ConfigurationMetadata (Dropwizard Project 4.0.11 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base
- - io.dropwizard.configuration.ConfigurationMetadata

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatVisitorWithSerializerProvider, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatVisitorWrapper
```
public class ConfigurationMetadata
extends com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base
```
A class to get metadata about the properties that are available in a configuration class. It can be used to get information about the type of the properties. The names are stored as nested paths (e.g. parent.config.field).
Given the following simple configuration:
```
 public class ExampleConfiguration extends Configuration {
     @NotNull
     private String name;

     private List<String> names = Collections.emptyList();

     @JsonProperty
     public String getName() {
         return name;
     }

     @JsonProperty
     public List<String> getNames() {
         return names;
     }
 }
 
```
This leads to the following entries:
- ```
name -> {SimpleType} "[simple type, class java.lang.String]"
```
- ```
names -> {CollectionType} "[collection type; class java.util.List, contains [simple type, class java.lang.String]]"
```
Restrictions: The field-tree is only discovered correctly when no inheritance is present. It is hard to discover the correct class, so this sticks to the defaultImpl that is provided.

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatVisitorWrapper
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base
  _provider

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ConfigurationMetadata(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper mapper, Class<?> klass)
Create a metadata instance and

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonObjectFormatVisitor`	`expectObjectFormat(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType type)`
`boolean`	`isCollectionOfStrings(String fieldName)`	Check if a field is a collection of strings.

Methods inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base
expectAnyFormat, expectArrayFormat, expectBooleanFormat, expectIntegerFormat, expectMapFormat, expectNullFormat, expectNumberFormat, expectStringFormat, getProvider, setProvider

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

- Constructor Detail
  - ConfigurationMetadata
```
public ConfigurationMetadata(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper mapper,
                             Class<?> klass)
```
    Create a metadata instance and
    
    Parameters:
    
    mapper - the ObjectMapper that is used to parse the configuration file
    
    klass - the target class of the configuration
- Method Detail
  - isCollectionOfStrings
```
public boolean isCollectionOfStrings(String fieldName)
```
    Check if a field is a collection of strings.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fieldName - the field name
    
    Returns:
    
    true, if the field is a collection of strings
  - expectObjectFormat
```
public com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonObjectFormatVisitor expectObjectFormat(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType type)
                                                                                             throws com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException
```
    Specified by:
    
    expectObjectFormat in interface com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatVisitorWrapper
    
    Overrides:
    
    expectObjectFormat in class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.Base
    
    Throws:
    
    com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException