## Uses of Class
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module

- Packages that use Module
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind | Basic data binding (mapping) functionality that allows for reading JSON content into Java Objects (POJOs) and JSON Trees (`JsonNode`), as well as writing Java Objects and trees as JSON.
  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)`.

- - ### Uses of Module in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind

    Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind that return types with arguments of type Module
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static List<Module>` | ObjectMapper.`findModules()` Method for locating available methods, using JDK `ServiceLoader` facility, along with module-provided SPI.
    `static List<Module>` | ObjectMapper.`findModules(ClassLoader classLoader)` Method for locating available methods, using JDK `ServiceLoader` facility, along with module-provided SPI.

    Methods in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind with parameters of type Module
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `ObjectMapper` | ObjectMapper.`registerModule(Module module)` Method for registering a module that can extend functionality provided by this mapper; for example, by adding providers for custom serializers and deserializers.
    `ObjectMapper` | ObjectMapper.`registerModules(Module... modules)` Convenience method for registering specified modules in order; functionally equivalent to:

    Method parameters in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind with type arguments of type Module
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `ObjectMapper` | ObjectMapper.`registerModules(Iterable<Module> modules)` Convenience method for registering specified modules in order; functionally equivalent to:

  - ### Uses of Module in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module

    Subclasses of Module in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `SimpleModule` Vanilla `Module` implementation that allows registration of serializers and deserializers, bean serializer and deserializer modifiers, registration of subtypes and mix-ins as well as some other commonly needed aspects (addition of custom `AbstractTypeResolver`s, `ValueInstantiator`s).

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