GensonBuilder (Genson 1.6 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.owlike.genson.GensonBuilder

Direct Known Subclasses:

Genson.Builder
```
public class GensonBuilder
extends Object
```
Use the GensonBuilder class when you want to create a custom Genson instance. This class allows you for example to register custom converters/serializers/deserializers withConverters(Converter...) or custom converter Factories withConverterFactory(Factory).
This class combines the GensonBuilder design pattern with template pattern providing handy configuration and extensibility. All its public methods are intended to be used in the GensonBuilder "style" and its protected methods are part of the template. When you call create() method, it will start assembling all the configuration and build all the required components by using the protected methods. For example if you wish to use in your projects a GensonBuilder that will always create some custom BeanDescriptorProvider you have to extend createBeanDescriptorProvider(), or imagine that you implemented some Converters that you always want to register then override getDefaultConverters().

Author:

eugen

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

GensonBuilder()

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`GensonBuilder()`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`GensonBuilder`	`acceptSingleValueAsList(boolean enable)` Wrap a single value into a list when a list is expected.
`GensonBuilder`	`addAlias(String alias, Class<?> forClass)` Alias used in serialized class metadata instead of the full class name.
`protected void`	`addDefaultContextualFactories(List<ContextualFactory<?>> factories)`
`protected void`	`addDefaultConverterFactories(List<Factory<? extends Converter<?>>> factories)` Override this method if you want to change the default converter factories.
`protected void`	`addDefaultDeserializerFactories(List<Factory<? extends Deserializer<?>>> deserializerFactories)`
`protected void`	`addDefaultSerializerFactories(List<Factory<? extends Serializer<?>>> serializerFactories)`
`Genson`	`create()` Creates an instance of Genson.
`protected Genson`	`create(Factory<Converter<?>> converterFactory, Map<String,Class<?>> classAliases)` In theory this allows you to extend Genson class and to instantiate it, but actually you can not do it as Genson class is final.
`protected BeanDescriptorProvider`	`createBeanDescriptorProvider()` Creates the standard BeanDescriptorProvider that will be used to provide `BeanDescriptor` instances for serialization/deserialization of all types that couldn't be handled by standard and custom converters and converter factories.
`protected BeanMutatorAccessorResolver`	`createBeanMutatorAccessorResolver()`
`protected BeanPropertyFactory`	`createBeanPropertyFactory()`
`protected Factory<Converter<?>>`	`createConverterFactory()` You should override this method if you want to add custom `ChainedFactory` or if you need to chain them differently.
`protected PropertyNameResolver`	`createPropertyNameResolver()` You can override this method if you want to change the `PropertyNameResolver` that are registered by default.
`GensonBuilder`	`exclude(Class<?> fieldOfType)`
`GensonBuilder`	`exclude(String field)`
`GensonBuilder`	`exclude(String field, Class<?> fromClass)`
`GensonBuilder`	`exclude(String field, Class<?> fromClass, Class<?> ofType)`
`GensonBuilder`	`failOnMissingProperty(boolean enable)` If set to true, Genson will throw a JsonBindingException when it encounters a property in the incoming json that does not match a property in the class.
`GensonBuilder`	`failOnNullPrimitive(boolean enabled)` False by default.
`protected BeanDescriptorProvider`	`getBeanDescriptorProvider()`
`protected BeanViewDescriptorProvider`	`getBeanViewDescriptorProvider()`
