Jackson Glossary: SerializerFactory
Package: org.codehaus.jackson.map
Jar: jackson-mapper
Role
Serializer Factory is a configurable component that is responsible for constructing a JsonSerializer for various types. It does not cache resulting serializers (this is what SerializerProvider does!), but may have a static set of default serializer it can return.
Usage
Serializer factory is used via ObjectMapper, and factory in use can be changed with:
1 objectMapper.setSerializerFactory(new MySerializerFactory());
However, starting with JacksonRelease17 it is usually better to add new serializer providers (implementation of Serializers) instead of creating a separate factory (such as instance of CustomSerializerFactory which was used prior to 1.7)
Default implementation(s)
org.codehaus.jackson.map.ser.BeanSerializerFactory is the default implementation used; another commonly used (before 1.7) implementation is org.codehaus.jackson.map.ser.CustomSerializerFactory which allows registration of custom serializers.
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