean sortKeys = false; if (intr != null && propertyAcc != null) { String[] moreToIgnore = intr.findPropertiesToIgnore(propertyAcc, true); if (moreToIgnore != null) { ignored = (ignored == null) ? new HashSet() : new HashSet(ignored); for (String str : moreToIgnore) { ignored.add(str); } } Boolean b = intr.findSerializationSortAlphabetically(propertyAcc); sortKeys = (b != null) && b.booleanValue(); } MapSerializer mser = withResolved(property, keySer, ser, ignored, sortKeys); if (suppressableValue != _suppressableValue) { mser = mser.withContentInclusion(suppressableValue); } // [databind#307]: allow filtering if (property != null) { AnnotatedMember m = property.getMember(); if (m != null) { Object filterId = intr.findFilterId(m); if (filterId != null) { mser = mser.withFilterId(filterId); } } } return mser; } /* /********************************************************** /* Accessors /********************************************************** */ @Override public JavaType getContentType() { return _valueType; } @Override public JsonSerializer getContentSerializer() { return _valueSerializer; } @Override public boolean isEmpty(SerializerProvider prov, Map value) { if (value == null || value.isEmpty()) { return true; } // 05-Nove-2015, tatu: Simple cases are cheap, but for recursive // emptiness checking we actually need to see if values are empty as well. Object supp = this._suppressableValue; if ((supp == null) || (supp == JsonInclude.Include.ALWAYS)) { return false; } JsonSerializer valueSer = _valueSerializer; if (valueSer != null) { for (Object elemValue : value.values()) { if ((elemValue != null) && !valueSer.isEmpty(prov, elemValue)) { return false; } } return true; } // But if not statically known, try this: PropertySerializerMap serializers = _dynamicValueSerializers; for (Object elemValue : value.values()) { if (elemValue == null) { continue; } Class cc = elemValue.getClass(); // 05-Nov-2015, tatu: Let's not worry about generic types here, actually; // unlikely to make any difference, but does add significant overhead valueSer = serializers.serializerFor(cc); if (valueSer == null) { try { valueSer = _findAndAddDynamic(serializers, cc, prov); } catch (JsonMappingException e) { // Ugh... can not just throw as-is, so... // 05-Nov-2015, tatu: For now, probably best not to assume empty then return false; } serializers = _dynamicValueSerializers; } if (!valueSer.isEmpty(prov, elemValue)) { return false; } } return true; } @Override public boolean hasSingleElement(Map value) { return (value.size() == 1); } /* /********************************************************** /* Extended API /********************************************************** */ /** * Accessor for currently assigned key serializer. Note that * this may return null during construction of MapSerializer: * depedencies are resolved during {@link #createContextual} method * (which can be overridden by custom implementations), but for some * dynamic types, it is possible that serializer is only resolved * during actual serialization. * * @since 2.0 */ public JsonSerializer getKeySerializer() { return _keySerializer; } /* /********************************************************** /* JsonSerializer implementation /********************************************************** */ @Override public void serialize(Map value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException { gen.writeStartObject(); // [databind#631]: Assign current value, to be accessible by custom serializers gen.setCurrentValue(value); if (!value.isEmpty()) { Object suppressableValue = _suppressableValue; if (suppressableValue == JsonInclude.Include.ALWAYS) { suppressableValue = null; } else if (suppressableValue == null) { if (!provider.isEnabled(SerializationFeature.WRITE_NULL_MAP_VALUES)) { suppressableValue = JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL; } } if (_sortKeys || provider.isEnabled(SerializationFeature.ORDER_MAP_ENTRIES_BY_KEYS)) { value = _orderEntries(value); } if (_filterId != null) { serializeFilteredFields(value, gen, provider, findPropertyFilter(provider, _filterId, value), suppressableValue); } else if (suppressableValue != null) { serializeOptionalFields(value, gen, provider, suppressableValue); } else