`ClassLoader`	`getClassLoader()`
`protected List<Converter<?>>`	`getDefaultConverters()` You can override this methods if you want to change the default converters (remove some, change the order, etc).
`protected List<Deserializer<?>>`	`getDefaultDeserializers()`
`protected List<Serializer<?>>`	`getDefaultSerializers()`
`Map<Type,Deserializer<?>>`	`getDeserializersMap()`
`List<Factory<?>>`	`getFactories()`
`protected BeanMutatorAccessorResolver`	`getMutatorAccessorResolver()`
`protected PropertyNameResolver`	`getPropertyNameResolver()`
`Map<Type,Serializer<?>>`	`getSerializersMap()`
`GensonBuilder`	`include(Class<?> fieldOfType)`
`GensonBuilder`	`include(String field)`
`GensonBuilder`	`include(String field, Class<?> fromClass)`
`GensonBuilder`	`include(String field, Class<?> fromClass, Class<?> ofType)`
`boolean`	`isDateAsTimestamp()`
`boolean`	`isHtmlSafe()`
`boolean`	`isSkipNull()`
`boolean`	`isThrowExceptionOnNoDebugInfo()`
`GensonBuilder`	`rename(Class<?> fieldOfType, String toName)` Renames all fields of type fieldOfType to toName.
`GensonBuilder`	`rename(String field, Class<?> fromClass, String toName)` Renames all fields named field declared in class fromClass to toName.
`GensonBuilder`	`rename(String field, Class<?> fromClass, String toName, Class<?> ofType)` Renames all fields named field, of type fieldOfType and declared in fromClass to toName.
`GensonBuilder`	`rename(String field, String toName)` Renames all fields named field to toName.
`GensonBuilder`	`rename(String field, String toName, Class<?> fieldOfType)` Renames all fields named field and of type fieldOfType to toName.
`GensonBuilder`	`set(BeanMutatorAccessorResolver resolver)` Replaces default `BeanMutatorAccessorResolver` by the specified one.
`GensonBuilder`	`set(PropertyNameResolver resolver)` Replaces default `PropertyNameResolver` by the specified one.
`GensonBuilder`	`setConstructorFilter(VisibilityFilter constructorFilter)`
`GensonBuilder`	`setFieldFilter(VisibilityFilter propertyFilter)`
`GensonBuilder`	`setHtmlSafe(boolean htmlSafe)` If true \,<,>,&,= characters will be replaced by ', <, >, &, =
`GensonBuilder`	`setMethodFilter(VisibilityFilter methodFilter)`
`GensonBuilder`	`setSkipNull(boolean skipNull)` If true will not serialize null values
`GensonBuilder`	`settersMustBeVoid(boolean settersMustBeVoid)` If true, only setters with a return type of void will be considered when deserializing.
`GensonBuilder`	`setThrowExceptionIfNoDebugInfo(boolean throwExcOnNoDebugInfo)` Used in conjunction with `useConstructorWithArguments(boolean)`.
`GensonBuilder`	`useBeanViews(boolean enabled)` If true `BeanView` mechanism will be enabled.
`GensonBuilder`	`useByteAsInt(boolean enable)`
`GensonBuilder`	`useClassMetadata(boolean enabled)` Indicates whether class metadata should be serialized and used during deserialization.
`GensonBuilder`	`useClassMetadataWithStaticType(boolean enable)` If set to false, during serialization class metadata will be serialized only for types where the runtime type differs from the static one.
`GensonBuilder`	`useConstructorWithArguments(boolean enabled)` If true constructor and method arguments name will be resolved from the generated debug symbols during compilation.
`GensonBuilder`	`useDateAsTimestamp(boolean enabled)`
`GensonBuilder`	`useDateFormat(DateFormat dateFormat)` Specifies the data format that should be used for java.util.Date serialization and deserialization.
`GensonBuilder`	`useDefaultValue(Object value, Class<?> targetType)` Uses the passed value as the default value for this type.
`GensonBuilder`	`useFields(boolean enabled)` If true, fields will be used when no getter/setter is available, except if you specified that no getter/setter should be used with `useMethods(boolean)`, in that case only fields will be used.
