# Uses of Package
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type

- Packages that use com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind | Contains basic mapper (conversion) functionality that allows for converting between regular streaming json content and Java objects (beans or Tree Model: support for both is via `ObjectMapper` class, as well as convenience methods included in `JsonParser`
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg | Package that contains most of configuration-related classes; exception being couple of most-commonly used configuration things (like Feature enumerations) that are at the main level (`com.fasterxml.jackson.databind`).
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser | Contains implementation classes of deserialization part of data binding.
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std | Contains public standard implementations of abstraction that Jackson uses.
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect | Functionality needed for Bean introspection, required for detecting accessors and mutators for Beans, as well as locating and handling method annotations.
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl | Package that contains standard implementations for `TypeResolverBuilder` and `TypeIdResolver`.
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module | Package that contains classes and interfaces to help implement custom extension `Module`s (which are registered using `ObjectMapper.registerModule(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module)`.
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser | Contains implementation classes of serialization part of data binding.
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type | Package that contains concrete implementations of `JavaType`, as well as the factory (`TypeFactory`) for constructing instances from various input data types (like `Class`, `Type`) and programmatically (for structured types, arrays, `List`s and `Map`s).
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util | Utility classes for Mapper package.

- Classes in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type used by com.fasterxml.jackson.databind
  Class and Description
  ClassKey Key class, used as an efficient and accurate key for locating per-class values, such as `JsonSerializer`s.
  TypeBindings Helper class used for resolving type parameters for given class
  TypeFactory Class used for creating concrete `JavaType` instances, given various inputs.
  TypeModifier Class that defines API that can be used to modify details of `JavaType` instances constructed using `TypeFactory`.

- Classes in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type used by com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg
  Class and Description
  ClassKey Key class, used as an efficient and accurate key for locating per-class values, such as `JsonSerializer`s.
  TypeFactory Class used for creating concrete `JavaType` instances, given various inputs.

- Classes in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type used by com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser
  Class and Description
  ArrayType Array types represent Java arrays, both primitive and object valued.
  ClassKey Key class, used as an efficient and accurate key for locating per-class values, such as `JsonSerializer`s.
  CollectionLikeType Type that represents things that act similar to `Collection`; but may or may not be instances of that interface.
  CollectionType Type that represents Java Collection types (Lists, Sets).
  MapLikeType Type that represents Map-like types; things that consist of key/value pairs but that do not necessarily implement `Map`, but that do not have enough introspection functionality to allow for some level of generic handling.
  MapType Type that represents "true" Java Map types.

- Classes in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type used by com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std
  Class and Description
  ArrayType Array types represent Java arrays, both primitive and object valued.

- Classes in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type used by com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect
  Class and Description
  TypeBindings Helper class used for resolving type parameters for given class

- Classes in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type used by com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.impl
  Class and Description
  TypeFactory Class used for creating concrete `JavaType` instances, given various inputs.

- Classes in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type used by com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module
  Class and Description
  ArrayType Array types represent Java arrays, both primitive and object valued.
  ClassKey Key class, used as an efficient and accurate key for locating per-class values, such as `JsonSerializer`s.
  CollectionLikeType Type that represents things that act similar to `Collection`; but may or may not be instances of that interface.
  CollectionType Type that represents Java Collection types (Lists, Sets).
  MapLikeType Type that represents Map-like types; things that consist of key/value pairs but that do not necessarily implement `Map`, but that do not have enough introspection functionality to allow for some level of generic handling.
  MapType Type that represents "true" Java Map types.

- Classes in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type used by com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser
  Class and Description
  ArrayType Array types represent Java arrays, both primitive and object valued.
  CollectionLikeType Type that represents things that act similar to `Collection`; but may or may not be instances of that interface.
  CollectionType Type that represents Java Collection types (Lists, Sets).
  MapLikeType Type that represents Map-like types; things that consist of key/value pairs but that do not necessarily implement `Map`, but that do not have enough introspection functionality to allow for some level of generic handling.
  MapType Type that represents "true" Java Map types.
  TypeBindings Helper class used for resolving type parameters for given class

- Classes in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type used by com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type
  Class and Description
  ArrayType Array types represent Java arrays, both primitive and object valued.
  ClassKey Key class, used as an efficient and accurate key for locating per-class values, such as `JsonSerializer`s.
  CollectionLikeType Type that represents things that act similar to `Collection`; but may or may not be instances of that interface.
  CollectionType Type that represents Java Collection types (Lists, Sets).
  HierarchicType Simple replacement for `Class` (and/or various Type subtypes) that is used as part of single-path extends/implements chain to express specific relationship between one subtype and one supertype.
  MapLikeType Type that represents Map-like types; things that consist of key/value pairs but that do not necessarily implement `Map`, but that do not have enough introspection functionality to allow for some level of generic handling.
  MapType Type that represents "true" Java Map types.
  SimpleType Simple types are defined as anything other than one of recognized container types (arrays, Collections, Maps).
  TypeBase
  TypeBindings Helper class used for resolving type parameters for given class
  TypeFactory Class used for creating concrete `JavaType` instances, given various inputs.
  TypeModifier Class that defines API that can be used to modify details of `JavaType` instances constructed using `TypeFactory`.
  TypeParser Simple recursive-descent parser for parsing canonical `JavaType` representations and constructing type instances.

- Classes in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type used by com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util
  Class and Description
  ClassKey Key class, used as an efficient and accurate key for locating per-class values, such as `JsonSerializer`s.
  TypeFactory Class used for creating concrete `JavaType` instances, given various inputs.

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