/**
* Method for getting ordered list of named Creator properties. Returns an empty list is none
* found. If multiple Creator methods are defined, order between properties from different methods
* is undefined; however, properties for each such Creator are ordered properly relative to each
* other. For the usual case of just a single Creator, named properties are thus properly ordered.
*/
public List<String> findCreatorPropertyNames() {
List<String> names = null;
for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
List<? extends AnnotatedWithParams> l = (i == 0) ? getConstructors() : getFactoryMethods();
for (AnnotatedWithParams creator : l) {
int argCount = creator.getParameterCount();
if (argCount < 1) continue;
String name = _annotationIntrospector.findPropertyNameForParam(creator.getParameter(0));
if (name == null) continue;
if (names == null) {
names = new ArrayList<String>();
}
names.add(name);
for (int p = 1; p < argCount; ++p) {
names.add(_annotationIntrospector.findPropertyNameForParam(creator.getParameter(p)));
}
}
}
if (names == null) {
return Collections.emptyList();
}
return names;
}
/** @deprecated Since 1.9, should use factory methods instead */
@Deprecated
public BasicBeanDescription(MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type, AnnotatedClass ac) {
this(config, type, ac, Collections.<BeanPropertyDefinition>emptyList());
}
/**
* Factory method to use for constructing an instance to use for purposes other than building
* serializers or deserializers; will only have information on class, not on properties.
*
* @since 1.9
*/
public static BasicBeanDescription forOtherUse(
MapperConfig<?> config, JavaType type, AnnotatedClass ac) {
return new BasicBeanDescription(
config, type, ac, Collections.<BeanPropertyDefinition>emptyList());
}