`GensonBuilder`	`useFields(boolean enabled, VisibilityFilter visibility)`
`GensonBuilder`	`useIndentation(boolean indent)` If true outputed json will be indented using two spaces, otherwise (by default) all is printed on same line.
`GensonBuilder`	`useMetadata(boolean metadata)`
`GensonBuilder`	`useMethods(boolean enabled)` If true, getters and setters would be used during serialization/deserialization in favor of fields.
`GensonBuilder`	`useMethods(boolean enabled, VisibilityFilter visibility)`
`GensonBuilder`	`useRuntimePropertyFilter(RuntimePropertyFilter filter)`
`GensonBuilder`	`useRuntimeType(boolean enabled)` If true the concrete type of the serialized object will always be used.
`GensonBuilder`	`useStrictDoubleParse(boolean strictDoubleParse)`
`GensonBuilder`	`with(BeanMutatorAccessorResolver... resolvers)` Register additional BeanMutatorAccessorResolver that will be used before the standard ones.
`GensonBuilder`	`with(PropertyNameResolver... resolvers)` Registers the specified resolvers in the order they were defined and before the standard ones.
`GensonBuilder`	`withBeanPropertyFactory(BeanPropertyFactory... factories)` Allows you to register new BeanPropertyFactory responsible of creating BeanProperty accessors, mutators and BeanCreators.
`GensonBuilder`	`withBundle(GensonBundle... bundles)` Register some genson bundles.
`GensonBuilder`	`withClassLoader(ClassLoader loader)` Override the default classloader
`GensonBuilder`	`withContextualFactory(ContextualFactory<?>... factories)` ContextualFactory is actually in a beta status, it will not be removed, but might be refactored.
`<T> GensonBuilder`	`withConverter(Converter<T> converter, Class<? extends T> type)` Register converter by mapping it to type argument.
`<T> GensonBuilder`	`withConverter(Converter<T> converter, GenericType<? extends T> type)` Register converter by mapping it to the parameterized type of type argument.
`GensonBuilder`	`withConverterFactory(ChainedFactory chainedFactory)` A ChainedFactory provides a way to use custom Converters that have access to the default Converters.
`GensonBuilder`	`withConverterFactory(Factory<? extends Converter<?>> factory)` Registers converter factories.
`GensonBuilder`	`withConverters(Converter<?>... converter)` Registers converters mapping them to their corresponding parameterized type.
`<T> GensonBuilder`	`withDeserializer(Deserializer<T> deserializer, Class<? extends T> type)`
`<T> GensonBuilder`	`withDeserializer(Deserializer<T> deserializer, GenericType<? extends T> type)`
`GensonBuilder`	`withDeserializerFactory(Factory<? extends Deserializer<?>> factory)` Registers deserializer factories.
`GensonBuilder`	`withDeserializers(Deserializer<?>... deserializer)`
`<T> GensonBuilder`	`withSerializer(Serializer<T> serializer, Class<? extends T> type)`
`<T> GensonBuilder`	`withSerializer(Serializer<T> serializer, GenericType<? extends T> type)`
`GensonBuilder`	`withSerializerFactory(Factory<? extends Serializer<?>> factory)` Registers serializer factories.
`GensonBuilder`	`withSerializers(Serializer<?>... serializer)`
`GensonBuilder`	`wrapRootValues(String inputKey, String outputKey)` Will wrap all the root objects under outputKey during serializaiton and unwrap the content under inputKey during deserializaiton.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - GensonBuilder
```
public GensonBuilder()
```
- Method Detail
  - addAlias
```
public GensonBuilder addAlias(String alias,
                              Class<?> forClass)
```
    Alias used in serialized class metadata instead of the full class name. See ClassMetadataConverter for more metadata. If you add an alias, it will automatically enable the class metadata feature, as if you used useClassMetadata(boolean).
    
