More work towards #4515; intermediate clean up

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertiesCollector.java

@@ -630,47 +630,47 @@ protected void _addCreators(Map<String, POJOPropertyBuilder> props)
 
         // First, resolve explicit annotations for all potential Creators
         // (but do NOT filter out DISABLED ones yet!)
-        List<PotentialCreator> ctors = _collectCreators(_classDef.getConstructors());
+        List<PotentialCreator> constructors = _collectCreators(_classDef.getConstructors());
         List<PotentialCreator> factories = _collectCreators(_classDef.getFactoryMethods());
 
         final PotentialCreator canonical;
 
         // Find and mark "canonical" constructor for Records.
         // Needs to be done early to get implicit names populated
         if (_isRecordType) {
-            canonical = JDK14Util.findCanonicalRecordConstructor(_config, _classDef, ctors);
+            canonical = JDK14Util.findCanonicalRecordConstructor(_config, _classDef, constructors);
         } else {
             // !!! TODO: fetch Canonical for Kotlin, Scala, via AnnotationIntrospector?
             canonical = null;
         }
 
         // Next: remove creators marked as explicitly disabled
-        _removeDisabledCreators(ctors);
+        _removeDisabledCreators(constructors);
         _removeDisabledCreators(factories);
 
-        final PotentialCreators collector = new PotentialCreators(ctors, factories);
+        final PotentialCreators collector = new PotentialCreators();
         // and use annotations to find explicitly chosen Creators
         if (_useAnnotations) { // can't have explicit ones without Annotation introspection
             // Start with Constructors as they have higher precedence:
-            _addExplicitlyAnnotatedCreators(collector, collector.constructors, props, false);
+            _addExplicitlyAnnotatedCreators(collector, constructors, props, false);
             // followed by Factory methods (lower precedence)
-            _addExplicitlyAnnotatedCreators(collector, collector.factories, props,
+            _addExplicitlyAnnotatedCreators(collector, factories, props,
                     collector.hasPropertiesBased());
         }
 
         // If no Explicitly annotated creators found, look
         // for ones with explicitly-named ({@code @JsonProperty}) parameters
         if (!collector.hasPropertiesBased()) {
             // only discover constructor Creators?
-            _addCreatorsWithAnnotatedNames(collector, collector.constructors);
+            _addCreatorsWithAnnotatedNames(collector, constructors);
         }
 
         // But if no annotation-based Creators found, find/use canonical Creator
         // (JDK 17 Record/Scala/Kotlin)
         if (!collector.hasPropertiesBased()) {
             // for Records:
-            if ((canonical != null) && ctors.contains(canonical)) {
-                ctors.remove(canonical);
+            if ((canonical != null) && constructors.contains(canonical)) {
+                constructors.remove(canonical);
                 collector.addPropertiesBased(_config, canonical, "canonical");
             }
         }
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ private void _removeDisabledCreators(List<PotentialCreator> ctors)
         Iterator<PotentialCreator> it = ctors.iterator();
         while (it.hasNext()) {
             // explicitly prevented? Remove
-            if (it.next().creatorMode == JsonCreator.Mode.DISABLED) {
+            if (it.next().creatorMode() == JsonCreator.Mode.DISABLED) {
                 it.remove();
             }
         }
@@ -719,14 +719,14 @@ private void _addExplicitlyAnnotatedCreators(PotentialCreators collector,
 
             // If no explicit annotation, skip for now (may be discovered
             // at a later point)
-            if (ctor.creatorMode == null) {
+            if (ctor.creatorMode() == null) {
                 continue;
             }
             it.remove();
 
             Boolean propsBased = null;
 
