MapperBuilder.java

package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg;

import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.function.Consumer;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAutoDetect;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonSetter;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.PropertyAccessor;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.DefaultTyping;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AccessorNamingStrategy;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.DefaultAccessorNamingStrategy;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.VisibilityChecker;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.NamedType;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.PolymorphicTypeValidator;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.SubtypeResolver;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeResolverBuilder;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.JsonNodeFactory;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.LogicalType;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory;

/**
 * Jackson 3 will introduce fully immutable, builder-based system for constructing
 * {@link ObjectMapper}s. Same can not be done with 2.10 for backwards-compatibility
 * reasons; but we can offer sort of "fake" builder, which simply encapsulates
 * configuration calls. The main (and only) point is to allow gradual upgrade.
 *
 * @since 2.10
 */
public abstract class MapperBuilder<M extends ObjectMapper,
    B extends MapperBuilder<M,B>>
{
    protected final M _mapper;

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Life-cycle
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    protected MapperBuilder(M mapper)
    {
        _mapper = mapper;
    }

    /**
     * Method to call to create actual mapper instance.
     *<p>
     * Implementation detail: in 2.10 (but not 3.x) underlying mapper is eagerly
     * constructed when builder is constructed, and method simply returns that
     * instance.
     */
    public M build() {
        return _mapper;
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Accessors, features
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    public boolean isEnabled(MapperFeature f) {
        return _mapper.isEnabled(f);
    }
    public boolean isEnabled(DeserializationFeature f) {
        return _mapper.isEnabled(f);
    }
    public boolean isEnabled(SerializationFeature f) {
        return _mapper.isEnabled(f);
    }

    public boolean isEnabled(JsonParser.Feature f) {
        return _mapper.isEnabled(f);
    }
    public boolean isEnabled(JsonGenerator.Feature f) {
        return _mapper.isEnabled(f);
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Accessors, other
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    public TokenStreamFactory streamFactory() {
        return _mapper.tokenStreamFactory();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Changing features: mapper, ser, deser
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    public B enable(MapperFeature... features) {
        _mapper.enable(features);
        return _this();
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    public B disable(MapperFeature... features) {
        _mapper.disable(features);
        return _this();
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    public B configure(MapperFeature feature, boolean state) {
        _mapper.configure(feature, state);
        return _this();
    }

    public B enable(SerializationFeature... features) {
        for (SerializationFeature f : features) {
            _mapper.enable(f);
        }
        return _this();
    }

    public B disable(SerializationFeature... features) {
        for (SerializationFeature f : features) {
            _mapper.disable(f);
        }
        return _this();
    }

    public B configure(SerializationFeature feature, boolean state) {
        _mapper.configure(feature, state);
        return _this();
    }

    public B enable(DeserializationFeature... features) {
        for (DeserializationFeature f : features) {
            _mapper.enable(f);
        }
        return _this();
    }

    public B disable(DeserializationFeature... features) {
        for (DeserializationFeature f : features) {
            _mapper.disable(f);
        }
        return _this();
    }

    public B configure(DeserializationFeature feature, boolean state) {
        _mapper.configure(feature, state);
        return _this();
    }

    public B enable(DatatypeFeature... features) {
        for (DatatypeFeature f : features) {
            _mapper.configure(f, true);
        }
        return _this();
    }

    public B disable(DatatypeFeature... features) {
        for (DatatypeFeature f : features) {
            _mapper.configure(f, false);
        }
        return _this();
    }

    public B configure(DatatypeFeature feature, boolean state) {
        _mapper.configure(feature, state);
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Changing features: parser, generator, pre-2.10
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    public B enable(JsonParser.Feature... features) {
        _mapper.enable(features);
        return _this();
    }

    public B disable(JsonParser.Feature... features) {
        _mapper.disable(features);
        return _this();
    }

    public B configure(JsonParser.Feature feature, boolean state) {
        _mapper.configure(feature, state);
        return _this();
    }

    public B enable(JsonGenerator.Feature... features) {
        _mapper.enable(features);
        return _this();
    }

    public B disable(JsonGenerator.Feature... features) {
        _mapper.disable(features);
        return _this();
    }

    public B configure(JsonGenerator.Feature feature, boolean state) {
        _mapper.configure(feature, state);
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Changing features: parser, generator, 2.10+
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    public B enable(StreamReadFeature... features) {
        for (StreamReadFeature f : features) {
            _mapper.enable(f.mappedFeature());
        }
        return _this();
    }

    public B disable(StreamReadFeature... features) {
        for (StreamReadFeature f : features) {
            _mapper.disable(f.mappedFeature());
        }
        return _this();
    }

