FasterXML/jackson-jaxrs-json-provider — Issue #3: Allow defining object to update via provider
Author: cowtowncoder
Created: 2012-02-02 21:35:06+00:00
State: open

(moved from [https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JACKSON-681])

So, basically it might be useful to allow provider to specify Object instance to update, instead of creating a new one.
At first this can be as simple as just adding an overridable method for custom implementations.
And if we have better ideas, add more sophisticated configuration/handlers.