-            switch (ctor.creatorMode) {
+            switch (ctor.creatorMode()) {
             case DELEGATING:
                 propsBased = false;
                 break;
@@ -795,7 +795,9 @@ private void _addCreatorsWithAnnotatedNames(PotentialCreators collector,
     private void _addCreatorParams(Map<String, POJOPropertyBuilder> props,
             PotentialCreator ctor)
     {
-        for (int i = 0, len = ctor.paramCount(); i < len; ++i) {
+        final int paramCount = ctor.paramCount();
+        final BeanPropertyDefinition[] propertyDefs = new BeanPropertyDefinition[paramCount];
+        for (int i = 0; i < paramCount; ++i) {
             final AnnotatedParameter param = ctor.param(i);
             final PropertyName explName = ctor.explicitName(i);
             PropertyName implName = ctor.implicitName(i);
@@ -818,8 +820,10 @@ private void _addCreatorParams(Map<String, POJOPropertyBuilder> props,
             POJOPropertyBuilder prop = (implName == null)
                     ? _property(props, explName) : _property(props, implName);
             prop.addCtor(param, hasExplicit ? explName : implName, hasExplicit, true, false);
+            propertyDefs[i] = prop;
             _creatorProperties.add(prop);
         }
+        ctor.assignPropertyDefs(propertyDefs);
     }
 
     /*

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/PotentialCreator.java

@@ -15,14 +15,20 @@ public class PotentialCreator
 {
     private static final PropertyName[] NO_NAMES = new PropertyName[0];
 
-    public final AnnotatedWithParams creator;
+    private final AnnotatedWithParams creator;
 
-    public final JsonCreator.Mode creatorMode;
+    private final JsonCreator.Mode creatorMode;
 
     private PropertyName[] implicitParamNames;
 
     private PropertyName[] explicitParamNames;
 
+    /**
+     * Parameter definitions if (and only if) this represents a
+     * Property-based Creator.
+     */
+    private BeanPropertyDefinition[] propertyDefs;
+
     public PotentialCreator(AnnotatedWithParams cr,
             JsonCreator.Mode cm)
     {
@@ -36,6 +42,10 @@ public PotentialCreator(AnnotatedWithParams cr,
     /**********************************************************************
      */
 
+    public void assignPropertyDefs(BeanPropertyDefinition[] propertyDefs) {
+        this.propertyDefs = propertyDefs;
+    }
+
     public PotentialCreator introspectParamNames(MapperConfig<?> config)
     {
         if (implicitParamNames != null) {
@@ -104,6 +114,14 @@ public PotentialCreator introspectParamNames(MapperConfig<?> config,
     /**********************************************************************
      */
 
+    public AnnotatedWithParams creator() {
+        return creator;
+    }
+
+    public JsonCreator.Mode creatorMode() {
+        return creatorMode;
+    }
+
     public int paramCount() {
         return creator.getParameterCount();
     }

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/PotentialCreators.java

@@ -6,24 +6,15 @@
 
 public class PotentialCreators
 {
-    public final List<PotentialCreator> constructors;
-
-    public final List<PotentialCreator> factories;
-
     /**
      * Property-based Creator found, if any
      */
     public PotentialCreator propertiesBased;
 
-    public AnnotatedWithParams defaultCreator;
-
     public final List<PotentialCreator> delegating = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    public PotentialCreators(List<PotentialCreator> constructors,
-            List<PotentialCreator> factories)
+    public PotentialCreators()
     {
-        this.constructors = constructors;
-        this.factories = factories;
     }
 
     /*
@@ -38,7 +29,7 @@ public void addPropertiesBased(MapperConfig<?> config, PotentialCreator ctor, St
         if (propertiesBased != null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
                     "Conflicting property-based creators: already had %s creator %s, encountered another: %s",
-                    mode, propertiesBased.creator, ctor.creator));
+                    mode, propertiesBased.creator(), ctor.creator()));
         }
         propertiesBased = ctor.introspectParamNames(config);
     }

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jdk14/JDK14Util.java

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public static PotentialCreator findCanonicalRecordConstructor(MapperConfig<?> co
                 continue;
             }
             for (int i = 0; i < argCount; ++i) {
-                if (!ctor.creator.getRawParameterType(i).equals(recordFields[i].rawType)) {
+                if (!ctor.creator().getRawParameterType(i).equals(recordFields[i].rawType)) {
                     continue main_loop;
                 }
             }