    public B configure(StreamReadFeature feature, boolean state) {
        _mapper.configure(feature.mappedFeature(), state);
        return _this();
    }

    public B enable(StreamWriteFeature... features) {
        for (StreamWriteFeature f : features) {
            _mapper.enable(f.mappedFeature());
        }
        return _this();
    }

    public B disable(StreamWriteFeature... features) {
        for (StreamWriteFeature f : features) {
            _mapper.disable(f.mappedFeature());
        }
        return _this();
    }

    public B configure(StreamWriteFeature feature, boolean state) {
        _mapper.configure(feature.mappedFeature(), state);
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Changing settings, config overrides
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    /**
     * Method for changing config overrides for specific type, through
     * callback to specific handler.
     *
     * @param forType Type to change config overrides for
     * @param handler Function to call with {@link MutableConfigOverride}
     *
     * @since 2.13
     */
    public B withConfigOverride(Class<?> forType,
            Consumer<MutableConfigOverride> handler)
    {
        handler.accept(_mapper.configOverride(forType));
        return _this();
    }

    // Not possible to support these in 2.x, yet (added in 3.0); would require
    // access to "ConfigOverrides" that `ObjectMapper` holds

// public B withAllConfigOverrides(Consumer<ConfigOverrides> handler)
// public B changeDefaultVisibility(UnaryOperator<VisibilityChecker> handler)
// public B changeDefaultPropertyInclusion(UnaryOperator<JsonInclude.Value> handler)
// public B changeDefaultNullHandling(UnaryOperator<JsonSetter.Value> handler)
// public B defaultMergeable(Boolean b)
// public B defaultLeniency(Boolean b)

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Changing settings, coercion config
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    /**
     * Method for changing coercion config for specific logical types, through
     * callback to specific handler.
     *
     * @since 2.13
     */
    public B withCoercionConfig(LogicalType forType,
            Consumer<MutableCoercionConfig> handler) {
        handler.accept(_mapper.coercionConfigFor(forType));
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for changing coercion config for specific physical type, through
     * callback to specific handler.
     *
     * @since 2.13
     */
    public B withCoercionConfig(Class<?> forType,
            Consumer<MutableCoercionConfig> handler) {
        handler.accept(_mapper.coercionConfigFor(forType));
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for changing target-type-independent coercion configuration defaults.
     *
     * @since 2.13
     */
    public B withCoercionConfigDefaults(Consumer<MutableCoercionConfig> handler) {
        handler.accept(_mapper.coercionConfigDefaults());
        return _this();
    }

    // Not possible to support these in 2.x, yet (added in 3.0); would require
    // access to "ConfigOverrides" that `ObjectMapper` holds
// public B withAllCoercionConfigs(Consumer<CoercionConfigs> handler)

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Module registration, discovery, access
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    // NOTE: can not add this in 2.x (since Modules get immediately registered)
//    public B removeAllModules()

    public B addModule(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module module)
    {
        _mapper.registerModule(module);
        return _this();
    }

    public B addModules(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module... modules)
    {
        for (com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module module : modules) {
            addModule(module);
        }
        return _this();
    }

    public B addModules(Iterable<? extends com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module> modules)
    {
        for (com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module module : modules) {
            addModule(module);
        }
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for locating available methods, using JDK {@link ServiceLoader}
     * facility, along with module-provided SPI.
     *<p>
     * Note that method does not do any caching, so calls should be considered
     * potentially expensive.
     */
    public static List<com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module> findModules() {
        return findModules(null);
    }

    /**
     * Method for locating available methods, using JDK {@link ServiceLoader}
     * facility, along with module-provided SPI.
     *<p>
     * Note that method does not do any caching, so calls should be considered
     * potentially expensive.
     */
    public static List<com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module> findModules(ClassLoader classLoader)
    {
        ArrayList<com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module> modules = new ArrayList<>();
        ServiceLoader<com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module> loader = secureGetServiceLoader(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module.class, classLoader);
        for (com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module module : loader) {
            modules.add(module);
        }
        return modules;
    }

