Implemented #203

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ New features:
 #195: Add 'MapperFeature.INFER_PROPERTY_MUTATORS' (default: enabled) for finer
   control of what mutators are auto-detected.
  (requested by Dain S)
+#203: Added new features to support advanced date/time handling:
+  - SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATE_TIMESTAMPS_AS_NANOSECONDS
+  - DeserializationFeature.READ_DATE_TIMESTAMPS_AS_NANOSECONDS
+  - DeserializationFeature.ADJUST_DATES_TO_CONTEXT_TIME_ZONE
 
 Other:
 

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/DeserializationFeature.java

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public enum DeserializationFeature implements ConfigFeature
      * Feature is disabled by default.
      */
     ACCEPT_SINGLE_VALUE_AS_ARRAY(false),
-    
+
     /**
      * Feature to allow "unwrapping" root-level JSON value, to match setting of
      * {@link SerializationFeature#WRAP_ROOT_VALUE} used for serialization.
@@ -222,6 +222,18 @@ public enum DeserializationFeature implements ConfigFeature
      */
     READ_UNKNOWN_ENUM_VALUES_AS_NULL(false),
 
+    /**
+     * Feature that controls whether numeric timestamp values are expected
+     * to be written using nanosecond timestamps (enabled) or not (disabled);
+     * if disabled, standard millisecond timestamps are assumed.
+     * This is the counterpart to {@link SerializationFeature#WRITE_DATE_TIMESTAMPS_AS_NANOSECONDS}.
+     *<p>
+     * Feature is disabled by default.
+     * 
+     * @since 2.2
+     */
+    READ_DATE_TIMESTAMPS_AS_NANOSECONDS(false),
+
     /*
     /******************************************************
     /* Other

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/SerializationFeature.java

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public enum SerializationFeature implements ConfigFeature
 
     /*
     /******************************************************
-    /*  Error handling features
+    /* Error handling features
     /******************************************************
      */
 
@@ -265,6 +265,18 @@ public enum SerializationFeature implements ConfigFeature
      */
     WRITE_BIGDECIMAL_AS_PLAIN(false),
 
+    /**
+     * Feature that controls whether numeric timestamp values are
+     * to be written using nanosecond timestamps (enabled) or not (disabled);
+     * if disabled, standard millisecond timestamps are assumed.
+     * This is the counterpart to {@link DeserializationFeature#READ_DATE_TIMESTAMPS_AS_NANOSECONDS}.
+     *<p>
+     * Feature is disabled by default.
+     * 
+     * @since 2.2
+     */
+    WRITE_DATE_TIMESTAMPS_AS_NANOSECONDS(false),    
+    
     /**
      * Feature that determines whether {@link java.util.Map} entries are first
      * sorted by key before serialization or not: if enabled, additional sorting
@@ -275,6 +287,18 @@ public enum SerializationFeature implements ConfigFeature
      */
     ORDER_MAP_ENTRIES_BY_KEYS(false),
 
+    /**
+     * Feature that specifies whether context provided {@link java.util.TimeZone}
+     * ({@link SerializerProvider#getTimeZone()} should be used to adjust Date/Time
+     * values on deserialization, even if value itself contains timezone information.
+     * If enabled, contextual <code>TimeZone</code> will essentially override any other
+     * TimeZone information; if disabled, it will only be used if value itself does not
+     * contain any TimeZone information.
+     * 
+     * @since 2.2
+     */
+    ADJUST_DATES_TO_CONTEXT_TIME_ZONE(true),
+
     /*
     /******************************************************
     /* Other