    Parameters:
    
    alias -
    
    forClass -
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - withConverters
```
public GensonBuilder withConverters(Converter<?>... converter)
```
    Registers converters mapping them to their corresponding parameterized type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    converter -
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - withConverter
```
public <T> GensonBuilder withConverter(Converter<T> converter,
                                       Class<? extends T> type)
```
    Register converter by mapping it to type argument.
    
    Parameters:
    
    converter - to register
    
    type - of objects this converter handles
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - withConverter
```
public <T> GensonBuilder withConverter(Converter<T> converter,
                                       GenericType<? extends T> type)
```
    Register converter by mapping it to the parameterized type of type argument.
    
    Parameters:
    
    converter - to register
    
    type - of objects this converter handles
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - withSerializers
```
public GensonBuilder withSerializers(Serializer<?>... serializer)
```
  - withSerializer
```
public <T> GensonBuilder withSerializer(Serializer<T> serializer,
                                        Class<? extends T> type)
```
  - withSerializer
```
public <T> GensonBuilder withSerializer(Serializer<T> serializer,
                                        GenericType<? extends T> type)
```
  - withDeserializers
```
public GensonBuilder withDeserializers(Deserializer<?>... deserializer)
```
  - withDeserializer
```
public <T> GensonBuilder withDeserializer(Deserializer<T> deserializer,
                                          Class<? extends T> type)
```
  - withDeserializer
```
public <T> GensonBuilder withDeserializer(Deserializer<T> deserializer,
                                          GenericType<? extends T> type)
```
  - withConverterFactory
```
public GensonBuilder withConverterFactory(Factory<? extends Converter<?>> factory)
```
    Registers converter factories.
    
    Parameters:
    
    factory - to register
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - withSerializerFactory
```
public GensonBuilder withSerializerFactory(Factory<? extends Serializer<?>> factory)
```
    Registers serializer factories.
    
    Parameters:
    
    factory - to register
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - withDeserializerFactory
```
public GensonBuilder withDeserializerFactory(Factory<? extends Deserializer<?>> factory)
```
    Registers deserializer factories.
    
    Parameters:
    
    factory - to register
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - withContextualFactory
```
public GensonBuilder withContextualFactory(ContextualFactory<?>... factories)
```
    ContextualFactory is actually in a beta status, it will not be removed, but might be refactored.
  - withConverterFactory
```
public GensonBuilder withConverterFactory(ChainedFactory chainedFactory)
```
    A ChainedFactory provides a way to use custom Converters that have access to the default Converters. An example of use is to wrap incoming/outgoing json in a root object and delegate then the ser/de to the default Converter. This mechanism is internally used by Genson to decorate the different Converters with additional behaviour (null handling, ser/de of polymorphic types with class info, runtime type based ser/de, etc). Note that you can't use it in situations where you want to start reading/writing some partial infos and want to delegate the rest to the default Converter.
  - withBeanPropertyFactory
```
public GensonBuilder withBeanPropertyFactory(BeanPropertyFactory... factories)
```
    Allows you to register new BeanPropertyFactory responsible of creating BeanProperty accessors, mutators and BeanCreators. This is a very low level feature, you probably don't need it.
  - withBundle
```
public GensonBuilder withBundle(GensonBundle... bundles)
```
    Register some genson bundles. For example to enable JAXB support:
```
 builder.withBundle(new JAXBExtension());
 
```
    All bundles should be registered before any other customization.
    See Also:
    
    GensonBundle
  - withClassLoader
```
public GensonBuilder withClassLoader(ClassLoader loader)
```
    Override the default classloader
    
    Parameters:
    
    loader - classloader which will be used to load classes while deserializing
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder
  - set
```
public GensonBuilder set(BeanMutatorAccessorResolver resolver)
```
    Replaces default BeanMutatorAccessorResolver by the specified one.
    
    Parameters:
    
    resolver -
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - set
```
public GensonBuilder set(PropertyNameResolver resolver)
```
    Replaces default PropertyNameResolver by the specified one.
    
    Parameters:
    
    resolver -
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - with
```
public GensonBuilder with(BeanMutatorAccessorResolver... resolvers)
```
    Register additional BeanMutatorAccessorResolver that will be used before the standard ones.
    
    Parameters:
    
    resolvers -
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - getSerializersMap
```
public Map<Type,Serializer<?>> getSerializersMap()
```
  - getDeserializersMap
```
public Map<Type,Deserializer<?>> getDeserializersMap()
```
  - getClassLoader
```
public ClassLoader getClassLoader()
```
  - with
```
public GensonBuilder with(PropertyNameResolver... resolvers)
```
    Registers the specified resolvers in the order they were defined and before the standard ones.
    