    private static <T> ServiceLoader<T> secureGetServiceLoader(final Class<T> clazz, final ClassLoader classLoader) {
        final SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
        if (sm == null) {
            return (classLoader == null) ?
                    ServiceLoader.load(clazz) : ServiceLoader.load(clazz, classLoader);
        }
        return AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<ServiceLoader<T>>() {
            @Override
            public ServiceLoader<T> run() {
                return (classLoader == null) ?
                        ServiceLoader.load(clazz) : ServiceLoader.load(clazz, classLoader);
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method that is functionally equivalent to:
     *<code>
     *   addModules(builder.findModules());
     *</code>
     *<p>
     * As with {@link #findModules()}, no caching is done for modules, so care
     * needs to be taken to either create and share a single mapper instance;
     * or to cache introspected set of modules.
     */
    public B findAndAddModules() {
        return addModules(findModules());
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Changing base settings
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    /**
     * Method for replacing {@link AnnotationIntrospector} used by the
     * mapper instance to be built.
     * Note that doing this will replace the current introspector, which
     * may lead to unavailability of core Jackson annotations.
     * If you want to combine handling of multiple introspectors,
     * have a look at {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotationIntrospectorPair}.
     *
     * @see com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotationIntrospectorPair
     */
    public B annotationIntrospector(AnnotationIntrospector intr) {
        _mapper.setAnnotationIntrospector(intr);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for replacing default {@link ContextAttributes} that the mapper
     * uses: usually one initialized with a set of default shared attributes, but
     * potentially also with a custom implementation.
     *<p>
     * NOTE: instance specified will need to be thread-safe for usage, similar to the
     * default ({@link ContextAttributes.Impl}).
     *
     * @param attrs Default instance to use: may not be {@code null}.
     *
     * @return This Builder instance to allow call chaining
     */
    public B defaultAttributes(ContextAttributes attrs) {
        _mapper.setDefaultAttributes(attrs);
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Changing introspection helpers
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    public B typeFactory(TypeFactory f) {
        _mapper.setTypeFactory(f);
        return _this();
    }

    public B subtypeResolver(SubtypeResolver r) {
        _mapper.setSubtypeResolver(r);
        return _this();
    }

    public B visibility(VisibilityChecker<?> vc) {
        _mapper.setVisibility(vc);
        return _this();
    }

    public B visibility(PropertyAccessor forMethod, JsonAutoDetect.Visibility visibility) {
        _mapper.setVisibility(forMethod, visibility);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for configuring {@link HandlerInstantiator} to use for creating
     * instances of handlers (such as serializers, deserializers, type and type
     * id resolvers), given a class.
     *
     * @param hi Instantiator to use; if null, use the default implementation
     *
     * @return Builder instance itself to allow chaining
     */
    public B handlerInstantiator(HandlerInstantiator hi) {
        _mapper.setHandlerInstantiator(hi);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for configuring {@link PropertyNamingStrategy} to use for adapting
     * POJO property names (internal) into content property names (external)
     *
     * @param s Strategy instance to use; if null, use the default implementation
     *
     * @return Builder instance itself to allow chaining
     */
    public B propertyNamingStrategy(PropertyNamingStrategy s) {
        _mapper.setPropertyNamingStrategy(s);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for configuring {@link AccessorNamingStrategy} to use for auto-detecting
     * accessor ("getter") and mutator ("setter") methods based on naming of methods.
     *
     * @param s Strategy instance to use; if null, use the default implementation
     *
     * @return Builder instance itself to allow chaining
     *
     * @since 2.12
     */
    public B accessorNaming(AccessorNamingStrategy.Provider s) {
        if (s == null) {
            s = new DefaultAccessorNamingStrategy.Provider();
        }
        _mapper.setAccessorNaming(s);
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Changing factories, serialization
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    public B serializerFactory(SerializerFactory f) {
        _mapper.setSerializerFactory(f);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for configuring this mapper to use specified {@link FilterProvider} for
     * mapping Filter Ids to actual filter instances.
     *<p>
     * Note that usually it is better to use method in {@link ObjectWriter}, but sometimes
     * this method is more convenient. For example, some frameworks only allow configuring
     * of ObjectMapper instances and not {@link ObjectWriter}s.
     */
    public B filterProvider(FilterProvider prov) {
        _mapper.setFilterProvider(prov);
        return _this();
    }

    public B defaultPrettyPrinter(PrettyPrinter pp) {
        _mapper.setDefaultPrettyPrinter(pp);
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Changing factories, related, deserialization
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    public B injectableValues(InjectableValues v) {
        _mapper.setInjectableValues(v);
        return _this();
    }

