com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type
Class ClassKey

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.ClassKey
All Implemented Interfaces:
Comparable<ClassKey>

public final class ClassKey
extends Object
implements Comparable<ClassKey>

Key class, used as an efficient and accurate key for locating per-class values, such as JsonSerializers.

The reason for having a separate key class instead of directly using Class as key is mostly to allow for redefining hashCode method -- for some strange reason, Class does not redefine Object.hashCode() and thus uses identity hash, which is pretty slow. This makes key access using Class unnecessarily slow.

Note: since class is not strictly immutable, caller must know what it is doing, if changing field values.


Constructor Summary
ClassKey()
           
ClassKey(Class<?> clz)
           
 
Method Summary
 int compareTo(ClassKey other)
           
 boolean equals(Object o)
           
 int hashCode()
           
 void reset(Class<?> clz)
           
 String toString()
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ClassKey

public ClassKey()

ClassKey

public ClassKey(Class<?> clz)
Method Detail

reset

public void reset(Class<?> clz)

compareTo

public int compareTo(ClassKey other)
Specified by:
compareTo in interface Comparable<ClassKey>

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)
Overrides:
equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()
Overrides:
hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()
Overrides:
toString in class Object


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