com.fasterxml.jackson.core
Enum JsonToken

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<JsonToken>
      com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<JsonToken>

public enum JsonToken
extends Enum<JsonToken>

Enumeration for basic token types used for returning results of parsing JSON content.

Enum Constant Summary

END_ARRAY
START_OBJECT is returned when encountering ']' which signals ending of an Array value

END_OBJECT
START_OBJECT is returned when encountering '}' which signals ending of an Object value

FIELD_NAME
FIELD_NAME is returned when a String token is encountered as a field name (same lexical value, different function)

NOT_AVAILABLE
NOT_AVAILABLE can be returned if JsonParser implementation can not currently return the requested token (usually next one), or even if any will be available, but that may be able to determine this in future.

START_ARRAY
START_OBJECT is returned when encountering '[' which signals starting of an Array value

START_OBJECT
START_OBJECT is returned when encountering '{' which signals starting of an Object value.

VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT
Placeholder token returned when the input source has a concept of embedded Object that are not accessible as usual structure (of starting with START_OBJECT, having values, ending with END_OBJECT), but as "raw" objects.

VALUE_FALSE
VALUE_FALSE is returned when encountering literal "false" in value context

VALUE_NULL
VALUE_NULL is returned when encountering literal "null" in value context

VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT
VALUE_NUMBER_INT is returned when a numeric token other that is not an integer is encountered: that is, a number that does have floating point or exponent marker in it, in addition to one or more digits.

VALUE_NUMBER_INT
VALUE_NUMBER_INT is returned when an integer numeric token is encountered in value context: that is, a number that does not have floating point or exponent marker in it (consists only of an optional sign, followed by one or more digits)

VALUE_STRING
VALUE_STRING is returned when a String token is encountered in value context (array element, field value, or root-level stand-alone value)

VALUE_TRUE
VALUE_TRUE is returned when encountering literal "true" in value context

Method Summary

byte[]	asByteArray()
char[]	asCharArray()
String	asString()
boolean	isNumeric()
boolean	isScalarValue() Method that can be used to check whether this token represents a valid non-structured value.
static JsonToken	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static JsonToken[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

NOT_AVAILABLE

public static final JsonToken NOT_AVAILABLE

NOT_AVAILABLE can be returned if JsonParser implementation can not currently return the requested token (usually next one), or even if any will be available, but that may be able to determine this in future. This is the case with non-blocking parsers -- they can not block to wait for more data to parse and must return something.

START_OBJECT

public static final JsonToken START_OBJECT

START_OBJECT is returned when encountering '{' which signals starting of an Object value.

END_OBJECT

public static final JsonToken END_OBJECT

START_OBJECT is returned when encountering '}' which signals ending of an Object value

START_ARRAY

public static final JsonToken START_ARRAY

START_OBJECT is returned when encountering '[' which signals starting of an Array value

END_ARRAY

public static final JsonToken END_ARRAY

START_OBJECT is returned when encountering ']' which signals ending of an Array value

FIELD_NAME

public static final JsonToken FIELD_NAME

FIELD_NAME is returned when a String token is encountered as a field name (same lexical value, different function)

VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT

public static final JsonToken VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT

Placeholder token returned when the input source has a concept of embedded Object that are not accessible as usual structure (of starting with START_OBJECT, having values, ending with END_OBJECT), but as "raw" objects.

Note: this token is never returned by regular JSON readers, but only by readers that expose other kinds of source (like JsonNode-based JSON trees, Maps, Lists and such).

VALUE_STRING

public static final JsonToken VALUE_STRING

VALUE_STRING is returned when a String token is encountered in value context (array element, field value, or root-level stand-alone value)

VALUE_NUMBER_INT

public static final JsonToken VALUE_NUMBER_INT

VALUE_NUMBER_INT is returned when an integer numeric token is encountered in value context: that is, a number that does not have floating point or exponent marker in it (consists only of an optional sign, followed by one or more digits)

VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT

public static final JsonToken VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT

VALUE_NUMBER_INT is returned when a numeric token other that is not an integer is encountered: that is, a number that does have floating point or exponent marker in it, in addition to one or more digits.

VALUE_TRUE

public static final JsonToken VALUE_TRUE

VALUE_TRUE is returned when encountering literal "true" in value context

VALUE_FALSE

public static final JsonToken VALUE_FALSE

VALUE_FALSE is returned when encountering literal "false" in value context

VALUE_NULL

public static final JsonToken VALUE_NULL

VALUE_NULL is returned when encountering literal "null" in value context

Method Detail

values

public static JsonToken[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (JsonToken c : JsonToken.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static JsonToken valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

asString

public String asString()

asCharArray

public char[] asCharArray()

asByteArray

public byte[] asByteArray()

isNumeric

public boolean isNumeric()

isScalarValue

public boolean isScalarValue()

Method that can be used to check whether this token represents a valid non-structured value. This means all tokens other than Object/Array start/end markers all field names.