http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson: General data-binding functionality for Jackson: works on core streaming API (FasterXML)
  • Tatu Saloranta
  • Christopher Currie
  • Paul Brown 
package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;


Interface used to indicate serializers that want to do post-processing after construction and being added to SerializerProvider, but before being used. This is typically used to resolve references to other contained types; for example, bean serializers use this to eagerly find serializers for contained field types. 
 Note that in cases where serializer needs both contextualization and resolution -- that is, implements both this interface and ContextualSerializer -- resolution via this interface occurs first, and contextual resolution (using ContextualSerializer) later on. 
/**
 * Interface used to indicate serializers that want to do post-processing
 * after construction and being added to {@link SerializerProvider},
 * but before being used. This is typically used to resolve references
 * to other contained types; for example, bean serializers use this
 * to eagerly find serializers for contained field types.
 *<p>
 * Note that in cases where serializer needs both contextualization and
 * resolution -- that is, implements both this interface and {@link ContextualSerializer}
 * -- resolution via this interface occurs first, and contextual
 * resolution (using {@link ContextualSerializer}) later on.
 */
public interface ResolvableSerializer
{
    
Method called after SerializerProvider has registered the serializer, but before it has returned it to the caller. Called object can then resolve its dependencies to other types, including self-references (direct or indirect). 

Note that this method does NOT return serializer, since resolution
is not allowed to change actual serializer to use.

Params:
  • provider – Provider that has constructed serializer this method
  is called on.
/**
     * Method called after {@link SerializerProvider} has registered
     * the serializer, but before it has returned it to the caller.
     * Called object can then resolve its dependencies to other types,
     * including self-references (direct or indirect).
     *<p>
     * Note that this method does NOT return serializer, since resolution
     * is not allowed to change actual serializer to use.
     *
     * @param provider Provider that has constructed serializer this method
     *   is called on.
     */
    public abstract void resolve(SerializerProvider provider)
        throws JsonMappingException;
}