## com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std
Class DateSerializer

    java.lang.Object
      com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer<T>
          com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer<T>
              com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdScalarSerializer<T>
                  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.DateTimeSerializerBase<Date>
                      com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.DateSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:
  SchemaAware, ContextualSerializer

    public class DateSerializer

extends DateTimeSerializerBase<Date>

For efficiency, we will serialize Dates as longs, instead of potentially more readable Strings.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer
`JsonSerializer.None`

Field Summary
`static DateSerializer` `instance` Default instance that is used when no contextual configuration is needed.

Fields inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.DateTimeSerializerBase
`_customFormat, _useTimestamp`

Fields inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer
`_handledType`

Constructor Summary
`DateSerializer()`
`DateSerializer(boolean useTimestamp, DateFormat customFormat)`

Method Summary
`protected long` `_timestamp(Date value)`
`void` `serialize(Date value, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider)` Method that can be called to ask implementation to serialize values of type this serializer handles.
`DateSerializer` `withFormat(boolean timestamp, DateFormat customFormat)`

Methods inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.DateTimeSerializerBase
`createContextual, getSchema, isEmpty`

Methods inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdScalarSerializer
`serializeWithType`

Methods inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer
`createObjectNode, createSchemaNode, createSchemaNode, handledType, isDefaultSerializer, wrapAndThrow, wrapAndThrow`

Methods inherited from class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer
`isUnwrappingSerializer, unwrappingSerializer, usesObjectId`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### instance

    public static DateSerializer instance

  Default instance that is used when no contextual configuration is needed.

Constructor Detail

### DateSerializer

    public DateSerializer()

### DateSerializer

    public DateSerializer(boolean useTimestamp,
                          DateFormat customFormat)

Method Detail

### withFormat

    public DateSerializer withFormat(boolean timestamp,
                                     DateFormat customFormat)

  Specified by:
    `withFormat` in class `DateTimeSerializerBase<Date>`

### _timestamp

    protected long _timestamp(Date value)

  Specified by:
    `_timestamp` in class `DateTimeSerializerBase<Date>`

### serialize

    public void serialize(Date value,
                          com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator jgen,
                          SerializerProvider provider)
                   throws IOException,
                          com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerationException

  Description copied from class: `JsonSerializer`
  Method that can be called to ask implementation to serialize values of type this serializer handles.

  Specified by:
    `serialize` in class `DateTimeSerializerBase<Date>`
  Parameters:
    `value` - Value to serialize; can not be null.
    `jgen` - Generator used to output resulting Json content
    `provider` - Provider that can be used to get serializers for serializing Objects value contains, if any.
  Throws:
    `IOException`
    `com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerationException`

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