    public B nodeFactory(JsonNodeFactory f) {
        _mapper.setNodeFactory(f);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for specifying {@link ConstructorDetector} to use for
     * determining some aspects of creator auto-detection (specifically
     * auto-detection of constructor, and in particular behavior with
     * single-argument constructors).
     *
     * @since 2.12
     */
    public B constructorDetector(ConstructorDetector cd) {
        _mapper.setConstructorDetector(cd);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method used for adding a {@link DeserializationProblemHandler} for this
     * builder, at the head of the list (meaning it has priority over handler
     * registered earlier).
     */
    public B addHandler(DeserializationProblemHandler h) {
        _mapper.addHandler(h);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method that may be used to remove all {@link DeserializationProblemHandler}s added
     * to this builder (if any).
     */
    public B clearProblemHandlers() {
        _mapper.clearProblemHandlers();
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Changing global defaults
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    public B defaultSetterInfo(JsonSetter.Value v) {
        _mapper.setDefaultSetterInfo(v);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for setting default Setter configuration, regarding things like
     * merging, null-handling; used for properties for which there are
     * no per-type or per-property overrides (via annotations or config overrides).
     */
    public B defaultMergeable(Boolean b) {
        _mapper.setDefaultMergeable(b);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for setting default Setter configuration, regarding things like
     * merging, null-handling; used for properties for which there are
     * no per-type or per-property overrides (via annotations or config overrides).
     */
    public B defaultLeniency(Boolean b) {
        _mapper.setDefaultLeniency(b);
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Changing settings, date/time
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    /**
     * Method for configuring the default {@link DateFormat} to use when serializing time
     * values as Strings, and deserializing from JSON Strings.
     * If you need per-request configuration, factory methods in
     * {@link ObjectReader} and {@link ObjectWriter} instead.
     */
    public B defaultDateFormat(DateFormat df) {
        _mapper.setDateFormat(df);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for overriding default TimeZone to use for formatting.
     * Default value used is UTC (NOT default TimeZone of JVM).
     */
    public B defaultTimeZone(TimeZone tz) {
        _mapper.setTimeZone(tz);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for overriding default locale to use for formatting.
     * Default value used is {@link Locale#getDefault()}.
     */
    public B defaultLocale(Locale locale) {
        _mapper.setLocale(locale);
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Changing settings, formatting
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    /**
     * Method that will configure default {@link Base64Variant} that
     * <code>byte[]</code> serializers and deserializers will use.
     *
     * @param v Base64 variant to use
     *
     * @return This builder instance to allow call chaining
     */
    public B defaultBase64Variant(Base64Variant v) {
        _mapper.setBase64Variant(v);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for configured default property inclusion to use for serialization.
     *
     * @param incl Default property inclusion to set
     *
     * @return This builder instance to allow call chaining
     */
    public B serializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include incl) {
        _mapper.setSerializationInclusion(incl);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for configured default property inclusion to use for serialization.
     *
     * @param incl Default property inclusion to set
     *
     * @return This builder instance to allow call chaining
     *
     * @since 2.11
     */
    public B defaultPropertyInclusion(JsonInclude.Value incl) {
        _mapper.setDefaultPropertyInclusion(incl);
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Configuring Mix-ins
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    /**
     * Method to use for defining mix-in annotations to use for augmenting
     * annotations that classes have, for purpose of configuration serialization
     * and/or deserialization processing.
     * Mixing in is done when introspecting class annotations and properties.
     * Annotations from "mixin" class (and its supertypes)
     * will <b>override</b>
     * annotations that target classes (and their super-types) have.
     *<p>
     * Note that standard mixin handler implementations will only allow a single mix-in
     * source class per target, so if there was a previous mix-in defined target it will
     * be cleared. This also means that you can remove mix-in definition by specifying
     * {@code mixinSource} of {@code null}
     * (although preferred mechanism is {@link #removeMixIn})
     *
     * @param target Target class on which to add annotations
     * @param mixinSource Class that has annotations to add
     *
     * @return This builder instance to allow call chaining
     */
    public B addMixIn(Class<?> target, Class<?> mixinSource)
    {
        _mapper.addMixIn(target, mixinSource);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method that allows making sure that specified {@code target} class
     * does not have associated mix-in annotations: basically can be used
     * to undo an earlier call to {@link #addMixIn}.
     *<p>
     * NOTE: removing mix-ins for given class does not try to remove possible
     * mix-ins for any of its super classes and super interfaces; only direct
     * mix-in addition, if any, is removed.
     *
     * @param target Target class for which no mix-ins should remain after call
     *
     * @return This builder instance to allow call chaining
     *
     * @since 2.13
     */
    public B removeMixIn(Class<?> target)
    {
        _mapper.addMixIn(target, null);
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Subtype registration, related
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    public B registerSubtypes(Class<?>... subtypes) {
        _mapper.registerSubtypes(subtypes);
        return _this();
    }

    public B registerSubtypes(NamedType... subtypes) {
        _mapper.registerSubtypes(subtypes);
        return _this();
    }