    Parameters:
    
    resolvers -
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - rename
```
public GensonBuilder rename(String field,
                            String toName)
```
    Renames all fields named field to toName.
  - rename
```
public GensonBuilder rename(Class<?> fieldOfType,
                            String toName)
```
    Renames all fields of type fieldOfType to toName.
  - rename
```
public GensonBuilder rename(String field,
                            Class<?> fromClass,
                            String toName)
```
    Renames all fields named field declared in class fromClass to toName.
  - rename
```
public GensonBuilder rename(String field,
                            String toName,
                            Class<?> fieldOfType)
```
    Renames all fields named field and of type fieldOfType to toName.
  - rename
```
public GensonBuilder rename(String field,
                            Class<?> fromClass,
                            String toName,
                            Class<?> ofType)
```
    Renames all fields named field, of type fieldOfType and declared in fromClass to toName.
  - exclude
```
public GensonBuilder exclude(String field)
```
  - exclude
```
public GensonBuilder exclude(Class<?> fieldOfType)
```
  - exclude
```
public GensonBuilder exclude(String field,
                             Class<?> fromClass)
```
  - exclude
```
public GensonBuilder exclude(String field,
                             Class<?> fromClass,
                             Class<?> ofType)
```
  - include
```
public GensonBuilder include(String field)
```
  - include
```
public GensonBuilder include(Class<?> fieldOfType)
```
  - include
```
public GensonBuilder include(String field,
                             Class<?> fromClass)
```
  - include
```
public GensonBuilder include(String field,
                             Class<?> fromClass,
                             Class<?> ofType)
```
  - setSkipNull
```
public GensonBuilder setSkipNull(boolean skipNull)
```
    If true will not serialize null values
    
    Parameters:
    
    skipNull - indicates whether null values should be serialized or not.
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - isSkipNull
```
public boolean isSkipNull()
```
  - setHtmlSafe
```
public GensonBuilder setHtmlSafe(boolean htmlSafe)
```
    If true \,<,>,&,= characters will be replaced by ', <, >, &, =
    
    Parameters:
    
    htmlSafe - indicates whether serialized data should be html safe.
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - isHtmlSafe
```
public boolean isHtmlSafe()
```
  - useClassMetadata
```
public GensonBuilder useClassMetadata(boolean enabled)
```
    Indicates whether class metadata should be serialized and used during deserialization.
    
    See Also:
    
    ClassMetadataConverter
  - useDateFormat
```
public GensonBuilder useDateFormat(DateFormat dateFormat)
```
    Specifies the data format that should be used for java.util.Date serialization and deserialization.
    
    Parameters:
    
    dateFormat -
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - isThrowExceptionOnNoDebugInfo
```
public boolean isThrowExceptionOnNoDebugInfo()
```
  - setThrowExceptionIfNoDebugInfo
```
public GensonBuilder setThrowExceptionIfNoDebugInfo(boolean throwExcOnNoDebugInfo)
```
    Used in conjunction with useConstructorWithArguments(boolean). If true an exception will be thrown when a class has been compiled without debug informations.
    
    Parameters:
    
    throwExcOnNoDebugInfo -
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
    
    See Also:
    
    ASMCreatorParameterNameResolver
  - useMethods
```
public GensonBuilder useMethods(boolean enabled)
```
    If true, getters and setters would be used during serialization/deserialization in favor of fields. If there is not getter/setter for a field then the field will be used, except if you specified that fields should not be used with useFields(boolean). By default getters, setters and fields will be used.
  - useMethods
```
public GensonBuilder useMethods(boolean enabled,
                                VisibilityFilter visibility)
```
  - settersMustBeVoid
```
public GensonBuilder settersMustBeVoid(boolean settersMustBeVoid)
```
    If true, only setters with a return type of void will be considered when deserializing. If set to false, the setter's return type is ignored
  - useFields
```
public GensonBuilder useFields(boolean enabled)
```
    If true, fields will be used when no getter/setter is available, except if you specified that no getter/setter should be used with useMethods(boolean), in that case only fields will be used. By default getters, setters and fields will be used.
  - useFields
```
public GensonBuilder useFields(boolean enabled,
                               VisibilityFilter visibility)
```
  - useBeanViews
```
public GensonBuilder useBeanViews(boolean enabled)
```
    If true BeanView mechanism will be enabled.
  - useRuntimeType
```
public GensonBuilder useRuntimeType(boolean enabled)
```
    If true the concrete type of the serialized object will always be used. So if you have List type it will not use the Number serializer but the one for the concrete type of the current value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    enabled -
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
  - useConstructorWithArguments
```
public GensonBuilder useConstructorWithArguments(boolean enabled)
```
    If true constructor and method arguments name will be resolved from the generated debug symbols during compilation. It is a very powerful feature from Genson, you should have a look at ASMCreatorParameterNameResolver.
    