if (_valueSerializer != null) { serializeFieldsUsing(value, gen, provider, _valueSerializer); } else { serializeFields(value, gen, provider); } } gen.writeEndObject(); } @Override public void serializeWithType(Map value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider, TypeSerializer typeSer) throws IOException { typeSer.writeTypePrefixForObject(value, gen); // [databind#631]: Assign current value, to be accessible by custom serializers gen.setCurrentValue(value); if (!value.isEmpty()) { Object suppressableValue = _suppressableValue; if (suppressableValue == JsonInclude.Include.ALWAYS) { suppressableValue = null; } else if (suppressableValue == null) { if (!provider.isEnabled(SerializationFeature.WRITE_NULL_MAP_VALUES)) { suppressableValue = JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL; } } if (_sortKeys || provider.isEnabled(SerializationFeature.ORDER_MAP_ENTRIES_BY_KEYS)) { value = _orderEntries(value); } if (_filterId != null) { serializeFilteredFields(value, gen, provider, findPropertyFilter(provider, _filterId, value), suppressableValue); } else if (suppressableValue != null) { serializeOptionalFields(value, gen, provider, suppressableValue); } else if (_valueSerializer != null) { serializeFieldsUsing(value, gen, provider, _valueSerializer); } else { serializeFields(value, gen, provider); } } typeSer.writeTypeSuffixForObject(value, gen); } /* /********************************************************** /* JsonSerializer implementation /********************************************************** */ /** * Method called to serialize fields, when the value type is not statically known; * but we know that no value suppression is needed (which simplifies processing a bit) */ public void serializeFields(Map value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException { // If value type needs polymorphic type handling, some more work needed: if (_valueTypeSerializer != null) { serializeTypedFields(value, gen, provider, null); return; } final JsonSerializer keySerializer = _keySerializer; final HashSet ignored = _ignoredEntries; PropertySerializerMap serializers = _dynamicValueSerializers; for (Map.Entry entry : value.entrySet()) { Object valueElem = entry.getValue(); // First, serialize key Object keyElem = entry.getKey(); if (keyElem == null) { provider.findNullKeySerializer(_keyType, _property).serialize(null, gen, provider); } else { // One twist: is entry ignorable? If so, skip if (ignored != null && ignored.contains(keyElem)) continue; keySerializer.serialize(keyElem, gen, provider); } // And then value if (valueElem == null) { provider.defaultSerializeNull(gen); } else { Class cc = valueElem.getClass(); JsonSerializer serializer = serializers.serializerFor(cc); if (serializer == null) { if (_valueType.hasGenericTypes()) { serializer = _findAndAddDynamic(serializers, provider.constructSpecializedType(_valueType, cc), provider); } else { serializer = _findAndAddDynamic(serializers, cc, provider); } serializers = _dynamicValueSerializers; } try { serializer.serialize(valueElem, gen, provider); } catch (Exception e) { // Add reference information String keyDesc = ""+keyElem; wrapAndThrow(provider, e, value, keyDesc); } } } } /** * Serialization method called when exclusion filtering needs to be applied. */ public void serializeOptionalFields(Map value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider, Object suppressableValue) throws IOException { // If value type needs polymorphic type handling, some more work needed: if (_valueTypeSerializer != null) { serializeTypedFields(value, gen, provider, suppressableValue); return; } final HashSet ignored = _ignoredEntries; PropertySerializerMap serializers = _dynamicValueSerializers; for (Map.Entry entry : value.entrySet()) { // First find key serializer final Object keyElem = entry.getKey(); JsonSerializer keySerializer; if (keyElem == null) { keySerializer = provider.findNullKeySerializer(_keyType, _property); } else { if (ignored != null && ignored.contains(keyElem)) continue; keySerializer = _keySerializer; } // Then value serializer final Object valueElem = entry.getValue(); JsonSerializer valueSer; if (valueElem == null) { if (suppressableValue != null) { // all