    public B registerSubtypes(Collection<Class<?>> subtypes) {
        _mapper.registerSubtypes(subtypes);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for assigning {@link PolymorphicTypeValidator} to use for validating
     * subtypes when using Class name - based polymorphic deserialization
     * using annotations (validator used with "Default Typing" is specified by
     * passing in {@link #activateDefaultTyping(PolymorphicTypeValidator)} instead).
     *<p>
     * Validator will be called on validating types for which no default databind
     * deserializer, or module-provided deserializer is found: typically this
     * includes "POJO" (aka Bean) types, but not (for example) most container
     * types.
     *
     * @since 2.10
     */
    public B polymorphicTypeValidator(PolymorphicTypeValidator ptv) {
        _mapper.setPolymorphicTypeValidator(ptv);
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Default typing
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    /**
     * Convenience method that is equivalent to calling
     *<pre>
     *  activateDefaultTyping(subtypeValidator, DefaultTyping.OBJECT_AND_NON_CONCRETE);
     *</pre>
     *<p>
     * NOTE: choice of {@link PolymorphicTypeValidator} to pass is critical for security
     * as allowing all subtypes can be risky for untrusted content.
     */
    public B activateDefaultTyping(PolymorphicTypeValidator subtypeValidator) {
        _mapper.activateDefaultTyping(subtypeValidator);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method that is equivalent to calling
     *<pre>
     *  activateDefaultTyping(subtypeValidator, dti, JsonTypeInfo.As.WRAPPER_ARRAY);
     *</pre>
     *<p>
     * NOTE: choice of {@link PolymorphicTypeValidator} to pass is critical for security
     * as allowing all subtypes can be risky for untrusted content.
     */
    public B activateDefaultTyping(PolymorphicTypeValidator subtypeValidator,
            DefaultTyping dti) {
        _mapper.activateDefaultTyping(subtypeValidator, dti);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for enabling automatic inclusion of type information, needed
     * for proper deserialization of polymorphic types (unless types
     * have been annotated with {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo}).
     *<P>
     * NOTE: use of <code>JsonTypeInfo.As#EXTERNAL_PROPERTY</code> <b>NOT SUPPORTED</b>;
     * and attempts of do so will throw an {@link IllegalArgumentException} to make
     * this limitation explicit.
     *<p>
     * NOTE: choice of {@link PolymorphicTypeValidator} to pass is critical for security
     * as allowing all subtypes can be risky for untrusted content.
     *
     * @param applicability Defines kinds of types for which additional type information
     *    is added; see {@link DefaultTyping} for more information.
     */
    public B activateDefaultTyping(PolymorphicTypeValidator subtypeValidator,
            DefaultTyping applicability, JsonTypeInfo.As includeAs)
    {
        _mapper.activateDefaultTyping(subtypeValidator, applicability, includeAs);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for enabling automatic inclusion of type information -- needed
     * for proper deserialization of polymorphic types (unless types
     * have been annotated with {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo}) --
     * using "As.PROPERTY" inclusion mechanism and specified property name
     * to use for inclusion (default being "@class" since default type information
     * always uses class name as type identifier)
     *<p>
     * NOTE: choice of {@link PolymorphicTypeValidator} to pass is critical for security
     * as allowing all subtypes can be risky for untrusted content.
     */
    public B activateDefaultTypingAsProperty(PolymorphicTypeValidator subtypeValidator,
            DefaultTyping applicability, String propertyName)
    {
        _mapper.activateDefaultTypingAsProperty(subtypeValidator, applicability, propertyName);
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for disabling automatic inclusion of type information; if so, only
     * explicitly annotated types (ones with
     * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo}) will have
     * additional embedded type information.
     */
    public B deactivateDefaultTyping() {
        _mapper.deactivateDefaultTyping();
        return _this();
    }

    /**
     * Method for enabling automatic inclusion of type information, using
     * specified handler object for determining which types this affects,
     * as well as details of how information is embedded.
     *<p>
     * NOTE: use of Default Typing can be a potential security risk if incoming
     * content comes from untrusted sources, so care should be taken to use
     * a {@link TypeResolverBuilder} that can limit allowed classes to
     * deserialize. Note in particular that
     * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl.StdTypeResolverBuilder}
     * DOES NOT limit applicability but creates type (de)serializers for all
     * types.
     *
     * @param typer Type information inclusion handler
     *
     * @since 2.12
     */
    public B setDefaultTyping(TypeResolverBuilder<?> typer) {
        _mapper.setDefaultTyping(typer);
        return _this();
    }

    /*
    /**********************************************************************
    /* Other helper methods
    /**********************************************************************
     */

    // silly convenience cast method we need
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    protected final B _this() { return (B) this; }
}