Implement #58
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index e72bdec..897ba96 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
2.6.0 (not yet released)
#56: Improve `ObjectIdGenerators.key()` to handle `null` appropriately by returning `null`
+#58: Add new properties for `@JsonIgnoreProperties`, "allowGetters", "allowSetters"
2.5.0 (01-Jan-2015)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonCreator.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonCreator.java
index dd1dee2..fa1ab64 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonCreator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonCreator.java
@@ -23,13 +23,15 @@
* of property to bind to
* </li>
* </ul>
- * Also note that all {@link JsonProperty} annotations MUST use actual name
- * (NOT empty String for "default"): this because Java bytecode does not
- * retain names of method or constructor arguments.
- *<br />
- * NOTE: as of JDK 8, some of above changes, with introduction of names for
- * constructor and method parameters.
- *
+ * Also note that all {@link JsonProperty} annotations must specify actual name
+ * (NOT empty String for "default") unless you use one of extension modules
+ * that can detect parameter name; this because default JDK versions before 8
+ * have not been able to store and/or retrieve parameter names from bytecode.
+ * But with JDK 8 (or using helper libraries such as Paranamer, or other JVM
+ * languages like Scala or Kotlin), specifying name is optional.
+ *<p>
+ * NOTE: As of Jackson 2.6, use of {@link JsonProperty#required()} is supported
+ * for Creator methods (but not necessarily for regular setters or fields!).
*/
@Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonIgnoreProperties.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonIgnoreProperties.java
index 87978d6..79fe8ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonIgnoreProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonIgnoreProperties.java
@@ -48,4 +48,30 @@
* Does not have any effect on serialization.
*/
public boolean ignoreUnknown() default false;
+
+ /**
+ * Property that can be enabled to allow "getters" to be used (that is,
+ * prevent ignoral of getters for properties listed in {@link #value()}).
+ * This is commonly set to support defining "read-only" properties; ones
+ * for which there is a getter, but no matching setter: in this case,
+ * properties should be ignored for deserialization but NOT serialization.
+ * Default value is `false`, which means that getters with matching names
+ * will be ignored.
+ *
+ * @since 2.6
+ */
+ public boolean allowGetters() default false;
+
+ /**
+ * Property that can be enabled to allow "setters" to be used (that is,
+ * prevent ignoral of setters for properties listed in {@link #value()}).
+ * This could be used to specify "write-only" properties; ones
+ * that should not be serialized out, but that may be provided in for
+ * deserialization.
+ * Default value is `false`, which means that setters with matching names
+ * will be ignored.
+ *
+ * @since 2.6
+ */
+ public boolean allowSetters() default false;
}