suppressions include null-suppression continue; } valueSer = provider.getDefaultNullValueSerializer(); } else { valueSer = _valueSerializer; if (valueSer == null) { Class cc = valueElem.getClass(); valueSer = serializers.serializerFor(cc); if (valueSer == null) { if (_valueType.hasGenericTypes()) { valueSer = _findAndAddDynamic(serializers, provider.constructSpecializedType(_valueType, cc), provider); } else { valueSer = _findAndAddDynamic(serializers, cc, provider); } serializers = _dynamicValueSerializers; } } // also may need to skip non-empty values: if ((suppressableValue == JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY) && valueSer.isEmpty(provider, valueElem)) { continue; } } // and then serialize, if all went well try { keySerializer.serialize(keyElem, gen, provider); valueSer.serialize(valueElem, gen, provider); } catch (Exception e) { String keyDesc = ""+keyElem; wrapAndThrow(provider, e, value, keyDesc); } } } /** * Method called to serialize fields, when the value type is statically known, * so that value serializer is passed and does not need to be fetched from * provider. */ protected void serializeFieldsUsing(Map value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider, JsonSerializer ser) throws IOException { final JsonSerializer keySerializer = _keySerializer; final HashSet ignored = _ignoredEntries; final TypeSerializer typeSer = _valueTypeSerializer; for (Map.Entry entry : value.entrySet()) { Object keyElem = entry.getKey(); if (ignored != null && ignored.contains(keyElem)) continue; if (keyElem == null) { provider.findNullKeySerializer(_keyType, _property).serialize(null, gen, provider); } else { keySerializer.serialize(keyElem, gen, provider); } final Object valueElem = entry.getValue(); if (valueElem == null) { provider.defaultSerializeNull(gen); } else { try { if (typeSer == null) { ser.serialize(valueElem, gen, provider); } else { ser.serializeWithType(valueElem, gen, provider, typeSer); } } catch (Exception e) { String keyDesc = ""+keyElem; wrapAndThrow(provider, e, value, keyDesc); } } } } /** * Helper method used when we have a JSON Filter to use for potentially * filtering out Map entries. * * @since 2.5 */ public void serializeFilteredFields(Map value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider, PropertyFilter filter, Object suppressableValue) // since 2.5 throws IOException { final HashSet ignored = _ignoredEntries; PropertySerializerMap serializers = _dynamicValueSerializers; final MapProperty prop = new MapProperty(_valueTypeSerializer, _property); for (Map.Entry entry : value.entrySet()) { // First, serialize key; unless ignorable by key final Object keyElem = entry.getKey(); if (ignored != null && ignored.contains(keyElem)) continue; JsonSerializer keySerializer; if (keyElem == null) { keySerializer = provider.findNullKeySerializer(_keyType, _property); } else { keySerializer = _keySerializer; } // or by value; nulls often suppressed final Object valueElem = entry.getValue(); JsonSerializer valueSer; // And then value if (valueElem == null) { if (suppressableValue != null) { // all suppressions include null-suppression continue; } valueSer = provider.getDefaultNullValueSerializer(); } else { valueSer = _valueSerializer; if (valueSer == null) { Class cc = valueElem.getClass(); valueSer = serializers.serializerFor(cc); if (valueSer == null) { if (_valueType.hasGenericTypes()) { valueSer = _findAndAddDynamic(serializers, provider.constructSpecializedType(_valueType, cc), provider); } else { valueSer = _findAndAddDynamic(serializers, cc, provider); } serializers = _dynamicValueSerializers; } } // also may need to skip non-empty values: if ((suppressableValue == JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY) && valueSer.isEmpty(provider, valueElem)) { continue; } } // and with that, ask filter to handle it prop.reset(keyElem, keySerializer, valueSer); try { filter.serializeAsField(valueElem, gen, provider, prop); } catch (Exception e) { String keyDesc = ""+keyElem; wrapAndThrow(provider, e, value, keyDesc); } } } @Deprecated // since 2.5 public void serializeFilteredFields(Map value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider, PropertyFilter filter) throws IOException { serializeFilteredFields(value, gen, provider, filter, provider.isEnabled(SerializationFeature.WRITE_NULL_MAP_VALUES) ? null : JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL); } /** * @since 2.5 */ protected void serializeTypedFields(Map value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider, Object suppressableValue) // since 2.5 throws IOException { final HashSet ignored = _ignoredEntries; PropertySerializerMap serializers = _dynamicValueSerializers; for (Map.Entry entry : value.entrySet()) { Object keyElem = entry.getKey(); JsonSerializer keySerializer; if (keyElem == null) { keySerializer = provider.findNullKeySerializer(_keyType, _property); } else { // One twist: is entry ignorable? If so, skip if (ignored != null && ignored.contains(keyElem)) continue; keySerializer = _keySerializer; } final Object valueElem = entry.getValue(); // And then value JsonSerializer valueSer; if (valueElem == null) { if (suppressableValue != null) { // all suppression include null suppression continue; } valueSer = provider.getDefaultNullValueSerializer(); } else { valueSer = _valueSerializer; Class cc = valueElem.getClass(); valueSer = serializers.serializerFor(cc); if (valueSer == null) { if (_valueType.hasGenericTypes()) { valueSer = _findAndAddDynamic(serializers, provider.constructSpecializedType(_valueType, cc), provider); } else { valueSer = _findAndAddDynamic(serializers, cc, provider); } serializers = _dynamicValueSerializers; } // also may need to skip non-empty values: if ((suppressableValue == JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY) && valueSer.isEmpty(provider, valueElem)) { continue; } } keySerializer.serialize(keyElem, gen, provider); try { valueSer.serializeWithType(valueElem, gen, provider, _valueTypeSerializer); } catch (Exception e) { String keyDesc = ""+keyElem; wrapAndThrow(provider, e, value, keyDesc); } } } @Deprecated // since 2.5 protected void serializeTypedFields(Map value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException { serializeTypedFields(value, gen, provider, provider.isEnabled(SerializationFeature.WRITE_NULL_MAP_VALUES) ? null : JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL); } /* /********************************************************** /* Schema related functionality /********************************************************** */ @Override public JsonNode getSchema(SerializerProvider provider, Type typeHint) { ObjectNode o = createSchemaNode("object", true); //(ryan) even though it's possible to statically determine the "value" type of the map, // there's no way to statically determine the keys, so the "Entries" can't be determined. return o; } @Override public void acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint) throws JsonMappingException { JsonMapFormatVisitor v2 = (visitor == null) ? null : visitor.expectMapFormat(typeHint); if (v2 != null) { v2.keyFormat(_keySerializer, _keyType); JsonSerializer valueSer = _valueSerializer; if (valueSer == null) { valueSer = _findAndAddDynamic(_dynamicValueSerializers, _valueType, visitor.getProvider()); } v2.valueFormat(valueSer, _valueType); } } /* /********************************************************** /* Internal helper methods /********************************************************** */ protected final JsonSerializer _findAndAddDynamic(PropertySerializerMap map, Class type, SerializerProvider provider) throws JsonMappingException { PropertySerializerMap.SerializerAndMapResult result = map.findAndAddSecondarySerializer(type, provider, _property); // did we get a new map of serializers? If so, start using it if (map != result.map) { _dynamicValueSerializers = result.map; } return result.serializer; } protected final JsonSerializer _findAndAddDynamic(PropertySerializerMap map, JavaType type, SerializerProvider provider) throws JsonMappingException { PropertySerializerMap.SerializerAndMapResult result = map.findAndAddSecondarySerializer(type, provider, _property); if (map != result.map) { _dynamicValueSerializers = result.map; } return result.serializer; } protected Map _orderEntries(Map input) { // minor optimization: may already be sorted? if (input instanceof SortedMap) { return input; } return new TreeMap(input); } }