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package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
/**
* Add-on interface that {@link KeyDeserializer}s can implement to get a callback
* that can be used to create contextual instances of key deserializer to use for
* handling Map keys of supported type. This can be useful
* for key deserializers that can be configured by annotations, or should otherwise
* have differing behavior depending on what kind of Map property keys are being deserialized.
*/
public interface ContextualKeyDeserializer
{
/**
* Method called to see if a different (or differently configured) key deserializer
* is needed to deserialize keys of specified Map property.
* Note that instance that this method is called on is typically shared one and
* as a result method should NOT modify this instance but rather construct
* and return a new instance. This instance should only be returned as-is, in case
* it is already suitable for use.
*
* @param ctxt Deserialization context to access configuration, additional
* deserializers that may be needed by this deserializer
* @param property Method, field or constructor parameter that declared Map for which
* contextual instance will be used. Will not be available when deserializing root-level
* Map value; otherwise should not be null.
*
* @return Key deserializer to use for deserializing keys specified Map property,
* may be this instance or a new instance.
*/
public KeyDeserializer createContextual(DeserializationContext ctxt,
BeanProperty property)
throws JsonMappingException;
}