    Parameters:
    
    enabled -
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to this builder.
    
    See Also:
    
    setThrowExceptionIfNoDebugInfo(boolean)
  - setFieldFilter
```
public GensonBuilder setFieldFilter(VisibilityFilter propertyFilter)
```
  - setMethodFilter
```
public GensonBuilder setMethodFilter(VisibilityFilter methodFilter)
```
  - setConstructorFilter
```
public GensonBuilder setConstructorFilter(VisibilityFilter constructorFilter)
```
  - useStrictDoubleParse
```
public GensonBuilder useStrictDoubleParse(boolean strictDoubleParse)
```
  - useIndentation
```
public GensonBuilder useIndentation(boolean indent)
```
    If true outputed json will be indented using two spaces, otherwise (by default) all is printed on same line.
  - useDateAsTimestamp
```
public GensonBuilder useDateAsTimestamp(boolean enabled)
```
  - useMetadata
```
public GensonBuilder useMetadata(boolean metadata)
```
  - useByteAsInt
```
public GensonBuilder useByteAsInt(boolean enable)
```
  - failOnMissingProperty
```
public GensonBuilder failOnMissingProperty(boolean enable)
```
    If set to true, Genson will throw a JsonBindingException when it encounters a property in the incoming json that does not match a property in the class. False by default.
    
    Parameters:
    
    enable -
    
    Returns:
  - useClassMetadataWithStaticType
```
public GensonBuilder useClassMetadataWithStaticType(boolean enable)
```
    If set to false, during serialization class metadata will be serialized only for types where the runtime type differs from the static one. Ex:
```
 class Person {
   public Address address;
 }
 
```
    Here if the concrete instance of address is Address then this type will not be serialized as metadata, but if they differ then it is serialized. By default this option is true, all types are serialized.
    Parameters:
    
    enable -
    
    Returns:
  - acceptSingleValueAsList
```
public GensonBuilder acceptSingleValueAsList(boolean enable)
```
    Wrap a single value into a list when a list is expected. Useful when dealing with APIs that unwrap arrays containing a single value. Disabled by default.
  - useDefaultValue
```
public GensonBuilder useDefaultValue(Object value,
                                     Class<?> targetType)
```
    Uses the passed value as the default value for this type.
  - wrapRootValues
```
public GensonBuilder wrapRootValues(String inputKey,
                                    String outputKey)
```
    Will wrap all the root objects under outputKey during serializaiton and unwrap the content under inputKey during deserializaiton. For example: Genson genson = new GensonBuilder().wrapRootValues("request", "response").create(); // would produce: {"response": {... person properties ...}} genson.serialize(person); Person p = genson.deserialize("{\"request\":{...}}", Person.class); If you need this mechanism only for some types or using different root keys, then you can register JaxbBundle with wrapRootValues(true) and annotate the specific classes with XmlRootElement.
  - failOnNullPrimitive
```
public GensonBuilder failOnNullPrimitive(boolean enabled)
```
    False by default. When enabled a JsonBindingException will be thrown if null is encountered during serialization (should never happen) or deserialization for a primitive type.
  - useRuntimePropertyFilter
```
public GensonBuilder useRuntimePropertyFilter(RuntimePropertyFilter filter)
```
  - create
```
public Genson create()
```
    Creates an instance of Genson. You may use this method as many times you want. It wont change the state of the builder, in sense that the returned instance will have always the same configuration.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new instance of Genson built for the current configuration.
  - create
```
protected Genson create(Factory<Converter<?>> converterFactory,
                        Map<String,Class<?>> classAliases)
```
    In theory this allows you to extend Genson class and to instantiate it, but actually you can not do it as Genson class is final. If some uses cases are discovered it may change.
    
    Parameters:
    
    converterFactory -
    
    classAliases -
    
    Returns:
    
    a new Genson instance.
  - createConverterFactory
```
protected Factory<Converter<?>> createConverterFactory()
```
    You should override this method if you want to add custom ChainedFactory or if you need to chain them differently.
    
