Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder allows for regular constructor usage as well

Issue: SPR-12243

Author: jhoeller

spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder.java

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  * <p>Note that Jackson's JSR-310 and Joda-Time support modules will be registered automatically
  * when available (and when Java 8 and Joda-Time themselves are available, respectively).
  *
- * <p>Tested against Jackson 2.2 and 2.3; compatible with Jackson 2.0 and higher.
+ * <p>Tested against Jackson 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4; compatible with Jackson 2.0 and higher.
  *
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -92,28 +92,6 @@ public class Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder {
 	private ClassLoader moduleClassLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
 
 
-	private Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder() {
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Obtain a {@link Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder} instance in order to
-	 * build an {@link ObjectMapper} instance.
-	 */
-	public static Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder json() {
-		return new Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Obtain a {@link Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder} instance in order to
-	 * build a {@link XmlMapper} instance.
-	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	public static Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder xml() {
-		return new Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder().createXmlMapper(true);
-	}
-
-
 	/**
 	 * If set to {@code true}, an {@link XmlMapper} will be created using its
 	 * default constructor. This is only applicable to {@link #build()} calls,
@@ -499,4 +477,24 @@ private void registerWellKnownModulesIfAvailable(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
 		}
 	}
 
+
+	// Convenience factory methods
+
+	/**
+	 * Obtain a {@link Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder} instance in order to
+	 * build a regular JSON {@link ObjectMapper} instance.
+	 */
+	public static Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder json() {
+		return new Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Obtain a {@link Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder} instance in order to
+	 * build an {@link XmlMapper} instance.
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public static Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder xml() {
+		return new Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder().createXmlMapper(true);
+	}
+
 }

spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean.java

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
  * Note that Jackson's JSR-310 and Joda-Time support modules will be registered automatically
  * when available (and when Java 8 and Joda-Time themselves are available, respectively).
  *
- * <p>Tested against Jackson 2.2 and 2.3; compatible with Jackson 2.0 and higher.
+ * <p>Tested against Jackson 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4; compatible with Jackson 2.0 and higher.
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Dmitry Katsubo</a>
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
  */
 public class Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<ObjectMapper>, BeanClassLoaderAware, InitializingBean {
 
-	private final Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder builder = Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder.json();
+	private final Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder builder = new Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder();
 
 	private ObjectMapper objectMapper;