    Returns:
    
    the converter factory instance that will be used to resolve ALL converters.
  - createBeanMutatorAccessorResolver
```
protected BeanMutatorAccessorResolver createBeanMutatorAccessorResolver()
```
  - createPropertyNameResolver
```
protected PropertyNameResolver createPropertyNameResolver()
```
    You can override this method if you want to change the PropertyNameResolver that are registered by default. You can also simply replace the default PropertyNameResolver by setting another one with set(PropertyNameResolver).
    
    Returns:
    
    the property name resolver to be used. It should be an instance of PropertyNameResolver.CompositePropertyNameResolver, otherwise you will not be able to add others PropertyNameResolvers using with(PropertyNameResolver...) method.
  - getDefaultConverters
```
protected List<Converter<?>> getDefaultConverters()
```
    You can override this methods if you want to change the default converters (remove some, change the order, etc).
    
    Returns:
    
    the default converters list, must be not null.
  - addDefaultConverterFactories
```
protected void addDefaultConverterFactories(List<Factory<? extends Converter<?>>> factories)
```
    Override this method if you want to change the default converter factories.
    
    Parameters:
    
    factories - list, is not null.
  - addDefaultContextualFactories
```
protected void addDefaultContextualFactories(List<ContextualFactory<?>> factories)
```
  - getDefaultSerializers
```
protected List<Serializer<?>> getDefaultSerializers()
```
  - addDefaultSerializerFactories
```
protected void addDefaultSerializerFactories(List<Factory<? extends Serializer<?>>> serializerFactories)
```
  - getDefaultDeserializers
```
protected List<Deserializer<?>> getDefaultDeserializers()
```
  - addDefaultDeserializerFactories
```
protected void addDefaultDeserializerFactories(List<Factory<? extends Deserializer<?>>> deserializerFactories)
```
  - createBeanDescriptorProvider
```
protected BeanDescriptorProvider createBeanDescriptorProvider()
```
    Creates the standard BeanDescriptorProvider that will be used to provide BeanDescriptor instances for serialization/deserialization of all types that couldn't be handled by standard and custom converters and converter factories.
    
    Returns:
    
    the BeanDescriptorProvider instance.
  - createBeanPropertyFactory
```
protected BeanPropertyFactory createBeanPropertyFactory()
```
  - getPropertyNameResolver
```
protected final PropertyNameResolver getPropertyNameResolver()
```
  - getMutatorAccessorResolver
```
protected final BeanMutatorAccessorResolver getMutatorAccessorResolver()
```
  - getBeanDescriptorProvider
```
protected final BeanDescriptorProvider getBeanDescriptorProvider()
```
  - getBeanViewDescriptorProvider
```
protected final BeanViewDescriptorProvider getBeanViewDescriptorProvider()
```
  - getFactories
```
public final List<Factory<?>> getFactories()
```
  - isDateAsTimestamp
```
public final boolean isDateAsTimestamp()
```

Class GensonBuilder

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

GensonBuilder

Method Detail

addAlias

withConverters

withConverter

withConverter

withSerializers

withSerializer

withSerializer

withDeserializers

withDeserializer

withDeserializer

withConverterFactory

withSerializerFactory

withDeserializerFactory

withContextualFactory

withConverterFactory

withBeanPropertyFactory

withBundle

withClassLoader

set

set

with

getSerializersMap

getDeserializersMap

getClassLoader

with

rename

rename

rename

rename

rename

exclude

exclude

exclude

exclude

include

include

include

include

setSkipNull

isSkipNull

setHtmlSafe

isHtmlSafe

useClassMetadata

useDateFormat

isThrowExceptionOnNoDebugInfo

setThrowExceptionIfNoDebugInfo

useMethods

useMethods

settersMustBeVoid

useFields

useFields

useBeanViews

useRuntimeType

useConstructorWithArguments

setFieldFilter

setMethodFilter

setConstructorFilter

useStrictDoubleParse

useIndentation

useDateAsTimestamp

useMetadata

useByteAsInt

failOnMissingProperty

useClassMetadataWithStaticType

acceptSingleValueAsList

useDefaultValue

wrapRootValues

failOnNullPrimitive

useRuntimePropertyFilter

create

create

createConverterFactory

createBeanMutatorAccessorResolver